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Call me: Johannes (male) Member since: 30 Sep 2017
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From the South of Wales, now living in Ireland. Have written Fanfiction for seven years or so, now publishing erotica and studying film. 

Currently uploading my long-running Slytherin!Harry fanfiction, The Serpent's Gaze, which is a plot-focused venture running across five books. I started it about two years ago, and I'm steadily approaching the 300,000 word mark, and I'm so, so excited with where I'm taking it.

The Serpent's Gaze is something of a labour of love for me, given that because I'm looking at a version of Harry who's sorted into Slytherin I can really delve into character development and exploration. It's so exciting to look at completely different plot points, such as the lack of Horcruxes, and grapple with how a character might be influenced through his years at Hogwarts without just making a new character altogether. 

The fic series is currently posted in its entirety - with books 1-4 completed and book 5 in progress - on Ao3, Fanfiction.net and Wattpad. I'm currently in the process of crossposting everything to here and HPFanficTalk too!

I'm hoping to finish the series' primary plot this year! If you want to talk to me about the series or about anything, really, feel free to drop me a message! :)  

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Stories by DictionaryWrites
The Serpent's Gaze, Book Five: The Lernaean Hydra by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 7]
The Lernaean Hydra has many heads, and it seems as if you will never cut them all away. It's near immortal - as if it will never die.

With the death of a man he never expected, the wizarding war is tipped into motion, but Harry Potter doesn't feel prepared to approach it.

Mixed POV: changes between Harry Potter's and Severus Snape's.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Controlling, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Profanity, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Suicide Themes, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 21 - Completed: No - Updated: 14 Jun 2018 / 14 Oct 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None
Silk Cut. Low tar. by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 6]
Post-DH. Written for the Halloween 2017 Fic Fest prompt: "There was haunting music coming from the Quidditch pitch."

Severus is watching the Halloween proceedings: he is interrupted by Harry Potter himself.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Colleague Snape and Harry, Fic Fests > #23 Halloween 2017
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 Oct 2017 / 27 Oct 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Serpent's Gaze: A Drowsy Dragon by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 2]
Upon the mention of a creation of Horace Slughorn's at the dinner table, Filius becomes rather incensed; Aurora has seen something in a magazine; Severus, as ever, has papers to mark.

Oh, for the life of a cat.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Depressed, Snape is Mean
Tags: Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Oct 2017 / 07 Oct 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None
The Serpent's Gaze, Book Four: Betting On Blood by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 52]
By the time Harry arrives for the term of his fourth year at Hogwarts, he's battled doxies, puffskeins, and even the dangerous teenage moodswing. Unfortunately, that's not all the world has in store: his name is dropped into the Goblet of Fire, and Harry's life descends into its usual state of chaos.

At the very least, he gets to see a few more pretty girls than usual.

Takes Place: 4th summer, 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Neglect, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Violence
Chapters: 46 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Oct 2017 / 07 Oct 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None
The Serpent's Gaze, Book Three: The Convict's Cry by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 20]
When Harry Potter meets a raving tramp on Kellogg's Walk, one that mumbles to him about Hogwarts, he doesn't suspect that it will change his life as he knows it. But it does.

Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban, and Harry has to protect him from the Aurors and Dementors after his head.

Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Azkaban Character, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Neglect, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 19 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 15 Oct 2017 / 07 Oct 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None
The Serpent's Gaze, Book Two: Slytherin's Secrets by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 22]
The Chamber of Secrets is open, and the horrors within are illuminated by dismal torchlight, squinting down at their thick journals and handwritten notes as they peer around the room. The abandoned halls, long-since built by Salazar Slytherin, are crawling with them... Historians.

Harry's second year at Hogwarts looks to be even more eventful than his first.

Takes Place: 2nd summer, 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity, Torture
Chapters: 18 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 12 Oct 2017 / 07 Oct 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None
The Serpent's Gaze, Book One: Hatching Snakes by DictionaryWrites starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 31]
There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes. The pride of a Slytherin is in his resource and cunning, and in the serpent's discerning gaze. At Hogwarts, Harry Potter learns to value pride, loyalty, and poison over mercy. Slytherin!Harry, platonic H&Hr duo, shipping later. Featuring ambiguous heroes, equivocal villains, and original and canon characters alike.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 20 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 07 Oct 2017 / 30 Sep 2017
Series: The Serpent's Gaze - Challenges: None

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