LOL, you could say that.  Don't tell anyone, but this story is an HP/Silmarillion crossover.

Dang. I re-read (or listen, thank you audiobooks!) the trilogy probably once a year, but haven't read the Sil since my own First Age. I'll probably miss half your references. But will have fun trying to find them!

Thanks.  The idea was that Tura chose Snape (partly for the reason you mentioned) but was fond enough of Harry that she named their child Harry.  And of course Harry Jr was that child's son.

Heh, well, I like Heirs better than DH, but to each their own.  Glad you enjoyed it!

I suspect you may not be entirely objective in your assessment, but I think you've worked hard and are fully entitled to your bias. ;)

U bet!  Thanks for the reviews!

Exactly--imagination is more fun than being told.  And if this sparks its own generation of fanfic, so much the better!  Fun!

Thanks for coming along!

Well, a Harry Jr. has to have a Harry Sr as his father, right...so Tura and Sev had a baby named Harry Snape, then his son, Harry Jr, appears in the epilogue.  Long live the Slytherin line, eh?Did I put a hint of slash in there?  If so, unintentional but probably subconscious.  Hee hee hee.  Harry's sad because Snape got the girl he loved.  Siri and the rest---well, those are fanfics that may get written someday, but I picture him and Igraine getting along pretty well.I might, might write a TPP-only epilogue someday, but not till I get the printed book done and some other fics advanced.

TPP-only epilogue! I'm definitely all for that one. :-)This fic is weird for me in a way. Normally, I'm all Go! Snape, go! and definitely want him to get the girl, but you did such a wonderful, wonderful job with Tura and Harry in this that I'm rather sad they didn't make it. I think I might cry when I re-read the cave chapter now (which still has my vote for favourite romance line of all time). Such good work, anyway. Big pom-pom cheers for you. I'm really looking forward to getting the printed version.

Well, you have to remember I'm a big LOTR fan, so the idea of the broken hero who can't really fit into the society he saved kinda works for me.  I like the thought of him ditching his childhood aspirations to be an Auror and keep saving everyone, and just playing pro Quidditch because he loves it. 

Awww...cool!  The final printed book will be even better, with all the typos and plot errors worked out (well, most of them, anyway...)

True, but you can infer that Tura and Severus married, and named their son Harry...who went on to produce Harry Jr. for the epilogue.  I like it better this way--you can imagine your own ending instead of having it served up as a done deal.

Yay! 

Pregnant?  After living as a cat all those years?? EWWWWW!  Not even Snape's THAT desperate! 

Poor Harry.  Tragic, that he had to give up his innocence to save everyone else.  But I hope he has a big enough Gryffindor soul to make up for the loss.

No silly, it was part of my earlier(wrong) theory. I'm not that twisted.

Anything new coming up?

That's what I was kinda thinking

Oh, I think she'll settle down after a while, but you know how impulsive she is.

Crooks always bugged me--Sirius talked about how helpful he was in P of A and we never found out why...  This was one of the first plot holes I wanted to address.

Oh, man, can you even imagine what a cat would say if it could speak Parseltongue??  Yikes.

I think that was actually Vernon's curtain call.  Just to let everybody know he ended up right where he deserved to be--unwanted.

Yah, that was a pretty major event, and everyone seems to take something different from it...

Exactly.  "The power to defeat Voldemort" means just that--power, and lots of it.

Thanks!  That's what I've been shooting for--the last 6 chapters really wind everything in.

Hallelujah!

Well, he uses a lot of fire, so I'm thinking he needs a nice oil supply.  And Death By Bacon can't be bad.

Thanks!  I think my favorite part is still "Hermione Granger, Traffic Violator" though.  She would SO hate that.

*snerk*  You know those guys have to have their own jargon--what Law Enforcement agency DOESN'T?

*bows*  Well, I AM writing it for my two cootie-infested boys, who can't seem to get enough of gross...

I've got three boys, and yes, they are disgusting creatures, just wait until they become teenagers... it gets worse!

*shudders*

Thanks!  I liked this chapter, but some people complained that it was too long.  What can I say, the idea of bugs pulling one over on Ron and Harry just cracked me up.