Only 4 or 5's get in.

 

Ahh. Well in that case, I'm sure some of this fic's fans will begin voting to ensure it attains the rating necessary...


--bornagainpenguin

 

I find the temporary agreement that Harry and Vernon reach as fairly believable after all killing freaks is something Vernon would make such an exception for. Besides it is more likely and any of the Harry/Snape Harry/Draco Harry/Voldemort slash pairings, or at the very least any fic featuring mpreg (I mean wtf did that come from anyways?).

Besides this is a great fic, though what else would you expect from such talented author?

 

Indeed.

I'm curious about that as well.

 

Its above a 4

 

Vernon would never give Harry a gun.. besides, I disliked this story.. Really don't know why..

 

I don't think it is really a great story. Maybe because it lacks the humour of his other story and mainly because it lacks conflict. Everything is going fine for Harry, the few small bumps in the road are no problem because he is proceeded by a steamroller. E.g. in the newest chapter the 'higher-ups' are doubtful about him, then Hermione mentions something and everyone is doubtless.

Much like Caer Azkaban really.

So it's well written, but the plot isn't all that great. 3/5 maybe.

 

It might not be GREAT or as good as some of his other fics, but seeing as it is currently four stars, shouldn't it be back in the library?

--bornagainpenguin

 

Half-Blood Prince; She did review it, even if it was only a number based review. There's really to need for statements like 'anally raped without lubrication' in the library. Unless, of course, it's in the NC-17 section and directly related to a fic, but whatever. I'm totally not going there.

PsychoSama; I think I read something in some other thread about some or most fics without 4 or 5 stars hitting the bin. I'll look for the post later.

Now, my personal view on the story since this thread's alive again... It's really nothing special. At all. I personally don't get why Rorschach is so revered. He's really not that great of a writer. His ideas are at times, fantastic, and his humor is spot-on, but all his stories seem...disjointed, maybe? I'm not sure which word to use. It's kinda like reading a story in script format. Either way, like all his stories, nothing flows correctly, and what could have been legendary turns out mediocre, at best. I'd give this a 2.5 out of 5, personally.

 

I guess everyone has their own opinion; I personally rather like his stuff, but I know my taste isn't everyone's. Have you read Make A Wish, by any chance? It's a bit choppy, especially as it gets further in, but it's funny as fuck. At least IMO. If you were to go to the CaerAzkaban Yahoo! Group, you'd see where his stories are almost an exercise in group consensus writing. That might be the choppiness you're feeling.

I would like to ask, though; if you're giving OSND a 2.5:5, what would you consider a 5:5, or even a 4:5? I find it easier to understand a fellow reader's subconscious preferences when I can see what triggers them. If you would, just PM or email some links to me.

 

I've read Make A Wish, and my point still stands. Like I said, his humor is spot on and it's at least done well enough that while there are places that actually make me cringe, I can read it on humor value alone.

The thing is, humor is what he's got. If he's not writing humor it just seems to...fall apart. Maybe it's because he has too much experience in one place and not enough in the more serious genre, but it just doesn't flow like Make A Wish does, and that alone is pretty bad as Make a Wish didn't flow all that well itself.

That aside, all of his Harry's and Hermione's can pretty much be cut and pasted. And the way he wrote Harry doesn't click. Like it or not, Book 5 Harry is an impetuous, quick-tempered kid. An if you want to argue that this could be based on Book 6 Harry (No one jump on me for this as I'm not sure when book 6 was released), he's still impetuous. Example being, using a spell that said 'for enemies' on Malfoy when he had no idea what it would do.

It's vaguely plausible for Harry to go dark and kill death eaters with black magic, because I seriously doubt he'd be the first wizard to snap after everything goes wrong. It's not plausible for him to take a gun, organize his own muggle military force, and get together with a bunch of 80 year old men to bring down Voldemort. Several points I could bring up include the fact that Voldemort isn't stupid. He probably knew what guns were before entering Hogwarts, and they couldn't possibly be the power he knows not, but that's not what makes me tick the most.

Vernon hates Harry. Hates him. He certainly never beat him or anything, but having him give Harry a gun makes no sense. He's dense, but I honestly don't think he's incredibly stupid. Petunia probably told him what she knew about the wizarding world, which probably included the fact that they know absolutely nothing about anything muggle. If he gave a gun to Harry, the worthless freak might shoot him, his wife and his perfect son. He could pin it on someone else seeing as how the freaks probably don't know what a gun is. Then, they could use their freaky magic to make all evidence of them VANISH!

I myself seriously doubt this would happen, but I'm following the Vernon Dursely though process. The phobia of magic alone gives him enough paranoia to not trust anything Harry says, especially that he wants to 'kill other freaks.'

I know, I know, it's fanfiction, it can work anyway it wants, but it just bugs me to no end.

 

I can understand that, even if it does not bug me, to each their own. For me it is m/m slash and certainly those with mpreg that really bug me, of course I have said so before. Anyways those and the pairings they tend to have.

Maybe Rorschach's Blot has a greater reputation than deserved, but come on Make a wish is one of the few fanfics I would consider in the very top legendary must reads for any fan of such fiction. There are some others which roughly equal it which are in its size range, and several more that are shorter. Many that are shorter but are only great, plus many more that are just good.

Really you could be right about this author and humor, but to me this fic is far from being worthy of placed in the trash bin. I would chuck many others in before even considering this one, but like I said to each their own.

 

It's not above a 4 - it's 3.95

 

Not any more. I just looked, and it's 4.04.

 

3.92 now

 

Well, for the board's purposes, that's close enough to 4 that it doesn't matter.

 

I think that Blot genuinely respects and has affection for the British military. This reflects well on him as a person, but it's absolutely deadly to this story, since his strengths as a writer are ill-suited to producing a story where the military is portrayed in a uniformly positive light. All of the potential humor in the situation is wasted in a long series of perfectly competent and wise decisions by subordinate officers.

It's almost like reading a super-Harry except instead of superpowers he has a super-organization working for him.

 

New chapter posted.