Dear Severus

An Entertainment Weekly staff writer wrote the following for the "Goodbye, Harry" issue I received yesterday. WARNING: It contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Deathly Hallows and Half-Blood Prince, so proceed with caution if you haven't read them. Scroll over the invisible text below to read it.

Dear Severus,

I want to express my condolences on your untimely death. Yes, I know we've never met. Additionally, you are fictional. But in the same way you loved Lily Evans and risked everything in her name, I have always loved you. It was your hatred of children that drew me to you--that, and the fact that you'd never reciprocate my feelings (apparently my No. 1 criterion in choosing men). Some saw your Slytherin loyalties and torment of Harry as signs of betrayal, but my faith in you never wavered, not even when Dumbledore's body lay crumpled and lifeless. You were the bravest wizard who ever lived, and I was yours to the snakebitten end. With your final breath, you wanted to gaze into Lily's green eyes. Oh, how I wish my Muggle blues could have sufficed! I could have saved you. Or at least convinced you to wash your hair. Give my best to Alan Rickman.

xoxo,
Whitney