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Fanfiction's Worst Summaries v10.0

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Syaoran, Jun 10, 2016.

  1. Archinist

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    Hurt Through Time by RubyJade25
    This is a fanfiction of an abused 3rd-4th year Harry and he is acting stranger and people notice. The people who never seemed to care before. Severus Snape is trying to help Harry, but something dark is happening to Harry along the way. WARNING: Language, Rape, Self-Harm HEAVY ABUSE Severus Snape/ Harry Potter; EVIL: Dumbledore and Ron YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

    One word.

    Kill it with fire.
     
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    >one

    Salsa I think I'm going to need to reintroduce you to the concept of numbers.
     
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    Silirt Chief Warlock DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

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    I don't know, the summary seems to adequately describe the story, at least for my purposes. I know I don't want to read it.
     
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    Power plays
    By: Numbuh10-4
    What if the abuse hardened Harry instead of braking him. Slytherin, grey, smarter, defensive Harry. Arrogant Snape. Crazy manipulative Dumbledore.
    Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Neville L., Susan B., Daphne G., Harry P. - Chapters: 10 - Words: 39,543 - Reviews: 80 - Favs: 286 - Follows: 462 - Updated: 1h ago - Published: Apr 29 - id: 13273771
     
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    I read that as 'baking him', was very confused.
     
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    That's why I use scryer to hide the garbage. Best feature ever.
     
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    I'm still confused. How does someone make another person brake?
     
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    I think it's meant to be 'break' but they can't English.
     
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    You yell "Slow down!" at them.
     
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    Not necessarily horrible but I still feel the need to add this.

    Harry Potter and Forgotten Twin
    By: Sheltie1267
    This is fanfic is completely AU. It features Alive!James and Lily, Independent!Grey!Harry, Confident!Neville, and Young!Tonks. The pairings are as follows: Harry/Tonks, Neville/Hermione, and James/OC (Lily and James get divorced) Read it if you want to. Just no hateful reviews. Thank you!
    Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 20 - Words: 54,735 - Reviews: 44 - Favs: 74 - Follows: 122 - Updated: 3h ago - Published: Sep 21, 2018 - id: 13072168

    No huge spelling errors, but rather the fact that it really doesn't tell me what the story's about. The summary of the Philosopher's Stone might as well be 'a kid named Harry goes to a school and makes friends. Here are some of their characteristics, these are the pairings, and plz don't be mean to me! -JK'
     
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    What's scryer?
     
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    Look at the top bar of DLP's page. It is a search engine.
     
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    Reading this makes me want to write a very hatefull review.
     
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    I think it's a perfectly serviceable summary. It tells you exactly what the story is about: nothing. Like most fanfic, it's unlikely to have a plot.
     
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    a really good one, btw. Tons of fandoms and our benevolent not at all murderous@Lord Ravenclaw adds other fandoms at request. you can filter based on summary terms (i.e. put -bashing or -dumbles or -manipulative or any other Red Flag) or words, or pairing, or classification (i.e. -angst)
     
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    Potter's pets!
    By: Clovergirl18
    Harry Potter has always been an unusual boy. Dumbledore has big plans for Harry. But Dumbledore has never expected Harry to have a variety of pets. Naru the black green eyed cat, Hedwig the black and white amber eyed cat, Ren the dragon, Shadow the black and gray mist wolf, Yuki the white six tailed fox, and Alex the light yellow nine tailed fox.
    Rated: Fiction K - English - Fantasy/Friendship - Chapters: 20 - Words: 20,108 - Reviews: 56 - Favs: 82 - Follows: 112 - Updated: 42m ago - Published: Nov 27, 2018 - id: 13132142

    What the fuck.
     
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    Dude you've gotta stop. All these summaries are perfectly fine, they're just summarizing shit stories.
     
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    That's what's been posted in this thread for years. You'll have to forgive the new member for picking up on the trend and following it.
     
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    Admittedly that summary is pretty much a dumpster fire.
     
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    The summary doesn't mention that the literal first scene in the fic is the magical cat eating the Dursleys, I feel like thats something notable enough to mention in the summary.
     
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