jarrett317
Since: Mar, 2012
02/24/2013 05:19:10
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FanficRecs funy and good
This fic is good. The part were dalek sec talks to the Incubator is one of the best moments in fiction history out there. I personally like the part when he tried to play dwarf fortress.
FanficRecs Informative, but Flawed
This fic is fairly well-written and covers an important part of Dudley's character arc that was sadly lacking. However, it has some glaring flaws. For one thing, it mixes up its time periods - it seems to think that HP took place in late 2000s America, not 90s Britain. People are also wildly out of character: Dudley is much more innocent and insightful than in canon; Harry seems to be more of a brainwashed slave than the angry rebel with gritted teeth he is around the Dursleys; and Vernon + Petunia are outright physically abusive. Above all, it tends to come off as a more in-depth high school PSA about abuse, due to how the characters act more as set pieces rather than the actual canon characters. The fic's saving grace is that it still manages to be an enlightening piece about emotional abuse, particularly the gaslighting of non-abused family members, and sheds some light on how Dudley might react to discovering that Harry is abused.
Ultimately, whether you should read this boils down to how much you're willing to overlook OOC moments, time discrepancies, and melodramatic Narm.