Rare Pair Shorts

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You
Name: absolutelybatty | absolutelybatty
Email Address: samantha_fictitious [at] y7mail [dot] com
LJ name of someone you trust (and can keep a secret) that the person creating your gift can contact with questions about your preferences:
twilight2shadow
Are you willing to be a pinch-hitter if need be?:
I think I'll say yes this go around. :D

Receiving
Top five (or so) pairings you'd like to receive:
James Potter/Severus Snape
Percy Weasley/Tom Riddle
Bellatrix Lestrange/Harry Potter
Remus Lupin/Cho Chang
George Weasley/Severus Snape
Desired rating of your gift:
Up to and including R.
Situations, genres, prompts, things, etc., you want:
[prompts and situations] Mind games, dark alleys, fairy tales gone wrong, war time spying, rebirth, bargaining.
[things I like] heroes becoming death eaters, religious metaphors, and first person point of view. I also prefer dark fic to any other, and generally weak happy endings leave me unsatisfied.
Situations, genres, things, etc., you DON'T want:
No sex. Full stop. You can allude all you want but I don't want anything specific at all.
No fluff.
No mpreg (actually it is just generally best to avoid young children altogether).
No out of character-ness.
No smoking or drugs.
No Ginny, at all.
No 'Dumbledore is awesome!' stuff. basically, I don't think he was this fantastic good guy, and I dislike fics that make him out that way.

Giving
Are you willing to write slash, femmeslash, or both?:
Only slash and het for me. Femmeslash is a big N-O.
Highest rating you will write:
R.
Characters and genres you can or would like to write:
I love Ron Weasley. I am great with dark fic. I can do really off the wall pairings if need be.
Situations, ships, characters, genres, etc., you CANNOT or would NOT like to write:
See above (receiving section). Also, I'm probably not the best person to choose if you want your accents written out. Also, it occurred to me after reading over some requests that next-gen is becoming popular. I will not write it. Full stop.
Any additional writing strengths:
I am willing to play with style and form and do new things.