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TeddyRadiator, you are probably my favorite author on different platforms for this fanfic genre, several of your stories seem to outshine the rest for me. Burn Down The Mission, was extremely well written and well thought out, which would not allow me to put it down. the awful situation the two find themselves in affected me for days after reading it, but that is a true testament to the writer, so thank you for sharing your gift online. 

Thank you so very much for your kind words. I really needed to read them this morning. We lost our cat last night, and it's been a very bad night for us. Checking my emails and finding this beautiful note from you was such a balm on my heart. Thank you for taking the time to write me such an encouraging and supportive comment. <3

I am sorry to disappoint you. :(

Thank you for your review. I have given my reply a great deal of thought, as I don't wish it to appear rushed. 

I write all my Snapes as ambiguous, intriguing, complex and yes, duplicitous as I want. Please keep that in mind as you "cautiously" proceed. If you're looking for one particular Snape to cleave to, I wish you well and hope that someday you find the exact characterization that suits you, whether it be amongst my stories or elsewhere on TPP. Best of luck.

By your biting remark, it seems I've offended you. As I said, it was a well written story and I respect your interpretation. One would hope you could be equally respectful of those who take the time to review and praise your work. Your well wishes are appreciated and returned. Cheers. 

Thank you so much. I don't think I've ever had a story that made me question my own motives so much. Even to this day, I cannot say for certain even I know what really happened. But I truly thank you for understanding what I was trying to do here.

Thank you so very much. I can't tell you how happy you have made me! You hit every point I wanted to make, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it, in spite of the (not so happy) ending. I also love happily ever afters, but this story didn't have one, and I've been thrilled at the level of understanding I have received from most of the readers here.

Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments. It means the world to me that you have taken this story exactly as I meant it - that life isn't fair. The Dark Tower Series has haunted me for awhile now. I read it years ago and HATED it - simply loathed it. Right after I wrote this for the fest, my Muse started prodding me to read it again, and I fell totally in love with it, and I knew my Muse was telling me that I shouldn't feel like every story has to have a happy ending for happy endings' sake - that the story has to tell itself. I can't tell you how uplifted I am from your words. Ka is indeed a wheel, and that's really the moral of this story. Thank you, thank you.

Believe me, I never write them in anything other than happy ever after, but unfortunately this was the story I was given, and the ending it had. Thank you for reading.

Thank you for reading!

Thank you for reading!

Typical of fandom authors these days.  You answer reviews that positively GUSH, but anything that gives criticism (whether you feel it's constructive or not), you deliberately ignore.  And it's not just mine that you ignored.  Disappointing from you.  And I stand by my review - having him be both capable of monstrous betrayal AND sudden amazing awesomeness is ridiculous, unless he has DID.

Severus Snape is a complex man who lived in a mirror for decades. It changed him in ways nobody knew. Publicly, he regained his status as an educator. Privately, he lived with the guilt of a cowardly choice. Believe it or not, lots of humans are like this. No one is all good or all evil. His ability to be seen as a great headmaster, combined with his secret guilt and shame - I can totally see it. I don’t understand why you are so angry about this, and cannot accept that this is my view of the character, but I cannot help you there.

You have your opinion of the story; I stand by my story. We will have to agree to disagree. Whether you are disappointed in me or not is immaterial. What did you want me to do? Change the story to meet your view of it? No. The story stands. I worked very hard on it, and I’m proud of it and feel I have a right to be so. Thank you for reading.

Thank you so much! I do write professionally, and have just had a short story published in a small anthology from House of Erotica publishing called Complete Control. It is available on Amazon. I am also finishing my full length novel, which will be available near the end of the year. I really appreciate your amazing comments. Thank you a million times!

There doesn't actually seem to *be* an author's response.  Unless I'm missing something.  Or if the lack of a response was somehow the point.

I didn't write this story lightly; I put a lot of thought into describing a complex character whose motives were opaque. Frankly, it has not been a story that appealed to everyone. But I am a fanfic writer blessed with many supportive followers. I don't feel the need to write unhappy endings just to bolster my cred, and to tell the truth, it felt insulting to be lumped in with anyone who would pull such a "cheap" ploy.

That was rather insulting--I'm so sorry.  I *really* didn't mean your story struck me as cheap; I was just musing about my own prejudice against unhappy endings, and the possibility of your reading it that way didn't occur to me.  (I should not write meandering reviews late at night.) But you are a fabulous writer, and I love your stuff, although I review less than I should.  I was just troubled that the punctiliously honorable Severus we all love would have condemned Hermione, a woman whom he cared for and who was trying desperately to save him, to mirror hell to save himself.  But you dealt with his ambivalence and darkness beautifully, and conveyed his years of expiatory service to the school and the community so forcefully that when I reread it, you almost convinced me.  Please forgive me.  AMR

I appreciate your honesty, and of course I completely accept your apology. Thank you for clearing up the misunderstanding and for your comments. 

Oh, thank you so very much! I really appreciate your lovely words.

Thank you so much for your amazing comments. I will be totally honest and admit that thought never crossed my mind, but it probably should have crossed Hermione's. Wow. You have given me a lot of food for thought. Perhaps one day I will rewrite the ending and give this a try - you never know, it quite possibly would have worked! But I am very happy that regardless of the ending, you enjoyed it and it moved you. And thank you for being my Hermione. Perhaps if she had been thinking more with her head and not with her heart, this would have been the perfect solution. Thank you so much for that amazing solution. Now MY heart won't let that stray thought rest.

I'm very sorry. I looked exactly like that when I was writing it.

Yes, so do I.

Thank you very much. I really, really appreciate that.

Thank you!

Fair enough! Neither was my Muse.

Thank you!

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Ooh, Richard Armitage - he's dead sexy! Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the story. A lot of people weren't too happy with it, but it seems to have found an understanding place here at TPP. I'm not sure what's on the cards next. I'm desperately trying to finish my original novel, and that seems to be taking up the majority of my writing time. We'll see.

Thank you so much! I hoped many would understand that this was the only ending this story had, as hard as it was to write.

Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it. It was not easy to write this ending, but I truly do appreciate it when readers understand that basic fact: life doesn't always have happy endings. I promise my next fic will have one! ;)