Thank you! And thanks for your services to help make it good!

I'm happy for fandom too. He did deserve a better finale, didn't he?

Thank you!!

Thank you! I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Us left behind did need something to help us through, as I would think those in the HP world would also.

I'm honored by your words. Thank you. He was treated very poorly, wasn't he? I'm even a little mad at JKR over it. I thought someone should make it right.

I appreciate your kind words. Yes, we did some bit of comfort and healing if he was to be taken from us.

Thanks for the review! McGonagall isn't hard to invision then put into words. She is always so stoic. But it was also easy to imagine her being very touched by Snape's sacrifice. She expressed what I think we all feel.

Thank you! *hands tissue*

Thank you, SW!! (BIG HUGS!) I've missed you. I'm so glad that you got to read this though. Much love to you~~~SK

Thank you for reviewing. I'm glad it touched you. I had some damp eyes while writing this too!

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And isn't it sad he had to stay so unknowable?

Well, in my happy place, I like to think so too!!! In my head, I won't let him be dead. Thank God for fan fiction! Thanks for posting.

So many of us needed this kind of closure. But I'm going to pretend Snape is still alive and snarking and snarling about. At least we have fan fiction. Thanks for reading.

It was for me too. But I felt I needed to do it. I hope it helped some people to find closure though too.

Well, I needed the tissues while writing it even! I did this while I was still coming to grips with his death and feeling like it was so unfair and cold. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

*comforts CMW*  Join the club. So many of us shed so many tears. I hope this helped find some closure for many of us.

Did you hear about Jo's recent interview on MSNBC?  Horrible, horrible, horrible, but you know what?  She *did* just forget him there, it appears that she never gave him another thought, and it's entirely possible that the "A/U Snape" we're all dreaming up—you know, the one who's a potions master who can put a stopper in death and brews poison antidotes by the handful, the prodigious student who knew about the bezoar, the quintessential spy who prepared for every eventuality and always had a way out, the member of the Order and the Death Eater who KNEW the Dark Lord had used Nagini as an offensive weapon in the past . . . it's entirely possible he IS canon, because she appears to have gift-wrapped him and handed him to us since she <b>never understood the character's potential</b> and therefore <i>never appreciated him</i>.

I agree!! It's easy to imagine he fooled everyone somehow! And I'm not at all sure JKR understood this amazing, complex, beautiful character she created either. I damn sure don't think she fully appreciated him! We in the fan fic world will carry on very nicely without her though!

Amen to that. 

You do know about teh lj comm snape_after_dh, right? 

I appreciate your review and your tears! Thanks for sharing. It's been rough for us all!

Wow, thanks for that! I sure felt like Snape was brutally ignored at the end after he made such a valiant sacrifice. I felt that Minerva was good too because he needed someone to "mother" him, not just wax romantically about his passing.

Thank you. It could have been easy to get carried away. This was written soon after I had read the book and still felt very emotional about it all.

Thank you! *hands tissue* I'm so glad so many people are finding it healing for them.

yeaaah, sorry about that. But your tears touch me! And I appreciate your review. I cried writing it too, if that's any comfort. It's been a rough week since DH came out.

*passes whole box* Thanks for reviewing. I needed tissues while writing it too. It was very emotional.