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With Love
With the saddest of hearts, we want to let people know that a much-adored member of our moderating team, Scarlet (@givereadersahug), passed away on the 26th December.
Scarlet was vivacious. She was caring. She was so much fun to know. She was passion personified. She’d write a drabble for a friend because they’d had a bad morning, and another because she heard a song that inspired her. She could work out what fic you were trying to remember from the vaguest of descriptions – pulling up something from a webpage no one else had visited for 15 years until she unearthed it.
Our community, the fandom, everyone, has lost a truly unique and wonderful person.
She left behind a legacy that we hope to continue on for a long time yet.
She was so happy with the collection of fanart in this blog. We discussed not long ago how it was probably the largest collection of Harry and Severus separate character fanart, and Snarry, on Tumblr – and we hope to keep that going at a minimum.
When the grief is less fresh, we hope to bring together some ideas for other ways to celebrate the things Scarlet would have wanted celebrating, and in that, celebrate Scarlet herself.
Scarlet participated in so, so many fests across her time in fandom. Her AO3 account is spilling over with a treasure-trove of fic. She was the most multi-shipper, multi-fandom positive person you could imagine. And this made it even more special she gave so much of herself and her time to the House of Snarry, helping us build and enjoy a community we're very proud of.
Last year alone, Scarlet founded three Harry Potter fests:
@harryjamespotterweek
@hpcottagecorefest
@hprecfest
And helped us yet again in running @snarryauctoberfest, which she did such an incredible amount of work on.
Her influence on the lives of many will be felt for a long time yet. She will not be forgotten. We couldn't have asked for a better co-mod or friend. Scarlet made our little House of Snarry a true home for so many.
Our thoughts are with her family.
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Lost and Found
Earlier this year, Rec' Fest founder Scarlet (@givereadersahug) started out on this adventure of setting up a fest to celebrate all the works in a fandom she held so dear.
31 days' of prompts and over 1,000 fic recommendations later, we come bearing the heart-breaking news the Scarlet never lived long enough to see the end of her beloved fest.
After a hospitalisation in early December, Scarlet allowed Danni (@danpuff-ao3) and myself Coco (@coconutice22) to join her on this reccing adventure to help support her.
Even while she dealt with her health struggles throughout the month, she remained dedicated to the fest. Though she passed away on the 26th, Scarlet's brilliant organisation meant the daily posts for each day's prompt were already set up. A post to announce the fest was finishing was already set up and queued to post the exact day and time she thought best.
Before we even knew of her passing, she had herself continued her own legacy with these posts.
Scarlet was an incredible person. Her passion for fandom and her kindness to people in fandom (both new and old) led to a reputation of someone who was brilliant, who was giving, who put the work in to bring fans together and to celebrate the characters and ships she loved so much beyond anyone else. She was so incredibly humble about it all, too, never expecting anyone to praise her.
There truly is no send-off more fitting to her spirit than this fest. Danni and I hope to keep this going, to keep up the energy and to keep Scarlet's love around in the world.
Scarlet, we miss you more than words can say, and can only hope that you'd be proud.
Tomorrow, we'll post a round-up for the fest as Scarlet would have wanted. It was the final post she had prepared for this fest, and it means everything to us that even in that, she's with us showing us how she wanted this fest completed.
Thank you to everyone who has joined in on this inaugural HP Rec Fest, and who helped to celebrate and perpetuate Scarlet's vision of spreading positivity and love in the world.
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HP Rec Fest 2023
This is just a masterlist compiling all my recs for the @hprecfest. This has been so much fun, thank you @givereadersahug for coming up with this idea and inspiring me to rec again! ❤️
Day 1: a favorite fic under 5k
Day 2: a comfort fic
Day 3: a podfic
Day 4: a fic with art
Day 5: a non-AO3 fic
Day 6: unreliable narrator
Day 7: canon-compliant fic
Day 8: canon-divergence fic
Day 9: a rare pair fic
Day 10: a fest fic
Day 11: a dark fic
Day 12: a WIP I am following
Day 13: a fic over 100k words
Day 14: a favorite series
Day 15: the most recent fic I bookmarked
Day 16: a fic that made me laugh
Day 17: a fic that made me cry
Day 18: a fairy tale inspired fic
Day 19: fic with the hottest smut
Day 20: a G-rated fic
Day 21: a thought-provoking fic
Day 23: a soulmate fic
Day 24: a holiday fic
Day 25: a fic rated T
Day 26: an ending I can’t stop thinking about
Day 27: a Muggle AU fic
Day 28: an underrated fic
Day 29: a post-canon fic
Day 30: a pre-canon fic
Day 31: a fav amongst favs
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Goodbye Scarlet
Dear @givereadersahug,
You were a treasure. Brilliant, most generous and the sweetest person I had chance to meet in fandom. We all miss you and we all will keep you in our hearts. Always.
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Author Love Letter - Scarlet
Folks, definitely chime in you want to add stuff because a lot of folks have probably met Scarlet in different contexts!
Also it's like 4am here so my spag and everything is going to be pretty bad. Sorry about that.
Scarlet, @givereadersahug on Tumblr and emeraldlove on AO3. Powerhouse of a human, brilliant multiship and multifandom writer, moderator, fest runner, community builder, absolute role model. 0% drama, 100% love. People first always. The Queen of giving without expectation.
We were like talking about having a Rec Fest sometime back in March 2023. Of course I was 100% talk 0% action. But Scarlet actually got a lot of great folks involved, started the fest, got comods to help out and literally just made it happen. That's a good TLDR intro: Make Things Happen Behind the Scenes. Like an iphone or something. Scarlet behind the scenes = it was going to work 100% without problems.
When I think about Snarry fandom, like any big and old fandom we have different folks with different strengths/contributions. Great writers, artists, podficcers, organizers. But it's pretty hard to find somebody whose first priority is making the fandom thrive because we are fans/fan creators, pretty attached to the stuff we are doing, we have time limits because fandom is a hobby and we have to prioritize between creating and community building a lot of times. Scarlet really said Community First, People First. I don't even know how to explain it but 0% transactional vibes.
Making space for people. Meeting folks where they are at. Obviously introverts have a hard time in communities sometimes. Some folks learn how to handle it. No judgment here because these experiences can be subjective. But I have seen Scarlet go the extra mile for folks who are new/introverted/feeling imposter syndrome/going through some complicated fandom experiences. Just being there for them and supporting them to get started.
Also a brilliant writer of darkfic!!! Scarlet's darkfic shorts are some of my all time favs because of how dark/delicious/intense they are. These fics really give me 2000s dirtyhotbadwrong vibes because of how totally out and proud they are about their fiction is not reality vibe. Tons of range and lots of genres but the darkfics get my special love because they are just dirtybadhotwrong shameless amazingness. Check out In His Bed to get a sense for that unique vibe! Her community building and cheerleading wins are huge but also her darkfic writing is some of my all time fav.
Also Queen of Attention to Detail. I have read some fests with her and she guessed authors just like that during anon phase. Just incredible observation Sherlock Holmes style.
My fav fest memory is doing Snapecase reading with her. She guessed the author for Candles Lit Against the Dark, @perverse-idyll based on the title because she noticed/connected a lot of the flame/shadow imagery in the author's other Snarry fics. I am pretty good about guessing some authors myself because I can identify their style but guessing from the title is advanced superpowers. I can't even!! So extra, Scarlet. So totally extra and I love love love <3
Another fav memory I have is about analyzing fics with her. When HotD was airing eldritcher's Ossuarium was being written episode by episode. It was an insane time. We had a brilliant time analyzing those fics :D We were both passionate but Scarlet was so extra passionate, noticed tons of detail that was totally lost on me, really good at connecting the dots, just a hardcore close reader.
Also dead dove fics! 100% supporter of folks writing dead dove, incest, darkfics.
Also reccing older fics! Her Dudley phase was insane and she was finding fics from like 2000s on wayback just like that with some superhuman skills. On like websites I didn't even know existed. Really Sherlock Holmes <3
Also smaller fests. Scarlet supported a ton of Dreamwidth fests and got new folks to join them/introduced them to Dreamwidth culture and literally was the bridge between different types of fandom culture a lot of times.
Also reccing fic! Her recs for For I Have Found Salvation by @lumosatnight and also for @wilfriede's podfics have so much love/passion/enthusiasm and I just love those works 2x because of the emotional connect of her reccing <3
Also nwhiker! I really got into this author's Snack fic, Second Life because of Scarlet's passionate, passionate reccing. When Scarlet got into something the reccing happened with big big love and for me that was like the best thing ever because folks who love things with big love are just super special <3
Also my concrit buddy for movies. Ingmar Bergman to Audrey Hepburn to Past Lives just a total knowledge wikipedia about movies/movie making/movie meta/movie crit. I really changed my perspective about movies after learning from her. Also shows! Watching HotD and doing episode reviews with Scarlet is like one of my best memories ever ever ever <3 Also books!
Also moderator of Snarry discords like @houseofsnarry, participated, started and ran a ton of communities and fests including the @hprecfest which is just finishing this week <3 <3
If I have to describe Scarlet in like one word I am going to say Connection. 100% about connection, 100% heart led. So special. Love, love, love.
pic source Los Angeles Street Art photography by bigcitiesbrightlights
#author love letter#fandom#scarlet#love love love#fandom is so special because of folks like scarlet#just love#<3
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VOTING IS NOW OPEN -- and here are the nominations for the Community! Check out these great blogs/posts below:
Favourite Literary Analysis
@danpuff-ao3 - Snape’s Starsign
@said-snape-softly - Snape’s Good Deeds
@said-snape-softly - Said Snape…
Favourite Shitpost
@sevsnapes - Snenergies
@sal-absinthii - Deranged and Unkempt
@smilingformoney - I’m the Problem, It’s Me
@394halfbloodprince - Eat It.
Funniest Snape Fan
@smilingformoney
@somesnapefan2
@ravenshavenn
@moonlightdancer26
Friendliest Snape Fan
@renee561
@giosnape
@mamawolfsmith87
@sevsnapes
Most Supportive Snape Fan
@slytherinsally
@givereadersahug
@giosnape
@sapphiremouse
Destroyer of Snaters
@tiphprince
@ottogatto
@said-snape-softly
@moonlightdancer26
Favourite Text Post
@mermaid886 - A Stray Cat
@wellpresseddaisy - The Funniest Asshole
@toomanyfandoms4me - Dear Potter
@smilingformoney - Potter, No
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Snarry Soulmates (Rec List)
Snarry = soulmates.
No, really! See? I have proof!
i.e. here, have a collection of fics where Snarry are, in fact, soulmates. (Which is basically canon, but y'know, whatever.) (Some people need convincing, you know?)
Corresponding Shapes
by bleedcolor (@bleedcolor.) Rated T. 5k. Soulmarks. Soul bond.
For a very long time he hadn’t known what the names meant. He’d woken up the morning of his 7th birthday and there they were; red as blood, one more thing to brand him as a freak in the eyes of his aunt and uncle.
Red Strings
by emeraldlove (@givereadersahug.) Rated T. 6k. Red string of fate.
Their magic is vibrantly red and brilliant. She just not sure what to make of Harry Potter and Professor Snape being soulmates and what it means for the wizarding world. Outsider POV.
Waiting to Divide
by emynn. Rated E. 22k. Soul bond. Time travel. Podfic available (by JocundaSykes.)
Harry always thought soul mates were the domain of overly-soppy romantics. What he didn't realise was that they were very real, very dangerous, and very inconvenient...especially when your soul mate is the very dead Severus Snape. Fortunately, with the help of his friends and a Time Portal, he's able to get past that pesky obstacle...and finds his life completely changed.
The Space Between Failing and Falling
by JocundaSykes. Rated E. 45k. Soulmarks. Podfic available.
A very long time ago, Severus resigned himself to the reality that he doesn’t have a soulmate after all. He’s finally a real Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and his life is perfectly tolerable, thank you very much.
However, at the age of thirty-nine, it seems his soulmate has come of age. He will ignore this new development and carry on as he always has.
World Enough, and Time
by Likelightinglass (@likelightinglass.) Rated T. 6k. Soulmarks. Angst with a happy ending.
Soulmate clocks start ticking when you first lock eyes, and count down until your time with them is over. Harry’s starts ticking on September 1st, 1991. He has only six years, eight months, and one day.
Advanced Lunacy
by Lilian. Rated M. 6k. Soulmarks. Dreamsharing.
Luna accidentally discovers something, and now the whole Wizarding World is abuzz about it. Meanwhile, Snape keeps appearing in Harry's dreams frequently.
Finders Keepers
by Lilian. Rated T. 7k.
Soulmate AU from tumblr @the-rotten-prince: Imagine whenever you lose something, your soulmate winds up finding it.
Severus Snape doesn't find a single thing until he's twenty. By that time, he has given up and ignores a young boy, when he arrives at Hogwarts.
Soulmate Flowers
by Lilian. Rated G. 4k. Soulmarks. Podfic available (by JodcundaSykes.) Also read Bloom (inspired work by hippocrates460; E, 1k.)
Whenever your soulmate touches you, flowers bloom on your skin. Snarry.
Property of the Half-Blood Prince
by Lomonaaeren. Rated M. 12k. Angst & romance. Soulmarks.
Harry indulges in an enormous eye-roll at the universe when he wakes up on his nineteenth birthday with “Property of the Half-Blood Prince” written on his neck like a collar. He goes on to live his life like normal, without being too upset about it—and without telling Snape, who he’s sure wants his freedom now.
Penance
by PettyPrince. Rated E. 36k. Magical AU.
Prompt fill: As Harry’s soulmate, it is up to Snape to raise him when Lily and James die. When Harry is finally old enough to complete the Bond, Snape isn’t sure he can go through with it with the boy who he has raised as a son.
Succor
by pluperfectsunrise. Rated E. 40k. Soulmarks. Female Harry.
Five times Severus Snape comforted Harry Potter, and one time Harry comforted him.
it's an inevitable
by swoons (@swoontodeath.) Rated E. 800. Soulmark. Underage. Voyeurism.
Severus Snape can be patient. He's spent six years watching and waiting, after all.
The Lover's Ghost
by Weightless. Rated T. 8k. Soulmarks. Angst & pining. Hurt/comfort.
During the war, Harry and Snape spend their nights alone, at opposite ends of a dining table, plagued by nightmares. As they draw into each other, Harry realises that perhaps Snape bearing his soul mark was what he had desired all along.
He Knew
by WordsAreTrulyBeautiful. Rated E. 13k. Fluff & smut. Patronuses.
Celebrations, misunderstandings, a large manor, the patronus charm, and a whole lot of pent up sexual tension.
Really, it's all Sirius's fault.
A Universe of Searching Souls
by Writcraft (@writcraft.) Rated E. 9k. Soulmark. Soul bond.
When the small, innocuous mark on Harry’s hip begins to cause him discomfort, he decides to go and visit the person who has a similar mark of their own. He’s fairly certain there must be some mistake, because the universe wouldn’t be daft enough to give Harry and Severus matching soul bond marks. Would it?
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Scarlet1989
A writer I know, emeraldlove (aka scarlet1989) recently passed away. I had only one interaction with her, when she gave me a gift during an exchange, but she was a friendly and kind person when we crossed paths. She was an involved fan: she ran fests and many within her fannish circle appreciated her greatly.
Her online fandom presence and pages have now passed into the hands of her fannish next of kin, her sister, who is leaving them up.
I'm glad I left a nice comment on her gift and she had time to reply before she passed away. Life is fleeting, but in her time Scarlet touched many people and made them happier, including me.
Thank you, Scarlet. Fandom is a better place because of people like you.
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You can find Scarlet's Tumblr at: @givereadersahug.
You can find her fics on her AO3 profile, emeraldlove. (Be logged in to see her works.)
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Year in Review 2023
I did this for 2022 and I couldn't pass up the opportunity for more stats. Thanks @oknowkiss (x) for the tag! Here is my year in review: 2023 edition 🥳
Stats
Word Count: 339,585 (86,974 new)
Hits: 136,378 (68,393 new)
Number of Fics started and finished: 12 over 1k and 49 under 1k
Number of WIPs started: idk... like 10? 20?
Ships I wrote this year (not including background ships): Lots and lots and lots but mostly Drarry (8), Snarry (2), Drarius (2), Fleurmione (2), Lunansy (2), and Cissamione (2)
Favorite ship(s): This year maybe Narlily, Snarry, Luther, Mollytrix
Least favorite ship(s): This year I was introduced to Marylily and Rosekiller and idk they just don't vibe with me.
AO3 Fic Writers/Artists/Creators/Readers who have inspired me and my writing this year:
@itsphantasmagoria for their incredible Drarry video game
@sleepstxtic for her incredible range of fic and nuanced depictions of canon including my fav fic of the year!
@anaxandria-writes for binding my fic!!! I am so grateful and inspired.
@givereadersahug for organizing @hprecfest and always being so joyous and enthusiastic about rare pairs (you will be very missed, my dear 💗)
Countdown
5️⃣ Top 5 works I’m most proud of from 2022 (not necessarily my most popular)
For I have Found Salvation [Snarry, E, 7.1k] — for @snarryauctoberfest with priest Severus and parishioner Harry. My very first Snarry fic!
Of Dreams and Death [Dronarry, T, 2.3k] — for @dronarryfest and had so much fun plopping the characters into the Sandman AU.
up here, i'm floating [Mollytrix, M, 1.2k] — for the @hpsaffics Secret Santa Exchange. This is possibly one of my fav ships. I'm glad I got the chance to write them as angsty as I wanted.
Such a Sweetheart [Fleuratrix, T, 2.4k] — for the HPFC server Untagged Fest. A horror coffeeshop AU!
Kinktober 2023 [Multiship, E, total 15.5k] — technically a series but my first time participating in Kinktober. I was worried I wasn't going to finish all the days in time.
4️⃣ Top 4 current WIPs that I’m most excited to release in 2023
Honestly no idea yet. I have a lot of ideas on the back burner but none that are MUST DO RIGHT NOW. But I will say that I'm excited for bunch of fests like @hptransfest @ladiesofhpfest @hptriadfest and @hp-rarepairs
3️⃣ Top 3 biggest improvements in my writing over the past year
Smut!! I've developed my smut writing a lot. Kinktober really opened my eyes to a lot of kinks as well 👀
Tone: I think I'm getting a lot better at matching tone in my writing for consistent characterizations and building atmosphere
Estimating word count: I've gotten so much better at looking at an idea and predicting how long the final story is going to be.
2️⃣ Top 2 resolutions (ways I wish to improve my writing/blog) for the new year
FINISH A LONGER WORK!! This was on my resolutions from last which I didn't complete lol. It's okay, I'll try again this year.
Create a more consistent writing schedule
1️⃣ Number 1 favorite line I’ve written this year!
Harry Potter has a tiny dick. It’s just a fact of life. The Chosen Microdick, the Small Saviour, the Boy with an Itty Bitty Package. And oh, how Draco loves it.
From The Chosen Microdick [Drarry, E, 500], part of my Kinktober 2023 series and I just love the play on words here. A banging start to a banging series 🤣
Not sure who has already done a stats roundup/fic review/2023 thingy, so I'll leave the tag open.
Happy 2024! 💖
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A Very Pairy Christmas Masterlist - 31+ podfics for December
Week 1: ❄️ Snow ❄️
Warmth by @givereadersahug (James x Lily x Severus)
Knitting Hats for Puppies by @arielsakura (Harry x Bill)
Convergence on a Winter's Night by @inmyownlittlecorner5 (Ted Tonks x Severus Snape)
Snowdrifts by @indreamsink (Draco x Hermione)
Sock Snowmen by @givereadersahug (Harry x Severus)
The Great Biscuit Calamity of 1978, And Other Such Disasters by @lunapwrites (Sirius x Remus)
Snowdeer Charms and Concussions by @arielsakura (Tom x Harry)
Week 2: 🎵 Caroling 🎵
Sorry It Took Me So Long by @arielsakura (Luna x Harry)
With Love by @smallsherbert (Pansy x Hermione)
Fast the Night Is Fading by @snapesnailtape (Severus x Lily)
Sing My Song (For You) by @theselittleponders (Rose x Scorpius)
Draco, Merrily on High by @blythe-ly (Draco x Harry)
Remus Lupin and the Christmas Snail by @innermostplanet (Remus Tonks)
Beautiful the rose that in your garden is by porcelainsalt (Luna x Astoria)
Week 3: 🎄 Mistletoe 🎄
'tis the damn season (Pansy's version) by @the-francakes (Ron x Pansy)
Escaping Fred Weasley's Magical Mistletoe by @ptwritesmore (Fred x Hermione)
Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by @siriusly-sapphic (Narcissa x Dorcas)
Mistletoe Rescue by @indreamsink (Draco x Hermione x Theo)
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by @ptwritesmore (Ron x Daphne)
Festive Mood by @paulamcg (Molly x Amelia)
House Unity by @tryslora (Draco x Neville)
Week 4: 🎁 Gifts 🎁
The Pink Prank/Prankmas Eve by @danpuff-ao3 (Draco x Ron and other pairings)
Fulfilling of the Secret Wish by smirkingcat (Draco x Remus)
Unlocking Christmas Joy by @ptwritesmore (Harry x Hermione)
The Seventh Annual Weasley White Erumpent Exchange by @constitutionalweasleymonarchy (many pairings!)
A Non-Christmas Non-Romance by kelly_chambliss (Snape x McGonagall)
Adeste Fideles by @madmaudlingoes (Draco x Ron)
you make me feel good by @facingthenorthwind (Albus x Scorpius)
Week 5: 🥂 New Year's Eve 🥂
snapshots by kitsunerei88 (Percy x Oliver)
The Enchanted Forest by @xslytherclawx-writes (Neville x Regulus)
A Magical New Year's Masquerade by @ptwritesmore (Draco x Hermione)
This Time Next Year by @janieohio (Draco x Harry)
Bonus: 🕎 Hanukkah 🕎
kindling and memory by @leftsidedown (Fleur x Tonks)
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HP COTTAGECORE 2023 - MASTERLIST
This has been a wonderful event! Thanks to everyone who participated. 🧺🧺🧺
This is the masterlist post in which all entries submitted across all platforms will be listed.
The AO3 collection will stay open till the end of the year for any late submissions. If you want the blog to reblog your work on Tumblr, please tag @hpcottagecorefest and #hpcottagecorefest2023.
Moodboards
🖼️ Meadows || Gardening - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove
Sirius Black/Severus Snape || Rated G
🖼️ The Herald - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove
Harry Potter/Severus Snape || Rated G
Fics
📖 The Cottage in the Woods - @lumosatnight / lumosdrabbles (lumosatnight)
Fleur Delacour/Hermione Granger || Rated G || 200 words
There is a cottage in the woods just outside of town.
📖 Moonlight - @givereadersahug / emeraldlove
Hermione Granger/Luna Lovegood || Rated G || 340 words
This year marked their fifth year together, and Hermione already knew what she wanted to surprise Luna with.
📖 Speak Now - @avalynlestrange
Draco Malfoy/Reader || Rated NR || <2k words
In which you rudely barge in on a white veil occasion.
📖 Under Our Feet - icefire_eyes23
Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy || Rated M || 4.8k+
Growth may be a natural and essential part of the human condition, but that doesn't mean Hermione Granger has to like it. Harry Potter Cottagecore Fest 2023.
📖 A Walk in the Woods - @thecouchsofa / thecouchsofa
Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated E || 48.2k
After ending up in the Spell Damage Ward at St Mungo’s, Harry is put on mandatory holiday leave.
The catch: he has to spend it with Malfoy at his cottage deep in the woods. Harry has no idea why Malfoy agreed to host him, considering he avoided ever being alone in a room with Harry before he left for his sabbatical a year ago.
To complicate things, Harry’s enormous longstanding crush hasn’t waned at all in Malfoy’s absence.
Podfics
🎙️ Deadheading the Odd Dahlia by peachpety - Cailynwrites
Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated E || 64 minutes
Harry is content to spend his days at Draco’s flower stall at the farmers market, burying his true feelings in artisanal coffee and rose bouquets. When forced to find new lodgings, he accepts Draco’s offer to live in a cottage at Malfoy Manor, and his long-hidden crush blossoms out of control. Turns out, proximity makes the heart grow fonder.
🎙️ Oh Your Love Is Sunlight by B1ackCatChatsBack - Cailynwrites
Sirius Black/Remus Lupin || Rated E || 353 minutes
“James texted about an hour ago,” he called after Remus as he used his phone as a torch to get to the kitchen and dug out the bees-wax candles he stored there for emergencies, “Apparently there’s a weather warning ... says he won’t expect me home until tomorrow and asks if you could leave a bowl of water and a newspaper on the floor in the kitchen for me,” he finished, voice shaking with humour
Remus snorted
“I’m sure we can come to an arrangement,” he teased as he returned.
“If I’m very good, can I sleep on the bed?” came Sirius’s reply, “I promise not to lick you awake at ungodly hours of the night,” he finished with a smirk lit by his phone as Remus re-entered the room by the light of a lit candle.
“Now that’s not a promise I can let you keep, Darling,” he purred as he placed the candle on the nightstand and clambered onto the bed quicker than he’d done anything else in his life.
OR
Sirius is stuck in a rut - in a job that he hates without any time to pursue his real passion in the aftermath of a toxic relationship - and goes to visit his friends on the rural coast and finds much more than he bargained for - and maybe exactly what he needs.
🎙️ Silver lime and Thestral hair by gnarf - Cailynwrites
Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter || Rated T || 39 minutes
The war had damaged Harry, something that had become very clear once he had started his Auror training. He had to hand in his robes after only three months. He just couldn't do it.
So, when Hermione burst into his flat, a letter in her hands about a vacancy for an apprentice, Harry suddenly found himself in front of Ollivander's, nerves on edge, while trying to talk himself into just reaching for the door.
🎙️ The Art of Seduction: Kidnapping and Hypothermia by ChaosAndCrumpets - Cailynwrites
Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy || Rated E || 73 minutes
Hermione Granger's battered old Ford Fiesta is not built for snowstorms. It's a good thing there's a flannel-clad tractor driver to come to her rescue. Or is it?
#mod post#hpcottagecorefest2023#snirius#snarry#fleurmione#lunamione#draco malfoy#drarry#wolfstar#dramione#hp femslash
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💚 HoS Mods Recs ❤️
Cause, why not?
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Summer is coming to an end, and autumn will be here soon. Seasons change, years pass us by, but Snarry is here to stay. The following brought us some joy and hopefully it'll bring you guys some joy, too.
Art
🎨 @ofnightsndsongs - Spicy Polaroids
Rated E
🎨 @flymetosnarryland - Muggle London
Rated E
🎨 @ac1d6urn - The Bravest Man
Rated T
🎨 @danipantsu - Tailormade
Rated G
Podfic
🎙️Things We Wish For by @avioleta (AO3)
Podfic by JocundaSykes
Rated E, 2 hours
Harry blinks. Blinks again. It doesn’t make sense. It’s simply not possible. But yet… “Snape?” It’s not the Snape Harry knows or remembers. Not the Snape Harry grieved. But he would know that face, that profile, those eyes anywhere. “What happened?” he manages. “How are you here?”
🎙️ World Enough, and Time by @likelightinglass (AO3) - a Podfic
Podfic by Cailynwrites
Rated T, 40 minutes
Soulmate clocks start ticking when you first lock eyes, and count down until your time with them is over. Harry’s starts ticking on September 1st, 1991. He has only six years, eight months, and one day.
Fic + Art
🌸 The Curse of Anteros - @danpuff-ao3 (AO3) / @mrviran (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 53k
When Harry is cursed, he seeks out Severus Snape. They have a long history behind them, after all, and they've always had so much between them. Who else would he go to?
🌸 A Step into the Light - @givereadersahug (AO3) / @gullibert (AO3) / @dandelionstars (AO3)
Rated NR, Word Count 10k
Severus Snape is now a free man. He fills his time travelling the world, collecting potion ingredients, and helping Luna with her business. The thing is, Severus has a gift. No, not potions or the Dark arts. He can see mushi, creatures that show up from time to time. Severus knows how to help them and the humans that come into contact with them. This time, their travels take them to an island off the coast of Japan, to a man sitting on a log, staring out into the ocean and waiting for his wife to return home.
Inspired by the anime Mushishi. A retelling of Season 1, Episode 8.
For the Snape Bang 2022.
🌸 The Ugliest Veela - Octroman
Rated E, Word Count 60k
Snape is part-veela. It is interfering with his dating life.
Post-war, Severus Snape finds himself in a life without purpose. In a desperate bid for the family he always wanted, he subjugates himself to a matchmaking service in hopes to find an acceptable partner. However, it is mandatory to disclose veela status in order to use the premiere matchmaker of the old family houses.
Wrinkled, sallow, oily, big-nosed, and bony, Severus shows up for a string of horrific dates where potential partners expect him to be both gorgeous and enchanting. “I thought veelas were supposed to be beautiful!” Cue the jokes.
How much humiliation can Severus stand?
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Illustrated chapter titles and crafted with love.
Fic
📚 A Series of Events - @babygray (AO3)
Rated M, Word Count 67k
In January, the impossible occurred. It took Severus until April to realize just what that was, and to believe.
Snarry Mpreg, takes place during Half-Blood Prince.
📚 A Trick of the Mind - @vulnerasanenturmyprince (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 40k
Ever since the horcrux in his head is gone, Legilimency comes easy to Harry. It’s nearly laughable how easy it is, considering how much he used to struggle with it back in his fifth year. But he reckons half of that had been Snape’s fault anyway. Who on earth would enjoy the nasty git invading their mind?
But as life as Harry has known it changes, Harry’s opinion on the matter changes with it ― rather drastically so if he’s being perfectly honest.
📚 Blowing Smoke - DawnOfTomorrow
Rated E, Word Count 231k
Harry doesn't care about Snape beyond having to sit detentions with the man despite being of age. He doesn't. He asks him out for a drink just to get out of detention. So what if it's... nice? So what if they become friends? So what if Snape *is* lonely?
It's not Harry's problem - at least not until he realises he's accidentally befriended the man, and just how much he cares for Snape.
Well, shit.
📚 Close Encounters - @bleedcolor (AO3) & @likelightinglass (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 35k
Years after the war, Harry Potter and Severus Snape meet and fall in lust, then love.
Too bad they don’t know who they’ve fallen for.
📚 Curatio - @serenaew (AO3)
Rated T, Word Count 12k
curatio, onis, f
noun
1. healing/curing
2. object of care
3. treatment, surgical operation, medical care
At the foot of the Whomping Willow, there lay an injured kingfisher.
Now with moodboard (chapter 2)!
📚 Date In A Dash - @silvereye5 (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 16k
Harry and Severus accidentally attend the same speed dating event.
📚 Fuck, Marry, Kill - @titconao3 (AO3)
Rated T, Word Count 13.2k
After the war, Harry Potter and Severus Snape, er, fuck sometimes. You know, it just happens; it's one of these things. They're not in a relationship, right? They're not like that.
...Until they are, but only one of them can see it.
📚 Gold Like Ichor, Gold Like Magic - @dandelionstars (AO3)
Rated M, Word Count 26k
Seven years after Harry James Potter was left unceremoniously on the doorstep to Number Four, Privet Drive, Vernon Dursley was offered a promotion and the whole family had to move to Cokeworth, England. While Dudley is off terrorizing the local children, Harry spends his days in the school library and finds a fast friend in Ms. Eileen Prince.
From Cokeworth to Hogwarts and back again, this is a story about the friendship, the magic, and the love that can be found in the unlikeliest of places, if only one bothers to look.
📚 Hawthorn Branches in Spring - zalil
Rated T, Word Count 37.5k
Harry returns to Hogwarts to finish school properly and sit for his NEWTs. He doesn't expect Snape to be back teaching, nor their old animosity to resurface. When it is pointed out to him that he is responsible for it, he sets out to change their relationship for the better. The results have more of an impact on him than he expected.
📚 Little Monkeys - Lilian
Rated T, Word Count 15.7k
"There might be a chance that maybe, perhaps, Severus went too far this whole ‘exile far away from the Wizarding World’ thing. Because however he tries to frame it, it comes down to this: after nine years of being completely alone, the first time he stays with another person, he’s plotting to steal said person’s children."
📚 Loose Ends - @arrisha-ao3 (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 9.8k
I love you, Severus wants to say. But the timing is never right.
📚 Lovers Reunited - Now with a special buff! - @hereiamwithmyninjaclan (AO3)
Rated T, Word Count 10k
MMORPGs are a fun way to pass the time and spend time with your friends- and hey, Harry might just find true love along the way.
Beta'd by the lovely @silverdrip
📚 Not Giving In - @hippocrates460 (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 38.7k
Harry comes back from his holiday to a stack of memos on his desk that all say the same thing: "Severus Snape adopted Teddy Lupin."
Snape. No one has seen him since the war trials ended, no one knows where he lives, no one knows why he took Teddy. And what happened to Andromeda? Harry is determined to be a good godfather and sort it all out. Even if it means dealing with Snape.
Title from Better Son/Daughter, because Nanette.
📚 Professional Strippers - @coconutice22 (AO3)
Rated T, Word Count 6k
At Uncle Vernon’s funeral, Aunt Petunia asks Harry for a favour.
📚 Snowed in with Severus - @maraudersaffair (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 32.5k
In eighth year, Harry decides to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas. He sets out to spend the time with Professor Snape, but after a magical accident, they find themselves stranded alone in a snowy cabin with no way out and only one bed.
📚 Sudden Light - @liladiurne (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 48k
Seven years after the war, in the dead of winter, Severus Snape meets a beautiful stranger on a train. Inevitably, he falls in love.
Inspired by D.G. Rossetti and Paul Celan and based on the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
📚 The Beating of This Fragile Heart - @writcraft (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 33k
After the war, the last thing Severus Snape needs is the memory of a fleeting wartime kiss and a very persistent Harry Potter thwarting his plans to live a peaceful and solitary life. It’s only when Harry’s life is endangered that Severus is finally forced to confront his feelings head on.
📚 the Boy Who Lubed - @swoontodeath (AO3)
Rated M, Word Count 7k
Desperate to pass his N.E.W.T. in Potions, Harry Potter joins a secretive Discord server run by a Potioneering expert known only as the Half-Blood Prince.
What will happen when Severus Snape, full-time Potions Professor and part-time Discord mod, realises that the newest addition to his server is none other than his least favourite student?
📚 The Half-Blood and the Prince - @tax-onomic (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 6.5k
“It’s just a book, Harry.”
“Okay. Thanks.”
“But… you’ve got a crush on a book, mate. That’s a bit much. You need a girlfriend.” She tapped the name on the first page thoughtfully. “Or perhaps a boyfriend?”
📚 The Measure of a Man - @ac1d6urn (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 50k
Several years after defeating Voldemort, Junior Auror Harry Potter discovers himself and, at the risk of losing his childhood love, follows the truth. Through it all, Snape is an unexpected solace. Will he become more?
📚 The Want of You - @fleetingdesires (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 7.3k
On his night off, Severus unexpectedly realises that Harry has grown into quite an attractive man.
He's just not going to think too hard about it. No, he's not going to think about him at all. It's fine. He's fine. Everything is fine.
📚 Thirteen and a half inches - @loneamaryllis (AO3)
Rated E, Word Count 8.3k
The Marauder's Map shows a number above some people's head. Harrie investigates what it means.
📚 You Were Myth-Taken - @hokee101 (AO3)
Rated T, Word Count 23.8k
When vampire attacks hit Hogsmeade, Severus Snape is the prime suspect. With Harry and Albus not taking these accusations seriously and the students threatening to expose him at every turn, this term was going to be just fangtastic.
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Hello!
I have some mod news. @coconutice22 and @danpuff-ao3 are so kind in stepping in to help me run the fest. ❤️ I didn't expect this fest to hit the ground running and I am overjoyed in the number of amazing recs and love and joy as I read through all the posts and seeing people connect with each other in the reblogs. Continue being amazing! And I can't wait to see what else you guys have in store.
- Scarlet, @givereadersahug
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HP Rec Fest, Day 31
Last day of @hprecfest and I AM NOT READY to say goodbye 😭 so sad to see this incredible coming to an end but also thrilled that I’ve had the chance to participate and found my reccing mojo again. Thank you @givereadersahug for this incredible initiative and to all the mods for for your hard work!!! Of course the last prompt is a banger, it was so hard to pick a fav amongst favs but to honour my commitment to rec fics that deserve more visibility I’m sharing two stunning works that showcase the beauty of short (3k) and medium (31k) form. No better way to close it out than reccing two stories that have been so very special for me ever since I first read them, and informed the way I see the ships and my respect for short-medium length. I can only hope this post will inspire more folks to check and experience these beauties by themselves. I hope you’ve had as much fun with the Rec Fest as I did! Wishing everyone a happy NYE and an amazing start to 2024 🥂
Day 31) a fav amongst favs:
Drarry
Still Life (orphaned, M, 3k)
No summary provided so I’ll quote:
if you’ve ever wondered if it’s possible to create a perfect short fic the answer is yes and the proof is right here. what a masterclass in short form! the gorgeous prose, the introspective tone, the slice-of-life atmosphere, the perfect pacing and unexpected ending - everything comes together so seamlessly it might feel casual at first but I promise it’s actually quite profound in meaning. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read Still Life and it still hits me in the solar plexus. every. fucking. time. Harry’s pov is a triumph, nuanced, hilariously oblivious and so charming as he navigates conflicting feelings about his growing attraction to Draco. it’s as if we are right there by his side, watching as he overanalyzes their casual-not-so-casual relationship and Draco’s not helping by being infuriatingly hot, tender and quirky (god what a compelling combo, and he has such brilliant lines too!). I am obsessed with their voices and with Harry’s mental gymnastics from horny denial to stunned resignation. this was such a transformative read for me because it’s one of the few fics that made my jaw drop with every paragraph, masterfully crafted to hit me right in the feels. by now I know by heart the lines that give me the “heartkick” - a physical reaction that makes my heart contract and expand with warmth at reading something that changes me in a permanent way. there’s nothing I could say to do this fic justice so I rest my case by stating that it’s a privilege to have the chance to read seefin’s works! what a legend.
Rare pair
A Fine Foray into Fashionable Fellatio by @wellhalesbells (Draco/Ron, E, 31.5k)
First comes tolerating, then comes shagging, then comes unintended consequences.
this is the fic that effectively and irreversibly pulled me into Dron 🪦 I remember being so completely mindblown and obsessed with this story that I immediately found 1824947 ways to mention and rec it every chance I got. holy shit, what a journey! before reading this fic I didn’t know it was possible to love them together and not even think about Harry. but here Ron and Draco are so fully realized, so well-matched in wit, charisma and personality I was promptly sold on the ship without ever comparing their dynamics to Drarry, after all Ron is so very different from Harry. this is quite the emotional rollercoaster, as chaotic, impulsive and intense as both characters; their chemistry and sexual tension are off the charts (the bathroom sex and smoke kink, my god!!!! 🥵) and the Mpreg plot works surprisingly well and in a very Dron way: jump head first, talk feelings later. love the mix of playful banter, horny smut and tentative sweet romance with a long-standing friendship in the background. this is such a FUN read and I really appreciate that the author took their time to develop both the plot and the characters, it certainly felt refreshing to me as I’m used to short rare pair fics. definitely a Dron classic that deserves to be read and reread many times!
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Well... Severus tried. Really!
Part 3 of the Saturday at Spinner's End ɷ◡ɷ
BUT first things first. Guys, Scarlet @givereadersahug blessed me with another lovely and heartmelting ficlet (´つヮ⊂) I'm so, SO happy that I can't cope! This little story is everything I could dream about and more. I'm just so in love with it! 🥰 Thank you Scarlet!
You can read her brilliant fics on AO3! Here is the link:
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2023 HP Fic Recs
HP Fics written and completed in 2023 which I read and loved. My recs are based on my reading + taste.
Snarry
OTP!
For I Have Found Salvation by @lumosatnight
Severus is a priest, and Harry is the parishioner who may just make him break his vows of celibacy.
Enough said. Hot, wrong, dirty. So totally Snarry!!! Also with a twist you don't see coming! Rated E. 7100 words. From Snarry AUctober Fest 2023 collection.
Snake Charmer by @perverse-idyll
Sometimes all Severus had to do was turn thirty-plus years of repressed hunger upon him, and Harry would start shaking.
They are total disaster failmarriage hotness! Feel really sorry for everybody around them. Like a lot! The opening line is giving one really bad vampire in Hunger so much for me :D :D It's like a snippet/draft from WARM my beloved! <3 3200 words. Rated T.
Devotion by @danpuff-ao3
Is there anything more undignified than needing someone so much?
26000 words. Rated E. Maximum hotness. Maximum wrongness. Maximum dirty bad delicious Snarry. This is the longest HP fic I read this year and 100% worth it!!! I am a big fan of Danni's Snarry and this fic is one of my all time fav Snarries. From Snarry-a-thon 2023 collection.
In His Bed by @givereadersahug
Jealousy flooded Harry at their familiarity with each other's bodies. Resentment at their ease in getting each other off — the passion, the eagerness, the joy. All so different from his relationship with Severus.
Harry is super Slytherin here! Using the memories in order to learn what makes Snape tick! I really loved the dirtybadhotness of this fic! 450 words. Rated E. HP Kinktober collection.
Coda to "Soft Touch" by @perverse-idyll
He'd thrown the bait. Would Snape catch it? Yes, he would, and throw it back.
Soft Touch is the Most ethical Massage Therapy fic ever :D Dirty, bad, hot, wrong. So it's incredible to get this really sweet and wholesome coda. You can see the undercurrents of the more complicated themes but also really sweet. 3300 words. Rated T. This is as fluffy as PI Snarry gets :D :D
Femslash
Nymphadora, Nymphet by @thistlecatfics
Could this woman be a relative of her mother’s?
Bellatrix/Tonks, Bellatrix/Andromeda. 20200 words. Rated E. From Women of the House of Black fest 2023 collection. Really hot, dirty, wrong on literally every single level :D Obviously I love it! The femslash Lolita fic HP fandom really really needed :D
Candles Lit Against the Dark by @perverse-idyll
Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank/Minerva McGonagall. 13600 words. Rated G. My favorite fic of 2023. From Snapecase 2023 fest collection. Beautiful, beautiful fic which is kind of my personal epilogue for the books at this point. Lost count of rereads. It's packed with beautiful friendships, people focusing on the sweet instead of the bitter, people moving on together, people forgiving each other. It's an incredible fic with perfect execution on some classic tropes like matchmaking and friends who are going to help you whether or not you asked for it. Also some not so classic tropes like celebrating a female character's life/happiness/love being the center of a rich fic. Ultimately this is Minerva McGonagall's fic and I am so here for it.
Once of Eden by eldritcher.
Lily/Eileen. 2000 words. Rated M. Poignant and super sharp character study of Lily. Lots of storms inside her head about her family/war/Petunia/Snape. This is right before her marriage but she has this feeling she doesn't fit into that life and she doesn't want to let go of her past. Like a lot of us, she's also seeing her past/childhood through these nostalgic glasses but at the same time she's also noticing adults in her life and has this bittersweet feeling that she's an adult now/making adult choices now. Serious Catcher in the Rye vibes. This fic has the Lily for me. Really like Harry, really Gryffindor. It's a really beautiful, sensitive, unique, powerfully human fic.
Leather by @saintsenara
Tonks/Fleur, Tonks/Charlie, Tonks/Remus, Tonks/OFC. 2900 words. Legit character studies of bi characters are super rare in our fandom. I don't really go for self-discovery type fics but this one is whoa! Love, love, love and highly recommend this one. It's out and proud and amazing. <3 From Ladies of HP Fest Collection.
Rare slash
Rare as in the only fic on AO3 for the pairing :D
The Ice Cream Man and the Potions Master by @squibstress
Florean Fortescue/Snape. 9000 words. Rated G. From Hoggywartyxmas 2022 fest collection. This is definitely my fav slash fic of the year <3 I feel like a lot of times especially with OTPs the preslash part is kind of assumed to happen in the background. This fic does an incredibly amazing job of setting up the preslash and it's just ultra convincing. New Snape ship dropped <3
Gen
Yeah, I read gen! Tbh I don't except when a character study fic or an author's writing style really grabs me :D
October by @ashesandhackles
Insanely amazing character studies. Rated G. The Barty Crouch Jr. character study, Disappointing Fathers, is probably my all time fav genfic with him. I came out of this super sympathetic for Barty which is something that never happened to me before. So well written and brilliantly characterized.
Womb by eldritcher
3000 words. Rated M. Phineas Nigellus Black character study with a beautiful friendship with Snape. Dark and intense but the fic has my fav Snape resurrection of all time <3 From Snapecase 2023 fest collection.
Birds of Paradise by eldritcher
2700 words. Rated G. Fawkes character study with a beautiful friendship with Albus Dumbledore. Really beautiful, ethereal fic. eldritcher can write non-human characters with their own "type" of emotional connect. Normally they use this superpower for writing interspecies :D But this is a beautiful gen fic. From Pandemic, my most beloved. Obviously each and every eldritcher fic has a really special place in my heart but Pandemic is just insanely generous giving something special at the right time when it was needed and it made a huge difference for me personally. Love and anarchy, always!
The Octaves and the Circumsion of Our Lord by eldritcher
The Dark Lord is circumcised. Nobody knows how everybody knows, but everybody knows.
2300 words. Rated M. Regulus Black character study with a beautiful friendship with Kreacher. Dark and intense fic about Regulus getting radicalized but also showing how he actually buys into those beliefs. Normally I avoid Regulus fics because the characterizations just don't work for me. This is exactly how I imagine Canon Regulus.
Al Najid by eldritcher
She has come here to make an example of this woman for the son to find. Snape should know that betrayal comes with consequences.
2800 words. Rated M. Bellatrix Black character study set just before she tortures the Longbottoms. A complicated situationship with Eileen. Dark and hot mess Black family fic.
Het
Oof. Literally zero reason to trust my hetfic recs but you got to trust me :D These fics are amazing!
Ariadne by @ashesandhackles
Surrealistic, beautiful character study of Cho. It's got Harry/Cho, Cedric/Cho for pairings but this is 100% her fic. 1100 words. Rated G.
Exploring Cho's feelings for Harry in wake of her grief for Cedric's death, with symbolism from myth of Ariadne, Theseus and the Minotaur
Four Christmases Pomona Sprout Loved and One She Hated by @kellychambliss.
Aberforth/Pomona. 6800 words. Rated T. This fic keeps it real. I really felt her pain because when you are an adult making new friends is super hard! The BEST Aberforth Dumbledore Snarkiest!!!! <3 I am a big fan of how this author writes The Abe D! Actually I am a big fan of this author. FAVE! <3 A lot of times rarepairs can feel kind of hard to believe because the characters don't have canon time together. You are totally going to be convinced. ALSO BANTER. I love relationship progression with banter. Things get bittersweet because of the war but it's got a really beautiful earned happy ending <3 My fav het fic of the year. Best fic to end this list :D
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