The story in question had her just confound or some animal varation of obliviate in the name of more Harry-angst.

I repeat these fics weren't good.

 

They usually just kill Hedwig in the ones I've read. Pretty fucking ridiculous concept either way, but that's fanfiction for you.

 

Then they roast her over a fire made from the photo album Hagrid gave him.

 

you forgot the marauders map

 

It always amazes me when all his (former) friends come to court to tell everyone about how much of a dick he is. No matter if they are witnesses or if he ever did anything wrong. I mean, who really needs evidence? His friends don't even like him, he must be guilty!

 

Pet Peeve: When Harry's Patronus evolves to take the forms of the Marauder's Animagus forms (usually minus Wormtail). Really? Couldn't think of anything else?

 

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Harry having Prongs as his form is canon. Are you implying that he has three patronus'; Prongs, Padfoot, and Moony? I've never seen it done before, but you're right, it sounds incredibly stupid.

 

I've seen it done before, but not terribly often. The only times I can remember where I saw this done were in stories from HPFF and Portkey. At the time that I was still reading on those sites, this didn't seem so bad, but now I would probably be a bit annoyed.

EDIT: LOL, Anarchy, I had actually managed to forget that one for the most part, even though I think I've seen it more often and more recently than the Marauder nonsense (jbern's To Fight the Coming Darkness comes to mind here)

 

The worst part is when his patronus becomes Golden and solid, capable of crushing dementors under-hoof and gutting them with its antlers.

 

coughPowerOfTimecough

 

Not too sure if this is a pet peeve per say, but when authors do not put any real thought into their stories, and resort to using cliches because they're simply just there.

 

AN in the middle of the story.

Flashbacks. I don't understand why some author can't do flashback correctly. I mean, a lot of them just put everything in italic with a FLASHBACK / END OF FLASHBACK .

 

Exactly this. Those sorts of authors could make an effort to place the flashback at a point within the story, but since it's easier to just put FLASHBACK/ END FLASHBACK markers, they don't bother.

 

I regard flashbacks as story planning f*ckups the way they are mostly used.
Some writers have the pretentious assumption that flashbacks add atmosphere but it's the exact opposite at least for me. They feel like driving over a speed bumper.

 

One of my most annoying pet peeves - when the author, for lack of talent in writing actual scenes, writes an article by Special Correspondent, Rita Skeeter, that makes no sense and viciously attacks the main character and makes stupid jumps that make no attempt at logic.

I get that an author may want to show that an action is ill regarded, or there is public outcry, or an event gives your character a bad rep, but is writing some shit article, inserting it into your story like a pedophile into a preschooler really the answer?

No, learn to write you fucking idiots. The last three stories I read all used this. Its cheap and dumb. Don't do it. Christ, if you can't even write the article into the story, but just have it sit there as if its a part of the story all on its own you may actually have a mental disability.

This chapter, of My Name Is Harry Potter, is a perfect example. Its a good fic up until this point, but this article at the end is just so out of place and obvious my brain just hurts. I'm going to read on, because it has potential, but damn, why did it have to do this?

 

Haha, wtf, that's horrible! Why is it so much worse than the rest of the story?

 

Oh wow, I couldn't even finish the article. Where in the world did (s)he pull that "I, Rite Skeeter" bullshit from. That was just aggravating.

 

I just read a story that contains a pet peeve that I haven't remembered till now. I hate it when the main character of the story suddenly gains some kind of instrument and become so amazing at it that girls swoon all over him and blah blah. It gets even worse when the Author decides that writing down an entire song down would be a great idea. Ugh.

 

We require a Brutal!Legend style Harry. That is all.