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Complete The Grass is Always Greener by kbo - T

Discussion in 'Almost Recommended' started by carvell, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. BioPlague

    BioPlague The Senate DLP Supporter

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    I think everyone pretty much already knew you'd never been in a relationship before but at least now they have something tangible to reference.
     
  2. Kai Shek

    Kai Shek Supreme Mugwump

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    I am quite the sucker for romance, Heir; this was not good romance. in fact, comedy/action/romance is usually my favorite type of story.

    2.5/5 for me.

    Dialogue was cringe worthy. Harry was cringe worthy. Ideas were decent, but they were used in a way that made me.... cringe. but it did have HP/DG in it, and it was readable.
     
  3. Dirk Diggory

    Dirk Diggory Seventh Year

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    Eh. I'll give it a 3. The end was pretty lame; Imperio'ing Snape and Voldemort was gay. Plus if you could just imperio someone and have them tell you the truth Veritaserum would be unnecessary.

    But it had its moments of being HBP done less retardedly.
     
  4. Akuma-san

    Akuma-san First Year

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    The Grass is Always Greener started out as average and stayed that way for the first three chapters. Daphne opened up to Harry far too quickly for my liking. Even if he did help her out of a bad situation, that doesn’t mean she will open up to him. Unlike most stories playing hero doesn’t mean the person you saved wants to even know you. The final chapter went far to fast. It jumped from one major event to the next with no down time. Take the final chapter and split it into two. Then take those two and fill in some details and work a flow into the story.
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    The story was middle of the road 2.5/5 something to waste time with.
     
  5. BioPlague

    BioPlague The Senate DLP Supporter

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  6. Mindless

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    Bio confuses me sometimes.
     
  7. MysterioX

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    I gave up all expectations half way into the first chapter when I came across this sentence
    Seriously?

    Insult to the character ie Daphne Greengrass.
    1.7/5 thats for the attempt.
     
  8. Nemo

    Nemo Second Year

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    How do you insult a character who has none?

    I don't think Daphne got even a single line in the books. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only known facts about her are her house, name, and year...other than that her 'character' is whatever the author happens to think is cool at the time.
     
  9. Synchro

    Synchro High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    Well you can hardly leave her like that if she is the main character in the story; whatever the author thinks is cool is better than nothing at all (or this story)...
     
  10. Breed

    Breed Third Year

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    One of my favourite parings are Harry/SlytherinGirls.

    If Daphne was a Slytherin in this, then canon Neville was a Ravenclaw. Terrible, just terrible. This story just degrades everything Slytherin....

    2/5, just for the fact the author attempted the paring, which not many do.
     
  11. Dark-Stallion

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    And what, pray tell, would a Slytherin have done? In my opinion, Daphne managed to manipulate Harry's opinions and actions to her own benefit; assuming the author started with a cannon!Harry, which they did. The ending may not have alluded to it, but I got the impression that Daphne began with using Harry as a means to an end. While they may have 'fallen in love' along the way, she did get Harry to get rid of the things which had a negative effect on her immediate future. Overall, one of the better attempts at a Harry!SlytherinGirl pairing in my opinion.

    Could have been better, had the potential to be longer, and the ending was rushed; however, a 4/5 for actually being readable and having no glaring cringe-worthy moments.

    Dark-Stallion.
     
  12. Breed

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    Are you kidding me? They're halfway through an Occlumency lesson, (which is the second time they've actually spoke to each other) and she offers him a hug? Yes, very Slytherin indeed. While it's true we never see any of her character in the books, I highly doubt any self-respecting snake would do such a thing. Then she degrades herself further by measuring him for new clothes. What? The respectable Slytherin pureblood is now a tailor?

    If that conversation in the above scene didn't make you cringe, I doubt something as grotesque a picture of your mother being sodomized by a dog would.

    I suggest you read 'Iquiring Minds' to see how a real Harry/Slytherin relationship should develop. Pitty that got abandoned, the Blaise in that story was a real Slytherin.
     
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  13. BioPlague

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    This Slytherin/Gryffindor/Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff bullshit is just that. Bullshit.

    The reason this story doesn't suck isn't because of "Slytherin" and not "acting like it". There's no such thing as "acting Slytherin", "being Slytherin" or "being a Gryffindor."

    They're stupid fucking cliches that have nothing to do with character development. If your character is "Slytherin" then he's an overbearing asshole who has a namby-pamby excuse for hating the world. The author usually has to try extra hard. Oh, his parents, who in canon died for him, suddenly hate him because 1) He's in Slytherin 2) isn't the boy-who-lived 3) No reason. They just do because Harry needs a reason to be angry.

    There are no "Slytherins" and "Gryffindors" outside of house association. Ambition gets you in one, and bravery the other.

    The "lets think outside of labels" bullshit in this story is condescending. As if the author is condescending down to the reader and trying to shove this bullshit down our throat. There's no good reason why a Slytherin can't get her brains fucked out by a Gryffindor at any time. Or vice versa.

    Who the fuck is going to stop them? A bunch of teenagers?

    So no - the bullshit of "Slytherin" and "Gryffindor" is again, bullshit. If you want Harry in Slytherin, he should be ambitious. Not cruel, not dark, not an asshole. Ambitious and cunning.

    Those are the only stipulations. Anything else is your deluded and fucktardish view of what "should be" or what you believe is.

    The reason this story sucked ass is because its rushed and there is no character development; not to mind fluffy romance and an overall shitty plot.

    Think of it this way. Replace Daphne Greengrass with Hermione Granger and see how much you like it.

    Good job. You're in love with a non-existent character with which you throw characteristics you desire towards and pretend is oh-so awesome.
     
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  14. Dark Syaoran

    Dark Syaoran No. 4 Admin

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    I second the fucking post above me. Damn right.

    Worse still, JKR didn't exactly help with that bullshit in Deathly Hallows. All the Gryffindor's stay, most of the Hufflepuff's and a few Ravenclaw's, but all the Slytherin's fuck off.

    Urgh. Give me a break.
     
  15. BioPlague

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    She's a fucking moron.

    The premise of an entire house being a bunch of sadistic fucks who enjoy the dark arts and who are prone to evil destroys suspension of disbelief. Any respecting country would take the Ip82 route and instance a load of those fuckers and cut their fucking heads off at the shoulders or remove their magic.

    There are no "Slytherins". There are people in Slytherin. They have green robes, green ties or green fucking eye patches. They are cunning on occasion and might become politicians or snake-oil fucking salesmen.

    They will not become the next henchmen. They aren't "Death Nibblers", they're not "evil". They're 13 year olds, 14 year olds and 15 year olds.

    There are very few things on their mind, sex being at the forefront of it along with fucking with their teachers and being retarded.

    This whole "Slytherin Hierarchy", "Slytherin King" and "Ice Queen" bullshit is awesome as well. Good job assholes. You've helped create a bullshit idea that Slytherins "trade" for simple shit like fucking homework answers.

    "OH, what will you do FOR ME?"

    Really?

    Get fucking bent you stupid pieces of shit.
     
  16. Breed

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    You make some excellent points. You're right about a lot of it.

    However, there IS a good why a Slytherin can't just 'get her brains fuck out' by a Gryffindor. Prejudices.

    It's like saying there was no reason why a white woman couldn't just get fucked by a coloured dude back when racism was at it's peak. They'd both be torn apart.

    If you imagine it to be that sort of scenario, they wouldn't instantly get 'lovey-dovey' on their second meeting. Which is why the character for a Slytherin here is bullshit.
     
  17. Dark Syaoran

    Dark Syaoran No. 4 Admin

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    What?

    That shit only works if all Slytherin are 'dark' and pureblood supremacists while all Gryffindor's are light and pro-muggleborn.

    Does hating on muggleborns mean you can't be brave or someshit? Yeah, okay. Some douche like Malfoy might be a faggot about it and give her shit. Maybe a few others like Ron on Harry's side.

    Everyone else? They wouldn't give a shit.
     
  18. BioPlague

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    What? Are you fucking retarded? There are no "stipulations" to being sorted into Slytherin. Half-Bloods are in there and I'm sure if Rowling wanted to be an attention whore for another weekend, she could say Muggleborns are in there too.

    There are no "prejudices". There are a few people mentioned by name in canon who dislike people who aren't full-blooded wizards. So do only cunning people and ambitious people enjoy the pleasure of being bigoted fucks?

    Cool. Nothing to help that ambition like alienating 33% of the Wizarding World from any future plans that don't involve sending them to Auschwitz.

    No one is going to prevent a Slytherin from getting plowed by a Gryffindor. Lucius isn't a governor anymore. Dumbledore was in charge. Minerva is in charge. Horace Slughorn is the Head of House and THE FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS don't decide what the fuck Slytherin is going to do.

    Which is another fucking point. If you're an underclassmen, you're fucking irrelevant if there's a "semblance" of "hierarchy" and by hierarchy, I really mean "hey, this is the cool people" and "hey, you faggots stay the fuck out of my way or I will fucking make your life miserable".

    A 4th Year doesn't matter. Draco Malfoy may be of significance because he's related to an asshole who happens to be rich but he doesn't decide what Slytherin does.

    There isn't a Prince of Gryffindor either, you stupid faggots.

    Once again, there is one glaring flaw in all these ideas. They are kids. They are teenagers. They are fucking human beings who have emotions and feelings. 25% of the population is not bent on going around and killing you because you happen to be the equivalent of a nigger or jew in real life. It's no different here. Some people don't give a fucking shit. I'm sure if Draco tried to talk his Pureblood Supremacy bullshit to the average joe who was in Slytherin who was more worried about whether the bitch with the lips was going to suck his cock off next weekend, he'd be told to go fuck himself.
     
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  19. Breed

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    Yes, not all Slytherins were pureblood supremacists. Not all people were racist either. Doesn't stop the people who are from tearing the other people apart. You have people like Malfoy, to who Snape turns a blind eye and whose father can get him out of anything. He would tear any Slytherin dating a Gryff apart. And forgive me if I'm wrong, but most Gryffindors do have a problem with Slytherins. Just 'a few' can still cause a lot of damage.

    Maybe in the real world, that isn't how it works, but we're not in the real world.

    And can you name one Gryffindor who had a problem with muggleborns?

    Anyway's, you're set in your opinion, this is just mine. I can't enjoy this story properly for these reasons, maybe you can. It doesn't really matter.
     
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  20. BioPlague

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    Can you name one Gryffindor in 7th Year when Harry's in his first?

    Yeah, didn't think so.

    You know of the Gryffindor's in Harry's year, the Creeveys, the Weasleys and the Quidditch players.

    And once again. They. Are. Teenagers. You have a wand. You either fuck them up or get fucked up. And then you continue to bang the fucker you were dating, grab her ass in public and molest her when the professors aren't looking.

    And if someone doesn't like it, tough shit.

    If this was a community of adults, yeah. But a bunch of morons who can't even do a fucking thing with their wands?

    I'm shaking.
     
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