Title: Reach the Open Space
Author: Tinn Tam
Rating: T
Genre: General
Pairing: none
Words: 9,987
Published: October 24, 2006
Status: Complete, Oneshot
Summary: After defeating Voldemort, Harry Potter was about to become the most adulated wizard in the History of Wizardkind. But he ruined it all. And he's damn proud of it. Mild violence.
Link:http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3212519/1/

The final battle and its aftermaths written in Harry's point of view. A possible ending for the HP books, and a way to reconcile average!Harry and DLP!Harry. I don't think it's strikingly original, but on the whole, I don't really know what to think of it .



Checked by Minion, March 29, 2013

 

Very nice, Tinn Tam, very very nice. It seems fitting, some how, almost an end that was bound to occur. Your characterization, and the emotional inflences that craft the decisions made are absolutely flawless.
Very well done, and I hope to see more work of this caliber from you.

(Posted this on DLP as well just for kicks)

 

Yes, I can definately see this as a realistic ending of the books (not one JKR would ever write, but one that reconciles canon!Harry and DLP!Harry).

My favorite part :

 

Surprisilingly good one-shot. A great characterization of Harry and a real possible outcome to the end of the "last battle" and its consequences.

5/5

 

Not bad. Im not usually a fan of Oneshots but that was good.

 

A more realistic end of the book story. I love the inner monologue of Harry.

4/5

 

i liked that oneshot because it is a very realistic and well thought out ending. Harry finally controls a part of his life, but nobody likes it but him. Brilliant.

 

Ah a great take on the Aftermath in Harry's point of view. The nonchalant attitude about everything. Good one!

 

I agree with syao. Good read, but something about it felt off at times.

But personally, I think, after having done what he did, I'd be a bit detached and eh about everything as well.
4.5/5

 

yeah really good in my opinion, liked that way it was set out most of all i think the point of view adding alot to the story i thought. good work 4/5

 

Wow. this story is wonderfull. The sense of ...rightness it conveys, makes it mesh well with canon. I enjoyed reading this very much, and the duel between Harry and Voldemort was written extremely well. Best combat scenes in a new fic since Quill Runner/Erised Burning's Blessed(mind you, yours were 20x more realistic due to lack of regeneration, though QR/EB's were fun to read). I also immensely enjoyed Harry's characterization.

Rating: 5/5

 

This was a beautiful story. Simple, and yet twisty. I'd like to see a sequal even if it is just a one shot. Think "Where in the World is Harry Potter" but with a lot less humor.

I imagine that the written version may help swing public opinion quite a bit if it is ever published. I mean really... Trying to trap and controll a public Hero who probably has more PTSD than a platoon of Vietnam Vets, what did they expect to happen. Give him a few weeks before asking him to do things for the "public good."

 

Wonderful, simply wonderful. I was expecting some humor, but this is even better. Nice Job

4/5 mainly because, same as some of the people above, I got a little lost before the reporters death, and im sure something was amiss.

 

Thanks for pointing that out... I wrote all this in quite a hurry, between an exercise of thermodynamics and a drawing of the muscles whose insertions are on the linea aspera of the femur (maybe that's why I had Harry hit Voldemort in this particular area...); I re-read and edited the battle and the duel scenes once or twice, but as I lacked time, I didn't go through the second part of the story as many times as I should have. I'll try and edit it this weekend though.

I should have made it clearer that Harry isn't exactly detached. In a way, he is, but not because he's emotionally numb after what he's been through. The incident with the reporter (who doesn't die, by the way) was him getting rid of an annoyance. His magic got a little out of his control, but that's it. But from the moment he does commit murder, he has already made his choice. So that's not really detachment, but rather determination.

It's my fault, of course; I wanted to come to the end of the Entrance Hall scene and go back to Harry's monologue, and I wrote all the facts as they occurred, one after the other, without pausing to make it more coherent and more--well, built. It lacks some description of the surroundings and characters' reactions--the way I wrote it, it sounds as if they're all speaking in turn, neatly, one after the other, and everyone just stays still and stares in the meantime... *shudders*. Harry's perception of the whole scene needs to be developed, too.

I'll definitely be working on that scene this weekend. I was just impatient to post it, I guess. My apologises for the half-finished work... *hides*

Thanks for all the reviews, they made my day!

And Wisdom's Mountain: I was smirking quite nastily while writing the paragraph you quoted.

 

This is one of the best one-shots I've ever read. Perfect characterization, plot and writing style. The only thing missing is a sequel or even better, continuation of the story (if you can figure some interesting plot).
5/5

 

The story was absolutely brilliant, more so because it was a one-shot. I really don't know what more to say except good work Tinn, hope to see more of your work.

Rating: 5/5

MoPhire

 

Nicely done and it was somewhat a fitting end to the canon storyline.

Excellent!

 

Excellent. I am very pleasantly surprised that you managed to write such a good story when including HBP canon. That is notoiously difficult. I would love to see more, but it is excellent, even as short as it is.

 

Wonderful. The world thinks he's crazy and he regrets nothing. It has touched something deep inside of me... This Harry is just all what I see in Harry with all his faults and his potential.

5/5