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Things I hate in Harry Potter Fanfictions

This are the tropes I found multiple times in lots of different fanfictions and I got fed up with how illogical, overused and badly written they are :/

Completely changing the story to the point where I’m starting to wonder if it’s even Harry Potter because the only thing that stayed the same are the names.

( If it’s ships ) When one or both sides are already in love with each other ( in this cringy “I always loved him/her ) especially on what normally would be considered enemies to lovers. If I’m reading a story especially with a non canon ship I’d want to know how they’ve came to be, how the love blossomed. Or at least a reasonable explanation of why the character loves the other from the start of the story.

( If it’s Dark Harry ) The: One morning Harry wakes up and decides ah fuck it I’m changing sides “I care not for your good side anymore, now I’m going to be evil” and Voldemort is like “Oh well- guess I won’t kill him then, never mind that it was my obsession for the last decade and more, It changed today”

Evil-Good Harry…? Honestly I hate this trope soooo much. The: Voldemort was good from the start and it was Dumbledore that was truly evil and he manipulated Harry and/or he was the one who killed Harry’s parents. “Yeah, no like Voldemort is a pretty good guy. He can even be considered as a role model of being good if we ignore all of his other/earlier victims and people he tortured. I mean- I don’t see any evil right?”

Ron, Ginny and Hermione bashing because why not ( this happens especially often with Slytherin Harry fanfics). I don’t mind if some characters get their negative traits explored but make it real people, I can’t read a story where those characters act so bad and OOC for no actual reason. And no Harry being in Slytherin isn’t a reason because those characters never bullied and harassed anyone purely because they were a Slytherin. Yes they did not like this house ( for a good reason might I say ) but they never even acted out on Malfoy who was openly bullying them, the only situations we get where Malfoy and his friends got attacked by Ron and/or Hermione were deserved, and were responses to his provocations.

( If it’s not in order to hide his identity ) Changing Harry’s name. I can understand using Hadrian or Harris as the elongated versions of Harry but when someone straight up changes his name and now I’m reading a story about Daniel or Bob or something for no apparent reason then the whole thing seems stupid and illogical for me.

When Draco and Snape liked Harry from the start. Draco was a narcissistic, spoiled little child and he wasn’t nice to Harry both when he knew who he was ( train ride ) and when he didn’t ( Madam Malkin - their first meeting ). He expected admiration and friendship from Harry like if he had earned it. Making him be like a best friend from the very start is non sense, those boys would need time to come together, and with Harry’s personality I bet they’d still have a silly rivalry if they were in the same house. Same with Snape, like there’s no way he would tolerate Harry let alone like him. He hated Harry from the moment he saw him in the great hall and even before the boy went to Hogwarts. For Snape and Harry to like each other there would need to be a very good reason and it wouldn’t come immediately, but with lots of time and more interactions between each other.

Too much muggle stuff in the magical world. I don’t mind it if a lot of the story plays out in the muggle world or some muggle stuff is crucial for the story point but when I read a fan fiction where Harry was in St.Mungos and he was being treated the muggle way I lost it and dropped the fic. Like are you really going to put full on muggle medical equipment in a gigantic wizard hospital and make your healers use almost only muggle diagnostic methods? Most Wizards barely have any proper knowledge on muggles, and even muggleborns don’t know that much since they are introduced into wizarding world at a young age and basically spend the rest of their life in it. They have a lot more knowledge about muggles than pureblood wizards but it’s still not THAT much.

Overpowered Harry. The „Lord Potter; Black; Peverel; Gryfindor; Slytherin; etc… etc.. :/ nothing wrong with powerful Harry. I like powerful Harry. But it’s ridiculous that a child, a 11-15 yo boy would just instantly have more magical power than Merlin himself, and he would instantly know what to do with it

Gringotts knows everything about you. The „heritage tests” and all. Making a good use of Gringotts is amazing in fanfiction and I love exploring ideas people have on it but this trope is not only overused but also dumb. I’m not talking about simple family linking that people use or like blood checking. I mean the young Harry goes to Gringotts and just with a drop of his blood it is instantly known that he is meant to be a lord of this and that and he owns such and such properties and he is hella rich because of all the vaults that were left to him. And also goblins being friendly. These creatures do not like wizards.

Know it all Hermione. But like literally. Hermione being so overglorified and being literally smarter than Dumbledore and basically all Hogwarts staff often at age 11-16. She’s smart but let’s be real this is not possible. Like her being able to do anything in the world after “reading a book/going to the library for a bit”

Harry being the most handsome, ripped and freaking amazing Hogwarts student while literally being like 14 or 15.

Harem… Nothing bad with Harry having a flock of girls that are attracted to him ( this is canon ) but oversexualizing women in order to make Harry the girl-magnet that has 7 girlfriends and like all the „conventionaly attractive” witches around him - Hermione, Ginny, Fleur, Daphne etc.”

Harry hating Dumbledore from the beginning, blaming everything on the poor old man, being annoyed by the most stupid thing like: “Dumbledore smiled at him, and Harry went utterly furious” ://

Child Harry behaving like an adult and teenage/mature Harry behaving like a child. Why would a 11 yo go to Hogwarts and suddenly be a master manipulator, know exactly what to say to get out of difficult situation and can outsmart his peers and/or adults to show „how much better he is”. And the other situation: Harry being completely clueless, using childish language, being referred to by others as “little one, pup etc.”

All Slytherins are misunderstood angels. No they aren’t! As a Slyhetin myself I can recognize Draco’s ( and his friends ) bullshit when I see it! Yes stop the stereotype of “All Slytherins are bad” but do not excuse actually bad Slytherins.

Fics gloryfing toxic pureblood culture. Exploring different aspects of the culture, the better and worse ones is cool and creative but I’ve seen a lot of fics gloryfing what is just abusive and toxic and romanticizing it in the name of “pureblood customs/traditions”

Guns… just no… like what? It’s like how to tell you’re American without telling you’re American. I hate seeing guns in HP and the wizarding world, and the often following glorification of this weapon

Excessive American English. I don’t mind it much if it’s just some words but please all the slang and common words from American English are annoying. It’s not that hard to do a little bit of reaserch of the common differences in some words. The story is played ( mainly ) in the United Kingdom, the language used by characters should be British English ( like Harry & Hermione ) and Scottish English ( like McGonagall )

Excessive ( and especially if heavily described ) abuse from Dursleys that would have killed Harry at least 5 times before he would be 10. Like heavy beating, breaking bones, stabbing. I do not like reading such things and I found this in fanfics quite a lot….

Oversexualization of children 11-15. While exploring the sexual side of romance/life is okay in a teenager, it is a part of life, I hate seeing fics that oversexualize ships that at the time have characters aged 11-15 - literal children, especially oversexualizing young Hermione, in some Harmony fics ( where she was 14 ), or Ginny, with fics calling her a slut/whore because she had a crush on Harry, or when she’s a bit older because she dated a few boys.

Illogical use of Parseltongue. First of all Parseltongue is a language and Parselmouth is the speaker ( pls I beg don’t describe Harry as a Parseltongue ). But suddenly this language being like all powerful, and you can do wandless magic with it and basically perform any spell without ever using it before.

Luna being bullied by every Ravenclaw, ( like most of those ppl - especially the older ones or younger ones - do not actually care ) and her being like a super mega seer that knows all about the future and is actually super mega smart in her weirdness.

Feel free to add your points to this list!

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the classic "are you hurt?" but the whumpee is the one saying it. slurring the words through a hoarse throat and numbed lips, their eyes are glazed and their hands are shaking, frantic at the blood soaking the caretaker's shirt and too delirious to realize it's all their own.

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Sleeping isnt enough for me. they need to invent sleeping 2

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That post about 30 year old coming of age stories?

I’ve been thinking about it all morning. What would the plot points be for that? What makes a 30 year old coming of age story?

Old folks sound off in the comments

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i know minato's infamous 1000-kills-in-a-single-battle moment is supposed to just be a "wow, how cool and badass" moment, but i love it because it paints a very specific image of minato, as like. a person.

Let's compare and contrast, shall we?

Here's Kakashi, fighting Zabuza. Note how he has Zabuza effectively pinned and helpless. Instead of instantly going for the kill, he talks to Zabuza for a moment here, and tries to convince him to stop going after Tazuna, because he is beaten and he is going to die. The clear underlying tone to this is "I will kill you. I'm tired, and I don't want to kill you. But I will, unless you stop. Make your choice." Kakashi is offering Zabuza mercy here. It's a very sharp, pointed mercy, but he gives Zabuza enough time to know he's beaten, and enough time to realize he will die if he doesn't surrender.

and then in contrast!

Minato does not care.

The reason he was able to personally kill 1,000 people is because their deaths were utterly irrelevant to him.

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divinity kink in less of a "fuck me in a nun habit" way and more of a "put me on my knees and rewrite my understanding of faith and show me what a loving god's hand feels like and give me mercy and wrath and splendor and leave your communion dripping from my lips and teach me how every part of my body was meant to worship you"

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People who do story outlines before you start writing... how? Serious question. How do you do your outlines? Is it like a bullet point list, do you write descriptive previews...?

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KHR

For those who have no idea what KHR is, it is an anime staring Tsunayoshi Sawada as he is forced kicking and screaming(literally) into being the 10th Don of the Vongola Family. Which is the strongest mafia family in Italy(possibly in the whole underworld, I forget). Accompanying poor, civilian Tsuna is his demonic hitman tutor Reborn who is not only the World’s Number 1 Hitman, but also does all his shenanigans in the body of 2 year old. No I will not elaborate.

Also this is not the normal mafia. No, this mafia has magic rainbow fire powers. As you do. That is, the color and power is based on what appears to be some odd combination of genetics, personality, and near death experiences. I will now give a brief overview of the phenomenon that are Dying Will Flames.

Sky Flames- The Orange Flame and acts the most like fire according to the Wiki. It’s trait is Harmony. Collects Guardians (usually 1 of each different Flame type). Are typically shoehorned into being the bosses and is considered some form of spiritual glue. Is the rarest of the Flame types. Poor Tsuna has this Flame.  “ Sun, Lightning, Storm, Rain, Mist, Cloud– He envelops them all, he accepts them all. That is the Sky’s purpose.”  -Cervello

Storm- The Red Flame and it’s trait is Disintegration. Self explanatory. An example of a Storm user is Hayato. “Continuously at the heart of the attack, the furious Storm that never rests.” -Belphegor

Rain- The Blue Flame and it’s trait is Tranquility. It can slow attacks or even an opponents movements. AN example of a Rain user is Takeshi. “To square away conflict and wash away the blood spilled. The Requiem of Rain.” -Mammon

Sun- The Yellow Flame and it’s trait is Activation. It can speed up the body’s natural healing abilities and can “activate” muscles and joints, increasing someone’s strength. An example of a Sun user is Reborn. “Destroying the misfortune that attacks the Famiglia with their own body, they become the Sun that brightly shines upon an area.” -Reborn

Lightning- The Green Flame and it’s trait is Hardening. It can increase the firmness of objects. It’s very defensive in nature. An example of a Lightning user is Lambo. “To draw damage to himself and away from the rest of the Famiglia, serving as a lightning rod.” -Reborn

Cloud- The Purple Flame and it’s trait is Propagation. Meaning if you have 1 knife you can use it to suddenly have 7 or increase your strength. Is the 2nd rarest Flame type. An example of a Cloud user is Hibari (also me according to some quizzes). “A drifting Cloud, whom cannot be bound. Protecting the famiglia from an independent standpoint.” -Cervello

Mist- The Indigo Flame and it’s trait is Construction. Not only can Mists craft illusions, the powerful ones can also bend and warp reality. An example of Mist user is Mukuro. “Creating from nothing into something, turning something into nothing; bewildering the enemy, so making the famiglia untouchable.” -Reborn

And that’s my basic overview! If I have piqued your interest instead of boring you, Crunchyroll has the anime (admittedly the first arc, the Daily Life arc, is a bit of a slog, but the action really picks up in the next one and doesn’t slow down), or my favorite, Fanfiction. KHR fanfiction is fabulous because we don’t actually get many details on how Flames work beyond the bare minimum(don’t believe me? Check the Wiki, it’s only barely more informative than what I’ve typed above) so that means each author tends to put their own theories on how it all works and the worldbuilding tends to be amazing. Special shout out some of my favorite authors: Secret-Engima has some great KHR fics, the fabulous duo of wolfsrainrules and northpeach, and a very special mention to Umei no Mai for “Black Sky” which sits at a whopping 334 chapters of fabulousness. That last one is also a crossover with Harry Potter, but the worldbuilding for both is amazing and even if you’re not really a Potter fan, is very much a worthwhile read and you don’t really need to know much about either considering the liberties Umei no Mai takes with said worldbuilding. 

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Strawberry Morning

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My grief cannot be measured. Yuri on Ice has been part of my life since it aired in 2016 😭

I hope that we can keep the fandom alive.

Twitter announcement here.

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isekai about a nyc apartment block getting teleported into a fantasy realm, and how this group of people who previously have only had incidental contact with one another come together to build a vibrant community in their new circumstances. there's a season-long arc about introducing bagels and pizza to the fantasy world that gets into the details of sourcing ingredients, developing new technologies, and learning how to work with supernatural substitutions.

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Hi everyone!

This is the prompt survey form for 2024. We are all very excited about this years KHR Rare Pair Week. Please vote what you guys would like to read/write/draw about.

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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

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ok wait i saw my friend’s ao3 page the other day and they had like a thousand bookmarks and i have… like thirty. so im curious now please tell me how many ao3 bookmarks u have in tags