Reviews for The Life He Leads
Guest chapter 12 . 10/29
I honestly would like to read something where someone simply smacks the truth that magic chose a halfblood to carry on the bloodline of metamorph rather than any other pureblood. From what I understand bloodlines aren't actually common and generational in Harry Potter so it would be a real way to smack them in the face about how wrong they truly are.
Guest chapter 10 . 10/29
I still don't know why the students simply don't say fuck you to Snape and not attend his classes and detention any longer. If Dumbledore is involved just tell him that unless Snape changes himself you simply aren't going to comply. Anyway OWLs and NEWTS are only that matter and Snape can't grade them so no problem in it especially if someone doesn't want to work potions anyway
Fox chapter 32 . 10/7
Ending ruined it imo
Dyspaiir chapter 32 . 6/29
Great story so far! I hope you get inspired to finish it as i love the Northern Magics you are describing. Interesting to see how Harry is developing snd i cannot wait to see if he goes on a journey to find the earth area you wrote about like the fire mountain and river from his friend E (i cannot pronounce or remember how to spell his familiars name sorry)
Freddie Rindklip chapter 13 . 6/3
Chapter 13 and Harry is chosen by the goblet. This fic has interesting changes from canon. You also skip past must filler I believe fanfic folks already know from canon.
Baron chapter 11 . 3/27
Bro why'd you have to make on overpowered little whiny bitch. Every fourth paragraph is him complaining about power he was looking for and doubting what he says he believes in.
Guest chapter 32 . 2/24
I love this story. Found it yesterday then binged the whole thing. I think it is some very high quality writing.
Solstice07 chapter 32 . 2/23
This has been one of my favourite fanfics. I'd like to just gush about the things I loved about it before I step into the ship wars hellhole lmao. Most noticeablyDumbledore, such an interesting and flawed character that the fandom just refuses to utilise because most people don't have the skill to flesh him out. I just simply adored your Dumbledore, the right mix of controlling and at the same time trying to keep the world from falling apart traits it him. Nobody could handle all that without making mistakes. The way he adapts and learns, apologises when he's at fault and stands his ground when he knows Harry's throwing a fit, I simply loved it. His flaws in forcing Neville into a role he didn't want, of subtly manouvering Harry onto the path he wanted for him, but from his pov, he has no other choice, Voldy is as apparent as ever as a threat and he was pushing 200. I could go on and on about his character, how mature he was in resigning from his posts, while still insecure to deflect any mentions of Ariana from Harry. Old man deserved some rest bruh. Now onto the dialogues and writing, damn you write so fuckin smooth, Idk what other words to use for it, your dialogue never felt too clunky, or cheesy, stiff or unnatural, Harry's confidence and his social skills development were a joy to read. The fluff was SO FUCKIN AMAZING that it's my belief why you got bombarded by flame comments was because you showed how perfectly you could execute and show the dynamics of both the relationships. Onto magic then, a very interesting and well thought out concept, the northern magics fit into the nicest little area of being op enough to keep harry relevant and not op enough for the story to lose all the tension. You have a way with descriptions of the magic that just makes it so easy to visualize everything going on, I got goosebumps during the 1st task and the firestorm on hill parts.
Ship wars here we goooo. I think you've somehow managed to write something so daring that a single person has no chances of being not shocked by the gigantic size of your balls to pull this shit lmao. A harmony shipper will seethe and ragequit after the initial chapters, hardcore honks fans will curse you for ruining something so well developed (atleast from Harry's pov), Honks fans who have some expectations of a realistic story will grudgingly accept your outcome, as honestly there was no other choice, Hardcore flowerpot mofosI am the mofowill shit on you for reducing Fleur into a plot point to make Harry a bit mature, which failed lol. It would have been wonderful if we could've had a chapter each or small segments form Tonks's and Fleur's pov. Why did Tonks lead Harry on so much? She knew he was lonely, and would latch onto her as a lifeline, she still cuddled with him and went to the ball with him. Either she is reallu stupid as she says multiple times or her own mind was against her, because of the very obvious and very illegal age gap, and she was stuck in a limbo of being attracted to Harry and then disgusted by herself for it. The chapter about their cinema trip was surely hinting at the former, how she dressed up for a simple outing when they were just friends. For Fleur, I'll probably be very biased because I really really adore her as a character, but man you did her dirty. She guided a dumb 14yo out of an unhealthy infatuation that would only lead to hurt later on in the only way that was possible. Harry wouldn't've listened to anyone badmouthing tonks or his crush on her during the yule ball period. She genuinely cared for Harry and proved it multiple times yet Harry was still not able to get over Tonks and then shifted the blame onto her as soon as their relationship got a little rocky. I really really disliked the part where Harry completely lost the ability to go and comfort her when she was depressed. His thoughts about when she said she cared for him most after her sister and he replies in his head with I couldn't say that from my side was really infuriating to read. Fleur was basically a side plot that gave Harry a little bit of reprive but he still returns to tonks as if the relationship never meant anything. I think you were moving in the right direction with Harry starting to realize how much he fucked up with Fleur when she repeats that she cares about him a lot by the bonfire. You could've gone any route from this point forward, honks, flowerpot or even poly would've worked, but I'll just dream my sweet headcanons for this fic and chill. In the end, I just wanna say thank you for writing a story that made me soooo invested to churn out this long ass review and I'll kiss your feet if you ever continue this.
PewterTA99 chapter 32 . 12/8/2023
The is a great story. Well, written. Unique concepts. Really enjoyable. It's a shame it's unfinished.
ran chapter 32 . 8/9/2023
Disappointing ending. It seems every relationship sorta dies with him. and I can understand the flame reviews that killed this story. Betrayed expectations, simple as that. Tonks shouldn't have acted so familiar sleeping in the same bed etc. She gave harry shit for not setting boundaries with herminie which had her falling for him, but did the same thing but worse in the extreme to him... Honestly if she wasn't enamored with harry which seems odd in of itself then its even odder that she just really wants to be friends with this kid that obviously loves her...

then fleur turns into a manipulator pulling the bad narrator card out of left field. good that harry actually gets rid of her, but she seems entirely too okay for that, but whatev, I kinda thought it was going to be a multi story from the tags, which again betrayed expectations for the type of audience the tags would bring.
Ink And Blade chapter 32 . 3/9/2023
Well, I gotta say, your take on magic is mesmerizing and exactly as I love to see it myself. It's not often that the mysticism of magic is presented properly. Authors usually focus too much on learning new spells like it's a video game and it being all about utility rather than a whole new aspect of the world and, more importantly, the self.

Characterwise I think you also did a pretty great job. Dumbledore is phenomenal. The Honks aspect is phenomenal. Fleur less so, but still pretty good. The way you wrote Harry and Tonks tells me you've experienced something like that for yourself, though perhaps I'm projecting my own experience here. I've had such a relationship twice in my life and the first one is pretty damn similar to what you wrote, including the whole onesided love thing and the later reconciliation. Doesn't mean I don't dislike the way it went, but oh well, I got over experiencing it myself so I can get over it happening in a story.

It's sad to see you leave the story abandoned and I really don't get the purpose of this last chapter since it got added later from what I see. I can only assume it's some kind of personal catharsis related to this aluded trans character at the end? Because it's nothing but filler which is baffling to do as your final touch on something you're dropping.

Anyway, really like the story and would love to see this Harry grow into the next coming of Odin so I'm leaving a follow in hopes that one day I'll get an email about 800k more words being added to this story.

A guy can dream, right?
Guest chapter 15 . 12/6/2022
god this just get worse and worse, what trash
Guest chapter 14 . 12/6/2022
to bad really, just couldn't leave it alone, but like all the other trash this follows right along
drainednerves chapter 21 . 11/21/2022
Tonks was definetely right about rejecting him, she is the adult in this situation. No matter how much Harry wants to have a relationship with her, it is her duty to say no. I would immediately lose any respect I had for them if a 20y/o decided to date a 14 y/o. However, that is not to say that her behaviour up until now has been exemplary, cuddling, falling asleep in the same bed as him, agreeing to be his date to the ball without setting up proper boundaries
drainednerves chapter 20 . 11/21/2022
Honestly relieved, the age gap worried me
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