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sch_addiction
03 December 2005 @ 07:07 pm
New SCHAL Community  
I just wanted to remind everyone that we gave up [info]sch_addiction and founded a new [info]schal community, where everyone can/may/must post reviews.

Posting guidelines can be found in our last post.

Go, friend [info]schal
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sch_addiction
20 November 2005 @ 10:31 pm
S.C.H.A.L. Community Guidelines  

  1. Always be polite, don't flame, no one-line reviews, no netspeak,... you get it.

  2. REVIEWS, no self-plugs. And no,you are not allowed to pimp your best friend's fic either.

  3. Please use this template when you post:
    Title: add Title here (including link!)
    Author: Author's name (including lj-username if there is one)
    Rating: PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, Death-sentence,...
    Summary: blablabla Harry blabla Snape blabla Chocolate...
    (Warning:) We would appreciate it if you could put a warning if the fic has unusual situations, e.g. Mpreg, threesomes, chan (under sixteen),...

  4. Please add TAGs to your review. It makes searching for fics far easier.
    Tags

    • Fic lengths: short, one-shot (less than 5000 words), middle length (5000 - 35000 words), novel-length (more than 35 k words).
    • Category: Snarry, Severitus, gen, slash, pre-slash, het, chocolate. 
    • Pairings: Apart from SS/HP, if you think they are important.
    • important information: post-Hogwarts, AU, post- HBP, post-DH.
    • Title of the fic.

F.A.Q.

What kind of fics am I allowed to review?
We accept reviews to all fics that portray the relationship between Harry and Snape.
It can be:
  • a romantic relationship (Snarry)
  • a familial relationship (Severitus' challenge)
  • a working relationship between collegues
  • mentor/mentee
  • Snape as Harry's father-in-law
  •  ...
It can be anything that deals with Harry and Snape and the way they feel about each other, their interaction, their opinions about one another, whether it's love or hate or indifference.

I just read a novel-length fic about the Trio's seventh year and the author did a wonderful job with Snape's role as a spy and Harry's reaction to it. Am I allowed to post my review to that fic here?
Yes, please. We also accept reviews on fics where the Harry and Snape interaction is only a subplot of the main story, as long as the review focuses (a bit) on Harry and Snape.

I want to review a fic that is not Snarry. May I?
YES! Het, Slash, Gen ... everything is fine, as long as it has Snape and Harry in it. We strongly encourage people to post more non-Snarry fics (although we really like those too)

I am not yet of age, may I still friend your community?
Sure. We would only ask you to stay away from the NC-17 fics. But you are very welcome to review some lower rated fics.

I do not have an LJ account, can I still post a review?
Yes, but while we allow annoymous posting, you have to sign your post. And for the time being all posts will be scanned by Nessime, Morrighan or Maryx before they appear in the community.

Someone else has already reviewed my favourite fic. May I still write a review?
Yes, please. We want to give our readers a broad overview of the fics that are recommended here. As different people have different opinions, a second, third fourths review can be very helpful. We will then add Tags to link together the different reviews for one fic.

Someone has review a fic and when I read this fic I did not like it at all. May I write a counter-review?
Well, if 'counter-review' means that you just say 'This fic sucks and reviewer #1 is an idiot to rec it': No!
If 'counter-review' means that you tell us what you didn't like about the fic and why you didn't like and you are polite in your review: YES, please! Not everyone has the same taste and it will help the reader when searching for interesting fics; however, in general, this is a recommendation community, so please avoid writing negative reviews of stories that have not already been reviewed on SCHAL. Another instance in which a negative review would be acceptable is a well-known story (such as "The Tea Series" or "If You Are Prepared") that you do not appreciate as well as everyone else seems to.

If you are not sure how to write a good negative review, have a look at the elaborate guest review Alexandra Dane left on S.C.H.A.L.

I would like to post a review, but I do not know how to use LJ codes. Could you tell me how to make your template in html?
The easiest way would be to use a nice little programme like Deepest Sender or LJ-net or to post in Rich Text mode. However, we are nice and we want you to post, so here you are:
<b>Title:</b> <a href="add link here">Title of the fic</a>
<b>Author:</b> Author's name aka <lj user="lj user-name">
<b>Rating:</b> PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, Death-sentence,...
<b>Summary:</b> blablabla Harry blabla Snape blabla Chocolate...
(<b>Warning:</b>) We would appreciate it if you could put a warning if the fic has unusual situations, e.g. Mpreg, threesomes, chan (under sixteen),... 
A new line is: <br> BTW

I've seen that you had chocolate reviews in the past. Can I also review my favourite chocolate?
Sure. S.C.H.A.L. stands for Snape Chocolate Harry Addiction League. We love chocolate and we love mouth-watering chocolate reviews.

How long will it take till you scan/approve my review?
The three of us live in various locations around the world and spend far too much time online, so the chances are quite high that we'll get the reviews within hours of the time you submitted it. Then we'll read it, make sure the link is working and that none of your ancestors were trolls, and then it will be online!

I still have some questions. May I ask you?
No. We bite. *rolls eyes*
Sure you may. Nessime needs a muzzle, though.

How can I contact you?
SnapeChocolateHarry[at]gmail[dot]com is a safe bet. There are other ways as well...


One very important fact, before I forget: The new Snape Chocolate Harry Addiction League is here: S.C.H.A.L.

Go! Friend! Review! Save Link!

Morrighan, Nessime, Maryx


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sch_addiction
20 November 2005 @ 08:14 am
Hope Raises No Dust  

Title: Hope Raises No Dust
Author: [info]the_con_cept (Monopolizing the market :) )
Rating: R
Category: Snarry
Summary: Summary: Post-HBP, Severus and Harry come together again, learn to cope, look toward the future, and to hope. Title taken from a quotation by Paul Eluard.

It probably wouldn't be that difficult to write a little one-shot focusing on In-Character-Snape. It might be equally possible to write a little one-shot focusing on In-Character-Harry. But to write a little one-shot focusing on In-Character-Snarry is, as you know very well, virtually impossible. Because you need to see the hatred, the insults, the unwilling (if any) alliance, the eventual possessiveness and passion. You need to see Snape's brilliance and Harry's 'saving people thing'. In all honestly, how many one-shots like that have you read?
And yet, here is a one-shot. And you see it all. And it's astounding.

Morrighan  

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sch_addiction
14 November 2005 @ 08:59 am
Nessime's Birthday  

Happy Birthday [info]fleurdeliser



We wish you all the best and lots of chocolate ;-)


Morrighan & Maryx


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sch_addiction
09 November 2005 @ 07:34 pm
Coils of Gold  
Title: Coils of Gold
Author: Crymsyn
Category: Snarry
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The death of one Dark Lord brings about the rise of another. AU.
Warning: minor Mpreg, mindfuck

The wizarding world had been floundering in a sea of bureaucracy. It had needed somebody strong to take over and do what needed to be done. And that was what it got.

I'm still not whether I should be utterly in love or completely horrified after reading Coils of Gold. Alongside Harry I was sucked into this warped universe and like him I got lost in this strange world. Crymsyn used that to her advantage by taking all my ideas of 'right' and 'wrong', of 'good' and 'bad' , twisting them and turning them against me. Somehow she almost managed to make me agree. 
This fic was a revelation. I found out more about myself and my believes than I ever wanted to know.
Thank God, it's only a well-written story.

Maryx


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sch_addiction
03 November 2005 @ 04:37 pm
Challenged  

Title: Challenged
Author: AbstractConcept (aka [info]the_con_cept) 
Category: Snarry
Rating: R?
Summary: Severus leaps to conclusions, and Harry finds himself suffering from a bad case of the Snapes. In my never-ending quest to parody Snarry plot clichés, I target disabled!Harry.

I’m glad to announce that it looks like I’ve just been pointed to yet another little fic working like a cheering charm. It’s been ages since I gave up on trying to figure out how </a></b></a>[info]the_con_cept does it, it’s enough for me that I open a file as a very tired and pissed off person, and close it grinning from ear to ear. Just like here. So have a well deserved break from work, set aside the Snarry seriousness for a moment and check out ‘Challenged’ if you need a laugh. And I’m just sure you do. It's blasted midterm/autumn/no-holiday-time almost everywhere.

Morrighan

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sch_addiction
30 October 2005 @ 09:50 pm
Give and Take  
Title: Give and Take
Author: Merri-Todd Webster
Category: Snarry
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Harry learns that life and death are both a matter of give and take.

I had not planned on reading any fic tonight, I wanted to have a late dinner, polish my English translation, beta read and go to bed early. Sometimes life doesn't go the way we want it to. While I enjoyed my big salad with lamb's lettuce, dried tomatoes, greek cheese, mushrooms, olives and dried tomatoes with a wonderful honey-mustard dressing and a sprinkle of onion... ehm, well, I suppose that's more than you wanted to know about my eating habits. *is sorry* ...
Well, while I enjoyed my salad I had a look at my bookmarks and spontaneously decided to read this fic. It was a good decision.

Merri-Todd Webster needs only few scene to describes how Harry and Snape get themselves into a relationship, how Snape's hunger and Harry's insistence work together to build something neither of them might ever have imagined before. A good story, very much to the point.

Maryx

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sch_addiction
28 October 2005 @ 11:04 pm
'Humour' , 'Melancholia' , 'Consanguinity'  

Title: 'Humour' , 'Melancholia' , 'Consanguinity'
Author: [info]tryfanstone
Category: Snarry
Rating: R
Summary: A few owls, some books, and rather a lot of cups of tea.

I don't know what it's like with you, but when I stay up late to finish reading a story despite having slept for only two hours the previous night, it usually means that the aforementioned story is worth something. So I beg you, don't be too hard on me today, I just want to make sure the word is spread about these treasures. Go and read the three pieces of art. They are outstanding. They are brilliant. They have a marvellous external perspective on Harry and Snape and depict Muggle/Wizardind coexistence in a funny and very skillful way. However, what's probably the most interesting: before you get to enjoy the third part, the first two will successfully scare the living daylights out of you. You know you want to feel that, you do :).

Morrighan

PS: That is another debt I owe to [info]acid3. I should probably start making a list...


 A good story, dark and light, very sad and (almost) heartwarming.
Though sometimes there was too much left for my own imagination, sometimes I would have wished to be taken by the hand and lead through the story. sometimes I felt a little lost as in a world where a lot was going on and I missed some of the important events. It might well be my fault, I wasn't all that concentrated this afternoon - Sunday is family telephone day and I was interrupted at least twice while reading.
My mum just called (Sunday!), I make it short: A good fic, but a little too sophisticated for my taste - I'm a good down-to-earth girl.

Maryx

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sch_addiction
27 October 2005 @ 07:23 pm
Surprised by Harry  
Title: Surprised by Harry
Author: RaeWhit
Category: Snarry
Rating: NC-17 (again)
Summary: Severus Snape has always thought himself rather immune to surprise. Until one night under an enchanting moon of August, a chance encounter with Harry Potter sets him up for the biggest surprise of his life.

I had a very elaborate, extremely intelligent review drafted out in my head, but unfortunately my flatmate came into my room to ask something inconsequential, which left us chatting for half an hour. Now all those prettily strung words are mixed up and jumbled and lost and I have to try again.
These are the basics, perhaps I'll flesh them out later:
Good fic: Harry IC, Snape IC, good plot, very nice language, some very magical moments, especially that first evening before the battle. *drools*
Go read!
M


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sch_addiction
25 October 2005 @ 11:31 pm
Seeing Stars  
Title: Seeing Stars
Author: [info]gmth
Category: Snarry
Rating: NC-17 (what else?)
Summary:Harry and Snape are easing into a relationship, but they have nothing in common... or do they?

One of the very few fics that are entirely from Snape's P.O.V.
What I loved most about it was the language, the way I could hear Snape talking while I was reading. [info]gmth is a real master when it comes to describing feelings, this strange melange of emotions and body reactions we all know, but we never manage to put in words.

My heart is twitching in a strange, arrhythmic pattern as the adrenaline courses through my system, the combination of an aching erection and knees that feel almost too weak to support my weight making it difficult to walk.

I can see myself here, I remember situations like this - only minus the erection, I have to admit.
Can't you?

Maryx

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