Agreed, while the French insults are light-hearted humour say once a year amongst young people, it does go a little far..

So, to get a conversation going... What do we all expect to happen in the next chapter? I suppose Snape's going to come into it with the 'two suspected Death Eaters' part in the teaser. As for Harry's decision.. I'm thinking he might just 'sacrifice' this world, leave them to their fate, only he can't due to the Prophecy..

So maybe Katie has to o with Harry as his life rests in her hands?

It's a couple of poor idea's, but all that really comes to mind on short notice.

 

I don't see Harry just giving up or sacrificing the world, he has too much of that "saving thing" going on - even with the Dark Knight imprint.

 

Well, he's going to end up making a sacrifice at some point, he can't save everyone, let alone eerything or every world.

Who or what it'll be, I'm not really too sure. Sirius is out again, so who's he close with in Promised Land? Katie, of sorts and that's all that springs to mind.. So unless we has to sacifice his friendship wih her, or something to do wih himself.. it's pretty open.

 

I dunno, he hasn't shown his face around the net recently, there is much speculation that this story is in fact dead (although the last massive update was in October or something). It took me about a month before he authorized my join request, he doesn't seem to check the thing much.

 

He finished University last summer and has just moved, alongside starting work which I imagine has dramatically decreased the time Jono has to write and check up on the group. People who believe it to be dead are merely impatient, though their annoyance is understandable.

I'm happy to continue waiting though, even if Promised Land doesn't seem as... entertaining and amazing as Stranger was.

 

Its still active, i've been getting a few emails from it here and there.

 

Please don't misconstrue my comment for impatience, far from it. Let the man sort out his life, after all it's not like he's getting paid to write this. The grumblings of a dead story have been flying around the group. However, the update sizes (anywhere between 50k and 100k words) and the heavy beta process he has to run those things through, I'm not surprised it takes a few months to hash the monsters out. That being said, a shout out would not be misplaced.

And I agree, Unholy Land was somewhat more interesting if only because of the heavy distopian elements of the early parts of the story which slowly bled away as it came to resolution, it was effective writing. Something about Promised Land just seems... lighter after the series of CFs in the first part of the trilogy.

 

Eh, I just really kind of hate Katie... I hate how Harry keeps thinking about how impressed he is, and comparing himself disfavorably to her, even though she's sort of bossy, mean, and judgmental. And I'm especially annoyed how all the people who were important in Harry's life are now HER important people--like Sirius? How does that work? How can he be Katie Bell's godfather when he was friends with Harry's parents, unless by some further twisting of fate he was never friends with James?

I dunno, I hate seeing the hero of the story tell me that someone is better than him, when clearly she's not. I don't think I even got through the entirety of the most recent chapter. Stranger in an Unholy Land was epic, and I'm pretty content to pretend it ended with that one.

 

Did you read the story?

Harry sees her as a better version of him, because the skills he have are more or less muscle memory from Unholy Land's Harry. Half of his actions are either unfamiliar instincts, or him constantly fighting his instincts, versus Katie's self-achieved drive.

Compare a millionaire who started his own business to a millionaire who won the lottery: who's really 'better' ?

As for everyone in Harry's life being important to Katie...it's a different universe, where Katie is the Chosen One. In this universe, Sirius is her godfather (in addition to Harry's) because he was close to Katie's mother - again, did you read the story?

 

Are we reading the same fucking story?

Harry said Katie was better at leading the DA you curry peddler.

EDIT:

Maybe the confusion comes from the fact that (a) Harry doesn't really consider the Dark Knight/Soldier aspect as a part of what makes him 'him', and (b) he's comparing the weak-shit person that he was, back in his universe, to Katie.

 

Yes, you got me - that one moment is the sum total of experience that Harry is referring to when he says that she's a better leader. My bad. Harry would've been a much better leader in similiar circumstances, so clearly-

Oh wait:

Yup.

As for the general comparison, I think we're squabbling over what "better" is referring to: I (and the author, and Harry) am thinking "better person", while you're thinking "better fighter". But the fact remains:

 

Well, that's kind of the whole problem to me right there--the author is telling me, both in the narrative and through Harry, that Katie is better--but all I've seen of Katie just makes me annoyed. It doesn't matter how much you say, for instance, that someone is compassionate--if I don't see them showing any actual evidence of it, it's all bs to me.

Plus, even if it were true, and there were actual scenes where I had to admit that Katie did a better job than Harry would have (which I didn't really) I'd still be pissed that the author was building up a supporting character and tearing down the main character. *shrug*

 

It actually irks me about the godfather thing. Sirius was still James' best friend there, but for all intents and purposes, the Harry of that dimension was still ignored? I think the author is trying too hard to put Katie on a pedestal or something.

 

Can you be godfather to more than one kid?

The whole godfather thing is weird. But everything is slightly different than Harrys world. You also have the butterfly effect. Sirius could have been friends with Katies parents.

Harry thinks that Katies is better than him becuase the DA/RA Did more in less time with Katie and she was more in charge of it. Plus she is a girl and she can do what he did.