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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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Dumbledore decides to have an easter egg hunt for the younger students - things do not go as planned.

Oneshot in response to two challenges by Jan_AQ and one of my own.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Fic Fests > #21 Springfest 2016, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Drug use, Profanity
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 30 Jun 2016 / 30 Jun 2016
Series: None - Challenges: Drugged, Bunny Snape, Easter Egg Hunt!
Title: Chapter 1: Down we go... 30 Jun 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Oh my gosh, I loved it. Snape as a fluffy black bunny? Brilliant! Haha!

    Author's Response: Your idea :P

A short poem. Fluff, AU Severitus.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 Jul 2016 / 25 Jul 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Harry Potter and the Golden Castle 29 Jul 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awww!! That was so sweet! Well done!

A truly horrible thought occurred to Severus, if Petunia had failed to give her nephew the most basic necessities, what else had she withheld? Springfest 2016.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Kind, Out of Character Snape
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Fic Fests > #21 Springfest 2016, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 06 Aug 2016 / 06 Aug 2016
Series: None - Challenges: Stealing stuff, Secrets, Smelly Boy, Light Fingered
Title: Chapter 1: The Provider 06 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Absolutely fantastic. I loved it! Well done! Sad to think of the position they are in, Snape forced to "be mean" and Harry forced to live with people where he is unloved, neglected, and hurt. I do hope that there will be a sequel one day. It was wonderful to read this, I really enjoyed it. I was just thinking that I enjoyed the new Harry Potter book so much that it would be difficult to follow it, but you managed to pull it off and post an absolutely fantastic story. Well done, and thank you.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much for taking time to leave feedback, it means a lot to me to hear people's thoughts! It's a real pitiful situation they are both in, which would make a happy ending all the more enjoyable (If I could just see a way out of the predicament without it being too far-fetched!) For now, I've settled for them having an understanding. Thank you again so much!

How does one tackle the favour of being reborn? And what part does Harry Potter play in Severus Snape’s new life after the war?

Takes Place: 7th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Suicide Themes
Chapters: 7 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 01 Jan 2017 / 11 Aug 2016
Series: Aftermath - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2 17 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Loving it! Poor Harry, he's such a mess, but Severus is right, it's not hopeless. I love seeing Snape in such an insightful reflection of himself, also understanding, and encouraging Harry. Harry really needs it.

    The descriptions of the artist and the gallery meeting were great. I love that Snape can handle small talk now and that Harry can be into something so completely as painting. I wonder if Harry is bleeding painful magic into his paintings, and if that is the way it is healing him. Or if it's just a way for him to express himself and work through his emotions. I think it's wonderful for him to of picked up a painting hobby. Maybe he'll get really good and just be an artist as his occupation. Though I'm not sure who would appreciate the awfulness of the emotions he surely paints, I can't see it as a dining room attraction. :)

    I'm curious to find out! Thanks so much for the update!

    Author's Response:

    You’re right! What a horror to have a painting like that at one’s home! Thanks for reviewing!


Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 12 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I love it so far! Beautiful descriptions of Snape's Ressurection and how he feels, his understanding of Harry now, the emotions. Just really well done. I love the tone of your writing and your Snape, Harry is great too.

    Too bad about Dumbledore dealing with all this guilt, doomed to die again in a short time, having Harry unable to stand his presence. I wonder what that last part is about, and if Harry will get over it before Dumbledore dies.

    I like that Harry has learned to paint, and that Snape realizes how difficult and much a struggle Harry's tenacity of surviving is. I like to see the two joke together. I find your Snape very much in character with the new situation and feelings he is able to go through. I really like that he moved his quarters upstairs. It shows the profound change he has gone through in obvious outward ways. I wonder what the gallery will be like, and if this new painter has aspirations on Harry. Thank you for writing and sharing!

    Author's Response:

    Thanks! I’m glad that you find Snape’s reaction to the resurrection believable and that he is still ”in character” given the situation.


Title: Chapter 7: Epilogue 03 Jan 2017
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Aww, yay. :) A happy ending. Fantastic. I'm so glad everything worked out the way it was meant to. Very uplifting. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this story. :)

After the third task of the Triwizard Tournament, life in Privet Drive is even more horrible for Harry. Nightmares, chores, punishments... But his life will change when he finds a black cat.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: Adoption, Animagus!Snape, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Injured!Snape, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Reverse Roles > Healer Harry, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 Feb 2017 / 22 Aug 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Pain 23 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I liked it. :) Poor little cat Snape! Harry is being so attentive to him and his wounds. I love how Snape softened towards Harry, and how Harry confided in his little cat friend. Of course, it must be a shock when Harry realized that it was Snape!

    I noticed that a lot of your quotations are missing end punction. For example:

    "...I hope someone could see that I’m not my father”

    “So, you are an animagus” Harry continued.

    They should be written as such:


    "...I hope someone could see that I’m not my father.”

    “So, you are an animagus,” Harry continued.

    Otherwise the writing was good. :) I'm interested to see what happens next. PLease continue!

Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Summer? 23 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awww, poor little cat. Of course Harry would take it in, he's lucky the Durlsey's didn't see the cat. I don't think they would let him keep it. I wonder if Harry knows potions are okay for animals to take. I don't remember reading it in any of the books.

    I liked seeing Harry's thoughts about his situation, and how it compares to Ron's.

    I felt like the end of this chapter was a little rushed. The explanations of where Harry got the potions doesn't fit in where it is. The explanation needed to been earlier, when potions are first mentioned. Otherwise we are all wondering and hanging, in a state of anxiety until it is explained. So I think maybe around here:

    " together with a little syringe to put the water and the potions in the cat’s mouth. " Add immediately after that he got the potions from school, using his invisibility cloak to nick them from the hospital wing.

    Good start with the first chapter. Poor Harry, he goes through a lot in the summer. I did like how you mentioned the Marge incident, and how now the Dursley's will only visit her.

    I did edit your formatting in the story, and censored the profanity (bad words) in two places. I added profanity as a warning to your story. please don't use the "f bomb" lightly as it will make the rating of your story have to go up to 16+. The letters now look different from the rest of the story, I used block quotes so that they would stand out.

    Author's Response: I’ve tried to improve the things you’ve told me. Thank you so much for your help, you’re great.

The Ministry removes Harry from the 'care' of the Dursley's at the age of three, placing him in the 'National Harry Potter Exhibit and Museum'. Harry spends six years blissfully unaware that every day dozens of people are paying to watch him go about his day through spelled walls. His every whim is catered to by a team of five caretakers, until the Ministry decides to close the exhibit down. Harry is placed in the care of Severus Snape, who must reverse the boy's spoiled upbringing and teach him to be a normal child again.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Adoption, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 27 Aug 2016 / 23 Aug 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Leaving Home 23 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Woah! What a unique and imaginative premise!

    Fantastic buildup of Harry's background in this chapter. The poor kid never learned how to play with other kids, how to manage his own emotions, how to question things. He had been coddled and spoiled for sure, but I think he is still a good kid. It didn't seem like he tried to get to mischief. But having only caretakers he liked is going to be a problem once he meets Snape.

    I wonder if Julie and Mitchell are going to be able to visit or write to Harry. In a way, they have been his most consistent parents. What a mess Harry's life and upbringing has been so far. I wonder what it would of been like if Harry grew at Home until he went to Hogwarts, and if he had to return there every summer.

    Fantastic start!

    Author's Response: Jan! I have to confess, I had not considered keeping Julie or Mitchell in the story. As soon as I read your comment I realized what a mistake that would have been. Thank you! You will be seeing at least one of them again. Glad you enjoyed it!

Title: Chapter 2: New Arrival 23 Aug 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Oh, poor, poor Harry. This has GOT to be a terrible awakening for him. He's got to feel so overwhelmed. He didn't have much change for years,mead the even gone to different places.

    It's going to be a tough haul for both him and Snape. I bet it will be for the better though, and now Harry will be able to go to different places he never went to before.

    Too bad they didn't send all his toys along. I don't see Snape singing to Harry to wake him up, but maybe he'll end up surprising us eventually. :)

    Oh poor kid.

    Fantastic start, you're doing a great job with all the characters being in character while exploring this new premise. Thanks for writing and sharing! Please update when you can!


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