I’d say those are corporate fics, monetary profit being the only concern. No one involved in those was obviously a fan.
I think peak entry fanfic for me is some of the more humorous ones like Seventh Horcrux (Harry is taken over by Voldemort via the Horcrux, and he’s utterly bonkers) or A Black Comedy (Harry and Sirius wake up in an alternate universe where James and Lily didn’t die, Voldemort more or less doesn’t matter, the pair just get up to goofy adventures and pranks). One that is slightly less ridiculous, under the radar, but still funny at parts is Harry Potter and the Lady Thief (Hermione is accused early in school of stealing Pansy’s necklace I think; she’s not believed because she’s muggleborn and is expelled from school. Mundungus takes her under his wing and she grows gradually into a master thief to get payback on the purebloods who fucked her life up, while Harry graduates and becomes the Auror trying to catch her). Starfox5 is one of the most recognized authors for the Harry/Hermione ship, which I prefer so long as Hermione isn’t completely watered down to not have any of her canon flaws. Some that I haven’t read for one reason or another that are in every recommendation thread include All the Young Dudes (Marauders), Prince of Slytherin (the Wrong-Boy-Who-Lived trope, Harry’s twin is declared the Boy Who Lived as a smokescreen, and is a douche), the Alexandra Quick series and A Long Journey Home (Harry is a girl trope). That’s a fine starting point for now.
“He couldn’t get his mind off of them all day long. He knew it was wrong but he also knew it was inevitable. He snuck through the hallways under the cloak he stole from Harry. He finally made it to the room. “Alohamora” he said. He snuck inside and found what he was looking for. He found the biggest blast ended strewt and slowly began unzipping his pants”
I had always wondered how he kept repairing it. Never once considered magic. I think you’re on to something.
Unfortunately after the sexual encounter with a blast ended skrewt ended in a predictable fashion, the first person on the scene to provide aid was Gilderoy Lockhart
Fair. Highly depends on what interests you. Canon compliance bores me so sometimes off the rails shit with massive world building or time travel to mix it up. There’s another called A Second Chance at Life where Voldemort hired muggle assassins to kill Harry to circumvent the wards on the Dursleys. Harry escapes, goes to a dangerous hidden wizarding school in Canada that’ll teach him anything with no restrictions like blood magic rune carving, no restrictions on classmate creature type (vampires, werewolves, fae, whatthefuckever). The right direction? Harry ends up more Gray in that, but there’s obviously also tons of Harry goes Dark and becomes his own little Dark Lord. Trust that there’s pretty much something for any “what if” you’ve ever had for the canon series.
Spinner's End was a great title for that chapter in HBP, because Snape was spinning a wild web of lies to explain his actions in books 1-4
I don't even think Snape was lying about his actions in books 1 through 4. He flipped sides to Dumbledore after Voldemort died, had no reason to know that Voldemort was hitchhiking on Quirrel's dome, and had to get directed by Dumbledore to go back to Voldy after book 4. Everything he said in his explanation was true with the exception being that he was actually loyal to Dumbledore
But Sprout’s right there telling me to grow up. She can stuff that opinion up her Venomous Tentacula.
Let people enjoy shit. Also a HP themed wedding sounds like it would be way more fun than most of the generic wedding's I've been to.
Harry Potter is a rare "generational" sort of fiction. It's not just something YOU enjoy, it's something you'll enjoy passing down to someone after you, watching them grow up with it the way you did. Just throwing a blanket on it by saying "it's for children" is dumb, but also sticking your nose in the air and looking down on people enjoying 'silly' things is so quintessentially British I couldn't possibly get angry at her for it.
Replayed through Legacy; as good as it is, hard not to feel like a lot was left on the table. Hopefully it’s more of a proof of concept (like the original Assassin’s Creed) and the next game they make can add the elements that would have fleshed the story out (more dynamic relationship markers, full-on morality system, better day-night cycle, etc.)
I was so fucking impressed and in love with the game for approximately 6-7 hours. Then once the feeling of wonder at the world building/immersion went away I completely stopped playing and have no interest in picking it back up. It's basically got all the cliche/annoying parts of every Ubisoft open world game.
Those do seem like strong hires, but I don't think any new adaptations are going to be very good until Rowling is bought out or dies.
Why? Just use the books as a script each season. This isn't fantastic beasts where JK is writing new stuff.
they better nail the castings because those are tough roles to fill with the previous actors still being so fresh and beloved in everyone's minds.