Luckily for me, I had only recently gotten round to reading the previous chapter (then read it a second time 'cause I like this story so damn much), so it was all quite fresh for me.

I actually enjoyed that Harry was torn and frightened; I felt that it showed he's *not* a super-badass but that in spite of all he's learned and overcome, there's still a 15-year-old kid in there that can be scared and indecisive and want others to take care of the hard stuff since he knows he's not really ready and may very well never be. I also felt this was demonstrated by mira mirth more than once showing Harry being overwhelmed with the decision and wanting desperately to have more time to just *think*.

No doubt there's a shitload of fallout coming that canon-Harry never had to face, being a Gryffindor and all. This Harry will have to face the wrath of Malfoy and Goyle, who will both be out for his blood more than ever, not to mention every other kid who's parent is a Death Eater. So yeah, there's bound to be more fireworks before the end of term.

As for the A/N about disturbing imagery, was she referring to Dawlish or Kingsley? I'm assuming Dawlish, since that's what made Harry puke or want to, but to my jaded self, it seemed a bit, well not tame, but certainly not over-the-top. Perhaps a spot of counseling is in order...

Oh yeah, my rating for the chapter was 5/5, and for the story is still 5/5. One of the best fics I've read, to be honest, and I'm looking forward to Harry flipping his shit on Dumbledore when he hears about the Horcruxes and how fucking many there are to find and destroy, just to have the *opportunity* to fight Voldemort to the death. Should be a fun conversation to read.

 

I just crawled out of the cave I'd been living in and found this story after its thread got bumped. Well, that easily ranks up there with the only other Slytherin!Harry story I've enjoyed, Big D's "WWSHD." For entirely different reasons, of course; WWSHD is a humorous and fanciful take on the concept, and this is a serious, surprisingly all-around and more realistic approach.

It seems that as Mira has gotten more word space to work with for each successive year, the story has more or less improved. That's no mean feat, because most fics go downhill when they decide to get more wordy. It does lend a somewhat unbalanced feel to the thing, but it's the right kind of unbalanced, where it gets better instead of worse. I hope that trend continues.

4.5 out of 5, rounded up for the voter applet here.

 

I love this story. It's easily in my personal top five of Works-In-Progress. Although mira updates relatively sparsely, I find I don't mind because the chapters are awesome, and also because I end up reading both the update as well as the previous chapter. It's like a double-update every time! =P

I really liked Harry's characterization in this chapter; he's not supered up, but we can still see the potential that he has. He also isn't cold towards death or anything. All of his reactions make sense. While he appears to put on the facade of a mastermind, we can see that he's a real person with faults, as well.

I also was satisfied with how Kingsley died. Too often authors are unwilling to make realistic and necessary sacrifices; I'm glad mira doesn't fall into this trap.

Anyways, awesome update with a fantastic battle scene. Can't wait for things to begin ramping up even more.

 

This is the best thing about this story. One of the least believable things about canon Harry (and fics using him) is his complete lack of any urge for self preservation. Real people in Harry's shoes would be like WTF, I have no chance against this Voldemort guy creating 80 foot high flame beast thingies, do I look fucking suicidal to you?

A Harry who has normal reactions (i.e., actually trying to avoid situations that should almost certainly result in his death) is extremely rare.

Anyway, this is one of the best fics going imo. Kickass update.

 

Updated. Will be back with a review.

 

Awesome that this was updated. This is one of the best HP fanfics out there and I feared it was abandoned.

Really liked the update too.

 

This was a pretty good chapter, IMO. Lengthy filler-type stuff, since the year's climax was already in the last chapter, but at least some of the filler was interesting, and will hopefully lead to interesting stuff later on.

In particular, I'm curious to see what Harry thinks should be done about Wizard society - it looks like he's got the beginning of a new philosophy in development, and he seems like the type to eventually try and implement his new ideas.

Hopefully it won't take him too long to figure out exactly what's wrong with Voldemort, though: Voldemort talks the talk, but ultimately he doesn't care about anything not named Voldemort. Harry should be able to figure this out eventually, just from examining how Voldemort treats his own allies (disposable).

 

Fucking hell. Kept thinking Blaise was our Blaise.

 

How about a DLP Self-Insert fic where everyone goes to Hogwarts and...

Never mind, I must be more tired than I thought.

On topic: Quite a satisfactory ending to one of the best OoTP rewrites I've seen yet, my hopes for 6th year are really high.

 

Is this one of the best HP fics ever written? I'm really getting a strong yes after this last chapter. I re-read the entire story since it was so long between the updates and... fuck me.

Harry isn't just Harry Potter, he's a Slytherin. None of that "I'm sneaky" bs in crapfics but a proper Slytherin who stands up for his House. I think this is one of the best parts of this fic, and how he interacts with minor characters like Bletchely, Montague and Pucey.

Also, Cedric in this story is really, really well written. I'm hoping for him to stay in the school next year... but I'm just not quite sure how it'd work other then him getting a teaching position... which is a bit absurd. Slughorn will get Potions, Snape Defense Against the Dark Arts... you'd think at least.

Edited to add: Oh yeah, changing this from a 4/5 to a 5/5. Its epic.

 

This fic is rising to an awesome crescendo.

Definitely a 5/5 with the latest chapter.

 

I'm going to have to agree with that. It just keeps getting better and better.

 

This is to Slytherin!Harry fics what Santi's fic is to Brother-is Boy-Who-Lived fics.

 

I'm not that happy with the last chapters. I think the story as a whole is great, but the update rate is so low that It's hard to get back into the story, and I really haven't enjoyed it much. Which is a shame, because the background ideology and politics are great; I guess I don't care much for Harry - his actions strike me as pretty smart, but that's about it.

 

So, I seem to be doing a read of everything that I just kinda haven't read so far, but everyone else likes. I remember reading the first 3 or 4 chapters of this back in the day and finding it really dull. However, I read the whole thing last night.

I still think the first 6 chapters, or 3 books are dull. However, the last two books, or 9 chapters are REALLY good. The end of book 4 and all of book 5 were just a pleasure to read.

Looking forward to more, but unsure of when i'll get it with 15 chapters in 2 years. :/

This gets a 4/5 from me.

 

Wow. Bots with pictures now. Crazy.

 

To Zennith, you suck. Thank you for getting my hopes up that the author for this may have updated.

P.S: I dislike you.

End of message.

 

To be fair, I was commenting on a post by a bot that was humorous and also had an avatar pic... whatev.

Also, I care.... so much....that you dislike me. So much.

 

Legacy... you posted that 2 days after Zennith did, therefore making me look at the damn topic again. So you're pretty much worse than Zennith imo.