Title: Almost a Squib
Author: BajaB
Rating: K
Genre: Humor/Parody
DLP Category: Humor/Parody
Pairing: None
Chapters: 7
Words: 46,899
Updated: January 18, 2008
Published: November 11, 2007
Status: Complete
Summary: What if Vernon and Petunia were even more successfull in 'beating all that nonsense' out of Harry? A silly AU story of a nonpowerful, but cunning, Harry.
Link: Link

I'm not quite sure how this hasn't been posted yet. I did search through the library and all, but if I'm retarded and just didn't find it, let me know.

I read "Two Weeks in the Alley" by the same author and enjoyed it, so I found this on his page and thought it was even better. Hilarious squib!Harry, with the cleverness of Jim Butcher's Tavi from Codex Alera. He copes with his pathetic magical ability in a myriad of hysterical ways. One of the few stories to have me burst out loud laughing at times.

Read it, it's great. 5/5 for me.



Checked by Minion, February 6, 2013

 

Best part was his son's name. That is all. 5/5

 

Yeah, that pretty much did it for me. 4/5 It was enjoyable, but not great.

 

I'm only part way through the first chapter at the moment, but there a lot of grammar and word choice mistakes. I can still understand the story but it makes it a whole lot less enjoyable. Hopefully it will improve.

EDIT: I like this story, i like it a lot. It has an interesting plot and entertaining characters, not once did I skim through it to get past a boring part because nothing was boring. Yes there are errors, the previously mentioned grammar and word choice screw ups are present till the very end, but the author improved over the course of writing this fic and I have to give credit where credit is due.

Not perfect, but then again what is?

4/5

 

I really liked the story. 4.5/5 from me. Although the author didn't say who he married. Pity.

 

That was pretty awesome.

I'm thinking the wife was probably Luna, but I quite like the fact that she's nameless.

Very funny, 4/5

 

It wasn't bad, and it left parts open to interpretation. Harry was smart in a way that made up for the lack of magic in order to survive. Not bad. 9/10.

 

5/5, that was amazin'. Have to agree that toward the end it got a bit to be simple canon bashing but its otherwise good.

Wins for that alone

 

I would have sworn this had been on DLP before. Guess it was just several of BajaB's other fics.

And yes, this is very original, clever, light-hearted and fun, extremely amusing, stays somewhat faithful to canon while at the same time skewering it. If there's a fault, it's that I wish there was more and it was longer. Normally, I'd never want to read about a squib!Harry but this works great. 5/5.

 

Nonjon said it all, so...

5/5.

 

Luna, isn't obvious?

Great read, very recommended. 4.5/5

 

I too remember this being here before. Was still a good read though.

4/5

 

4.5/5 This story fixes every parts of idiocy from the book.

 

I rated it 4.5/5 because it could have been written better. Only because you're a super moderator

 

Refreshing, to say the least. 4/5.

It would get a five, but despite his intelligence and willingness to do whatever he needs to do... I don't like squib!Harry.

 

Quite a good read had plenty of funny moments that lands this a story a 4/5
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This was the most enjoyable story I've read in quite a while. Quick, fun and entertaining, without getting bogged down by elaborate extra scenes; if the story was any longer it wouldn't have been as good.

The comedy was well-done, the characters were on point and the small deviations felt like... well, small deviations.

I have to say 5/5.