I don't like it when you make me cry. I cried twice in this chapter. Oh, the pain these two are going through. I can't help but feel like my heart is breaking for them. What troopers, what fighters they are. Knowing the end will be the end of them (unless you choose otherwise... hint... hint ...wink... wink...) and yet they go on....  Awe....

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And this chapter brings us nearer to the end, which I hope for goodness sake you're going to salvage....

This is heart-wrenching. One must cheer them on. They have more on their plates in Second Life than in DH. But unlike the DH, there is hope here. Hope that I cling to and cherish and wish for them to realise. Your selection of Severus's memories for Harry was spot on. I'm happy you chose to have him show Harry that there is another woman in his life that has done much more than some Lily Evans ever even thought about. 

Beautiful as always, my dear, but you leave me on tender hooks.  Irish

That chapter was heart-rending. They have such a close bond, and now willingly march into the fray to risk all, for the sake of their world. The worst bit is that no-one will know just what they both risk!

Beautifully done.  I like that he chooses the memories, for Harry as much as for Hermione, that he thinks about what he wants to give them both, that he keeps back things that might make it harder for Harry to do what he must.  And his going to Hermione to look out into eternity with her-- very well done indeed.

So beautiful, Lariope.  You stepped into the middle of the morass that is Severus & Lily and you held your head up and you pushed through to the end, fondling every painful detail, illuminating every unlovely facet of the boy who failed to grow into his nose.Then you showed his evolution to the bravest man I've ever known, and you wove Hermione into that story, and you made it good and right and complete.  You did in this one chapter what I have been too much a coward to do in the time since the publication of DH.I find comfort and agony and completion in your story, Lariope.  It paints my soul with hope.

Well, if there was a sixth star, I'd tack it on :)I found myself making notes as I read this, because there were so many "A-ha" moments. Your ability to recall and revisit past details of your own narrative, as well as canon, makes this such a pleasure to read! Even when you're including some things that are hard to hear, like the injured children in the Room of Requirement. Snape has let them down, and while it's unfair that he has to do everything, if not him, then who? With the Pensieve memories: I love, LOVE your interpretations. It was easy to hate Lily after finishing DH, but there always was the fact that she couldn't and didn't make Snape join Voldemort. It all makes emotional sense the way you cast it here. And when he recalls Hermione and the marriage, it's amazing to recall that biting dialogue in the light of everything else. The line "Things said aloud are harder to hide" ends up summing it all up about Snape and his capacity for hidden love, I think. And as for Potter and Snape facing each other after the memories are revealed...oh, I hope so! Beautiful work.

This is such a beautiful chapter. I believe 'quiet pain' sums it up nicely. And the ending is exquisite, like so many sentences in here. I could quote you all day, I feel. :-)I realised what it is that bothers me about Voldemort's voice as well! In my head, in this section, he sounds like a French spy in a movie I saw once. I hear him speaking with a lisp and a French accent. LOL! It's funny how the mind works sometimes... But, so, yes, I'm pretty sure that's just me. :-) Carry on!

There was a beauty and sadness to this chapter.  I'm glad I could start my day with this.  Snape picking out his memories carefully... it makes sense that the memories he gave Harry in DH had been thought of in advance.  I always wondered about that, but JKR couldn't tell us about that because it's Snape's POV.  Then the loveliness of him coming to see her and sitting beside the ocean.  Sigh.  Something of the calm before the storm.  I know in one review you said you hate to write the action chapters.  I suppose you are taking a deep breath as you get ready to plunge into the climactic chapters of your story.  I can't wait to read them!  I hope you enjoy writing them.

I think that the camping scene was necessary to show the monotony of their current position.Great horcrux scene with Hermione.

Brilliant, wonderful and seriously the best SS/HG story I've read. Thank you so much for the obvious time and thought you put to into this work. LOVED LOVED it!

This story is fantastic. The parallel story line you've merged with the original book is so well done. Brilliant! (the lemons aren't bad either heh heh)

Wow, this first chapter totally hooked me. Very well written and you got Snape and Dumbledore on point. Well done!

That was absolutely beautiful.

"It felt like being Snivellus again."
Awwww. His loneliness hangs so thickly in the air,  I can feel it from here. =( 

Favorite parts of this chapter:"I will come." <---squee! I hoped so!"For all your wisdom, Dumbledore, there is one thing you have never understood. Humans are not chess pieces, no matter how well you think you understand them. They will never do exactly what you think they should." <---amen, brother. " 'I can see you thinking,' Dumbledore said. 'Stop now, before it is too late.' " <---this just made me laugh.I had nothing constructive to say here, I guess, except that it feels like something is about to happen that is not camping lol.

Thank you for making the camping somewhat interesting =).  At least it gives us the opportunity to hear Hermione's thoughts, out in the great wide tedium.  I also liked seeing the effects of prolonged Horcrux wearing, although I don't understand why JKR would have them wear a cursed necklace in shifts instead of just carrying it in the bag, especially when just touching the necklace had sent Katie Bell into a cursed coma.  But that is commentary for DH, which you did not write the first time and therefore can only do what you can with what you are given.  I had kind of hoped also that Snape would contact Hermione sometime that day, but the day is not over, therefore I should just read the next chapter already!

Aw this chapter was so beautifully written. Honestly, it made my heart ache.Amazing. I love it so much.

Hi!I joined this site because of your story. It's fabulous!I love  your Hermione! She's smart and kind and has other things on her mind than constant sex with Snape.Great job!

Hello! I'm a newcomer to what looks like your list of adoring fans, hehe :D I have to say I found this story very recently, and I instantly fell in love with it. I'm sure you've heard it all before, but I'll put my two cents in anyways ;) First of all, I can't even begin to describe the emotions your story has provoked in me. Your writing is truly beautiful and something to behold. I must say as well, I think it's helped me out of my somewhat paralyzing 'slump'. It's made me feel less apathetic and more alive...if that makes sense. I thank you for that!You've certianly taken everything I love about Severus and Hermione and displayed them perfectly. I also love how you effortlessly weave the story into canon, every little detail! I find that absolutely clever :) I really don't know what else to say that hasn't been said already, and I'm beginning to feel like I'm rambling...I'll continue to look forward to what the next chapter brings!

asdfghjkl;!!!!*flail*(why didn't he ask about Ron?)BRILLIANT CHAPTER

So slow! So romantic!I absolutely love how everything fits into canon so nicely! There is so much darkness yet so much hope in this story! This is partly why I love it so much.Kisses

I love this story.  It's heart rending.

Wow, that was an emotionally charged chapter.