escaping the paradox
you have been quite gentle with snape. i thought it was well done how you even worked snape's preferences for men into the plot without ignoring the deathly hallows ending. so it seems you literally escaped the paradox :) i enjoyed reading this story: since i expected it to end badly (harry potter dead, snape as a death eater, but this time not for lily but for the future version of harry) the optimistic ending was a nice surprise.