Only a little spoiler.... DH/2
I'm... I'm without complete coherency after seeing DH/2. Stunned not only that Yates didn't f-k it up, but that he and Kloves took and improved the final battle... and even making the Epilogue palatable. It was epic and heart-pounding and heart-rending and .... just right. Sigh.
And, of course I am SO thankful that they gave Snape his long-lost due. Rickman was as brilliant and moving as one could have hoped and expected if given the chance.
AND... especially chuffed cause I CALLED IT in the final chapter (From the Ashes) of my fic Trust and Betrayal (completed just before DH was published):
The ache in his heart widened, and he let it. He gathered Lily’s body up in an embrace and held her tightly in death, as he had never done while she lived. She had been the one bright light in his life, and he had callously snuffed it out. His tears began to fall freely. The pain in what remained of his damaged soul rumbled deep within him and forced its way out, until a keening cry erupted, renting the still night air. He cried out for the hideous loss of the only person who had, without reservation, without expectation of anything in return, shown him genuine, loving kindness. He cursed himself, for he had betrayed her, assuring her destruction even before the final curse was thrown. He had killed the one person for whom he’d ever felt love.
Art by anemonesque for ME