Thank you!  I'm glad you did, too!

Thank you for enjoying the story!Yes, it was deplorable, but firstly I was working with the model of the film story, and secondly, I thought it might be interesting to write him as a character who really isn't changed/redeemed through love and yet remains somewhat likeable.As far as consequences are concerned, I think young Livia might have a few in preparation.  ;-)

Hee!  Yes it is, I'm afraid!Thank you for reading and enjoying my story.  I love all the Snapes too - I had such fun writing them.

Stubborn is the word - yes.  Silly man.Thank you for your comment!

You think she'll be sorry to have him back?

Yes, far too stubborn.  But he may still learn.

Watch and find out...

I'm proud of them too!  All they needed was a big sister.

Ah, but she is a resourceful Gryffindor and will rise to the task!

LOL!  It's Severus who ought to be trembling, methinks!

Perhaps she has been a bit naive, yes - but when you've been awash with Weasleys for years, the urge to escape is strong!

Thank you!(And you really ought to try to see the film - it's wonderful.)

I know you have enjoyed it, because I'm answering reviews in reverse order, but thank you for your glee and anticipation here at the beginning!

Well, I'm sorry you didn't like the ending very much - though I thank you for reading through to the end.This was always going to be a tricky one to write, transposing a musical written in the fifties and set in the eighteen-fifties to a modern-day HP universe, sensibilities and mores having changed so much.  I hope that you won't be discouraged from reading my other stories - they're somewhat more politically correct.

You are welcome; It was a very well written story, tho I was dissapointed with the ending.  I can understand your difficulty writing this, and I do appreciate your effort. I'm also glad you didn't take my anger personally. It in now way affects you as a writer or person, I do however like and appreciate blowing off a little steam in the form of a review! LOL! I do hope you understand.  My feelings for the other brothers is that they all came across like darling versions of the original. Kind of like the story Army of Snapes, if you've ever read that one. I will gladly give your other stories a chance! I'm always looking out for new reads.  I like to read about twenty stories a week, so something new and different is always appreciated!

I've seen that you have been reading my other stories - thank you!With regard to Seven Brides, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to write a Severus who basically doesn't change - who, although he may learn something along the way, is *not* transformed by love, as he is in so many stories.  Hermione in this story fell in love with Severus as he was, warts and all, not with what she thought she could turn him into.  And I hope there were sufficient hints along the way that Severus genuinely loves her, even though he's an idiot in some respects.I'm glad you liked his brothers.  I did, too!I certainly feel that if my tale touched a nerve with you, then it succeeded - perhaps not  as I intended in your case(!) - because you were genuinely involved with the characters and what was happening to them.  However, I would like (and I hope you won't think I am being patronising because this is not my intent) to just add that although most writers appreciate a genuine, visceral response to their stories such as you gave to mine, it's always worth sugaring the pill a little bit.

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Exactly that - yes.

Hee!  Thanks!

Entirely too convinced of his own rightness.

Hee!  Me too!

I'm happy this amused you!

*laughs*

*laughs*

Nope!

And it's such a NICE surprise...