As for themes, I’d like to read all the variations on forgiveness and redemption that JKR failed to deliver. I was all primed for some sort of resolution of that boiling undercurrent, and I didn’t get it, and I think the absence of it diminished both characters for me.
Exactly my feelings!! It seemed the easy way out to just kill Snape off! Arrgh!
but I mostly just shake my head in awe because I know I could never write something that witty, beautiful, erotic, heartbreaking, etc.
Don't sell yourself short! Even your interview was witty and wonderful!