Countdown to Small Gifts 4/7: Beginnings

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

How did you first discover R/S? Do you remember the first story you read? The first art you saw? What attracted you to the pairing?


For those of you just discovering our posts, we're counting down to small gifts with a series of daily discussions of the ship:
Monday, November 23: Favorite eras and genres
Tuesday, November 24: Cliches
Wednesday, November 25: Sex

Comments

[ann-x-amber.livejournal.com]

The Russian fandom is a scary, scary place. I never even tried to read something in Russian because I knew it'd be altogether badly written and have Snape in it. That fandom is all about Snape for some reason.

Так приятно видеть здесь русских :)




As to the original post question - it was shoebox_project for me. I didn't plan to fall in love with R/S, I thought I'd just read it and it'd be the end, but here I am, a year later, not only still not leaving but coming out of lurking. I don't even know why I love them so much - I just do.

[dear-tiger.livejournal.com]

Dude, you noticed the Snape thing too! What is the deal with the whole country being in love with him?

[ann-x-amber.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. My only theory is that maybe there'd been some super-genius fic about Snape that heavily influenced the fandom? There was no such fic about the Marauders on the other hand, so they don't get any loving at all. IDK.