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Oneshot The Boy Who Died by opopanax

Discussion in 'Trash Bin' started by Knoq, Aug 7, 2014.

  1. Knoq

    Knoq Temporarily Banhammered

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    Title:The Boy Who Died
    Author:eek:popanax
    Rating:Fiction T
    Genre:Humor?,Reality Ensues
    Chapters: 1
    Words:
    1,354 Updated:
    Published:
    Aug 30, 2010
    Status:Complete
    Library Category: Dark
    Pairings:None
    Summary:Oneshot. Addresses one of the major plotholes in the books: why does everyone know what Harry looks like if he's sent straight to live with his muggle relatives?
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  2. coleam

    coleam Death Eater

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    Meh. Premise is pretty shaky and there are a fair number of spelling/grammar errors. It's also way short and terribly uninteresting.

    2/5
     
  3. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    I don't see how this is a plothole at all. Harry looks like James Potter, who was a well-known individual in a community the size of a small town.
     
  4. Eilyfe

    Eilyfe Supreme Mugwump

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    I closed it after the first paragraph. It didn't hook me at all, and that I only saw one line of dialogue in the whole thing when scrolling down didn't entice me either.
     
  5. Spyder

    Spyder Third Year

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    In addition to the above, the ending was fairly implausible...

    Yaxley - a pureblood wizard - is forced to take a job in the muggle world? And becomes so familiar with it that he finds a gun and knows how to use it - despite this being England, where guns are not that common? If he obtained it legitimately, why would he be granted a license for one if he was a garbageman? And if he obtained it illegally, why would he settle for being a garbageman instead of taking over a more lucrative criminal enterprise? Not to mention shooting Harry, then driving away without being spotted? Really? In a country where guns aren't common? People wouldn't notice the sound, a dead child with a massive hole in his head or decide a garbage truck driving away from its route isn't suspicious?!?

    Not to mention the absurdity of recognising Harry from a newspaper article they read 10 years ago, that included a *baby* picture?

    Not very credible in my book.
     
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