Anthem
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After rescuing Severus from what should have been a fatal snakebite, Hermione throws herself headlong into managing his care and finishing her schooling. As she discovers, however, helping another person heal is infinitely easier than healing herself. As the Golden Trio—and Severus—move toward the one-year mark of post-Voldemort life, it becomes painfully obvious that there is no way to go back to normal. New feelings are confusing to all involved, and lives careen from carefully planned paths.
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I came to the Potterverse late, devouring all 7 books over the summer when DH came out. I came to fanfic even later, and have been gluttonously consuming HG/SS love stories since December. I really enjoy the slow-building, tension-ridden love stories that the pairing seems to inspire. The quality of writing I come across in the fanfic world never ceases to astound me, and I am well and truly addicted!
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Fantastic update! Really well done proceeding here in Shacklebolt's office. And it's comforting to know how many people are pulling for Snape now behind the scenes, not just Hermione. Look forward to an update soon, and good luck at the tnl_awards.
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Thanks so much, Hobgoblinn! I respect your intellect and your writing tremendously--so I'm terribly honoured by your thoughtful reviews. Thank you for continuing to read and review! Your thoughtful words have been a great encouragement to me! And good luck yourself!
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Thanks so much, Hobgoblinn! I respect your intellect and your writing tremendously--so I'm terribly honoured by your thoughtful reviews. Thank you for continuing to read and review! Your thoughtful words have been a great encouragement to me! And good luck yourself!
Emmeline, you plumb the human soul, the human mind, with unerring grace. Everything you've written here is true. I know it.
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I'm going to cry! That is the most wonderful thing to hear about this chapter. Thank you,
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. Your words mean so much to me!
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I'm going to cry! That is the most wonderful thing to hear about this chapter. Thank you,
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. Your words mean so much to me!
I really love this story! Severus is fighting his attraction (and possibly affection) for Hermione, and at the same time, his acerbic personality is showing with a vengence. I don't blame him. His outlook is pretty meek right now, and he's not sure if he'll ever recover. I also have the feeling that Ron and Hermione won't be engaged much longer. I think Harry and George are the only two right now who see the sham the engagement is. I'm looking forward to reading more.
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Gosh, thanks! I was so excited to find your review. Thanks so much for taking time to read and review. I hope you enjoy the rest of the story as well.
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Gosh, thanks! I was so excited to find your review. Thanks so much for taking time to read and review. I hope you enjoy the rest of the story as well.
Well - he pushed Hermione away. He only seems to enjoy that someone is visiting him. I cannot wait to see what happens between them next or where he goes "home" to.
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Wow! Thanks so much for the review and the rating! Severus is very conflicted about Hermione, and isn't sure how to feel about her right now. So glad you are still reading! I am so grateful!
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Wow! Thanks so much for the review and the rating! Severus is very conflicted about Hermione, and isn't sure how to feel about her right now. So glad you are still reading! I am so grateful!
Oh boy, I can just imagine poor Severus being stuck with the Golden Trio as nurses. That would be awful for him!
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Can you imagine? Poor guy! Thanks so much for continuing to read and review--I'm very grateful!
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Can you imagine? Poor guy! Thanks so much for continuing to read and review--I'm very grateful!
wonderful chapter and congrta hugs and chocolate
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Very glad you liked the chapter, and thanks for the hugs and chocolate!
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Very glad you liked the chapter, and thanks for the hugs and chocolate!
I liked the intensity in this chapter. Will Hermione and Severus ever come to an understanding?
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Glad the intensity pleased you! They will come to many understandings! ;) Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, Septentrion!
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Glad the intensity pleased you! They will come to many understandings! ;) Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, Septentrion!
Nice chapter. Snape's behaviour towards Hermione, although understandable in an invalid, is difficult, because Hermione is not entirely herself either and may not cope with it particularly well. I like the idea of her acting as a nurse, though.I like Snape's dream sequence. He associates Hermione with self-knowledge, understanding talking and sex - healthy adult man/woman interaction. All things, too, that naturally make up Hermione's character.Lily, however, still appears as a child - representing innocence, 'sanctification', cleansing. It's like she represents ideals, rather than being an actual person. He doesn't get to touch her. It also struck me a bit creepy, the way she kept wandering off into the trees - a scary fairy-tale vibe.I've probably read way too much into the dreams and allowed my Lily-dislike to take over 
Again, though, nice chapter.
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Wow, what a great review! I love your analysis of the dream. I hadn't thought of Lily as an archetype of innocence, but it works. Her disappearance into the trees is a bit creepy. He's in a really uncertain place, and everything seems ominous to him right now. Thanks so much for your thoughtful words!
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Wow, what a great review! I love your analysis of the dream. I hadn't thought of Lily as an archetype of innocence, but it works. Her disappearance into the trees is a bit creepy. He's in a really uncertain place, and everything seems ominous to him right now. Thanks so much for your thoughtful words!
Hmm wonder how Ron would take it, if Severus moved into Grimmauld Place and took up all Hermione's time LOL
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Now there's an idea! :)Of course, living in Sirius' old house would probably eat Severus up...
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Now there's an idea! :)Of course, living in Sirius' old house would probably eat Severus up...
Oh dear, things aren't getting any better for Severus yet, are they? Although I suppose the forced discharge might not be the worst thing to happen in the long run ... and that it would take more than a bit of yelling and nasty remarks for Hermione to give up on her cause.Great chapter, as usual. I'm looking forward to more!
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Things do seem bleak, but there's light ahead. And yes, Hermione's stubborn, and Severus would have to get much nastier to run her off. Thanks so much! I'm always happy to get your reviews.
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Things do seem bleak, but there's light ahead. And yes, Hermione's stubborn, and Severus would have to get much nastier to run her off. Thanks so much! I'm always happy to get your reviews.
Oh, hell. I started in the first chapter and kept reading and reading and reading, and then I clicked where the arrow for the next chapter was supposed to be after reading chapter 9, and nothing happened. I was terribly disappointed about that fact. I wanted to read more.I like it!
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Wow! It's so exciting to gain a new reader! More coming soon. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
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Wow! It's so exciting to gain a new reader! More coming soon. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
good chapter. Am enjoying this greatly.
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Glad you are enjoying! Thanks for all your reviews.
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Glad you are enjoying! Thanks for all your reviews.
When did we get into overdrive? The abrupt shift from building the friendship and healing and the problems with Ron into desperate sex was just a bit startling. I'm still reading, though. I do like it, but you just took me by surprise.
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Ah, the desperate sex was part of a desperate dream. Sorry it took you by surprise: it's more of a symbolism than anything else. Sex in dreams frequently signifies more of a longing for the qualities the dream partner possesses than a longing for the partner themselves--at least that's what I was aiming for. Sorry for the ambush!
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Ah, the desperate sex was part of a desperate dream. Sorry it took you by surprise: it's more of a symbolism than anything else. Sex in dreams frequently signifies more of a longing for the qualities the dream partner possesses than a longing for the partner themselves--at least that's what I was aiming for. Sorry for the ambush!
Uncomfortable chapters are a pain to write, but you did very well.
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Ah, thank you! This was one of the most uncomfortable ones yet. Glad you've stayed with the story!
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Ah, thank you! This was one of the most uncomfortable ones yet. Glad you've stayed with the story!
Nicely done. This is a very entertaining story.
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Thank you! Glad you are enjoying. Thanks so much for reviewing--it's always nice to get feedback. And it's super exciting to meet a new reader!
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Thank you! Glad you are enjoying. Thanks so much for reviewing--it's always nice to get feedback. And it's super exciting to meet a new reader!
Great progression. Your characterisations are very good.
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Thanks! I try to keep a close eye on those two aspects of the story, esp. the characterisations. I'm very glad you appeciated it.
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Thanks! I try to keep a close eye on those two aspects of the story, esp. the characterisations. I'm very glad you appeciated it.
Very good interaction between the characters. Coming along nicely.
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So glad you like the interactions! Thanks so much for continuing to read and review. It's lovely of you to take the time!
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So glad you like the interactions! Thanks so much for continuing to read and review. It's lovely of you to take the time!
But by the time her steps slowed into a timorous tiptoe just beyond his curtains, he longed to call out her name and bid her hurry. And by the time she pulled the curtains aside and peeked in anxiously, so clearly afraid of being sent away, he would release the breath he had not realized he was holding. Only then would he surrender to the joy of seeing the one, delicate filament that anchored him to a world beyond himself.That was simply stunning, and it was just the beginning. Such a tense, painful chapter. I want to know where Hermione is and what she's doing for him, and I'm just so worried.The dream sequence at the end was remarkable.As always, this was wonderful.
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Oh, Mia, finding your review has been a sweet little serendipity today! This was a very difficult chapter to write, and I didn't pare it down nearly enough, I feel, so it's rewarding to know it resonated with someone. The paragraph you quoted was one I agonized over, because I wanted it to say so much. I am truly grateful that it spoke to you.Glad, too that you liked the dream sequence. Thanks so much! This really meant a lot.
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Oh, Mia, finding your review has been a sweet little serendipity today! This was a very difficult chapter to write, and I didn't pare it down nearly enough, I feel, so it's rewarding to know it resonated with someone. The paragraph you quoted was one I agonized over, because I wanted it to say so much. I am truly grateful that it spoke to you.Glad, too that you liked the dream sequence. Thanks so much! This really meant a lot.
Excellent continuation. I do hope Hermione will not remain the only visitor and helper.
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Oh, thank you for continuing to read and review! You are too kind! He will find unexpected friends along the way.
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Oh, thank you for continuing to read and review! You are too kind! He will find unexpected friends along the way.
Did you mean "We were young and scarred." Or Young and SCARED? Might want to check that. Otherwise very good.
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That's a good pair of eyes you have there! I actually did mean to write SCARRED, as in scar-tissue. Thanks so much for reviewing!
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That's a good pair of eyes you have there! I actually did mean to write SCARRED, as in scar-tissue. Thanks so much for reviewing!
Very good. Going to try and catch up tonight. Excellent beginning.
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Thank you, Kyria! I appreciate you reading the story and leaving such constructive reviews.
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Thank you, Kyria! I appreciate you reading the story and leaving such constructive reviews.
snap not being able to do magic. now he is really paralized.you are cruel to him, aren't you. and she ca't bear a day without seeing him. aha. she has found out that much.I like the moment when he is told bits about his character, about his life before he lost his memory,and most of all I like the way he reacts on it. He really feels sorry for some thing or other. That means, maybe his inmost aptitude, predispositions would have been leading him to a very different way of life, if he didn't have the wrong contacts, if everyting wouldn't have gone so completely wrong. I feel like he has a new chance. the chance only few people get. To look at ones life from another angle, from a distance, almost like someone who isn't involved at all. And then he can go back into it and change and try and do better. He really can become a person who shows his feelings differently, because there is no longer the need to lead a double life, doubting everything and mistrusting everyone. he can start to find himself, what is hidden on the ground. And I presume, there can treasures be found.I wish it for him.salva
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*hugs you* This review has completely made my day! You got right to the heart of one of the principle themes of this story. Right now, Snape feels that his life is over: he can't use magic, he is paralyzed, he is completely dependent upon others. Broken, in other words. In reality, his life is just beginning, and he will have to learn to find the beauty in his brokenness. Thanks so much for reviewing. Really and truly, this review moved me.
oh no. Ron is more and more chavalric than I would ever have given him credit.this upsets me. because I can not easily get rid of someone I start to feel sympathy for. hm. complicated. but that's what life is itself.how to love two at a time.How to leave one and not to hurt him. (fifty ways to leave your lover -paul simon comes to my mind here..)He really spent his money for her, he really thinks of her future, he really cherishes her desire to get ahead, to make something of her talents, to go to university, he wants to support her. He is to good. But where does it all come from. poor ron. He does have a lot to give, who would have guessed.salva
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It is hard to leave someone when you know that, even though you're not meant to be together, the other is a good person. Complicated is a very good word for this situation! Someone should make a fanvid of Ron/Hermione--"Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover", lol. More angst for this particular couple ahead! I am so glad you are still reading, Salvamea! Thanks so much for the very thoughtful review!
I love how you write, your vocabulary far exceeds my own! And this line, "...deft economy of motion he admired," was brilliant!
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Wow,
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, thanks! I am so flattered. I happen to love your writing! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
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PS--I'm THRILLED that you liked that line! I reworked it several times! *does happy-dance*
Great story.
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Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying! I appreciate you taking the time to read and review.