This was one of the first HP fan-fictions I ever read, and I sat up all night to do so. What an elegant, logical, eminently dystopic take on the epilogue. It originally struck me as somewhat tacked-on, but you've laid out everything that's likely wrong in the background. I absolutely adore stories that turn the notion of "happy ending" inside out, and this one more than satisfied me. Furthermore, you showed me that fan-fiction is worth doing and worth doing well.

I have been recommending this story to everybody I know, most recently on the HP fan-fiction thread on National Novel Writing Month. You've inspired me to write a redemption-for-the-victors tale for Hermione. I hope that my effort is worthy of its exemplar.

Horrificly realistic. How do you do it?

Okay. There's certainly a lot that can be said about this story.

It was well-written, and there were good explanations and justifications...that work when looking at it with twisted logic.

Frankly, neither Harry nor Hermione would WOULD act like that post-DH. Still, you were able to really make it convincing, and considering how extreme the character "interpretaions" were, that certainly says something.

Though Severus is one of my favorite characters, I could never see his as being more inherently good than Harry or Hermione.

Very intricate and headache-inducing plot.

Still, it was an interesting read and certainly different.

Memorable. Brave. Sad. Deep. Thank you.

Excellent escalation of everything.

I hope you did not feel this way at 20. I think I had hopes, urges and agonies until 45+
Strong stuff.

Perfect. Ron and Hermione are perfect for each other in this story. Unbelievable. Masterfully skewed.

Here's one Snape fan very happy and grateful.

Uh huh. Who did it? And will Harry stop and think? And, what was that after-death experience?

I'm very glad that Snape is alive. I am curious to see what you do with him here. It looked like Hermione might have had and he might have had special consideration for the other, but she has grown into quite an evil ** in the meantime. Reading on.

Such a messy event described so elegantly. You are a wonderful writer.

Hermione Dumbledore? Poor Harry. No, scratch that. Poor WizWorld.

Good. I dare not hope, but I enjoy your attempts at leaving personal options open.

Hermione Umbitch, eh? With Harry this gullible and as knie-jerk as Ron, quite possible development. But, Minerva still bugs me. She was very much grown-up when she helped Albus cover up teenagers' disasters. I would have expected Hermione to remind her, but it was Hermione from my head, not from this story.

Wow. Aren't you taking this in an unexpected direction! This Hermione (to forget about Harry at the moment, he was a little ** from your first chapter) is fit for Ron's spouse, if for anything really.