I thought this was going to be a snarry version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarecrow." (Forgot what the story of that was, btw, just know that it really made me think, back then when I read it.^^).
I've had readers completely ignore warnings because it was 'me'.
I know *that* sentiment! But in *my* case, it's not you, it's t3h snarry. Really. Who cares about YOU, anyway? :D It's all about t3h snarry.
Your reply reminded me of a fic of yours I haven't finished to the ending of reading...Roaming. Gloaming. =) It's right up there with Sushi's Civil War series - I'll read 'em one 'day' - Black Friday - when Rowling decides to continue the HP series b/c she 'needs the money,' and will totally stomp Snape into the ground, thereby annihilating the very whisp of snarry, upon which I will need *tremendous* comforting and POOF! There will come in Gloaming and Civil War fic and all the 'nice' fic I've been saving up not reading in case The Big One Comes And Turns Snarry Into The Titanic.