Warm saucers of milk are sadly underrated by Muggle psychiatrists. Wonder how often they get used at St Mungo's? ;-)

It is an offense against nature that you are not being paid for this.

I am looking forward to your next installment with more enthusiasm than is probably healthy, but..screw it. Your stuff is really, really, really GOOD. Really.

And I am developing an unhealthy fascination with your Snape. It's a little disturbing, really.

I've never cared for the character of Dumbledore. In fact, the original lack of warm grew into a distinct loathing.

The conversation is interesting to read and very informative; the way you handled it made me put the matches down (as much as I wanted to burn the portrait, if it is really the person then no).

The ideas expressed for Dumbledore's issues are as intriguing as those for Sirius, but it doesn't make me like him any better.

The system only allows 1 review per chapter, and does not allow reviews to be edited - No wonder some people say bad things about ffn.

Regarding Author's Note: "I imagine btw that Snape is exaggerating for effect when he says he never got presents, even at Hogwarts." Token gifts from students, or gifts from co-workers perceived as obligitory aren't going to count to your Snape.

Yay for more.

Thanks for the note, 2011 works. I plan on reading more of your stuff and will have to go back and re-read what I've already read several times to wring all of the goodness out of it so I'll have plenty to do while you're working.

The story is so good - character development, plot, and well written - some of my very favorite things. And there really doesn't seem to be enough words / the right words to express the levels and layers of good through out the levels and layers of the story.

And the authors notes make everything even better.

While a part of me was hoping for a stunning victory for Snape, the result of this trial are definitely more intriguing. Can't wait to see where you take this next.

Nice to have someone else see Dumbledore as having been (at least in part) transferring his own guilt over Grindlewald onto Severus. It's the basis for a lot of holier-than-thou hypocrisy. Dumbledore was lovely in this chapter - not lovely as in sweet and charming, necessarily, but lovely as in well nuanced with some of his darker areas brought into play.

Enjoyed the tour around Hogwarts. Can't wait to see what Harry and Snape have planned for Peeves.

Early maniac? If Brian Blessed comes rushing through the corridors of Hogwarts trying to convert everyone before hijacking a space ship I shall know who to blame. ;-)

Lovely, lovely tactile scenes. Seldom so good.

"Don't!" she said sharply: "you'll wake the neighbours."
You know, sometimes it's the most trite things that make an impact on someone, as it did on Snape. Good choice here. No wonder it snapped him out of the nightmare.

Snape and Harry's relationship: "like somebody picking at a boil" - excellent summation. As far as each is concerned, it's the other who is the boil.

Heh. I remember that quote from Blakes 7. I'm surprised it's your favorite as that show had tons of amusing lines. :)

Just stopping by to say I'm still enjoying your fics...

This is a really interesting story, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how it goes.

The image of Gryffindor and Slytherin as a pair of hormonal pseudo-teenagers is fantastic, and the, shall we say, mediation on the pursuit of origin was very well done.

Snape giving a long detailed set of reasons why he'd have issues over sex - Lynsey's response of "Ack!" sums it up in a very human way.

Poppy is one of those characters who so often bloom (pun intended) in fanfic.

Loved the description of the concert.

Oh, if only one could send one's life back to the manufacturer with a sharp note... One of the best explanations for belief in a creative force I've come across is to have someone to blame.

Good for Lupin, getting somewhere with his art. Are his paintings based on anything you've seen? I liked the Flanders poppies analogy - as an increasingly introspective werewolf it's not inconceivable that he would look for little reminders of mortality.