A momentary lapse

[mhalachai]

My brain is broken. I forgot how to write Harry.

.... is it me, or is Harry mostly a passive observer in a lot of the early stuff?

More importantly: WHY DID I WRITE A HARRY POTTER/ANITA BLAKE CROSSOVER? AM I CRAZY?

Gonna go back to stare at this stupid chapter.

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ETA: Eight pages of 10point text, and I'm only halfway done the chapter. At least the next part is the relativly easy Anita/JC/Richard angst. Plus smoochies.

Comments

[sabriel-0405.livejournal.com]

Harry is an observer in the beginning because he has no experience in how to act. I don't mean as a wizard. He has no experience in how to act as a person. He's done as much as he has because he's Harry. Another boy, faced with the same situation, would have turned out much like Neville Longbottom. Harry acts now because he has begun to grow into his powers. But he is very much a think first, act second, sort of boy.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Interesting Neville analogy. I'm totally with you on that.

As much as I love JKR, I have always had a hard time making out Harry's character. I'm not sure if that, in the last book, that had to do with the overwhelming teenaged boy angst, or what.

Le sigh...

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

Crazy? An Anita Blake/Harry Potter crossover fic?

I wouldn't say you're *crazy*....just brave. Very, very brave. I wouldn't have the nerve to even *try* something that difficult! ;)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Harry's a very difficult character to write, as I'm proving to myself again. *shrug* Maybe I'll just have him and Jason go off and snog in the corner Bad Mhalachai!

It's just my brain's been on my other main story, which features Buffy and the Wererats and in so many ways NOT Harry Potter. And I just reread a passage in OotP, which featured Capslock!Harry. Such an angry boy.

Don't mind my momentary lapse.

.... have you read my HP/AB fic?

..... Want to? *eg*

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

::cracks up at the Jason/Harry bit:: That's it, take the *easy* ficcer's way out. :P That's actually why I *like* your stuff, you *don't* take the easy way out! Although I've got to admit, that *would* be one hell of an interesting scene to see....and the thing is, you *know* Jason would do it! ::snickers::

Anyway, nope, I *haven't* read your HP/AB fic yet, mostly because it's been *ages* since I read any HP and I thought I might be a little lost. But I'm curious now, so I just might go and read it anyway.... ::wanders towards the fic:: I *need* something to cleanse my brain after that wretched FF7 garbage that I stumbled across yesterday....

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

You know Jason would... if only to mess with Anita's head :)

You hopefully won't get lost. It's mostly AB stuff now. But ID spoilers, FYI