Well, lets see.....

First I wanted to thwak Dumbledore upside the canvas:

Then I thought, "I know just how Hermione feels about a good, hot shower!"

Then I felt hope because Ollivander is going to make Hermione, Harry and Ron new wands specifically crafted for them as they are today, for the trials they will soon face.

I love the way you told how Severus chose which memories to commit to the Pensieve. There were so many! Each with a purpose -- to let someone know that they had been loved, or protected, or to request an understanding, an absolution, an admission that, perhaps, Snape had been able to redeem himself. The following passage brought tears to my eyes: "Hermione. He wanted Potter to see what she had undertaken, how pure that bravery was right from the very beginning. He wanted him to know how she had hesitated when Dumbledore had asked her to keep a secret from him, wanted Potter to hear her say that if she had known the marriage was to save him, and not Snape as she had been told, that she would have done it anyway. If only there was some way to tell her that he would do it all again, that he would take back his arguments and his barbs. If only he could take her hands and marry her properly, tell her that there was no other partner… that there had never been anything like her."

And this one brought the tears down my face: "It was the only goodbye he knew how to give her."

Your writing is magical. You don't beat your readers over the head with superfluous words for words' sake. You tell an amazing story -- following canon where it takes you, and then weaving your own beautiful tale around it and through it like honeysuckle through the fence.

I wish I could write so well.

Beth

Words fail me.  Severus and Hermione are both so stoic.  The scene where Severus is putting together the memories is wrenching.  Thank you.

Another beautiful and poignant chapter. You have created a moving love story that goes way beyond HBP and DH.

It was really nice (and heartwrenching) to see Snape carefully select which memories to give Harry. The imagery in your last paragraph was so powerful, I can still picture them sitting there by the ocean. Pure poetry!Beautiful writing my friend!  

You let Severus have time with Hermione! I'm so glad he had time to renew his spirit with her, and heal her, and gain a new appreciation for Luna.

You have done a wonderful job of portraying Luna -- there, and yet, not there. She "sees" the things that others miss. I've always liked her character.

The way you managed to get the idea of "someone helping" them into Harry's mind was just brilliant! Now perhaps Harry will be more open to "things" that Hermione will suggest in the future -- that's gotta be in there somewhere, right?

And a BIG thank you for giving Severus a reason to go on living. 100 points to You!!! I LOVE THIS STORY!!!   I'm sorry for Dobby's loss, but he would have done anything for Harry and Hermione.  I am glad that the Malfoy's and Bellatrix were bested, and I hope the Dark Lord takes it out of their hides!  It's no more than they deserve!!!  This was a busy chapter, wasn't it?  Now on to chapter 36.

Beth

This is so tragic.  I'm hoping you don't make him die, because I know I'll be crying for a while after that. 

Very sad and i  could feel my heart  break for them. Wonderful chapter  but you have me on the verge of tears. I really want a happy ending eventually but  you write angst so well i don't mind crying abit more. many thanks  x

So heartbreaking and beautiful. I especially loved the last scene by the sea and the quiet comfort they find in being together. And now I'm desperately clinging to the hope that your story will have a different outcome than DH.

He is so sure that she cannot understand, even though he has had evidence to the contrary.  I think, as he did after the end of their first encounter, that he may reevaluate things, and I hope she will hear the desperate loneliness and isolation that makes him want to drive her away.  She is truly courageous...and Albus is as manipulative as ever in palming him off on her.

Thank heaven they are both better people than he may give them credit for.  Though I do fear for them both!

Oh, dear god, he makes me weep.  You have so expertly caught the sense he must have of unworthiness, and I adore the very gradual alteration in their analyses of one another.

And he is able to offer excellent relationship advice, as well, which she is practical enough to take!

I am enjoying this even more this time around, especially as I recall some of the highlights to come but cannot for the life of me remember how you managed to get them together again physically, and I am so looking forward to finding out all over again!

"That’s what glory smells like."  Oh, indeed, it is!

You have set up this incredible tightrope walk so expertly!  Have I mentioned lately what an incrediblke writer you are?  Yiou've put us right there--and what a fascinating place it is!

Having created a Severus who actually cares about the rightness of the situation and about not being forced to commit rape, you have set him up to be a magnificent teacher of one of the finest students Hogwarts has ever known. 

What magnificent private lessons!  I see there is a very long line of pupils waiting.  I'll just stand over here, shall I?

I'm not sure that anyone has ever done a better job of showing the manipulative skill of Albus Dumbledore than you have here.  He surely must have been a Slytherin--he's an absolute expert at manuvering people into a corner of his own devising.  I don't recall now if this was the first piece I ever read that made me realize just how devious a character he really is but it is certainly the very best at showing that talent in action!  Of course they both agreed in the end, but they had no choice at that point, did they?

And I am struck again by the fact that Severus is the one most concerned with the ethics of the situation.  Even Hermione, who does seem to understand and acknowledge them as well, is willing to set them aside for the greater good.  (Should that be capitalized?  The Great Good is generally an evil force indeed!)

In preparation for the trip to Azkaban, I'm back again for another dose of what is still one of my two or three All-Time Favorites---and you still get top marks both for cleverness and for expert writing. 

I will be forever in awe of your ability to take established canon and weave an entirely new, wonderfully rich story right into its very fabric, making it look as though it had been there from the beginning.  Brilliant.  I'm already loving this as much as I did when I read it the first time.

(p.s.  "Dark Santiago" is pretty incredible, too!)

My God!  What a heart stopping cliff hanger to end on!My blood pressure has gone off the scale, my heart is in my throat, and I am speechless!  Great writing, Lariope!!!!!!!!!  Now I have to read chapter 35 -- QUICKLY.Beth

What a beautiful and heartbreaking chapter.

Lariope,Throughout the story you have articulated emotions and thoughts so clearly, beautifully and economically.  The last is rather a discordant word, I suppose -- but couldn't think of a better way to say that you don't spill endless words expressing the characters' emotions and thoughts.  This is why your reflective chapters are powerful and not the seas of  sentimentality and angst they could be given the subject matter.  In this chapter, Severus' state of mind while he removes the memories, as he ponders the children in the RoR, and Hermione's thoughts as they look at the sea stand out in that respect.As for plot, I too, wondered how S managed to pull out just the right memories while dying, so thanks for clearing that up.  Having H and S sit side by side contemplating eternity together was a good choice -- much more moving than sex or talk.  Your attention to detail, e.g. giving them all new wands, commenting on Bill's state of mind (afraid! very interesting), is very satisfying.  That's what makes the story seem so very real, in addition to the depth of the main characters.  As always, I loved having Sev's POV and hearing his story.And for you and Subversa, that's The-Boy-Who-Failed-To-Grow-Into-His-Nose, if you please.  Please capitalize and punctuate correctly.RedRoo

"To the sea, their wars and struggles were but a single moment in the endless procession of time."I think this is my favorite line in this chapter.  It's so true that humans are such a small part of this world.  It's also true that we can kill our world past its ability to survive.  Another great chapter.  I can feel the tension winding up, ready to release.

Omfg! This is awesome just so tantalizingly close to the end! Ooher I can't for all to be revealed! This is an awesome fic n ur and awesome author keep it up! Waiting impatiently -Lio-

He felt as if he were slicing away parts of himself. But maybe that was right. Maybe he was cutting away dead tissue, parts of his heart that had been starved for blood for longer than Harry Potter had been alive. Gah! Interesting analogy for his pain.  He's cutting away the old, but there will be more room for the new now.  Like a plant that's been pruned--it always blooms back fuller than before.This was a beautiful chapter, full of Severus's memories--memories that while we know of them, we get to see them through his perspective, and it's always nice to get more of Sev's perspective on things.  He's so full of misery and love I just want to squeeze him.I'm all psyched up now for the whirlwind to come--thanks for giving us a chapter where we can breathe a little and just revel in your lovely writing before the shit hits the fan.Oh and nice touch having Ollivander make custom wands for all of them!  That gave me a happy.  :-)

My blubbering pregnant hormones can't write a proper review right at this moment, my dear. But you'll have to take my tears to mean that I loved this heartwrenching chapter very much...

I'm glad he came to her - that was really sweet. And although I don't fully understand how Hermione and Harry are each going to see the memories Snape left without Harry seeing those more private memories deemed solely for Hermione, I thought that whole passage was very touching.

Wow. yet another powerful chapter. i actually just reread the entire story and am again in complete awe of how amazing this fic is. your characters are so accurate and you write so beautifully. this is definitely on of the best out there. i am getting so nervous about whether or not snape will survive. oh please please please a happy ending, i mean JKR gave us a 'happy' ending (epilogue) for DH so i hope it follows that you will give a sshg style happy ending. in any case i love that you decided to include memories about hermione for harry. i hope the fact that you are having him take them out now means that you will have the nagini scene either end differently or not at all. when severus is saying that the memory of the two of them is all the goodbye he can give her i almost started crying. so beautiful.

Heartbreaking but beautifully written.

Another heavy one here. Very nicely done! How many more chapters do you anticipate to wrap it all up?

Oh man, big tears. God I hope he is over Lily and no longer has a doe Patronus. He is certainly a man preparing for his own funeral.