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*** Frequent flashbacks to horrible times are hard to read -- like the awful cough medicine you're supposed to take because it's ''good'' for you so that you might appreciate the story more. I've been conditioned to cringe every time I see italics.
*** But my mind breaks at the way he treats causality. So let me get this straight, your great plan was to {{spoiler|1=let the glance=kill basilisk run around the school with all the people you've loved and come back to save? And you think that every person this basilisk encounters is going to be just as lucky as last time and only ever see the filtered/reflected image of the eyes? And you're willing to risk their deaths, their ''deaths'', when there are alternatives? I would call it lazy writing but the author is ''not'' lazy. Harry went along with this decision, nay, only contested it for Ginny's sake as if she were the only one at risk.}} At that point my suspension of disbelief shattered into many little pieces on the floor. It just seems so... heartless, unintentional though it may be.
*** Also, if we're going to compare this to ''Nightmares of Future Past'' it is important to mention that S'TarKan writes on a very emotional level, ladling it up thickly for one scene or another. BwaP strives to incorporate emotion and does, but the individual moments I've encountered
*** Perhaps the author wasn't creating a bunch of "take that"s at NoFP. But if you don't like Harry's approach in NoFP, this more inclusion oriented approach may be for you.
*** '''Conclusion:''' I recommend you read it, but also that you keep your expectations reserved. A lot more love and effort went into this than much of what you will find, and for that I must give full props to the author though I remain reserved on the fic. Good work, DWP.
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