FicWad

-laughs uproariously- So the Dursley's coddling of "Little Dumdums" led to their death? They earned it, then. Seriously, that scene did have resonances, for me, of a scene out of one of Heinlein's "Future History" short stories, set on a spaceship traveling 'tween Earth-orbiting and Luna-orbiting space stations. Not the same scene by a long shot, but with the same basic theme of an arrogant kid with an indulgent father really mucking things up.

I rather enjoyed this chapter, esp. some of the little "bits" you dropped like the levitating while meditating and how it annoyed someone as I do recognize the individual involved. I'm glad to see that living with Tony Stark has given Harry a much better appreciation of dealing with people and how to properly run damage control as well as how to defuse situations. I can't see Draco just rolling over, but if he is "given furiously to think, it just might have a rather positive effect in the longer term, which seems to be what Harry is aiming at.

I suspect the troll is now toast, but I also suspect that the side effects/backblast of releasing that much chaos magic on Harry is not going to be pretty, esp. when his backup approach was essentially a full-out kamikaze move. There will most definitely be some fascinating repurcussions from this. -chuckle- Anyone care to wager that Tony uses this to try and again argue his case for armor?

Oh, and the Pirate Birthday Celebration was a very nice touch; I can well believe the Wesealey twins joining in.