3295: Turning Tables - Harry Potter
As I was looking for a story to feature for today I found a story that averaged over 12k per chapter.
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TITLE: Turning Tables
PERPETRATOR: heyOB
SUE-O-METER:
(awful)
COVER/BANNER ART: The cover is a the Hogwarts crest hand drawn.
SUMMARY:”When Harry is eight he wins a camera and begins to photograph the neglect and abuse he suffers. He flips the tables on the Durselys blackmailing them into treating him reasonably. Harry is very perceptive and anyone will have a hard time trying to manipulate him. Smart!Manipulative!Grey!Slytherin!Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore, some Weasley and Dumbles bashing. T for language”
FULL NAME: Harry Potter
SPECIES: A brat who is far more manipulative then Dumbledore is supposed to be... and there is no reason for it.
HAIR: n/a
EYES: n/a
MARKINGS: He's got sunburns from working in the garden and his hands are “cut” from pulling weeds. To be exact, “Over the next month Harry documented and took photos of the abuse he suffered. His torn up hands and sunburnt skin after pulling weeds without gloves, more bruises and bumps he suffered from his cousin and sometimes aunt, burns from cooking, and even a dog bite he got from Aunt Marge's prized pet Ripper.” You know... last time I checked this isn't considered child abuse persay and Harry could instead end up feeding his uncle's tales of him being the anti-Christ as the writer put it.
POSSESSIONS: Harry has a camera he won. He had a lot of other prizes that got taken away.
CONNECTION TO CANON: Harry is a maniacal little brat who decides to blackmail his relatives with photos he's taken and he proceeds to excel at school because “Vernon stopped poisoning the teachers ipinion about Harry”. He also pretty much says he has no need for friends that would run because Dudley beat them up and blames their lack of loyalty on them and not the fact Dudley is a scary bully. He works on scholarships as well. Harry flips that Dumbledore has his key and gets McGonagal questioning why the man has his key. (Umm... hello, he's a minor.) He then completely freaks because Flourish and Blotts has a sale celebrating his birthday. Apparently people have been allowed to write and publish books about him to make money. I felt this was a good time to stop reading this one.
ORIGIN: Harry wins a camera and decides to blackmail his aunt and uncle. As I pointed out in my note though the only real abuse he can take a picture of is that cupboard. “In this story my Dumbledore will be very manipulative but ultimately good (well however "good" he could be all things considered) He has a skewed idea of right and wrong but he believes he is really doing everything for the best” (Yeah... you're still doing what everyone else does, just painting it with a different name.)
SPECIAL ABILITIES: “Harry Potter was much smarter than the average eight year old. This wasn't because he read a lot of books, it was because he understood people. Understanding people's motivations and actions would usually be quite the feat for an eight year old but Harry learned to read people because it was essential for his survival. Being able to tell what mood his aunt, uncle and cousin were in could mean the difference between being locked in his cupboard for a week without food or an impossibly long list of chores.” On top of this... well, “Finally the film ran out and he was ready. He snuck money from Dudley's room who would hardly notice and few pounds missing and if he did hopefully it would be too late. He went to the store after school (he had to walk home while Dudley rode with Aunt Petunia) to get the film developed and ordered two copies. The next day he went back and got them storing the negatives in case he would need more. When he got home he hid one of the copies in under a loose floorboard he had discovered when he had to clean Dudley's spare bedroom and kept the other set on him.” Sure... a lower grade school is going to have the capabilities to develop film in their student store.
NOTES: As I read the summary I asked myself, what could Harry be taking pictures of? Perhaps the fact he lives in the cupboard under the stairs, but in reality most of the abuse really isn't something he could easily take a picture of. I then got to thinking... how could Harry win a camera without the Dursley family knowing?
Also... the writer claims that Harry is smart because he is good at reading people, but he doesn't come across that way. I really don't understand why people like seeing the canon butchered like this.
SAMPLE:
Harry Potter was much smarter than the average eight year old. This wasn't because he read a lot of books, it was because he understood people. Understanding people's motivations and actions would usually be quite the feat for an eight year old but Harry learned to read people because it was essential for his survival. Being able to tell what mood his aunt, uncle and cousin were in could mean the difference between being locked in his cupboard for a week without food or an impossibly long list of chores. He also knew that his uncle was a lot smarter than he looked. Uncle Vernon would never hit him in a way that would leave marks and he had somehow managed to convince all of Harry's neighbors and teachers that an eight year old was somehow akin to the anti-Christ, so that no one would ever offer Harry any help. Ironically it was from his uncle who hated him so much that Harry learned the most about people and how to manipulate them.
Harry never held any illusions that he could make his family like him. In fact his aunt told him this. Frequently. He also knew that normal children, even unwanted nephews thrust upon "respectable British citizens" after the death of their "deadbeat parents", didn't usually sleep in cupboards when they lived in a four bedroom house with three other people. Another thing Harry observed was about his parents. His aunt and uncle were lying about them. He didn't notice it at first but the rants and tangents his aunt and uncle went off on often held discrepancies. The last and most important thing Harry discovered, was that he was a freak. Not a freak like his aunt insisted, but a freak in rather useful ways. How else could he survive a week without food, talk to garden snakes, grow back his hair overnight, or disappear and reappear on the school roof?
Harry was resigned to his fate when an opportunity presented itself at school. That day there was a substitute teacher whose opinion of Harry had not been soiled by the lies his uncle spread about him. Harry wasn't going to tell on his family to the teacher. He suspected his uncle could talk, or if it came down to it bribe, his way out of trouble if it was just Harry's word against his and Harry would be much worse off. No, the opportunity was a trivia quiz, more specifically the prize for winning this quiz: a disposable camera (along with some other irrelevant treats.) Normally Harry kept his head down in school and never called attention to himself. He made sure his worked scored lower than Dudley, who really was as stupid as the beached baby whale he resembled, because doing better than "precious Duddykins" would earn his aunt's wrath. But he needed that camera. Harry was not extraordinarily book smart, mainly because he wasn't allowed to have them at home but he was smarter than most of his classmates (really when no one will be your friend and your cousin's favorite game is Harry Hunting there wasn't much else to do but pay attention in class). That being said, Harry easily won the trivia quiz and the camera.
When he got home Dudley threw a pathetic blubbering fit to Aunt Petunia. Naturally, she was furious. She took away Harry's prizes (except for the camera which Harry had hidden in his extremely baggy clothes in anticipation for the scene Dudley would cause) and whacked Harry heavily on the head with a wooden spoon. Even though the wound smarted badly Harry was nearly smiling. That would leave a bruise. His aunt then bodily threw Harry into his cupboard shouting that he could forget about eating that weekend. Once in his cupboard Harry shoved his blanket against the door crack so the camera flash would not be seen and began taking photos of his living arrangement. He felt his head to see that a lump had formed where he was hit and he took a picture of that too. That night he went to sleep smiling even though his stomach was empty. The tables would soon be turning in the Dursley house.
Over the next month Harry documented and took photos of the abuse he suffered. His torn up hands and sunburnt skin after pulling weeds without gloves, more bruises and bumps he suffered from his cousin and sometimes aunt, burns from cooking, and even a dog bite he got from Aunt Marge's prized pet Ripper. Finally the film ran out and he was ready. He snuck money from Dudley's room who would hardly notice and few pounds missing and if he did hopefully it would be too late. He went to the store after school (he had to walk home while Dudley rode with Aunt Petunia) to get the film developed and ordered two copies. The next day he went back and got them storing the negatives in case he would need more. When he got home he hid one of the copies in under a loose floorboard he had discovered when he had to clean Dudley's spare bedroom and kept the other set on him.
- Don't forget! Fanfic contest!
- Here is the link of the day.
- Flashback Sue for today is one where the Mary Sue is a water nymph.
TITLE: Turning Tables
PERPETRATOR: heyOB
SUE-O-METER:
(awful)
COVER/BANNER ART: The cover is a the Hogwarts crest hand drawn.
SUMMARY:”When Harry is eight he wins a camera and begins to photograph the neglect and abuse he suffers. He flips the tables on the Durselys blackmailing them into treating him reasonably. Harry is very perceptive and anyone will have a hard time trying to manipulate him. Smart!Manipulative!Grey!Slytherin!Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore, some Weasley and Dumbles bashing. T for language”
FULL NAME: Harry Potter
SPECIES: A brat who is far more manipulative then Dumbledore is supposed to be... and there is no reason for it.
HAIR: n/a
EYES: n/a
MARKINGS: He's got sunburns from working in the garden and his hands are “cut” from pulling weeds. To be exact, “Over the next month Harry documented and took photos of the abuse he suffered. His torn up hands and sunburnt skin after pulling weeds without gloves, more bruises and bumps he suffered from his cousin and sometimes aunt, burns from cooking, and even a dog bite he got from Aunt Marge's prized pet Ripper.” You know... last time I checked this isn't considered child abuse persay and Harry could instead end up feeding his uncle's tales of him being the anti-Christ as the writer put it.
POSSESSIONS: Harry has a camera he won. He had a lot of other prizes that got taken away.
CONNECTION TO CANON: Harry is a maniacal little brat who decides to blackmail his relatives with photos he's taken and he proceeds to excel at school because “Vernon stopped poisoning the teachers ipinion about Harry”. He also pretty much says he has no need for friends that would run because Dudley beat them up and blames their lack of loyalty on them and not the fact Dudley is a scary bully. He works on scholarships as well. Harry flips that Dumbledore has his key and gets McGonagal questioning why the man has his key. (Umm... hello, he's a minor.) He then completely freaks because Flourish and Blotts has a sale celebrating his birthday. Apparently people have been allowed to write and publish books about him to make money. I felt this was a good time to stop reading this one.
ORIGIN: Harry wins a camera and decides to blackmail his aunt and uncle. As I pointed out in my note though the only real abuse he can take a picture of is that cupboard. “In this story my Dumbledore will be very manipulative but ultimately good (well however "good" he could be all things considered) He has a skewed idea of right and wrong but he believes he is really doing everything for the best” (Yeah... you're still doing what everyone else does, just painting it with a different name.)
SPECIAL ABILITIES: “Harry Potter was much smarter than the average eight year old. This wasn't because he read a lot of books, it was because he understood people. Understanding people's motivations and actions would usually be quite the feat for an eight year old but Harry learned to read people because it was essential for his survival. Being able to tell what mood his aunt, uncle and cousin were in could mean the difference between being locked in his cupboard for a week without food or an impossibly long list of chores.” On top of this... well, “Finally the film ran out and he was ready. He snuck money from Dudley's room who would hardly notice and few pounds missing and if he did hopefully it would be too late. He went to the store after school (he had to walk home while Dudley rode with Aunt Petunia) to get the film developed and ordered two copies. The next day he went back and got them storing the negatives in case he would need more. When he got home he hid one of the copies in under a loose floorboard he had discovered when he had to clean Dudley's spare bedroom and kept the other set on him.” Sure... a lower grade school is going to have the capabilities to develop film in their student store.
NOTES: As I read the summary I asked myself, what could Harry be taking pictures of? Perhaps the fact he lives in the cupboard under the stairs, but in reality most of the abuse really isn't something he could easily take a picture of. I then got to thinking... how could Harry win a camera without the Dursley family knowing?
Also... the writer claims that Harry is smart because he is good at reading people, but he doesn't come across that way. I really don't understand why people like seeing the canon butchered like this.
SAMPLE:
Harry Potter was much smarter than the average eight year old. This wasn't because he read a lot of books, it was because he understood people. Understanding people's motivations and actions would usually be quite the feat for an eight year old but Harry learned to read people because it was essential for his survival. Being able to tell what mood his aunt, uncle and cousin were in could mean the difference between being locked in his cupboard for a week without food or an impossibly long list of chores. He also knew that his uncle was a lot smarter than he looked. Uncle Vernon would never hit him in a way that would leave marks and he had somehow managed to convince all of Harry's neighbors and teachers that an eight year old was somehow akin to the anti-Christ, so that no one would ever offer Harry any help. Ironically it was from his uncle who hated him so much that Harry learned the most about people and how to manipulate them.
Harry never held any illusions that he could make his family like him. In fact his aunt told him this. Frequently. He also knew that normal children, even unwanted nephews thrust upon "respectable British citizens" after the death of their "deadbeat parents", didn't usually sleep in cupboards when they lived in a four bedroom house with three other people. Another thing Harry observed was about his parents. His aunt and uncle were lying about them. He didn't notice it at first but the rants and tangents his aunt and uncle went off on often held discrepancies. The last and most important thing Harry discovered, was that he was a freak. Not a freak like his aunt insisted, but a freak in rather useful ways. How else could he survive a week without food, talk to garden snakes, grow back his hair overnight, or disappear and reappear on the school roof?
Harry was resigned to his fate when an opportunity presented itself at school. That day there was a substitute teacher whose opinion of Harry had not been soiled by the lies his uncle spread about him. Harry wasn't going to tell on his family to the teacher. He suspected his uncle could talk, or if it came down to it bribe, his way out of trouble if it was just Harry's word against his and Harry would be much worse off. No, the opportunity was a trivia quiz, more specifically the prize for winning this quiz: a disposable camera (along with some other irrelevant treats.) Normally Harry kept his head down in school and never called attention to himself. He made sure his worked scored lower than Dudley, who really was as stupid as the beached baby whale he resembled, because doing better than "precious Duddykins" would earn his aunt's wrath. But he needed that camera. Harry was not extraordinarily book smart, mainly because he wasn't allowed to have them at home but he was smarter than most of his classmates (really when no one will be your friend and your cousin's favorite game is Harry Hunting there wasn't much else to do but pay attention in class). That being said, Harry easily won the trivia quiz and the camera.
When he got home Dudley threw a pathetic blubbering fit to Aunt Petunia. Naturally, she was furious. She took away Harry's prizes (except for the camera which Harry had hidden in his extremely baggy clothes in anticipation for the scene Dudley would cause) and whacked Harry heavily on the head with a wooden spoon. Even though the wound smarted badly Harry was nearly smiling. That would leave a bruise. His aunt then bodily threw Harry into his cupboard shouting that he could forget about eating that weekend. Once in his cupboard Harry shoved his blanket against the door crack so the camera flash would not be seen and began taking photos of his living arrangement. He felt his head to see that a lump had formed where he was hit and he took a picture of that too. That night he went to sleep smiling even though his stomach was empty. The tables would soon be turning in the Dursley house.
Over the next month Harry documented and took photos of the abuse he suffered. His torn up hands and sunburnt skin after pulling weeds without gloves, more bruises and bumps he suffered from his cousin and sometimes aunt, burns from cooking, and even a dog bite he got from Aunt Marge's prized pet Ripper. Finally the film ran out and he was ready. He snuck money from Dudley's room who would hardly notice and few pounds missing and if he did hopefully it would be too late. He went to the store after school (he had to walk home while Dudley rode with Aunt Petunia) to get the film developed and ordered two copies. The next day he went back and got them storing the negatives in case he would need more. When he got home he hid one of the copies in under a loose floorboard he had discovered when he had to clean Dudley's spare bedroom and kept the other set on him.