Hey,

Just randomly got the urge to read something like this, only story I can think of that has this element is Knowledge is Power.

So yea, any stories that have harry being on the English national team while at school, just like Krum was.

Cheers!

 

A Game of Style and Brutality is very good. It rarely updates though.

 

Thanks stan going to give it a go now!

 

A Game of Style in Brutality is post-Hogwarts. I mean, it's a pretty good Quidditch fic that OP should probably read anyway, but it's not exactly what he's asking for.

Closest thing I can think of to what you're asking is Letter by TheEndless7. Harry is on the Hogwarts Quidditch team competing against Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The author has some other pretty decent Quidditch stuff as well if you're looking for that sort of fic.

 

Thanks Ill get to that now, just finished with style in brutality and really enjoyed it, not exactly what I was looking for but I wouldn't complain if any others like that were recommended. Just disappointing that's its not complete and only just getting into the swing of things it seems.

So yea, anymore rec's would be appreciated even if they are post Hogwarts

 

I suggest not reading all of that guys quidditch fics as he just reuses the same characters in every single one, and mostly in the same exact roles. The only one I suggest reading by him is Vitam Paramus. It's his best story to date, and I would recommend it if it actually went anywhere, but it doesn't actually fall into what you're looking for.

As for Harry specifically playing the big leagues during Hogwarts, there are a few that I can recall, but not the names. I seem to remember most of them being family fics, either with James/Lily still living or him being adopted by the Krums. Obviously, nothing destined for the ranks of fanfiction elite.

 

Barb's trilogy has Harry playing competitively (I think in his seventh year). But that'll require reading a lot of... stuff.

 

Out of topic, but is Barb's trilogy still readable? I know its a classic and all, but I remember reading it years back and all I can remember is some Hermione love potion thing and Draco jumping Ginny. I never made it to the sequels. Are they any good now?

 

Well. There's Hope by Jeconais. It's post-Hogwarts. Features a lot of Quidditch if I remember correctly but focuses mostly on character development between Harry and co. Still, don't expect to much much from this story. It's just a light read.

 

The technical writing is acceptable. A lot of the tropes are worn out by now (obviously, given that it was written 2001-2003) and the characterizations are questionable. It's very innovative, though, taking the HP universe in directions that you wouldn't necessarily expect. I tried rereading it a few months ago and got like 10 chapters in but got bored.

 

You should also forewarn people that this contains a Veela-bond. A rather poorly done Veela-bond. Not that I've ever encountered a good one to start with.

 

I completely agree with this. Vitam Paramus is 200k words in, and nothing has happened. At all. The entire plot of the story can be condensed into a single 200 word paragraph without missing any relevant details. :facepalm

Just for kicks, said paragraph:

Spoiler

Harry Potter's friends and family disappear off the face of the world through a portkey accident leaving behind Gabrielle Delacour, who Harry decides to take care of (i.e. becomes her guardian). Harry, who is a quidditch superstar changes teams, along with Titus Button (a beater), from the Ballycastle Bats to the Falmouth Falcons, where he gets a home with said beater and two chasers. Gabrielle, a ballerina, continues her ballet tutoring in the summer before school with her instructor, whom Harry confronts when he finds out she has an eating disorder. She assures him that she's trying to help "Elle" out just as much as he is. In the middle of all this, he gets accepted into the English national quidditch team. Despite the fact that Gabrielle has a boyfriend, sexual tension between Gabrielle and Harry keeps increasing, to the point that he begins attending all her ballet shows. In the end, she offers to sleep with him, and he says that he will consider it in the future.

Did I miss anything?

Edit: Just realised it has been marked complete. It was so boring I never noticed.

 

Now I feel stupid for thinking that the fic finally starts to go somewhere. I guess in the end it was just some slice of life that dragged on.

 

The Endless7's fics always get a lot of hate on DLP, and I always feel a little stupid defending them because I'll be the first to tell you they're really nothing special.

But here's the thing, they're alright if you take them at face value. They're solidly almost recommended tier, decent quidditch fics and alright at showing normal life type stuff. I'd never recommend them to someone looking for an action adventure story or desiring much in the way of plot.

If you're just looking to waste time reading about a dude playing quidditch and hanging out, his stories are pretty damn good.

(But seriously, what was up with the ending to Vitam Paramus?)

 

Well, yeah. But it's pretty much just that. A slice from the normal, boring and everyday life of Harry Potter. I actually liked his Harry/Luna and Harry/Fleur fics 'cause they didn't ramble on and on. I don't really mind his writing, which is good, or the topic he pics. It's great someone's writing about what he is. The point is, that in the Harry/Luna and Harry/Fleur fics, something managed to happen in the end. Vitam Paramus was probably the single most pointless fic of his I have read.

If you're going by endings, though, nothing tops the ending of the Harry/Daphne fic of his. It was the most WTF ending I remember reading last year in HP fanfiction. In a bad way, that is.

 

The end of pureblood princess is quite polarizing. I, for one, hated it, but I know people loved it because it was so far off the beaten path of what you'd expect. It's like the thing in TV shows where the plot is told backwards, or there's some secret plot twist, and you know that episode is going to win an award because of that element regardless of how good it actually was.

I'm okay with how vitam paramus ended. He's slowly getting better as a writer, and I found it to be the most enjoyable of his stories, despite not really doing anything. I liked the story more than I disliked it (but a fair margine) but I'm not about to put it up for review. At least he managed to not pull a letters where the Harry/Daphne relationship is much more interesting than the actual listed relationship (though it's close, but all of his storied read pretty much the same).

 

For some odd reason, I can't see it like that. It felt as if it had been shoehorned at the end of the fic 'cause the author couldn't follow through with a decent ending. And that's a shame, 'cause there is a dearth of quality Harry/Daphne fics.

On topic, I have a guilty pleasure of a fic which probably fits your criteria. Not the best writing or plot, with quite a few tropes, but the story is kinda refreshing after looking at the quality of Harry/Daphne fics on FFN. Quidditch isn't the focus of the story, unfortunately, but it does feature heavily. Also features many OCs, but they're decently written. Don't expect top-notch grammar, though.

 

The author of A Game of Style and Brutality dropped off the map back in May. I had already Beta'd the next, currently unpublished, chapter, and I was under the impression he was about to post it. Since then, though, I haven't heard a word from him.

 

Wrong Boy-who-lived? Check.
Nobody takes care of Harry, even his parents because his brother is the Boy-who-lived? Check.
Tutored in wandless magic by Myrrdin Emrys aka Merlin? Check.

Couldn't get past chapter 5.

 

I am interested in reading this, just as a time waster. Any ideas on what it is?