'The adventures of Albus Severus Potter'.

I just can't read those next-gen stories. It's bad enough the poor kid is given such a horrible name by our spineless protagonist who seriously lacked in the creativity department. The fact that the authors try and make 'Albus Severus' another version of James Potter Sr is too much for me to take.

 

This is an expansion on an earlier peeve, I understand that certain scenes are almost unavoidable (Harry getting sorted in a first year fic, The choosing of the champions in a fourth year fic and it's aftermath) But unless you're making a significant change to the scene I honestly don't like reading the same scene over and over again we don't need to know that Hannah Abbot is always sorted into Hufflepuff, or that Fleur thinks that Harry is a glory hounding leetle boy , these are in cannon and can be implied by leaving them out. Abridge the scenes in a few paragraphs and move on.

 

When Umbridge gets called in as a teacher in scenarios where Dumbledore isn't seen as a crack pot (Voldemort coming back is an undisputed fact or just isn't disclosed).

 

And yet the opposite is also true. Plenty of times where an author skipping scenes like that made me feel I was reading snippets instead of an actual story.

 

Depends on the talent of the author.

 

True but then a good enough author can overcome any problem.

 

This is only if they don't have anything significant to add or change to it. I have to say for the shitstorm it turned into, Deprived had a well done Goblet scene with aftermath. Having Dumbledore Still call out Harry Potter in a confused manner is still fine, but instead of all the build up only to have Fleur, Victor, and Cedric being chosen again seems like more a waste of space unless you have the ceremony interrupted or some other twist to it. I read fanfic for a different take on story, characters, or universe. Not to read the exact same things I got in the book.

 

Hermione abandoning Harry during the GoF debacle. It just isn't in resonance with the character 'Hermione Granger' and of course the ever boring cliche of Neville taking the place of Harry's wing man.

Another pet-peeve is an adult super!Harry going back in time and pretending to be a mediocre student all the while staying in Hogwarts all the while pretending to he 'Harry Evans'. He can do so much hunting down DE's instead of pretending to struggle to transfigure a match stick into a needle so that Hermione wouldn't feel bad.

That is just Harry being a ^$)@#.

 

As best as my ASCII-art translation skills can tell, you're saying Harry is a drunk guy in a top hat wearing a badge and a kilt.

 

I love time-travel fics, but agree that anything rehashing his stay in Hogwarts for any length of time is kind of ridiculous. You couldn't fucking pay me enough to relive my school years, and I didn't even have any genocidal maniacs to vanquish.

I have seen it done well on numerous occasions, like one where Harry almost gets murdered by Snape as an imposter because he accidentally got too specific about dark rituals in an essay. But many times there is too much drama/angst stemming from 12 yr old Ginny wanting his dick. And I think I've mentioned it here but when Luna "just knows" about him being a time traveler or whatever is a tired cliche that irks me more than it should.

 

I didn't mean anything to be honest.

Another aspect of this is Harry spotting the 'manipulations' of Dumbledore which he didn't, or should I say couldn't the first time around.

Of all the time-travel crap, THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE is the only one in which Harry makes use and takes advantage of the time-travel and write the future as he wants.

Most others concentrate on how Harry promotes house unity by eating at the Slytherin table for example.

 

Wrong. The Dark Lord's Equal too.

 

THE DARK LORD'S EQUAL failed the moment Harry revealed that he time-traveled in a room filled with people. Keeping people guessing and playing the cat and mouse game would be more interesting to read. And god, I couldn't help but wince everytime Harry starts showboating.

Enough is enough. The bright red cross at the top right corner was my salvation.

But hey, that's just my opinion.

 

Do elaborate. Sounds interesting, post a link?

 

Indeed. The only instance I've read about Snivellus attacking Harry is in Frank's Unlocked Knowledge and the other is in a 'Black Heir' story by Elvendork Nigellus. I've never read a time-travel story with the event in it.

 

Certain vile and sadistic (beyond measure) villains in literature\film\games have gone through the long arduous road to redemption.

Redemption is possible for anyone willing to go through the steps to recover their soul (building or rebuilding will be far harder than destroying).

That's why Harry offered Voldemort a chance to feel regret or sorrow at his actions. That was Voldemort's chance at redemption and he chose to forego it at the time (which doesn't preclude the possibility that he may have another chance in whatever "train station" afterlife is possible in canon).

Rowling wrote a children's series based on a fairy tale dichotomy of good\evil but she still teased at the complexities behind most of the villains, anti-heroes, and heroes. It's why fanon thrives. The potential is there.

Yes, Severus bullied children and avenged himself on the son of his tormentor in a highly unprofessional manner. So? Albus sat on his hands for ten years while running a boarding school when he knew that Voldemort was not dead. Then he sent an average teenage boy to fulfill a prophecy without providing any extra training\knowledge, etc.

Sirius Black led a a young schoolmate into a dangerous situation which would result in an incurable disease or death (not to mention how traumatized Remus would have been at having been used to cause either of these outcomes).

Are all of them responsible for the misery of at least one other person, if not more? Yes.

Yet, I find all of them to be compelling and worth writing as people rather than cardboard cut-outs.

Unless it's crack, my pet peeve is the trashing or extreme exaltation of any one character.

 

Welcome to the family.

 

I believe that's in a fic Taure mentioned, Stronger Than Hope, where Harry does get really into that sort of thing.

If not, you still have a damn good fic, even if it's mostly about insane plots and mind magic.

 

I'm back with another peeve.

Creature inheritance and choosing mates.

Might as well make Harry a werewolf, which is my second most hated concept.

 

Shocking.

The last few pages of this thread, every other post is yours. And I'm 90% certain most of your peeves have all been said before in the other 7 threads. We get it, you don't like bad fanfics and the cliche's that come with them. Let's calm down now.

Now on to my pet peeve. It's more to do with how people seem to think canon is the end all be all and fanfic is only there to extrapolate on what we already know. I'm not a big fan of fics that try too hard to fit into the already established "rules" of canon. It's not just authors, but readers too. Half of the peeves I've read boil down to, "well that never would've happened in canon so it bugs me if it's in a fic." Seriously, I read in an earlier post/peeve(probably Rache's) was that you can't change the prophecy, and that they wouldn't read a "Girl!Harry" fic because the prophecy clearly states "He" instead of "She."

It's funny how there are so many posts I've seen over the years pointing out the flaws in canon, then I read peeves where if a fic doesn't have canon evidence supporting it, then the idea pisses X reader off.