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Complete For Love of Magic by Noodlehammer - M

Discussion in 'Almost Recommended' started by Jon, Dec 25, 2015.

  1. Methos

    Methos High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    Does is Naruto rant about stupid stuff, as his Harry in this fic?
    shoving in all his poor thought philosophy ?
    Using sex to win and submit to his will any woman he want?
    I still don't know why i read his story, scrolling down through it, is better description.

    Edit:
    I went to the author page to find his naruto story.
    Than i found Naruto/FemKyubbi.
    Not gonna touch it, with this kind of author.
     
  2. iamnotreal

    iamnotreal Second Year

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    When I said far better I mean in comparison to how Harry specifically acts in this story. Not that it's any great masterpiece of storytelling. Nonetheless I do feel the previous ones are more focused on constructing and FINISHING a story. This one has long since passed an acceptable point in my opinion.
     
  3. Dr. Strange Lulz

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    His Naruto stories aren't great or anything, but they're a fun time at least.

    I think the crossover sequels are far more fun to read through than the original. There's a definite progression between the three of them, in both tone and scale. Pretty sure Trolling the League was just written for shits and giggles, as it really is just Naruto and Xanna (Kyuubi) trolling the living hell out of the Justice League for no other reason than because they can. The Sekirei one I don't remember too well, only that it was slightly more serious than Trolling the League. The Stargate SG-1 crossover was probably my favorite of the three, mostly because there was actually a fair bit of civilization building involved. None of it is great, but it's honestly still better than the majority of Naruto shit out there.

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    For Love of Magic feels like it's getting to the endgame... though there are still a bunch of plot points that hint at the story going on for quite a while... so I'm not sure?

    This story always struck me as something written by someone who read the HP fandom for years and years and then decided to get all of his ideas out in a single story.
     
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  4. buzzer

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    I'll be honest, I would probably really enjoy this story if Harry would just shut the fuck up. Every word he says is stupid and annoys me. Apart from that the story is basically all the guilty pleasures rolled into one and some of the ideas are fairly interesting. It's a shame really that the author is inexplicably pushing his bullshit philosophy using Harry as his mouthpiece, I could forgive the needless porn, the bloated word count and lack of any approaching end if three chapters in someone had ripped Harry's voice box out.
     
  5. Methos

    Methos High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    I tried to sample the author Naruto fics.
    They are freaking worse, not sure which is worse his Naruto or Xenna.
     
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  6. shadowdragonis

    shadowdragonis Muggle

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    I tried to like it. I tried really hard even. The first couple chapters hit a few pet peeves, but nothing too egregious until the point where all of HP's actions end up being accepted by those around him. Doesn't matter how far he goes or how pointless antagonistic he is they always decide he's in the right eventually.

    I'll have to leave it with a 2/5 since I gave up around chapter 15. Maybe it gets better by chapter 50 with 700k+ words, but I think it jumped the shark even before I left it.
     
  7. Fudoutoku

    Fudoutoku Fourth Year DLP Supporter

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    Lads, I'm going to make a suggestion for this story that will make it an 5/5, it'll also make all other stories of similar caliber 5/5s.

    Just turn your brain off, haha.
     
  8. buzzer

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    Well this updated yesterday and, at least in my opinion, it was the most interesting chapter since Harry left Hogwarts.

    It opened with the attack on London that was teased in the last chapter and was fairly engaging. However, the interesting part for me was reading about the fallout of the Statue of Secrecy being blown out of the water. While Harry was still annoying and the muggle!wank was kinda bad, I've very hardly ever seen anyone attempt to show this before. So between a rare premise and a chapter with no pointless smut i found it quite a good guilty pleasure read.
     
  9. oakgem217

    oakgem217 First Year

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    New chapter out. I guess we can tack racism on to Noodlehammer's list of dumbass worldviews. Honestly, calling immigrants, to name a few, barbarians, dumb monkeys, and sub-optimally cultured humans. Goddamn, the quality of this dudes work gets worse every time I look at it

    ...aaaand I'm done, sorry. This last chapter was the straw that broke this camel's back. His whole, multi-paragraph rant about how close minded Muslims were, while simultaneously being close minded himself, while ironic, was just too fucking stupid for me to handle. Goodbye Noodlehammer, I knew ye probably too much to be comfortable with
     
  10. buzzer

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    It's a shame that the first consecutive chapters without shit smut since Harry turned 13 also included some of the most racist stuff I've ever read.
     
  11. Thaumologist

    Thaumologist Fifth Year ~ Prestige ~

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    I have to admit, this chapter makes me wonder what I've overlooked in previous ones.

    They were bad, but not quite so... hateful

    EDIT
    I knew there was racist stuff previously. I can't remember exactly what it was, but it was along the lines of "All religion is shit, but some are even worse", but this felt like it went on longer?
     
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  12. darthdavid

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    I found myself thinking the exact same thing. I'd never really read too closely before because this was always just a guilty pleasure story for me, but getting smacked in the face with a bunch of fascist talking points really casts a lot of the earlier chapters in a different light.

    I think I'm done with this author as well.

    Edit: I should add though, it was pretty funny watching him get so close to one of the major leftist critiques of capitalism there when he was talking about how unsustainable it all is and then totally miss the point and start ranting about barbarians.

    Edit the 2nd: This last chapter has been a bit of a brain worm for me in the hours since I read it and after some thinking, it also occurred to me how fucking stupid it was to include a big rant about how promiscuity and feminism are killing society when a huge part of the fic up to this point had been Harry fucking anything that moves and forming a harem for himself.
     
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  13. Clerith

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    Well, that was ...something. I'm guessing he's going to get a lot of fiery reviews.
     
  14. Dansel

    Dansel First Year

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    Part of me finds it ironic how much hate this current Harry gets while characters like Snape can still get loved, and that's not counting other fandoms; characters like Joffrey from ASoIaF comes to mind. Mind you, I'm not defending his worldviews or opinions, but I recognize that whilst they likely represent his own views to a degree it's still the views of a fictional character.

    And I think they are very much in line with what of Harry's character we've seen so far, even if how extreme they were was somewhat of a surprise.

    All that said, however: I do still find the world building and Magic to be some of the better I've seen so far in a story - especially the magic. I really like how pervasive it is.
     
  15. Jon

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    yfw when the guy admits in an authors note that he's out of touch with reality and is a basement dweller.
     
  16. Psychotic Cat

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    I don't know about Harry, but this fic certainly does a good job of showing the authors descent into madness. Racist, racist madness.
     
  17. Methos

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    I think Harry is more intolerant toward certain cultures than races, it isn't their skin color it is what they subscribe too, that this particular Harry dislike/mock/hate/willing to burn alive.
     
  18. MonkeyEpoxy

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    The author of this story is such a sad little edgelord that he almost surpasses the definition and needs another title.
     
  19. Fudoutoku

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    dude's too self-aware.
     
  20. kinetique

    kinetique Headmaster

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    Yfw you're reading a borderline smut story written by a basement dwelling /pol/ reading incel neckbeard.

    Time to pack it in.
     
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