Damn you, now I'm crying.  This is beautiful.

Okay, that did it.  I'm bawling again.  Jeez, will I ever stop crying.Thanks for writing this.

Very nice.

This made me teary all over again. Which is a very good thing.

Oh God. This almost brought tears to my eyes. Even though Severus had a horrible death at least his name was cleaned and honoured by Harry Potter.

I am devastated but I refuse to let him go. He deserved happiness and if JKR won't give it to him then all those wonderful authors out there may be able to do so. After all, it might be in our minds and not in printed books but that doesn't make it any less real, using Dumbledore's reasoning.

Good work! And Severus is not dead for those who think that he deserved better than he officially got!

Wonderful, simply wonderful.  And I've always thought of Blackbird in context with Snape.  Brought tears to my eyes.

A lovely story.  I'm SO glad that JKR exonerated Snape, although I wish that she could have let him live as well.  As she said, he did have one person who truly loved him -- and based on the way he was dressed as a child, neither one of his parents was that person.  As so many people have suspected all along, that person was Lily -- who, as Remus once said, had a talent for loving people who other people saw as unloveable.  I love the lyrics to "Blackbird" at the end -- it seems very fitting for him.

I loved your endining for Severus.  He deserved something so much better than he got in book 7.  You gave it to him.

Thank you so much for posting this. His ending was so brutal and sudden, and then we were so quickly shunted through his memories. At least Harry has recognized him for the hero he was.

Severus is dead. Long live Severus!!!

Thank you for this added Snape-view.  I, too, read impatiently to see how my favorite character would fare in Book 7.  Even though I can see why his life was ended, I still didn't want it to happen.  What you wrote is what I would have wanted Snape to experience at the end of his hard life. Please continue to write SS stories.  I don't want to let him go.

Well, you certainly did a better job than JKR.  I think there's going to be a fandom revolt judging from my emails.

This story makes me feel a little bit better about the Deathly Hallows. I think for a total recovery, I will need a memory charm and the influx of new HG/SS fanfiction.

Loved this.

Everything.

I was so happy to read in the book that Lily and Severus had been friends.  Back when reading HBP I had wondered if they had ever met before going to Hogwarts... seeing as Severus was a half blood.  BUt I had brushed the thought away as something silly.

I loved this ending you have written.  Almost made me teary again. 

Oh, thanks, I needed that . I've always felt that Snape would not make it out of Book 7, and I've been telling myself the most you could hope for is that he turned out to be Dumbledore's man after all. Which happened, but JKR could have given him a better sendoff. So thanks for stepping in.

Made me cry as surely as the book.

**sniffles** That was nice. I'm still reeling(finished book 7 an hour ago). I knew we were going to loose him but oh not like taht.

Thanks for giving us a glimpse of Severus and Lily in heaven!!  I really, really needed this, especially today. (insert Kleenex emoticon)

oh boy.  The wounds from DH are still large and gaping in my soul, but I felt the need to poke at them a little...I've been looking for a DH compliant fic featuring Severus--and this was the first that I've found.  I am so glad that you took the time to write this.  It wasn't much, but it offered me a little comfort and consolation.  It hurts to read about Severus really being dead, but you have just paid him a fitting tribute.  Thank you! 

Thank you so much for writing this.  Snape's death happened so quickly and savagely in the book that I barely had time to register it before we were plunged into his memories.  It was sad that the only death in the book that she really let sink in was Dobby's.  Perhaps someone(??) will take up the task to write about Tonk's and Lupin's last moments.  I'm off to change my contact lenses; they're permanently cloudy from all the crying I've done today.

I knew he had to die after book 6 to prove he was good but I wanted to believe that maybe he wouldn't.  I just finished the book 10 minutes ago and have been crying for the last 2 hours straight along with crying at earlier parts in the book.  I saw your story posted and reading it made me feel better about Sev.  Thanks.

*weeps* So beautiful... he deserved this and so much more..