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Harry Potter and the Road to Damnation by DubhCleite - M

Discussion in 'Trash Bin' started by odainath, Jun 23, 2007.

  1. odainath

    odainath Squib

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    Title: Harry Potter and the Road to Damnation
    Author: dubhcleite
    Rating: M
    Genre: Drama/Angst
    DLP Category: Dark!Harry
    Pairing: Harry/Bellatrix, Minerva/Tom
    Status: WIP
    Summary: When revelations come to light, Minerva McGonagall finds herself returning to her former lover's side. As the Dark Lord rises with her influence, she realises the Chosen One could easily be persuaded to join them, fighting against the light.

    Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3480541/1/

    I thought that this was rather good. Pretty well-written and a neat concept that I'd never thought of before. Features a Dark!Minerva which in itself is fairly rare, with Dark!Harry and Evil!Dumbledore. I found it quite intriguing

    Raiting: 4/5 stars
     
  2. deathinapinkboa

    deathinapinkboa Minister of Magic

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    I must say, the idea of Minerva/Tom intrests me. I've always thought she was a death eater.

    I shall read it and see if it is any good.

    Edit: The idea is good. The writing is rather choppy and the chapters are far to short. There are also punctation mistakes that I noticed.

    That said, I think this story has potential. It will either improve as it goes on or turn into a steaming pile of shit.

    At the moment I'd give it a 3/5, with true rating witheld until more fic.

    P.S. Starting it at the end is a shit idea.
     
    Last edited: Jun 23, 2007
  3. Richard

    Richard Supreme Mugwump

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    An interesting outtake here. I haven't read one like this before. 4/5 for me for a good storyline so far. Haven't seen (or noticed) any mistakes. His updates are just a tad slow though.

    Richard.
     
  4. kit

    kit Second Year

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    I do like this story! I am not entirely sure why, but I like it all the same. The one statement that did kind of bother me was when Minerva said to Tom that she could beat him. Then again, that's just my opinion. KIT SAYS YES! 4/5
     
  5. Manatheron

    Manatheron Headmaster

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    meh, So-so. The writing style was good, but it seemed rather implausible to me. Still puncutation errors and phrasing aside it's decent, I'll give it a round
    4/5
     
  6. 007_rock

    007_rock DA Member

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    To be honest I liked it till now. The story promises to be something different and I hope the author carries the story through. Minerva McGonagall has been shown as Dumbledore's sidekick in all the stories I have read to the date and so it has been a new and pleasant experience to read this one. The only cliche (if it can be called a cliche) is that Tom and Minerva were in the same year and were Headboy and Girl respectively.

    Also the flashback type of storytelling is rarely seen in HP fanfictions..... Anyway great till now. 5/5
     
  7. darklordmike

    darklordmike Headmaster

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    Story has disappeared from the net. The author's ff.net page says the story was given to minniequill to finish at her discretion, but it's not available on her page.
     
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