In This World and the Next Chapter 14

[szaleniec1000]

ITWATN has no surprises left, or so I thought. We've had Percy being fed to Fluffy for nothing at all. We've had Ron (but not Ginny, Neville or Luna) being inherently prone to blood supremacy, which justifies a group of nominal adults victimising an eleven-year-old. We've had, of course, a "shit wizard" being somehow able to overpower Hermione

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[warlock_female]

So Harry's also gonna end up killing the people, without any magic, who raised him for shits and giggles now? (abusive guardians and all that but he hasn't seem to given a shit before) What then, murder Dudley by having him somehow fall into their graves?

[szaleniec1000]

Thankfully not. I'm generally of the opinion that the only revenge Harry needs to take on the Dursleys is for them to see him become the happy, well-adjusted wizard they never wanted him to be - I've seen good fics where he pranks them, but anything more falls under "hang on, you're a wizard and they're not" regardless of how horrible they were.

[sickbritkid2]

What then, murder Dudley by having him somehow fall into their graves?

lol. That reminds me of a mission from Hitman: Blood Money.

[zelda_queen]

"I'd love it if the goblins weren't removing the Horcruxes, but actually collecting them to use their dark energy in the next rebellion."

Or better yet, they just stole it and insisted that it was theirs by right. It wouldn't be that much of a stretch to think that the diadem was goblin-made, after all.

I can't remember what's been going on. I know one of the Potters is behind Petunia and Vernon's cruise, but what's the evil scheme behind it? I can't believe that in a fic that kills off Percy and tortures Ron, the Dursleys get off with a free cruise.

[szaleniec1000]

It's a while since I read ahead, but IIRC it turns out to have been bought with a stolen credit card and the Dursleys get arrested.

[zelda_queen]

...Yes, because it's not like the card isn't actually in their possession and they have a letter saying the WON the trip (which, by definition, means they didn't pay for it themselves) and Petunia told all her friends about how she won a contest, making it pretty clear that they were victims of a scam.

[szaleniec1000]

Very true. Not that I'm surprised that this author's logic doesn't stand scrutiny.

[greener221]

"Because nothing says a grand epic romance for the ages like unsolicited non-consensual psychotherapy."

ELEVEN YEAR OLDS.

What the hell is Robst's deal with Millicent Bulstrode? She's an interchangeable bully whose only evidence of ever existing is unintentionally turning Hermione into a furry in Book 2. Moonofthesea clearly used her because she wanted someone for Snape to make girl-talk with and be an out-of-nowhere expositor, and thought Pansy Parkinson was busy with Malfoy. Here I have the feeling that Robst seems to like the name Millicent or Millie, and has decided to use him in a Blaise Zabini manner.

[szaleniec1000]

At least with Millicent in KiP, there's some indication that she's the same character we see in Chamber of Secrets. Where this one comes from, I'm not sure even Robst himself could tell you. He seems to have lost sight of the idea that this is an alternate universe that only started diverging when Lord Potter turned up. It's like the Percy/Penelope thing: it was a healthy relationship in canon and some kind of weird stalkery thing here, so the only logical conclusion is that some kind of knock-on effect from Lord Potter's interference made it that way.

[szaleniec1000]

Actually, come to think of it, the Teddy Lupin effect shows that for a writer who specialises in divergences and time travel, he's not actually very good at thinking through the logic.

[greener221]

"The only table not to participate was of course Slytherin, it remained exclusively attended by students bearing green on their robes."

Oh joy, it's become clearer than ever that Robst is just a reflexive Harmonian.

[greener221]

"Dumbledore's motivations make sod all sense in this fic. If he craves respect and power this much, why did he refuse to become Minister for Magic? It's like the author is writing books-era!Dumbledore as the Grindelwald-influenced "For The Greater Good*"!Dumbledore, ignoring the intervening decades of character development. Despite not even liking Deathly Hallows anyway."

Like I said, he's a crazed Harmonian whose only problem is that it doesn't end with Harry/Hermione.

"THE GREATER GOOD"

I've been Googling Harry Potter in association with Hot Fuzz for weeks, and I still haven't found anyone attacking her for trying to contextualize a comedy catchphrase as a Nazi slogan.

[szaleniec1000]

Not that surprising. It's been a stock catchphrase of "ends justify the means" types since forever: it's just that Harry Potter used it straight and Hot Fuzz parodied it.

[sickbritkid2]

And the entire point of Harry Potter using it straight was to show how Dumbledore, much like every other fucking cunt in the world, was a lot more impetuous and optimistic when he was younger. Because, y'know, he was a dude who'd barely reached the age of majority who thought he knew better than everyone else(being in my mid-20s now has given me a perspective on that sort of thing).

So Robst took Dumbledore's realistic characterization and turned it into...this.

I swear, if I ever go to Scotland, I'm going to find Robst and force feed him a copy of Deathly Hallow.

[greener221]

And Dumbledore's backstory means...?