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Title: Complete Challenges 3 - feel free to pick one up again!
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 12:33:54 AM

Hello,

For the second time, welcome to the Picture The Story Challenge.
I decided not to change anything, so:

For Artists:
1. Draw a picture. HG/SS (partially at least)is a must. Note that your entries
from the previous challenge edition can be used once again if you *didn't* get
any answers and still want to give your picture a try!
2. Post it to the special folder in Photos section, called PictureTheStory
Challenge. You can post more than one picture, of course. Mark it as a second edition entry;
3. Wait patiently...

For Writers:
1. Check for pictures in the PictureTheStory Challenge folder, Photos section;
2. Write a story that will describe/tell the tale of your chosen picture/s. Don't make it too long, it's a picture - remember? No limit in number of the
stories you can write and post;
3. Post your story in txt/html format to the Challenge folder in Files section.

All entries will be displayed, with your consent, of course, on the special page at
http://www.eccentrix.com/members/picturethestory/ (http://www.eccentrix.com/members/picturethestory/)
once the Challenge No. 2 is closed, as the first edition's entries are. That
means you can delete them when I have them saved safely onto my disc (I will
inform you on the list).

Have fun!
Silene

Title: Picture This 1
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 01:13:18 AM

Well, it can't be too complicated.
If you're an artist, make a picture.
If you're a writer, write a story which matches one of pictures made for challenge.

1. Pictures shall be posted to the folder Photos/PictureTheStory Challenge,
2. Don't make them too big, for the group's space saving sake,
3. They should be HG/SS, of course, or at least hinting the possibility...

4. Stories can be posted here,
5. Don't make them too long - it's a picture!
6. And try to tell the tale of the chosen picture...Write which one you choose!

Have fun,
Silene

Title: Polylove
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 08:47:57 PM

Polylove.

Fate made Severus be trapped at Harry Potter’s body,at the same time Potter lies unconscious in the hospital wing.
While he adjust to his new life, he start seeing Hermione in an entirely new way, and so does she. Not knowing that she is falling for Professor Snape.
Once Severus return to his body he don’t know which path to take and Hermione realized that something really odd happened with Harry.

Requirements:

1. It must start at Hermione´s seven year.
2. Albus should oppose to any relation between H/S.
3. Legimens must be use somehow.
4. Only the staff must know about the body switch.
5. Extra bonus for any of this:
a. Rita Skeeter meddling in everybody affairs.
b. Snape at the Dursley´s.
c. The phrase: Wow, that’s Freudian!.
6. Use any POV you like, any style you prefer. Make it romance, humor, angst, fluff, whatever you want.
7. Any rate. Any length.

Title: The Pretty Woman Challenge
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 08:53:41 PM

The Pretty Woman Challenge
Ends September 24 (my birthday, grin)

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere captivated our hearts in the movie “Pretty Woman”, the story of a prostitute who captures the heart of a jaded, millionaire. The fairy tale quality of this story had endured.

However the original script for “Pretty Woman” was not a fairy tale, but a dark parody that was meant to show the darkness in the life of a prostitute. It was thrown out and reworked. Sex sells, but it sells better if it is done with humor and a happy ending.

The challenge is to tell Hermione’s and Severus’ story based on the movie “Pretty Woman”. The synopsis basically is that Hermione is a prostitute, how she came to this will be up to your creativity. Severus of course is the man that enters her life, for better or for the worse, and pays her to stay with him for a time posing as his companion.

How this plays out is up to you. Stick to the movie if you so desire or write the script towards the original idea behind “Pretty Woman.”

Of course this wouldn’t be a challenge but a plot bunny without some guidelines.
Include in the story three of the following scenes,
-A more experienced prostitute giving Hermione tips
-A pimp trying to get Hermione to let him or her control her ‘business’
-An acquaintance of Severus’ trying to get Hermione to sleep with him or her
-A formal occasion that leaves Hermione feeling very embarrassed
-A brooding Severus and a piano

Also include three of the following statements,
-“I have never treated you like a prostitute.”(Severus) …”You just did.” (Hermione)
-“What’s your dream? Everyone has dreams.”
-“Slippery little devils.”
-“It’s hard to let go of something of such beauty.”
-“He’s not really my uncle.” (Hermione says this in reference to Severus)
-“Baby, I am going to love you so good, you’ll never let me go.”
-“This baby corners like it’s on rails.”
-“Bloody, fucking Cinderella”

(I know all the quotes are not exact to the movie, but it is as close as I can remember right now.)
Happy ending? That is up to you and was there really a happy ending in “Pretty Woman”?

Have fun
Andrian

Title: The Prophecy Challenge
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 09:39:45 PM

The Prophecy Challenge

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This challenge is fairly open ended in its requirements. There are no specific words or phrases to be included.

The challenge response must include the following ideas/plot details.

Prophecy
History of the Death Eaters (or their equivalent) prior to Voldemort and the suggestion that Voldemort used these older structures to organise his followers
Any time span from Hermione’s seventh year onwards
Wizarding prejudice in any form you want
Time Turner

Rating: Any and all ratings

Length: One shot or chaptered, but the first two chapters must be uploaded by the 31st October 2003.

Closes: All Hallows Eve Oct 31st

An aside: The ancient Celts believed that Samhain was he most auspicious time for seeing into the future; that the past and future were divided by a curtain (or veil), that was at this time, the most transparent. Samhain usually translates as the modern Halloween or All Hallows Eve.

Title: The Proposal
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 10:27:10 PM

Trinity Black’s The Proposal Challenge

Well, as everyone in their right mind seems to know Severus and Hermione are destined for each other. Which, eventually, is likely to end up with them getting married, and living happily ever after.

The challenge

· A one shot fic in which Severus proposes to Hermione – it can be fluffy or humorous, even angst if it works.

· Severus must take Hermione on a muggle date after seeing it somewhere that that is ‘the best thing to do’.

· Severus must bottle out of it at least once – without Hermione realizing.

· The line ‘The sensible voice in her head came and told her to stop talking to herself’ must be included.

· Severus says ‘That’s all folks’ (it doesn’t have to be in the cartoon style)

· Kissing in the rain (action or song)

… and include one of the following…

· “You’re spoiling me, what have you done wrong?”

· “I think that plant is looking at you funny”

· Severus getting a drink thrown over his head.

· “Sod this, I’m going back to just shagging you senseless.”

The challenge-y bits

The deadline is the 18th of January. Entries can be any rating. When posting the challenge say it is a response to WIKKT The Proposal challenge.

Email me if you have any queries

Title: Psycho Snape
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 11:38:27 PM

Psycho Snape challenge

Okay, I posted a couple of challenges that were evidently to complicated and misunderstood. This one in particular was based on a novel/movie that no one other than the people in America have read/seen. (My inner Snape is lifting his eyebrow sarcastically) So I decided to dumb it down a bit.

These are the basic plot twists-

-Snape has split personalities but doesn't know it.

-Hermione falls for Snapes other personality, but she doesn't know it's a different personality.

-The real Snape eventually falls for her as well.

-Snape's alter ego creates something that causes a major occurrence

-Snape realizes his alter ego is causing all the problems but is unable to stop him.

These are things that should happen-

-Snape gets in a fist fight

-Hermione gets laid

-The hogwarts students develop a new respect for Snape

Things to be said (These are and/or)-

"You got some fucked up friends."

"No I do not own a cornflower blue tie."

"I hear Lithium is good."

"Your sheets are April Fresh."

Put all links and stories in challenge folder, be sure to add all the mandatory information, the challenge end date is

Title: Just As It Seems
Post by: Admin on May 30, 2020, 11:46:06 PM

We always make Severus out to be this complicated, misunderstood man….

What if he wasn’t?

THE CHALLENGE:
The Plot:
Hermione discovers that the true Snape, is almost just how he seems. Severus discovers that Hermione isn’t that pushy know-it-all either..

Can be as long or short as you want. Any rating, they can end up together or not….
It’s up to you!!

Details:
Hermione (for a reason you must come up with) feels the need to discover the “real Prof. Snape”. She believes he is a complex man and deeply hurting, only to discover he…isn’t.
Through it all, he sees the “real” Miss Granger and both are surprised with who they really are.
SO what happens? What are they really like? There personalities can be anything BUT what they typically are:
Hermione may not be a bossy, know-it-all secretly wanting and/or wishing to fit in, or an abused child striving for perfection
Snape may not be an emotionally scared man who pushes people away for fear of hurting others.
You must come up with something else!!

This is the main reason for this challenge, because many of the FanFictions I read they are exactly like that. Lets see something different people!! Other then that, GO WILD!!
Double points if you work in some Draco/Ginny, Draco/Ron, AND/OR Albus/Minerva

Must include One of the following quotes
“You had me at hello,” -Jerry Maguire
“You really are a Fat Bastard” -Goldmember
“Your acceptance is nether wanted or required”

Teacher A:
“Don’t think of it as failing, think of it as your grades going in a different direction, that your work is held up to a different standard, that …”
Teacher B:
“Uh (Teacher A), I think (s)he gets what you are trying to say, and it’s not helping.”

Ends April 11, 2003!!!

Title: THE REGENCY CHALLENGE
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:03:30 AM

THE REGENCY CHALLENGE

Brought to you by Susanna/pigwidgeon37

Dear WIKTTers,

Starch your bonnets and sharpen those quills—time to enter the Regency Challenge.

These are the rules:

1) Main Characters:

At least four of these six characters have to appear in the story; it's up to you which HP character you choose to play the part. And of course you can make up as many others as you want.

- The Dark, Brooding Hero: Preferably rich, aristocratic (maybe a duke or a marquis?), well-mannered and well-dressed. But oh-so-unapproachable…

- The Charming, Witty Heroine: make her a wealthy heiress, the fifth daughter of a bankrupt but noble family, an orphan who discovers she’s in reality the great-granddaughter of Louis XV. Whatever you want.

- The Dashing Rival: handsome, slightly shady, a gambler and ladies’ man, maybe with connections to the more unsavoury elements of 19th century English society? Or maybe not so bad after all?

- The Scheming, Evil Woman: beautiful but rotten to the core, or disfigured by an ugly scar? Whatever the reason, she harbours a deep, deep grudge against one of the other protagonists… Enemies of the Heir, beware!

- The Innocent: Perhaps she's the Dark Hero’s younger sister or ward? The heroine’s best friend? Innocent victim of the dashing rival? Trembling partner in crime of the evil woman, blackmailed into collaboration because she has a dark secret?

- The Benevolent Elderly Relative ( or maybe employer, if the Heroine is a governess?) Old and wise and always ready to listen to the woes of the young. Rich or poor? Maybe there's a testament or a hidden treasure?

2) Try to use at least one—ideally as many as you can—of the following phrases:

- “By Jove, I swear I never saw a more finely sculpted profile!”

- one of the main characters has to call another character (of your choice) “Mon Enfant”—whether the other likes it or not is up to you

- “Aye, I’ll fence with you, rogue!”

- “It may interest you that I am not accustomed to being spoken to in this fashion by my servants.”

- “He’s a boorish cub, with the soul of a farmer.”

- “Impossible, dear child, you cannot go without a chaperon!”

3) Our protagonists should appear at some fashionable event, like a ball, a rout, a Morning Ride at Hyde Park, an evening at the opera…

4) Although it seems obvious that Snape and Hermione should be the Hero and Heroine, you don't have to choose those roles for them. Just make sure they’re together happily at the end.

5) You’re free to choose whichever form you like best: one-shot, series of vignettes, multi-chaptered, epistolary novel, diary. Plus, you have the choice between writing a serious story (à la Georgette Heyer) or a parody in the Mills & Boon style (Barbara Cartland would be a highly recommended role model for the latter).

Not usually a fan of OOC-ness, I’d say that it's pretty unavoidable here (especially if you’re crazy enough to attribute the role of Dashing Rival to Snape). Anyway, as this is my challenge, OOC-ness will be pardoned if it’s well-done and funny.

Enjoy yourselves, ladies. You’ve got until 15 November 2003 to post your entry, or at least the first chapter.

Title: How To Write A Regency Romance
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:10:22 AM

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How To Write A Regency Romance
by Cynthia Marienthal

A Regency romance is not simply a short historical romance that happens to be set in the early half of the 19th century. Regency romances are a world all of their own.

The actual "Regency" occurred between1811 and 1820, however sometimes the word "Regency" is applied to a book taking place slightly earlier, perhaps 1805 or so. The only paperback publishers that still publish Regencies that I am aware of are Signet and Zebra.

Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer are icons of this genre. Catherine Coulter, Mary Jo Putney, Edith Layton and Mary Balogh all wrote Regencies before branching out into the large historical market and beyond. Emily Hendrickson still writes them.

A Regency is relatively short, though longer than a category. A Regency will run approximately 75,000 words. Despite the short length, the Regency is not just a category novel with long skirts and high hats.

A Regency is generally "sweet." There is no graphic sex in a Regency, although a Regency-period long historical is not bound by this rule. And yes, some established authors have been pushing the envelope. This is not to say that there is no sexual tension. Far from it. One of the most sensual scenes I have ever read is in Georgette Heyer's novel, Frederica. All Alverstoke does is kiss Frederica's hand. And yet, the scene is simply stuffed with sexual tension.

There is also relatively little profane language in a Regency and never from a lady's mouth. It wouldn't be good ton.

The plot is relatively low-key in a Regency. Look at Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is about a girl who is snubbed by a rich man every single girl wants to nab. Sense and Sensibility is about two sisters, both of whom are prevented from marrying the men they love by the man's family because they are not rich. Emma is about a girl who tries to matchmake with unfortunate results. There is usually no high drama such as you would see in a longer historical, although a girl kidnaped for her dowry or the war with Napoleon may figure in the plot.

The plot generally revolves around finding a husband. The heroine may go to London for the season, if her Papa can afford it, and attend Almack's, also known as the "Marriage Mart." If she isn't good enough for Almack's, she must settle for a husband from the fringes of the ton and won't be invited to all the best parties.

When writing a Regency, historical accuracy is essential. Readers of Regencies are extremely aware of the facts and will call you on them if you make a mistake. Still, don't look to "the greats"and accept information as facts without checking into them. Georgette Heyer years ago inserted information that was wrong in order to catch a plagiarist. In point of fact, there never was a "Little Season" in London. If your Regency novel sends your heroine to London to find a husband during the "Little Season," your book will be inaccurate.

If at all within your budget, try to go to London and Bath to see the locales written into the novels of published writers. Hyde Park, Rotten Row, the Bath Assembly Rooms, Grosvenor Street and all the rest are not just names. You can look at photographs, but there is nothing like being there and walking along the Serpentine. Who cares that no dashing rake will come trotting up to you, tip his hat and dare you to gallop in the Park? (Well, I cared.)

Reference material can sometimes be hard to come by. My local library has essentially none and getting books from outside of the system is very difficult if you don't know the name and author of the book. Kristine Hughes and Emily Hendrickson have compiled and self-published several good reference books; Marilyn Clay also puts out an excellent newsletter. I have included other references as well, though they are perhaps not so exclusively Regency.

References to consider for your library:

The Regency Reference Book by Emily Hendrickson
The Regency Plume (newsletter) by Marilyn Clay
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England by Kristine Hughes
A Life in Service by Kristine Hughes
Researching Historic Great Britain by Kristine Hughes
The Ladies of London by Kristine Hughes
Jane Austen's Town and Country Style by Susan Watkins
Regency Style by Steven Parissien
Where Queen Elizabeth Slept and What the Butler Saw by David N. Durant
An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
The Perfect English Country House by Candida Lycett Green
I wasn't kidding when I said that the Regency novel creates a world. And that's how it should be.

Cynthia Marienthal was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she learned to read at the age of 3. Books always played a focal role in her life. Although she received a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy at UW-Madison, and an MBA from Webster University, in between classes, she was hard at work writing historical romance novels. She joined WisRWA, serving for a number of years as the newsletter editor; she also edited "Tales of the Troubadour," a newsletter about medieval romance novels. Her mss. have won and placed in contests, and she has achieved RWA Pro status. She currently works for Abbott Laboratories in Illinois--writing, of course.

Cynthia Marienthal is a past winner of the "Finish the Dang Book Contest" and once took second place in the "Marry Me" contest with her Western Historical Romance, Dishonored (then titled Footsteps of a Stranger). She was recently awarded an RWA Pro pin and is hard at work on an Irish historical that she hopes will be the book to earn "the Call."

Title: From Regency to Historical
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:12:34 AM

Write Byte

From Regency to Historical
(December 9, 1997)

Regency Romance (with a capital "R") is a sub-genre that many readers love, but just as many readers just "don't get". Many authors began their careers writing Regencies, then switched to historicals (often set in the regency period), including Catherine Coulter, Jo Beverley, Loretta Chase, Mary Jo Putney, and Jane Ashford. Some authors, such as Mary Balogh and Edith Layton, have written both Regencies and historicals concurrently. Still other authors, notably Carla Kelly and Karen Harbaugh, strictly (at least for now), write Regencies only.

Author Kate Moore recently made the transition from Regency author to author of historicals. I asked her to talk about the reason she made the change, what's involved in writing an historical that's different than writing a Regency. This is what she had to say:. . . ."

What's it like to switch genres from writing Regency romances to writing historical romances?

For rest of article go to:

http://www.likesbooks.com/katemore.html

Title: Regency Links
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:33:16 AM

Dear WIKTTers,
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Title: Regrets Challenge
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:35:04 AM

Regrets Challenge rules

The plot-
Severus is pondering his life or just this one regret. He thinks back to the one night he spent with the woman he loved. In his mind he relives it moment by moment (I said night spent together does not have to involve sex).

Must include-

- Hermione (of course)

- Mention of why they only had one night and why she isn’t around anymore

- How the one night came about

- Some sort of reminder she left that he holds/strokes/fondles as he thinks about her

- Mention of a song that reminds him of her (can be sung, on radio or just title or lyrics mentioned)

Quotes, must include these (or at least 2 of them) -

- Your what I traded ____________ for a bad bargain was that!

- I wish it could have been different

- If only

- Damn her! Damn that woman!

A/N – I said it had to be repressed memories and regrets of the woman he loved, I didn’t say it had to be sweet. His regret may be that he didn’t show her he loved her and she died, at the hands of death eaters or something. Just saying so I get some sort of mix of sweet love and not so sweet love.

Title: Rocky Horror
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:55:47 AM

I'm a huge fan of Rocky Horror and i wanted more snape/mione fics that involved
Cross dressing and mad scientists, so i thought, "What the hell?" And thus my
Brain-child was born. Here are the rules:

The Scenario: Albus makes everyone put on a school production of the Rocky
Horror Picture Show. Needless to say, Professor Snape is Forced into the lead role of the
Cross-dressing FLAMING mad scientist. There are garters and corsets involved. And hermione gets a peek at "the package". Let's do the Time warp Again!

The Requirements:

cast of characters must be as follows:

Severus Snape as Dr. Frank N. Furter
Hernione Granger as Janet Weiss
Harry Potter as Brad Majors
Ron Weasley as Riff-Raff
Ginny Weasley as Magenta
Cho Chang as Columbia
Draco Malfoy as Rocky Horror
Neville Longbottom as Eddie
Albus Dumbledore as Dr. Scott
Minerva McGonnagle as the Criminologist

At least 5 of the following must be used:

1. Traipsing about like a magnificent poof!
2. this coming from a guy in gold lame hot pants
3. snape looks better in a dress than i do. Excuse me while i weep in a corner
And mourn my utter lack of femininity.
4. Good God man! You're ruining a perfectly good pair of stilettos!
5. "Ladies and gentlemen, We have hit rock bottom"
"snape is to play the lead role"
"oh no, here is a lower place."
6. Congratulations Albus, You have manages to find a completely new and Ingenious way of humiliating me utterly.
7. "Snape in tights. Not as repulsive as i thought it would be."
"i fear you"
8. "A musical. Hm, interesting."
"don't you mean horrible and degrading, professor?"
"What? oh yes, of course. Terrible thing. Must put a stop to it, damn it!"
9. Sweet Merciful CRAP!
10. French fries cause cancer. Next time you order a burger and fries, You're
really asking for the French fries of death.
11. Pope spelled backwards is e-pop.
12. Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

All Entries Must Be recieved by January 6th. The entries don't have to be
finished. Updates are welcome after the entry deadline. New entries are not
welcome after the entry deadline. (well, Duh)

I think that's it. Cheers and good luck.

Title: Sabrina
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 01:20:23 AM

The “Sabrina” Challenge

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Plot:

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Based on the movie “Sabrina” with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart

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Date of completion: 7-21-01 (one chapter must be posted)

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Hermione has been hopelessly in love with (whoever you chose) for some time now. After returning to Hogwart’s because of a two-year absence, she vows to win this person’s heart, and does. But if they run off together, Snape will be forced to continue his job at potion’s master and not receive the DADA position. So, Snape plans to seduce Hermione...

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What happens next?

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Must include one of the following:

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Snape: “I don’t care if she runs off with Hagrid, as long as she doesn’t run off with my teaching position”

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Hermione sings the song “La Vie En Rose” in French, to Snape

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“Well Severus, I hope you remember what to do with a girl”

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Snape: “It’ll come back to me”

Title: Someone’s Got A Secret…
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 01:24:15 AM

Challenge: Someone’s Got A Secret… Scenario: Two individuals at Hogwarts form an unlikely couple, but want to keep it absolutely silent. We all know whom, people! As a genuine or gag gift, one of them receives a talking parrot. Much distress and hilarity should ensue. Or not, if that is your preference, angst- fanatics! Requirements: Must include mention of the following:- a wise cracking, agile tongued, very observant parrot- a surprise- a widespread, vague rumor- questionable positions and/or badly executed charmsMust include at least 3 of the following phrases:- “What is that gooey stuff in your hair?”- “Do it upside down!” which must also be echoed by the parrot at a decidedly inopportune time- “Wrap me in leather and whip me with chains, big boy…”- “It’s kind of… small…”- “Oh my word! Is it really that… big…?”- a passing reference to a gay bird- “Alright, who was watching?”In honor of the many great challenges that have been posted lately, the due date for this one has been pushed all the way back to Christmas. Plenty of time to get crackin’! (g) Good luck!

Title: Secret Santa
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 11:42:22 AM

Secret Santa Challenge
By
Heather Granger

Hi everyone, this is my first challenge so please be kind.

Here is the basis of the challenge Hermione Granger is now on the Hogwarts faculty. She can what ever position you desire. Albus thinks it would be fun to have a Secret Santa gift exchange. Much against Severus Snape’s chagrin, he is forced to participate, along with all of the other Hogwart’s staff. Severus happens to pull Hermione’s name out of the sorting hat, and Hermione ends up pulling out Severus’s name. The rest of the story is up to you!

The story must include the following:

1. Snow, snow, and more snow!
2. Socks
3. A thong
4. “I didn’t think I was THAT good this year!”
5. “This is what you call a gift?!?!”

Title: Selling Snape
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 12:36:33 PM

The Selling Snape Challenge
By Azraelgeffen & Ozratbag2

The Selling Snape Challenge

"My name is Hermione Granger and I finished Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in June 1998 with Outstanding passes in all of my subjects; and a note on my report card next to Potions that stated I did not have the disposition to be a successful Potion maker. As a result I lost my dream job to one Draco Malfoy, a man with the disposition to do very little at all. To get even I have decided to devote my career to humiliating Professor Severus Snape in public."

Hermione Granger has decided to become an entrepreneur, creating a line of products revolving around one man, Professor Severus Snape. From her first advertisement, the public thirst for more is overwhelming and soon Hermione has her own Snape related empire, but what will happen when the Potions Master finds out? Can Hermione keep her identity a secret and her person safe? What will Snape do?

Challenge rules:

Let's just point out right now, this is a comedy, make it funny.

You have to write at least one advertisement.

You have to come up with a line of products, at least 10 (or you're not trying), 20 (we will be very impressed) and extra credit for more.

You have to include Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" at least once.

One of your products should be a Soap on a Rope that dances the Macarena or the Ally McBeal Baby Dance.

Snape has to find out who is behind it – just how is up to the author.

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Challenge ends Midnight 10th March 2004.

Title: Sex Diary
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 01:32:27 PM

The Sex Diary Challenge

Hermione is Lucius sex slave, prostitute, whore, whatever, but she isn’t there by force, she is there by choice. Write a diary-like story, from Hermione’s point of view. My email adress is sockmunkieluver@yahoo.com, email me with any questions at all!

Requirements:
1) Either Hermione is really in love with Snape; Snape is in love with Hermione, or both.
2) Snape and Lucius have to argue over her.
3) Hermione has to talk about her ‘experiences’ with Lucius.
4) Lucius cannot be the only one Hermione is sleeping around with.
5) Must be NC-17
6) Someone must say at least two of the following:
“Where’d my panties go?”
“He just went all jelly-like:”
“You’re a masochist, he’s a sadist, so what does that make me?”
“Just like the mob!”
“She gives great head.”
7) The death-eaters have not been disbanded. They may be ones in control if you wish, or it may be still at the type of stalemate that was happening in the 4th book.

So that’s the challenge. You don’t have to explain how she cam to be Lucius’s whore if you don’t want to. I myself will be posting a response to this challenge soon! A plot would be apriciated, and please don't write any 'one-handed' fics!! At least atempt a very lose plot!! Thanks!

Title: Lets Show 'Em How It's Done
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 01:41:41 PM

The
Lets Show 'Em How It's Done
NC-17 Fiction Challenge

Posted by SilentG

Premise. NC-17 stories written for shock value, or by people who can't write, have tarnished a lot of good works and great writers with an unfairly broad brush. So, let's show 'em how it's done! Sit down right now and write a story that's smutty, or squicky, or violent, but so good that people will say "I don't usually read that kind of stuff, but I couldn't put it down."

They may never be posted on FF.net, but there is a place in HP Fandom for well-written fiction that has a deserved NC-17 rating. In the midst of all the controversy, let's have some fun writing one. Or two. Or three.

Challenge Criteria. I want this to be wide open, so there are only two major rules:

The story must actually warrant its NC-17 rating. Your story can be a romance, seduction, non-con, adventure, mystery, comedy, parody, whatever you like it to be, but, in addition to being primarily SS/HG (obviously), it must actually contain enough adult content to be logically rated NC-17.

The story must be a high-quality example of your work. The challenge is to create a story whose quality transcends the rating. The language, plot development, characterisation and ingenuity must captivate the minds of readers. This is a particularly good challenge for people who are shy about writing anything that would warrant an NC-17 rating. This is your chance! Go for it!
Other Criteria. I don't really want to do this, but I guess challenges always have goofy little things that have to be in them, so...here goes...

Velvet. There must be velvet somewhere in the story.

Danger. There must be an element of danger in the piece. It can be big or small, serious or humorous, critical or incidental to the plot, but it must be there.

Voyeurism. There must be someone who 'likes to watch'. Who views, and what, and in what circumstance, is up to you.
Rules. What can I say?

Please have fun. This is a chance for authors to practice our chops and spread our wings.

Post. At least one chapter, any length, before the deadline, in the Challenge folder; or in your own folder with a link in the Challenge folder. Your story can be a single or multiple-chapter story, and it doesn't have to be completed before the challenge ends.

Deadline. The Challenge Deadline is November 18, 2002.

Disclaimers. Be sure to include adequate disclaimers to prevent people from reading your story who probably shouldn't. ;^}

Title: SKI TRIP CHALLENGE
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 02:07:05 PM

SKI TRIP CHALLENGE

Deadline: August 1, 2003
Length: As long as you want

WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT

The basic gist of this challenge is a ski trip. But that's kind of obvious.
Sev and Hermione have to be in it, of course, but any other characters are welcome, as long a Severus and Hermione are together in the end. Does not necessarily have do take place during Christmas or Christmas vacation. The setting can be anywhere you want, as long as you can ski there *grin*.

THINGS THAT MUST BE ADDED

You must add at least 1 of the following phrases into the fic:
"Can I play?"
"Yeah, and I'm Darth Vader..."
"I've never seen a pole that long!"
"My mother always told me..."
"Now THERE'S something you don't see everyday."

OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ADDED
1. Someone must fall down and roll down a mountain/hill/whatever while skiing.
2. Draco dressed as one of Santa's elves must make an appearance.
3. Characters have to all be staying in a cabin together, with everyone having to share a room with someone.>br> 4. Someone must have a fear of heights.
5. A reference to "polka-dotted male thongs".

Have fun!
~*~blacklily~*~

Title: Sleeping Beauty
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 02:13:26 PM

Sleeping Beauty Challenge

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This can be in canon or not. AU is up to you.

Hermione and Snape must be betrothed. If they know they are is up to you.

Hermione must come under a wicked spell and fall asleep to only be awakened by loves first kiss. Snape will be the kisser.

Following items must appear:

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A pink parasol

A reference to a submarine

A birthday

A snarky Snape

Indian music

A flying carpet

The following quotes must be used:

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“What am I supposed to do with that?”

“Well, that’s not something you see everyday.”

“Whatever made you think it would work?”

“Who knotted your knickers?”

The following are requested, but not entirely necessary:

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Three well-intentioned fairy godmothers
A dress that changes color

Title: Snogging
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 02:47:04 PM

Snogging
By: Megami-sama (megami_sama86)

Running - 03-08--01 - Snogging

CHALLENGE:

Hermione has a crush on Snape. She eats candy made by George and Fred which cause her to 'loosen' up--ex drunk--while she's around Snape and students (public place)--ex in Potion class, Great Hall.

MUST INCLUDE:

Ron and Harry joking with Hermione about how could she have snog with Snape.

Taking place in their 7th year.

Someone teased (bad) Hermione about it--ex Draco.

DEADLINE: September 1st, 2003

Title: The Someone Walks in
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 03:46:52 PM

The Someone Walks in Challenge:

Okay, the title could be better I know, but I think it explains the challenge fairly well.

I have been a lurker at WIKTT for sometime now, but I refrain from posting. But lately, I have been having this one scene play through my head.

Purpose of Challenge:

To write a fic, in which someone (preferably someone who would have an amusing reaction) walks in on them (HG/SS) in a compromising situation. Such as: kissing, hugging, being sprawled on top of each other, hands in inappropriate places, etc... This leads to other situations, of course. Hopefully it will be humorous, but if not who cares.

Ships:

Obviously HG/SS, but Hermione and Severus do not have to be in a relationship at the time they are seen/heard in the situation, or they can be. Whatever you want.

Any other ships you want are encouraged, but I will love you more if you throw in a little Draco/Ginny action.

How:

Do Harry and Ron sneak into Snape’s room under the invisibility cloak? Does Ginny burst into Hermione’s room? Does Draco waltz into the room and happen to see? Or

-gasp- does someone use a time turner and get thrown into the future and see something they don’t want to?

It doesn’t matter, it just has to be someone who would have a reaction that is hopefully entertaining, and hopefully very funny. Suggestions I include are: Harry, Ron, Draco, Sirius, Remus, Minerva and etc...

Requirements:

~Must be HG/SS (obviously)

~Any rating goes

~Length: It is up to the Author

~Two or more of the following phrases must be used:

“I didn’t know he/she/it could bend like that.”

“I had no idea a flask could be used in such a way.”

“I am glad Mum wasn’t here to see this... MUM?!”

“Purple Slop!”

“-Gasp- How big!”

Or

“-Gasp- How small!”

“Boxers or Briefs?”

“Was that a turkey?”

“Don’t let the cows get me!”

The Challenge ends:

March 3, 2003 so you have plenty of time to respond if you wish. ^^

Title: Strangeness
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 04:36:50 PM

Strangeness Challenge!

Okay, so here goes: Hermione drinks a potion made by none other than Neville Longbottom. She passes out. Or falls asleep, whichever you prefer. She wakes up and can’t remember a thing from the past week. So, here’s the challenge: Tell the story from Hermione’s point of view. The Hermione that woke up when the other one went to sleep…

Entry must include:
Hermione/Sevvie pairing.
Albus/Minerva pairing.
Sober Hermione with a serious case of the hots that would never happen unless she was, say, less inhibited?
One vial of putrid black liquid.
Draco Malfoy with pink hair and a lisp [somewhere in the story].
Snape in hot pants.
Hermione in an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini.
Snape doing naughty things with ice cubes [whether or not he does them to Hermione is up to you >)].
Hermione stark naked in the middle of Muggle London [optional].
Snape, victim of yet another exploding cauldron.

Entry must also include seven of the next ten quotes [they may be spoken by anyone to anyone unless otherwise specified]:
“Put that down, you greasy bastard or so help me Gods!”
“Malfoy, what are you doing with my knickers?!”
“Is there a particular reason I’m stuck to the floor?”
“What’s a banana doing here, Sir?”
“Detention, detention, detention!” - “Oh, is that like ‘Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera?’” [one quote].
“I swear to the Gods, Ronald Weasely, Hell hath no fury like Hermione Granger when she’s got her knickers in a twist!”
“I’m obviously crazy, because you’re not here!”
“What happens when there really is a blue moon?”
“Snape. Snape? Snape?! SNAPE!”
“Don’t you dare take a single bite of that Hot Fudge Sund- oh my dear sweet God-” [from Snape].

Okay, so, have fun with my newest challenge! E-mail me cerridwens_craft. Challenge ends at midnight, August 15. I’m submitting my own fic for my own challenge, so no excuses! :o)

Title: Summer School
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 04:45:25 PM

The Summer School Challenge

PG-13 for mild language

“chal·lenge (n.)

1. A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition: a challenge to a duel.

2. An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation: a challenge to the government's authority.

3. A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question: a challenge to a theory.

4. A test of one's abilities or resources in a demanding but stimulating undertaking: a career that offers a challenge.”

Challenger: Commonly referred to as “lama”, email address to be used: “primula_burrows@hotmail.com”

Date: Begun –April 4th 2004

Ends – May 4th 2004 (All entries are to be completed and posted/emailed. See below for further details. Early entries welcomed.)

Summary: The war has ended. Voldie, being the pathetic sod he generally turns out to be, was naturally defeated. However there’s a catch. Almost all magic has begun to disappear. Witches and Wizards everywhere are forced to live “The Muggle Way” as their ‘little sticks’ can barely perform Wingardium Leviosa. Even Potions has begun to be affected (due to the dying out of many magical creatures and plants, not only due to lack of disillusioning charms). There’s a rush to ready the seventh years (naturally, HP, RW, and HG) for Muggle University, and so Summer School is born. The staff are fresh from (correspondence) teaching courses and prepared to convert their subjects to their Muggle Equivalents. Enter Self Defense (DADA), Chemistry/Home Ed (Potions), Maths (Arithmancy), you name it! Meanwhile an anxious Hermione makes a dash for a prestigious University (Oxford or Cambridge, perhaps?)…

Notes/Blatant Bribes:

· Hogwarts is, essentially, falling apart. Feel free to stick HG & SS in a floating room where all the surrounding staircases have dissolved. If Dumbledore’s alive, he’s probably in his element.

· Try to keep most of the characters we’ve already been introduced to in there. Feel free to put Severus on the equivalents for DADA or Potions, however.

Freedom:

Type of Fic/genre: Anything, although humor preferred.

POV: Any

Rating: R or below. (NC-17 “Just to be safe” may be considered, and may certainly be posted). Please keep in mind I dislike anything that is pretty much all superfluous graphics and no plot. Preferably, no non-consensual stuff as it is meant to lean towards a ‘light’ fic.

Setting: Again, preferably Hogwarts, but you choose.

Death: Try to limit this. HG and SS cannot die, under any circumstances (that is except for, ‘And they rode off happily into the sunset, until they later died’ endings)

Length: Submitted a week before the end date, you can have any length (I’m on holidays), however closer to the challenge end date please keep them short and sweet (< 10 000-15 000). Please note I am not expecting a big fic and these won’t necessarily be prized over small ones J.

Rules:

· Must have a plot. I know this sounds harsh, but blatant porn will not be accepted as an entry.

· Must be creative (quite subjective, but supposed to be inspiring…)

· Must be on time. A few days late may be considered but no more.

· Must be focused on a HG/SS romantic relationship, implied or otherwise (No ménage à trois, s’il vous plaît). Intentions do not need to be clear throughout. After all, it’s WIKTT.

· If posting (not just emailing), please provide some reference to this challenge.

Brownie Points Go To People Who:

1. Post on a reliable server (that you have never in all your long years seen go down and has unlimited bandwidth) or email their entry/ies to me – this means any posted only on ff.net should also be emailed to me…

2. Take care with their presentation (…this may include fanart, a fic with working html not “” all over the place, setting out on the page/paragraphing, etc.)

3. Present work which doesn’t need to be beta’d.

Further Notes For Those Who Decide To Do This:

· Folder will be changed to "complete" approximately noon (GMT), May 4th 2004 (10 pm, Australian Eastern Standard time).

· Feel free to post anywhere, but email me and tell me where!

· Any questions or ambiguities please ask me!

· Have fun and good luck!

· Hermione is most likely 18. By the term 'Summer School' I generally mean after the New Year/Christmas Holidays of their 7th year (in which the teachers have brushed up on their muggle equivalents...) hence the rush to make them muggle-friendly instead of NEWT-friendly... But you can put it whenever you want.

Title: Teacher, Teacher
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 05:04:04 PM

Challenge: Teacher, Teacher

Completion Date: 29 February 2004

E-mail: mizantoroopu@hotmail.com

The challenge:

Professor Severus Snape is used to being the boss – giving orders, making demands, being right. And now, Dumbledore is about to bring Snape's worst nightmare to life. Required to learn some Muggle skill by the Headmaster, for either personal or professional reasons, Snape is going to be submitting to lessons from none other than the Gryffindor Know-It-All herself.

Payback is a bitch.

In honour of the 29th of February (known to some as Sadie Hawkins Day), the day when women can traditionally propose (and the men can't decline!). Now, it's time to turn the tables, and put the pants on one Miss Hermione Granger.

The requirements:

Snape is required to learn a Muggle skill. This can be anything from how to drive a car, how to take the Tube, general Muggle relations (perhaps Snape has been made the Muggle student faculty contact?), how to use a computer, the possibilities are almost endless.
Dumbledore must be the impetus behind the lessons. We all know that meddling and mischief equals the Headmaster!
Hermione plays teacher. Her teaching style (Snape-ish, or more forgiving) and the format of the lessons are up to you.
Hermione's age is optional, though she should be of majority if you're going to have any naughty smutty goings-on.
Have fun – imagine the chance to have the most fiercesome teacher from your schooling at your mercy, completely unknowledgeable about the subject, and having to take direction from someone they've traditionally looked down on.

Title: The Ghost
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 05:19:43 PM

My challenge : The ghost challenge.

Imagine : Snape is dead. The way you want : accident, murder... But the High Authority orders him to remain as a ghost to protect Miss Granger who will be soon murdered by the deatheaters. But one day, Hermione sees Snape ( the ghost )... And then, it's up to you.

As a challenge there are some sentences to include :
"No Miss Granger, I am certain to be dead !"
"I don't think that a dead mouse would appeal to me."
"Hey ! Those are YOUR glasses !"
"You honestly can't think that I wanted that job ?!"

And now, up to you !

The challenge runs till the 8th May 2003.

Hugs,
Ripper...

Title: The Hollow Man
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 05:29:20 PM

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Plot: The Final Battle has been fought, and Voldemort killed for good by Harry Potter, just as predicted. Dumbledore, however, has been missing since that day.

With the Dementors gone, the Wizengamot decide to be “creative” about the punishments inflicted to the Death Eaters who would have otherwise received their ill-fated kiss: both their powers and personalities are magically removed (the wizarding version of a strong lobotomy, if you will, leaving them only slightly better than if they had been Kissed) and they are awarded as house help to those most directly affected by the war. Unfortunately, without Dumbledore to provide favourable testimony, Fudge takes the chance to get our beloved Potions Master convicted.

Knowing the truth, Hermione, who is one of the people entitled to such “compensation” (maybe she lost her parents to a Death Eater raid, or maybe she was attacked herself, I’ll leave the reason up to you; if, by any chance, you feel you don’t want to provide it, feel free not to), decides to spare Severus the humiliation he would undoubtedly endure in the “care” of any other of his former students and requests him for herself. At some point during the time Severus is living with her, Hermione finds out that the magic and personalities of the convicts are stored in the Ministry, not unlike the prophecies in Order of the Phoenix, and she decides to break in and retrieve Severus’. After restoring him to his former self, they will need to discover what happened to Dumbledore and, if possible, get him to testify.

Requirements:

- Must be Post Graduation. (We all know Harry won’t destroy Voldemort until the end of book seven.)

- Severus must be nothing more than an automat until his self is restored – he will have no opinion, no desires or regrets, no feelings whatsoever. The procedure left him obedient and mindless.

- Harry must help Hermione during her break-in, either personally, by lending her his cloak, or by any other way you see fit.

- Hermione’s break-in must go unnoticed, at least for a few months.

- Severus must believe the punishment he received to be deserved, for everything he has done in his past.

- During the time they spend searching for Dumbledore, Hermione and Severus must develop romantic feelings for each other, although they don’t necessarily have to end up together (I do love a good happy ending, though).

Required scenes:

- Hermione wondering aloud if the proud man she knew wouldn’t rather she killed him instead of allowing him to continue existing like that. (While he will have no reaction to her statement, after she restores him he will have the memory of it. What he does with it is up to you.)

- At least one of Hermione’s former classmates visiting her and openly ridiculing Severus to his face, while he must pretend still being a hollow shell, in order not to arouse suspicions. Hermione may choose to intervene sooner or later.

Required sentences:

- “Miss Granger, I don’t know who or what you have made me out to be but, let me assure you, I am first and foremost a man.” (Severus to Hermione)

- “Well, excuse me, Professor, if I had known you felt that way I wouldn’t have risked myself to restore your sorry ass!” (Hermione to Severus)

- “So beautiful… I never knew it could be beautiful…” (Your choice)

I hope this challenge appeals to at least a few of you. If you have any questions, mail me. I won’t be able to answer mails on weekends, since I don’t have internet at home, but I’ll answer Mondays through Fridays. The challenge ends on February 6th, 2004 (my son’s sixth birthday).

The name for this challenge was taken from Marillion’s wonderful The Hollow Man, from the album Brave. The lyrics, if anyone is curious, can be found at www.marillion.com/lyrics .

Enjoy!

Mónica (JestersTear)
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Title: The Meeting
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 06:05:28 PM

“The Meeting” challenge:

Ok so the Rules are very simple:

The Hogwart’s Plumbing is all messed up and somehow Hermione and Snape are forced to share a bathroom. It could be just them or all the teachers or whoever you want. They must accidentally see each other, naked. It can be any length or rating. Posted here or there or anywhere.

So what happens next? Here are some things to think about:

What happened to the plumbing? Was it a prank?

How do the two come across each other?

Is she disgusted? Is she excited?

Does he run away? Does anything form from it, or is it a cliffhanger?

Put one of these Phrases in:

“ The room erupted like a giant Howler”

“ ..Showering with Snape”

“She shivered at the touch”

“…let out a piercing scream.”

Double Points if you can get all of them in there!!

Good luck, and this challenge ends 3/01/03

Title: THERE’S SOMETHING I’VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 06:23:31 PM

THERE’S SOMETHING I’VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU...

The Idea:

Someone has something to say, and it may or may not be pleasant...It includes the words, “There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you” and it concludes in a hopefully unexpected way...

The Requirements:

The requirements are very simple, really.

v It can be any length you want

v It can be any characters you want, as long as...

· It is between Hermione and Severus, OR

· It has to do with the Hermione/Severus relationship

v Use AND COMPLETE the phrase “There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you...”

v Bonus points for:

· A creative completion of the sentence “There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you...”

· Unusual characters

· Descriptive/wild responses

· Any of the following lines/phrases in dialogue/description:

Ø “It was red! And REALLY big!”

Ø “She couldn’t stop staring.”

Ø “He smirked, said something weird and then started all over again.”

Ø “Lettuce is vogue.”

Ø “It was swank, I tell you!”

Ø “Moo.”

Ø “No, no, no, you’ve got it all wrong. OSTRICHES rule the world! It was in a poll!”

Ø “Minerva [or some form of her name] and Filch [or some form of his name]? REALLY?”

Ø “You saw Dumbledore WHAT??”

· ORIGINALITY!!!!

Challenge Details:

Challenge closes on 31 December 2004 at 23:59:59 to give y’all plenty of time.

Title: Foolish Things
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 07:04:22 PM

FOOLISH THINGS CHALLENGE.
End Date: 1/14/2003
Proposed by Flourish
SUMMARY: Ever listen to classic jazz? The song "These Foolish Things" has a very good checklist of romantic things to be included in a fic. How to reconcile Muggle romantic things with Snape's magical background and Hermione's witch status? Your call.

RULES & REGS: Your story MUST be HG/SS. It can be any rating, but Hermione must be of age. The story must include the following items:
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places (OK, you can have them just go somewhere romantic if it's too hard to work in such Muggle things)
A tinkling piano (preferably in the next apartment, but not necessarily)
A confession of love
A fairground, specifically with the brightly-colored spinning swings
"the winds of March that made my heart a dancer,"
A telephone ringing and confusion over who should answer it (Floo calls are okay too)
and
A ghost.

BONUS: Include the song "These Foolish Things" at some point in the story, preferably as sung by Ella Fitzgerald, make the story fit into the scenario the song describes, or include a "heart with wings" (maybe a Valentine?) or the phrase "he came, he saw, he conquered."

THE TEXT OF THE SONG:
oh will you never let me be
oh will you never set me free
the chains that bind us up all around us
there's nothing left that I can see
those little things remain
that bring me happiness or pain
a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
an airline ticket to romantic places
and still my heart has wings
these foolish things remind me of you
a tinkling piano in the next apartment
those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
a fairground's painted swings
these foolish things remind me of you
you came, you saw, you conquered me
when you did that to me
I knew somehow it had to be
the winds of March that made my heart a dancer
a telephone that rings but who's to answer?
oh how the ghost of you clings
these foolish things remind me of you.

Title: Time-Loop
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 08:46:30 PM

RosasdelCorazon's Time-Loop challenge
By RosasDelCorazon

FIC CHALLENGE: Time Loop

Completion Due Date: June 26, 2004
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THE CHALLENGE
Source of Idea: Remember from the Order of the Phoenix when in the department of
mysteries Neville hits a shelf:

"The jet of red light flew right over the Death Eater's shoulder and
hit a glass-fronted cabinet on the wall full of variously shaped
hour-glasses; the cabinet fell to the floor and burst apart, glass
flying everywhere, sprang back up on to the wall, fully mended, then
fell down again, and shattered... ...while the glass-fronted cabinet
that Harry now suspected had contained Time-Turners continued to
fall, shatter and repair itself on the wall behind them."

It occurred to me that when one damages a time-turner, you don't get
stuck in some time in the past, but rather you get stuck in a time
loop.

Required Story Elements:

1.7th year (preferred) or older Hermione is seriously injured and the time turner is shattered.
Examples:
~falling
~potion exploding

2. Snape witnesses accident and takes Hermione to the Hospital Wing.

3. Snape stays at Hermione's side.

4. Hermione's condition worsens and she dies with Snape by her side.

5. Instead of staying dead, Hermione all of a sudden moves as if she is being rewound
and is back at the point where the time turner is originally
shattered. Hence Snape realizes that Hermione is stuck in a time
loop that restarts everytime Hermione dies.

6. Snape stays with Hermione every single time the time-loop repeats itself in which she is injured and dies.

7. The experience varies with each repetition of the time-loop.

8. A HG/SS relationship must result.

9. A cure must be eventually be found for Hermione.

Required Line:

"'I once thought that after all that I had done, I deserved a thousand deaths. Now, after witnessing it before my very eyes, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.'" (Severus)

Please NO:
~No fics with Hermione YOUNGER than 7th year.
~Slash

CREATIVE AND TASTEFUL DEVIATIONS FROM ORIGINAL CHALLENGE REQUIREMENTS ARE ACCEPTED!

Title: Mills and Boon
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 09:59:25 PM

Severus Snape – The Romance Novelist Challenge Rules/Conditions as follows:
1)SS is a secret writer of Mills and Boon type novels.
2)No-one knows this…for a while.
3)Hermione finds out.
4)HG can still be at Hogwarts as a student, or as a graduate.
5)There must be a reference to one of SS's novels. Title is up to the writer….
6)The following phrases must be incorporated:
"- alleviate the ennui which had overtaken him/her like
Communism through Eastern Europe."
"May I convey to how much I ardently admire and love you?"
"Your paper and your parts are pure crap."
"Abscess makes the heart grow fonder."
"You're off your chump!"
And some reference somewhere to a "heaving bosom".
Characters may be OOC if required. Silliness is not a prerequisite, but it helps…

Title: The Triangle
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 10:20:20 PM

WIKTT challenge: The Triangle.

The recent discussion of how things would be after the release of OotP and the concern over the implications of a married Snape’ on the HG/SS ‘ship’ had made me to think up this challenge, which might become all too real.

With the hope it’ll stay hypothetical ...

The only absolute requirement in this challenge is:

The story HAS to start where Snape IS married -- to someone other than Hermione. The story HAS to end where Snape and Hermione are together.

Whom is Snape married to? Up to you.

The nature of the marriage? (Love marriage, arranged marriage, convenience marriage … ) Also up to you.

How does the marriage dissolves? (She dies, he leaves her, she leaves him … ) Also up to you.

The role Hermione plays in the breakup? (A bystander who takes her chance, an active home wrecker, someone Snape goes to for consolation, his lover while he’s still married … ) Also up to you.

BUT … I want full details of all the points above. Yes. Include all the stuff that makes gossips like myself live for. Feel free to make it as scandalous as you wish!

What is NOT allowed: a big time or emotional gap between the breaking of Snape’s marriage and his getting together with Hermione. The events HAVE to be connected.

The deadline -- June 20th 2003. One day before OotP.

Please remember – For space considerations, if you post your story anywhere outside WIKTT please have the link to it posted in the challenge folder.

Have fun!

SinhoBadaro

Title: Twins
Post by: Admin on May 31, 2020, 11:11:07 PM

Many thanks to Lorena Snape for editing the challenge!!! Okay, here goes...!

What if our dear Potions Master had a twin brother or sister? What chaos would
s/he cause when s/he comes to Hogwarts during our Golden Trio's last year?
What would his/her relationship with Severus be like? If Severus and Hermione
are already together, would s/he approve? If they are not together yet, would
s/he play matchmaker? How would the students and staff react to him/her?

Challenge requirments:

1. Timeline should be during the Trio's final year at Hogwarts.

2. The twin comes to Hogwarts to teach, to fulfill another position on the
staff, or s/he may work with the Order of the Phoenix. You decide his/her role.

3. Severus' twin should burst in/make an entrance in any/all of these times:

a. Sev is teaching double potions to the 7th year Gryffindor and Slytherins
b. In the middle of Sev's `bottle fame, brew glory' speech to 1st years of any house.
c. While everyone is eating in the Great Hall
d. While Sev and Hermione are kissing, or engaged in another 'private moment'

4. Show how Severus' twin interacts with the students and staff. Whether they like
him/her or not is at your discretion. Particulary, show how s/he interacts with Severus
and Hermione, and how his/her presence affects their relationship. Whether or not the twin
likes Hermione and approves of her relationship with Severus is up to you.

5. The twin should develop a relationship of some sort with one of the other characters.
It can be a friendship, romance, or s/he can even develop a 'bad' relationship (make an
enemy). It's up to you.

6. If you choose the twin to be a brother, then at least one case of mistaken identity
(either way) should be included. Whether or not it was intentional is up to you (in case
they were purposely posing as the other).

Bonus Events:

a. Yule Ball
b. Special seventh year projects involving `embarrassing things'
c. Accidents in Potions because the twin touched something in his/her
brother's lab that s/he wasn't supposed to. (s/he sucks at potions!)
d. A unicorn actually butting someone, preferably the twin, out of it's way.
e. Hermione and Severus stuck together in a room. Preferably hiding from his twin.
f. The twin standing, soaked/covered with mud.

Bonus Sentences/Phrases (optional)

You may use half of a phrase, or any variation…

a. Ah! It's the Yeti.
b. Hello Big Brother! Did you miss me?!
c. Run while it's still possible!
d. I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you… She'll have YOUR legs next…
e. So THAT'S what a Banshee looks like…
f. Fuckity fuck fuck!
g. Great galloping gargantuans!
h. Did you HAVE to undress me?
i. Great Merlin's underpants! Save me!!!
j. Kill me… Kill me now!
k. Is he always like this?
l. And you thought the WEASLEY twins were bad...
m. Get me to Madame Pomfrey. I'm seeing double.

Thank you so very much for your time!

This challenge will run until December 31, 2004. If you need to
contact me, please do so at avataris_leonis

Title: Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Go
Post by: Admin on June 01, 2020, 12:18:41 AM

Unable to Stay, Unwilling to go.

This title has been sitting in my “write me” pile for a while so I thought, forget it I’ll change it into a challenge. So here it is another challenge only 1 or 2 people will bother to reply to. Not that I feel upset at that or anything. Anyway on with the show.

Rules-

One of the couple has to leave (they don’t have to be together but knowing you lot they probably will be). They have to leave out of necessity rather than want. They have to have reasons for going but a strong desire to stay.

I don’t care whose point of view it’s from as long as it’s from somebody’s.

Quotes

- Did you know your everything I wanted to be?

- Isn’t all this enough?

- Roses? Rather inappropriate don’t you agree?

- Well you can take _________ to remind you of ________

- Don’t want to fight day and night, its bad enough you’re going.

- Don’t want to know whose to blame it won’t help knowing.

- Tell me on a Sunday please.

Right not an easy set of quotes I know and I know the last 3 are from Tell Me On A Sunday from the musical Song and Dance but hey what you going to do? Try and get at least 4 in to the fic.

Happy Writing.

Title: Valentine's Day 2003
Post by: Admin on June 01, 2020, 07:20:53 PM

Five Baskets For Your Valentine

The 2003 Valentine's Day Challenge

Deadline: First chapter, posted or linked in the 2003 Valentine's Day Challenge folder, by midnight GMT on February 28. (Greenwich Mean Time, Eastern Standard Time +5 hours).
The Challenge: It's that time of the year again -- rampant romance, delicious daydreams, languid longings and fluffy feelings. Valentine's Day is approaching, and with it another challenge. Five baskets -- five different stories, each with its specific requirements. Choose one or more, and make the readers happy (oh, and of course our favourite couple, too). Story length and rating is up to you, although some of the packages we wrapped up for you might require R at least. *grin* Make it romantic, angsty, dramatic, humorous....And now, unwrap and enjoy!

The Baskets: Choose one basket (or more if you're ambitious) to determine the requirements for your story:

The Youville Basket
The One Room - Survival Pak
The Sexy - Boudoir Basket
The Traditional Basket
The Kontiki-tour Backpack

You-ville Basket:
This story takes place in your home town! You have to give a convincing reason why HG/SS have ended up there.
You make an appearance (In reality or in your 'Mary Sue' disguise).
A local food or dish is served - and provokes a reaction... (the reaction is up to you).
The required item is ... a cellular phone!

One Room - Survival Pak:
Hermione and Snape are stuck in one place for 27 hours. Where and how are your choice!
Filch makes an appearance.
Someone has to burble incoherently.
Handcuffs have to be mentioned in the story.

Sexy - Boudoir Basket:
Snape and Hermione are having a shagfest at a location of your choice
Either Sirius Black, the Minister of Magic, Sybil Trelawney or Molly Weasley comes out from a hiding place (cupboard, under the bed, Invisibility Cloak) and thereby causes great confusion
Requested phrase: "One more minute and I swear I'd have fainted"
Requested phrase: "What's that supposed to be? The <you fill in the blanks> Knot?"

Traditional Basket:
Either Severus or Hermione choose Valentine's Day for a reconciliation (they may be lovers or not, and we want to know the reason for their fight)
One of them has to prepare a dinner -- whether successfully or not is up to you
Requested item: an abysmally tasteless porcelain figurine
Requested phrase: "This proves that quality is more important than quantity."

Kontiki-tour Backpack:
Valentine's Day in an exotic locale (Yes, exotic -- it can't be London or Paris)
A flamboyant travel agent makes an appearance.
There is a 'for sale' ad in the newspaper - what is for sale is up to you.
You have to mention a ratty old handkerchief and a letter from someone from Snape's past.

To all authors: Please include a little note at the bottom of your response listing the basket you chose.
The 2003 Valentine's Day Challenge is brought to you by: pigwidgeon37, SilentG, and Autumnmist.

Title: Valentine's Day, BAH-HUM-BUG!
Post by: Admin on June 01, 2020, 08:37:47 PM

Complete - 04-02-14 - Valentine's Day, BAH-HUM-BUG!
Everyone loves getting flowers & candy & cutsie stuffed animals & pink heart shaped cards, right? Wrong! Severus Snape & Hermione Granger don't!
fvnesscafe

Pairing: Hermione & Snape (of coarse!)
Time Frame: Now to February 14, 2004
Challenge Name: Valentine's Day, BAH-HUM-BUG!

Here's the general idea:
It's the week before Valentine's Day and both Snape and Hermione are dreading the supposed holiday. Neither being the most attractive in their respective circles have much luck with the opposite sex and therefore abhor the day that rubs it in like salt in an open wound!

CHALLENGE MUST HAVE:
#1 Hermione & Snape as less then perfect looking. It's okay if they fix themselves up a bit but not transformed into Barbie and Ken all of the sudden!
#2 Ron & Harry with partners and still friends with Hermione! I just don't see the Dream Team broken up over the guys having love lives.
#3 Hermione & Snape teaming up to either sabotage Valentine's Day or acting as a couple on Valentine's Day.
BONUS: If you can keep Hermione a 7th year student and make the story believable!

OPTIONAL
#1 A Valentine's party at Grimmauld Place or Valentine's Ball at Hogwarts.
#2 Snape & Hermione getting drunk together.
#3 Friends trying to set Hermione &/or Snape on blind dates with other people.
#4 Smut is always a great crowd pleaser! Hint hint!!!
#5 Slash couples are acceptable.

Title: Valentine's Masquerade Ball Challenge
Post by: Admin on June 02, 2020, 12:36:06 AM

Valentine's Masquerade Ball Challenge

By know_it_all_hermione_granger

The Basic Idea:

Hermione Granger is the new ____(insert random position, must be a teacher)_____ at Hogwarts! Because of reasons unknown that damned headmaster has decided to hold a Valentine's Masquerade Ball, and all the teachers must attend.

Requirements:

-Hermione and Snape must be already seeing each other, be it for a long time or a new thing, that's up to you. Please tell how they got together, though.

-Our lovely couple can dance/love/do naughty things during the night, but they need to make at least one appearance and the staff/students must know it was Hermione with the evil Potions Master.

-Hermione and Severus must get into a fight and make up, over what is up to you.

-This can be a one shot, or a chapter story, but if it's a one shot, make it somewhat long.

-It's obviously going to be humor/romance, considering the following, and probably at least PG-13. Kudos to NC-17 fics!

-PLEASE put some slash in it. Kudos for any Harry/Draco parings! This is not required, but greatly appreciated.

It must include ten of the following:

'crap snow'

"You gotta be pinchin' my ass"

"Well, if it isn't frosty the snowbastard."

"You're going to kill me for throwing popcorn and a cream pie at you?"

They got out of the room faster than you could say 'doyoulickadickaday'.

"Muffin, can I bet you in poker?"

"Hey! I haven't had a line here for a while. I'm the important one around here. LOVE ME!"

"I warned you once, now it is time for me to shish kabob you."

"I can't believe it. I saw _____(insert random person)____ in the bathroom......naked. She wasn't a girl."

"I bet you couldn't screw a girl if your life depended on it!" "At least I don't screw guys!"

OH NO! REVENGE OF THE HO!

"What about that diet book I gave you?" "I ate it."

"A disco ball from the 80's with Linkin Park?"

"STOP THAT REPULSIVE UNMASCULINE GIGGLING!"

"THAT WASN'T FUNNY! HOW IS AN ATOMIC WEDGIE HUMOROUS?!?"

We concur. (one person talking)

"Hip Hip Hurrah… that doesn't sound as cool when you type it."

"Likely story. I reckon you're just being affected by my presence and proximity."

"I'm just here to chew gum and kick ass, and I'm out of bubble gum."

"Cheap bastard." "You'd better believe it!"

...I find myself unable to think straight. Then again, how straight can gay guys think?

"....and when the situation gets hard, we do what any sensible man would do: Turn ass and run."

Bet you a bag of popcorn she'll hit him before they finish.

"Allah preserve us...they're mating!"

"I'll take it. I'll take it. I couldn't take loosing my Chinese Passion Fruits."

"One of these days, Mr. Spock...One of these days."

They are about as useful in a fight as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest

I'm as popular there as a Nazi at a Bar Mitzvah.

Lick a pickled head. There are plenty on the wall, Hermione.

I can no longer feel the ache in my stomach because it's eating itself.

Bite my nicely shaped ass

Vincent. Vincent, not Vinny. You might call your pimp Vinny, or a fat old Italian Uncle Vinny. My name, Ginny Weasly, is Vincent.

"Oh no! Th' fruitloops are mad at me! Watch out, they may complete my balanced breakfast!"

"You god damned mother fucking retarded Bangladesh!"

"...and then he opens the door naked for ALL the little toys to see, and then he..."

"The wheel is turning, but the hamster's dead. You're fucking crazy"

Did you know that I wrote a song for you? It's about ramen noodles...

One of the other teachers get obviously drunk and making a complete fool of her/himself.

The main large decoration falling down because of said drunken teacher.

Hope someone likes it.

This Challenge ends February 14th, plenty of time to plan and write. ^_^

Title: The Warrior Queen
Post by: Admin on June 02, 2020, 12:56:45 AM

The Warrior Queen Challenge

Nox_Noctis_Anima

Created: 04-01-07

Finishes: 04-02-18

Okay here boys and girls is what this challenge is about.

Plot: Hermione and Severus have already been together, but in some battle either a battle after the last Voldie battle or the last Voldie battle Severus is killed or so Hermione thinks. For some reason which I will leave up to your imagination if you get stuck make someone feed him the Draft of the Living Dead, pick your own reason when Hermione turns up at his side he appears dead. Hermione gets pissed and goddamned upset so she chases after the bad guy that ‘killed’ Severus Lucius, Lestrange, Macnair, etc. I’m not fussed as long as it isn’t Voldie and the person is reasonably intelligent or at least cunning. She tries to duel him or her but he or she beats her and escapes. Hermione vows that she will not return to Hogwarts or have any communication with her friends or family until she has destroyed the man/woman that took Severus from her. She immediately apparates away to somewhere of your choice and is not seen again. A few years later somewhere between 4 and 10 years please. Past that is to long and before that is to short she appears back at Hogwarts, Severus is still teaching and is either attached or not, it is up to you. She has come back because she has killed the man/woman who ‘killed’ Severus. Either she had trained in Asia or with people who had trained there; she learnt all sorts of martial arts and much new magic. She has changed and now is a battle queen who has a new dress style, carries weapons all the time and is cold and nasty, just like Severus. She of course is pretty surprised to find Severus alive as is he to find her alive. But she also brings news of a new Dark Lord/Lady rising, this is a Dark Lord/Lady who is much worse than Voldie ever was. The two must work together to defeat the new dark lord. Pick a reason why they can’t get back together at least right away. Pick a matchmaker to get them back together Dumbledore, Remus, Harry, etc. It doesn’t matter if it works.

Requirements:

· I want a happy ending, so no killing off Hermione or Severus.

· The person who dies at the end of the 5th book isn’t dead. Either ignore the fact that they died or just invent a way to bring them back.

· Some Monty Python somewhere, optional.

Must haves:

· Hermione must be the one making most of the snarky comments.

· Ron and Harry must not have known about the relationship between Hermione and Severus.

· Ron must fall/have fallen for Hermione and tries to claim her when she returns.

· A red dress.

· A cool name for the Dark Lord/Lady.

· The Dark Lord/Lady is not one of the old Death Eaters.

The phrases at least 3:

· Without darkness, there cannot be light.

· I had a great time, but this wasn't it.

· There are only two things, which are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not completely sure about the universe.

· ______ is a wonderful thing when one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

· If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

· Don’t want people to be agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them.

· Do you know what Top Secret means? ... Yeah, it's the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send them to your relatives.

· God gave you a brain. Why are you not using it?!

· Fear is a good thing; it means you're paying attention.

· Normal is a relative term

· Love belongs to desire. And desire is always cruel.

· Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

· There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and praiseworthy.

· If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance.

Rating: I don’t really mind but I wound prefer it not to be below PG-13.

Length: Anything from one-shot to novel length, but if it is multiple chaptered you only have to post the first chapter by the deadline.

Genre: Please not too much angst, though humour and parody are welcome.

Miscellaneous: Other pairings I don’t mind. Slash or Het you may pick you can have other HG or SS pairing but I would like them to get back together.

Time Limit: 6 weeks so this challenge ends on the 18th of February 2004.

Title: We have lift off
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 09:04:59 PM

We have lift off
By Andrian

Justin Fletch Finchley went to NASA space camp over the summer. Returning to Hogwarts for the start of his seventh year, Dumbledore is interested in his adventure. Finding it totally fascinating, he announces that a project for the seventh year transfiguration class will be to design a space capsule complete with space simulation.

The story line of course will be that our esteemed couple, Hermione and Severus are accidentally trapped in the capsule.

Rules
They must be trapped for at least 24 hours. However much longer is up to you.
They cannot use magic.
Whether this a simulation ride or a real blast off into outer space is up to you.
One of the following lines must be included:

"Houston, we have a problem."
"The cow jumped over the moon."
"Space, the final frontier."
"What were you expecting, little green men from mars?"

Bonus for using all of the planets.

Ending date July 31, 2003. This gives people like me time to write after classes end.

Title: White Rabbit
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 09:21:46 PM

I am starting this challenge, because of my interset in Fics where a potion changes things in the world of Harry Potter.

"One pill makes you 'larger'."
"And one pill makes you small."
"But the ones that(hermione/snape/or draco) Make you do the smuttiest things of all"

The rules are as follows.

1 . Snape/ and /or Hermione accidently ingests or is exposed to a love potion.
2. SAID POTION WEARS OFF AND OUR CHARACTERS FIND THEMSELVES 'IN FLAGRANTE'
3.THEN IT IS UP TO YOU HOW THIS LITTLE SCENARIO ENDS.

Title: With Friends Like These
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 09:27:43 PM

"With Friends Like These"
WIKTT Challenge by LorenaSnape

Premise:

With most all relationships, there are adjustments to make as we learn to accept the friends of those we love (I know this first hand, in learning to accept my husband's friends, and them accepting me). Many SS/HG fics have dealt with Severus accepting Hermione's friends, Harry and Ron, and how they may (or may not) accept him. But what about Snape's friends? So many fics portray him as a brooding loner when in fact it is very possible that he may indeed have close friends.
True, we do see in Order of the Phoenix that he was lonely, hurt and tormented, and those scenes didn't show any friends to stick up for him. However I'd like to allow for growth and change over the years, and would hope that he acquired a friend somewhere along the line...
And yes, he may be a cruel sarcastic bastard to the Gryffindors, but those are students - he may be very different with his equals, colleagues and friends. Then again, maybe his friends happen to *like* cruel sarcastic bastards? (grin)
While there are many SS/HG fics that do show him being friends with his colleagues, few actually focus on those friendships, how they came to be, and what part those friendships play upon Severus & Hermione's relationship.

Challenge:

So, the point of this challenge is to prominently feature a friend of Severus.

Please include answers (as many as you can anyway) to the following questions:

How did Sev and this person become friends? How do they view Hermione, and how does she view them? Do they get along with each other? Does Severus' friend approve of his relationship with Hermione? Why or why not? How does Sev's friendship with this person affect his relationship with Hermione, and how does his being with Hermione affect his relationship with his friend?

Guidelines:

1. Can be a one-shot, or a multi-chapter fic, with a *maximum* of 10,000 words or 7 chapters, whichever comes first. Deadline is March 15th, 2004. If posting multiple chapters, the first chapter must be posted by March 15th. Humor, drama, action - your choice, and any rating (G thru NC17) is fine.

2. The featured friend can *Not* be Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, or Lucius Malfoy. These characters are frequently used as Sev's friends, and it would be nice to see someone different in this role. This doesn't mean that they can't be his friends in this fic, but simply that they are not the *focus* of it. If feel you 'must' use one of these characters, then please present an unusual or unexpected dynamic to their friendship - something new.

3. If adhering to rule #2, and you choose to use an existing character in the books, then it is preferred that you use a minor or 'under-used' character (example: Sinistra, Vector, Shaklebolt, Jones, etc). This way we can have a new view of this person, and see your perspective on what he/she might be like. Of course you are also free to use a better known character (like Filch, Flitwick, Dung Fletcher, Hagrid, etc), or create an original character if you wish.

4. The Severus/Hermione relationship can be either platonic or romantic, but they must be involved enough for it to come to the attention of this friend. Time period can be anytime after Hermione's 5th year. I prefer that they do not have sex unless Hermione is of legal age (though the desire for such is ok). Even though the SS/HG 'ship is technically AU anyway, please try to keep them "In Character".

Bonus points for the following:

Use of the phrase "With friends like these, who needs enemies?"
Use of the phrase "Et Tu ________?" (insert character)
A secret about Severus is revealed - either his friend tells Hermione, or Hermione tells the friend. Be creative.
Severus, or another teacher, asks an academic question to which Hermione does not know the answer.
Crookshanks, Mrs. Norris, or some other unlikely animal endears himself (or herself) to Severus.
Hermione has a surprise for Severus, and he turns the tables and surprises her.
Much to Sev's chagrin, Harry and Ron get along well with his friend. Perhaps too well?? (evil grin)
Liberal use of humor, Sev's wit, and Hermione's common sense.

Well, that's all I have. If you have any questions, please feel free to write me. Good luck!

~ Lorena Snape

P.S. About the deadline: Of course, late entries will also be welcomed. I myself often get inspiration for fics by reading through past challenges. Just place it (or preferably a link to it) in the challenge folder, which will then be listed under "completed challenges", and let us know. Thanks!

Title: With This Ring
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 10:02:14 PM

“With This Ring…” Challenge

The Basic Idea:

Severus is giving someone a ring. Could be Hermione, could be someone else; could be as a wedding proposal, could be some random gift. Unfortunately, it’s a wild, wild world, and things are never as they seem. So naturally, the ring is cursed, or spelled at the very least, and this spell/curse is tied to an event that took place in the past. The events happening around them reflect the event that occurred before – they are not SENT back to the event, but, say, if the ring was originally given by a jealous suitor to the girl he wants to marry, Severus might become the jealous suitor and Hermione the girl he wants to marry and Harry and/or Ron the competition, etc. etc. Severus, Hermione, Harry, Ron & Co. are all involved in this – as is, if it’s someone other than Hermione, the recipient of this ring. And in the end, obviously, Hermione and Severus end up together.

The Requirements:
The completion of the phrase, “With this ring…” in the last chapter/epilogue/end. The traditional completion is, “With this ring, I thee wed…” but obviously, you can do whatever you want.
Hermione and Severus are together at the end…obviously.
Hermione is of legal age – UK or US it doesn’t matter, via Time Turner or natural aging, doesn’t matter either. Just legal age.

Suggestions:
Take this opportunity to explore either Snape’s past (his family history) or a famous legend (that is, the past event that the ring is tied to) in Wizarding history.

Random Notes to Think About:
Although the events around our main characters change to reflect the past event; for example, if the event took place on a pirate ship, the characters do not necessarily have to start inserting pirate expressions (such as, “Arr!”) into their speech. Although it might be pretty funny if Severus suddenly burst out into pirate-speak in the middle of a Potions lecture.

Challenge-y Stuff:
Challenge closes on 4 January 2004, when the first chapter must be posted.

Title: THE WIZENGAMOT CHALLENGE
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 10:44:30 PM

THE WIZENGAMOT CHALLENGE

This is set after the impending war mentioned in OotP (try to make it after graduation, but that’s your preference). The Ministry of Magic is having something along the lines of a military tribunal or inquisition. People are brought before the Wizengamot and charged with crimes like treason, political assassination, insubordination, etc. things like that that happened in the war.

The Accused: Severus or Hermione must be charged with a serious war crime (preferably one from the examples above). They can be dead or alive.

The Testimony: The other character (whomever of the two you chose NOT to be accused) will be called to give testimony for the prosecution or defense (for or against the accused), but they must end up defending the one accused.

The Quotes: As many of these quotes as possible must show up somewhere in the fanfic. Preferably the Severus or Hermione as the one testifying, but if you feel the quotes would be better elsewhere in your fic by all means be creative.
“Because he/she was with me.”
“I told him/her it was a bad idea.”
“He/She lied to me…he/she lied to everyone.”
“He/She always eats chocolate after insert activity here.”

Other Accounts
At least two of the following must be called to give testimony (for or against the accused) as well:
Harry Potter
Ron Weasley
Rubeus Hagrid
Remus Lupin
Narcissa Malfoy
Draco Malfoy
Molly Weasley
Notes
Try to keep the story centered on the trial. One shots or chapters are all good. This challenge has been extended and will be closed November 27th (my birthday).

Happy quills!

Title: Worlds Apart/Alan Rickman Movie Challenge
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 11:13:16 PM

Worlds Apart/Alan Rickman Movie Challenge
By the_cutter82

My first challenge, so be gentle with me.

Pairing: Well, duh! Snape and Hermione obviously. (Bonus points if you have Sirius and Remus as a couple, especially if they act very effeminately and OC as this is always good for a laugh. This is not a requirement though.)
Title: The Worlds Apart/Alan Rickman Movie Challenge.
Rating: PG13 to NC-17. Personally, I favour the higher ratings, as I feel there's more scope for creativity, and less censorship to worry about. However, any rating is welcome.
Length: 9 inches.. hard.. err, sorry. *grins* Any length at all.
Deadline: If you're writing a one-shot story, then the deadline is April 10th 2003. If you, (like I intend to,) are writing a novel length fic, then the first chapter must be up by that date also.
Plot.
Hermione has come back to Hogwarts as the new Muggle Studies Professor. She has ideas to shake up the syllabus, and organises a trip in the first week of term for her 7th Year students to London. They stay in a muggle hotel for a weekend and plan to observe muggle behaviour. Inevitably, Snape is roped into attending as a chaperone, along with Remus Lupin (who is the DADA teacher again) and Sirius Black, who teaches Transfiguration, so that McGonagall can concentrate on her Advanced Class.

The story can begin and end wherever you desire. However, Snape and Hermione MUST have a romantic tryst over the weekend. Where it leads is up to you. It can be a one-night stand that ends horribly, or the beginnings of true love.

REQUIREMENTS.
The story MUST contain at least THREE of the following lines. (In case anyone was wondering where the Alan Rickman movie bit came into the challenge, look no further.) These are all lines spoken by the man himself in his various roles. Snape does NOT have to be the one to speak them. Chocolate frogs for anyone who gets them all in.
"What idiot put you in charge?" (Die Hard)
"Excuse me, I have to go pray." (Bob Roberts)
"I won't, and nothing you say will make me." (Galaxy Quest)
"I say we get drunk, because I'm all out of ideas." (Dogma)
"Ha-ha-ha. I have retinal damage. Isn't that hilarious." (Dark Harbor)
"My mother does not have a beard!" (Truly, Madly, Deeply.)
"Give me an occupation, or I shall run mad." (Sense and Sensibility)
"The Benefits of a classical education." (Die Hard)
"Damn, this is good tequila." (Dogma)
"I see you've managed to get your shirt off." (Galaxy Quest)
"Because it's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!" (Robin Hood)

If you get the following in, then you are a God(dess). It's a twist on the line in Dogma, when Bethany asks the Metatron what God is like. Obviously, Snape is joking, and is making use of that biting sarcasm of his.

Hermione: What's he like? Voldemort?
Snape: Lonely, but funny. He's got a great sense of humour.

At least TWO of the following events must occur. If you include them all, you're a genius.

*A student causes mayhem by doing magic where they shouldn't
*On the weekend, the group visit either, a cinema, an art gallery, a museum, or a department store (one that sells everything.)
*Someone ends up in Soho unintentionally. (For non-Brits, it's an area of London rife with sex shops and strip clubs.) Bonus points if they actually buy something rude, not knowing what it is.
*Someone makes a faux-pas, such as trying to pay for something in wizarding money, ordering a butterbeer, or wanting to know why the stairs in the hotel don't move.
*Someone dresses badly in their attempt to be inconspicuous among muggles.
*Someone dismantles something they shouldn't to see how it works.
*Someone turns out to have a paralysing fear of a muggle object they've never seen before.. a toaster, or a TV, anything.
*Someone receives an owl while somewhere innapropriate, e.g. the dinner table, and it causes mayhem.

Well, that's all. I know it seems like a lot of guidelines, but it's not really. I just have lots of silly ideas.

PS - Anyone who's not from the UK, don't be put of by the fact I've picked London. I intend to write my fic so that it features as an anonymous large city. I don't expect anyone non-UK to bother with details. Just write it as you would imagine any major city to be. I don't want anyone put off by it, because I'd love to see everyone's efforts.

Have Fun!

Title: Writer’s Block
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2020, 11:57:46 PM

Writer’s Block Challenge
Brought to you by VenusDeMilo

Plot holes getting you down? Are you frustrated by that time-line you just can’t seem to fix? Having trouble with that last bit of dialogue? It seems that the one thing that all WIKTTers have in common, besides a diehard devotion to the good ‘ship, is writer’s block… and we seem to have it in abundance. So, if you’re stuck for a story, or just can’t seem to finish the one you’ve got, take a break and channel your creative energy into something new… the Writer’s Block Challenge!!!

The Premise: The premise of this challenge is simple: like so many of her fans at WIKTT, our dear Hermione has fallen into the desolate hole of writer’s block, and can’t seem to pull herself out. Your duty, dear author, is to get her back on track, by any means necessary.

The Rules:
Student Hermione’s writing must be something other than homework. Post-Hogwarts Hermione must be some sort of professional writer (journalist, novelist, lyricist, etc. you decide).
Severus must be a main character, though whether he be muse or distraction I leave to you.
Hermione must try, and fail at, at least one “cure” for writer’s block.
At least one of the following must be used:
a. “I made mashed potatoes.” / “Yes… and muffins.”
b. Someone starting a blank piece of paper/parchment/computer screen that stares back.
c. Large quantities of bubbles… extra points if used for drama or angst.
d. A table overturned in anger… extra points if it’s the table that’s angry.
e. “The children…. My god won’t somebody think of the children.”
f. “Oh my god, there’s an orgy in my mouth!”

The story should end with Hermione engrossed in writing.

Failure to comply will result in something… uh… terrible…

Deadline: All entries must have the first chapter dated by November 20, 2003.

Title: You Ain't My Daddy!
Post by: Admin on June 04, 2020, 12:04:18 AM

"You Ain't My Daddy!" Challenge
By Severely Snaped

"You Ain't My Daddy!"
You ain't my Daddy---Shut up!
You ain't my Daddy---Shut up!
I'm gonna tell yo' mama! (Tell my mama!)
Gonna call yo' mama! (Call my mama!)
You so bad!
I'm so bad---you just mad 'cuz you ain't my Daddy!
----"Step Daddy" by Hitman 'Sammy' Sam

I know---crazy WIKTT challenge, huh? But I thought this might be a lil' different. Okay, boys and girls and Slytherins (and a few Ravenclaws...), here's the premise:
Severus Snape becomes a step-dad to Hermione's kid(s). 'Nuff said. The story must center around Hermione's constant need for someone to watch or discipline her unruly brat. I don't care who the father is or the circumstances behind it---that's all up to YOU!
The word "wookie" must be mentioned at some point.
Filch has to baby-sit at least once (not by choice on either party!)
Severus does not like children...just joking, that's pretty much a given, huh?!

The text must contain three (or more) of the following phrases:
"Yes, I know why tigers eat their young---I just cannot fathom putting something that disgusting in my mouth!"
"You ain't my daddy!"---or for the more proper English dialect, "You're not my father!"
"So help me God, I will beat you like a red-headed step-child!" (although the kid in question does NOT have to be red-headed, mind you!)
"Does this look like a daycare to you?"
"This is all your fault, Ronald Weasley!"
"That is a 'cauldron', it's not a pail and shovel!"
"...probably gets it from his/her father!"
"They never tell you about these things in school."
"Gee, you're swell!"
"Why doesn't my sandcastle look like that?"
"Mr. Potter, you really piss me off sometimes---but I love you anway."
"I am not putting that thing ANYWHERE near me!"
"Has anyone seen my Tonka truck/Powerpuff Girl?"
"I don't like you any further than I can throw you!"
"He thinks I'm playin' with him, and I'm NOT!"

Soooo, there you have it. Have fun. Run with it...give it life. Make me proud. *sniff!* *wipes away tear*
Good luck and have FUN!
Sincerely, Severely Snaped

Title: Youth Elixir
Post by: Admin on June 04, 2020, 12:12:26 AM

The challenge:
Severus is forced to develop and test a youth elixir! Now we have a sexy Potions Master in his early twenties

After the war Hermione returns to Hogwarts as a teacher. Severus tries everything to make her fall in love with him.

You should include at least two of the following quotes:

"You look like something the cat brought in."
"Two's company, three's a crowd"
"Look a those love handles!"
"No, I'd rather marry the next person which comes round the corner."

Please choose one of these options:
a: He decides to hide the fact that he is now a young attractive guy and uses a charm to appear as the usual "greasy bat".
b: He decides to let the person "Severus Snape" die and goes into hiding. After the war he returns under false identity (as a close relative, like son or nephew) and meets Hermione in Hogwarts.
And as usually the headmaster knows everything and plays his own game ;-)

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Thanks for your attention, I hope you like this challenge. If you think it's bloody awful, please leave a note here!
serpentissima

So, you don't like my challenge? I don't hope so, maybe you are all under stress now that Christmas is coming soon.

As I like the idea of a young Severus really very much, I decided to write a story
about that by myself. Unfortunately my English is not very good and I've never
written a fanfiction before. So I am going to write this in German - I'm sorry.

Here is the link to my story at FF.net:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1628857

Title: A proper Detention Fic
Post by: Admin on June 06, 2020, 03:18:34 PM

A Proper Detention Fic
By shiv5468
So, this is one of the Classics of the ship, and I can't think of one that's really well written. So the challenge is to write The Detention Fic, the one that everyone will still be talking about in two years time, and will be standard by which all Detention Fics will be judged. These requirements were worked out by me and my Friends on my Livejournal – so it's a pretty comprehensive list.
So, the basic requirement is that Hermione shall have Detention with Snape and be shagged into the middle of next week.
The second requirement is that it should be hot enough to melt the screen, and if it is printed out will cause the paper to spontaneously combust.
To avoid the issues about the morality of student-teacher sex, it is almost her last day in school, and the exams are over and marked. (Unless you want to explore that dynamic of course).
My personal preferences on this are:
1. Hermione shall not trip along to the detention in the expectation of a shag. She will be expecting detention. She is most likely rather annoyed about getting detention. This will mean she gets a Lovely Surprise. She will also be attending wearing all her underwear, and regulation robes and skirt length.
2. The Detention will not consist of Professor Snape getting Hermione to bend over to clean a cauldron such that he can ogle her firm, ripe, melony, pert, cute, rounded, whatthehellever buttocks. Nor will there be a cliched sentence about Severus realizing that Hermione has grown into a woman, with accompanying descriptions of "curves in all the right places".
3. The sex will be physically possible. Severus will be a normal length and size and colour. There should be no extra pairs of hands, impossibly long fingers reaching into wombs. There will be no kissing until the parties are unable to breathe – that is what noses are for. If necessary draw a diagram and work out who is doing what to whom, and how. Illustrations are always welcome, for those who like to draw.
4. Hermione will not be a virgin, therefore she will not be shocked at what she finds under those robes, although she may be pleasantly surprised. Neither will Severus be a virgin. We don't need to know who their previous shags were, and there shall be no references to Ron didn't manage to make her feel like this (even though I've done that myself). Severus is however a Sex God, otherwise what is the point. (Unless someone fancies a comic version, hmmmm, maybe I'll write one.)
5. Hermione still has frizzy hair and not cascading curls. Severus still has a big nose. His hair might not be greasy – as he could have had a wash before the shag – but it will not be silky close up, gosh, everyone has been wrong about his hair all along.
6. Forbidden Phrases. There will be no:
· feminine cores;
· throbbing manhoods, rods, shafts, or anything that sounds like it belongs on a car.
· Purple-headed love-mushrooms;
· Shutters - they are large wooden objects on houses, and nothing to do with sex at all. Shudder is allowable but why not try something new – trembling, shivering, quivering, quaking, etc;
· No Sev, Sevvie, Sevviekins, Greasy Git, Know-it-all, overgrown bat – I'm tired of seeing them;
· Severus will not announce to Hermione that she is so hot and tight, when sliding his throbbing manhood between her slick folds (and there's another, no slick folds, in fact no folds at all); and preferably should not announce that she is all wet for him, unless this is done with style and flair. Some authors have managed to do this; most haven't;
· No releasing a breath she didn't know she had been holding;
· Neither should Hermione lap up his ejaculate eagerly, and he definitely shouldn't be lapping up his own ejaculate - some of us read this stuff in the mornings and eat porridge and that kind of visual can result in people being unable to write smut for simply weeks

[/size]Closing date: 18th July 2004. If you miss it, post anyway.

Title: Forever and a day
Post by: Admin on June 19, 2020, 07:59:38 PM

My challenge is :

Lose plot:
Hermione and Severus fall in love.
Hermione gets pregnant she dies the child survives,
Severus is broken but pulls it together for the sake of their child.
After fifteen years Hermione appears pregnant. Everything ends beautifully.

Specifications:

Must be set in the seventh year.

Voldemort is still about and getting stronger and more focused on Hogwarts.

Malfoy is very unhappy with Hermione making Severus happy,
and would like himself and Hermione to get together so he doesn’t have to work for Voldemort.

Hermione uses a time turner to save herself and the unborn child.
but with the difficulties of time travel she takes fifteen years to come back,
and the sex of the baby is changed.

Hermione turns up in Severus’s rooms, still looking as old as she did when she died.

Severus can either accept her with open arms or not,
but when she first appears he is all over her.

Title: The Lemon Meringue Challenge
Post by: Admin on November 11, 2020, 11:53:01 PM

The Lemon Meringue Challenge
by Leogryffin

Runs through: September 30, 2003

As an author, I've been criticized alternatively for
not including enough lemony goodness, or not being
fluffy enough, in my fics. Well no more! Here's the
Challenge that forces you to include a fluffy lemon
dessert as a plot element!

The piece can be any length, and of course must be
primarily HG/SS.

A sexual encounter must take place in the prefect's
bath - could be the male one described in GoF, or you
make up the female bath. Hermione does not have to be
a student but obviously this has to happen at
Hogwarts.

A plot element - preferably integral to the story -
must be a dessert that includes both lemon and fluff.
Examples might be a lemon meringue pie or a lemon
mousse. You get to be creative in how they are used.

Severus should say, "I'm simply not wired that way."
and "Miss Granger, you forget yourself. I don't recall
giving my permission for you to use my first name."

Hermione should say, "I'm relaxed. Far, far too
relaxed for a woman facing death." (That should take
the fluff out of things!)

One of the two has to kiss a Weasley - any Weasley.
Bonus points if he/she actually wants to kiss the
Weasley.

Dobby should play a supporting role.

The plot should include some kind of mortal peril to
HG, SS, or both. The challenge, of course, is to
create something that includes lemony fluff and mortal
peril. Ah, the possibilities!

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