that makes sense, sort of. its still horrible though. i wouldn't mind it as much if the stories were actually written well (and didn't completely focus on romance. i prefer action and angst.) and i personally don't like slash. i just don't think that it would happen.

 

Nope, it's just something she totally forgot about after GoF evidentally.

She needs godamned continuity people to remind her of things.

 

New one:

-The main bookstore in Diagon Alley having these "ultra secret super duper blow the world up in 2 words" spellbooks that somehow no one has found or used yet.

Honestly.. with all the dark arts purebloods out there, do you think that shit would be laying around like that?

It's almost as bad as the bastards who write Slytherins magical compartment trunk that has been sitting in the trunk store for 900+ years, somehow not moved, thrown out, nothing. Just sitting there taking up space.

 

Or the Phoenix that just sits in the shop and waits for Harry.

 

Another one, Harry goes to Gringotts, meets Griphook and greets him and then every goblin, sometimes every magical creature, worships him.

 

why must harry grow from 5'2" to like 6'8" in like two nights?

 

What two nights? Normally he only needs one.
Harry masters martial arts in a a few weeks.
And then there is Harry having all these magical abilities that no one knew about.

 

Actually my personal favorite cliche is Diagon/Knockturn Alley's = Weapons Black Market.

Though it is followed closely by poorly written Harry/Ginny fics that usually go a little something like this.

"Harry saw Ginny and realized he had always loved her."

Followed by a smattering of angst, then lust, then love, then marraige. then more mindless fluff, and then they both kill Voldemort and live happily ever after.

Or here is another one.

Harry has kids. 'Nuff said. I think I have seen one good one... Out of about 1 million written.

 

And there is the custom wand, most of the time created in Knockturn Alley.

 

Or wait... wait... Lets not forget that he is filthy fucking rich and gryffindor/merlin/ravenclaw/slytherin/hufflepuff/all 5 or some other wierd combination's heir.

 

Well there is Harry being Grindelwalds grandson, which doesn't really work.
I think we start repeating ourselves.

 

I have seen a couple where it worked... Not many... But a couple.

Absolute WORST cliche is a bad self insertion by a female author.

Well wait... No thats not nessacarily true... The WORST cliche is the cliche that doesn't know that its a cliche... The explanitory authors notes in the middle of a chapter because the author is not a talented enough writer to actually make their story make sense.

Other annoying cliches (and yes they are done often enough to be cliches) are passive voice/over-used linking verbs... They annoy me to no end.

Especially when I see a sentence like this:

"...and harry went to the store because he knew that he had to buy a porno mag and some fish and some chips, because his knowledge of the english language was not advanced enough to come up with a better sentence to communicate this particular misadventure of harrys."

In other news... GIOVANNI HATES WEAK WRITING!!!

 

Plot holes

 

Guys, I think we should thank all those untalented authors out there. Without them we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

 

Agreed.

Thank you untalented authors... :?

 

Alright

 

yes after thanking them we can burn them

 

Here is where I differ from most people on cliches... I can tolerate them as long as they are WELL WRITTEN!!!

Custom wand... Sure why not. In Knockturn? HELL NO.

I always figured Harry to be around 5'4-5'6 after 5th year. Short, scrawny, and just below average.

I don't mind him growing taller with a potion or something... But my main question is: "why the hell would he want to?" I mean think about it, his size, or lack thereof is what has kept him alive in the past. He gets by through quickness and agility. Why sacrifice that for between 6 inches and 1 foot of extra height?

Oh but here is the WORST cliche ever... Azkaban!Harry. Now before you shoot me let me explain. I actually LIKE Azkaban!Harry. What I don't like is how cliched the plot-lines are becoming. I mean jeez, is it to hard to ask for a little originality? Could you make him kill someone besides Hagrid or Ginny (yes I like seeing her die to... But there are ither ways to do it dammit, HARRY SHOULDN'T SUFFER BECAUSE OF HIS STALKERS DEATH!)/Some other close friend. Or would it be to much to ask of the writers to make him gain his super powers and infinite knowledge AFTER he leaves Azkaban instead of while he is sitting half insane in his cell? I don't dislike Azkaban!Harry... I just hate the authors who use the plot-line but aren't bright enough to invent their own story.