Thanks very much! I lurves Teh Darkfic. I totally understand having Hermione die if you felt that was the way the story needed to end. Better to follow your own instincts, you know? :) I appreciate your diligent effort to include my promps/kinks/pairings - it's not required to include more than a couple of them, but again, I'm grateful. Many people will not touch darkfic with a ten-foot pole, even if they don't mind reading it! XD I sometimes get overly excited about fic exchanges and forget that there isn't always someone else who write darkfic on board. It's like the time we had Secret Santas in junior high and mine got me nearly everything on my list! *steals Evil!Lucius and makes off with him*
I think it was correct for Blaise to survive. I've always seen him as a man answerable only to himself. It makes sense that he wouldn't react as emotionally as Draco.