I never implied any insult. I enjoyed both stories and I am eagerly looking forward to the third. It was simply the truth. Look at what the rest of the people who have commented said. America + OC cast = fail. This just isnt the kind of fic that is recommended here. But this one was, and I am gald for it.

 

Well, after reading all the reviews, both good and bad, I felt I should read it. And while it was nice to see someone not totally destroy the American Wizarding World, and the characters were alright, as was the writing, it.. it was interesting. It made me interested in what was going to happen, but not quite enough to make me want to read it all.

3/5

 

Spoiler

Ah but Cheddar how else would we see Alexandra's slow descent into the Dark Arts and insanity trying to revive Max?

 

Thank you Cheddar for fixing what I meant to say. Sometimes, in transition from my brain to my mouth/fingers, the words I meant to say end up coming out as verbal garbage.

 

And yet, we still don't know what Abraham Thorn's goals are.

I'm giving this a rating of 3.5 rounded up to 4, because for DLP, it might not be an average rec fic, but it a great fic nonetheless. Exceeded my expectations, at least.

 

Well, I'm a sucker for good OC fics, because let's face it, Harry Potter sucks, but even looking at it without that lens I don't know what the people saying this sucks are talking about. A few are just the usual jingoistic Brits and self-hating Americans, but a lot of people who should have no stake in this are still getting pissed off because it features the US. I mean, a lot of Magical!US fics suck, but a lot of Indy!Harry fics suck too, and the good ones still get posted here (and the bad ones too sometimes).

Anyway, I didn't find the lead character as annoying as some have; at least she's driven, unlike some other main characters I can think of. Sure, some of her decisions are bad, rash etc, but that's a staple of the genre, have the reader outsmart the character. The problem is that, like with everything else, Rowling doesn't know when to stop and overdoes it, but here it's applied the same as many other 'standard' fantasy works.

But I digress. This vision of the magical US doesn't always correspond with mine (I write a not so good fic about it that I'm planning to rewrite one of these days), but it's still original and interesting.

Five stars and two thumbs up!

 

The author found this thread and wrote a post on her blog in response.

On the matter of this fic, I mostly like it, although I found it a little slow at points. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

If Inverarity is reading this: the reputation of DLP is mostly the loud majority. I think... What do I know, I'm new here.

 

I...hesitate to read this. I read all the good reviews and am swayed to partake of its wealth of ideas. But...I hesitate.

To be honest I want to read about Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, etc. That's why I am reading Harry Potter fanfic and why I am a member of this forum.

To the author I give you my sincerest wishes that your series works out well and that you grow as a writer from it. As I said above I hesitate because I want to read about Harry Potter. Good luck, though, in your endeavor.

 

Well for one, most people down here don't like to be outsmarted by the main characters.

 

That's great, because I didn't say anything about that.

And I don't think anyone with 18 posts has any business telling me what people here like or don't like.

 

Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

 

Thanks. But I'm still not a her.

That's totally cool. I knew when I started writing AQ that it would only appeal to a small niche. As I've said previously, I wouldn't expect most DLP members to like my stories, which is why I don't promote them here.

Please tell me that's sporking a very bad fan fic.

 

Sometimes a person looks in the mirror and remembers very odd things growing-up. I am of the opinion the human brain forgets these things because the present conscious finds it disturbing. As human beings things that upset us are thrust aside, and in time forgotten.

Needless to say, no this is not the sporking of a fanfic but an honest memory of something I imagined when I was around three years old. I've rationalized the memory by thinking it is Freud's oedipus complex manifesting in me. I just happen to be one of the few able to remember it and not really care about admiting to it.

Also, the fact it fucks with people's minds is an added bonus, and the reason it's my signature.

 

I didn't say you were?

 

I came across this but only gave it a cursory read. I really didn't have a strong opinion on it, but given its reception here, I may go back and take a look at it. I'll withhold a rating until I can read it in depth.

 

I gotta say that once I overcame my initial reluctance to read a non Harry-centric story, I truly loved this fic. I liked it for all the reasons that I liked JKR's stuff. The protagonist I thought was a great character. Her bull-headedness was very well crafted. Some of the secondary characters were a little bland, but I found the universe well fleshed and the villains engaging. Four stars +