Citations:Snarry

Noun: "(fandom slang) the ship of characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape of the Harry Potter series"

 * 2009, David Templeton, "One geek over the line", Pacific Sun, 17 July 2009:
 * "Snarry is part of a subgenre of fan fiction called Slash," she says. "Snarry depicts romantic relationships between Harry Potter and Severus Snape, together - Snarry.
 * 2009, Lev Grossman, "Notes from Azkatraz, a Harry Potter Convention", Time, 22 July 2009:
 * Snarry slash people (ie people who write fan fiction about Snape and Harry getting it on till the break o’dawn) are super-intense. Seriously that is one rich, rich subculture.
 * 2010, Elspeth Reeve, "At Long Last, Harry Potter Fans Get Their Sex Scene", The Atlantic Wire, 19 November 2010:
 * "Slash" refers to gay themes. "Pairing" or "Ship" refers to a new coupling, and "Harry/Draco is often shortened to H/D, whereas Harry/Snape is usually dubbed 'Snarry' a la 'Brangelina,'" Tran explains.
 * 2011, Ogi Ogas & Sai Gaddam, A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships, Dutton (2011), ISBN 9781101514986, unnumbered page:
 * EroticFalconry.com features photos of predatory birds with nude women, Snarry.net contains erotic stories about Harry Potter and Professor Severus Snape, and LoonerVision.com consists of videos for people who get sexually aroused by popping balloons.
 * 2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate (2011), ISBN 9780754679035, page 11:
 * chanslash (explicit slash involving minor characters, such as Harry/Draco or Snape/Harry (also known as Drarry and Snarry, respectively) from the Harry Potter universe),
 * 2014, Rebecca Godwin, "Romione vs. Harmony: Why do we even care?", The Michigan Daily, 10 February 2014, page 8A:
 * Romione fans rejoice because your pairing will forever remain the OTP (one true pairing) and Harmony will only ever be wishful thinking, like Snarry (Snape and Harry), Drarry (Draco and Harry), and Snermione (Snape and Hermione).
 * 2015, Amanda K. Allen, "Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter", in Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture (ed. Gail Ashton), page 279:
 * The acronym OTP (One True Pairing) is used by many fans to emphasize their favourite ships ('I ship Snarry, but Snily is my OTP').
 * 2019, Beatriz Brito do Nascimento, "No heteros in this heterotopia: Harry Potter slash fanfiction as heterotopian space", dissertation submitted to the University of Porto, page 120:
 * Therefore, it is logical that the selected trope will more often be used in fics which have a non-normative ship: fandomstats relays that, within the EWE tag, some of the most prolific ships include Drarry, Dramione (Draco/Hermione, not a slash ship but still one that does not conform with Rowling’s normative ideas as it contains Draco, an antagonistic character), and ships involving Snape, including Snamione and Snarry.
 * Therefore, it is logical that the selected trope will more often be used in fics which have a non-normative ship: fandomstats relays that, within the EWE tag, some of the most prolific ships include Drarry, Dramione (Draco/Hermione, not a slash ship but still one that does not conform with Rowling’s normative ideas as it contains Draco, an antagonistic character), and ships involving Snape, including Snamione and Snarry.