Sorry guys but....................... WTF ?!

 

Seriously, this story is brilliant,, sure the plot has some holes but atleast not as many as I think the author just needs abit of coaching.

4/5 stars




madeyemoody

 

To all those who say that this story "sucks":

If by "sucks", you mean, "is so unbelievably great that I don't know how to begin praising it", then I'm in complete agreement with you.

 

Taure:

The first chapter had so many cliches that even Shakespeare couldn't turn this catastrophe into anything above a 2.


SHAKESPEARE!!!!!

His Shakeiness -- the Great Shakes Himself... Master of English literature (and iambic pentameter).

 

Seriously. This is getting ridiculous.
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Hey guys. It's hist first fanfiction. Don't be so mean to him.

The fanfiction certainly isn't good. But you don't have to say out loud it 'sucks' even if it's true.

I like to think the quality of a fanfiction can be guessed by its title. It's not always the case, but very often it is.

The Potter Tradition of Red

When I see this title, it already makes me want to avoid the story.

 

I've really gotta write up the DLP Manifesto at some point.

Understatement of the Century.

Honesty is the DLP Policy.

Hypocrit.

 

I'm just stunned that no-one's called on the grammar in his/her second post.

Seriously, Ginny-lover, learn how to fucking use the shift button. And how the fuck can you not be able to use apostrophes?

Your grammar in this post is one of the strongest things stopping me from reading this fic. How am I, a reader, supposed to trust that you don't do the same in other written work?

Yes, I have seen Tinn Tam's review of the spelling, but still, if you want us to take you seriously, act like it! Until then... if SIYE is still up, go there.

 

I just checked it. They wouldn't take it. SIYE has some standards, too, and also some rules. They are different, and some are even strange, like this one:

or like this one:

But they have also some rules about chapter length, grammar, spelling, etc. Sadly the second chapter of "The Potter Tradition of Red" doesn't meet the required chapter length.

Thus, Taure and Xiph0 are hailing a Harry/Ginny story which even SIYE would reject.

 

I should hope that they wouldn't accept it! Such a story as this is far to great to be found in a cesspool such as SIYE.

In fact, I'm beginning to think that it is too great even for our own library; perhaps we should start a whole new section in the library just for this story to show its greatness.

 

How about ... The Latrine ?

 

Please tell me you're not fucking serious. There is no way you can be that stupid.

 

I'll assume that you are refering to the bits you placed in bold. Well, lets take a look shall we, TIO.

Even Tinn, who is a grammar whore and who hates this story admits that it is grammatically OK. So that claim is obviously valid.

This is a simply factual statement, one that can be verified as true by simply clicking on the story link. So that claim is valid.

Both me and Xiph0, and BMM, and Madeye, have expressed the view that this should be in the library. So that statement is aslo valid.

Therefore, everything that MS said is true and not in the least stupid.

Now I've backed up his claim, perhaps you would like to back up yours, or are they just baseless statements founded on prejudice?

 

If you seriously want this in the Library, and you weren't joking, then I just don't know what to tell you. There is nothing that merits this worthy of a rating other then 1 star. There's two short chapters filled with OOC characters and cliche's, how can the writing style be ok? Writing style and grammar are (in my opinion) two different things. I was under the impression that you were joking, but if you seriously want this crap in the library, then well...

 

I just read the second chapter. It is still very well written, grammatically, but it is still very cliched, and has chapters that are far too short. Now I realize it is difficult to get a story started, so I am still suspending my final judgement on this. But as it stands, I think this story could be pretty good, given time.

 

Well i just posted the third chapter, i hope all of you guys like it more than the first two!!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3282368/3/

 

Everyone, we just got completely suckered in, bait, hook, sinker and gutted. Congratulations- you got us. Damn, you really got us. You nearly caused a civil war inside of DLP, but you still freaking got us.

Oh, 5/5 for sure

 

As always, this was amusing to watch. Heh, cheers to this work of art, yes?

 

I only joined in to create some good natured rucus and boy that was worth it. Laughed every time I read this thread.

madeyemoody