Well, glad that this fic ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Although I must say, I AM morbidly curious as to how the Suethor would have finished the storyline had she not been so busy with med school :/ ......it would have been INTERESTING to see how the horcrux hunting storyline would have been handled- if it were addressed at all- because of Holly's 'friendship' with Tom in the diary XP
That said, it just baffles me that this story managed to get so many positive reviews and praise :/ the character of Holly isn't terribly well-written; she just strikes me as the usual Bella Swan clone who likes to mope about, only to whine and cry and pitch tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Charming.
Lastly, this may sound like a bit of a dumb question; but why are these sort of 'what if' fanfics so popular in the Harry Potter fandom? You know, the ones where the author will change or remove an element they feel Rowling got 'wrong'. I mean, I know it's common for people to have on aspect of the canon or characters they don't like or disagree with, but it's pretty damn arrogant to say that you know Rowling's world better than she does!
And for that reason, I can't help but recall another particularly bad example of this sort of fic- one of those wish-fulfillment alternate histories where Snape ended up with Lily. I remember that the young Sev was depicted as this misunderstood boy genius who's So Much Better than Everyone Else, and James was- surprise surprise- bashed into oblivion and painted as a mustache-twirling dickbag. How lovely.
Sorry for the rant that ended up turning into; but I really hate fics like this- despite the fact that many of them have premises that aren't half-bad- and I fail to understand why so many of them get so much popularity and rave reviews :/
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I wonder how it would have ended
Date: 2015-10-14 12:24 pm (UTC)That said, it just baffles me that this story managed to get so many positive reviews and praise :/ the character of Holly isn't terribly well-written; she just strikes me as the usual Bella Swan clone who likes to mope about, only to whine and cry and pitch tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Charming.
Lastly, this may sound like a bit of a dumb question; but why are these sort of 'what if' fanfics so popular in the Harry Potter fandom? You know, the ones where the author will change or remove an element they feel Rowling got 'wrong'. I mean, I know it's common for people to have on aspect of the canon or characters they don't like or disagree with, but it's pretty damn arrogant to say that you know Rowling's world better than she does!
And for that reason, I can't help but recall another particularly bad example of this sort of fic- one of those wish-fulfillment alternate histories where Snape ended up with Lily. I remember that the young Sev was depicted as this misunderstood boy genius who's So Much Better than Everyone Else, and James was- surprise surprise- bashed into oblivion and painted as a mustache-twirling dickbag. How lovely.
Sorry for the rant that ended up turning into; but I really hate fics like this- despite the fact that many of them have premises that aren't half-bad- and I fail to understand why so many of them get so much popularity and rave reviews :/