Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Harry Potter Fanfic - Resonance

Story Title: Resonance
Author: Salamander
Rating: PG-13

Link: http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/salamander/resonance.html

Summary: Snape adopts Harry in this story that stretches from the end of year six until Harry starts his Auror apprenticeship. Harry defeats Voldemort and has to deal with not only with his now greatly increased fame, but also with some odd, disturbing skills he inherited from the Dark Lord. Both he and Snape fumble around trying for some kind of family normalcy, which neither one is very knowledgeable of. Harry survives his seventh year at Hogwarts with a parent as a teacher and starts his training as an Auror.

Comments: Having read through this, only partially at the moment, I'm enjoying every moment. This is a sprawling, comprehensive, fanfic based at the end of 6th year, and through 7th year.
 
It's a Snape adopts Harry fanfic, but done in a way that is entirely believable. The reactions of Harry's friends when he finally tells them is pretty perfect, and thouroughly in character. Good ol' predictable Ron.
 
There are some new characters introduced, but nothing that seems 'Mary Jane'-ish, at all, just characters with ups and down, positives and negatives and are appropriate for the context.
 
This is a fic I would recommend, though, it's a long, long, long fic (over 2 million words) so make sure you've got time for it.
 
Rating: **** / 5 stars

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Yahoo! Widgets

Yahoo! Widgets

Why did no-one ever tell me about these? I'm yet to try them out, but these seem to be incredibly cool.