I thought it was quite funny, in an understated, doesn't-hit-you-over-the-head kind of way.

4 to 4.5 out of 5; library-worthy in my opinion.

 

I had a humor existance failure on this one. Not library worthy.

 

Yeah, On the Contrary just didn't do it for me at all. I didn't laugh once. Definitely not library worthy by me.

 

Funny, and well written, but probably not one I'm going to be going back to whenever I want to read something funny. An easy 3/5 for sure though.

 

Amusing premise, funny one-liners, but the stale writing K/O'd it.

 

I just didn't find it funny at all. The premise mildly amused me, but that was it. The writing just didn't carry any humour for me at all. I didn't even crack a grin.

2/5

 

Readable, but there wasn't enough, and if there was more, you'd probably regret reading it anyway. Sort of like 6 hour old movie popcorn.

 

A ghastly thing. Agree with Tenages's assessment.

 

Even as a random bit of randomness, it felt like there should have been more. It was more the seed of a one-shot than a one-shot.

Of course, authors have gone back to add chapters to "one-shots" before.

 

Heart of Stone

One-shot... kinda liked it.

 

That was awful, and you should feel bad for the five minutes I just wasted reading it. 1/5

 

If canon Harry was dead and met Death he will surely atleast think about his parents.

 

It reads more like a plot bunny/prologue than anything else. We have the set-up for, what could be, an interesting assassin/murderer Harry, and maybe a few decent character developments along the way. I have to be honest though, the lack of a heartbeat is incredibly bloody stupid - nobody is supposed to notice that, ever?

2/5, at best, for a concept that could have been good, but wasn't.

 

"Unlike a Sister" has been updated. And what an update it is! The tensions in the HP/GW and HG/RW pairings reach new hights, anti- muggle sentiments rear their ugly head and high culture references abound. I really like this fic.

I'm still considering to offer this in "For Review", it's that good.

Unlike a Sister

 

A Study in Magic by Book of Changes.

It's a Sherlock Holmes crossover that's pretty well done, but has...a certain issue that gets revealed by the end of chapter 3 that can certainly put some people off. It's well written and very interesting though.

I'd give it a 4/5, but I'm really biased because I love Holmes crossovers with HP.

Note: This is not the same story as "Study in Magic" by Vixit, that's already part of the library.

 

What's the issue? Is it slash?

 

Oh look I opened up "A Study In Magic".

It's... decent, I suppose. Until of course, the goddamn slash.

Look, I know BBC Holmes is ridiculously out there, and might be kind-of sort-of gay, but you don't have to force it to my goddamn face.

...

OH FUCK THIS NOISE

Spoiler

WATSON IS A FUCKING MAN YOU INCOHERENT FUCKING MORON AND IT FILLS ME WITH INCOHERENT RAGE TO KNOW THAT YOUR PLOT TWIST IS TO MAKE HIM A GODDAMN WOMAN

 

No, it pretty clearly states it not to be slash. But it

Spoiler

makes Watson into a woman for no apparent reason.

Then again it...could be slash? I don't know how the definitions work that well. It's...well it definitely put me off a bit. He says there is a plot reason for it, but I haven't got to the explanation yet.

It's definitely "almost recommendable" in that it's "great but" and it has one pretty big "but." I kinda stopped reading after the revelation for a bit, but I eventually gave in to read the rest and decided to just ignore it if I could.

 

Oh gods

Spoiler

He's not gonna have a daughter name Emma would he?

 

Ugh. I tried to read Fate Ingens Cor or whatever, but I couldn't get past chapter six, where Dumbledore loses all his brain cells and hires a teenager to teach DADA.

Let me explain why Book 5 requires Umbridge, and why getting rid of her for Tohsaka and Stupid McDumbMainCharacter from Fate/Stay Night is a terrible plan. Note that this will also cover why Fictional is a much better story to Failed Immobile Cans or whatever it's name is.

Umbridge makes Harry a leader. Umbridge means that Harry starts DA, and thus goes to the Department Of Mysteries with a group of people, and proves the war is on. With Tohsaka, guess what?

No Dumbledore's Army. Which means no interaction between 90% of the main cast, and instead just a terrible love story.

Also, Dumbledore is hiring a teenager to teach DADA. In fifth year.

HEY GUESS WHO IS A PRODIGY AT DADA AND COULD DO THAT his name is harry potter.

Harry by year five has:

Met with centaurs
Killed a wraith/seen possession
fought a basilisk
can cast a Patronus
faced a werewolf
went through the Triwizard, which is FILLED with dark creatures
and a bunch more that I am forgetting.

And Dumbledore wants Harry to be seen as a reasonable member of the community, and guess what? Making him the DADA Professor, because you're already considering friggin teenagers would make him seem damn respectable, and reasonable.

Also, why the hell would you include the worst character ever. The main character of Fate is a terrible person. He's like Kajimou Touma, from Index, if Touma was a misogynistic, delusion, bigot who refuses to let women fight.

Touma, fortunately, is not that stupid. The Fate guy totally is. This leads into why Fictional is better.

Dark Syaoran realized "Hey fate has a terrible main character", so of course, he decided "Maybe I can just you know

Not use him."

And he did. And that's what made Fictional better than Forever Inside Cars, as well as other factors. Failed Insightful Compatriots was good until chapter 6, where Dumbledore loses all concept of coherent thought and hires a teenager who doesn't go to his school, and has no concept of Hogwarts' Magic.

Just hire Harry if you're going to be an idiot Dumbledore. It lets you explain why you're not making him a prefect, and it makes him a respectable member of the school. And if you're somehow able to fish for candidates when the ministry put someone in the position for you already then hire the kid who knows what he's talking about.

For fuck's sake, hire Moody. The real one. Hire anybody else, just not some stupid teenager who you're hiring for no goddamn reason.

I get it though. The author hates Umbridge. This is good. Umbridge was the best villain in the series, because she made you hate her. You couldn't not hate Umbridge. Umbridge was well written because you hated her.

So don't just ditch her for your terrible idea of "ZOMG HARRY IS A NINJA/NARUTO IS A WIZZARD" (replace the words Ninja and Naruto for the anime/other series of your preference) and instead be original. Maybe Dumbledore just brought her to the school to help Harry and Hermione, because he knows about the Grail, and this girl knows about it to.

Just for God's sake, make it something coherent and not unbelievably retarded.

Link to Fully Incoherent Catastrophe

EDIT: Went to Chapter 7.

IT'S NOBLE PHANTASM YOU ADFGASKJF GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

...Apparently it is a real thing. FROM THE WRONG FUCKING ANIME YOU IGNORANT COCKWHORING FUCK

Also, why is Arturia alive. I never got through Fate because I hate Shirou the Main Character Who Is A Total Jerk.