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Hi, I'm Jan. :D I love Snape and Harry fics, and just mentor fics in general. I first started Potions and Snitches (P&S) as a safe place to find Snape & Harry gen fics without stumbling into Snape and Harry slash (aka Snarry, or HP/SS).

Fandoms that I like to read fanfiction of include: Star Trek, Star Wars, Kung Fu : The Legend Continues, Dragonball Z, Stargate SG1, Batman, Angel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I like Gen and Mentor fics mostly. I love hurt/comfort, angst, whump, drama, raw emotions, and vivid descriptions best.

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Harry was de-aged in a potions accident just before summer started, and, because he was at fault, Severus has to look after the five-year-old boy until the potion runs its course. Severus hopes that it won't take the full month, but, with his luck, it will.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Deaged!Harry
Categories: Fic Fests > #18 Summer 2015, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 13 Aug 2015 / 13 Aug 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Bedtime Story
Title: Chapter 1: A Happy Ending 20 Sep 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    So freaking adorable! I loved it! Great descriptions and I love how the cat was making noises.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much! :D I'm glad that you liked this. It was fun to write, and I thought that a meowing stuffed cat would be a fun wizard toy, I think it even purrs. 

Harry gets kidnapped, but who is this mysterious man who has taken him? It's going to be an awful summer. Summer Fic Fest 2015 entry. In response to Jan_AQ's challenge: Kidnapped By Tobias. A one shot.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Injured!Harry, Kidnapped, Kidnapped!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Fic Fests > #18 Summer 2015
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 04 Sep 2015 / 04 Sep 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Kidnapped by Tobias
Title: Chapter 1: The Memories We Bare 05 Nov 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Absolutely fantastic one-shot! Seriously intense! What a messed up background, but I appreciated how Harry can understand where Snape comes from now. Wow. Fantastic.

Still dealing with the events from Kinship, Harry and Severus pick up the pieces that had been left behind. However, is there an even sinister plot afoot for them this year?

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 31 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 22 Dec 2016 / 14 Sep 2015
Series: Tragedy - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 27: Home 03 Sep 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Ron is being such a prat. And of course Harry is being loyal to his first friend, but maybe it's time to drop him. I wish Ron would come around, it seems like he needs counseling more than anything.

    Author's Response: :) Thanks, Jan. We shall see if Ron comes around or not very soon. Thanks again.

Title: Chapter 28: Planting the Seeds 03 Sep 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Too cute! I really enjoyed this last chapter. :) I'm glad that Aurora is starting to feel better, doing things she used to love. Funny how she teased Severus about his robes. I liked the last part with Trewlaney, and how they all thinking of a baby now. Mostly Severus, and how he is accepting of it and marriage. I'm glad Harry is excited, although he isn't helping Aurora. I hope that they do eventually have a little girl, although I would enjoy seeing Snape hex Trewlaney. Thanks for the update!

    Author's Response: Thanks, Jan. We'll have to see in the next chapter if she is. :)

Dragging Harry Potter to his office after his Slytherin has been caught fighting with a classmate, Snape finds himself duly chastised for a misdeed of his own.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Girl!Harry, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Sep 2015 / 26 Sep 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Harry is a Boy's Name
Title: Chapter 1: Harry is Boy's Name 26 Sep 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Loved it. I wonder though if Harry will manage puberty alright though. What an interesting concept. Of course if Harry were a girl Snape would think of her as Lily's daughter. Great characterizations in this one. Interesting that Harry would be in Slytherin. What a terrible mess Petinia set up here though. Would Harry feel she is a girl if Pegtunia raised her as such? Great one shot.

    Author's Response:

    That is certainly one of Severus' concerns, I feel. This Harry certainly has other issues, already, what with the lying and fighting with peers. Of course, there is a possibility that Harry is a transgender boy, in which case, I feel that there is something that can be done to ease puberty for him, in much the way is done for trans children here in the muggle world. However, the main problem is that, this Harry may in fact be a child that was raised under an imposed gender who is reluctant to let go of that for whatever reason. What is most important, however, is that Harry's current gender identification is respected, not the least because he has never been allowed much in the way of self-determination before. He may, as he becomes more settled and a bit better adjusted, determine that he is a girl, after all.

    It's certainly something I would like to explore further, whether as an extension to this brief oneshot or a series of short tales, I'm not entirely decided, as both would have their merits. In any case, I feel I have started to ramble. Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! 


Sybill's guilt finally meets up with her.

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Loving
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 30 Sep 2015 / 30 Sep 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Fraud!, Sybill in the Story
Title: Chapter 1: Fraud Meets Guilt 01 Oct 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwww, I loved the last line! :D Beautiful ending. Poor Sybil though.

    Author's Response: Thanks, Jan. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Harry’s Halloween trip to an art gallery leads to shocking surprises for both him and Snape.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Vampires
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 31 Oct 2015 / 31 Oct 2015
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Moonscapes 05 Nov 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Great one-shot! Fantastic descriptions and feelings in this piece. Thank you so much for sharing it.

    Author's Response:

    Thank you so much for reading it! I love writing one-shots (which, back in the day, we called "short stories"!), because I love getting a piece of writing finished! I really don't understand why so many people object to a one-shot -- I've heard some readers state, "Oh, i never read one-shots" -- because I love to read them as well as write them. And yes, I enjoyed working with the descriptions of the Moonscapes and the gallery itself... Halloween brings out a lot of inspiration...

    Thanks so much for your review, too. :-) 


Harry discovers something strange in his Gringotts vault among his parents' belongings-a letter of apology from James to Snape. Harry decides he should deliver it. A challenge from Alexannah on Potions and Snitches.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Mean
Tags: Alternate Universe, Runaway
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 Jun 2020 / 06 Nov 2015
Series: None - Challenges: Dear Snape, I'm Sorry
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 15 Nov 2015
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Continue!!! Great start! Great writing.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much!! :) That means the world to me coming from you. :) I'm honored that you liked it. I will continue. I promise. :)

Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 01 Apr 2020
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Good start! Everyone was in character. Well done!

Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2 01 Apr 2020
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Yikes! Poor Harry. He's really broken down. Hopefully Snape will swallow his pride and help him. Help him, Snape! Stop being a git. :)


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