[HPFGU-OTChatter] Harry Potter and the Guld of night by Katling. Was: Re: Fan Fiction

[Sherry Gomes]

Oh, i'm so glad you liked it!

The author is great and has several other great HP fics as well as some original stuff on her web site.  I was skeptical at first, fearing what she would do with the blindness, but I love it and am actually rereading guild of the night, because I was looking for a long fic to read with all the main characters.

Sherry


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From: dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Mar 11, 2005 6:37 PM
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Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Harry Potter  and the Guld of night  by Katling. Was: Re: Fan Fiction




Sherry:
> Harry Potter and the Guild of the Night
> and its sequel
> 
> harry Potter and the Crystalline Darkenss
> 
> Again, AU.  Harry is blinded by Uncle Vernon.  Sirius does 
return.  Very interesting take on how Harry adjusts to his life 
being blind.  I am blind, and so there are a few things that I had 
to get used to and suspend belief to accept.  Sirius isn't exactly 
the main character, but once he returns, he's a big part of it.



Alla:

Oh, my. Sherry, thank you so very much for recommending this story 
and a sequel, which is still in making. I haven't read the story, 
which so closely reminds me of JKR's style for quite a long time.

If you like Harry and Sirius and Remus and Snape, I do recommend it 
very strongly. Harry is just a  right mixture of vulnerability and 
strength, Sirius is back, which I always love. Oooo and Snape, Snape 
is just as I want him to turn out. His nastiness towards Harry is 
not glossed over and he does learn that Harry is not his father  .
Moreover, he starts to get along with Harry, sort of ( NO, in the 
middle of sequel he is just as sarcastic, but definitely not nasty 
and malicious towards Harry).

Oh, and while Sirius' stupidity towards Snape is fully 
acknowledged , the author does not make him a villain because of 
that. Nope, Sirius and Snape do not become friends, but they have a 
permanent truce, because of Harry. My canon dream did come true in 
this story. :)

And of course Harry is a main character, even though in many senses 
it is an ancemble story. Many characters get a chance to play their 
parts and how Harry adjusts to his life as blind is very interesting 
indeed.

He also learns to tell people  things ( both adults and his 
friends), not to hide stuff from them, eventually. :)

Action is there too and this author writes action scenes really well.

I am babbling, I know, but I loved this story too much and I wanted 
to share.

I do not recommend this story if you absolutely cannot stomach 
Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione. Although if you can at least tolerate 
those SHIPS, but not a big fan of them, I'd stil recommend it, 
because there is NOT too much romance. Ron/Hermione is pretty much 
in passing, Harry/Ginny is more visible, but still not a central 
focus of the story.

I also do not recommend the story if you passionately hate Sirius 
and Remus, because they are int he story pretty visibly as Harry's 
guardians ( Remus from the beginning and Sirius from the middle).

This story and this author definitely go on my favourites list.

Sherry, thank you and Heidi, thank you too for providing a link.


Alla










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