Harry Potter and the Weasley Seer
Author: puiwaihin PM
A prank in Professor Trelawney's class leads to Ron being hailed as a seer. But nobody could predict how that would change Harry's fate. AU, starts 3rd year. Powerful!Harry. Adventure/Humor.
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction K+ - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Harry P. & Ron W. - Chapters: 16 - Words: 35,883 - Reviews: 171 - Favs: 175 - Follows: 252 - Updated: 06-01-13 - Published: 02-24-12 - id: 7866134

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I first thought this would be just a funny story but it's quite more. It explores the idea how much "belief" affects the whole magical world and what happens when somebody finds out that secret. Really creative story and fun to read.

 

That was actually pretty cool. It has some flaws, but the concept of belief magic is interesting.


...power of love indeed.

 

The concept of belief in magic is explored somewhere else, a first year fic that's (IIRC) from Hermione's PoV with a Harry who has way too much power and an obsidian magical body suit and this description sounds fucking awful but was actually a decent story. Anyone have the name of that fic?

The Weasley Seer is an easy read and a somewhat entertaining time waster, but once Ron attempts to have Harry killed and then he just brushes it off with a punch and nothing else, I stopped reading.

 

Personally, I wasn't really fond of that story. The weird switches in tone were a bit annoying.

I feel as if the author hasn't decided what he wants the story to be. He could have made it crack/humor story, or he could have made it a semi-serious story.

Instead, it's this strange hybrid in which the ideas that are introduced are undermined in the next paragraphs, which degenerate into weird OOC "crack" moments. The ideas are more suited to a story of that type anyway, but the story continues to try to return to something vaguely coherent, which doesn't really work out sometimes.

 

Author here.

Thanks for almost recommending this. It's currently about 10k words beyond what I thought I would do with it and I'm trying to wind it down with a reasonable ending that doesn't feel rushed. Should be just a few more chapters, although these are a bit shorter than most.

This is definitely not a serious story, meant as light reading and was originally just a story I wrote up when I had a bit of a block writing other things.

I have a few goals here:
1. Keep the characters in-character.
2. Surprise the reader.
3. Make it fun.
4. Make it funny.

@Churchey- I understand your dislike of Harry not responding more forcefully to what is a betrayal of friendship. I'd like to point out some mitigating factors, though, that I think makes Harry's response not too surprising: First, Harry knows that Ron doesn't really believe in his own abilities as a seer and knows Ron doesn't understand how things really work. Second, Ron did try to get Harry not to go through with the event that could possibly have killed him before it happened. It just took confronting that moment for him to realize how bad he had acted (I think it fits right with canon). And third, Rowling didn't even have Harry punch Ron.

I won't say you're wrong about me not having decided what I want the story to be, but I think "semi-serious" pretty much describes my take on the plot, while "semi-humorous" would be how I see the tone.

The story was initially meant to be just a very short funny bit where Ron ends up being a seer, but I expanded it as I went along and it turned into more of an exploration of the concept than just a quick laugh. I try to maintain the humor as I go along, so that's probably where the tone seems uneven.

I want to ask where you think the characterization was OOC? That's one thing I want to avoid. Also, where do I undermine an idea I wrote in the very next paragraph? The story is meant to be logically consistent even if the concepts themselves are a bit silly. I consider these to be serious issues that I should attend to, whereas the uneven tone is something I'd care more about in a more serious effort.

 

Harry Potter and the Curse of Hamunaptra » reviews

It's been a long two years since Voldemort was killed again within the Atrium of the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic, and Harry is still searching for a way to remove his spirit altogether, suffering from bouts of memory that overtake him at their whim. His journey has lead him chasing after a faded rumor, a distant myth in the land of Egypt, and the last chance he has.

Crossover - Harry Potter & Mummy - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,582 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 5-22-13 - Published: 7-20-11 - Harry P.



So, uh, yeah. Reccing my own story here in Almost Recommended. It's a couple of years old at this point and I've only recently resurrected it with a third chapter. I knew when I set out to write it that I'd be using some cliches that might not jive with the rest of the community - magical core first and foremost, the memory/flash-back scenes, and inheriting Fawkes' bond from Dumbledore to name the primary offenders. In Media Res is also in full swing.

I think it's handled at least sufficiently, though most of the feedback so far hasn't been enough to suss out what needs improving - the one memorable response way back when I first submitted this for the contest at that time was that Voldemort's Ministry was a bit heavy-handed.

 

I read through that in WBA, but didn't really have much of a comment to make there. It felt like The Mummy, but I never enjoyed that movie, so didn't want to say anything.

I think people who like chase scenes and loved Mummy would like what you wrote.

 

I.E. Me. I thought the story was rad as fuck.

 

Here's one that I found myself enjoying. Before I even post the link, here's my warning since DLP has an anti-fetish.

It's Ginny-centric. Sorry, but she is the main character. The author does a great job developing her overall. A couple chapters here and there (twenty five total) slip on the character development, only for it to pick up again in the next chapter. Overall, it gives a nice, believable development through the story.

Title: Foolish (No, not the one in the Library)
Author: Tonksaholic
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Rating: T
Words: 274k
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7181871/1/Foolish

Summary: Can love survive, no matter what someone does to destroy it?

More on the pairing:Yeah, I know, but I'm still sticking it here because the way the storyline is told is pretty unique. Yes, there's quite a bit of angst, but it isn't the "slash your wrist" Emo angst. The perspective feels mature, rather than it being written by a teenager or young twenty-something without any experience in real life.

The most annoying two things are (1) the author uses bold font, and (2) there's unnecessary embroidery in certain places. But the overall story moves right along. Give it two chapters and see what you think.

 

Er, what's the plot? Not the whole thing, just the premise. "Can love survive, no matter what someone does to destroy it?" is not a summary.

 

Aww, Taure beat me to posting, but I agree entirely.

Were you being deliberately vague on the plot?

'Here is 274k length H/G story! You guys should read it.'

Yea, that'll totally get people on DLP to give it a go.

 

I just cut and pasted from her summary. I remember it written somewhere that it's their summary, not ours that is wanted. However, to answer your question . . .

She ends up pregnant and single, kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, and has no place to go. She's hit bottom, but is determined to make it alone. Instead, she ends up in a secluded town where she learns that they all depend on each other to live.

An opportunity to become a citizen of the town (read it, it's a very secluded town) and live there arises (instead of the one month visiting limit), but she has to go through a question and answer period that requires her to be brutally honest with herself and others just to be given a six months of candidacy. If she gets that, she has to live with the previous person that became a citizen during the candidacy period.

The conflict comes in that she's lied to Harry before and broke up with him, and then lied to herself about how she's dealing with it.

The second confliction comes in the form of Harry Potter, who is the last person to be a candidate - explained by Luna sending both of them there for a vacation in her place, since her mother was from there. Having to be honest takes on a whole new tone, especially when she's forced to lie to Harry in order to protect him, and her family from the father of the child.

The writer does a pretty good job introducing foreshadowing/plot hints so that you're not rolling your eyes at the Deus-ex machina artifice. You can tell the story's been thought out.

The primary conflicts in the story are self vs. self, and self vs. man (Harry).

 

Especially as it starts with "Blue. It was the color of the sky (...)".

 

Like I said, the writer goes overboard at times with embroidery, but there was enough there to keep my attention, especially after the second chapter.

 

I thought that was painful too, but once I reached the end of that little scene it all made sense and came together. Those are the moments which forever change your perspective on life and the author captured it.

I skimmed the first two chapters, and started skimming the third. The story looks like a character-driven romance story, which isn't my usual cup of tea. It's decently written though, and Scrubb's right about the author's maturity.

Also, I felt bad for Lionel. He's a douche and we're supposed to hate him, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor bastard.

 

In a nutshell, that's it exactly. However, it feels a lot more real life than bodice ripper/chick-flick type stories. I think that might be what makes it seem more mature.

 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9238861/1/Applied-Cultural-Anthropology-or "Applied Cultural Anthropology, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cruciatus". Interesting Slytherin!Hermione. Note that it is not case of instantly evil Hermione as suggested by the title. Currently main problem is that it is a WIP (56k words).

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9376858/1/Aragog-s-Dilemma - small cracky oneshot by Diresquirrel

 

The Anthropology link is to chapter six instead of chapter one.

 

Using the same title method as Dr. Strangelove is an immediate red flag, at least for me. It shows someone is physically trying to catch your attention.

Hey! Look at this! You see this title? There's fucking two of them! I'm cultured!