wah.

[reenka]

I have pretty much one thing I need to say now, though I've got tons of comments--

This book, pretty much, is the one thing I've read after OoTP that fully satisfies every single desire or requirement I had in mind for the Big Bang Challenge and sixth year fic in general. Nothing came close, and-- after all-- that is only how it should be.

This is something I should've realized, since I enjoyed the three previous books so much. I should've known JKR wouldn't let me down. I should've trusted her.

This isn't what I wanted as an H/D shipper, because that's way too narrow, way too rigidly 'romantic' a viewpoint. This is because I wanted some real follow-through, some accounting for sins and some facing of truths.

I literally could not have asked for more.

And the funny thing is, at this point, all my shippy glee is pretty much banked. I'm just satisfied that this book answered the questions in my mind, gave me a Draco I can get behind and a Harry I could love, a Luna I smiled self-consciously at, a Dumbledore I learned to trust, a Snape I truly engaged with, a new Potions professor I was intrigued and relieved by, a McGonagall to further admire, a Hermione that finally made me empathize with her, a Ron to cheer for, a Remus to ache for, and a Ginny who is quite starting to remind me of Lily, but not in a bad way.

I love canon.