Now that you've read the story (I assume that you've read the story), you might want to see the illustration. Actually, you probably don't want to see the illustration. But, for the morbidly curious, I will include the link to the illustration, here:
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=summer_day&itemid=8170
Comments and reviews of my writing and my artwork are quite welcome, and I thank anyone who has given me feedback for this piece (be it positive, negative, or neutral).
The concept behind "The Doctor" is very simple: The man is an ex-mental patient who believes that he is a psychiatrist. He is educated to some degree, yes, but I doubt that he has a PhD in any field. I felt that getting killed – particularly in such a horrific fashion – by a muggle would be a nice, humiliating end to any Death-Eater who betrayed Voldemort, and in this story I took liberties in assuming that Voldemort would agree with me. Snape, of course, when discovered as a spy, would have been deemed worthy of the most terrible punishment imaginable. A mere Cruciatus Curse would not have sufficed, and Avada Kedavra would have been far too merciful. So, enter the good doctor.
For everything else I believe that the story adequately speaks for itself. By the end, you know who the doctor's misfortunate audience is. Feel free to make the assumption that Voldemort has been defeated, yet again, by the time this story takes place. Snape has likely been missing for some time, as his ill-fated search party would probably not have easily come across whatever lair had been set-aside for the doctor and his patients. Weeks, months . . . surely not longer than that.
If you see mistakes in my work, feel free to mention them. I am not really one for proofreading, myself. I hope you enjoyed the story. I realize that stories which place focus on original characters (who become romantically involved with main characters from the fandom) are often deemed self-insertion and looked down upon, but I thought a "Mary Sue" of sorts was appropriate for my first bit of fanfiction.
