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Theo and Pansy Decide
29 reviewsNeville and Voldemort ponder events, Fred and George talk with Harry, Theo and Pansy decide their futures. Umbridge reacts.
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A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) whatareyouevensaying 2009-05-15
It amazes me that Umbridge is still around, but it makes for at least one more very amusing chapter.
Looking forward to more.A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) siledubhghlase 2009-05-17
Okay, so I read the whole thing before I decided to review. VERY GOOD!
I have to admit I'd bypassed this story several (dozen) times over since it first appeared, but I finally broke down and chose to read it. I'm glad I did.
Okay, Harry's disappearance. Obviously, there were other watcher groups. But were they watching Harry specifically or were they watching the other watchers, including the Order of the Flaming Chicken (got that from another story) and DEs? I do hope we find out about these mentors of Harry's pretty soon, but it sounds like they may be technomages--perhaps an underground group, resistant to the Ministry and Dumbledore.
Harry's playing Dumbledore and Snape like violins. I think Lupin's onto him, though. But I have to wonder how Remus knew about all that stuff? It seems to me that Hermione would have better knowledge. Oh well...no matter.
I like the little dalliance Harry's engaged in with Hermione (with Luna stringing along a bit). It's very cute that Harry's in love with Hermione. The "mother's kiss" thing gives that away. Other than a mum, only a sibling, other close family member, or a lover can make that work. And he says she's the only one he's interested in snogging. She's got his heart, no doubts about that. I hope we'll be able to see more of that relationship. What can I say? I'm a romantic.
I notice a lot of slick references to movies--the occasional quote slipped in when we're not looking. If memory serves, the Spaghetti Western, "High Plains Drifter," is the one where Clint Eastwood's character takes over a small corrupt town and paints it red as he seeks revenge on the bad guy. Is that the one?
I believe "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" is about a lowly merchant (James Stewart) who accidently takes out the town bully (James Coburn?) and then goes a little loopy in the face of all the accolades. Is that right? John Wayne is in it in some capacity. I've never seen it, but I've heard of it.
I've never seen "A Fist Full of Dollars," but I do know it's another of Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns. I have no idea what it's about though.
I thought it was funny that Ron had a hygiene problem. LOL With that many siblings, you'd think he'd know better. At least Romilda Vane is performing some kind of function other than pain in the ass.
Harry--or whomever--is really working over the bad guys isn't he/aren't they? The bedframe crucifixion thing was nasty, but clever. And then hanging Pansy from the Judas tree. Are you throwing symbolism at us?
I loved the mooning scene, but I don't quite understand the significance of it other than it's a load of teenagers flipping off authority. It was funny, but why did Colin give Moody the "full monty?" Just to see the little message above his pubes? LOL Colin--he'll do anything Harry asks him to. Idiot.
Great story. I'm eager to read more!A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) DrT 2009-05-17
siledubhghlase: Yes, HPD is the movie where Eastwood takes over the town and has them paint the town red. Liberty Valance has Stewart as a would-be lawyer working as a waiter and Coburn as the town bully (except to Wayne whom nobody bullied). Coburn shows that people have to band together to stop bullies (although the townspeople don't, just as magical Britain refuses to). Lots of other media references throughout the fic. And yes, I am making some of the symbolism blatent, as that's about the only thing that gets through to wizards. The boys moon Moody because they're teen boys. Harry has them do it to show who is controlling Hogwarts, but the adults just don't get it.
The watchers were attracted in part by Harry-as-Harry and in part because the Order and Malfoy's goons were watching Harry. The technomages are only 'underground' in Europe and a few other places, in most of the world they are pushing the fringes of the secrecy statutes and public beliefs. Remus knows about them because he's travelled around a bit and is interested in any sort of magic. (As opposed to Sirius, who only cared about looking at women while aborad. Hermione would pick up on them only if she had recently travelled to places like the US or Australia)A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) NobleK 2013-08-27
"And so, two days before Valentine’s Day, Dolores Umbridge installed herself in Hogwarts and prepared to confront the one person she considered the main problem of wizarding Britain.
Harry Potter." BAD IDEA, Delores! Leave well enough alone, and you MIGHT live to see the downfall of Voldemort.....A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) TxA_GunFighter 2014-01-14
Good chapter. Looks like it will get very interesting soon.
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(#) Simianpower 2015-08-10
Wow, this is the kitchen-sink of AU fics! It's got a little bit of everything just barely held together by a haphazard plot. Don't get me wrong, it's fun, but there's so much handwaving and wagging of the dog that a reader neither knows nor really cares what's actually going on. That's what happens when all you see is effects and rumors, and no concrete causes. It's so totally random. I don't think I've ever read anything quite like this, although Wastelands of Time comes close.A Fist Full of Galleons
(#) bishop1 2017-11-24
Good.story, enjoy the building paranoia in both the Headmaster & professor snape. Did you know there are chapters missing? Or perhaps the better question is, why are there chapters missing?Author's response
All the chapters are there and in the correct order; however, the numbering and links have been messed up from the beginning. You can read them with a bit of fiddling; sorry, they can't be corrected.
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