Tales From The Fruit BowlHarry Potter.
Taking off from the end of book seven, we get a inside look at an average morning of the Potter household through the eyes of Ginny's Pygmy Puff, Arnold. This one shot story gives a little taste of what married life is like for Harry and Ginny, and their family.
The author was clearly trying to recreate an atmosphere similar to that of the Burrow (The Weasley family home) from the original books series, which, despite the original point of view, I found a bit predictable. Dialog between characters was rather wooden, and often didn't convincingly sound like something the original characters would have said.
Because I'm LeavingHarry Potter.
Death Eaters, Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange are married, but not emotionally, as the Dark Lord has slowly but surely driven a wedge between the pair. Rodolphus Lestrange attempts in vain to convince himself that Bellatrix will eventually see the love that he still holds for her, despite her obvious lack of love for him, and realize her infatuation with Voldemort is never going to eventuate into the relationship she so desires from him.
Because I’m Leaving You gave a rather realistic view of the emotions Rodolphus might well be feeling in his situation, and was written quite convincingly. The original series never gives any in depth look into the relationship between the so called couple, thus the author had a lot of space for creativity, which I thought they wasted by going the obvious, yet still convincing, route of Bellatrix simply being in awe of her master, Lord Voldemort.
The Bible.
This particular fan fiction was based upon Satan from The Bible. Satan, or Lucifer as he goes by, has been cast down into hell by God. During his stay, Satan questions the actions of his past, while also plotting his revenge against those who have wronged him.
My first complaint against this fan fiction is that half way through it changed from a poem into a story. I found this quite confusing and strange. My second complaint is that the author continually added extra information and personal opinions, in parenthesise, next to their sentences. This was extremely annoying, and almost patronizing at points. Complaints aside, I found the poetry was well written, and the portrayal of characters accurate and fitting.
Absolution
This particular fan fiction was based upon Satan from The Bible. Satan, or Lucifer as he goes by, has been cast down into hell by God. During his stay, Satan questions the actions of his past, while also plotting his revenge against those who have wronged him.
My first complaint against this fan fiction is that half way through it changed from a poem into a story. I found this quite confusing and strange. My second complaint is that the author continually added extra information and personal opinions, in parenthesise, next to their sentences. This was extremely annoying, and almost patronizing at points. Complaints aside, I found the poetry was well written, and the portrayal of characters accurate and fitting.
AbsolutionAtonement.
Absolution is based on novel/film Atonement. Miss Tallis is in hospital on her death bed. She is visited by Isabelle, a nurse, who she believes is her older sister Cecilia. In her confusion, Miss Tallis queries “Cecilia” on whether or not Cecilia, and Robbie, have seen, and enjoyed, her play. Miss Tallis also asks “Cecilia” if she truly forgives her.
I really enjoyed this short story. The author was extremely creative in creating this storyline, which mimicked a part of the original Atonement, only this time Miss Tallis was the patient instead of the nurse comforting the suffering. Isabelle, the sympathetic nurse, didn’t seem out of place and had a convincing train of thought. Miss Tallis also had convincing dialog, which really showed the negative effects of her dementia and her lifelong guilt.
Fighting Against Hope
Absolution is based on novel/film Atonement. Miss Tallis is in hospital on her death bed. She is visited by Isabelle, a nurse, who she believes is her older sister Cecilia. In her confusion, Miss Tallis queries “Cecilia” on whether or not Cecilia, and Robbie, have seen, and enjoyed, her play. Miss Tallis also asks “Cecilia” if she truly forgives her.
I really enjoyed this short story. The author was extremely creative in creating this storyline, which mimicked a part of the original Atonement, only this time Miss Tallis was the patient instead of the nurse comforting the suffering. Isabelle, the sympathetic nurse, didn’t seem out of place and had a convincing train of thought. Miss Tallis also had convincing dialog, which really showed the negative effects of her dementia and her lifelong guilt.
Fighting Against HopeHarry Potter
This story shares the almost hopeless thoughts of Draco Malfoy. As the story unravels, we slowly learn that the muggle world discovered the magical world and began a war to eradicate the magical world. Draco looks back on his life and ponders all the decisions he made and could have made. Draco’s former enemy, Luna Lovegood, makes a surprise appearance at the end, concluding that Draco had been waiting for her, as he has done many times before.
Draco has clearly been affected by the war; his former proud and arrogant nature has long since been eradicated due to the war and the new alliances it had caused him to build. The almost defeated nature of Draco, was convincing and interesting to read. I liked that the author still retained some of Draco’s snobby attitude; keeping the original character intact. I thought the lynch-mob like behaviour of muggles towards the magical word was reminiscent of the witch hunts that took place in medieval Europe, making the story more realistic. The Douglas MacArthur quote was also a nice, and fitting, start to the story.
This story shares the almost hopeless thoughts of Draco Malfoy. As the story unravels, we slowly learn that the muggle world discovered the magical world and began a war to eradicate the magical world. Draco looks back on his life and ponders all the decisions he made and could have made. Draco’s former enemy, Luna Lovegood, makes a surprise appearance at the end, concluding that Draco had been waiting for her, as he has done many times before.
Draco has clearly been affected by the war; his former proud and arrogant nature has long since been eradicated due to the war and the new alliances it had caused him to build. The almost defeated nature of Draco, was convincing and interesting to read. I liked that the author still retained some of Draco’s snobby attitude; keeping the original character intact. I thought the lynch-mob like behaviour of muggles towards the magical word was reminiscent of the witch hunts that took place in medieval Europe, making the story more realistic. The Douglas MacArthur quote was also a nice, and fitting, start to the story.
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