You know, I actually HATE Harry Potter. I think it's puerile, badly written, and the characterisation irks me, especially the dialogue. It's also really, really, 2-D and HARRY IS A WHINING BRAT.
But goddammit, the minute I read YOUR HP fics, I actually wonder whether anything that spawns fic this good can be that bad and consider going and reading them again. Then I open the books up, realise how bad the writing is, and come back here and instantly feel more secure in the knowledge that YOU WRITE HP BETTER THAN JKR DOES.
Besides, I love your Hornblower and your Bush. They're so AMAZING, and i love that part where the boat is about to sink and Bush is steadfastly maintaining that it's NORMAL. Oh, and Gerard. And the potato shoes. Oh, forget it, it's gonna take too long to list everything I loved, because I LOVED THE WHOLE FIC.
I'm still upset that Bush died, though... but I love your endings. They're like getting sucker-punched, but in a good way.
--By the way, I think that the people saying that Hornblower would have made a good Ravenclaw have a definite point- he's the kind of kid who could have been in either Ravenclaw or Slytherin, kind of like Harry, because he could have been in Slytherin but chose Gryffindor. Maybe little eleven-y/o Horry was sitting on the stool with a freakin' ancient hat over his eyes telling him he can be either in Slytherin or Ravenclaw, and horry thinks that he looks better in green anyway. Ok, facetiousness aside, Hornblower was like the Definitive Math Nerd of the late 18th-early 19th century, so that's kind of Ravenclaw-ish, but he's also ambitious, occasionally petty, guarded, manipulative, and has serious mental issues and low self-esteem.
I guess it kind of depends on your view of Hornblower- is he a hero who just happens to be a smartass, admittedly with, ok, a few mental issues, or is he a complete TOOL who is absolutely horrible to all his girlfriends and his best friend and uses them shamelessly?
Then again, the way you portray HH in this fic is really, really sweet. He's definitely a lot nicer than he was in book canon, but that might also be because Bush is technically superior to him as a senior and the captain of a Quidditch team. (AND I LOVE THE MANGOES/CANDIED PINEAPPLE/PAWPAW THING.) So he's not as much of a bastard, and could therefore feasibly be in Ravenclaw.
I know I'm not making much sense here, but anyway, YOU ROCK. I wish I could assassinate JKR and make you impersonate her so YOU COULD WRITE THE HP FICS AND MAKE US ALL HAPPY-HAPPY BY GIVING US CRACK!FIC.
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But goddammit, the minute I read YOUR HP fics, I actually wonder whether anything that spawns fic this good can be that bad and consider going and reading them again. Then I open the books up, realise how bad the writing is, and come back here and instantly feel more secure in the knowledge that YOU WRITE HP BETTER THAN JKR DOES.
Besides, I love your Hornblower and your Bush. They're so AMAZING, and i love that part where the boat is about to sink and Bush is steadfastly maintaining that it's NORMAL. Oh, and Gerard. And the potato shoes. Oh, forget it, it's gonna take too long to list everything I loved, because I LOVED THE WHOLE FIC.
I'm still upset that Bush died, though... but I love your endings. They're like getting sucker-punched, but in a good way.
--By the way, I think that the people saying that Hornblower would have made a good Ravenclaw have a definite point- he's the kind of kid who could have been in either Ravenclaw or Slytherin, kind of like Harry, because he could have been in Slytherin but chose Gryffindor. Maybe little eleven-y/o Horry was sitting on the stool with a freakin' ancient hat over his eyes telling him he can be either in Slytherin or Ravenclaw, and horry thinks that he looks better in green anyway. Ok, facetiousness aside, Hornblower was like the Definitive Math Nerd of the late 18th-early 19th century, so that's kind of Ravenclaw-ish, but he's also ambitious, occasionally petty, guarded, manipulative, and has serious mental issues and low self-esteem.
I guess it kind of depends on your view of Hornblower- is he a hero who just happens to be a smartass, admittedly with, ok, a few mental issues, or is he a complete TOOL who is absolutely horrible to all his girlfriends and his best friend and uses them shamelessly?
Then again, the way you portray HH in this fic is really, really sweet. He's definitely a lot nicer than he was in book canon, but that might also be because Bush is technically superior to him as a senior and the captain of a Quidditch team. (AND I LOVE THE MANGOES/CANDIED PINEAPPLE/PAWPAW THING.) So he's not as much of a bastard, and could therefore feasibly be in Ravenclaw.
I know I'm not making much sense here, but anyway, YOU ROCK. I wish I could assassinate JKR and make you impersonate her so YOU COULD WRITE THE HP FICS AND MAKE US ALL HAPPY-HAPPY BY GIVING US CRACK!FIC.