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Final Note 6 - June 2018:

Although it has already been a long time since I have posted or updated anything, it is time to make it official.

I will no longer be writing fanfiction.

I haven't come to this decision because I have run out of ideas or inspiration for my current works - to the contrary, I have put a lot of thought and planning into each of them. Even now, the moments and scenes I had planned live happily in my head. The issue becomes the fact that I have limited free time, so I must choose how to spend it. This is why there have so often been extremely long breaks between updates. In turn, this becomes unfair to readers, as I know that they often have limited free time as well and it is very easy to forget the plot of a story that wasn't born within your own head (and sometimes even then!).

Now, I know many of you would continue to wait for updates. We lovers of fanfiction are tenacious that way. However, since my free time is limited, I have decided that my focus needs to be on my original works.

In that spirit, though a part of me is saddened, I hereby abandon all my current works-in-progress. I will not be updating them again. However, I also open my stories up for adoption, should anyone be interested in continuing them in my stead. (Though, to be clear, I don't honestly think anyone would, but) I ask only that I be credited and that no large portions of my work, incomplete or no, be copied by another (so please link/direct readers back to my work if you continue it).

I've had such a great time in this fandom. Thanks to all who've helped keep the magic alive!

Warm regards,

Dream Painter

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Halloween Fic fest Prompt 1

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Fic Fests > #19 Halloween 2015
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 30 Oct 2015 / 30 Oct 2015
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 31 Oct 2015
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    A great visit! I loved reading this - just superb. I do hope there really is more, as the "to be continued..." indicates (part of me is worried that is an mistake >.-), because that would be just perfect!

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 02 Nov 2015
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Great little story, Shadow! Love the idea of the moonscapes - very unique and cool. I enjoyed reading this. Very nicely done!

    Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad other people can appreciate my wild sense of imagination! I would seriously love to own a Moonscape myself, but *sigh* that is not to be... Thanks for reading and reviewing! 😸

Harry wonders what it would be like to visit across the veil. Thanks to a rare potion, he just might find out. Can Snape return Harry's soul to his body before it is too late? - Response to the Halloween Fic Fest

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Fic Fests > #19 Halloween 2015, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 09 Nov 2015 / 09 Nov 2015
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Tea is for Trouble 09 Nov 2015
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Nice little story, Ebb. A few things that need correcting, but I've let you know about those, already. Nice utilization of some Chinese lore.

Dark secrets and an even darker past threaten to destroy the boy on whom the entire wizarding world has pinned their hopes. Can Severus Snape find it within him to heal and accept the broken child of his nemesis, and in the process, ultimately heal and accept himself? (AU-ish, but follows canon. Severitus - mentor/adoption - WARNING: mentions sexual abuse, but no details)

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind
Tags: Injured!Harry, Injured!Snape, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Reverse Roles > Healer Harry, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Drug use, Profanity, Rape, Violence
Chapters: 37 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 10 Sep 2016 / 13 Mar 2016
Series: Right in Front of Me Trilogy - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 37: Chapter 36 12 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    I greatly enjoyed reading this story, and I particularly loved how they were all able to find family. Nicely done!

Harry and/or Snape find themselves reliving the same span of time over and over again. What caused this phenomenon, and just how are they to get out of it? Are both wizards aware that time is repeating itself, or just one of them? And just what is it about this one day that it just refuses to end?

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Fic Fests > #21 Springfest 2016, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 3 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Jun 2016 / 20 Jun 2016
Series: XYZ Challenge - A Story for each Challenge - Challenges: Ground Hog Day
Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3 01 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    This made for a really fun read! Nicely done. :D

A spring fic answering the challenge ”Post Traumatic Stress” by Dream Painter. A melancholy story set directly after the war, not without hope. Mostly from Harry’s PoV. OOC Snape.

Takes Place: 7th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Fic Fests > #21 Springfest 2016, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 6 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Jun 2016 / 25 Jun 2016
Series: Aftermath - Challenges: Post Traumatic Stress
Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6 01 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    I really liked this tale. How Harry's trauma manifested itself was very interesting and true to his character - I love how he came to start dealing with it. He was long overdue for that, poor child. Snape and how he's taking to his second chance was also most gratifying. Well writ!

If Severus could just keep Harry from dying in the night, then maybe they could both experience a life better than the one they had lived so far. Sequel to The Art of Forgetting. Springfest 2016

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving
Tags: Injured!Harry, Kidnapped!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Fic Fests > #21 Springfest 2016
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Violence
Chapters: 3 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Aug 2016 / 13 Jul 2016
Series: The Art of Forgetting and Forgiving - Challenges: Anaphylaxis, Lost glasses, Something Similar
Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3 21 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    I found this story to be a great read and a deeply satisfying sequel. Everyone was delightfully true to character, which just made reading this all the more gratifying. Thank you so much for sharing this story!

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 7: Epilogue 02 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    I really liked this piece, as well. It made for a very satisfying follow up to the first tale. Bravo.

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 06 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    A great start! Poor boys. I'm with Draco on this, though - a baby is definitely more work than Harry is anticipating. :P

    Author's Response: Harry is definitely underestimating how difficult taking care of a baby is, but he'll learn soon enough :) Thanks for the review!

Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2 06 Mar 2017
Reviewer: Dream Painter (Signed)
    Oh, god, they would DIE if either of them called adult Snape 'Sevy' to his face. :P :P

    Another enjoyable chapter. I think the nicknames are good - I certainly can't think of better ones. I look forward to the next chapter and learning whether the deaging has taken care of Remus' furry little problem. Please update soon!

    Author's Response: I just added a new chapter this morning, so great timing! I had the same thing about nicknames, they're not perfect but they're the best I could think up. And the new chapter definitely talks about Remus' furry problem, although it'll be discussed in more depth later on. Thanks for the review!


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