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Review:Elesphyl says:
Oh, Susan! Despite the length (well, it was intended to be 500 words), you've managed to capture such longing! I think that's what you do best, actually. No wonder the Minerva/Grimm story is titled "This Longing". Bittersweet, heartbreaking love is most definitely your forte.

I love the way you stated that Lily was Snape's shield against Potter and Black. In a way, she's like his light in the darkness (forgive the horrible metaphor), like Earendil. Oh God. I really need to stop rambling about Lord of the Rings. It won't to me good on a Harry Potter fanfic site. :P

In any case, I loved the idea that her famous eyes saw all and nothing at the same time. :) It was a beautiful concept. Not my favorite one-shot of yours, but still. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

XOXO, Kalina

Author's Response: I seem to have a thing for writing love stories that either don't work out, are unrequited, or likewise bittersweet. Oh dear, it can't be a good sign from a Freudian perspective. XD But they are the most interesting to write!

She is his light in the darkness! :P It's a corny metaphor, but I've always found Snape/Lily to have a little bit of corniness attached to it. When I first read that chapter in DH, I was rather horrified that JKR could do that to the (by then) dark and evil Snape. It's taken a while to get used to the idea of Snape being eternally loyal to Lily. If he loved her that much, wouldn't he have given up anything to be with her? It's a question that JKR answered in an interview, but I wasn't satisfied by her answer. *sigh*

End to ramble. About the eyes and the idea of blindness, which I'm pleased that you liked! It came from my research paper, a paragraph of which was on how Snape used Harry to look into Lily's eyes (a striking scene). He needed to see those particular eyes looking into his, and that had to mean something significant. Her eyes are a huge part of her character, anyway, so I thought that would make an interesting focus for the story. :)

Thank you very much for the review, Kalina. It means a lot to hear from you. :D It's a nice little one-shot, not quite like "Astute Observations" (which even throws me for a loop when I re-read it), but I'm glad it came across as heart-wrenching (terrible as that sounds). ^_^

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