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The Writer's Corner / Valentine's Masquerade Ball Challenge

« Last 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. ^_^

The Writer's Corner / Valentine's Day, BAH-HUM-BUG!

« Last 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.

The Writer's Corner / Valentine's Day 2003

« Last 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.

The Writer's Corner / Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Go

« Last 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.

The Writer's Corner / Twins

« Last 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

The Writer's Corner / The Triangle

« Last 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

The Writer's Corner / Mills and Boon

« Last 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…

The Writer's Corner / Time-Loop

« Last 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
Authors: In order to conserve space on WIKTT, the powers that be have asked me to ask you the following favour: if you are planning on uploading your response to an offlist archive such as FF.net, Whispers, SnitchFiction, FanDomination, etc; rather than uploading it into the challenge folder as well, please upload a linking file that will direct readers to the offlist location. This is not a requirement - please don't deprive us of your work because you're concerned about space - only comply with the request if you are planning to post offlist. Thank you! Click here for an example of a linking file.

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!

The Writer's Corner / Foolish Things

« Last 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.

The Writer's Corner / THERE’S SOMETHING I’VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU

« Last 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.

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