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Harry Potter Fanfic I Think You Will Love

Dec 23, 2011 16:25

Oh, you're gonna hate me for this one. Kinda-sorta-Harry/Hermione, although very very slow-moving. At this point, really not relevant. Very much out-of-character Harry, Draco, Quirrell, and more. Oh, and it's a Work-In-Progress.

The author's handle is Less Wrong, and the story is Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Very simple ( Read more... )

harry potter, fanfic, science

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mimiheart December 23 2011, 21:53:17 UTC

Well, if you want a REALLY long Harry Potter AU, I suggest Lightning on the Wave's Sacrifices Arc. It starts with Saving Connor.

It's all seven books, and really, it's its own series. It just sort of borrows names and places from the HP universe. (If you go to the author's profile, there's a link to PDF versions, if you'd rather read it on something other than a computer.) Heed the warnings, though. It gets dark and deals with all sorts of heavy issues. This is not JKR's Harry Potter.

madderbrad December 26 2011, 12:43:20 UTC

I gather, from what I've seen people say, that it's a brilliant series. How in-your-face / pervasive is the Harry/Draco relationship? I've been told it kicks in around book 4 or so? Is it substantial in the last few books?

mimiheart December 26 2011, 13:57:58 UTC

It's there, and it's important, but it's not graphic. (And in book four, iirc, it's barely there.) Up until that point it's more friendship. Like I said, it's a complete AU. Harry/Draco isn't normally a pairing I read, but I didn't mind it in this situation.

madderbrad December 27 2011, 00:08:39 UTC

Thanks for the info!

scifantasy December 23 2011, 21:59:30 UTC

Not sure how I can help--I've heard of "Methods," but I...I don't know how to put this. I don't trust it, or the writer.

ebenbrooks December 23 2011, 22:00:36 UTC

You'd love it. It's effing brilliant.

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scifantasy December 24 2011, 16:53:33 UTC

Two interlocking points. First, as stated below, it feels like an exercise in "isn't this silly," combined with "this breaks physics, and I'm going to fix it." (The TV Tropes header for the page on "Methods" has someone freaking out because turning into a cat violates conservation of mass among others.) Which...when your observations and the universe don't match, that's not the universe's fault.

Second, knowing that Less Wrong didn't just write a story about an AU Potterverse, but tied it into his "new and revolutionary" reasoning framework, is a bit Goodkind-y: "I'm not writing a story, I'm spreading my philosophy and the story is just a means to an end!" Never sits well with me.

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ebenbrooks December 23 2011, 21:59:42 UTC

Isn't that one wonderful?!? I actually enjoy the Potterverse with Less Wrong writing in it. (His real name is Eliezer Yudkowski, and he's a fellow at the Singularity Institute. His website lesswrong.com has a marvelous series of essays designed to help the rationalist discover and eliminate his/her own errors of reasoning.)

tcgtrf December 23 2011, 22:04:13 UTC

Here's a Moon Is a Harsh Mistress pastiche I wrote a couple of years ago. It's been my absolute favorite piece of mine to read at cons...

http://tcgtrf.livejournal.com/12081.html

Enjoy

Tom Trumpinski

roane December 23 2011, 23:40:55 UTC

I should preface this by saying that I do not read fanfic. I got into it a tiny tiny bit when Firefly was still on the air and during the first season of Lost, but that's it.

That said, The Man with No Name by Frostfyre7 is a Doctor Who (Ten)/Firefly crossover and it is BRILLIANT. It just works. The scenes where the Doctor and River communicate are nearly perfect.