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Less able Harry Potter

Discussion in 'Story Search' started by El Duderino, Aug 17, 2011.

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  1. Blazzano

    Blazzano Unspeakable

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    Aug 22, 2011 #81
    Offhand, does anyone know if there are any Death Eaters with glasses in canon? There are many "good guys" and neutral characters with some sort of lenses on their face, but I'm drawing a blank for the nastier types.

    Pff, watch it be someone obvious that I've forgotten...
     
  2. FreakLord

    FreakLord Professor DLP Supporter

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    Aug 22, 2011 #82
    Villians don't wear glasses. It decreases their evilness. Similarily Heroes don't appear without glasses. It decreases their goodness. :nyan:
     
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  3. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Aug 22, 2011 #83
    Disabled Harry generally goes one of two ways:

    1. Genuine disability. Recall the disabled!Harry fic posted in For Review a while back. Does anyone want to read that?

    2. Fake disability. Some bullshit disability that is easily overcome because Harry's special, normally a way to gift Harry with unusual superpowers. Does anyone want to read that?
     
  4. Silens Cursor

    Silens Cursor The Silencer DLP Supporter

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    Aug 22, 2011 #84
    Just thought of a third option.

    3. 'Disability'. Harry's faking a disability to milk sympathy, gold, support, etc. from friends, family, and the general public.

    Still not sure I want to read that either.
     
  5. Greener

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    Aug 22, 2011 #85
    Fixing your eyesight is possible, but it takes a potion whose main components are pickled snidget spleen and the right testicle of a quintaped. All things may be possible with magic, but not necessarily practical to achieve...
     
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  6. El Duderino

    El Duderino Groundskeeper

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    Aug 23, 2011 #86
    Or just downright putrid.
     
  7. FreakLord

    FreakLord Professor DLP Supporter

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    Aug 24, 2011 #87
    mainly chicks
     
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  8. El Duderino

    El Duderino Groundskeeper

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    Aug 24, 2011 #88
    I thought that would be a given...
     
  9. Dark Minion

    Dark Minion Bright Henchman DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Aug 24, 2011 #89
    Actually, that has been done... kind of...

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2856230/1/Tragic_Hero
     
  10. Jormungandr

    Jormungandr Prisoner

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    Aug 24, 2011 #90
    Huh..Dudley's colon.

    Tragic fate, that.

    Was expecting him to try and do the same trick on Hermione, though.
     
  11. Warlocke

    Warlocke Fourth Champion

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    Aug 24, 2011 #91
    Sodomy???

    Hmm, maybe I should RAFO, because that just doesn't sound right.
     
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  12. Thaumologist

    Thaumologist DA Member ~ Prestige ~

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    Aug 27, 2011 #92
    Blind Harry never stays blind. And often ends up with Fleur, as the allure obviously doesn't effect him if he can't see her hair (or is it just that I go looking for H/Fl fics?).

    Crippled Harry is boring to read. Physical or mental, a Harry like this is more difficult to relate to (so we care less about what happens to him), and is likely to either avoid problems, or stumble into them in a slapstick manner.

    Mute Harry has possibilities - forced silent casting and such.

    However, I started a mute!Harry fic a while back. All the teachers and such accept this. And then it turns out that there's no disability. Harry doesn't talk (or use notes for conversation, as that would be 'cheating'), as a friend died in front of him. And this is his way of remembering that friend.

    Red-exed that shit.
     
  13. Richard

    Richard Supreme Mugwump

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    Aug 28, 2011 #93
    There is a mute Harry here: http://hpfandom.net/eff/viewstory.php?sid=1721

    It's not really a bad story. It doesn't turn him into a Super Hero or anything, from what I remember. I've no idea if it's even up to DLP standards, however. But as most people here know, my own standards are pretty low set compared to some other members here, so you're taste is probably different than mine. Hope you like the story.
     
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