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Complete Harry Potter and the Heirs of Slytherin by fawkes_07 - T

Discussion in 'Almost Recommended' started by CosmosGravitation, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. Sesc

    Sesc Slytherin at Heart Moderator

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    Well, I was, but that's the case usually. However, Lupin wasn't any better. Poking a hole into their logic: Harry has to fight Voldemort and destroy the Horcruxes. He can't do that from a house. However, the house is the only place he's safe. So that protection is vastly useless, as to use it, he has to delay working against Voldemort.

    Harry says this, and he's right. Their responses make no sense. What the fuck is there to "prepare" for, and why should the time to "prepare" coincide with the time left of the protection?

    Edit:

    That's preparing, apparently. Right, now she needs to get killed violently. And Harry right with her, for thanking her for forcing him back to the Dursley's. Also, ugh. Harry can't figure out how to use a cellphone. I hate clueless!Harry like this.

    Really? Really? That's almost as bad as that one story, where Harry didn't know how to behave around traffic lights. Instant-turnoff.


    Summary from chapter one: Harry has an IQ drop of 50 and his defiance is only to show how stupid he is (while sadly for the author, he's indeed right, so all it achieves is to reflect badly upon the author), everyone else is dumbed down as well, with the exception that Hermione is author!right, except that she's not and I'd like to kick her and Lupin out of a window.
     
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  2. Juggler

    Juggler Death Eater DLP Supporter

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    I got to chapter 33 before I had to give up. I liked the plot, and most of the developments were new, but the romance made me want to hit myself in the face. I also get the feeling that Ondossi is an author insert, because after a while everyone starts talking a bit like her.I knew I was going to stop reading the story after 3 chapter passed with nothing happening except Harry/Ondossi romance.3/5 stars, only because it had near perfect grammar/spelling and started with a good plot.
     
  3. Krieger

    Krieger Minister of Magic DLP Supporter

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    He probably hasn't used a mobile phone considering the era this is suppose to be based in, they were only just starting to become widely available for personal use in the late 90s (over here anyway). Considering he isn't around muggle technology 10 months of the year, and when he is I can't see his family letting him use it, I would think Harry would have trouble as well.

    Now that just sounds lulzy to read.
     
  4. Schrodinger

    Schrodinger Muggle ~ Prestige ~

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    I dunno, I liked the story. And having
    crookshanks be Ondossi's horcrux made me lol.
    I'd give it a 4/5. Intresting plot, good writing, and a lot of moments that make me go WTF in a good way.
     
  5. Oz

    Oz For Zombie. Moderator DLP Supporter

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    There's something about this that I liked, and a lot I didn't.

    It starts off fairly averagely, but after a few chapters I think it picks up. It kept me hooked right up until a few chapters before the end before I started to go off it. The melodrama at the end, and the "twist"
    (anyone who didn't spot Snape being her angel or that Harry would end up killing Tura miles off needs a slap upside the head)
    nearly made me stop reading. It takes a very good author to write a redeemable Snape, which I don't think fakwes_07 gave himself a chance to accomplish. Snape's entire role in the fic was pushing Harry in front of Voldemort and afterwards letting Harry mind-rape him before revealing he "loves Harry like a son".

    To summarise this in two words, I'd have to say "wastes potential".

    Tura could have been a great character, and the whole Legillmagus idea was kind of wasted in the end when it could have been used to brilliant effect.

    3/5

    EDIT: The final two chapters felt like they were pulled from the author's ass to be quite honest. Skip them and you'll be a lot better off.
     
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