For Want Of Silken Thread by Jess Pallas - T

Title: For Want Of Silken Thread
Author: Jess Pallas
Rating: T
Genre: Other
DLP Category: General
Pairing: none
Status: Complete
Summary: Remus Lupin could never remember the night he was bitten. But after a close encounter with a pack of Dementors leads to alarming flashbacks, Remus is forced to confront his father Reynard in search of answers - answers that reveal a dark and tangled web of family secrets, hidden memories and a werewolf called Fenrir Greyback... This story was written prior to the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Link: http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=2755&chapno=1

Quality, completed, old Remus-centric fic about how Remus became a werewolf. Didn't see it in the library so I thought I'd throw it out-there. Quality Greyback back story.

 

Ignoring the lack of proper review format, this also breaks Potter law: it is not Harry-centric. Lupin can go transform and lick his own balls for all I care, unless it has something to do with his relationship with Harry.

 

My bad, I saw a Draco-centric fic for review earlier and that made me vomit all over myself so I thought this was acceptable. Additionally, What's the proper review format?

Edit: Fixed albiet still not Harry-centric, thanks.

 

http://forums.darklordpotter.net/showthread.php?t=101

Read it.

Actually, read all this stickies. It will help you in the long run.

 

If the fic has enough potential and is good enough, then yes, a non-Harry centric story could be accepted.


I haven't read this fic, but based on the summary and the complete lack of Harry Potter I don't intend to read it or expect many others to do so.

 

Duly noted.

I for one have had a very hard time finding well-written fics recently and have been forced to branch out into different genres of hp fanfiction.

 

Fair enough, it's true that good fics are hard to find, but that's why we have DLP.

 

Yeah... its hard to find good fics. But tbfh... unless its Harry centric I really don't care. It had better be A Black Comedy type of awesome for me to read it in that case.

 

A Black Comedy is Harry-centric, If you'll find a story that is as good as A Black Comedy, despite it not being Harry Potter, than I'll say you have read an actual book - because such a thing does not exist.

 

I read this Hagrid-centric that was pretty cool. Oh wait, I wrote that one. Nevermind.

But seriously, who wants to try the story out? It might actually be good.

 

I tried the first chapter out and was not impressed, bored, really. Lupin...just no. 1.5/5

 

I know that its Harry-centric. What I meant is that any story that's NOT Harry-centric should be as good as A Black Comedy for me to read it If I want to read crappy HP fics I'll stick to Harry-centric crappy fics. Let's face it, there's enough of them out there to last me a lifetime, no need to read about characters I don't like. (Even if I do like Lupin in Prisoner of Azkaban)

 

/me blinks

People in DLP need to start being open minded. With the fanfiction dying, you'll have to broaden your horizons to find more fics worth reading. While I understand Potter Law is more or less our code of reading, rules are made to be broken. I personally enjoy a non-Harry centric fic when I can find a good one, being an old Marauders era fanboy myself so I figured I'd try this out.

I thought it was pretty good, to be honest. The first two chapters are filled with badly written angsty crap, but it definitely improves as it gets on. I expected a Remus-centric fic, but I probably wouldn't even call it that. Greyback was characterized pretty well, and I liked Reynard as an OC. A lot of the names annoyed me though, Hel was a little too much, but Loki and Tyr? That made me twitch.

There were some parts that were pretty well-written and others where it crumbled. It had a fairly intense scene where Greyback confronts the Lupins, in which I really enjoyed the dialogue and playing of the characters, but there were other times where the dialogue just irritated me.

Basically, you'll either judge it by it's bad points or judge it by it's good points. I enjoyed it though. I think the author could definitely draw the fic out a little, even just add in a few extra future scenes, one involving the battle of Hogwarts perhaps. Or just twist it into an AU with Remus combating Greyback. Was a good story though, in my opinion, good enough to keep it out of the Trash Bin.

3.5/5

 

In his defense, the last Lupin centric fic that was submitted was pretty damn good, and If I remember right harry was mentioned all of three time throughout the whole thing.

 

I read this a few years ago on Mugglenet, and I have to concur with Jenkins in that while this story isn't 5-star material, it doesn't deserve to be in the Recycling Bin. It's a nice, depressing story, and gosh darn it *wink* let's not slam it just because it isn't Harry-centric.

 

For the record, to the best of my knowledge, Potter Law is a highly entertaining thread, a great reference for newbies, and somewhere to point to for all the many fail-filled fics, but it has nothing to do with the Library.

Non-Harry-centric fics can go through the For Review system. Hell, BajaB's Dark Marauder is one that comes to mind that was pretty well received.

The thing is, significantly fewer people have interest in READING non-Harry-centric fic. This seems like a fanfic that isn't just not Harry-centric, but tells a story pretty much barely related to the events of the HP series. Still, as long as you state it at the beginning, most people will see that and not even read or review the fic or this thread. Some won't read a fic when they see it's a Snivelly-mentor or Harry/Hermione pairing either.

Much in the same way, you should feel free to whine it's not Harry-centric and you've no intention to read it, people like the OP should feel free to post the fics they think may make it into the Library. Particularly if they're clearly stating anything off-putting (like that it's not Harry-centric) and why it's worth a read in spite of that.

But no one has to read it. Hell, I doubt I'll read this one unless I'm desperate for fanfic. Remus-centric doesn't interest me much and the fact that it's posted at sugarquill tells me it's of a certain "quality" that I rarely find interesting. So be persnickety for your own reasons, but don't assume there are some global rules supporting your persnicketiness.

Yeah, that's right. I just wrote a tl;dr post without a comment on the fic.

 

This.

Non-Harry-centric is fine with me. Soul Play is one of the best fanfics out there. Lupin-centric, however, is like hitting yourself with a hammer on the head over and over again. He's just so damn boring. Like a non-character.

 

Lupin is a pretty boring character, but I'll give this one a look. Will edit back with thoughts...

 

Er...what? Perhaps you meant to post a new thread?

Edit: You apparently edited it out...

 

I disagree. I think Lupin can have some great potential, if he's written well. Rowling just characterized him so badly that nobody wants to touch him. Think about it. He's. A. Werewolf. That is awesome in itself, and it can be put to good use, which I personally think the author achieved here.