Definitely. Within the last couple chapters, things have been moving at a pretty steady clip and now Harry's in the perfect position to begin his resistance.

 

Spoiler

Called it.

Nice update, although I'm wishing that more happened in each chapter. They've just seemed short lately. Will probably wait until there's a nice chunk I can read in one go.

Hopefully Harry will start to show a bit of backbone and get into a few fights soon. All this preparation is becoming a bit grating. I want to see him lay the smack down on a few DE's.

 

Enjoyed it, looking forward to moar.

Slightly surprised that Cygnus bought it so quickly, though.

Hmm, now that the gods-be-damned Minister himself and one of his chief backers (Rommy, we hardly know ye...) are dead, Harry will be wanted and feared by all. Romulus went down like a boss.

Given the situation, Director Prewitt will probably become Interim Minister.

Harry will probably be suspected given his survival, especially if he emerged as head of House Black AND Malfoy (boy, will Lucius and Tom be pissed.) (In fact Lucius will be in for a world of pain.) and become more powerful than ever; that is, if he managed to survive Walburga's rage and all.
Prediction: go into political arena, for now anyway, while Dumbledore & co. were suspicious as hell of him.

 

My thoughts on the events in this chapter: SHIT JUST GOT REAL!

Not at all expecting Cygnus. Also, pretty impressed with the magic usage here, some smart plays that made it way more interesting. Romulus' flares were boss, as was Voldemort not being like 'Im so powerful ima just bust in there like the Kool Aid guy'. Actually takes opportunities to snipe, and uses stealth to end fights rather than brute force. Fun.

Also, Im not sure where Harry can go after this. I don't want him to join the order, but I cant see another way he'd be effectively able to fight.

Really impressed with this chapter, raised the Holy Shit Quotient by quite a bit.

 

This fic sure has been heating up these past chapters, suddenly Harry is left with only a shitload of money, an inexperienced Bellatrix Black and 4 snotnosed kids. He pretty much has to go to Dumbledore now if he wants any chance at influencing the ministry because Prewitt sure as hell ain't gonna listen to anything he has to say without an oath acting as a leash. And no good would come of using his recently aquired wealth to buy his way in, that'd just move him faster up the list of suspects and make him a target of not only Voldemort but Prewitt and Dumbledore too.

Though I have to say I'm a little disappointed that Harry never brought up the possibility to his backers that Voldemort would go after the family heads in order to move his followers into positions of power. Not to mention holding not-so-secret meetings at a location where one of Voldemort's followers could come and go as he please and apparently bring in any guests he wanted.

It'll be interesting to see what will become of the Black family now that they're pretty much bankrupt and the two most influential members are dead, I'm looking forward to a confrontation between Harry, Walburga and Druella over Bellatrix, put those old harpies in their place.

 

Good chapter, even though I still say he should do an extra read through before posting, as there was probably a dozen (minor) spelling mistakes.

I was caught off guard with the attack, and was very surprised at Harry's outcome, and I agree that it seems like the Order is the only choice, other than Harry starting something himself. I'm surprised it happened this early, I liked the character interactions with them, and I was almost certain the elder Malfoy was up to something with how much emphasis the author was on making him seem distracted.

And as always, moar.

 

SO is it time for Harry to not be anyone's little bitch-poodle anymore?

Power - check
Money - check
Tom "angry" at him - check
Bitches going for him - check

I think it's time.

 

He would still have the option to contact the Potter family which wasn't discussed at all yet.

 

No goddamn way. Potter family reunion would be the lamest thing to happen to this fic, worse than the order.

Im going with Sesc on this one, if he can call in the political power of the Black name with the cash to back it he could just move straight into the big leagues without old man assistance.

 

I would like to see some partnership with Dumbledore going on. Definitely not him joining the Order, but I want them both in fight against Voldemort. And he has to learn from someone.

 

Headship of the Black family is the logical choice.

Especially when Bellatrix get her's wits about. With all the money he now has he'll be able to get into Politics. Though any position will probably be delayed until (future) minister Prewitt starts to get desperate.

I think he'll keep the kids (Potter and the rest) out of it. It'd be so OOC for Harry to put anyone in direct danger if he could stop it. And I'd like to think he'll stay clear of Dumbledore for the time being. He'll continue what Orion started. Going to Dumbledore would essentially mean he's an impotent moron with no vision of his own. Let's not forget that last time following Dumbledore resulted in Voldemort's triumph.

 

I don't say it would be exciting but the option wasn't even thought about yet. It's as if they are a non entity.

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I agree that just joining Dumbledore would be boring but I can't really see him replacing Orion either because he completely lacks any kinds of contacts and a 18 year old Bellatrix surely can't really fix that either.
Who is there who Harry could really go to besides Dumbledore? Moody, if he wouldn't be so close to Dumbledore here, maybe. Bones? Is Amelia even a factor yet? Unless Black was somehow involved with people which would now contact Harry I can't really see much options there.

 

There's plenty of people aware that he was giving advice to the minister, some even suspecting that he and Malfoy were actually running the show, so if he established himself as the head of the Black family I wouldn't be surprised if he gained some sort of status in the ministry. On the other hand people would be fairly suspicious of the circumstances concerning Cygnus' and Malfoy's deaths if word got out so I doubt many would actually trust him. It'll be interesting to see what the author does.

 

This is the perfect time for Harry to retaliate.

This is also the perfect time to ruin the story.

 

Because, for all intents and purposes, they are a non-entity. If you look at it in terms of plot, James Potter is too young to do anything, and the elder potters are just that, elderly. The name might have some standing, but politically there would be no real advantage in contacting the Potters. In terms of writing, the tone would be at odds with the fic. Delenda Est is a darker, political, actiony thing. There is no way one of those awkward, sappy home-coming, 'Ive always belonged here' scenes would ever work amidst the tension of the story. And no, you cannot do one of those scenes without it being sappy and stupid.

So basically, Harry doesn't contact the Potters.

 

New chapter, mostly transition as all sides deal with the aftermath of the events of the previous chapter.

I don't know what to think about Moody's method of communication. That he and Harry had to check a lamp post out in the open, possibly at least once a day? What about Constant-V?

 

I'd concentrate more on the fact that Harry is finally his own man. He has a clear goal and means to achieve it.

Bellatrix is out of the picture for the time being, unless she drops out.

I don't know what to make of this story. It started very ordinarily, then it became some political intrigue, and finally it settled for 'it's all up to Harry' routine (with two witches by his side).

It's changing focus faster than some stories update.

 

Happy that it's being updated fast, although a certain amount of quality is being sacrificed I guess.

Still decent enough to read though- hopefully the plot will not fizzle out