an essay that articulates many of the things I believe

Thanks! It's probably what many Snape/Black shippers believe, otherwise we wouldn't be shipping them.

Plus, you give me the chance to use my Snack icon.

Your Snack icon is always a pleasure to behold. May you have plenty of opportunities to use it.

Thanks for the Smutmas rec! If that's the one for goseaward, though, I've read it already. And the author's not hard to guess...

But I might just as well go and read it again. And again.