duniazade

A very happy birthday to amsev, snarkypants, samantha_vimes, savine_snape, lovesnape, sc010f, keladry_lupin, ayerf, slyth_wolf, wonderfulwrites, iulia_linnea, mollyssister, death_ofme.

May your special day be lovely, and I hope that the year ahead will bring you joy, health, success and everything you wish for.

Dear, delightful, adorable Sandie, I wish you a very lovely day and I hope this year will bring you happiness, health, joy and every kind of success.

Your gift isn't finished yet, but I'm halfway through, so I have good hope.

*hugs*

What Quiz? The SS/HG Quiz, of course: New Authors in 2008 Part 1.

And I have the pretty banner to show off:



Thank you so much, mollyssister and morethansirius, lovely magicians of the Quiz!

SQUEE!

Can you believe it? Such a cluster of birthdays: annietalbot and elise_wanderer on the 17, lulabelle72 and tudorpot on the 18 - some of the most talented and nicest persons I've ever met. Those days in the middle of september were truly auspicious!

It's midnight and a handful of minutes where I am. To the four of you, born on either side of this magic moment, I wish peace, joy, contentment and many years filled to the brim with happiness. May all your dreams come true!

Happy Birthday to the incomparable, unique Sonia and to her lovely twin Jenny!

May this year bring only joy and prosperity for you, your loved ones and all the living beings in your household.


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Happy Birthday to mundungus42 and corbye, and Happy (belated) Birthday to silburygirl!

I hope you're having/had a lovely day and I wish you the most wonderful year ahead, full of excellent books, joyful writing and all kind of pleasures.

*raises glass*

Dear Dicky, dear Ginny, I'm sorry I have missed your birthdays. I hope they were lovely and I wish you joy, peace and happiness for the year ahead and many, many more years.

The Hat wanted to put Hermione into Ravenclaw, remember?

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Oooo, there are so many of my friends born as the seventh month begins! That must be a very auspicious period of the year.

So, here is a bunch of flowers for a bunch of wonderful ladies!

Dear machshefa, ihkelele, vulgarweed, dynonugget, I hope you'll have a lovely day and joyful year ahead. May your favourite dreams come true!


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A very happy birthday to averygoodun, and a happy belated birthday to vanityfair00 - sorry for having forgotten!

May the coming year be full of joy for you both.


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Dear Camillo, I hope you had a frabjous day in the company of Agent78. May the coming year bring you all the happiness in the world and be followed by many, many years of equal bliss.

*gives secret Harpy sign*


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The prompt was "Hermione, Severus and two very unexpected Animagus forms."

Many thanks to fellow Harpy sc010f for the quick beta!

Dear Bluey, I hope you'll enjoy it.

( The Grass is Always Greener )

I hope you'll have a lovely day and a wonderful year.



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Dear Bluey, I hope you're having a lovely day. May this year bring to you health, love, joy, and the fulfilment of your dearest wishes.


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If you would trust me with a prompt, I'll do my best...

Dear Gem, I hope you'll have a lovely day and a wonderful year ahead!


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For the snuna_exchange, the lovely opaljade had already given me Riddled, an absolutely delightful story.

But I didn't know, until five minutes ago, that she had also drawn an illustration for the story. She had refrained from posting it, because it would have busted her anonymity. That was a wise decision in more than one way. First, anyone who has ever seen art by Opaljade would have indeed recognized it at once - the extraordinary coloring, the tenderness and the whimsy. Secondly, it's a wonderful surprise for me!

It's the haircut scene from Riddled, and it's a pure bliss. Go, look, enjoy!

Luna cuts Severus' hair

It was an excellent exchange: the stories were very diverse, and all of them were highly enjoyable. Seriously, even if you're not enthusiastic about the pairing, it's worth to go have a look just for the sheer quality of the writing: The 2009 Snuna Exchange Giftfic List

As for me, I got an absolutely delightful gift, hilarious and tender: Riddled by opaljade:

Title: Riddled
Author: </a></b></a>opaljade
Beta Readers: </a></b></a>lariopefic and </a></b></a>lulabelle72
Recipient: </a></b></a>duniazade
Rating: PG
(Highlight to View) Warning: mild language.
Recipient's Prompt: After he recovers from the snake bite, Snape is considered a hero, but the Ministry wants to debrief him and/or have him attend the official Ceremonies. Unfortunately, he only speaks in Sphinx-like enigmas/Ravenclaw type questions, or answers every question by a question. Luna volunteers to interpret.
Summary: Snape is suffering from "Riddletongue." Luna Lovegood becomes his interpreter.

Thank you so much, Opaljade! It was a sheer pleasure.

My own contribution was The Thin Man:

Title: The Thin Man
Author: </a></b></a>duniazade
Beta Reader: </a></b></a>melusin_79
Recipient: </a></b></a>bethbethbeth
Rating: R
(Highlight to View) Warnings: bad language, a bit of nudity, liquor and pseudo-mathematical gobbledegook.
Recipient's Prompt: Everybody's intrigued when The Quibbler announces the marriage of Associate Editor Luna Lovegood to naturalist "Rolf Scamander," especially when they remember Newt Scamander and his wife Porpentina never had children or grandchildren.
Summary: Trust Luna to marry someone who doesn't exist.

bethbethbeth's prompt tickled me just right, and I had a lot of fun writing this. However, I wouldn't have pulled it off without the help of the wonderful melusin_79, Beta of Dreams.

Last but not least, many thanks to iulia_linnea for running this Exchange - it was a joy!

averygoodun had asked for drawble prompts, and my rather unoriginal suggestion had been "SS/HG and a tree".

Out of that, she has drawn a little gem of subtle ambiguity: http://averygoodun.livejournal.com/395342.html?view=1979982#t1979982

I can't look at that without beginning to imagine a whole story: why is she spying on him, why does he look so unconcerned, did he break a twig from the tree, what nefarious plot is afoot, and who is really spying on whom?

Go have a look, and if you have answers, please tell!

Foolish Wand Waving is a hilarious, delightful piece of linguistic geekery on the prompt of "Hermione criticising/proposing a reform of wizarding Latin".

Absolutely wonderful, and also featuring a Severus whose spectacles slither down his nose.

Allow me to quote the beginning:

Hermione had been silent for at least four hours.

Silences longer than twenty-three and one-half minutes made Severus nervous.

And it only gets better... Go, read, enjoy! It's on hpcon_envy .

I've committed some silly drabbling on grangersnape100:

The Power the Dark Lord Knows Not