I'm putting this in another post, cuz I want to keep the Snape stuff in its own thread...
What do you make of the Malfoys at the end? I was actually touched that, even with Voldy still alive, in the middle of the battle, they were looking for their son. And at the end, after V is deader than disco, the three of them are "huddled together" in the Great Hall. They seem a little nervous (former DE's surrounded by the people who just beat the DE's...) but they are together, a small, but intact family.
I just thought it was an interesting detail. and I wondered if Jo was trying to make a point.
Oh, and let's not forget that Cissy outright lying to V in the Forest, in favor of her son's safety. Once again, a mother's love saved Harry.