The 2005 Severus and Minerva MiniFest Master List of Links

From January 2005 to February 2005, a number of artists, writers, and essayists participated in the Severus and Minerva MiniFest.

The entries from the MiniFest are available below, grouped in categories and organized alphabetically by title.

Please note the FULL story warnings and notes before clicking the links.

Enjoy!

Note: If I've somehow missed an entry or screwed up a link, please let me know and I'll fix it.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the MiniFest for making it such a success! :-)

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Blanket Disclaimer: All the recognizable characters herein, including Severus Snape and Minerva McGonagall, belong to J.K. Rowling. These stories/art/essays are for entertainment purposes only, no money is being made. The content herein has no connection whatsoever to J.K. Rowling.

Do not archive these links, stories, essays, or artwork against the author's wishes.

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Statistics

Total Art: 6
Total Essays: 1
Total Gen: 14
Total Het: 6
Total Slash: 1

Total Entries: 28

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Art

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Embrace.
Artist: shadowycat

McG and Snape. Artist: LawrenceOfSuburbia

Saucy. Artist: MissCassius

Various 1, Various 2, Various 3, Artist: sakata

Full Descriptions

Title: Embrace
Artist: shadowycat
Type: Art: Pencil Drawing
Category: Het
Characters: Severus and Minerva
Series: No
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/shadowycat/89584.html

Title: McG and Snape
Author: LawrenceOfSuburbia
Type: Art
Category: Het! Pairings: McG/Snape
Warnings: None.
Series: Nope.
Rating: G-PG
Notes: I would like to blame amidoji and the time we spent together, for that was the time in which we realized we adored this pairing. Also, McGonagall doesn't have glasses because... Iforgottodrawthemshutup. And also, I used a reference pic. Because I am amazing like that.
Link: http://www.deviantart.com/view/14230978/

Title: Saucy
Artist: MissCassius
Type: Art
Category: General... Hint of het?
Length: - Main characters: Minerva and Severus Pairings: N/a
Warnings: N/a
Series: No.
Rating: G
Notes: The community was recommended by josanpq after she browsed my site. This pic is... quite old, and I'm not especially happy with it. But how often does one see a Severus/Minerva challenge... thing? o.o;;
Link: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/misscassius/fruttapics/sevandmcg.jpg

Title: Various
Author: Sakata
Link: 1, 2, 3
Type: Art
Category: 1-Gen 2,3-Het? Main characters: Snape,McGonagall Pairings: SS/MM
Series: No
Rating: 1-G,2-PG,3-meybe R.
Summary
Notes: These are Anime-Style arts, including Japanese texts. In addition to that, Minerva McGonagall looks very young.

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Essays

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Collegial Bonds: Snape and McGonagall in Canon and Fanon. Author: cordelia_v, Summary: "Snape and McGonagall are colleagues, but we only see them from their students' perspective. I'm interested here in the 'onstage/offstage' nature of this relationship, as it plays out in front of their students, and how that influences fanon."

Full Descriptions

Title: Collegial Bonds: Snape and McGonagall in Canon and Fanon
Author: cordelia_v
Type: Essay
Category: Gen
Length: 2ooo words (approx.)
Warnings: None
Summary: Snape and McGonagall are colleagues, but we only see them from their students' perspective. I'm interested here in the 'onstage/offstage' nature of this relationship, as it plays out in front of their students, and how that influences fanon.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cordelia_v/10435.html

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Stories that Feature Gen (or pre-het) Content

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A Bird Can Love a Fish. Author: dphearson, Summary: "Minerva shows Severus a new side of himself."

De Amicitia. Author: snakeling, Summary: "A series of vignettes chronicling Minerva and Severus' friendship."

First Steps. Author: Luthien (luthien, Summary: "Snape arrives at Hogwarts as a teacher, friendless, and determined to remain so."

Honour. Author: Josan (josanpq), Summary: "This is about the relationship that develops between Severus and Minerva."

How to Seduce a Cat. Author: Bernice (iibnf), Summary: "How to seduce a cat."

Lesser Languages. Author: thetreacletart, Summary: "Some need more than words to tell their story."

A Little Knowledge. Author: musigneus, Summary: "Severus and Minerva have a weekly meeting."

Not Time To Waste. Author: amberdiceless, Summary: "Desperate times..."

A Reflection Out of Time. Author: shadowycat, Summary: "Snape is bored so he goes exploring and finds something he never could have expected."

Severus Sounds Off. Author: hilarita, Summary: "Severus rants at Minerva about Albus' timetabling skills."

Sigh Not So. Author: Charis, Summary: "Snape's demons are by far the more visible in this pair; one can only wonder what McGonagall's are." Suum cuique. Author: fourth_rose, Summary: "No-one can be good at everything, but everyone's bound to be good at something."

Two Can Play this Game. Author: ptyx, Summary: "Severus and Minerva have one or two things in common."
Unusual Hobby. Author: Ellid, Summary: "Severus is much better with a sword than anyone dreamed."

Where You Hang Your Robes. Author: arsenicjade, Summary: "Minerva thinks Severus ought to get on with his life."

Widow's Walk. Author: veracity, Summary: "She worries for a man who risks it all."

Full Description

Title:A Bird Can Love a Fish
Author: dphearson
Catergory: Gen, with a hint of het
Rating: G for good with general audiences
Summary: Minerva shows Severus a new side of himself.
Notes: Many Thanks to neotoma for her mad lighting beta skillz, and to kaiz, for her kind invite, and who is also of the opinion that Severus really should not do his own hair.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/8828.html

Title: De Amicitia
Author: snakeling
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: 20 vignettes between 250 and 550 words each.
Characters: Severus and Minerva :)
Series: No
Rating: PG (but that’s probably overkill).
Summary: A series of vignettes chronicling Minerva and Severus' friendship.
Notes: Thanks to loupgarou1750 for her speedy beta :)
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/snakeling/12370.html


Title: 1981: First Steps
Author: Luthien (luthien)
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen (for now)
Length: Short story (2102 words)
Characters: Snape, McGonagall
Pairings: none (for now)
Warnings: none
Series: Yes. This is the first story in a forthcoming series
Rating: G
Summary: Snape arrives at Hogwarts as a teacher, friendless, and determined to remain so.
Notes: This was originally going to be simply the first scene in a longer story, but then I realised that what I was writing wasn't so much one long story as a series of short, connected stories. The series will cover a period of fifteen years, and the ratings of different stories will range from G to NC-17. Dedication: This story is for kaiz, without whom it would never have been written.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/9537.html

Title: Honour
Author: Josan (josanpq)
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: 10,065 words, which makes it a short story that may be longish.
Characters: Severus and Minerva
Warnings: Hmmm, maybe keep a kleenex close by: I have been told by one reader that it might prove necessary.
Series: NO!
Rating: PG-13, or may be higher due to some of the imagery.
Summary: kaiz I hate doing summaries. Ah, well. Here goes: this is about the relationship that develops between Severus and Minerva.
Notes: Beta'ed by kaiz. Read and not beta'ed by a real life friend who is just learning about fanfic; so I started her off on a gen, but I have hopes that eventually I shall be able to corrupt convert her.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/4272.html

Title: How to Seduce A Cat
Author: Bernice iibnf
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: Vignette Main characters: self-explanatory
Warnings: i.e. Bestiality - maybe.
Rating: Gen
Summary: How to Seduce a Cat.
Notes: Thanks to kaiz
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/7347.html

Title: Lesser Languages
Author: thetreacletart
Category: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Some need more than words to tell their story.
Notes: Many thanks to abigail89 for her help. All remaining errors belong to me.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/9755.html

Title: A Little Knowledge
Author: musigneus
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: Short story
Characters: Severus, Minerva
Series: No
Rating: PG
Summary: Severus and Minerva have a weekly meeting.
Notes: Many thanks to tarnationawaits and cordelia_v, whose comments greatly strengthened the story.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/8611.html

Title: No Time to Waste
Author: amberdiceless
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: 100-word Drabble Main characters: Minerva and Severus
Series: No
Rating: PG for violence and death.
Summary: Desperate times...
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/snape100/170059.html

Title: A Reflection Out of Time
Author: shadowycat
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: one shot
Characters: Snape and McGonagall
Series: No
Rating: PG
Summary: Snape is bored so he goes exploring and finds something he never could have expected.
Notes: This piece was written for the Magic Mirror Challenge at 30minutefics
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/30minutefics/215106.html

Title: Severus Sounds Off
Author: hilarita
Type: Fiction.
Category: Gen.
Length: Drabble.
Characters: Just Severus and Minerva.
Warnings: None.
Rating: G.
Summary: Severus rants at Minerva about Albus' timetabling skills.
Notes: A slender piece, but Severus must talk to someone sometimes.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/13574.html#cutid1

Title: Sigh Not So
Author: Charis
Rating: G
Word Count: 425 (since Word claims hyphenated words count as one)
Summary: Everyone thinks she is a pragmatic woman, and she is; but in some things, the heart wins out. They never say good-bye.
Notes: For the Fest. Title and opening quote are from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, from the song therein. I just watched it again recently and, being the world's worst title inventor, snagged it; in some very twisted and roundabout way, it seems to fit here. This is extremely rough and unpolished. Snape's demons are by far the more visible in this pair; one can only wonder what McGonagall's are.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/10051.html

Title: Suum cuique
Author: fourth_rose
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: 407 words.
Characters: Harry, Ron, and of course SS, MM
Series: No
Rating: G
Summary: No-one can be good at everything, but everyone's bound to be good at something.
Notes: Thanks to cordelia_v for the prompt!
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/hpdrabblesunltd/4457.html

Title: Two Can Play this Game
Author: ptyx
Link: http://ptyx.ebonyx.org/drabbles/2cptg.html
Type: Fiction
Category: Pre-Het or Gen
Length: Short short story (273 words) Main characters: Minerva and Severus
Warnings: None
Series: No Ratings: PG
Summary: Severus and Minerva have one or two things in common.
Notes: Thanks to my guru kaiz for betaing the story!
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/5343.html

Title: Unusual Hobby
Author: Ellid
Type: Fiction
Category: Gen
Length: Drabble
Characters: McGongall, Snape, miscellaneous members of the SCA
Warnings: none
Series: Nope
Rating: G
Summary: Severus is much better with a sword than anyone dreamed
Notes: Originally written for the snape100 challenge 'Snape has an unusual hobby.'
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/4454.html

Title: Where You Hang Your Robes
Author: Arsenic (arsenicjade)
Link: http://www.mediageek.ca/arsenicjade/writing/robes.html
Type: Fiction
Category: Threesome alluded to (although that's not really the focus, for that it would have to be Gen)
Length: Short story
Characters: Severus and Minerva, with a side helping of Remus and Hermione Pairings: Severus/Remus/Hermione
Warnings: none that I can think of
Series: Yes, the Care of Magical Creatures Uni. Starts with http://www.mediageek.ca/arsenicjade/writing/robes.html continues in http://www.mediageek.ca/arsenicjade/writing/mating.html and then goes to http://www.mediageek.ca/arsenicjade/writing/inside.html before this one.
Rating: PG
Summary: Minerva thinks Severus ought to get on with his life.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/4662.html

Title: Widow's Walk
Author: veracity
Category: Gen
Word Count: 444
Characters: Snape, McGonagall
Series: Nope.
Rating: PG
Summary: She worries for a man who risks it all.
Notes: This more friendship, but if you see it otherwise, well...yeah. So I wrote it for the Fest and had my friend (lady_alatariel_) beta and make sure all major mistakes had been cleared up, so any little mistakes are mine. The title is named after a "small, railed observation platform atop a house. Once used to scout for seamen, such walks are usually square, done in elaborately-worked wrought iron or wood" (Michael Durkin's Architectural Terms). I thought it applied. I don't know how well I have the characters down and I probably won't write them again, but this was a nice change for me.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/11690.html

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Stories that Feature Het Content

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Going South. Author: amberdiceless, Summary: "Fluffy suggestive New Year's holiday shippiness! :D"

Hoping Against Hope. Author: shadowycat, Summary: "A night that neither wants to remember but somehow cannot seem to forget haunts Snape and McGonagall as they try to forge a relationship when Snape comes to teach at Hogwarts."

If You're Going to Kiss Me.... Author: shadowycat, Summary: "Snape tries to collect on a Quidditch wager..."

Old Hat. Author: bucketofribs, Summary: "Snape's birthday. Really, that's it."

Time Flies. Author: amberdiceless, Summary: "This is a series of SS - MM drabbles written over an extended time frame, for various challenges at a handful of communities. They don't all blend quite seamlessly together; but as a group, they provide a pretty good overview of my take on the two characters and how they do, or could, relate to one another."

Untitled Haiku. Author: sylvanwitch, Summary: "A Severus and Minerva Haiku Series"

Full Description

Title: Going South
Author: amberdiceless
Type: Fiction
Category: Het
Length: 100-word Drabble
Pairing: Severus/Minerva
Series: No
Rating: PG-13/R-ish? Hell, I dunno, it's mildly naughty. :)
Summary Fluffy suggestive New Year's holiday shippiness! :D
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/3849.html

Title: Hoping Against Hope
Author: shadowycat
Type: Fiction
Category: Het Romance
Length: Short story (9600 words)
Pairing: SS/MM
Warnings: none
Series: No
Rating: R
Summary: A night that neither wants to remember but somehow cannot seem to forget haunts Snape and McGonagall as they try to forge a relationship when Snape comes to teach at Hogwarts.
Notes: Thanks to my beta scatteredlogic for all her help and tolerance. :)
Disclaimer: All the characters in this story belong to J. K. Rowling, not that I think any of you will think otherwise, but propriety must be adhered to. Of course, she'd probably be aghast at their behavior here, but then somehow I don't think she’s watching. ;)
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/5111.html

Title: If You're Going to Kiss Me...
Author: shadowycat
Type: Fiction
Category: Humor/Romance
Length: one-shot
Characters: SS/MM
Series: No
Rating: PG
Summary: This piece was written for the Quidditch Stands Challenge at 30minutefics. Snape tries to collect on a Quidditch wager...
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/30minutefics/226015.html

Title: Old Hat
Author: bucketofribs
Type: Fiction
Category: Het
Length: 355 (I was aiming for the 100-word drabble. I missed. Badly.)
Pairing: Severus/Minerva
Warnings: None
Series: No. (Though I keep writing Severus birthday stories, it seems.)
Rating: Oh geez... PG-13? It's just a teeeensy bit suggestive!
Summary: Snape's birthday. Really, that's it.
Notes: It was veracity's idea to write something like this for Snape's birthday, and the little bunny bit me hard and wouldn't let go of my pantleg until I wrote this! Oh, also, hi, everyone. Some of you already know me. But some of you don't. And after that brilliant introduction...
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/6813.html

Title: Time Flies
Author: amberdiceless
Type: Fiction
Category: Het
Length: 2400 words, in 100-word chunks
Pairing: Severus/Minerva
Series: No
Rating: PG-13/mild R-ish
Summary This is a series of SS - MM drabbles written over an extended time frame, for various challenges at a handful of communities. They don't all blend quite seamlessly together; but as a group, they provide a pretty good overview of my take on the two characters and how they do, or could, relate to one another. Also included are a few that are just for fun, or that deal with only one character or the other.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, and all their associates are characters belonging to J.K. Rowling. I claim no rights to them, their surroundings, or their situations. Much to my sorrow.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/close_contrast/7776.html

Title: Untitled Haiku
Author: SylvanWitch sylvanwitch
Type: Fiction
Category: Hints of het
Length: Haiku Pairings: SS/MM
Warnings: None
Series: Not yet, but there's a sequel brewing
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A Severus and Minerva Haiku Series
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sylvanwitch/36968.html

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Stories that Feature Slash Content

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The Choice. Author: sylvanwitch, Summary: " In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Severus makes a choice. Later, a different choice is made for him."

Full Descriptions

Title: The Choice
Author: SylvanWitch sylvanwitch
Type: Fiction
Category: Slash, m/m
Length: short story
Pairings: SS/MM, SS/LM
Warnings: Non-con
Series: Not yet, but there's a sequel brewing
Rating: NC-17
Summary: In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Severus makes a choice. Later, a different choice is made for him.
Notes: This image came first: Minerva, the goddess, in her bath, turning with a seductive smile to smite Tiresias with blindness. Later, he was given the gift of second sight, which he probably lived to regret. Oh, and the Latin I made up is just that--made up Latin...my dictionary's at school. Sorry for the butchery! This one's for Kai, who inspired it--thanks for giving me an excuse to revisit this pairing.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sylvanwitch/2004/09/29

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Again, a heartfelt Thank you! to everyone who participated in the 2005 MiniFest! :-)