I know, but at this point we’ve got a Harry who beats Hermione at wandwork, out-threatens Snape, humbles Dumbledore using his own phoenix, snaps orders (which are meekly accepted) at Minerva McGonagall… I find this kind of thing pretty grating, and I’m really glad that Luminosity and Radiance never went in that direction.
Sure, all this is annoying, and not a good way to build sympathy, but since we’ve been shown that Harry is extraordinarily clever, confident and astute, I think it’s marginally allowable. Eliezer lost me when Harry made it out of Azkaban without being killed or exposed. That would not and should not have happened, and IMO the fic went irretrievably to Hell at the exact moment the characters went there retrievably.
Sure, all this is annoying, and not a good way to build sympathy, but since we’ve been shown that Harry is extraordinarily clever, confident and astute, I think it’s marginally allowable. Eliezer lost me when Harry made it out of Azkaban without being killed or exposed. That would not and should not have happened, and IMO the fic went irretrievably to Hell at the exact moment the characters went there retrievably.