For someone who hasn't read a metric ton of fanfiction(I read it, but not as much as others so I didn't recognize as many cliches when I first read this), I quite enjoyed Clell's story. It's witty, well versed in both canons, and has logical plot progression(though this is mostly a character piece). I know that many people complain about the power disparities between the Marvel Universe and the Potter Verse, but that's just the way it is. From my comic book reading experience, both the Marvel and DC universes outclass the Wizarding World in power and efficiency by many, many orders of magnitude. It's not an exaggeration to say that most street level(read: muggle/non powered) humans from the Big Two comic book universes could solo squadrons of Death Eaters on their own, let alone imagining what papa Iron Man and his Merry Marvel Marching Band entitled The Avengers could do.
As for the question of why the Potter Versemasquerade would even exist in a world where magic, aliens, mutants, demons, gods and science fiction tech are already accepted by the public, let me remind of something. Doctor Strange is thought by most people to merely be some new age kook. Spider-Man can never, ever get a break from the Daily Bugle. Thor and Hercules are regarded as just exceptionally powerful mutants living under the delusion that they are divine. Other mutants are feared and hated, even by people that would have no reason to(such as their own family members). Heck, Galactus isn't even publicly known. It isn't a stretch at all for me to believe that Harry Potter style wizards were persecuted in the past within this particular AU and took on their own separate society.
Harry initially comes off initially as a Mary Sue, but as the story goes along, the author shows some of his flaws and ambiguities, especially during the flashback scenes before he goes to Hogwarts and his weird refusal to even consider who his birth parents were. As mentioned elsewhere, Dumbledore is the villain of this story, but in the end he is more manipulative than truly evil, with everyone's best interests at heart in his mind. Also, not all of the wizards are completely opposed to muggle culture(Sirius even becomes a superhero in this story!). Anyways, great fun. If it's a Mary Sue fic, it's a rare GOOD example.
An Enjoyable Read
For someone who hasn't read a metric ton of fanfiction(I read it, but not as much as others so I didn't recognize as many cliches when I first read this), I quite enjoyed Clell's story. It's witty, well versed in both canons, and has logical plot progression(though this is mostly a character piece). I know that many people complain about the power disparities between the Marvel Universe and the Potter Verse, but that's just the way it is. From my comic book reading experience, both the Marvel and DC universes outclass the Wizarding World in power and efficiency by many, many orders of magnitude. It's not an exaggeration to say that most street level(read: muggle/non powered) humans from the Big Two comic book universes could solo squadrons of Death Eaters on their own, let alone imagining what papa Iron Man and his Merry Marvel Marching Band entitled The Avengers could do.
As for the question of why the Potter Verse masquerade would even exist in a world where magic, aliens, mutants, demons, gods and science fiction tech are already accepted by the public, let me remind of something. Doctor Strange is thought by most people to merely be some new age kook. Spider-Man can never, ever get a break from the Daily Bugle. Thor and Hercules are regarded as just exceptionally powerful mutants living under the delusion that they are divine. Other mutants are feared and hated, even by people that would have no reason to(such as their own family members). Heck, Galactus isn't even publicly known. It isn't a stretch at all for me to believe that Harry Potter style wizards were persecuted in the past within this particular AU and took on their own separate society.
Harry initially comes off initially as a Mary Sue, but as the story goes along, the author shows some of his flaws and ambiguities, especially during the flashback scenes before he goes to Hogwarts and his weird refusal to even consider who his birth parents were. As mentioned elsewhere, Dumbledore is the villain of this story, but in the end he is more manipulative than truly evil, with everyone's best interests at heart in his mind. Also, not all of the wizards are completely opposed to muggle culture(Sirius even becomes a superhero in this story!). Anyways, great fun. If it's a Mary Sue fic, it's a rare GOOD example.