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Don't know what to say. XDI finally did a fanart after I successfully wrenched myself away from reading Harry/Snape fanfictions all the time XDD
sigh.
I should start with my Harry Potter DH presentation for school now..
-spoiler-XD
I still don't fully understand what Dumbledore babbles at the end of DH about blah, Harry willingly went to Voldemort and let him kill him, blah.. D: What has that got to do with Lily's blood protection?? (As Voldemort got Harry's blood and therefore also the blood protection, the killing course bounced off Harry first, then back to voldemort, bounced off, back to Harry and hit the horcrux inside Harry?.. but that's.. D: )
I've read the explanation often enough. Though I suppose it won't hurt to read it again.. xDD;
God..
I'm doomed.
Or I'm just utterly stupid.
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-gets badly confused- I don't read/watch that much Harry Potter. It confuses me so much and also... I don't like the genre >_> Anyway I think that's pretty confusing also for a good reader of the book o_O;
-GETS MORE CONFUSED-
Great picture. I couldn't finish anything like this even in years >_< I'm so slowwww. I like the colours. I suck so bad at having any palettes. You use colours really well. ;_;
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Okay....I don't know you, but I love a challenge, especially a geeky one, so I went back and reread that part of the book. Here is how I understand it:
Harry sacrificed himself, but cannot be killed because of Lily's sacrifice. When Voldemort took Harry's blood to rebuild his body, he kept Lily's enchantment alive, and actually strengthened it. Now Harry could not be killed as long as Voldemort lived. HOWEVER (and this is a BIG however), the part of Voldemort that lived in Harry when he was made an unintentional and unknown horcrux COULD be destroyed by the Avada Kedavra -- it was made prior to Voldemort taking Harry's blood, so it did not have her protection! So when Harry sacrificed himself, there was no way in hell Voldemort could actually kill him. He could only kill his Horcrux! Once that was destroyed, Voldemort could be destroyed.
I hope this helps. This is only how I understand that part (with the help of some Grey Goose vodka that I got for Christmas -- sometimes alcohol helps, as a last resort. Sometimes as a FIRST resort! Heehee!)
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Thanks very much!!
I'm actually a bit embarassed(it seems so easy now) - but I understand it better.
That does then mean that Dumbledore knew all about it but didn't tell Harry so he couldn't be influenced in his choice to sacrifice himself..(!?)
Okay. Thanks again! (Now I won't actually stand stupidly in front of my class, not knowing how to explain, when I have my presentation of DH XD)
- I must say, I'm not fond of alcohol at all, but if it helped you to understand that part, whooo! XD
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I think that Dumbledore SUSPECTED this would happen. I seem to remember that back in GOF, when Harry told Albus about Voldy using his blood to remake himself, Dumbledore got this calculating gleam in his eye (as opposed to that damned twinkle. Enough twinkling already!) And it was all based on the hypothesis that Harry was a horcrux -- which he didn't even know for sure, only suspected. I think he didn't tell Harry because he wasn't sure how he would act once he knew he would have to willingly offer himself up to die. For one thing, it was based on the premise that Harry was the last horcrux. If HE knew this, Voldemort would be likely to find it out. It was IMPERATIVE that Voldemort not know this. Also, I think he knew that Harry would be brave if called upon to just act, without thinking about it too much. Given too much time to think about it, he might have said, "The hell with it. I want to live!", grabbed Ginny, and ran off to Australia.
Yeah.....I'm rather too fond of it, myself, but it does have it's uses. I'm not mechanically inclined, so if I have to do something mechanical and can't understand the instruction manual, I have a drink, reread the manual, and suddenly it all seems so obvious. I think that it may inhibit the part of the brain that keeps saying "You can't do this! You're not mechanical!" and let my auto-pilot kick in. Anyway, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
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yep. that's not the same question...but I want to add this : as I understood it, Lily was sacrifying herself because of the fact that Snape had asked for her life. There is a sacrifice, because she had the choice then, so in a way Snape had made the prophecy efficient.
Ok, Nevermind. I have a question : can you give me some links for the snarries or fics you like ? (if in english) (or french, or russian, who knows! lol)
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I go to [link] . Sycophant Hex has many categories of stories, but I go to Occlumency because they're all Snape-related. My favorite authors on this site are Veresna Ussep, Vocalion, Larilee, and jessicadamien. I can't vouch for the snarries; I don't read them. That's just not how I want to picture Snape. It's quite bad enough that he's fictional.....but fictional AND gay?! I like an unattainable male as much as the next woman, but that's too unattainable even for me!
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Good. Thank you for the link. I was asking about snarries because of the Mutsumi's comment : maybe she knows some interesting stories for me to read. I look for good authors, in order to improve my english, then what matters me is the quality of their writing.
I understand you about the slashs. The first fic I've read was a SB/SS and then I couldn't understand the warning (What is 'slash' ? 
I am really in agreement with the love from Severus towards Lily. Because this love is coherent with him and the story is logical, especially because this love is a specific love - not a sexual love, you can notice. He needs it in the JKR's story. But out of this love, he is unattainable, yes... In a way, he can't be interested in a simple woman. Maybe by Narcissa, but for 5 minutes... 
Of course, as usual the quality of the story is the most important ! For instance, at first I was against the idea of a Harry/Severus love story, but I have to say that there are some of them really interesting. After these readings, I start to be interested in Harry as a character (hmmm, wow,
Well, I'm sorry for the speach if it's an very bad english ! 
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Hmm....I guess I can see where you're coming from. I know that men have been into girl-on-girl for ages, and I never understood that, either. My husband tried to explain it to me, but I still don't get it. I HAVE noticed that the slash writers all tend to be girls. I never realised that some women were into the guy-on-guy thing until I started reading fanfics. Maybe it's a generational thing -- I'm probably a bit older than most of the writers. I'm afraid the thought of Severus with another guy has the effect of a cold shower on me......on a bitterly cold day......with a heater that doesn't work......oh, you get the picture!
And your English is quite good! I have no problem understanding you.
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That's not a problem. Read what is a pleasure for you 
We don't know, for the generation...Maybe you're right, that makes sens. But without internet, the fanfics couldn't have been so reachable. But I know many writers are 30-40 old (= still young, of course! ). The main idea is only (I think), as you say it, in a guy-on-guy phantasm, where guys are still the men they are in the books. I can say that I started even loving more our Severus or the Marauders because of these fics. Well... If I had read more fics in english, I could recommand you some very good stories, but I'm not an expert so I prefer not to do it!!! I just remember that the first fic I've read in english was this famous one : [link] , with a very lofty Severus. But I read it a long time ago, maybe now I would change my mind about this fic.
But I also agree with you about the fact that Severus has to be lonely and unattainable...That's the most strong phantasm we can have
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