Re: To continue
I AM A HORRIBLE PERSON. A BAD, HORRIBLE, EVIL PERSON, BUT I LOVE YOU. SO MUCH, RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT.
I admit, I am smiling and wibbling I've never received a review quite like yours, and I'll admit, when I first got it last year I had no idea how to respond. Absolutely none because I was so floored by such a thoughtful, articulate comment.
It was a first, and I'm painfully embarrassed it's taken this long to get back to you about it. But I'm going to try!
First of all: &hearts!!!!
Arthurian legend has always been interesting to me as well, I used to devour anything involving the characters which explains my utter infatuation with the show Merlin now. I will admit, I had a great deal of fun throwing in sensory elements to this fic. Especially the rain. I do remember staring at my screen thinking OH MY GOD how am I going to start this and make it work when I've only got three weeks until due date! And once I got it the whole story just clicked all at once. It hasn't happened since, really, so I'm glad you noticed how well the fic moved and how it worked in such a small space.
In the AU setting it was a lot easier to build up their relationship. I gave them the benefit of having worked together long enough to know littler things about each other, including how they function and why. Canon!Harry can be perceptive, but it really only happens when he wants to be and isn't deliberately being obstinate about his opinions. I feel this Harry was a bit mellower and that made it easier for him to notice things about Snape he otherwise wouldn't.
As to the step forward/back thing, well *blushes* I don't recall that being deliberate, so we'll leave that at you just being awesome! ^_^ You make me sound smarter as a writer than I feel I am, and I'm completely overwhelmed by it! Completely.
Snape declares, "Only to save your neck" (and from him, a confession of interest in keeping Harry alive is as good as a confession of love).
Exactly *G*
I'm so glad you thought this fit the genres well. I was wary some might not quite see things the same way I did. I don't even remember how I came up with their jobs, but I wish someone else would write them that way as well!
This comment was lovely and beautiful and still has me feeling a bit wrecked, to be honest.