hee hee - there is a draft that is much closer to the original gwtw-plot - but out of time restraints and other reasons i settled for an altered plot ( and yes it would have also broke my heart to put harry and snape through the death of their child! :D)
i am glad you liked my snape - i believe if he really had the horrible childhood that jkr implied (and is now canon in fandom) - his ability to love/recognise love would be impaired.
i read gwtw only now and for the sake of writing this fic and liked the clever characterisation of the main characters - scarlett, ashley, melanie and rhett and the detailed research of the period - but also think that snape would be a different scarlett :D.
the last scene was rewritten the night before i submitted it so i am very glad you liked it! :)