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Oneshot Abeo, Voldemort by Lord Ravenclaw - T

Discussion in 'Humor' started by Lord Ravenclaw, Jun 20, 2006.

  1. TheIllusiveOne

    TheIllusiveOne Raptured to Hell

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    Got a chuckle out of it, though to be honest I'd much prefer it if you worked on EoH instead, none the less, good stuff.
     
  2. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    I worked on this because it came in a flash of inspiration this morning. I will work on EoH when I feel like it.
     
  3. Bungler

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    I'm not really that big on Humor or Parody fanfics but this one is very good, even made me laugh.

    The second part was good, but not as good as the first. After the start in the new one, you knew what was going to happen. So that took a chunk out off the 'fun' factor for me.

    I'm just talking drivel so dont pay any attention to me. *looks tiredly at what he has written*

    Anyway, Good Humor fic!
     
  4. Fuegodefuerza

    Fuegodefuerza Minister of Magic

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    That was priceless...good work Raven.
     
  5. Myst

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    Note: Never eat ice cream while reading this.

    Nose freeze anyone?

    Anyways, made me laugh my ass off.
     
  6. Sanctimonius

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    shame on you litha... laughing over your father's death, tisk tisk
     
  7. Athenia

    Athenia Groundskeeper

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    You're second one was cute, but to be honest I thought the first one was much funnier.
     
  8. Geisterstunde

    Geisterstunde First Year

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    That was priceless!:D
    The power the Dark Lord knows not *snicker*
    poor Voldi he couldn't expect such an evil move from the BTL
     
  9. Litha Riddle

    Litha Riddle Banned DLP Supporter

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    Well he did kill my grandad;)

    BOT: I loved the second chapter, really good sense of humour.

    I hope you'll be writing more of these, they really cheer me up.
    Litha
     
  10. Kiklo

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    Must write more. They were absolutely hilarious! Good job
     
  11. DemonDream

    DemonDream Professor

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    These are well written little ficlets. The... odd humor gets a laugh out of me, and chuckles when I think of it later. Keep it up!
     
  12. Tinn Tam

    Tinn Tam Review Goddess Retired Staff

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    The Castle was a real treat. Of the art of ridiculing Voldemort and his fearsome Death Eaters… all the while keeping them in character! Interesting how Voldemort, Malfoy or even Wormtail would have sounded dead serious, had they been in another situation. The image of those dark wizards stuck inside a rubber castle, bouncing about and falling helplessly, was all the more hilarious since they were trying to be their usual threatening, sententious or servile selves. The passage where the Lestrange brothers give up on the whole ‘fearful Death Eater’ attitude and push each other around giggling was priceless: another thing adding to the discrepancy between the situation and the characters involved… Just great.

    I didn’t enjoy Harry’s lines (‘Tom’, ‘Voldykins’ and ‘mugglefuckers’) as much as I enjoyed the rest of the dialogue; but thankfully, it wasn’t down to the level of other ‘humorous’ fics I’ve read, in which the authors obviously thought incredibly funny to have Harry abundantly and coarsely insult Voldemort, and basically wrote him as a drunk little brat who’s just hit puberty. I like Harry a little… classier ^_^.

    I loved Voldemort’s death—though I wouldn’t wish such a fate even on my worse enemy (although, come to think of it…).

    Style: I picked up very few problems. Nothing worth mentioning, anyway. Otherwise, as I said in my first FFN review, I knew I would enjoy my reading this as soon as I’d seen the first paragraph. I don’t know the English terms so I’ll spare you the stylistic analyse. I just liked the subtlety with which you gave funny touches to almost every sentence, again without falling into the oafish NUDGE NUDGE and LULZLMFAO trap, that a lot of fanfic authors don’t even try to avoid.

    The Bond… I distinctly remember having quite a few remarks to make about it, but I seem to have forgotten half of them. Pity, I just missed a golden opportunity to make a total fool of myself by breaking the 1k words mark for a review about a couple of humorous one-shots.

    Anyway, you just get general remarks then: it was okay. Not as funny or as well-elaborated as the first, but it was a decent little piece of fanfiction. It lacked something, though. It was kind of short, as if you wanted to get rid of the formalities in order to reach your conclusion more quickly. Example: in the Castle, let’s say that the conclusion (or rather, the point of the story) is to have Harry kill Voldemort using Dudley. Even if it was the main point of the one-shot, you still spent a few paragraphs only describing the dark wizards trying to keep their balance inside the castle. And it was nicely done.

    In the Bond, the conclusion (the interpretation of JKR’s words… Lord, someone has to send her this theory!) is the most interesting part of the story—to the point where it’s the only really interesting thing in it. Before I reached it, I was wondering where you were heading and I found the trip to get there a bit dull, to be honest.

    That’s it, I think… I’d give 5/5 for The Castle, 3/5 for The Bond.
     
  13. malaga

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    Yeah, I can see it now. Dumbles leans down to Harry and says, "But there is one thing you have Voldemort doesn't have. You have a morbidly obese family." I can't decide whether that's more or less likely than the power of Lurve. Honestly, what was JKR thinking? :wall:
     
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