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+Werewolf stories
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+
+:date: 2021-01-08T00:31
+:category: literature
+:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment, zettelkasten, werewolf
+
+(my entry on “`What are you reading? Weekly Post for 2021-01-06`_”)
+
+
+After the discussion on `other
+thread <https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/kqvmat/luna_as_werewolf/>`__,
+I was given reference to three Harmony+werewolves stories (Lupin bites
+somebody in the end of the third year). I found them surprisingly good:
+
+* “`In Bocca Al Lupo by morpholomeg`_” is very well executed.
+  The idea is simple: story of poor Muggle family (Grangers) who
+  has to deal with the fact that their daughter is not only witch
+  (which is strange enough), but she is handicapped for the rest
+  of her life (Remus even pushes his theory that Hermione as
+  a witch should be sterilised, because she is not capable to
+  carry baby through transformations; I really prefer “`Tuum
+  Fatum by DragonsAndOtters`_”) Beauty of the story is that it is
+  very clearly focused and it doesn’t get bogged down into
+  romance or into seven year story, but it keeps it just in the
+  length of normal summer story. Other thing I really liked was
+  how it describe the frontier between the magical and Muggle
+  story and it doesn’t limit the story to all those tired places
+  (Hogwarts, Burrow, Gringotts, Ministry).
+
+* “`The Wolf Doesn’t Lose Sleep Over the Bleating of Sheep by
+  Chelonie`_” is kind of similar story (although it is still
+  ongoing story, so I am not sure, how it will develop), but it
+  is more explicit Harmony story (both Harry and Hermione are
+  bitten, and they quickly move to the old ancestral Potter
+  building Pottery). The thing which was created very well is
+  explicitly pissed off both victims with Lupin, which ends up in
+  the end to kicking Lupin out of their company and house. I am
+  very much looking forward to future instalments of the story.
+
+* “`A Werewolf and a Veela Walk Into a Pub by Ares.Granger`_”
+  After previous two mostly excellent stories, I was a bit
+  disappoint by this one. It is mostly opposite of them: whereas
+  these are mostly about hardship of living with the curse
+  (particularly in the Muggle world), here Harry’s (only)
+  lycanthropy is mostly just waved over (“if you accept who you
+  are, you don’t need any Wolfsbane Potion and you can control
+  yourself well”) and to make things even more weird, Hermione
+  promptly and conveniently finds out that she is actually
+  a Veela, which leads to immediate (the story is when they are
+  fourteen) very very active sex life (fortunately, acts are only
+  mentioned in the background, it is not overly lemony). Then
+  lycanthropy/veelism is just soup on the top of rather standard
+  Triwizard Tournament story (but there are really only three
+  participants, Harry is by literally acts of god saved and
+  Voldemort vanquished on time). Not sure about this.
+
+To clear my palate, I have read also this beauty:
+
+* “`When Is It a Contract by Aealket`_” which is beautifully
+  balancing on complete crack story with completely awesome Luna
+  (who always correctly answers any direct question, except the
+  answer doesn’t make any sense, and she doesn’t remember neither
+  question nor the answer), Amelia Bones ex machina, and
+  completely outplayed Dumbledore. Delightful.
+
+.. _`What are you reading? Weekly Post for 2021-01-06`:
+   https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/krnezx/what_are_you_reading_weekly_post/
+
+.. _`In Bocca Al Lupo by morpholomeg`:
+   https://archiveofourown.org/works/24594295
+
+.. _`Tuum Fatum by DragonsAndOtters`:
+   https://archiveofourown.org/works/10294436
+
+.. _`The Wolf Doesn’t Lose Sleep Over the Bleating of Sheep by Chelonie`:
+   https://archiveofourown.org/works/21972532
+
+.. _`A Werewolf and a Veela Walk Into a Pub by Ares.Granger`:
+   https://fanfiction.net/s/11279476
+
+.. _`When Is It a Contract by Aealket`:
+   https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7382549/1/