(Complete) Life Eternal: Epilogue - The Place We Come To Rest (& Final Notes)

[alecto_chan]

Title: Life Eternal
Author: alecto_chan
Beta'ed by: amandasaitou
Rating: R
Summary: Severus Snape is placed on a mandatory leave of absence by Headmaster Dumbledore.  No, not for the hol one would think he desperately needs but to help his family renovate and refurbish the Snapes' ancestral home he had abandoned some twenty years ago in North Yorkshire.  At the very

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[ketsugami]

*applause*

I'll finish reading someday soon, but congratulations on finishing!

[alecto_chan]

Thanks!

o.O You were reading some of this? *shrinks away*

[ketsugami]

Am I not supposed to read it? After finishing HBP I was in a HP mood and thought, "I should read that thing Alecto-chan is writing," and did a bit, and then got distracted by various vacations.

[alecto_chan]

I just get nervous when I find out people I know in RL read my shit. ^^;;;; Yeah, I know that's something I really need to get rid of, been working on that...

[indigocat]

I haven't read the last chapter yet. Plan to wait until after karate class, but I wanted you to know that I have enjoyed this fic very much and hate to see it end.

[alecto_chan]

Thank you. Your support has been very much appreciated. *hugs*

[indigocat]

I enjoyed the last chapters. I will admit that sometime I thought more of Dark Shadows than Dracula. Haven't answered your poll yet. Going to do that.

Still think of Abe looking like Drac in Van Helsing. Especially since I thought Drac looked like a member of the Snape family when I first saw the movie.

[alecto_chan]

I think basing some parts off the literary tradition of Dracula made the references more obscure. I've never seen Van Helsing, but I can say Dracula's description in the book is a bit different:

"His face was a strong, a very strong, aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils, with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere. His eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose, and with bushy hair that seemed to curl in its own profusion. The mouth, so far as I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth. These protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years. For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed. The chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor."

[luckybrans]

It was brilliant. I just got back from school, overworking my brain, so anything else I say would not make sense.

[alecto_chan]

Thank you, for commenting and taking the time to read my little fic.

[robby1925]

This was wonderful. I would love to read a sequel. I tried to fill out the poll but it would not let me so you'll just have to take my word from the feedback that you did an excellent job on this and I am looking forward to more.

[alecto_chan]

Really? I wonder why the poll didn't work. It's open to everyone.

I've played with a few ideas for a possible sequel, and all I know is it would relay heavily on the characters and their interactions to carry it. There won't be a convienent antagonist like Abraham in a sequel. And I'm afraid that would mean more conflict in the Snape family that you've been sensitive too. You must have hated the part where Jessica started accusing Snape near the end. ^^;;;

Thank you for reading, commenting, and your support.

[robby1925]

Your very right, I was quite upset at Jessica but I wasn't even going to bring it up. You've explained to me why you went this way and I respect your writing. I would still hope that in the sequel that I truly hope you do, You would have Harry hearing some of it and letting the family have a piece of his mind even if Severus doesn't. The poll only gave me other peoples responses and not the opportunity to vote myself. My computer is quite old so it may have something to do with that. Anyway, I have truly enjoyed your responses, to my responses; to your writing. I hope to see more, even if it's not Harry Potter fiction.

[_inzilbeth_]

I am very pleased with your story. You were able to bring many characters outside JKR's world to life in a very real manner. The story had many original elements which I think is amazing because it is so hard to come up with story ideas that no one has read. (story plots are my weakness)

I really enjoyed your Snape and Harry, and as much as I wish the ending had them in a relationship, the truth is your ending is very plausible. A very good foundation has been formed between these two men and you did an excellent job of getting them there.

I enjoyed your story very much. I will dearly miss the Thursday night updates. You should be very pleased, I think you have written a wonderful story!

I will continue to be disappointed that your story did not seem to get a lot of comments, I hope more people find this story because it is very, very good.

Thank you once again for a delightful Snarry experience!!

[alecto_chan]

I glad you were fine with the ending. I was really afraid of people outright hating it because it was so open. But it didn't feel right to end it any other way, at least to me.

I would be lying if I claimed I wasn't bothered by the somewhat lack of feedback to this fic, but I can only be content with my lot.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read, comment, and support my little fic.