Wow, the anti-Snape bias is pretty strong here. It's kind of funny that Mcgonagall had the galls to accuse him of "going out of his way to be suspicious", biased, and not paying attention.

What was she saying about being prejudiced again? Isn't it funny how Albus always swung the house cup back to Gryphindor? And who was it that broke the rules and let a first year play for the Cup? And let go of his obvious rule-breaking? And who was it that dropped Harry off on a doorstep and ignored his being abused? Who was the one that hid that fact?

can you write a sequel to this? the fucker you link us too next chapter abandoned his story. but marked it complete to fuck with ppl who search for it. hoping to actually get a sequel

I love this story!

Very good. Definitely the best fic of this type I have seen.

I will say that you made some gross exaggerations with regards to the mistakes of some people. Many mistakes were perfectly defendable, yet the accused said all but the reasons that would have, at least partially, redeemed them.

Also, I was getting kinda frustrated with a few of the Hogwarts staff for sorta turning against each other. Like when Flitwick was interrogating McGonagall and pointing out all the flaws of her actions in front of everyone, including Umbridge and Fudge who were looking for ammunition. Same with Hermione at the end making it far worse for Dumbledore. This is how it felt:

Flitwick: "... then you were particularly harsh on Mr Longbottom".
McGonagall: "I was stressed at the time with all my duties".
Flitwick: "Then here you hardly provided adequate support for Mr Potter".
McGonagall: "As I said, I was particularly stressed at the time".
Umbridge: "I think this clearly shows that Professor McGonagall cannot handle all 3 positions. You are hereby removed from your post as Deputy Headmistress".
Everyone, INCLUDING FLITWICK: *Screams in protest*.

Like, why are you digging her a grave and then surprised when her enemy pushes her in?

Apart from those points, it was very enjoyable.

That certainly was a dramatic reading

This was a really good take on the Reaction genre, to my knowledge it's the first time I've ever seen it being written this way, even a couple of years after it.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

I really think that the school professors got off lightly. They did engage in gross negligence and criminal neglect of their students.

Molly’s howlers finally serve a productive purpose.

This is really engaging. Give Umbridge some credit, she’s pulling on the threads of illegal and illogical conduct in relation to Harry.

It’s just like Hermione to come to the opinion that if her parents are mandatory reporters, she must be one also.

Brilliant and interesting start. The author is not just retreading Book 1 (while reading it in Book 5) but writing an entirely new AU. Excellent work.

The ending lmao

I love your recount of first year . going to read second one soon

Nice story. 7.5/10

Thanksthanks