(cover letter for presenting my reviews of “Breakfast in New York” by Radaslab; the first post and the second post)
I was rereading again “Breakfast in New York” by Radaslab and I don’t know for certain why it aggravates me so much. Certainly there is the conflict between generally …
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Read More(second round of my comments on “Breakfast in New York” by Radaslab; the first post)
There is this author’s note:
Eros Syndrome was not named or defined back then, but it was there. Eros Syndrome was needed to explain certain things. Namely, how could Hermione have let that happen …
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Read More(my post “All Our Kin: Snape and Evanses flight from the urban poverty of early 1980s”)
Discussing the character of Severus Snape in other thread, I was made to think about the class structure behind the story. We know that Severus Snape was a son of a jobless worker in …
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Read More(my Reddit post “LF: Petunia is a witch afterall”)
I know about these:
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Read More(my contribution on the thread “Using your character as a mouth piece” by Snoo)
If you are interested in the theory of writing, then I have to suggest to you two very obscure and old books (yes, old books are quite often better than the new ones): “The Mind of …
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Read More(my comments on “The Light and the Dark” by Uncommonality)
One of the many issues with the universe of the Harry Potter books, which has never been fully resolved in the books by Ms Rowling is the true nature of the Dark Magic. It is really not explained. Dark Magic …
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Read More(my comment regarding vampires on AO3)
Technical question of the day. Would the Homonum Revelius spell reveal a hiding vampire? I figure it will reveal a hiding werewolf but they’re still sort of human. Aren’t vampires supposed to be “dead” and so would such a spell reveal them …
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Read More(my comments on “Doesn't it make sense for wizards to be Christian? A Historical Perspective” by u/PhantomKeeperQazs)
Of course, all Europeans almost without an exceptions were Christians well into the 19th century. It was traditionally unacceptable (or perhaps only unfashionable) not to be Christian in Europe well into the …
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Read More(my entry on “What are you reading? Weekly Post for 2021-01-06”)
After the discussion on other thread, I was given reference to three Harmony+werewolves stories (Lupin bites somebody in the end of the third year). I found them surprisingly good:
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Read More(thoughts after listening to the episode “Victorian Realism” of the BBC’s In Our Time, originally developed as a review of “Strangers at Drakeshaugh” by Northumbrian and also a possible commentary on “Everything Wrong With HARRY POTTER Fanfictions” by Purplemist14, which is HIGHLY recommended reading for any hopeful fanfiction writer …
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Read More(my reaction to the published review of “Grow Young with Me” by Taliesin19)
Except the quality of this review is on par with those on the DVD box. This is not a review, it is a promotion by a fan. There is not one weakness found, and although I like …
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Read More(my comments during the thread “Stories where Ginny is actually nice to Harry’s girlfriend?” by /u/AcerbicOrb)
Let me add here a dump of my “muggles” folder (for later reference):
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Read More(my comments on the review of “Their Finest” by Susan Wloszczyna)
I really wanted to like this film, it started nicely, and generally I like it, but then there are points which just don’t make sense at all. It is even worse when whole film is about scriptwriting.
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Read More(my comments on the thread “why does almost everyone hate the Harry/Hermione ship?” by patriot_man69420)
I don’t hate the ship, although I generally prefer Hinny, I could admit that Ginny is extremely poorly written by JKR, and fanfiction has to add a lot of her personality to make …
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Read More(my comments on “the thread on reddit”)
First of all, you should avoid the dark trap of all adventure/fantasy stories: my story must be more dramatic than the previous one, my heroes and my antagonist must be more significant than the previous one. It is not enough to save …
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Read More(my comments on “Breakfast in New York” by Radaslab)
Finished reading the story and there are two overwhelming thoughts in my head. The first is obvious and rather normal for most of the fanfiction stories (and especially so-called romantic ones): it should be cut to like one quarter or so …
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Read More(my comments on “My theory on Christianity in the Wizarding World” by LordMacragge)
I prefer the explanation in chapter 16 of Thou Shalt Not Suffer by TheWizardsHarry: there are horrible problems with our translations of the verse, because all Bible translators were Muggles, and they just couldn’t grasp the …
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Read MoreBashing and similar are not the cause of poor quality of their stories, but they are just a symptom of the author being lead by the poor design of his story into areas, which would be impossible to resolve or it would be too difficult, so bashing is then just …
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Read More(my comments on the thread “Overused tropes” by u/Aa11yah)
OK, I will suggest a very weird book for reading. The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers (yes, the author of detective stories with Lord Peter Wimsey) is one of the best books on the art of writing …
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Read More(my comments on the thread “What are your thoughts on the direction taken by 'Animagus at War' by White Squirrel?” by u/SnobbishWizard)
I have already (many chapters ago) wrote a review, which included my comments on this story, and so far I stand behind it.
On top of that …
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Read More(my comments on the thread “Best Luna fics” by u/jasoneill23)
I like Luna in the Northumbrian’s stories, but there she is not very central to the story (perhaps, aside from Yggdrasil by Northumbrian, but it is not his best story). Actually, the chapter 3 of Tales of the …
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Read More(my comments on “LF Fics to introduce me to fem!Harry by u/frostking104” Reddit thread)
There are two types of fem!Harry stories:
Where Harry (with a different name, of course) is naturally a girl, always was and always will be. Usually, I guess, the motivation is that the …
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Yes, everybody is redeemable. I believe redemption stories of some former SSmen (and SSwomen), guards in the Nazi concentration camps, etc. Redemption (or let’s use the old-fashioned term “conversion” or “penance”) however doesn’t mean to somehow excuse previous deeds. It requires true acknowledgement that …
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Read More(my comment on the discussion under “Summer Vacation” by Forrest_of_Holly)
I have rather complicated history with the Deathly Hallows. I have bought the book six hours after it was published (no I couldn’t bother myself to get up at midnight) while on the work-related conference in Birmingham (I am …
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Read More(my comments on “The Augurey” by La Matrona, originally published on Reddit)
What is my pet-peeve is when the characters behave like idiots just to keep the plot together. Let’s see. I have just deleted “The Augurey” from my computer.
First of all, just let me state, I have …
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