Skip to main content

#Dnf this #Fanfiction. The opening chapter was enough to tell me that the Harry Potter mentioned in the summary holds very little relation to the Harry I might enjoy reading about.

After the war Harry Potter's world falls apart. Then he is offered a chance to try and make a better future for himself and his friends. Of course things are never simple.

[Let's Try Again by DayDreamer315]](archiveofourown.org/works/1446…)

Let's Try Again - Chapter 1 - DayDreamer315 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
#fanfiction #dnf
in reply to Sean Randall

modulux
modulux
• •
All the themes I like least: head of a billion houses, blocked from magic because of evil evil, love potion...
in reply to modulux

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
• •
@modulux Trope or not, Manipulative Dumbledore is always an attention-catcher because truly, he's ugly enough inside for it to b believable. May not be the point behind this particular fic, but it rings true imo.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

modulux
modulux
• •
Yeah, it's not my favourite, but some stories with a manipulative Dumbledor, evil or just ruthless, are well done. I just think the stories of making this absolutely overpowered lord of all the houses, shis diamonds, marries 50 girls type character is not something I'm into.
in reply to modulux

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
• •
@modulux One of the better Dumbledore's I've read in recent times are in the fics by Wok Fried Rice. Really brilliant writing all around.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
• •
@modulux He's good in those stories, and actually cares about his students.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
• •
@FreakyFwoof @modulux I only read a taste of magic, but he didn't have much of a part in it as far as I recalled?
@modulux @Andre Louis
in reply to Sean Randall

modulux
modulux
• •
Oh a taste of magic was very fun. He did play some role, though mostly as the headmaster figure rather than a political mastermind.
in reply to Sean Randall

Andre Louis
Andre Louis
• •
@modulux I'd say he had a fair part to play, no? He got Harry away from his relatives, allowed him to have the club room etc, didn't try to stifle him, I mean yeah. I'd say he did quite a lot.
@modulux
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
• •
@FreakyFwoof @modulux I guess I'm so used to him meddling in fanfic that to me, he just let Harry get on with things in this one. That's more rolling with what happens than directing in a positive way. But he's been written so many ways, I guess a light hand on the wheel might come across to me as not doing much.
@modulux @Andre Louis
in reply to Andre Louis

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
• •
@FreakyFwoof @modulux I can't say if I wouldn't have grown to like it, it's a biggy.
But from the offset it's a very different story.
@modulux @Andre Louis
⇧