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diff --git a/faith/augurey.rst b/faith/augurey.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a376f66..0000000 --- a/faith/augurey.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,209 +0,0 @@ -Augurey or loosing of sanity -############################ - -:date: 2019-08-28T16:51:33 -:modified: 2020-04-13T11:18:25 -:category: faith -:tags: review, HPprompt, harryPotter, blogComment, fromReddit - -(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 nothing serious against -Harmony. I probably prefer Hinny, just because I don’t feel like -going against canon when not necessary, and because Northumbrian -and “`Inner Demons by serendipity_50`_” have shown me it can be -done well, but otherwise, it doesn’t bother me. For example, -“`Escape by SingularOddities`_” is a rather decent story (I wrote -a review_ of it). So, it is not that. - -SPOILERS AHEAD, so please skip if it bothers you (and it doesn’t -make sense to mark everything as a spoiler, not much will make -sense without them). - -It is not even the original premise of the story. The Trio while -still hiding in the Grimmauld Place finds out through the Family -Black Tree wallpaper (finally somebody found some good use for -it!) that Delphini happened (after all, Bellatrix was Black -originally). Harry, having a soft heart for orphans, finds her -after the war (completely neglected and abused), saves her and -brings her as his own. I have never heard about it before, and it -could lead to a nice story. So, it is not the basic plot either. - -What bothers me, is **how** it is done. Harry for reasons nobody -ever explained (and which don’t make sense either) decides to -hide his wish to look for Delphini from everybody (including and -especially from Ginny; it looks like the only reason is to make -the tension between them, which could lead to their breakup). -Then he asks (only!) Hermione for help, and finally he breaks in -in the middle of the night to the house where Delphini lives -hidden, takes her away, and presumably kills her neglectful -foster mother (he “takes care of her” in a rage after finding out -how horribly Delphini was neglected). Then he brings her to -Grimmauld Place, where Hermione finds a book on the paediatric -care and cures her. So, to summarize, Harry (who still planned to -be an officer of the law at that point) just committed completely -useless breaking and entering, abduction of a baby, possibly -murder, and non-reporting of crime, and I wonder whether -not-bringing her to St. Mungo for professional help does not -constitute criminal neglect as well. What’s Hermione’s reaction? -She doesn’t report him to the law officers, but she gushes about -his big heart and how great a man he is. Sorry, I threw the story -away at that moment, so I don’t know how it continued. - -There are zillion other things he can do (even if the existence -of Delphini should stay hidden from the wizarding world), just to -mention the first idea which came to my mind, he can ask for help -his buddy The Minister for Magic, there are zero reasons to keep -this whole thing hidden from Ginny and other Weasleys. - -There are many decent ways how to break up with your girlfriend -decently, and there are many possible reasons which could be -found. I can happily imagine that after Ginny hasn’t heard about -him for a year fallen apart for the biggest hero of them all, -Neville. I can imagine Hermione deciding that after all her -affection towards Ron was more curiosity or wish to have her -first crush completed than true love. And no, Hermione not -forgiving Ron his leave after being cursed by the locket makes as -much sense as anybody accusing Ginny of bringing the basilisk to -the castle, i.e. none at all. So, I believe even post-War Harmony -can be written in a reasonable manner (I tried to make -a suggested talk between Hermione and Ron in “`Late Morning -Talks`_” to show how I would do it). And after reading “Inner -Demons” (mentioned above) I very firmly believe in Harry taking -care of orphans. However, the author was lazy and he just wanted -to to get to the Harmony cooing over the small baby as easily as -possible, so he went straight ahead. Grrr. - ----- - -**[added on 2020-04-13]** - -However, I still cannot get rid of the basic premise of this -story, because I truly believe this is so good idea. It is just -such pity that the execution was so horrible. So, let me suggest -this as a prompt for somebody to write it better (in the same -manner the author of “`The Accidental Animagus`_” admitted_ that -it was based on the idea from “`The Natural Animagus by -wsbenge`_”). - -The start of the story could be exactly the same: The Trio in the -Grimmauld Place found on the Black Family tapestry, that -Bellatrix has a daughter with Tom Riddle. Then switch to the -moment immediately after the Battle of Hogwarts and you can -switch to search for the lost baby, which could make a foundation -for a good plot (although not very long one). I could happily -envision it as something similar to “`Hunters and Prey by -Northumbrian`_”: the first large case of young Trainee Auror -Harry Potter. This one could be probably even better than that -one because you don’t have to play in rather unrealistic hidden -werewolf village, but in the real world with realistically -crushed but bitter and hateful former Death Eaters and pureblood -supremacists. And it is even more fun because the whole -investigation is done amongst them, but they cannot have even -a shadow of suspicion of who that lost girl truly is. - -Then you can have the next part of taking care of an abused -orphan, and Harry with his past would be very interested in -caring for orphans (an idea which seems to be very -underdeveloped, the only exception I can think of is above -mentioned “Inner Demons by serendipity_50” and also the brilliant -“`Dudley's Memories`_” and “`Snape’s Memories`_” by paganaidd). -I generally don’t care about the shipping of Harry in all this, -I don’t think it matters that much for the story, just if you -want to break up Harry and Ginny, PLEASE, do a better job than -the author of this story. - -.. _voldemort-father: - -Of course, the premise of the story is based on the idea that Tom -Riddle could father a baby in the first place. Yes, I don’t -believe this story (and the Cursed Child, one of many -disasters of that fanfiction story), that he would be capable -of falling in love with anybody, and I have deep suspicion -even about his ability to commit the deed. After all, he truly -doesn’t have the human body, what he *has* is the alchemist -construct, created by two sexually rather inept most likely -still virgins; I wonder whether his body truly has all bits in -the right places. Much more appealing (or much disgusting, -that’s the same thing) would be if Delphini was either just -by-product of some dark magic ritual (which would nicely lead -to her being neglected and abandoned) or even intended object -(produced by artificial insemination or its magical -equivalent) of some ritual. What about the ultimate Horcrux -created by sacrificing your own child? It would be an -opportunity to create truly disgusting dark magic, which would -eliminate all those jabbers about grey magic and acceptability -of the Dark Magic. - ----- - -**[one more update on 2021-02-15]** - -I saw a week or so ago `this comment`_ on `the riots in -Charlottesville`_ by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The thing which -particularly impressed me was his memory of growing up amongst -bitter and depressed former Nazis, who knew they were fighting -for the horrible cause, and what’s even worse, they’ve lost. -“They lived the rest of their lives in shame. And now they're -resting in hell.” - -I would love to read some novel about this environment, but -I would love to see the parallel in the Harry Potter world as -well. That’s the world where this Delphini would grew up, and -where Harry would be searching for her. - -And yes, of course, I have to mention `this clip`_. - - -.. _`The Augurey`: - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12310861/1/ - -.. _Reddit: - http://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/cj5w7b/what_are_you_least_favorite_cliches_in_the_fandom/evbm3bb?context=3 - -.. _`Inner Demons by serendipity_50`: - https://archiveofourown.org/works/601124 - -.. _`Escape by SingularOddities`: - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11916243/1/ - -.. _review: - {filename}singularoddities-review-escape.rst - -.. _`Late Morning Talks`: - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20141410 - -.. _`The Accidental Animagus`: - https://archiveofourown.org/works/14078862 - -.. _admitted: - https://potterficweekly.com/archives/1813 - -.. _`The Natural Animagus by wsbenge`: - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4183350 - -.. _`Hunters and Prey by Northumbrian`: - https://archiveofourown.org/works/1857084 - -.. _`Inner Demons by serendipity_50`: - https://archiveofourown.org/works/601124 - -.. _`Dudley's Memories`: - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6142629 - -.. _`Snape’s Memories`: - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6329597 - -.. _`this comment`: - https://youtu.be/BaN78rXX6Lc - -.. _`the riots in Charlottesville`: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally - -.. _`this clip`: - https://youtu.be/hn1VxaMEjRU |