Harry was about to kill Malfoy. Kill him, roast him alive. He hesitated. Malfoy capitalize. Even though he had planned to lose, he lost control and was on the verge of killing an innocent. I don't see why you're mad about that.

I just don't understand why anyone would critic the character development when it's clearly logical.

1. HP has lost control and almost die (CoS).
2. HP has lost control and almost killed his friend (Hermione).
3. HP DOES NOT want to lose control and kill Malfoy (even if he doesn't like him).
4. HP trains with Moody to learn to trust his instincts/body, and not fear them.
5. HP trounce Crounch because he's tired of being scare and HE HATES HIM.
6. HP trounce Ron because he's tired of everyone's expectation.

There's definitely character development there. Maybe not at a pace you'd like, but it is a realistic pace for recovering from such a traumatizing event as suicide.

 

Sounds like Sorting Cat's staying true to Rowling on that one. You must not like canon Harry, who is prone to bouts of anger and yet never quite lays Malfoy out until sixth year (which he immediately feels sorry for). I think it quite believable that he 'takes one step forward and one step back' but it's obvious that he's progressed since the beginning of the fic.

To be fair to Sree, I too disliked the fact that Harry was purportedly a very talented wizard up until the Chamber of Secrets, but I found it believable that he did something tremendous to save Ginny and then immediately never wanted that to happen again. The fact that this mostly goes unexplained in the fic probably accounts for 75% of the frustration. The stuff with Luna was bearable because I don't know integral pieces of the Last Avatar world and therefore expect a bit of 'what the hell is this' from time to time. It doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the story as a whole, however, and I think it will start to pick up steam after the last chapter.

 

Does anyone know what happened to the story? It hasn't been updated for a year.

 

I was also wondering about that

Edit: well i completely forgot that this is technically a necro but seeing the new post made me forget that. Sorry

 

...nothing happened. It just stopped being updated. Maybe (he/she)'ll return to it, maybe he/she won't. In the meantime, let's not necro without a review.

 

To piggyback on this (unfortunately without a review, but I'm adding something fairly constructive), Sorting Cat is a DLPer. That doesn't mean you should spam SC with messages about it, but I'm sure we'll be one of the first to find out if there's an update (is there a WbA for this? I honestly don't remember).

 

Yeah, there is. The last chapter in the story was put here first.

 

Meh, SC posts on DLP, but she started the story before she came here and rarely posted in WBA before posting a chapter, hoping for an update on DLP first is wishful thinking. It's just as likely to be updated on FFN as on here. Or that is what I comfort myself with while crossing my fingers for an update.

She had plenty of positive responses so I think she just lost her mojo or RL got in the way, which is a shame because I really loved this story when it was updating. One of my favorite takes on Rons character I have ever read, progression of friendship from childhood enemies was natural and realistic, although some people disagreed. The story integration was second to none, rather than feeling like a crossover it felt like a new world. The intrigue and mystery building was fantastic.

Tl;dr I've had a couple so a big fuck you for necroing, just another great story I am dissappointed is no longer active. If your reading this Cat, please come back.