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3280: Princess of the Blacks - Silently Watches

Jul 29, 2014 20:13

Today's entry was sent in by another anon... and it is a dozy.
- Two more days until fanfic contest starts.
- The link of the day is old, but here you go. Really wasn't expecting to find this one.
- And... Flashback Sue!

TITLE: Princess of the Blacks
PERPETRATOR: Silently Watches
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rating - toxic, pb - taco-show, stu - harry potter

Comments 10

often_partisan July 30 2014, 08:59:11 UTC

What the hell was this author thinking?! That's all I can think of right now, ugh.

afleur_de_lis July 30 2014, 17:45:22 UTC

Oh my Lord. I am actually pretty speechless about this one. What on earth was the author thinking, is the one question I have. The second one that I have is why write a story when you barely did any research for it ( ... )

beacon80 July 30 2014, 18:54:21 UTC

That said, it just seems that the sexual abuse that Jen suffered for years is just there in the back corner and is never ever touched upon again.
Worse than that. Her first thought upon seeing her bedroom is "Find me a lithe, little bedwarmer and I'll be set."

beacon80 July 30 2014, 18:25:18 UTC

The link of the day is broken. I think you accidentally switched the URL and the text.

I've yet to see a fic that insists it's not as cliché as it sounds that isn't every bit as cliché as it sounds.
And for a fic about abuse "breaking" Harry... well, for starters, if you really wanted to explore that, you should be changing as little as possible. Harry should still be the star, his parents should still be dead, etc. Honestly, if I were to try something like this, the only thing that would change would be that I'd replace Vernon with someone much worse (rather than twist a merely selfish man into a sadistic monster).
But what really gets me is that she is, if anything, less "broken" than Harry. She's arrogant and demanding, the exact opposite of what you'd expect ( ... )

afleur_de_lis July 30 2014, 20:49:39 UTC

I tend to find it hard to believe is that despite her infirmities, Jen didn't attempt to run. This kind of abuse is damaging, even if you're an adult ( ... )

beacon80 July 30 2014, 21:05:59 UTC

She doesn't even have any infirmities. Yeah, she was somehow blinded by the Dursleys, but she can see perfectly with her magic, anyway. And given how she talks to her now ex-boss and responds to a former client in chapter two, I don't think she was forced to do anything.

pottersues July 31 2014, 00:30:44 UTC

Link of the day is fixed now.

darth_gojira August 2 2014, 13:58:21 UTC

So this is what Rose Potter would have looked like it was written by a girl

heartstart August 3 2014, 08:51:41 UTC

Have only read the excerpt, but my brain's going "Whahht?" This is the most OOC for James and Lily I have ever seen! Even if their child was a squib, they just wouldn't abandon her to the Dursleys and never see her again!