Blood Quill Consequences

by Acherona

SS/HP

Umbridge goes too far with the blood quill and it results in a trip to the infirmary, better instruction, a TA position, and falling in love for Harry Potter. Growing up is never easy, especially for The Boy Who Lived.

Genres: Fan Fiction

207 pages, ebook

First published April 14, 2012

Reviews

[PointyEars42 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Never mind the rest of the plot - I appreciate any fic that fixes the shameful cannon fact of Hermione getting saddled with a man who is not her intellectual & emotional equal. This isn’t the first Hermione/Draco pairing I've read, but I really like this fic's interpretation of who they could be around each other. I think all of the pairings happen too soon and to too great a degree, which isn't necessary in a fic this long, but I can live with it because of the number of things in here that are "fixes" for me... in addition to Hermione not having to settle for a boy with "the emotional range of a teaspoon", the authors have:

1. pointed out that Dumbledore's treatment of Harry (and Severus) is bad tactics at best, if not outright cruelty and may even be signs of evil, senility; or mental illness;

2.they've highlighted the sheer insanity of not prepping muggle-born's for life in the wizarding world;

3. and they prioritise Narcissa over Lucius and McGonagall over Dumbledore. Despite being written by a woman, HP cannon is a total sausage fest, and the wealth of predominantly female-penned m/m fanfic even more so.

Please note that if you start reading the version on AO3, the end of the fic hasn't fully been imported from ff.net yet (as at September 2018) so you will have to go there for the last few chapters. I think they are editing as they import as the latter chapters are the sort of un-edited and un-beta'd quality we've come to expect from ff.net. Sigh.

[Saya · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5