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Kirinin [Contact] Better be Gryffindor!
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Hi!  My name is Kirinin, and I've been writing fanfiction for over ten years, now.  My initial fandom was Ranma 1/2.  After having a lot of fun with this fandom for around five years, I decided to branch out.

My first completed Harry fic is Secret of Slytherin, which was initially on fanfiction-dot-net.  I have to say that writing and posting this story has been one of the most fun and interesting literary experiences I've had.  For one thing, the tale started off as a bedtime story, meant to be shared with someone verbally, so it had to have a certain cadence.  Then, when I initially posted it, the feedback was thoughtful and thorough - to the point that people brought up and argued issues I'd never even thought of.  Some or the reviews themselves are works of art, and I've met a lot of great people through their analyses of the story. 

It's wonderful to be able to share SoS with a new fanfiction community here, and give the story some more life.  :)

Secret of Slytherin now has a sequel called Geas of Gryffindor.  While Severus and Harry are very important characters in that tale, they are no longer its sole focus, which is why I have chosen not to post it here.  Please check it out on fanfiction.net, or on Archive of Our Own, where I am posting Secret of Slytherin and Geas of Gryffindor under the same penname.

I tend to like many if not all of the canon characters in the HP Universe, and really dislike it when an author is willing to demonize one set of characters to make the others look better.  My favorite characters to mess with are the Trio, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape and Remus Lupin, but I'm willing to read anyone, so long as they're written thoughtfully.

As a final note, I tend to recommend stories I've enjoyed in my Author's Notes; I also have a C2 for Harry Potter fics on my fanfiction-dot-net account.  That is all.

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After Harry talks to Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows, he takes a little detour to Spinner’s End, back before it was Snape’s house, back when it belonged to a woman named Eileen Prince. Snape couldn’t be angrier that Harry is his father.

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Reverse Roles > Parental Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use
Chapters: 31 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Sep 2008 / 15 Jan 2008
Series: No Difference - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 29: Gobstones 16 Sep 2014
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Marvelous. Just lovely. Harry really does play the father role for once, and he's surprisingly good at it.

    I should've mentioned in the baby chapter that I liked how Harry wonders what Sev was like as a child.

    -K

    Author's Response:

    This is one of the first times in this fic, all the way here at the end that I show Harry and Snape's dreadful little father son relationship as a father son relationship.  Go Harry!  Be a dad!  He is fairly good at it, isn't he?

     There's a huge part of Harr that really deeply regrets leaving and not taking care of Snape.  He feels responsible for te bitter twisted person Snape has become, even though he had no real choice.  I feel really awful for both of them.


Title: Chapter 31: Epilogue: Six Years Later 16 Sep 2014
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Very cool. Thanks for sharing with us!

    -K

    Author's Response: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

A response to both P&S Winter Fic Fest and the Burnt Hedwig Challenge. However, many of the challenge details have been altered. Hedwig is injured, and must seek help for Harry. One-shot. Some Chamber of Secrets details have been changed from canon.

Takes Place: 3rd summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 Feb 2008 / 27 Feb 2008
Series: None - Challenges: Burnt Hedwig to the Rescue
Title: Chapter 1: Miles to Go Before I Sleep 06 Apr 2008
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Wow. I loved: "...their odd nestling, who looked and acted like an egg that hadn't quite hatched. Instead of venturing out and exploring, he remained huddled inside, practically sat on by his parents, who ought to realize he wasn't an egg any longer." Hedwig's POV is flawless, here - you make everything just right from her perspective. I like that Apparition is an 'undignified' way to travel, and that Harry is her child rather than she his bird.

    Adorable. All I would want is more of the same. :)

    -K

    Author's Response:

    Clearly Hedwig and Dumbledore see eye-to-eye on the raising of Dudley.  :)  I enjoyed having so much of Hedwig's understanding of humans come from the messages she delivers to them.  Letters and messages say a lot about relationships. 

    Thank you for reviewing! 


A simple act of kindness can make someone’s day. Or, What goes around, comes around.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Misc > No category on the site fits
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Mar 2008 / 03 Mar 2008
Series: None - Challenges: Snowball Challenge
Title: Chapter 1: An Act of Kindness 03 Mar 2008
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Oh. Wow. That was lovely, thank you.

Harry has finally had enough of his relatives' abuse and has locked himself in the chamber of secrets. To keep up appearances, Snape has been sent to take Harry's place for the summer.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 May 2008 / 13 Apr 2008
Series: None - Challenges: Wake up Call
Title: Chapter 1: Meeting With the Headmaster 02 May 2008
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    "She had been the only other teacher in the room and had been very quiet the whole time."

    Probably you should have told us Minerva was in the room before now. Otherwise, it's like she mysteriously pops into existence in the room in the middle of the conversation. (And not in the good, magic way.)

    Otherwise, this is a good beginning. :)

    -K

    Author's Response:

    will work on that.


Harry discovers something suprising about his fearsome potions teacher

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Reverse Roles > Healer Harry
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 May 2008 / 28 May 2008
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Claustrophobia 01 Sep 2009
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    This was a bit OOC, but cute.

After all, Severus thought, missing one meal wouldn't hurt him...

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Reverse Roles > Healer Harry, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 06 Aug 2008 / 06 Aug 2008
Series: None - Challenges: Eating issues
Title: Chapter 1: Breaking Bread 01 Sep 2009
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    This is really good! I'm growing fond of stories where Harry takes care of Snape; and I think that your Snape and Harry were pretty IC (except, as you said, that Snape probably wouldn't fold under that sort of pain.) Especially fourth-year Harry and fourth-year Snape. :)

    -K

When Snape threatens to expel his son, James is forced to confront a few uncomfortable truths.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 25 Nov 2008 / 25 Nov 2008
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Between 23 Oct 2009
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Whoa, another one with very interesting Snape/James interaction. It's fun to read, hope you keep it up.

    And. Irony. Yeah.

    -K

    Author's Response:

    I have been asserting very forcefully that I would not be continuing this, but in the last few weeks, I've been toying with a companion oneshot to this.  I'm glad everyone has liked this little AU as much as they have.

    I love irony.  I live for irony.


Severus Snape, high ranking Death Eater and Headmaster of Hogwarts, finds out that his son is not his own when the boy's glamour begins to break. Entry in the 2009 Challenge Fest. In Response to the Cruel Reversal Challenge by FoolishWishmaker.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 07 May 2009 / 07 May 2009
Series: Good People and Death Eaters - Challenges: Cruel Reversal
Title: Chapter 1: Blurring 23 Oct 2009
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Wow.

    I really enjoy stories with James and Severus as main characters, but I rarely see them together except for in Marauders-Era fic.

    Also. Disturbing, and great little subtle end. Here's to hoping Harry manages to defeat the evil git, anyway.

    -K

    Author's Response:

    So do I!  I love throwing characters who really really really don't get along together and watching them fight it out.  Snape and James and Snape and Sirius are my favorite pairs to throw together.  I actually am writing a Marauder era fic about Snape,  (and the Marauders, and Lily, and Lily's friends, and Snape's Slytherin year-mates...) and it's lots of fun playing with the simmering tension of the time.

    The three of them are now living in a conspiricy.  I ope you stay with the series until I can show you how Harry does. 


Harry Potter has lost his memories...and gained those of a different Harry. One that knows too much. And it scares Severus Snape. …so who is Rowling?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Time Travel
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Jun 2009 / 25 Jun 2009
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 21 Oct 2009
Reviewer: Kirinin (Signed)
    Hrm. This is interesting. There are a few grammar issues, but they're minor. If I have your premise right, it sounds like it could be intriguing. Keep it up! :)

    -K


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