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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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Let's just get this out of the way: Harry is a girl. And Ron is a girl. And Hermione is a boy. And Dumbledore is a girl. And Snape is a girl. And Draco is a girl. And, WTF, Voldemort is a girl. The author plays all of this straight. (Not, like, straight vs. gay. In those terms, the author plays all of this gen.)

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Girl!Harry, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Jul 2017 / 08 Sep 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 2: Serafima Snape, Potions Mistress 20 Sep 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I'm surprised at how much I like this. Harry and Snape's characters are spot on. I do like the personality conflicts and some of the gender changes that are going on. Well done!

    I liked the name switch of Veronica from Ron, we get to keep thinking of him-her as Ron. Snape's name was great too, it's easy to tell who it is. I found that the sheer number of name changes are a little difficult to get through; I find myself thinking and trying to figure out who everyone is. I wish that some of the names were more obvious, even if it would make the names silly, such as Draconia instead of Draco. But maybe reading will get easier.

    Continue on! If you have a plot planned I see this story going far!

    Author's Response: Hey! Thanks for your comment! THE NAMES, OMG, THE NAMES. I had Draco with a name that started with a "D" (not Draconia), but then I was getting confused with "Daisy," and I hate it when I read books and everyone's name starts with the same letter. I'm not stupid, but I do get easily confused. (Even when I'm reading fanfic, if the author uses the names "Severus" and "Sirius," man, I read those the same.) Anyway. To save myself, I changed the Dragon to a Cat, and ... screw it, says I. I've been trying to use first and last names a lot more than people would in normal conversation, just to keep reminding the reader. I see that I may not be doing that enough.

Title: Chapter 1: Prologue: The Hogwarts Express 20 Sep 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Nice start! Funny about the Weasleys, and it was funny how they mentioned that Daisy was short for Harold. Clever, what you did there. :)

Thanks to James' sacrifice, Lord Voldemort is defeated. Lily barely survives and is rescued by Severus. Years later Harry struggles to live side by side with his hateful and unforgiving stepfather in a very troubled household. Unbeknownst to both much greater challenges lie ahead.

Takes Place: 0 - Before Harry is born, 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Controlling, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Amnesia, Child fic
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Profanity, Romance/Het, Violence
Chapters: 13 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 May 2017 / 11 Sep 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 4: A Tale Of Two Wizards 23 Sep 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Livia, you don't have to delete the story. We do have the option of transferring the authorship to the Potions and Snitches penname. You also have the option of changing the story's name. Would you be interested?

    Author's Response: I've not thought about that! And yes I am! I'm not sure what you mean by pen name though!

Harry turns to magic in an attempt to be free of his nightmares. He has found a ritual to summon the spirits of those whom one has wronged so that one may atone. But nothing involving the Boy-Who-Lived is ever that simple.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Desperate
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Profanity, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 16 Jul 2017 / 07 Nov 2016
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: In which the circle is cast 07 Nov 2016
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Oh wow. This is intense, a seriously bad situation for Snape. What a catastrophe! How can Snape ever get out of this one?

    Great writing, fantastic start to the story. I'm almost afraid to read more, no doubt Snape has many more tortures in store, and I have no idea how he could survive this night.

    Just what was Harry trying to do with this ritual? Oh how dearly Severus is paying now. It doesn't seem fair that he has to face all the people his potions and spells hurt. Is this his guilt conjuring these people, or do they really think him blamable for of their situation?

    Author's Response: We'll see a bit of Harry in the next chapter. But he does blame himself for a few deaths and he wanted a chance to apologize.

Due to a Potions accident, both Severus Snape and Remus Lupin have been de-aged. Both are now three months old, and it's up to Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy to put their rivalry aside for long enough to take care of them until an antidote can be found.

Takes Place: 7th Year, 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Baby fic, Child fic, Deaged!Snape, Deaging
Categories: Reverse Roles > Parental Harry
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Mar 2017 / 26 Feb 2017
Series: None - Challenges: The Lupin-Snapes
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 26 Feb 2017
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Cute beginning! It sounds like there are many things that we will read about, and I can't wait to find out what they are!

    I like that Draco and Harry have to work together here. Baby Remus and Snape are sure to be cute, but also a handful!

    I wonder is Remus still a werewolf now that he is deaged? Or is he younger than when he was turned?

    Thanks for writing and sharing! Please update when you can!

    Author's Response: Thank you for the review! I actually planned to reveal what's going to happen with Remus' lycanthropy in the first chapter, but there wasn't a good place to address it. It's definitely going to be brought up in the next one though! I will say that the lycanthropy /will/ be part of this, just not right away :)

During Easter in his Fourth Year, Harry's life changes in a drastic way. And to think, it was all because he had picked up a little black rabbit...

Takes Place: 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: Adoption, Animagus!Snape
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Out of Character
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 16 Apr 2017 / 16 Apr 2017
Series: None - Challenges: Lost Animagus
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 18 Apr 2017
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwwww!!! This was too cute! I loved it! Seeing Snape as a little black bunny was too adorable! I am so glad that Harry is finally able to meet his grandparents and have a family who love him. I love that he has an uncle Severus now too. Yay.

    Great little one-shot! I really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Harry has a nightmare that Snape helps with, and other little moments like that.

Takes Place: 2nd Year, 3rd summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 2 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 21 Dec 2017 / 18 Aug 2017
Series: Harry's Sleep Adventures - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Sleeping, Nightmares, and Blanket Bundles 22 Dec 2017
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwww, this was cute! I loved it!

    Author's Response: Thank you!

Title: Chapter 2: Draco's Sleepover 22 Dec 2017
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    :) So sweet. I loved it. Thank you for writing and sharing!

    Author's Response: Thanks for reading it. I had fun writing it.

Severus Snape hates Harry Potter. Nothing will ever change that. Nothing. Not even the boy’s sudden intrusion in his life. Or that cheeky smile. Or that all too innocent look. Or the sudden shift in his relationship with the Potter whelp. Not even those green eyes. No, nothing will ever change Severus’s hatred for Harry Potter – no matter how fond of him he was becoming. An eventual Snape adopts Harry story. Beginning in Harry’s first year.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Misc > All written in Snape's POV, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 38 - Completed: No - Updated: 04 Mar 2024 / 10 Oct 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 13: Debilitate 02 Feb 2019
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwwww, this was too cute! Loved how Harry got Severus to stop his binge drinking. So sweet that Harry fell asleep on Severus’ lap. I bet Harry secretly wants to be held again. Darling story. I’m loving it!

    Author's Response: I bet that was all Harry wanted as well. I am so glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for your review!

Title: Chapter 17: Determined 18 Apr 2019
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I’m loving it. I was grinning all through the chapter. The part about the knives was cool. I’m so glad that Severus is so serious about adopting Harry. Thanks for the update!

    Author's Response: I personally liked writing about the knives. Thank you for your review!


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