1 | ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6147425/1/Hemiones_Talent Hermione's Talent]]'' by hotttopicgirl is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic in which, according to the summary, Hermione demonstrates her titular talent of [[SongFic singing]] (!) to prove that [[FantasticRacism Muggles can be just as good as wizards]]. Then the angst lands. |
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4 | !!''Hermione's Talent'' contains examples of: |
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6 | * AbortedArc: Most of the subplots about Hermione's love life are quickly dropped in favor of Hermione singing anachronistic songs until something else happens. |
7 | * AbsentAnimalCompanion: Draco buys Hermione a kitten named Merlin to replace Crookshanks, but he only appears in the scene where he's introduced. |
8 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Ron is a cheating bastard who later gets killed by a Death Eater. |
9 | * AdaptationalVillainy: |
10 | ** Lavender Brown of all people becomes a Death Eater. Needless to say, Book!Lavender showed no such inclination. |
11 | ** The Death Eaters themselves are subjected to this, since [[GratuitousRape apparently they're all serial rapists]]. Dolohov demonstrates this when he appears, then Draco reveals in an ALLCAPS rant in part two that they had massive rape parties at Malfoy Manor. |
12 | %%* AlphaBitch: This fic's version of Hermione is one. [[OutOfCharacter Yes]]. |
13 | * AnachronismStew: None of the songs that Hermione sings had been released when she was at Hogwarts. Also, the war is over but Dumbledore is somehow alive. |
14 | %%* BackFromTheDead: Dumbledore, apparently. We never learn how or why. |
15 | * BeigeProse: The entire fic consists of dialogue, internal monologue and [[SongFic copy-pasted song lyrics]], with no actual descriptions of anything or anyone. |
16 | %%* {{Chickification}}: Hermione, of course. |
17 | %%* ClusterFBomb: Almost all the dialogue. |
18 | %%* CollateralAngst: Draco's response to the DramaBomb. |
19 | * ContemplateOurNavels: Hermione is often lost in thought while she's singing. |
20 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: At first glance, it looks like a [[SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} cute fluffy fic]] in which Hermione sings [[AuthorAppeal the author's favourite songs]] to her classmates and teachers. [[DarkerAndEdgier It isn't.]] |
21 | * CreatorsCultureCarryover: Even aside from the anachronisms, a lot of the musical choices are not well known in the UK. To say nothing of how the characters talk. |
22 | * CutenessProximity: Hermione, when faced with Merlin the kitten, does a very good impersonation of the Webcomic/{{XKCD}} strip illustrating that page. |
23 | %%* DiabolusExMachina: Dolohov appearing in the Forbidden Forest. |
24 | * DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: The author doesn't seem to realise that "git" is a very mild insult in British English and [[SophisticatedAsHell contrasts sharply]] with [[ClusterFBomb the general tone of the rest of the dialogue]]. |
25 | * DramaBomb: The plot consists entirely of standard-issue teen angst. Then Antonin Dolohov appears in the Forbidden Forest, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim kills Ron]] and [[GratuitousRape rapes Hermione]]. |
26 | %%* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Ron. |
27 | * FantasticRacism: The original premise was of Hermione demonstrating that {{Muggles}} were just as good as wizards, but this got overshadowed very quickly. |
28 | %%* FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: See BeigeProse. |
29 | %%* GratuitousRape: Happens to Hermione, and is apparently [[DarkerAndEdgier the favourite hobby of Death Eaters in this universe]]. Because they weren't evil enough already, clearly. |
30 | %%* HappilyEverAfter |
31 | * IKEAErotica: When Draco and Hermione get back together at the end of part 2, they have [[ShowDontTell what Draco tells us]] is the best sex ever. The description doesn't convey this. |
32 | * IfICantHaveYou: "If I can't have you, neither can that ferret," Ron to Hermione. |
33 | %%* KarmaHoudini: Dolohov, via WhatHappenedToTheMouse. |
34 | * LampshadeHanging: Neville notes that people in-universe are surprised by him rapping. |
35 | -->"''Wow when I first got up on the stage and started rapping, everyone was like what the hell he can rap. Who would've known. It was so funny to see their faces.''" |
36 | %%* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: In Potterfic form. |
37 | %%* MurderersAreRapists: This appears to be the characterisation of the Death Eaters in this fic. |
38 | * NoIndoorVoice: Hermione, Ron and Lavender have entire conversations in ALLCAPS. |
39 | * ObligatorySwearing: Hermione, who doesn't say anything stronger than "arse" in canon, is now saying "fuck" every other sentence. |
40 | %%* OutOfCharacter: Everyone. |
41 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Neville Longbottom performs Music/{{BoB|Rapper}}'s rap from the song "Airplanes". The audience initially reacts by staring at him "like he had just sprout''(sic)'' three heads", but they quickly warm up to his performance. |
42 | %%** The sort-of sequel goes one better and makes ''Draco Malfoy'', of all people, into one. |
43 | * PresentDayPast: ''Harry Potter'' is set in the 90s. All the songs Hermione sings were released in the late 2000s, a full decade after she would have graduated from Hogwarts. |
44 | %%* ProductPlacement: The author's username. |
45 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Now the Death Eaters were definitely '''not''' the most pleasant folks in canon, what with the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi allegory]] and the like. Still, they weren't, y'know, ''rapists''! |
46 | %%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Ron's death is presented as this in-universe. |
47 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: Constantly. Most notably, the official title is actually "[[TyopOnTheCover Hemione's Talent]]". |
48 | %%* ShowDontTell: Very much averted. |
49 | * SlutShaming: Hermione tells Lavender that she's worse than Ron, even though ''he's'' the one who cheated on her, because she's a "slut". |
50 | %%* SongFic: Several times over. |
51 | * SoundtrackDissonance: None of the songs are a particularly good fit for anything to do with ''Harry Potter''. |
52 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Harry and Ginny don't think it's unusual that Hermione is dating Draco. |
53 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
54 | ** Lavender becomes a Death Eater but then disappears from the story. |
55 | ** The Death Eater Dolohov vanishes after Draco punches him. |
56 | ** Merlin the kitten only appears in the scene where he's initially given to Hermione. |
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