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650 000 Word Completed Fic

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Darius, Sep 27, 2008.

  1. Darius

    Darius 13/m/box

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  2. Zarent

    Zarent Seventh Year

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    Too bad you didn't count the author's other story, which this was written as a sequel to:
    Harry Potter and the Legend of Twelve
    82176 words.


    :awesome
     
  3. Andro

    Andro Master of Death DLP Supporter

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    Have you read it? I'm reluctant to try it out.

    It's fairly recent, which makes the author's choice to use a supersword (that killed Merlin when he looked at it, because that's how sharp it is) all the more perplexing.
     
  4. carvell

    carvell Professor DLP Supporter

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    You forgot to mention this part.
     
  5. Perspicacity

    Perspicacity Destroyer of Worlds ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    On a whim, I started the prequel to this (Legend of the Twelve) a couple months ago, but couldn't get into it. Somehow stories about a Sue paired with Albus Fuckhead Potter who's supposedly uber-megapowerful don't really do it for me. I'd be surprised if this one were any better.
     
  6. Innomine

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    You also forgot to mention the "chapter 37" which is an angst filled... actually readable piece of crap.

    IF you skip the harry/ginny parts of it.

    I figure i'll give the next one a go as well, seeing as I didn't actually really mind the first one. Probably because I am procrastinating my paper.

    Edit: ok. wtf.

    Out of the blue, McGonagall decides she should retire, and Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione randomly become professors, with Hermione going from being assistant direction of DMLE to Headmistress of Hogwarts.

    Yeah. I can see this fic being so totally shit its not funny.

    Last edit incoming: Avoid this. Its got a lot of twoo luv, and luv@firstsight bullshit, all the 11 year olds are clearly destined to be together.
     
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  7. Zarent

    Zarent Seventh Year

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    Remember, guys, Darius is the person who had the writer of the Refiner's Fire as his avatar for a while.

    In short, he likes to troll. Waste your time if you'd like ;)
     
  8. Fuegodefuerza

    Fuegodefuerza Minister of Magic

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    Darius is...

    A GENIUS!

    But was the point behind this just showing that you found a really long story?
     
  9. Darius

    Darius 13/m/box

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    Conning people into reading it and telling me if it's any good.

    Mission success.

    EDIT: How come you never come on IRC anymore brah.
     
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  10. Fuegodefuerza

    Fuegodefuerza Minister of Magic

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    IRC is too much fun, and if I'm on it I can't get anything done. Maybe once school and stuff settles down and I get some more free time I'll hop on more often, but right now I just got too much stuff to do.
     
  11. Fiddlesoup

    Fiddlesoup First Year

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    Damn. This story, I think this is what made me stop reading fanfiction for about five months. It was ridiculous with how every single character in the story seemed to pull a romantic interest out of their ass. I feel sorry for any poor soul that had suffered through the mistake of reading this abomination.
     
  12. Dark Syaoran

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    Drugs are better for you than this.
     
  13. Dark Minion

    Dark Minion Bright Henchman DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Eh - if one is just looking for long stories: hp-ff has 79 stories with more than 200,000 words - but almost all of the list I wouldn't dare to touch. You don't even need to read the summaries, most stories can be judged by looking at the banner.

    FictionAlley has 50 >= 200,000 and four >= 500,000.

    ff.net has 539 >= 200,000, among them 30 >= 500,000 and six even >= 800,000.
     
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  15. Dark Minion

    Dark Minion Bright Henchman DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    o_O

    "Author modeled, superpowered OC" is a nice way to describe a Mary Sue.

    And, eurgh, second person is painful to read.
     
  16. Militis

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  17. Methene

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    Dear god. One of the >800,000 word stories, entitled very originally the Black Heir has Harry Potter performing coitus with Lord Voldemort. How in god's name can you write 800,000 words of that?

    Goes to say that more is not necessarily more but can also be less.

    Right, about the others:

    One is crap Albus Severus, Scorpius, New Marauders bullshit that I never find appealing.

    One is Albus/Minerva romance. Rather freaky, but to each his own I guess.

    One is about two lesbian sisters. Entertaining for a one shot, but not for over 800,000 words.

    And another is most likely Severitus. The last sounds all right but in my opinion Harry Potter and Destination US do not mix.

    I have a certain amount of respect for anyone writing over than 500,000 words but is >800,000 words the point from which your story is doomed or something.

    Inexplicable.
     
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    Heleor EsperJones DLP Supporter

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    Louis IX has a gargantuan one, Mastermind Hunting.
     
  20. Poytin

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    400,000 words exactly. Don't know how he managed that. The story however is kind of a clusterfuck. It crosses over with Dragonlance at one point and overall... just a bad fic...
     
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