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diff --git a/literature/no_superheroes.rst b/literature/no_superheroes.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b91c04d --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/no_superheroes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +No superheroes! +############### + +:date: 2020-07-12T21:18:49 +:category: literature +:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment, fromReddit + +(my comments on “`the thread on reddit`_”) + +.. _`the thread on reddit`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/hpvwqr/postwar_antagonists/ + +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 +hero’s girlfriend, now you must save whole village. It is not +enough to save a village anymore, now you must save New York. +Next time it is whole nation, whole Earth, universe, and some +stories went even beyond that. The end result is a disaster +like “`Avengers: Endgame`_”, which is just the catwalk show +of all of their heroes and antagonists without any story and +any characters. And yes, it is just an evidence of the total +depravity of humanity (as if we haven’t got enough of them) +that this silliness was the highest grossing film of the series +(well, I haven’t seen any other of them, so I can still keep +hope that other ones were less stupid than this one). + +So, whenever you read “worse than Voldemort”, run away, +somebody is victim of this syndrome. Even “`Inner Demons by +serendipity_50`_” fell into this trap, and it is the first +fanfiction story I’ve read, which persuaded me that it is +possible for amateurs to write for free literature worthy of +reading. Fortunately, the adventure story there is just in +the background keeping Harry busy, it is not central of the +whole story. And some sub-stories of it are genuinely good. + +My point is that you don’t need literally the Earth being +shattered to carry on your story, because the story is `the +only thing which matters`_. Who cares for the fate of Romeo +and Juliet other than few of their bereaved relatives? And +couple of hundred millions of happy viewers. + +Having said that, there is still a lot of what could be the +plot of post-war adventure story (like any time in the human +history): + +- hunting runaway Death Eaters (e.g., “`Hunters and Prey + by Northumbrian`_”), +- other resolving some post-war issues: I hoped for somebody to rewrite + “Augurey” into `something like that`_ … (ignore the + inane Harmony-related discussion below, that was not the point), +- you still can have regular detective stories like “`Friends + and Foes by Northumbrian`_”, “`M.I.T.: Muggle Interface Team + - Haunted House: Dead by Northumbrian`_”, it is actually what + “`Strangers at Drakeshaugh by Northumbrian`_” is all about as well, +- and any other plot for any other story you can imagine. + +.. _`Avengers: Endgame`: + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame + +.. _`Inner Demons by serendipity_50`: + https://archiveofourown.org/works/601124 + +.. _`the only thing which matters`: + {filename}what-wrong-with-Ginny.rst + +.. _`Hunters and Prey by Northumbrian`: + https://archiveofourown.org/works/1857084 + +.. _`something like that`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/g0hwbu/augurey_revisited/ + +.. _`Friends and Foes by Northumbrian`: + https://archiveofourown.org/works/3068435 + +.. _`M.I.T.: Muggle Interface Team - Haunted House: Dead by Northumbrian`: + https://archiveofourown.org/works/1650713 + +.. _`Strangers at Drakeshaugh by Northumbrian`: + https://archiveofourown.org/works/1623053 |