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WIP Deprived by The Crimson Lord - T

Discussion in 'Trash Bin' started by liam-mcgillis15, Jan 25, 2012.

  1. Jormungandr

    Jormungandr Prisoner

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    There is some innovation in this story, mostly with Hate, but...eeh.

    Guilty pleasure read, for me. :)
     
  2. coleam

    coleam Death Eater

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    Agreed. Writing is decent technically (i.e. I don't want to scratch my eyeballs out after one page due to typos), and the beginning at least is slightly different. I'm also mildly curious about how Hate works. But it's not terribly original and is quickly descending into indy!Harry cliche-dom.

    2.5/5 from me - marginal Recycle Bin material.
     
  3. Mage

    Mage Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    I'd say it deserves recycling bin. It's by no means the worst that I've read, and I'm interested in where it goes from here. That being said, the story really isn't very good if you're looking at it from a technical stand point. OC's pop up out of nowhere, and taking the asian chick on was just dumb. Overall I'll still read it, but it shouldn't be in the library.
     
  4. Tibbers

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    This fic is absolutely terrible in every way. 1/5
     
  5. insectamantidae

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    I'd say it's worthy of the recycling bin... but honestly the cliches are coming on too fast and too thick. If they had been spread out with originally thought-up material, that would be nice. 2/5
     
  6. Dark Minion

    Dark Minion Bright Henchman DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    It would have been worth the recycling bin in the beginning, but it went downhill with an awesome speed.

    I expect a lot from the first task, but regardless of how the author describes that scene I think the story deserves the trash bin.
     
  7. Dungbomb

    Dungbomb First Year

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    I'm guessing the first task will have harry transforming into his "rex" form and fist bumping the dragon to the tune of 'beat that beat' with his puny little arms which will make Fleur, Luna and Daphne squee in their skirts. Or of course, the ubiquitous dragons speaking parseltongue because they are more related to the lizard family than they are to snakes.
     
  8. coleam

    coleam Death Eater

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    If "Rex" turns out to be a T-rex, I don't know whether I'll laugh or cry. On the one hand, it'll have gone straight past cliche-dom and into the land of awesomely bad, but on the other, Harry as a T-rex is just so stupid.

    My money's on a lion though - super-cliche, but not absolutely ridiculous.
     
  9. Richard

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    Just over used.
     
  10. Immet

    Immet Seventh Year

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    Rex is one of three things:

    • T-Rex
    • Lion
    • Basilisk (King of Serpents in canon)
    Having a bloody basilisk is one of the worst things ever. If I see it in a fic I wince and want to cry. It never works well, especially if they also have two Animagus forms, one for Harry and one for Tom. Unfortunately I think its pretty likely here.

    If one really wants a magical snake then go for something interesting like a Hoop Snake (bites tail then rolls in a big ring after prey) or a Tsuchinoko (alcoholic talking snake that likes lying and also rolls towards prey like the Hoop Snake). Something different, something easily found in 20 seconds googling, something that isn't stupidly overpowered.
     
  11. Mage

    Mage Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    Harry as a T-Rex is not stupid... well okay, yes it is. But it's also fucking awesome, and seeing as how this story is hardly up for story of the year, he better be a god damned T-Rex.
     
  12. Christinathewitch

    Christinathewitch Second Year

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    Why not a dog? It would show how loyal and brave Harry is and use it to compare him to Sirius. I actually hope that's it because I just can't get the nice image of Harry transforming and getting eaten by the dragon in the first seconds out of my head.
     
  13. Andro

    Andro Master of Death DLP Supporter

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    Maybe it's a flea? Then Harry will take hours to travel past the dragon undetected, position his little flea body next to the egg, then revert back to human form and side-along apparate the egg to safety before the dragon knows what's what.
     
  14. Churchey

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    You can't apparate on Hogwarts grounds.

    Wait--Harry is probably descended from one or more of the founders (but his estranged family are not, strangely enough) so that rule doesn't count.
    Carry on.
     
  15. Dark Minion

    Dark Minion Bright Henchman DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Turning into a T-Rex is just a cheap manga ripoff...

    Meh - even if he is able to transform into something awesome it would be extraordinarily stupid to show off his abilities. As I don't expect much from the author anymore, I fear (I am sure) he will write some ExtraordinaryBadassSuperHarry scenes.
     
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