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The Familiar, by Resonant
Title: The Familiar
Author: Resonant
Rating: NC-17
Story Link: http://trickster.org/res/familiar.html
Author’s Livejournal:resonant8
Author’s summary: A potion goes awry.
Length: short
Reviewer:painless_j
As for me, this is the best story in HP fandom, period.
It’s odd, but the oddity has almost unidentifiable nature. It isn’t in the plot, which is rather banal - a potions accident, thanks to which two weeks before their graduation and after the victory in the war against Voldemort, Harry is turned into a frog and has to spend the summer in a water-bowl in Snape’s rooms.
It’s not in Harry’s or Snape’s characterization – Harry’s post-war withdrawal is not unusual for HP fiction; Snape? also within the ‘normal’ characterization rank.
It's in *how*. Resonant proves that one can do anything, can write using as trivial things as he/she wishes and nevertheless create a great story.
The pacing is slow and the changes are subtle, the atmosphere is clear and transparent like a cool but sunny summer day. The humour is gentle. And the story is absolutely perfect, flawless. And absolutely unforgettable.
Title: The Familiar
Author: Resonant
Rating: NC-17
Story Link: http://trickster.org/res/familiar.html
Author’s Livejournal:
resonant8Author’s summary: A potion goes awry.
Length: short
Reviewer:
painless_jAs for me, this is the best story in HP fandom, period.
It’s odd, but the oddity has almost unidentifiable nature. It isn’t in the plot, which is rather banal - a potions accident, thanks to which two weeks before their graduation and after the victory in the war against Voldemort, Harry is turned into a frog and has to spend the summer in a water-bowl in Snape’s rooms.
It’s not in Harry’s or Snape’s characterization – Harry’s post-war withdrawal is not unusual for HP fiction; Snape? also within the ‘normal’ characterization rank.
It's in *how*. Resonant proves that one can do anything, can write using as trivial things as he/she wishes and nevertheless create a great story.
The pacing is slow and the changes are subtle, the atmosphere is clear and transparent like a cool but sunny summer day. The humour is gentle. And the story is absolutely perfect, flawless. And absolutely unforgettable.
