Title: Snape Knows
Author: sc010f
Disclaimer: Not mine, no money was made from this.
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Severus/Percy
Word count: 100
Summary: Snape recognizes himself in a Weasley
AN: Challenge 310 - The Unwritten Pairing

( Snape Knows )

Hey! I've been lurking here for a while, but today I have something that is truly worth sharing.

Not only is the cover a lovely composition, but it is an absolute must-read. I am only seventeen, but of the 150+ books I've read, this one tops them all. It is an always within a never, it will kill you and raise you up from your mottled bones like a phoenix. This book will change your life and your perspective on the world and mankind.

I just joined this group and wanted to introduce myself. I am an introvert and for the most part, I don't really have any major problems with being this way. Ok, I don't make friends easily in real life, and I don't have (or need) a large circle of friends. I am more comfortable with online than real life interaction. I function well, socially, though, and even work in a job where I have to do a lot of talking. I never thought I could do this but I am doing it pretty well, much to my own surprise! I also love to go out and have fun though it is sometimes hard to motivate myself to actually do it, and I need lots of "me-time" afterwards. I used to be very shy, but that has got a lot better as I got older and more confident. I have trouble keeping in touch with my family (parents, siblings, in-laws) because spending time with them on top of my work and taking care of my kids, just cuts into my "alone" (recharge) time too much but for the most part they seem to accept my weirdness.

The biggest challenge I was ever faced with as an introvert, was, trying to be a good mother. It didn't seem so difficult when my kids were younger, because obviously my maternal instincts overrode my need for alone-time. Now, my kids are older though and I find it extremely exhausting. Two of them are basically adults but will continue to live at home for the foreseeable future (school and money issues), and of course, I don't want to make them feel unwanted, or like they should move out! I want to be a good mother. But, I am an introvert and have to live under one roof with THREE other adults (plus my youngest child) and sometimes it is just so very draining. I am afraid they are feeling unwanted or unloved at times because I often can't hide how overwhelmed I feel by constantly being surrounded by people! I dread the holidays because I crave alone time, but I know holidays are a time for family and togetherness. I shouldn't want to run away from it all! I should embrace the opportunity to be with my children.

I never made the connection between feeling this way (it has got worse over the last year or two) and the fact that I am introverted to the extreme, it only occurred to me a while ago that being an introvert is probably why I have so much trouble being a good mother, especially now that they are older. Like I said, I didn't notice it when they were small.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have had children at all, and that makes me feel horrible. :( Please don't flame me. I would love to hear from other introverts with children.

Thanks in advance!

All right, I know self-harm is attractive in the fictional world (with no comments about the real world). If nothing else, it's definitely a YMMV, and, hey, I love some self-destructive tendencies in my characters myself.

Except self-harm doesn't necessarily equal cutting.

No, really! I read a rather nice Harry Potter fanfic where Harry's form of self-harm was stabbing himself with needles. It was a reaction to something that had happened and worked smoothly with his plot and character. It wasn't just a random thing: the needles had a large part to do with the plot and his reaction to the incident.

If you want a character to do self-harm for whatever reason -- with the most popular being punishing themselves -- figure out what makes the most sense with the character and the plot. Most characters would not actually grab a razor and cut themselves. No, really. It's true.

That goes with the whole self-starvation thing, too. It breaks my brain to see many characters suddenly decide they're too fat and need to starve themselves to get thin when that has never even been implied or hinted or anything in their characterization -- hell, is too often the opposite of their characterization. Can it be done? Yes, I've actually read a believable teen!Dean fic about him starving himself for that reason. It doesn't change the fact that there are other reasons that would fit better with their character and should be considered.

I believe there's a believable way to present (almost) everything in fanfiction, but try to match characterization, please? And if you tell me screw characterization, you just want to do that anyway, then I'm probably just not going to read your fic, so no biggie.

Program(+version) I'm using: Adobe Photoshop CS
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker:

by lovelyroxy

OR a different image I want to color(this is not the original):
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Title: Damn Legilimency!
Author: moreteadk
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and everything in association with him belongs to JKR.
Rating: All ages
Pairing: Severus/Molly
Word count: 100
Summary: The real reason Severus avoids spending time with the other Order members
A/N: For challenge 310 The Unwritten Couple at snape100

( Damn Legilimency! )

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( Better run for cover 'cause it looks like rain again! )

There's some parts of this song that don't really apply to me but the general feel of it pretty much does.

art © fantastipink
lyrics © greenday

title: Of Love and Razorblades
author: define_serenity
characters/pairings: Jasper/Bella, Alice, Carlisle, Michael (OC)
author's notes: no spoilers. my Bella was inspired by KStew's character in Adventureland.

summary: Bella is married to Jasper. Rosalie is set to marry Emmett. Tanya wants Edward, who is actually with Alice, but he has a thing for Bella the moment he meets her. Does anyone know what polyfidelity means?

this chapter: “Happy anniversary,” he whispered in my ear. Instead of answering him I ran my tongue over the shell of his ear and then slightly pulled his lobe with my teeth. LEMONS!

@ LJ: prologue | chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3 | chapter 4 | chapter 5
@ FF.net: chapter 5

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