Great dark Snupin story

[valis2]

Have just read a dark!fic Snupin tale that is quite amazing. It's called Forty Drops, by rufus, and wow. It's R, for violence, but there is no sexual content, I promise, though you should definitely read the warnings (but don't worry, it isn't that frightening), and it's just a terrific tale of Severus during the war. I won't tell you any more...I don't want to spoil it at all, but it's terrific Snape stream-of-consciousness POV is not to be missed. I love the use of language, of Severus trying to deal with what's going on, and it features one of my favorite things...the reader having to piece together what's happening. It's great.

I'm loving the dark!fic challenge so far, but this is really one of the standout pieces from the challenge.

Comments

[gmonkey42.livejournal.com]

One thing I don't understand:

Why did he think Lupin was dead at first? And then why, given that he thought Lupin was dead, was he not surprised to see him in the kitchen?

Apart from that confusing bit, it's a great fic.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Hm...perhaps he thought Lupin had died in the explosion? Not certain about that either.

[rufus.livejournal.com]

Snape thought Lupin had died because he interpreted McGonagall and Draco's presence in his bed as an attempt at either a) watching over him protectively or b) providing some sort of comfort to him or c) some combination of the above.

And the only event that he could think of that would have caused him to become unhinged enough to require them to do that was Remus' death.

but I am glad you liked the rest of it!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aha! Excellent. Thank you so much for shedding light on the subject!