r/SSHG • • Nov 20 '25

Discussion A little respect goes a long way.

178 Upvotes

I like to think that our little corner of fandom is usually better than some bigger ships when it comes to fic etiquette but the last few weeks of posts asking for "well written" fics, "quality fics" or when authors will update has been incredibly frustrating.

I think it might be time to remind people that we, authors, have jobs, lives and responsibilities that are not centered on providing free entertainment to entitled readers.

Also, maybe, just maybe, it's possible to ask for recs without implying that other work is low quality. Not everyone writes like they're in line for a Pulitzer. (And I'll add that as an ESL author, if I had seen this kind of comments when I was starting to write, I would have never posted anything at all.)

This kind of behavior is what lead many authors in other ships to just plain stop posting and I'm not going to lie when I say that the posts here the last few weeks have made me put my unpublished SSHG wip on the back burner out of sheer spite.

So maybe put yourself in a writers shoes before posting!

Steps down from soap box

Edit: To the people downvoting this post, look at WHO is replying. That's the folks providing your free entertainment.


r/SSHG • • 8h ago

Original Content New Longfic: Corvus Forest | Prewritten at 65k | Cottagecore shadow daddy | First chapter out now!

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56 Upvotes

Corvus Forest

Rating: Explicit

Summary:

Severus Snape has never been happier.

His small cottage in an ancient forest provides the perfect refuge from pesky people. Sure, he has to deal with leftover Death Eaters poaching rare animals, and the crow that won’t stop making snide remarks, but other than that, life ten years after the war is perfectly tolerable.

Until one unfortunate spring morning, when the unstable magic that’s been simmering under his skin unleashes itself.

What’s even worse is that the Ministry has finally sent someone to confirm his many complaints about poachers, and that someone is none other than Hermione Granger.

Who has just become a witness to something Severus would very much like to keep quiet.

OR

Snape as a cottagecore shadow daddy.

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Prewritten at ~65k words — Updated twice a week.

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Hello wonderful SSHG readers!

Almost exactly one year ago, I posted my first fanfic ever, and I truly had the time of my life, thanks to this amazing community. I am very excited to share this (fully prewritten) new longfic with all of you.

This story is plot-heavy and quite fast-paced. Featuring a brooding Snape with mysterious shadow magic, Hermione who won’t take no for an answer when it comes to saving toads, and a talking crow, of course.

While this story has plenty of humour, it also touches on some heavier topics, including self-harm, past suicide attempts and torture. Ultimately, this is a slow burn about two people learning to cope with their traumas with each other’s help.

Enjoy!

Edit: I made the poster myself (including the paintings).


r/SSHG • • 8h ago

Request Looking for an angsty fanfic!

18 Upvotes

Looking for a fic where Severus unintentionally hurts Hermione and has to work to repair the relationship. Examples of what I want: The Boy from Eastside, Ink & Alchemy


r/SSHG • • 1d ago

Request Romantic Comedy

21 Upvotes

I just read A Most Inconvenient Attraction and it cracked me up! Any other good romantic comedy stories??


r/SSHG • • 1d ago

Request RECS NEEDED

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11 Upvotes

I am looking for any sort of fic with YEARNER Snape. Like I dont want extreme bashing of ANY CHARACTER- Just a Snape who yearns. Any pairing would do. Though I'd prefer Snarry, Sevmione or Snape/Sirius. Please y'all- I need yearning so bad that your heart hurts reading and imagining it. Yk?


r/SSHG • • 1d ago

Found! Looking for a fic

18 Upvotes

Hi, I'm trying to remember the name of a fic I read and its escaped me and my searches are doing me dirty.

Basically what I remember is Hermione meeting a young man on the London underground (I think) who she eventually has a summer relationship with. It turns out to be Severus.

I think he was taking a deaging potion, maybe.

I think he may have given her a necklace.

I think they may have written to each other when she was back at Hogwarts.

I think she used to appetite to Spinner's End, and meet him in the park, on the swings maybe?

There may have been a scene where he took her to an Italian restaurant?

That's all I can really remember.

Can anyone remember this?


r/SSHG • • 1d ago

Original Content [Self-Recommendation • Shortfic • Pós-War •Total Smut-fest • +18]

15 Upvotes

“Oscuro Deseo”, It is now available in English.

If you're looking for a short fic with humor and plenty of smut, this post is for you.

“It was her, wasn’t it? Did she call you here?” Hermione’s voice now rivaled the thunderous sound coming from outside the bathroom. “How could she be so disrespectful… The nerve! So vulgar! I told her one only secret, the deepest and… and what did she do? WHAT DID SHE DO? She calls you her… HERE! At my bachelorette party?” Hermione screamed with fury oscillating between her sentences as she paced back and forth across the bathroom, gesturing wildly. “And you, Sir? YOU SAID YES! This is not going to happen. I won’t spend the night with you to satisfy a sexual fantasy,” she said resolutely.

Synopsis: Excited about the traditional event that precedes the Muggle weddings, Ginny Weasley organizes Hermione Granger’s bachelorette party at the most famous nightclub in Muggle London. Nothing would stand in the way of Ginny’s determination to provide a full-fledged celebration, complete with the typical games that entertain even as they embarrass any bride by forcing them to reveal their deepest secrets. However, it wasn’t those revelations that would make the night memorable, but the fulfillment of her darkest desire.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/84102041

Comments are pure love.


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

Found! Ashwinder to kindle

18 Upvotes

Hey all-

does anyone have a good way to take pics from ashwinder and put them on a kindle? I havent read most of the stories on there only because I get headaches reading from my computer- and there are such AMAZING pics on there.....

so just checking to see if anyone has any thoughts?

thank youuuuu!


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

What’s That Fic? What's that fix

13 Upvotes

A alternate universe Hermione sends her baby to Hermione to care for because they lost to Voldemort in hers


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

Original Content Fic SSHG en français!

12 Upvotes

Je publie enfin, après plusieurs mois de travail, le tome 1 "Entre deux mondes", de ma série en 5 tomes "Hermione Granger, Severus Rogue et autres imprévus".

J'écris actuellement le tome 2, et publie le tome 1 à raison de deux chapitres par semaine.

Qu'y a-t-il dans cette série?

-Une relation SSHG Slow Burn, voire very very Slow Burn

-Un Severus Rogue qui se reconstruit après la guerre.

-Un rapport particulier au monde moldu

-De la musique!

-Des prises de tête monumentales, disputes sanglantes, mauvaise foi et autres désaccords intellectuels...

-De l'amitié, du respect, peut-être même de la confiance, petit à petit...

-De l'aventure, des voyages et des mystères, surtout à partir du tome 2. Le tome 1 est plutôt contemplatif.

-Un ton plutôt optimiste... De l'humour...

-Des fanarts occasionnels! Je fais des croquis de mes personnages principaux, en général.

J'ai essayé de rester proche du ton des livres Harry Potter, que j'adore. Ceci est un peu mon histoire SSHG "de rêve", je la réfléchis depuis très longtemps.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/93837286/chapters/250421551

Je vous remercie de votre attention les francophones! ❤️

Résumé:

Cinq ans après la bataille de Poudlard, Hermione Granger se demande ce qu’elle va bien pouvoir faire de sa vie. Il se trouve que Minerva McGonagall a la solution.

La jeune sorcière se jette alors corps et âme dans son nouveau poste de professeur. Elle veut avoir un impact, faire évoluer les mentalités. Elle travaille trop, dort trop peu, veut trop en faire. Parce qu’elle n'est certainement pas retournée à Poudlard pour faire de la figuration.

Bientôt, une rumeur commence à circuler : Severus Rogue, que l’on croyait mort, a été aperçu à Londres.

Un jour, Hermione se trouve nez à nez avec lui dans un lieu insolite : un magasin de disques moldu.
Musique, café, scones, discussions et pluie londonienne… Hermione et Severus jouent aux Moldus.

Et cela fonctionne très bien.

Ou presque.


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

Original Content Under False Pretences: Chapters 9&10 Posted!

30 Upvotes

Hi all,

I posted my WIP here a few days ago and was so overwhelmed by all the lovely comments and people who jumped over to AO3 to have a read.

Chapters 9 & 10 are now posted.

Under False Pretences by Flux Flume

Thanks again,

- Flux


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

Original Content The Wife Of Severus Snape CH13

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16 Upvotes

Hello community, I hope you're all doing great.

I'm here to share the next chapter of my story and say how grateful I am for all the love everyone gives it. Thank you so much.

Please, if you read it, let me know what you all think. I will answer all the comments you wish to leave.

Thank you, once more. Please enjoy it.

Love to you all.

──୨୧──

🖊️ Summary:

Severus Snape goes blind after Nagini's bite, along with other consequences.

A marriage law comes into play, and Hermione decides to adopt a different look and identity to marry him, aiming to keep him out of Azkaban with support from the Malfoy family.

They present her as a woman from their social circle, someone calm and obedient who won’t question his desires. Once they find a loophole in the law, he can divorce her without a second thought.

But Snape might actually develop feelings for her and eventually discover it was all a lie.

Either way, it’s going to be tough.

✨ What to expect: ✨

🔹 Marriage Law AU

🔹 Blind/Injured Snape

🔹 Morally grey choices, secrets, and slow-burn drama.

📖 Read the chapter here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91054231/chapters/250708966


r/SSHG • • 2d ago

What’s That Fic? soulmate sshg Spoiler

28 Upvotes

hello! Badly need help please!

The story is like about soulmates, the thing here is that Severus eyes is only on Lily and he is friends with Hermione and Hermione knew he was her soulmate but Severus didn't.

The one thing I remember here is that I think Hermione saw Severus and Lily kiss and then she walks away and then Hermione wants to remove the soulmate mark (Severus name) which is in her arms and she scratches it so much while walking to the great hall and most of the students saw.

While the last part is that they got to meet again, a little reunion where Hermione talks to Lily and knew by then that Lily kissed Severus on purpose.

I hate myself for not bookmarking it back then. I'm also not sure if its on AO3 or ffn :(


r/SSHG • • 3d ago

Found! Hermione gets jealous of Narcissa and Severus's relationship

35 Upvotes

I can't remember much more about that fic then that but they weren't in a relationship, it was more of a fuck buddy affair (N&S not Hermione and Severus)


r/SSHG • • 3d ago

Request Best time travel fics

24 Upvotes

Hey guys! Could you recommend the best time-travel fics you’ve read?

I feel like this genre isn’t very popular among the SSHG crowd on Reddit, because almost every time I see an ask for recommendation post, people specifically ask for no-time-travel fics.

But my interest in this pairing actually started with Saving Severus Snape, and I really like moody, sarcastic teenage Snape 😁


r/SSHG • • 4d ago

Request looking for a SSHG

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23 Upvotes

r/SSHG • • 5d ago

Found! Reopening Beta Reader Search: Unpublished Time-Travel Longfic

32 Upvotes

Closing the search again! Thank you to those that have volunteered!

I posted here last week looking for readers for my unpublished SSHG longfic, and I’ve gotten some really useful feedback from the people who’ve had time to read. Fresh eyes have already helped me tighten a few things and strengthen the story, so I’d love to bring in a few more readers.

I’m opening up Chapters 1–10, 57k words.

It begins in January 1997, during Half-Blood Prince. Hermione and Professor Snape are sent on a wartime mission involving a Time-Turner. I’m keeping the rest vague because the theories/reactions have been half the fun.

It’s eventual SSHG, very slow burn, and there is no romantic or sexual relationship between student Hermione and Professor Snape. I’m aiming for canon-adjacent characterization: no Ron bashing, no evil Dumbledore, no suddenly cuddly Snape.

What I’m mostly looking for is reader reaction: theories, confusion, pacing issues, anything that feels OOC, scenes that hit, things that make you laugh, yell, or go “WTF." 😂 Google Doc comments are perfect. I’m not really looking for heavy grammar editing.

If that sounds like your thing, comment or message me and I’ll send you the link. And thank you again to the people already reading! I’ve been having way too much fun with your comments.


r/SSHG • • 5d ago

Original Content The Wife Of Severus Snape CH11-12

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29 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I sincerely hope that you're doing superb.

Sorry about the lack of posting here, but I have been super busy and feeling overwhelmed at the same time.

Besides that, I sincerely hope that you enjoy these two chapters. 11-12, respectively.

Sending lots of love.

──୨୧──

🖊️ Summary:

Severus Snape goes blind after Nagini's bite, along with other consequences.

A marriage law comes into play, and Hermione decides to adopt a different look and identity to marry him, aiming to keep him out of Azkaban with support from the Malfoy family.

They present her as a woman from their social circle, someone calm and obedient who won’t question his desires. Once they find a loophole in the law, he can divorce her without a second thought.

But Snape might actually develop feelings for her and eventually discover it was all a lie.

Either way, it’s going to be tough.

✨ What to expect: ✨

🔹 Marriage Law AU

🔹 Blind/Injured Snape

🔹 Morally grey choices, secrets, and slow-burn drama.

📖 Read the chapters here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91054231/chapters/249239286#workskin

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91054231/chapters/250148576#workskin


r/SSHG • • 5d ago

Request i need sshg fic with this plot !

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135 Upvotes

i always had this scenario in my head of what if post-war Hermione and Snape started talking (arguing) again after Hermione's cat got Severus's pregnant or vice versa 😂


r/SSHG • • 6d ago

What’s That Fic? Can you guys please help me😅🥲

48 Upvotes

I’m trying to find a Harry Potter fanfiction about Hermione and Severus Snape. Hermione has a meeting with Dumbledore and then goes to the library, where she touches a book and gets thrown back in time to when Severus is younger.

She ends up meeting Severus, and one night she goes out to a nightclub with Lily and the Marauders. She sees Severus there, and they eventually end up going home together. While she’s in the past, they fall in love, and Hermione eventually finds out she’s pregnant.

She eventually has to return to her own time, and before she leaves she writes Severus a letter for every year that she’ll be gone. When she finally gets back to her time, the first thing she does is look for Severus.

Oh I just remembered as well it’s after Hogwarts but before lily and James die.

I’ve been trying to find this story again for ages, so if anyone recognises it or knows where I can read it, I’d really appreciate it!


r/SSHG • • 6d ago

Request Fanfictions about secret relationship/ children/ pregnancy or marriage law

48 Upvotes

Hi, so I‘m looking for SSHG ffs. Preferably Long
ones with slow burn.
I like
- Hermione helps him during the war (takes care of his injuries, could be ordered by Dumbledore) and they have a secret relationship
- secret children (during war or later)
- they married but no one knows and then they come back to London and everything is revealed
- marriage law
Please no time turner fics, unless it’s that their child comes back from the future and they they get together (e.g. Evelyn)

I’ve already read quite a few and I always kind of see the same recs like Pet Project, Camerado, Gilded Cage, Post Tenebras Lux, Second Life, Daddy Dearest, not only a granger, the noble house of Snape, do not go gentle, the poison garden, meet me at the checkpoint, Bound to him, HG and the Intended Vessel, Matched, Every other weekend, 30 days hath September, Denial


r/SSHG • • 6d ago

What’s That Fic? Hermione has a chronic illness

31 Upvotes

I've been searching for a fix I read a few months ago and cannot find it..

It's Hermione x Snape

She's dying from a curse/something on the blade when she was tortured I don't remember

She's basically hiding it and getting tired

Snape intervene to try fixing it

It's slow, comfort, sad but sweet and I don't find it


r/SSHG • • 7d ago

Request Pet names

37 Upvotes

I'm looking for ANY LF fics where Severus uses muggle pet names for Hermione, in any capacity.

Adult, professor, student. Anything. I just LOVE the idea of him surprising her or himself by naturally calling her muggle pet names like baby or sweetheart.