[HPforGrownups] Convenient Plot Devices

[Olivia]

No: HPFGUIDX 43679


manic said:

"This is better than the Hellmouth. Nothing is out of bounds."

Fellow BtVS writer! I've been writing in the Buffdom for a few years now as
well as writing in the Harry Potter verse, and have also realized the
advantages to writing in the HPdom. Like you said, almost nothing is
off-limits. And if there's no known spell for what you want, make it up.
Whereas in Buffy, there is definitely a limit to vamp's bag of tricks. It's
hard to question something invented by an HP fic author because there's
always the fail-safe argument: "It's magic."

JKR really has allowed fanfic authors to flex their pen-holding muscles by
giving us A, a wide assortment of interesting characters and relationships
between said characters. And B, very few restrictions on the premises she
introduces.

HP is clearly geared to folks with rabid imaginations and all sorts of
interests. From readers and thinkers (hence HPforGrownups) to fic writers
and artists. It's a wonderful world.

Olivia