I stand corrected. It was a year. I put two months as that's how it was in 'real time'.

It's a combination of the cliches and the fact that it's just awfully done that makes me dislike it. Maybe it's just personal taste. Still, all I've found this to be is yet another story that has Harry become radically badass just so he be a player and insult the Weasleys, Order and Dumbledore.

 

Ibex - 15 reviews
Harry Potter has traveled back to the year that shaped his life--1981. His actions will change the face of the world. Dark!Evil!Harry, gore, violence, AU post HBP.
Published January 28, 2009 - Updated May 07, 2009 - Action/Adventure/Timetravel - R - Work in Progress - 35,950 words - 6 chapters - Tags - Post-DH

I found this fic on PC while browsing around. While Harry is arguably evil, he is so far the most benign evil I've seen in a while.

The Pros: Harry is so far a benign Dark Lord. He seems to be planning to take over for the good of all wizards - not any specific species/blood type. There are some genuinely funny moments (Sirius catching Harry on an Oreo run, Lily and James vowing to raise baby Harry as a pacifist). I like how his emotional attachments to the Order members seem to be impacting his behavior.

The Cons: There's a disconnect between the labeling of Harry as a Dark Lord and his behavior. While I can see him acting against Dumbledore or Snape, I really don't see him attacking his parents/Remus/Sirius/Weasleys. I just can't view him as being evil. He's more of a dark-grey lord or mildly-dark lord.

 

Harry Potter and the Walking Shadow by Koinaka

When Dumbledore shows up at the Dursley's front door to deliver Harry's Hogwarts letter, he is in for a surprise: for the last ten years, Harry has lived in a London orphanage, much like another dark-haired wizard. Is history doomed to repeat itself?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 14 - Words: 48,631 - Reviews: 454 - Updated: 5-3-09 - Published: 9-24-08 - Harry P.

Yet another story where Harry has been left in an orphanage, and pretty much is set in the footsteps of Tom Riddle.
The story, while not terribly original(hat songs, "magical creditcard" and Harry featuring super mind powers - apparently he reads minds easier than magazines), it's not a half-bad read.

It looks like the author is heading towards Snape as a mentor, or their interactions are quite similar to other stories which end up that way AND the author seems to be twilight fan, but so far everything is not that badly done and comes closer to the "almost recommended story" rather than barely readable.
To be honest, the story has some surprisingly good moments, but the overall bad presentation of most ideas are overshadowing them.

 

Its not a bad fic, read it a while back, enjoyed it, but its nothing that really is worth remembering.

 

The problem with Discovery (other than deplorable grammar and... its existence) is that parts of it are written as being dead serious, with no humor detectable at all, anywhere, and then all of a sudden death eaters are making meta-references to the originality of plot ideas and Voldemort is sporting a metallic jumpsuit and a wig while making wisecracks about Malfoy's ability to satisfy a woman.

I wish that the author would...

A: Trade in his/her brain for a new one with less rust and a suspension that isn't shot. One with a functioning grammar unit would be nice.

B: Pick a freakin' genre! Farcical comedy or serious drama, choose. Choose now!

 

I was pretty impressed with Warriors Philosophy. There are plenty of spelling errors and some grammatical issues in the 5 chapters out so far, but otherwise the story is pretty solid. Decent ideas, and decent execution. If the author keeps going, it just might be worthy of the library later.

 

It needs at least a few more chapters before anyone can post it for review. As it is I would rate it sure with solid 4 but the fic could go either way in the next few chapters.

My main worries are with the author who seems to prefer taking the easy way over the right way to do things. An example would be Bellatrix's sanity which is due to her having animagus form, and while quite possible I'd have preferred reading of character who is slowly returning to his sanity due to better life and rituals for example, instead of convenient ability given out of nowhere.

On other topic - author's affinity to write fighting scenes is impressive, for me at least. I can't point out why is that exactly. But it's safe to say the author is succeeding in creating realistic fights and that is a total win for me.

 

Most polite Dark Lord ever. Every command is issued with a please and every success with a thank you. If it wasn't trying to be serious I'd find it very amusing .

 

Ibex has come a long way, it is getting rather good, I am such a sucker for polite and dignified time travelers.

 

*shrug*

Its better than every small thing getting the Cruciatus and/or Avada Kedavra.

I prefer nice-dark-lord-Harry over raging-psychopath-Voldemort.

 

Yes, but I just can't imagine big, dark, scary Harry torturing a guy one minute then asking politely for a minion to bring in the next one... If he was clinically insane, sure, but this is just taking the piss.

 

I quite liked this one. I look forward to more of it.

 

I was about to read the fic on your recommendation when I noticed the author's penname. I had thought it was vaguely familiar.

Lo and behold, once I clicked on the authors name and scrolled down I saw the infamous, When A Lioness Fights fic.


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FUCK THAT.

 

I don't like When a Lioness Fights, either, but I do like Had I Known. It's slowly evolving into a Harry/Severus friendship, which I can deal with, considering that it's set so long after Hogwarts. No slashy undertones, Harry isn't pulling a 'poor pitiful me' routine, and despite the fact that he's dying in the story, it's not overly angst-ridden. There are some clichés, but as long as you can overlook them, and the fact that it's not DLP subject matter, you'll be fine.

 

This one is weird. The plot doesn't try to be grand, nothing really seems like an important event. It's different from the stuff I've been reading lately, but you gotta wonder about what sense of accomplishment you can get from writing a story that unambitious.

And no to kayla silverstorm. The Lioness fic sucked so bad I'm going to invoke the no second chance policy.

 

Up tp Ch6 Of 'Had I Known'.

Pretty standard but I'm incredibly bored.

 

I feel like I have to read this now.


Edit: Two paragraphs in I've changed my mind.