0221: Family Secrets - Hermione Granger/Lady Mya de Medici
Pit is down. We get this instead.
TITLE: Family Secrets
PERPETRATOR: Alexi Maree
SUE-O-METER:
(awful)
FULL NAME: The summary says she's Hermione Granger, but I see no evidence of this in the story, which seems to be told from the point of view of somebody named Lady Mya de Medici.
SPECIES: Human/Witch
HAIR: not described
EYES: not described
MARKINGS: none mentioned
POSESSIONS: a magic ring that won't come off until she dies. Europe.
ORIGIN: This girl is the daughter of a squib Princess who married a Muggle Englishman. Her grandfather was the wizard king of Europe, and she is his only surviving heir.
CONNECTIONS TO CANON: none that I noticed - I have no idea why the author insists that this Mya is Hermione.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: controls all the magic in Europe.
NOTES: This fic comes with a 100% guarenteed free headache. Yet another author has decided that plain old muggleborn Hermione isn't good enough for her, and thus has turned our favourite frizzy-haired nerd into the Witch Princess of Europe.
The name 'Hermione' doesn't even appear until the third chapter. Before that, everybody keeps calling her 'Mya'. I think that might be an even worse nickname for her than 'Mione'. Although I did get a couple of snickers out of imagining a song parody called "My Sue Is Like... Wo"
SAMPLE:
Lord Medici. I knew about him of course. We learnt about him and his lineage at Hogwarts. We had to. He basically controlled all Wizarding Europe.
I remember the passage well. Many years ago, the world was on the brink of destruction. Magic was uncontrolled and humanity began to suffer terribly because of it. Five wizards of the age met to discuss ways to control the magic. If the magic was left to unrestrained, it would eventually destroy the whole world and all who dwell within it. After many years of discussion, the five found a way to bind the magic to them and their kin. Channelling it through their systems, giving them control over the magic and the land solved the problem.
Each of the five wizards took a part of the earth's landmass to control. They are now known as the five continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. While there are seven continents in the muggle world, in the wizarding world, Australasia and Antarctica are part of the Asian continent. To the relief of many, this binding spell worked, leaving the world at peace for the first time in many hundreds of years.
The wizards found that even though they had magic flowing through them, it did not make them any more powerful - except through their connection with the land. Through it, the wizards could control their land and the people in it. Over the years, these wizards and their heirs became the rulers of the five continents. With all rulers, muggle or wizard, there were some good and bad, but overall this system worked well. That is, until one of the lineages died out.
The magic connected with the land was unleashed for the first time in a number of millennia and the ancient cultures of Africa were wiped out. Few humans remained after the magic had run its course, settling itself into the land. The few that remained spread themselves out to start new cultures. What once was, was forgotten. Through out the millennia other lineages died out, with the same devastating effects. North and South America were both lost. The only two still standing are known as Europe and Asia, ruled by Lord Medici and Lord Chang respectively. Lord Chang had eight children - their line was still going strong. The Medici line was in danger - who would become the heir?
TITLE: Family Secrets
PERPETRATOR: Alexi Maree
SUE-O-METER:
(awful)
FULL NAME: The summary says she's Hermione Granger, but I see no evidence of this in the story, which seems to be told from the point of view of somebody named Lady Mya de Medici.
SPECIES: Human/Witch
HAIR: not described
EYES: not described
MARKINGS: none mentioned
POSESSIONS: a magic ring that won't come off until she dies. Europe.
ORIGIN: This girl is the daughter of a squib Princess who married a Muggle Englishman. Her grandfather was the wizard king of Europe, and she is his only surviving heir.
CONNECTIONS TO CANON: none that I noticed - I have no idea why the author insists that this Mya is Hermione.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: controls all the magic in Europe.
NOTES: This fic comes with a 100% guarenteed free headache. Yet another author has decided that plain old muggleborn Hermione isn't good enough for her, and thus has turned our favourite frizzy-haired nerd into the Witch Princess of Europe.
The name 'Hermione' doesn't even appear until the third chapter. Before that, everybody keeps calling her 'Mya'. I think that might be an even worse nickname for her than 'Mione'. Although I did get a couple of snickers out of imagining a song parody called "My Sue Is Like... Wo"
SAMPLE:
Lord Medici. I knew about him of course. We learnt about him and his lineage at Hogwarts. We had to. He basically controlled all Wizarding Europe.
I remember the passage well. Many years ago, the world was on the brink of destruction. Magic was uncontrolled and humanity began to suffer terribly because of it. Five wizards of the age met to discuss ways to control the magic. If the magic was left to unrestrained, it would eventually destroy the whole world and all who dwell within it. After many years of discussion, the five found a way to bind the magic to them and their kin. Channelling it through their systems, giving them control over the magic and the land solved the problem.
Each of the five wizards took a part of the earth's landmass to control. They are now known as the five continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. While there are seven continents in the muggle world, in the wizarding world, Australasia and Antarctica are part of the Asian continent. To the relief of many, this binding spell worked, leaving the world at peace for the first time in many hundreds of years.
The wizards found that even though they had magic flowing through them, it did not make them any more powerful - except through their connection with the land. Through it, the wizards could control their land and the people in it. Over the years, these wizards and their heirs became the rulers of the five continents. With all rulers, muggle or wizard, there were some good and bad, but overall this system worked well. That is, until one of the lineages died out.
The magic connected with the land was unleashed for the first time in a number of millennia and the ancient cultures of Africa were wiped out. Few humans remained after the magic had run its course, settling itself into the land. The few that remained spread themselves out to start new cultures. What once was, was forgotten. Through out the millennia other lineages died out, with the same devastating effects. North and South America were both lost. The only two still standing are known as Europe and Asia, ruled by Lord Medici and Lord Chang respectively. Lord Chang had eight children - their line was still going strong. The Medici line was in danger - who would become the heir?