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I've been having a really rough day so when I saw that I got another review I though finally, just what I need to make my day a little better.
Stupid me.
Anyways, Snape is not abusing Harry, in my latest chapter there relationship consists of throwing insults at one another. If you haven't noticed they're really not being mean to each other, just playing around. They are beginning to have a friendlier bond together.
On another note, I apologize that my take on Harry's suicide was short and probably not properly addressed. I just needed something big to happen that would break the barrier between the two of them. Those nights he spent in Snape's chambers made them change the views between each other, maybe only a little, but it still opened there mind and broadened the way they look at each other. They are not bff's, they are not even friends, or even friendly. They hate each other and hate does not go away over night, suicide attempt or not.
I am attempting to build a slow, steady, relationship that will begin blossoming between the two of them. Snape is a former death eater, lives in solitude, and has only really ever opened up to one person, Lily, Harry's mother, who he can share part blame in her death, even if it's not really his fault. Of course he is cold, sad, and not the nicest person to be around, can you blame him?
And Harry, he looks like a replica of James Potter, the same person who bullied Snape through all his school days, made him miserable, drove him to become a death eater! If that isn't bad enough he has Lily's eyes. Like a constant reminder that she picked James over him. A constant reminder that his one true love is dead, gone. So yes Snape is mean, its a character trait. If he was all coddling and cooing over Harry he'd be a tad out of character, don't you think?
And lastly, "your fic tells me you have never dealt with a suicidal person."
Well there is a reason people shouldn't make assumptions because as a matter of fact I've dealt rather closely with a suicidal person.
So to me, it's a touchy subject and I found it hard to write about it so I apologize that it may have not been dealt with correctly but seeing suicide through another persons eyes is hard.
You know what's funny?
I happen to be suicidal myself.
I can't see it from someone else's point of view when I'm so confused about it myself. I can only write it from mine and I don't share a lot in common with Harry, so yeah my take of his feelings is probably a little crappy. Again, I apologize. But in the future don't assume things just because.
You just made a bad day worse, thanks.