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Harry Potter and the Daft Morons
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationships: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger/Daphne Greengrass/Fleur Delacour, Neville Longbottom/Hannah Abbott/Susan Bones
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At the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament Harry sees his chance to strike down his enemies - and takes it. Here is a Harry who knows how to think and reason. Really Bash!AD, EWE, Clueful!HP Unapologetically!AU.
Relationships: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger/Daphne Greengrass/Fleur Delacour, Neville Longbottom/Hannah Abbott/Susan Bones
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At the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament Harry sees his chance to strike down his enemies - and takes it. Here is a Harry who knows how to think and reason. Really Bash!AD, EWE, Clueful!HP Unapologetically!AU.
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2982 pages, ebook
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August 14, 2018
4½ stars, barely rounded down, because the story comes to an abrupt end (is apparently not finished yet (which makes it nominally ineligible for a Goodreads listing), and who knows what will be posted later… if any).
It started out so well, an easy five stars top-notch epic, but along the third quarter it became into too much of a love story, dropping to four stars, and that only because the first 300+ kwords were so good. I believe the author ran himself into it (perhaps bleeding over from another story of his, as he mentioned one of those being finished in the A/N) but caught up and brought it back to 4½ stars, that would later be rounded up, by continuing in his insightful style after the Dark Lord was finally dealt with, and all that. (I like it that the story continues past that, by the way.)
I did *not* like the whole Veela thing, especially the force and suddenness with which it came. This was really unnecessary for the story. Harry also is a tad too arrogant and hypocrite, especially with how he talks to Fawkes when he shows up having bound himself to someone else.
This epic has done quite some world-building. I believe it also tore down and rebuilt a bit of my head canon (not the first story having done so this year), which will make it even harder to continue reading in the HP universe. It’s occasionally mind-blowing though, and employs a *lot* of common sense and logic, while being, sometimes sidesplittingly, hilarious, or at least uplifting. It’s also plugged a lot of plotholes (plus outing the canon actors as “daft morons”, as Harry is wont to say here) and does not leave too many of its own (so far).
To read this, though, the M rating is probably set appropriately (even though I’m not a fan of rating systems and categories, especially as I’m not of the anglophone culture with its language censure). There’s a sometimes uncomfortably high level of sexual language and details, which, in contrast to the whole Harem-Veela arc, does not lessen upon getting on with the story. It’s not as bad to require skimming over entire chapters (which, by the way, are savoury large), but you need to be able to stomach it.
The story, as an aside, has the added benefit of showing that Asperger, when you have just a dash of it, is not just a spectrum, but that everyone of us is affected in a completely different way; what is a glaring sign at one person is reduced at another, who cannot bear to do what comes as natural as breathing to the first one on the other hand. Just an observation of me and mine.
Money quote: Harry has been seeing his Mind Healer and is asked whether he was working on his issues, responding he did not have issues, he has entire editions. (Some might be able to relate.)
Downside: the Lord Harrison cliché has a slightly too large impact on this story. (However, I found in introspection what made this look worse at first isn’t: Harry seems to come into this too quickly (and know too much about it too soon), but after his façade you’ll realise he’d had 3+ years to grow into it, so that makes it somewhat moot. You just have to accept that the unveiling he explains at the First Task about his previous three and a bit years at Hogwarts being a mask is true.)
It started out so well, an easy five stars top-notch epic, but along the third quarter it became into too much of a love story, dropping to four stars, and that only because the first 300+ kwords were so good. I believe the author ran himself into it (perhaps bleeding over from another story of his, as he mentioned one of those being finished in the A/N) but caught up and brought it back to 4½ stars, that would later be rounded up, by continuing in his insightful style after the Dark Lord was finally dealt with, and all that. (I like it that the story continues past that, by the way.)
I did *not* like the whole Veela thing, especially the force and suddenness with which it came. This was really unnecessary for the story. Harry also is a tad too arrogant and hypocrite, especially with how he talks to Fawkes when he shows up having bound himself to someone else.
This epic has done quite some world-building. I believe it also tore down and rebuilt a bit of my head canon (not the first story having done so this year), which will make it even harder to continue reading in the HP universe. It’s occasionally mind-blowing though, and employs a *lot* of common sense and logic, while being, sometimes sidesplittingly, hilarious, or at least uplifting. It’s also plugged a lot of plotholes (plus outing the canon actors as “daft morons”, as Harry is wont to say here) and does not leave too many of its own (so far).
To read this, though, the M rating is probably set appropriately (even though I’m not a fan of rating systems and categories, especially as I’m not of the anglophone culture with its language censure). There’s a sometimes uncomfortably high level of sexual language and details, which, in contrast to the whole Harem-Veela arc, does not lessen upon getting on with the story. It’s not as bad to require skimming over entire chapters (which, by the way, are savoury large), but you need to be able to stomach it.
The story, as an aside, has the added benefit of showing that Asperger, when you have just a dash of it, is not just a spectrum, but that everyone of us is affected in a completely different way; what is a glaring sign at one person is reduced at another, who cannot bear to do what comes as natural as breathing to the first one on the other hand. Just an observation of me and mine.
Money quote: Harry has been seeing his Mind Healer and is asked whether he was working on his issues, responding he did not have issues, he has entire editions. (Some might be able to relate.)
Downside: the Lord Harrison cliché has a slightly too large impact on this story. (However, I found in introspection what made this look worse at first isn’t: Harry seems to come into this too quickly (and know too much about it too soon), but after his façade you’ll realise he’d had 3+ years to grow into it, so that makes it somewhat moot. You just have to accept that the unveiling he explains at the First Task about his previous three and a bit years at Hogwarts being a mask is true.)
September 11, 2019
Not finished. Otherwise great story.
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