This is definitely a good Almost rec. The only thing I really don't like about it is how Harry just randomly starts speaking like Dumbledore. But I can deal. A couple of ideas are seriously WTF? Like

Spoiler

Alcoholic!Dumbledore for no apparent reason.

 

I found that kind of amusing, a little out of left field, like the author thought of it while he was writing and just threw it in there.

 

Wow, Magicks of the Arcane is definitely in barely readable for me.

Right in the first couple of paragraphs we have:

1. Stupidly long 'whole sentence' incantations in ancient languages which go against how incantations are used in HP.

2. The idea that controlling the (physical) elements is somehow super powerful compared to normal magic.

3. Bad English. The author definitely doesn't speak English as a first language.

Use of an adjective where it should be an adverb - ridiculously.

Incorrect use of the definite article: "the nature" instead of "nature".

4. Spelling magic with a k.

5. Bad combat. He's been speaking for about 20 seconds when we get this:

He should've been hit with 20 different spells during that incantation.

6. A staff.

7. Physical combat.

8. Magical reserves.

9. A Harry who speaks like he's swallowed a book on how to speak like a grandiose dickhead.

 

I'm going to give that one a miss. Just based on there being two grammatical errors in the summary alone. I have low expectations for the rest of the story.

 

I've been following it, mostly because of the mentor-Dumbledore and 'not as lazy as fuck' Harry angles used.

Compared to the sea of "manipulative" Dumbledore fics out there, this was actually a welcome blast of fresh air, for me.

I can overlook the grammar fuckups, unless they're horrifically bad.

 

I stopped reading when Harry started taking etiquette lessons to deal with his newly acquired lordshipness. And then started talking like a pretentious jackass. And then blew up at his Head of House and treated her like a toddler while trying to respect her as a Lady. And th-

Oh, fuck it. This is terrible.

 

It's worth ignoring the first "Future" scene totally and getting on with the story. Like I said, there are some WTF moments, but it's definitely readable. It looks like Taure got stuck in that future scene and didn't read much else.

That sort of thing just doesn't work very well in written fiction, and it takes a talented author to pull it off without sounding stupid. This is not the latter case. I'm not saying it's a work of art or anything, but I'm getting desperate to read something... anything but gay HP/Twilight crossovers.

One wouldn't think that ff.net couldn't get any more slash heavy, but take a look at the last week and you'll see that it's more than possible.

 

You could almost say, that it's magickal...

 

The "mentor" bit is interesting and why I've continued to read it, I like seeing a more humanized Dumbledore. Hell in the latest update Dumbledore admits to manipulating the whole Philosphers Stone situation.

 

If you want a mentor!dumbledore, read The General by nos tres reges.

 

I follow the story too and thought it was quite readable until this whole Fleur and then Daphne stuff derailed me. I felt I was dumped into some crappy Harem/Smut like story suddenly with no real warning.

 

Stopped reading after the second chapter myself, it just wasn't doing it for me.

 

Whenever I start reading about "Basilisk armor" and such my mind just shuts down and stops reading while I scroll past it. This one is pretty iffy.

 

Couldn't agree with you more. Everyone knows it's all about Graphorns this season.

 

QFT

If that part is written well and not in a mechanical way where Harry on a path to become ultimate wizard creates a check-list of to dos, then it maybe realistic and not bad.

 

I totally agree, tbh. But I can't think of a story where it is done well. It just becomes an excuse to be a superwizard and have Harry walking through a blaze of spellfire, in shades.

If you have something where it is done well, I'd be interested in reading it.

 

Well chap, I don't.


/me urges famed and celebrated DLP writers to do that :awesome