That was a great fanfic. The characters were amazingly written, and many of the scenes were genuinely emotional and moving. What’s more, the ending actually worked, in a way that I hadn’t expected it to work. We didn’t get a resolution to the prophecies about apocalypse, the prophecies about ending death, the nature of magic, the nature of time travel, phoenix fire, and many other things… but that actually feels okay. We’ve been reading an origin story all along, and a great origin story it is. Eliezer, thank you!
That said, now I have a wishlist for some other fanfics I’d like to read:
1) A fanfic where Harry and Hermione use the scientific method to research the nature of magic.
2) A fanfic where smarter versions of canon characters fight each other with complicated plots.
3) A fanfic where most of Harry’s successes come from making surprising but rational decisions.
Much of the promise of HPMOR was that it hinted at being all of these things, but now I feel that it doesn’t do any of them really well. Maybe my standards have gone up, or maybe the promise is still there to be realized by some other author. Or has it already been done?
That was a great fanfic. The characters were amazingly written, and many of the scenes were genuinely emotional and moving. What’s more, the ending actually worked, in a way that I hadn’t expected it to work. We didn’t get a resolution to the prophecies about apocalypse, the prophecies about ending death, the nature of magic, the nature of time travel, phoenix fire, and many other things… but that actually feels okay. We’ve been reading an origin story all along, and a great origin story it is. Eliezer, thank you!
That said, now I have a wishlist for some other fanfics I’d like to read:
1) A fanfic where Harry and Hermione use the scientific method to research the nature of magic.
2) A fanfic where smarter versions of canon characters fight each other with complicated plots.
3) A fanfic where most of Harry’s successes come from making surprising but rational decisions.
Much of the promise of HPMOR was that it hinted at being all of these things, but now I feel that it doesn’t do any of them really well. Maybe my standards have gone up, or maybe the promise is still there to be realized by some other author. Or has it already been done?
Hogwarts Battle School