10th of Awesome [3]
So I was planning on doing a massive pimp for Battlestar Galatcia consisting of extraordinarily intelligent remarks on the series, pictures, youtube links, and general fun nonsense, but that's a project for when it's not the day of and when I don't have a massive amounts of assignments. So, I bring fic.
Dualities by AvacadoLove is Harry Potter & Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover fic wherein Draco and Zuko end up chillin' together in limbo due to an incidence involved Vanishing Cabinets.
Yes. The premise is pure crack. The actual fic is more along the lines of pure brilliance. My review really hits all of the points thus:
This is, on the whole, completely spectacular. You took a premise that I really, genuinely doubted would work at made it into a beautifully crafted piece of fiction. The two words are juxtaposed quite nicely, and I love the cultural misunderstandings that come from that. You mesh the two "magics" together fairly smoothly. I especially like how both Draco & Zuko can use the power from one another's world to a small extent.
Draco's characterization was absolutely brilliant. You managed to let him be the whiny, spoilt brat that he is without casting him as a two-dimensional side-character. I rarely find authors that hit such a happy medium in their fic. Draco's indecision on whether to use the Imperius on Zuko was fantastic, as was his reasoning behind his ultimate decision not to.
Zuko I loved perhaps even more than Draco. You allowed for Zuko's dorkiness to show through and yet still presented him as the Zuko from canon. He was still confused and I loved how you played him trying to convince himself that he had made the right decisions.
The humor was spot-on without being crackfic and their relationship was played nicely and organically. Also, the timing of the story fit well into both canons.
I think the greatest strength in your fic was how aware it was of both characters & their shortcomings. You certainly brought out their common ground, but at the same time you contrasted the two very effectively.
I don't know how someone who is not familiar with both fandoms would read this, but I think it's worth a try!
Dualities by AvacadoLove is Harry Potter & Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover fic wherein Draco and Zuko end up chillin' together in limbo due to an incidence involved Vanishing Cabinets.
Yes. The premise is pure crack. The actual fic is more along the lines of pure brilliance. My review really hits all of the points thus:
This is, on the whole, completely spectacular. You took a premise that I really, genuinely doubted would work at made it into a beautifully crafted piece of fiction. The two words are juxtaposed quite nicely, and I love the cultural misunderstandings that come from that. You mesh the two "magics" together fairly smoothly. I especially like how both Draco & Zuko can use the power from one another's world to a small extent.
Draco's characterization was absolutely brilliant. You managed to let him be the whiny, spoilt brat that he is without casting him as a two-dimensional side-character. I rarely find authors that hit such a happy medium in their fic. Draco's indecision on whether to use the Imperius on Zuko was fantastic, as was his reasoning behind his ultimate decision not to.
Zuko I loved perhaps even more than Draco. You allowed for Zuko's dorkiness to show through and yet still presented him as the Zuko from canon. He was still confused and I loved how you played him trying to convince himself that he had made the right decisions.
The humor was spot-on without being crackfic and their relationship was played nicely and organically. Also, the timing of the story fit well into both canons.
I think the greatest strength in your fic was how aware it was of both characters & their shortcomings. You certainly brought out their common ground, but at the same time you contrasted the two very effectively.
I don't know how someone who is not familiar with both fandoms would read this, but I think it's worth a try!