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Complete A Bad Week at the Wizengamot by DisobedienceWriter - K

Discussion in 'Humor' started by MrINBN, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. Manatheron

    Manatheron Headmaster

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    The Idea of a parady is to mock commonly used (Or misused as the case may be) Ideas, and I for one think the author did a fine job of that.

    Solid 4/5
     
  2. SmileOfTheKill

    SmileOfTheKill Magical Amber

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    True, a parody is made to fun of something. It is bad though, half way into it you get the joke. Then they do it again, again, and again. The cliche is old, and parodying the cliche can be amusing but it is no better if that is all they do for more than half the story.
     
  3. LegalAlien

    LegalAlien Denarii Host

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    A very amusing and enjoyable read!

    4/5 from me
     
  4. 007_rock

    007_rock DA Member

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    A great one-shot. Neatly done. I liked it, especially Fudge's point of view.

    5/5
     
  5. Manatheron

    Manatheron Headmaster

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    Touche'

    Sad as it is writing Parody's has, in and of itself, become a bit of a Cliche'. Everyone just HAS to try it...
     
  6. griselda

    griselda First Year

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    It's a good read to pass some time at the office, but not one the best parodies out there. The author could have worked a bit more on the language, most of the time it was normal story-telling mode. Still, very enjoyable. 3.5/5
     
  7. Xiph0

    Xiph0 Yoda Admin

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    Says the banned man :v

    5/5, fic had me grinning damn near the whole time.
     
  8. Solomon

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    For those that don't know, for whatever reason, there has been an addition to this story. I thought it was a one-shot, but this is apparently not the case.
     
  9. Xiph0

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    Said link to sequel.

    Didn't really live up to the original, imo.
     
  10. Iztiak

    Iztiak Prisoner DLP Supporter

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    Pretty good, not the best story in any particular area, but the author did a good job of making it enjoyable for the most part. 3.6/5 rounded to 4/5
     
  11. ip82

    ip82 Prisoner

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    Starts good, but once again, preachy know-it-all attitude gets in the way of fun in the second half. This author obviously believes he has the answer to all the problems in the world, and he's not afraid to demonstrate it, this time by living viscerally through Sirius Black. Nothing wrong with that, it just gets annoying after a while.
     
  12. Solomon

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    There's a Chapter Three, now. Looks like it's actually over with this one.
     
  13. Tenebrae

    Tenebrae Second Year

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    The first part was good, the second part was okay, but the third part wasn't really anything special, I don't think.

    I'll give it a 4/5 overall, but only because the first part should have got a 5 if that'd been the end of it.
     
  14. ovick111

    ovick111 Backtraced

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    I'd rather read dobby/dumbledore slash than this crap.

    0/5
     
  15. Jeram

    Jeram Elder of Zion ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Starting with a great bit of fun, second chapter was okay, third chapter was a touch less than that. It just was a little "Okay, I get it, Fudge is stupid" over and over. By itself, first chapter is 4/5, with the new set, I think it averages a bit lower, but I think it can stay at 4/5.

    -J
     
  16. nonjon

    nonjon Alumni Retired Staff

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    First chapter was real good idea and was handled pretty well. Then I think the author fell victim to receiving a lot of good reviews and writing more when it wasn't needed. The second chapter about Sirius the Minister was an okay idea, but got tedious. The third chapter was just tedious. But like everything else by DisobedienceWriter, it's got a little bit of preachiness and it's an easy, enjoyable read both in spite of and because of that preachiness. First chapter's definitely worth a read. The other two have moments, but at times seem to take away from the fun of the first one.

    3/5 as a whole for me. 4/5 for the first chapter.
     
  17. [KS18]Raziel44

    [KS18]Raziel44 Card Captored and buttsecksed

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    wasent that bad 3/5 then again i was kinda a tired so i skipped a lot xd
     
  18. Korisovra

    Korisovra Headmaster

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    Extremely entertaining! The third chapter was forced as hell, but I enjoyed the first two enough to smile. 4.5/5
     
  19. Banner

    Banner Dark Lady

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    The first chapter was nearly perfect - 4/5
    The next was good was even better - Sirius Revenge! 4.5/5
    The third was less good, but still made me smile in places. 3.5
     
    Last edited: Feb 16, 2008
  20. IndoGhost

    IndoGhost Dark Lord

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    Very good story for laughs. 4/5

    P.S. We need more stories that make me laugh...get cracking people.