mothwing | Entries tagged with fandom: hp

Title: Summer.
Characters: Lily Evans, Severus Snape
Rating: G
Credits: *Eirian-stock for He and She, ~nathies-stock's Pouring Rain Brush and *charfade's Grass Brush set.
Summary: Severus and Lily frolicking in a field.
A/N: Weather we had over here on Friday. This is very saccharine, be warned!

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Current Mood: busy

Title: Sisters.
Characters: Lily Evans, Petunia Evans
Rating: G
Credits: Sailor Kerrie Pushing by *SenshiStock, Smoke brush by ~Falln-Stock.
Summary: "That's where you're going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy… weirdos, that's what you two are. It's good you're being separated from normal people. It's for our safety." - Not a happy memory, needless to say.
A/N: I've been wanting to do something Pensieve-related for a while now, as I'm wondering what Severus did with the memories he had of Lily after her untimely demise. If a Pensieve serves to preserve memories as well as organise them it's likely to me that he'd be keeping some of his Lily-memories there.

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CONGRATULATIONS to all of you who won the Spring Fanfic Polls - you all deserve it and I feel proud to have you on my flist! ♥

I hope you celebrated your own abilities accordingly and had a lovely Easter.

Current Mood: bouncy

Yes, I do have too much time on my hand now that my exams are over, what gave me away? Sorry about the spam.

Title: Avada Kedavra.
Characters: Severus Snape, OC
Rating: PG-13
Credits: lightning by *redheadstock, Severus by *senshistock, muggle by ~dazzle-stock.
Summary: Severus Snape using the Killing Curse on a muggle woman.
A/N: I believe Severus Snape killed during his DE days, though I respect other readings of the character. Though this is, as always, not very explicit, I put this behind a cut because I believe it can still be potentially upsetting.

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Title: Keeper.
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank.
Rating: G.
Credits: Like a magpie. Corner brushes by =Eterea86, Pose references for Wilhelmina by ~BlooDoveStock here, Minerva by =Kxhara here - would have been lost without them, the limbs were all over the place in my reference-free attempt. Birds by ~WingsOfAHero here.
Summary: Minerva and Willa spending some time on the quidditch pitch. The latter is not the greatest flyer and lost her broom, but Minerva is there to help.
A/N I think that the placement of my goal hoops is non-standard. Sorry about that!

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Current Mood: cheerful

Title: Ghosts.
Characters: Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Dougal McGregor.
Rating: G.
Credits: Lily by ~Gracies-Stock and Dougal by ~Johnny-Yong, texture by `cloaks, grass and flowers by !ro-stock.
Summary: Sometimes, if the light was right, in the hours around dawn, they almost seemed close enough to touch.
A/N: Severus and Minerva being haunted by the ghosts of their past - Lily and Dougal. Loved ones who died remain a part of you, and navigating a relationship around those still half-with you must be pretty challenging. Yes, I caved in and did something Pottermore-backstory-related and kitschily indulgent. Apologies!

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Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Germany, Bremen

Title: Minerva's Life.
Rating: G
Credits given in posts for individual images
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, her family, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore,
Artist's Notes: My version of Minerva McGonagall's biography from before birth to her seventies from 2010. I never got round to posting these, but here they are now. I'm not happy with all of them anymore and surprisingly happy with others in hindsight.
Anyway, here they are, each is a click-through link to the entry with a larger version.

Current Mood: cheerful

Title: Troubles.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Eileen Snape. Severus Snape.
Rating: G.
Credits: pose for Tobias by ~thepropagation3, Severus, texture by `cloak
A/N: Another non-subtle one, I'm afraid. There is a companion drabble that goes with this "drawable". Also maybe I did have a little too much fun when I was doing "Argument", but overlapping silhouettes are awesome. And my deepest apologies to the arachnid community for the blobby specimen, I don't seem to do spiders well.

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Current Mood: tired

Title: Boggart.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Boggart Tobias, Eileen Snape.
Rating: G.
Credits: Boggart by ~wookiestock, Eileen by ~WolfCatStock, background flower by ~MorfineDoll-stock, texture as ever by `cloaks.

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I'm usually late with recs and such, so scroll past if you have seen these already.

1. Tigerbeatdown: "G. R. R. Martin is creepy" - putting into words what I've thought about the series for years. It's one of the series that I get as 24/7 kinkster Fantasy series, but not as mainstream Fantasy without the niche SSC context or a warning label.

2. If you haven't updated your knowledge in 2009 what you learned about female reproductive anatomy at school is probably outdated and not as awesome as reality.

3. McGonagall and Umbridge, a new piece by ~ehay. Her Minerva's cheekbones are as delightful as ever.

4. If you haven't already, check out The Half-Life by *Sigune, a watercolour portrait of Snape.

5. Though I'm not a Snarry fan I can recommend Cordiality and comfort of my new home, which has amazing light.

6. ~LadyMacbeth1755 has the four heads of houses as silhouettes here.

7. I'm late with this rec, but if you haven't already, drop everything and read In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by

atdelphi, which is hauntingly beautiful and powerful.

Title: Family.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Eileen's broom and cloak.
Rating: G.
Credits: Tobias by *SenshiStock, Severus by ~Struck-Stock, grass by *charfade, birds by ~WingsOfAHero and texture by `cloaks.

A/N: I'd like to imagine that the pictures speak for themselves, but since they're vague and silhouettes to boot I've included in a drabble at the bottom of the picture. Highlight if you're curious.

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Title: Son.
Characters: Eileen Snape, Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Death Eater of your choice.
Rating: G.
Credits: official Dark Mark as a reference here and *sarahebear-stock stock image for the Death Eater.
A/N: Another companion drabble that explains what is going on here. Apologies for the bad quality.

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Current Mood: busy

Title: Weekends.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Eileen's broom and cloak.
Rating: G.
Credits: Texture by `cloaks, grass by ~cougarLV, tree by ~Winerla, and the bike by ~fudgegraphics, first cyclist reference by ~paulussebastian, second cyclist reference by ~fantanicity.
Summary: The Snapes on a clandestine family outing beyond the borders of the city.

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Title: The Curse.
Characters: Severus Snape, Lord Voldemort
Rating: PG-13

Summary: "At once, the spider's legs bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. No sound came from it, but Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been screaming. Moody did not remove his wand, and the spider started to shudder and jerk more violently."

A/N: Hardly subtle. I'm not quite happy how it turned out, something's off about the textures. Specifically the use of ALL THE TEXTURES. And Voldy, especially his sparkly flare there.

Credits: ~M47R1X: Severus, *redheadstock: Lightning Brushes, ~LetzteSchatten-stock: Voldemort.

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Current Mood: okay

Title: Favour
Rating: G
Characters: Remus Lupin and Severus Snape.
Credits: Wolf: ~MoonsongStock here, Severus: *SenshiStock here, Trees: ~Winerla here.
Summary: Lupin never remembers what he does or does not do in wolf shape. Severus does not mind that at all.

A/N: Rather silly than serious and not entirely in character, but fun.

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Title: The Potion.
Rating: G
Characters: Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape.
Credits: Many this time because I continue to suck at poses: Severus: *SenshiStock here, Minerva: ~Essence-stock here, texture: `cloaks here, and the light brush: *redheadstock here.
Summary: Severus demonstrates his Potions expertise to Minerva. Though I like to think that it's him showing her Neville's (Orange, Longbottom?) handywork to explain why he docked points.

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Current Mood: busy

Various cropped icons of silhouette art with various pairings. I made several versions because I'm indecisive, sorry about the spam!

Pairings:

Minerva/Severus
Minerva/Pomona
Minerva/Rolanda
Pomona/Rosmerta
Book
Minerva/Poppy

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Current Mood: geeky

I have to try keeping closer tabs on my list. Most of the books I read during the first half of the year are on my Oyo - which died in November, which makes it harder to piece together what I've been reading. Though since the books I read and forget probably shouldn't count, anyway, this list works just as well. The bold titles are my top seven of this year's books.

( Complete list and top 7 (bold) )

Half-assed statistics:

	'09	'10	'11
Female authors	14	30	21
Male authors	36	36	29
Re-read books	18	09	11
New books	32	54	39

Current Mood: dorky
Current Location: Home
Current Music: Maurice (1987)

This is a fairly unorganised collection of really great SSMM pieces I really like, and mostly a

calicogoat fanpost. Some of them are quite old and you've probably seen them all already, I'm also not very articulate in my fondness for these amazing pieces and they deserve a better introduction than my uncoordinated squeeing, but they're all worth checking out.

( One: Duellers )

( Two: Losses )

( Three: Lovers. By ~Calicogoat. )

Also noteworthy is ~hellanim's beautiful 12 Pictures from Snape's Life in beautiful monochromes with a dash of red and ~calicogoat's Flight of the Goldfinch which has Minerva and Severus battling a dragon on a flying machine and what could be more awesome than that?

Current Mood: awake

Yes, I ought to be preparing lessons for Monday - I still need to finish my one-page-guide on how to write an essay, come up with fourteen mini-research topics for next Friday and a way to explain gender to the unenlightened.

Also, is it just me, or is Pottermore just a slightly less interactive, official, child-proofed version of HEX?
And I must say I diasagree with the house system. Not that I mind being placed in Ravenclaw, but what about a violin, a forest, and a preference for saving valuable spellbooks over school administration documents and teacher's property says "Ravenclaw"?

Hrumph. It's a nice time-sink so far, in a point-and-click kid of way. Anyone else on there, though? Let's be buddies (I'm SilverSky77).

( And as for Minerva's backstory )

Just when I thought this day was bad and would stay bad I found the

close_contrast masterlist full of SS/MM goodness, which includes a beautiful piece by

sigune .

This one is called "Unspoken": Between Headmaster Snape and his Deputy Headmistress, what is essential remains unspoken."

I'm always incredibly excited when she's drawn something new because her art always speaks volumes with such precise, efficient means, if that makes sense. She has a way of capturing the expressions so beautifully, and their clothing style and the furniture she's shown them on is just perfect for them.

So. Perfect.

(There are so many fics which look promising over there and at

hp_beholder , I'm really missing out unless I head over there this weekend.)

Current Mood: bouncy

Title: Choices
Rating: G
Characters: Minerva McGonagall and Eileen Snape
Summary: Minerva has called on a childhood acquaintance to see how she is doing after her wedding and the difference between them could not be greater - one is a witch at the height of her power, the other had to make a lot of uncomfortable compromises for her new life. The choices both witches had to make to get where they are were not easy for either of them.
Credits: =Lileya's great floral and foliar brush set, ~gvalkyrie's suddenly spring brush set, as well as *redheadstock's light brushes, another favourite.

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Current Mood: awake

Title: Scarred.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall.
A/N: If you noticed the snitch in the other pictures you can see why this is one of her worst fears.

Whenever the summer had emptied the castle and the heat haze and sunlight preserved it in transient amber Minerva sat in her abandoned classroom with a glass of chilled wine, for one hour, looking at the studentless chairs.

Then the first war emptied some of them forever, as did the second; funerals were held, cemeteries filled.

She made two trips each November, wandering from grave to grave, leaving unheeded greetings, candles and remembered, and as the cold seeped into her bones a colder chill touched her: she feared another one might one day be for a member of her family.

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Trusting.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape.

Trust him, had been Albus' parting words.

If it had not been for the mask, this would not have been a problem, but it remained a fact that this was no longer the student she had known. The casualness with which he held it was more unnerving than the story he told, of clandestine meetings in graveyards and carefully omitted, hinted-at horrors the mask was a silent witness to. Minerva was not certain how much she could believe of it, but she had never been with any of his stories.

His wand was still lying on the desk. The young man's gaze had been fixed on it as soon as he had sat down to answer her questions, though sometimes his curiously dark eyes had looked up and pinned her with that same intensity she knew of old. Never long, though, they stole back quickly, hungrily.

She remembered something and noticed his pose, hunched on the edge of the chair, the troubled student rather than the man she was supposed to hire as a teacher. The former Death Eater whom Albus trusted. She made a decision. There was the briefest flicker in his expression when her hand closed around his wand and she raised it to him, but it was gone when he realised what she was doing.

"I believe this is yours," she said, holding out his wand. When his hand closed around it, his shoulders lost their hunch and she gained a first idea of the man he had become since she had seen him last.

Although this had been the question she had begun the interview with she thought it best to start fresh. She had not been interviewing the person who would be taking the position.

"Why are you applying for the Potions position, Mr Snape?"

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Disappointed.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape.

He was standing as close to the door as he dared, and his carefully blank expression reminded her of a much younger man. Albus had given her Snape's wand and told her what he thought viable options might be, but had left the final decision to her, as the Deputy had the right to veto staffing decisions. In this case, she was very close to believing that Albus actually meant that.

A Death Eater turned was unlikely enough, but the fact that it was Severus Snape made it even less so. Minerva turned first the wand and then the mask in her hands, looking at the eye holes, trying to imagine Severus Snape's eyes, so like Hagrid's, looking through them. She couldn’t, didn't want to.

After melting out of Albus' shadow he had silently remained standing next to the doorway, curiously poised for flight, face impassive. When Albus had swept out again Glaucus rustled his feathers and fixed large yellow eyes on him silently, waiting for the boy to move. The boy. The murderer. The Death Eater. The young man.

"What position are you applying for, Mr Snape?" she asked, even though she knew. The spectre had not said a word, she wanted to hear his voice.

"That of the Potions Master, Professor," he answered silkily, tone and stance as pointedly non-committal as his face.

"Come closer," she said.

He came to stand in front of her desk, ignoring the chair behind him, hands in his pockets like a boy she had known. This was not him, clearly. The mask was not the only evidence of that. He looked older, thinner, and she resisted the urge of offering bisquits or holding up the mask and demanding an explanation. Minerva also bit back the disappointment.

"Have a seat," she said instead.

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Stern.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, family.
A/N: another headcanon one from 2010. Although Minerva's stern personality might work with any other teenage student especially in this case this is a bit hypocritical, considering.

"Where have you been? What happened to that broomstick?"

She looked up and decided that it would be best not to say anything, given the flaring nostrils and the flashing eyes. Instead, she raised her chin challengingly.

"Fifty points from Gryffindor. Yes, fifty. And you will be joining Mr Filch every afternoon at five this week to help him clean the castle."

"But the tryouts-"
"Will be held without you if you continue in this fashion!"

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Impartial.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, family.
A/N: I always wondered what it would be like for Hogwarts staff to have their children attend Hogwarts, and what that'd be like for the children. Being a teacher's child is bad enough without being a teacher's child at the only wizarding school in Britain.

Albus, another Gryffindor, she mused, maintained that the hat was impartial, but given that it was Gryffindor's, Minerva had her doubts. Over the years, she had gotten rather good at guessing which student would end up in which house, but there was still the moment when the hat made them one of hers, and she would spent the rest seven years denying the stronger connection she felt towards her own. She knew her grading was as impartial as possible, but she still worried, second-guessed, and feared.

This time, however, it was impossible to stay all too impartial, because seeing her, her nervous apprehension and joy at finally being here was like looking into a mirror.

She suppressed a smile as she raised the hat in invitation to sit down on the stool and shushed the voice that kept saying her own house's name, daring the hat to say any other.

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Responsible.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore and Sorting Hat.

"Congratulations, Deputy Headmistress."

She was too tense to answer right away and thus only nodded, accepting the scroll with the student's names, securing the Sorting Hat in her other hand carefully. It weighed more than the faded exterior had made her anticipate and she fought the urge to put it on again.

Uncannily, Albus seemed to realise this, eyes twinkling, and Minerva briefly wondered what this expression would look like on a younger face.

"Any instructions?"

"As you know most first years don't realise what the sorting entails. They will welcome the calming sight of a responsible adult."

Minerva nodded.

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Talented.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes and light swirls, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC, baby by ~o0oTamaraStocko0o. Reference: an anatomy book with a cat skelleton,

Characters: Minerva McGonagall and child.

Summary: I can imagine Minerva marrying young, the marriage not lasting very long and both taking turns parenting their child, though said child would have had to stay with her father most of the time. Here she's enjoying a rare stay at Hogwarts.

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02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Busy.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes.
Characters: cat!Minerva and family.
Summary: Even though she loved them, Minerva had no time to stay at home very often because teaching at Hogwarts was a thoroughly demanding job.

Author's Notes: A/N: From 2010. Headcanon again, I'm afraid - I like the thought that Hogwarts is less monastic than Harry's view has us believe, but I also think that working at a boarding school would put a strain on relationships and families. In my headcanon the father looked after Minerva's child most of the time due to that fact.

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Title: Playful.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, *redheadstock's spider web brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.
Characters: Minerva McGonagall and another student.
Author's Notes: From 2010. Minerva and a classmate exploring passages in Hogwarts.

Other parts in the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: busy

Title: Proud
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes for the sparkles and ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes.
Summary: "I hope you are aware of the responsibility this entails, young Lady."
Author's Notes: And does she ever. I\ve got little doubt that Minerva was a prefect in her day, it seems to fit. Her parents, and in my head, Minerva's parents are Vesta and Hamish McGillivray whom you may know from Crocky's fic universe, would have been proud, too.

Other parts of the series:

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01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: artistic

Title: Careful.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~gvalkyrie's Suddenly Spring brush set, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and~Jello88's Rearing Up as reference.
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, a disgruntled unicorn.
Summary: "Merlin's beard, Will! You said they weren't dangerous!"
Author's Notes: Minerva did not enjoy nor show a particular aptitude Care of Magical Creatures. Luckily, her friend showed great confidence when dealing with wild things, and the young Gryffindor was grateful to have her there.

Repost because the original was eaten.

Title: Charge
Characters: Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch
Rating: G
Credits: ~redheadstock's awesome lightning brushes.
Author's Notes: Minerva and Rolanda don't seem to mind the weather and I am growing far too fond of lightning brushes.

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EDIT: Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm slightly stunned right now. ♥

Current Mood: tired

Title: Daring
Rating: G
Credits =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack and ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes
Summary: Bedtimes didn't agree with Minerva, and she knew that if she wanted to keep up with the others at tryouts, she'd have to practice more.

Other parts in the series:

00. Cover

01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: chipper

I'm excited because posting for

minerva_fest begins today. <3

Apart from that, I'll be attending a talk on dyslexia and dyscalculia today. The occasion is my boss introducing courses for dyslexic and dyscalculic children to our tutoring centre. It'll without a doubt be very interesting and I wish I had had more time for some background reading to take away more from it.

Also, I'm still flat hunting and will call several prospective flats today, and hopefully get to look at them tomorrow, if these people are spontaneous.

Current Mood: excited

Title: Comfort
Pairing(s): Minerva / Poppy
Rating: G
Summary: "No, Minerva, there's nothing you could have done." - Minerva holding a vigil at Hermione's Basilisk-petrified body, Poppy Pomfrey lending some comfort and a hot cuppa.
Author's Notes: Less colourful than the previous silhouettes because I felt more drabness was appropriate to the scene. I don't know why Poppy's head turned out this big, but I suspect it's her wimple. Also, I like it when my art passes the Bechdel/Wallace test. Credit: texture by =cloaks.

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Title: Cornucopia
Pairing: Pomona/Rosmerta
Rating: G
Credits: ~gvalkyrie's great Flower Brush Set and Suddenly Spring brush set, *Lileya's equally great Floral and Foliar brush set.
Summary: Professor Sprout and Madam Rosmerta sharing a quiet moment away from the students. They're awesome and both are named after goddesses of plenty. Since it's the season of Harvest Festivals, this seemed fitting, and there have to be sparkles, because magic requires sparkles.
Notes: I do realise it's virtually impossible to tell who these people are. Especially with Rosmerta I was a bit at a loss, and Sprout's hat is most likely the only thing that shows it's meant to be her since the fly-away hair did not turn out that great. There's also an orange version, but I'm happier with theg green one.

Pomona and Rosmerta

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Current Mood: autumnal

Title: Timid / Beginnings
Rating: G
Credits =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack and ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes
Summary: Minerva and her owl being escorted to the train by her mother because her father is busy that day.

Other parts in the series:

00. Cover

01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: accomplished

Title: Closer
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes: Minerva doesn't know that Severus is still alive and he is uncertain whether or not to reveal this fact to her right then.
_{(Crocky came up with several more, most of which more interesting than my original version) Credits: ~KeepWaiting's fur brushes for the grass, again.}

Current Mood: calm

Title: Loved.
Rating: G
Credits: `cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, ~gvalkyrie's Suddenly Spring brush set, Hogwarts crest (C) Bloomsbury publishing. Reference: a family photo.
Characters: Minerva's parents. (Isobel Ross and Robert McGonagall if you want).
Author's Notes: From 2010. Minerva's parents. Your choice whether this is Pottermore canon compliant.

Other parts in the series:

00. Cover

01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: bouncy

Title: Cover.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC.
Summary: The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and Harry's first thought was that this was not someone to cross.

Other parts in the series:

00. Cover

01. Loved

02. Timid

03. Daring

04. Proud

05. Careful

06. Playful

07. Brave

08. Reckless

09. Busy

10. Talented

11. Responsible

12. Impartial

13. Stern

14. Disappointed

15. Trusting

16. Scarred

Current Mood: amused

I've been rather too happy about my discoveries on Etsy lately and decided to treat Crocky and myself.

First off, I got myself some earrings because I needed accessories that underline my decorous, understated professionalism, seeing as how I'm going to be a teacher and all-around respectable person soon:

And I got this for Crocky:

Quite apart from the possibilities to tattoo on her own arm, there's always the possibility to adorn either her uni work or deserving student's work with the Dark Mark.

Current Mood: bouncy

Title: Duel.
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes: Trying to get back on the horse. With sparkles. Lots of those. I love sparkles. Credits: ~Tempting-Resources's beautiful sparkle set found here.

Title: Dance.
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes: Another attempt at Severus and Minerva dancing (the first one is here). While I love ballroom dancing, some of those poses give me serious headaches with regards to how gender expectations tie into the figures.

Current Mood: très artistique

Due to my exams and related stress I had completely forgotten that I actually submitted one of the prompts that I had been considering for

minerva_fest .

And it has been claimed!

I'm more excited about this than I probably should be. Still. ♥

That's what I needed to read about after a day of filling in forms.

Current Mood: happy

I've decided to do a backdated pic-dump post with my ventures in April. Mostly for me, should I make some progress in the future and should wish to look back, and because this new hobby consumed some of my time in the first half of 2010.

( So. Quick sketches and more detailed attempts at stuff. )

Current Mood: artistic

JK Rowling on single mothers, poverty and politics in the UK.

from: «The Single Mother's Manifesto»

Yesterday’s Conservative manifesto makes it clear that the Tories aim for less governmental support for the needy, and more input from the “third sector”: charity. It also reiterates the flagship policy so proudly defended by David Cameron last weekend, that of “sticking up for marriage”. To this end, they promise a half-a-billion pound tax break for lower-income married couples, working out at £150 per annum.

I accept that my friends and I might be atypical. Maybe you know people who would legally bind themselves to another human being, for life, for an extra £150 a year? Perhaps you were contemplating leaving a loveless or abusive marriage, but underwent a change of heart on hearing about a possible £150 tax break? Anything is possible; but somehow, I doubt it. Even Mr Cameron seems to admit that he is offering nothing more than a token gesture when he tells us “it’s not the money, it’s the message”.

Nobody who has ever experienced the reality of poverty could say “it’s not the money, it’s the message”. When your flat has been broken into, and you cannot afford a locksmith, it is the money. When you are two pence short of a tin of baked beans, and your child is hungry, it is the money. When you find yourself contemplating shoplifting to get nappies, it is the money. If Mr Cameron’s only practical advice to women living in poverty, the sole carers of their children, is “get married, and we’ll give you £150”, he reveals himself to be completely ignorant of their true situation.

How many prospective husbands did I ever meet, when I was the single mother of a baby, unable to work, stuck inside my flat, night after night, with barely enough money for life’s necessities? Should I have proposed to the youth who broke in through my kitchen window at 3am? Half a billion pounds, to send a message — would it not be more cost-effective, more personal, to send all the lower-income married people flowers?

JK Rowling.

Black eyes? Present.
Hooked nose? Check.
Sallow skin? Well, slightly jaundiced, yes.
Greasy hair? Arguably.
Yellow, crooked teeth? Yep.
Why, it's Snape.

And Minerva. Black-haired, square-spectacled, emerald-robed, thin-lipped, big-eyebrowed favourite witch of mine.

I can't believe I'm this excited about that drawing course. Here's hoping that what with all the exam preparation I'll get myself to go at all. The first session will luckily be after two of my exams. Still.

To prepare I've tried to draw a face without reference. Noses? What are they for? And there are some issues with perspectives and an obvious lack of practice, but other than that, I'm proud.

Exam-preparation-wise I discovered a lovely collection of links about gay teachers, which ought to help with one of my topics.

Sometimes I suspect that my main reason for hoping I'll find a job as soon as possible come June is that I'll get around filing for state support. There are no words for how scared I am of those forms, filling in those forms some wrong way, getting things wrong in general.

They always make me seriously need cheering up, so I looked at funny HP comics on DA and tried to cheer myself up reading the "Help with Life " forum (short version of one of my favourite threads today: you're suicidal? Get your lazy ass to a gym already!).

I'm a big fan of ~ProtoWilson's comics which have Snape and a very short angry arts teacher OC insert (example here), which never fail to cheer me up.

Oh, and *rufftoon's Reality Shift strips, which are also awesome (the first one is here.)

Now I wish those forms would just either magically fill in themselves or dissolve...

Title: Gone.
Artist:

mothwing .
Rating: G.
Notes: an illustration of Crockywock's wonderful fanfics The Prince's Tale and The Silver Cat.
Summary: After Voldemort's defeat, Severus is released from both his debt and also from his connection to Lily, which is driven home by the fact that his patronus changed with his feelings for Minerva. The loss of his old patronus as well as the meaning of the new one cause very mixed feelings.

Click for full view.

This is also the first time that I drew both humans and animals without any kind of reference, not even the trusted artist's dummy. I also practised doing rooms here, and I'm quite happy with how they turned out. Severus' face and expression, on the other hand, really still need some work. I'm rather happy with the cat, though, even though I consciously avoided doing fur, because my attempts at following Jab's pointers were pretty catastrophic and need some more work.

Current Mood: accomplished

Heads of House brushing up relevant skills for the Yule Ball. Not entirely successful on the part of the Head of Slytherin, which is part of the reason why he ended leaving early with Karkaroff and skulking around among the rose bushes, leaving the hosting duty of the other guests to the other Heads of House.

Yes, this is silly, but I got tired of preparing for the teach-a-thon of doom.

Current Mood: sleepy

Trying to put off both work and housework? Staying up way too late?

Who, me?

Current Mood: ~artistic ~
Current Location: Hannover
Current Music: Notre Dame - Comme le soleil

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Art: Summer (Lily Evans, Severus Snape. G)
Art: Sisters
Congratulations!
Art: Avada Kedavra, Keeper
Art: Ghosts. (Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Dougal McGregor, G)
Art: Minerva's Life (Minerva McGonagall and various others, G.)
Art: Troubles. (Tobias, Eileen and Severus Snape. G.)
Drawable III
Awesomeness
Drawables with drabbles
Art: Weekends, The Curse (Severus and various others)
Art: Favour. (Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, G)
Art: The Potion (Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape. G.)
Icon post
Book Challenge 2011 Masterlist
Art Recs: SSMM
Procrastinate more
OMG! ♥
Art: Choices
Art: 16. Scarred. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 15. Trusting. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 14. Disappointed. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 13. Stern. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 12. Impartial. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 11. Responsible. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 10. Talented. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 09. Busy. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 06. Playful. (Minerva's Life)
ART: 04. Proud. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 5. Careful (Minerva's Life)
Art: Charge
Art: 03. Daring (Minerva's Life)
Happy Birthday, Minerva!
ART: Comfort
ART: Cornucopia
Art: 02. Timids / Beginnings (Minerva's Life)
ART: Closer
Art: 01. Loved. (Minerva's Life)
Art: 00. Minerva's Life Cover.
Good things
Art: Duel and Dance
Claimed!
April Art
The Single Mother's Manifesto
Art: Colleagues.
More drawing
Filling in Forms
The Prince's Tale/The Silver Cat: Gone.
Practice
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