Snack -- Vive le grudgefuck!

[themostepotente]

Well...

I just finished my second Snack -- 3000k. I'm quite pleased. The first one I actually wrote -- brilliant plan of action, executed poorly. I must go back and fix one of these days.

I love this pairing for a multitude of reasons;

They hate eachother.

They really hate eachother.

They really, really hate eachother.

So to all the gifted Snack writers -- amanuensis1, cluegirl, ellen_fremedon, fabularasa, isiscolo...

What is the key ingredient to writing this pairing and doing so convincingly?

IMHO, this is one, if not the most difficult slash pairings to pull off.

It's like...trying to snap a picture of your two-year old at Sears Portrait Studio :P

It's like...putting a pair of sunglasses and a big floppy hat on your dog, hoping he'll stay that way and strike a pose :P

They...just...won't...cooperate.

FYI -- I'd love to hear from everyone. If I have forgotten anyone that writes Snack in abundance, 'please' just give me a firm slap on the wrist, and I'll edit.

--P

Comments

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Oh hey! Thanks for popping on over here, Ellen.


About Snape/Black specifically-- one thing that relationship has going for it (from Snape's or Black's perspective) is that it really isn't possible for either of them to disappoint the other. They don't like each other, and they don't respect each other, and they don't care what the other thinks of them. In other words, there's nothing to lose. It's a risk-free relationship, in a way.

I agree with most of this, but I do think it's possible to respect your enemy. It's nothing I can see either man admitting, but I could see admiring tenacity secretly.

It's just a real bummer Sirius is no longer around for the ride down this bumpy road.

I've gone ahead and added you to the list. My apologies for not including you. Again, thanks for coming here and adding your thoughts :-)

--P

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm always happy to ramble incoherently about Snape pairings *g*.

And re: respect-- oh, yeah, I can see them coming to grudingly respect each other. I don't think that they ever got to that point in canon, though.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm always happy to ramble incoherently about Snape pairings *g*.

That being the case, you'll always have a home here :-)