I know what you mean, I think. I find that I'm increasingly tending to feel that everything that needs to be said about what JKR did wrong in Deathly Hallows (and the rest of the books) has been said - we all wish that she'd written them differently, or that she'd suddenly realize that Snape is a hero, but she didn't, and she won't, and all the arguing and dissecting in the world won't change that. I'd still love to read some good Snape fiction, but sadly it all seems to be very slashy these days. And increasingly I'd like to get into some non-Snape fiction - but I don't know if anyone would read it!

By the way, I loved the excerpt from the 'Green Knowe' TV series that you posted! It was very atmospheric - the train journey in particular reminded me of travelling over the flooded Fens in winter, and I think the last 'corridor' train I was ever in was between Peterborough and Cambridge. I found another small sequence, of St Christopher walking - I do wish I'd seen the series! The BBC used to do that sort of thing very well.