Chapter Thirty of 'Inter Vivos" (Part Five): Snake

[lomonaaeren]

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[auselysium]

Absolute perfection.

And Draco and Snape at the end...amazing.

You are a master, my dear! :)

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

[kinna84]

Oh my god. When this portion was merely named "snake"... I never expected it to be THE end. It's over now. Finally.

[lomonaaeren]

Yes, in the sense of the battle with Voldemort. There is still an epilogue to come for the story itself.

[jtsbbsps_dk]

Gaaaaaaah!!!! You are so brilliant!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥!!!
Yay! Ron did not die!
Flying!Snape is so AWESOME!
The action in this chapter is so thrilling! I ate it raw!!!
And the emotion! The way you shifted between them - excruciatingly well done!!!
Draco's trust and Harry's cool and steel-determined mind! Crappishly awesome!

The love flooded through him, and burned out the hatred. Harry blinked and gasped slightly. He had thought he needed the hatred, but he didn’t, not really. He simply needed to acknowledge it as part of who he was, so that he didn’t become trapped in repeating the same actions again and again, the way Voldemort had.

At the moment, he was far more whole than he had ever been before. I need to bow deeply to your awesomeness and beyond belief incredible writing skills! *bows*

And this is absolutely NOTHING less than utterly, purely perfect: But with Draco suddenly on his left side, supporting him, and Snape’s steady hand on his shoulder, he did not fall.I LOVE THIS SO BAD

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked the way Harry's love burned out the hatred, as I knew that might come across as cheesy.

The epilogue will, I hope, tie up a lot of loose ends. And there will be a sex scene. :)

Of course mindblowingly is a word! I hope that your finals are over with soon, and that you do well.

[jtsbbsps_dk]

You're most welcome! :D Yes, I guess some might see it at a tiny bit cheesy, but the way you combined love and hatred made it less so - and I don't see anything wrong with it being a tiny bit cheesy :D

Yay! Awesome! Sex scenes are always nice *grins*

Yës! *hits dictionary that claims something else* Thank you! :D

[brknhalo241]

Wonderful. I love the focus on emotions in this chapter. The acts of desperate courage were heartbreaking but the tone that drew out all of the love and hatred and fear kept this chapter tightly wound in a lovely on-the-edge-of-my-seat kind of way. Everyone was there for Harry but not only Harry ... there were other reasons in their pasts or in their hopeful futures for needing and wanting Voldemort to be gone.

Harry was superb, as usual, but Draco was the presence, for me, that slowly came into his own and grew up right before our eyes. And I'm always in adoration of stories that show Snape finding ways to understand and reach Harry, moving past his own preconceived notions and seeing the truth. This story had it all. I'm a happy girl. Looking forward to the epilogue!!

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you. I'm glad you felt the others were also part of the scene; I thought of that as a way to make up for Harry not defeating Voldemort in front of a huge crowd.

I'm glad that I'm currently writing another story where Snape can also grow up; I find I'm fond of that process.

[franalan]

Oh! Wonderful! *speachless* And Draco and Severus at the end ♥ And I'm sooo glad you didn't kill Ron, or make Sirus into a horcrux *squishes*

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

I decided that either of those would be a bit too mean. Narcissa wasn't as central a character.