I just got paid for having a 20 minute conversation about Pokemon
I love working at Gamestop
The thing about villain redemption arcs is that on one hand, they can be some of the most compelling story lines in a plot, but on the other hand, they can be extremely contrived and stupid. The worst offender of those is the whole “I’m actually a good guy, but I was brainwashed the entire time and am therefore less accountable for my actions”.
Honestly, the best thing about this HP/Poke fic is the fact that the author absolutely nails Harry as being a sassy little shit when he wants to be, and it’s wonderful.
The adaptation of the first book is called “Harry Potter and the Master’s Ball” by Mr. Chaos. Currently, they’re a good way through their adaptation of book 4.
I’ve been reading this Harry Potter/Pokemon crossover lately, and it’s honestly one of the best crossovers I’ve ever read. It’s Harry Potter, but instead of magic, Hogwarts teaches students about training Pokemon and other various disciplines relating to Pokemon. Also, there is no Great Britain, it’s the region of Avalon with all the other Pokemon regions representing the rest of the world.
My favorite thing about the series is that it takes nearly everything about the Harry Potter series and turns it on it’s head. It takes tons of liberties with the source material and makes it’s own twists on canon events (for instance, Harry is still famous as the Boy-Who-Lived, but Lily is the one who’s famous for defeating Voldemort as the Woman-Who-Won).
lily evans going home after fifth year and the “mudblood” incident and chucking all her quills away, and showing back up at school in september with a load of pens – pens from the pot on her windowsill; pens she’d found lying around in the kitchen; pens she’d nicked from petunia – because something in her wanted to act as a constant reminder to snape that she was a mudblood. and in any case, she’d never quite managed to get used to quills.
[screaming externally] 