The part about Harry not being a torturer is a bit ironic after DH. :(

I feel a little bit awkward and nervous about reviewing this. I'm not sure if I should or not. Sometimes you can tell by the author's notes what the author is like, but yours are all explanitory. I've also read that authors put much of themselves in their works, but I'm no good at picking up on stuff like that.
So I'll keep this simple for now, and say that I am quite enjoying this and that it's always nice to find something so well-written. And also that I'm glad not to be the only one who doesn't see Dumbledore as a saint. I had a lovely time reading this, and I hope to see more from you soon.

I check in regularly for updates. I look forward to reading more of this!

Hello, I love your stuff, all your stuff especially Dyce's firefly and shared work. I used to have her site however msn went under and took all your x-men stuff with it. Is there any place u still house your older stuff? Again I really love the way you write, you both have a way of makeing the words seem unforced. thank you so much for shareing yourwriting with evveryone

As I still can't log on, it will have to be a silly anon review...

Right now, amongst all the sensible things I could say, I just feel like making myself an icon with the text "Snape - more generously proportioned than the average carrot".

And then giggle like a teen.

I'm only in the middle of reading, and still felt compelled to say something. It's been so long since I read a fic that held such a spectrum of emotions for me - horror, obviously (who doesn't love Snape - I'd say 'to bits', but the phrasing might be a bit off here), after all, but also joy. And hope and reassurance, which is something necessary to my personal life right now. There are so many tidbits and phrases I'd like to pick out and comment on as especially memorable, but there are too many of them. I can only say that the wit, realism, detail (in conjuring up people and places both), tenderness, heart (and soul-)break and warmth has struck me like sunlight on cold skin, and I can't even being to describe how all together lovely this is.
Funnily enough, the pairing would normally make me cringe under other circumstances (be it from percieved jealousy or the teacher-student factor), but here it is so sweet, so... natural, that I can't even be bothered. And making me not bother to cringe is something only a handful of writers can do. Kudos, neverending such.

I absolutely adore this work, you are an extremely talented author.
The characterisation is what really does it for me- you are an expert. So in depth and yet delightfully subtle, it seems as though there are no dimensions you can't touch when revealing the depths of the respective character's personalities.
I am very eagerly awaiting an update, thankyou so much for this story.
:)

I've been reading on this off and on all day, and I do have to say I enjoyed it.
Snape isn't especially true to character in this, but the wonderful thing is you give a -WHY-. It's perfectly understandable that he's become more sociable and open after such a horrible ordeal. I really liked that.
However...most of this last chapter I have read, I have merely skimmed through. There is entirely too much dialogue...so much so that it just becomes unimportant and uninteresting. It would have been more palatable if it had been compressed, or if all the uninteresting and useless chit-chat had been eliminated.
It almost reads like a script, except there is no actor to give you a visual and penetrate the dialogue with something interesting and physical.
Please don't take offense. It is truly an interesting concept, but it is somewhat squashed by the mountains of dialogue and lack of action. (As momentous as a battle, or as small as a shift in posture)
But, keep on writing!
Thanks

In some point of the story you wrote "Gred and Forge". That was I typo, I think?

Really interesting! I look forward to seeing how this continues and concludes.

i live in america,( but by no means like it..) and most people dont sound that incomprehensible! but maybe its cuz i live on the east coast...

Hello dear authors,

I have been reading this story for a while now and never knew what to write as a review. For once, because some of the hurt in this story is just a bit extreme for my liking, and for second because I'm not into "Harry Potter" at all.
I know, then what am I doing here? Very simple. I did read the first three books, and always loved Severus Snape. If things had gone better for him in the books, I might just have read them after all.

Of course you could argue things are going dreadfully bad for him in your story, but no, it all seems to point to such a positive outcome!

And for some reason, I think that Hermione/Severus really does work. A bit like Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, isn't it?

Now onto your story, the writing is wonderful, the characterisations rich, deep, and complex, the plot compelling and well-constructed, the atmosphere dark, dreamy like a fairytale, and at the same time so down-to-earth...it's also sad and bittersweet, but at the same time so very positive.
You can feel this bond form between all the characters as they struggle to help Severus. The one man they always disliked, feared or despised thus becomes the one link between them all, and almost the promise that it's worth it to fight, as they've got to make him believe that!

It's also very satisfying to see the truth finally out and Severus being able to aknowledge what he did, and talk about all it implies. There's no black and white here, but very suble shades of grey, as people are revealed to maybe not be what we thought they were.

And let me say that I adore your fairness in all this. You haven't suddenly turned the tables and all the Slytherins are good guys, but you've shown what I always found lacking in the books, that everyone has their own strength and their own weakness, and that all isn't always as it seems.
Yeah, and that making children fit the mould of either good or bad isn't of any good to anyone.

One of my favourite lines is Luna's reading ""How dare you, how dare you come to me now, when I am this?""
So beautifully, achingly appropriate for Snape at the moment.
Also,the moment when Severus finally recognises Minerva and begs her to be real - there's something incredibly touching in that.
And of course, his relationship with Hermione, which is very cleverly put together and actually seems logical in this context.

The dialogues are especially intelligent, revealing interesting characters. The psychology also works wonderfully well, IMHO. I love how you have Severus recover slowly but steadily, and how you have him change and yet stay just the same. It's as though his inner personality is showing through, so that he hasn't changed at all but finally has a chance to be who he always was.

The pattern of your writing is also amazing. The way that paragraphs are broken into in the chapters is both rythmic and totally unpredictable. At times it almost seems to follow the jerky pattern of Severus' thoughts an recovery, while at other times it seems to flow like Luna's voice when she's reading poetry.

I guess I'd call your story sophisticated.

Thank you for sharing.

Best,
Tinnie

I see that both of them took Firsts in the practical in this chapter . But of course, practice makes perfect! And there's nothing like a teacher and a know-it-all to keep on at things.

Well done; a trifle talky, but reasonably so. And it's clear that some of Snape's belief that he was worth nothing was in his psyche before his capture and torture. Being treated like an eleven-year-old is certainly preferable to being stuck in a nightmare, but I like Hermione's methods much better.

Excellent chapter as ever, and I apologize for taking so long to get to it. Albus, I think, would like to split the two of them up, but once he's told that other people know already--and have not come running to him with the news--realizes that separating Severus and Hermione by force majorem would only end with very few people telling him _anything_, and would only move up the date when the two of them would leave Hogwarts.

I adore how protective most of the Slytherins are of Snape (go, Millie, go--a DADA practical senior project sounds like a very good idea, and I bet Creevy would be delighted to provide the before and after pictures.

And I must tell you again and again how much I love the way Severus and Hermione play what if and bare each other's hearts and souls. Both of them desperately need someone who is truly attracted to them as they are, and aren't a Project.

I do like the idea of poisoning Moldy Oldy--a great pity that someone can't provide the Dark Lord with certain kind of pewter cup and a daily acidic beverage to be drunk from it. And my take on the Dementors is that they are a receptacle for souls only, and not a destroyer--for one thing, they always seem to be hungry.

Again, forgive me for taking so long to review, but it is a splendid chapter.

Oh! I'm re-reading "Lost and Found," and if I haven't said it the first time around, then I'll say it now: This is simply beautiful.

On another note, there are poisonous black fungi. Not popularly documented and all, but they do exist. Hopefully no reader(s) would take Adrian's little quip too seriously and without even a little research. He does say that it is to his knowledge afterall. And I could definitely see Snape as a black fungus! Speficially the Mu-Ehr(Wood Ear). Shriveled when dry, but capable of expanding when properly hydrated. No matter what, always retaining "crunch" and in reference to his spying, both absorbing and holding a unique taste. I actually always have a container of some in my kitchen, haha, and will probably on more than one occassion make the reference in my mind from now on.