Title: The Gunman
Author: sordid humor
Rating: M
Genre: Action/Adventure/Humor
Status: WIP
Pairings: Hints of Harry/Ginny, Hermione/Krum
Summary: So Dumbledore's dead, that's a big one. Obviously, we have one very distraught Harry Potter on our hands. As he decides to get on with the great adventure of his life, circumb to destiny, et cetera, Ron and Hermione vow to come along for the ride... but Harry works alone. Though he loves his friends, his love for them exceeds any desire for assistance or camaraderie. At the first possible chance, Harry strikes out on his own. He knows that Ron and Hermione and all of his friends will come after him—but if there's one thing his life has taught him, it's that the best place to hide is in the open. Harry uses the Dark Arts to perform a very complex curse, allowing himself to become everything he's not... with some limits, but no matter. And Harry sets out to find the remaining Horcruxes of his life-long nemesis, sets out on the ultimate adventure... in an unassuming form...
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2821455/1/

One of rare post-HBP stories with some prospect for developing independant and dark Harry's character.

Harry is finally training himself in potions, talismans, concielment and dark arts in general. He's also planning to perform a certain ritual that will sort of make him more Slytherin and split his soul in process.

The pairing IS H/G, with Harry pinning after the whore, but I have a strong suspicion that the author will use the love potion angle - Harry's reaction to the bitch is clearly over-inflated. As for Hermione and Ron, Harry is playing along for now, but planning to ditch them and asume completely new indentity.

Chief downsids is kinda choppy and hard-to-follow writting style... and hints of H/G of course (for now at least).

Anyway, this has some potential, but it remains to be seen how will the author deal with dark!Harry and H/G romance.

 

I will give it a whirl, and see what this fic is about. The ideas behind this story sound pretty good. I am trying to find some post half-blood prince stories and this looks good.

 

This is VERY good.

The Ginny stuff is annoying though, but either way it plays a small role.

Right now the chance of going with the potion seem to be 50-50 if I were to take a guess.

If you want, write to him and apply some pressure.

Best post-HBP story I've read, BAR-NONE. (Miranda...at least as good as Cervus's but more frequent updates...at least as good)

 

just finished what he has up, the ginny scence were nausiating wasnt sure i would make it past the first chapter, and then he kept carrying on in each subsequent chapter i really hope he has some nefarious subplot where molly was spiking his drink with potion the slut made, i mean what better way to begin a association with a bounty hunter than to give him a few weasels to brush up on his skills.
like the writing style though the misspelled names annoy me, definitely one of the better post-hbp fic i have seen. but he commented that he has been working on the last chapter since oct or so, so i imagine we wont see an update till mid july.

 

if Harry is indeed proven to be under a love potion for the weaslet, then i might read it, because the plot seems nice, but all the H/G crap is making me sick. So to those of you who can stand it, congratulations! You have a stomach made of mythrill.

 

*snorts in laughter* Haha best quote I have seen so far.

Anyways I dont think I will read this. Ginny = crap fic

 

Not really sure what to say about this one, except that I didn't like it. Maybe it will be a more pleasant read for someone else.

There just didn't seem to be any logic to Harry's actions. It's post-HBP, and he uses the elves to help brew felix felicis and other potions for him. The twins, likewise, are developing products for him, one of which he uses to disguise himself to sneak into Knockturn Alley.

While there, he quickly locates the deus-ex bookstore that will solve all of his problems. Conveniently, it contains a book written by Voldemort himself. He also has an encounter with Bellatrix Lestrange--at one point he even has a knife at her throat--but for some inconceivable reason just lets her go. Huh?

This fic just didn't make any sense to me. 2/5

EDIT: Forgot to mention the rampant H/G. Don't read it if you can't handle that pairing.

 

Well, I read it, mainly because I'm trying to work my way through the neglected stories page, and I've gotta say, this one sucks. It starts fairly typically and strong, and then just falls flat. After chapter six (or eighteen, depending on how you interpret the author's ramblings) it gets beyond confusing. The author either started taking a whole lot of interesting drugs, or ran out of interesting drugs and fell into withdrawal. Either way, not recommended by me. 2/5 for brief moments of brilliance swimming through a river of suck.

Edit: Apparently, I think phonetically, rather than following useful rules of the English language. Stupid mis-spellings fixed.