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Almost Recommended VI

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Minion, Feb 9, 2013.

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  1. Joe's Nemesis

    Joe's Nemesis High Score: 2,058 ~ Prestige ~

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    Sometimes, adult fics just go too far.
     
  2. wordhammer

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    Yes, I do, but in this case it's canon:

     
  3. Invictus

    Invictus Master of Death

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    There is one fic where Harry reads about Sherlock when he is little and becomes kinda obsessed, and then Neville becomes Watson. Quite a fun fic, it strays towards guilty pleasure sometimes but it's a good enough read. Towards the end though, it feels like the author really rushes it. If I find I will post it here.

    Or did someone posted it already and I missed it?
     
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  5. samkar

    samkar Temporarily Banhammered

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    Not in a normal HP fic. But in a surreal story like Birth of Bardic Magic which reads like a Fairy Tale it worked for me.
     
  6. Doctor Whooves

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    Ooh, I'd never read that one before. Thanks.
     
  7. oakes

    oakes Unspeakable DLP Supporter

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    I like this. While it has many, many errors, the idea behind is pretty neat. If author actually manages to curb some of his fanon ideas it'll become an even better read.
     
  8. Ched

    Ched Da Trek Moderator DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

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    Title: Harry Potter and Hogwarts U
    Author: zArkham
    Pairing: Harry/?
    Rating: M
    Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10186996/1
    Story Summary: What if Hogwarts had to wait to start till student's were 18 when their magical cores matured? With magicals going to the Saint Schools for primary/secondary, they have a big lead on the Muggleborn in everything but magic. Follow Harry as he leaves Stonewall behind to enter into Magic where the rules seems stacked against the Muggleborn/raised. AU with alternative sortings. Harry/?

    I sorted through around 200 new-ish (published in the last 6 months) fics on ffnet. This was the only one I found to be readable.

    This story starts when Harry is 18, and I found him to be a moderately interesting character at this point (he went to Stonewall High, and getting older / away form Dudley helped so there's not much angst). Students get their Hogwarts letters at 18, and Hogwarts is treated more as a University than anything.

    Granted it takes a few chapters for them to actually get to Hogwarts (they're not there as of Chapter 5). And there's a few cliches. But then this is "Almost Recommended" isn't it?

    I haven't gotten to the end yet but it's currently at about 50k words, and as of Chapter 5 I haven't started skimming too hard (just here and there).
     
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    Not only are there magical cores, but they've matured. Best served with a full-bodied wine and oaky cheddar.
     
  11. Andrela

    Andrela Plot Bunny DLP Supporter

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    Insta-no. Like, really no.
     
  12. Spyder

    Spyder Third Year

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    It devolves into a Honks/Incest porn fest, with allusions to a more general porn fest coming up.

    After being introduced as his cousin, in Chapter 7 zArkham has a disguised Tonks suck off Harry in a club because his new magical potency is threatening to explode (*eyeroll*), then a scene where she morphs again for some doggy style (badly written both times, as we were totally not supposed to realise that both were Tonks the metamorph - and yet, despite that, totally obvious).

    He actually changed the earlier chapters to show that its not *really* incest because they are not *that* closely related. And what's a blowie amongst family anyhow.
     
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  13. Odran

    Odran Fourth Champion

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    I'll never understand this; recommending something you haven't even entirely read. What exactly causes it?
     
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    Shame. I like the concept. Of a magical post secondary sort of thing. Not "no really it's not incest!" Like just fuck off already, you're not fooling anyone.
     
  15. Skeletaure

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    Yeah, it's pretty awful, but magical cores are the least offensive element.

    - Harry seems to have very little relation to the curious, witty boy made of elbows and knees he would have been at 11.
    - In all those years before he turned 18 he never once figured out any control of his powers.
    - Strong manipulative Dumbledore plot hints: McGonagall's letter, the obliviation.
    - Martial arts Harry.
    - Wizards who are comfortable dealing with Muggle technology.
    - Muggle technology that poses a threat to wizards.

    But worst of all, and absolutely unforgivable:

    - Harry who unloads his entire life story to stangers he's just met, inclufing his most private memories, insecurities and vulnerabilities.
     
  16. Ched

    Ched Da Trek Moderator DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

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    First, that this is the Almost Recommended thread. And I read up until the point in the story that I felt it fit here. It's far from good enough for the Library, but after I felt I'd read enough to make a judgement, I posted.

    It's similar to how it often only takes one chapter of a bad fic to know you aren't going to post it. I read long enough to feel I had a sense of the story, posted, then finished reading. It's also in part b/c when I got to Chapter 5 I had to leave the computer, and I might not have posted at all or remembered or whatever when I got back.

    The thing is, whether or not the story gets horrible, or better, or whatever, I'd have posted it in this thread. If it got amazingly better (it didn't) I still wouldn't have put it in the Review Thread b/c the first 30k words are weak. If it got absolutely awful I wouldn't have avoided posting it, because I felt the first 30k words were compelling enough that someone might decide to kill time with it.

    Did I like the story? No, not really. I especially don't enjoy reading porn or strange romances, or w/e the hell happened in the chapter with the uh, magical aliens or whatever. But that doesn't change the fact that the writing was decent enough, and original enough, that I felt it warranted an "Almost Recommended" for someone desperate to kill time. And finishing the story before posting wouldn't have changed that either.
     
  17. samkar

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    Even if you find some idea in Zarkham's stories interesting to explore he'll ruin everything he starts sooner or later. It all ends as smut. The guy has no self control.
     
  18. kpjam

    kpjam First Year

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    Is it good smut?
     
  19. Hero of Stupidity

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    He likes incest and cp. If I remember correctly of his fics.
     
  20. Tasoli

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    That doesn't answer the question.
     
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