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+On Strong Blood
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+
+:date: 2019-01-15T12:00:56
+:status: draft
+:category: literature
+:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment
+
+(my comments on “`Strong Blood`_” by CooLibrarian)
+
+This is really interesting and very uncommon (which is meant as 
+a compliment). Couple of things to note:
+
+1. Too long and too convoluted. We are in the chapter 39 and it 
+   feels like the proper plot line of story starts only now. 
+   Previous chapters were nice reading, but there was still that 
+   feeling “And what’s the point of this story?”. Also, it seems 
+   like you made your families and relationships so convoluted 
+   that aside from people using complicated computer programs 
+   just to keep afloat in the endless stream of names and 
+   relationships, you himself feel like giving up, and the last 
+   couple of changes there is no proper story (with dialogs, 
+   situations, etc.), but just a summary of the plot. As with 
+   almost every fanfiction severe cutting down would be helpful.
+
+2. I am a practising Christian myself, so I always enjoy 
+   fanfiction stories where heroes are believers themselves. So, 
+   it is lovely to see all those families of faithful Orthodox 
+   believers. Except, this is classical example of “show, don’t 
+   tell”. How does their faith presents themselves to the world, 
+   aside from all baptisms and funerals? Is it something more 
+   than that? Why to introduce all that concept of everybody 
+   being Orthodox (and it is possible for all Russian family), 
+   when it plays no role in the story itself?
+   
+   Since I first read Sirius Black was a godfather of Harry, 
+   I couldn’t loose from my mind an image of Sirius in the 
+   medieval church of Saint Jerome in Godric’s Hollow. Seems 
+   a bit surreal. Perhaps it was just very formal and unfeeling 
+   ceremony for Potters, but what if it wasn’t? Lily praying for 
+   the God’s protection from Voldemort? Or would she rather pray 
+   for strength to do what’s right and not just what’s easy? It 
+   seems like Lily Potter was very thoughtful and honest person, 
+   would she submit to doing just formal ceremony for the sake of 
+   being “as others are”? That feels more like Petunia, doesn’t 
+   it? All those Christians, did they ever feel remorse, ask for 
+   forgiveness, forgiving? It would be interesting.
+   
+   And no, I truly don’t ask for copy of “Hogwarts School of 
+   Prayer and Miracles”, that is an abomination!
+
+.. _`Strong Blood`:
+    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7211094