Thank you very much! I'm particularly pleased that you liked the backstory I created for Sluggy here, and his 'inner workings'.
I love the ending. *wistful sigh*
I couldn't bear not to give them a happy ending given all of the angst that came before - and in the context of the HP universe, afterlife-fluff seemed just about plausible...
It's nice to know that the picture caused a 'squee,' too :-)