Oh, I like your story, but I do wish they'd get their happily ever after.

A really great story and I liked that you had a downbeat ending, rather than the usual "happily ever after."

.......Well that was uber depressing.
Interesting story and backdrop, nice shifting of the storylines.
BUT GOD, So Depressing......

You have done an excellent job with this story.


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lol those childhood flashbacks are funny.

Snape hit by bus? What a nice image and poor Rupert having him as a brother

awesome story, just finished reading it from start to finish. It was a wonderful story and I can't believe how seamlessly you blended both worlds!!!!

Absolutely loved this! You made it all work. I'm just amazed because it is just so brilliant... Actually just find a list of positive words and they'll apply.

To review or not to review that is the question.
Keep up the good work.

Sheer brilliance.

I thought you captured the two really well. At first Snape and Giles as brothers seemed such an unlikely combination, but you made it work perfectly. I liked your insight in the Slytherin world – how everything is ruled by house politics and how Giles gets away with defying Lucius.

I was really sad to see it end, and I was particularly sad to see it end so badly. I’ve always been a sucker for happy ends, but you’re probably right in letting this one end this way. After 20 years of fighting, especially between brothers, it probably takes more than just knowing a vengeance demon did it and being with each other for a few weeks to reconcile. I’m just going to be optimistic and thinking that it’ll work itself out in the future!

I'll add a longer review when I'm more awake. Excellent work.

Should see if the mods will create a 'HP - Giles Centered - Theme: Real Family' category.

You get my vote just for having Giles call Severus a smeghead

wait...but .... where *was* the happily ever after? There's supposed to be one!

that said, your ending was very nice (except not in a "nice" way) and the whole story was quite good. If a little long. I do wish there'd been more action...but I'm kinda ok with it anyway.

Oh, and I'd really like to see what home life at the Malfoys was like once Lucius and Cissa were married. Her...um, talents, were so much fun and I want to know if Narcissa stayed as in charge as she was in school. "Baa."

This took me four days to read but I love it. Wonderful job. Please please continue to write such wonderful fic's.

Okay, I'll admit that I didn't see that ending coming. At all. Well done!
Seriously, that was a wonderful story and I liked the present&past format you were using. And that was the first good version of Giles' childhood that I've seen so far.