After 6-7 months of waiting, and this is what we get? Jono has done a turn around that makes the people on this site feel like retards because we can't understand what the hell happened in the newest chapter. If this is what Jono is going to write for now on I'm quitting after the next chapter.

"Sobs, and goes to room to smoke weed, to make the pain go away"

 

Yeah, I don't really find his response satisfying, as I believe its a new interpretation on what was originally intended at the end of Unholy Land to smooth out the discrepancies in the plot, but I'm not going to argue it. I've said my piece, I've got nothing more to say on it. Anything more would just be pointless trolling.

No doubt I'll continue to read and continue to be disappointed. Until towards the end of this fic of course, at which point Jono will maybe have caught us back up to the end of Unholy Land in terms of character progression, only to cast it aside once more at the beginning of the 3rd fic.

 

You may not like it, but I think he does have a good point in saying that key aspect of Harry's 'regression' may stem from the lack of support he has in this new world. That was perhaps one aspect of his reaponse that I found convincing. The more I consider the character development at hand the more plausible it seems.

Don't forget that in the Unholy Land he had his family, Dumbledore, and Flamel there to tell him 'yeah, you may do bad things but you aren't a bad guy.' For someone who is just coming into this new identity as Dark/White Knight, that was sort of was important in keeping him grounded.

Now you have a world with no Dumbledore, his worst enemy is the wizarding world's conscious, and his family had perhaps an even worse fate in this world than his home. Not only that but Katie, someone he generally tends to see as a voice of good in this world, is constantly questioning his sanity. Maybe it is understandable that he would be forced to question it as well.

Maybe I'm just reading with a more jaundiced eye at the moment, but I'm less annoyed at this chapter than I was on the first read. Here's hoping the next chapter won't take quite as long. Grins.

 

I have to admit I really want to read the latest chapter, I know the story has been going a bit slow lately but it adds to the realism. But yeah I hope the next chapter is also long.

 

hope the story does not get abandoned. I like it

 

Hold on, but I distinctly remember Nicholas Flamel saying what a great piece of construction his modified stun-baton was.
A simple engorgio would not suffice. But we don't need to know how he did it, the simple fact is Lightsaber!Harry FTW.

 

And making it in the first place is pretty impressive. Making a better version, even if its only marginally better, just shows that Harry (should be) more skilled than the Dark Knight.

 

Self-doubt probably. Which kinda makes Harry kind of a weenie. After all the shit he's been through, you think he'd develop some self-confidence or something even resembling a backbone for life, not just fighting. Isn't that what the army always has in their commercials?

 

I'm basically reading this as...

"Ooops, I majorly screwed the pooch on this and it is too late to change it now...to bad my more aware readers caught it..."

If a story is going to be in multiple parts and a major issue is resolved in part one, you don't need to revisit it in part two/three/etc and drop back a few steps to do it all over again...any semi-intelligent reader will be able to follow the progression.

 

At the end of the day, what's done is done on both our parts & on Jono's.

People here & other reviewers have pointed out the faults, Jono has written the story thus far. Jono has messed up & apologized for it, or perhaps this all has some larger role to play in the story later on.

Who knows? The point is, people should just accept that Harry isn't as bad-ass as he was in the first Stranger. Why? Who knows but Jono. Several good opinions have been put forward (morals, nobody to back him up) and I personally believe Harry is holding back because of Riddle; I doubt he still fully trusts him & possibly doesn't want to go all-out in front of Riddle or his 'lackeys'

That said, i'm most likley wrong due to the Ministry fight, but meh.. people will either accept the changes without much care & carry on reading. Or, they might dislike the changes & carry on reading, or simply dislike/hate the changes & not bother reading the Trilogy anymore.

Personally, i'm sticking with it, as I've yet to read a decent DE!Harry, let alone one mixed with inter-dimensional travel, which is always really cliche', or simply awful.

Just my opinion thus far.

 

Could any one mirror chapter 7 as was done with ch 6? Or possibly email it to me. It's tempting to stop reading after hearing your reviews but I have to much invested time to stop now

 

Uh... read it on the yahoo groups page like everyone else does?

 

IIRC, Jono takes a while approving members, although that might've changed since earlier this year.

 

Indeed, he has his Internet back & should be approving members within a day of you applying, maybe slightly longer.

Looks like people are going to start badgering him for a Christmas chapter.. here's hoping the majority keep their mouths shut.

 

Anti-French Comments

I just read the latest chapter and I was very disappointed by the quantity of anti-French sentiments Jono's version of Harry displayed.

I myself am French, but I've also lived in the UK and none of the British friends I have hold such views; sure, they often make jokes about the French, but they're always just jokes!

It's not that I was offended by these recurring insults - I was merely disappointed by the level of stupidity it shows in Harry (and maybe Jono?).

And if you feel like I'm just being a French pansy , just think how tiresome it is to be exposed to the same anti-American rhetoric that is clearly unfounded in reality.

 

I think the anti-French stuff that Harry was uncharacteristically spouting was Jono's attempt at humour.

 

I would say that is a character speaking - you can hardly except a 17 year old boy to not sprout such nonsense. Actaully, insulting frenchies is deeply inbeded in british culture , so it kinda adds realistic side to character (*joking here*).

I, like most of readers, am little disappointed of the sequel. I marveled SitUH for great action (fight in london metro was so matrix style - loved it), innovative use of old cliches and great character development. Sequel is sorely lacing good fights, and Katie's and Riddles moral posturing is simply driving me nuts.

Still, I intend to keep reading it; this fandom lacks good written interesting fics.