(#) brad 2006-07-28
Oh dear! This may be the chapter I point to later on when I'm asked "when did Harry's Second Chance" "jump the shark"? If you understand the reference.
Yeah, Rorschach's stories are funny in spots, amusing in others, but they're not SERIOUS stories; they're parodies, farces, comedies. I could never get the same satisfaction out of a Rorschach story that I could out of a 'real' story.
Okay, the idea of a pint-sized 9-year-old Harry ordering Dumbledore and the others around is a bit far-fetched, but you'd written it so it seemed reasonable, possible, I was quite happy to believe it all. But this bit of slapstick comedy ... well, it could have still happened, I grant you, but ugh ... and then you mention Rorschach, so I know the comedy was what you were after ... or what you've seen in his own stories.
I hope your relocation is proceeding smoothly!