Reviews for The Best Seven Years
Mcgeena chapter 20 . 3/31/2023
Injust wish we could get more harry potter and calvin meetup antics someday
wolfwind42 chapter 1 . 3/9/2023
Why is Susie so upset about Calvin not telling her something? Aren't they 18?
Theory of Weirdness chapter 11 . 9/30/2022
I just realized that Calvin's sales pitch for the hamburgers contains references to both Aladdin and Homestar Runner.

That makes me happy.
TaleWeaver chapter 8 . 6/30/2022
I gotta say, 'listening' to Calvin and Hobbes do Weird Al's 'Your horoscope for today' is even FUNNIER when you know that Daniel Radcliffe (the former Harry Potter himself) is playing Weird Al in the biopic "Weird". Although from what I've seen of the trailer I think it's more Spinal Tap than Schindler's List.
Sebine chapter 3 . 3/13/2022
your gramer iz turabill
solemnlyswear chapter 7 . 8/5/2021
Wow. This is amazing. Absolutely loved it/
Theory of Weirdness chapter 20 . 7/15/2021
This is good... but I'll be honest, I like your similarly-premised Avatar story better. This one has a lot more inconsistencies. Of course, a great deal of that is likely due to the fact that you started writing it before the series was complete...
In the comic strip, Calvin's supposed to be eternally six, but the only definite year mentioned in there is 1988 (as "coming up fast" during one of the "dad election" storylines), meaning Calvin is six years old in 1987, so he'd be eleven in 1992, and is therefore the same age as Ginny and Luna. It's nice when the timelines match up on their own, isn't it?
With Calvin being a wizard, maybe some of his improbable childhood adventures (such as the various uses of cardboard boxes) may not have been entirely imagination...

I was rather surprised at Calvin being Sorted into Ravenclaw, though. You're right that he's ill-suited for Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, but based on his personality in the comic, he actually would seem to fit best as a Slytherin. But of course, we know the Sorting Hat respects personal choice, even if that's not common knowledge among the students, and Ravenclaw is the next best fit. After all, Calvin does often refer to himself as a genius, and though some of that is narcissism, it's not entirely false either. Though his academic abilities aren't the best (my diagnosis: ADHD), Calvin is extremely imaginative and quite the amateur philosopher. No one could accuse him of being dull-witted.
It also provided the opportunity for him to make friends with Luna, which is absolutely perfect. She's exactly the sort of person who'd (platonically) mesh with someone like Calvin. You did an excellent job with Luna's character.
And of course a prankster of Calvin's caliber would get to know the Weasley twins. When I first started reading this, I knew they were going to be either great friends, great rivals, or both.

The aliens' deus ex machina was a lot less satisfying in this story than in the Avatar one. There, it made more sense because we already kind of knew they were involved, but here it was way too convenient and rather jarring. That aside, I do still like how you handled the aliens as characters, such as their actually being a couple, and Calvin's spur-of-the-moment plan to hide the crashed ship in plain sight. That was hilarious.

A couple other things:
-Animagi are made, not born. Book 3 makes this pretty clear. The process is long, arduous, and complicated (and has now been officially described). Even the Marauders, who actually were prodigies, only managed it in their fifth year.
I suppose however, that if inherent magical shape-changing abilities such as those exhibited by Tonks exist, it's not TOO much of a stretch for "natural Animagi" to exist as well. Consistency aside, making Calvin's Animagus form/Patronus a dinosaur is perfect what with how often he pretends to be one in the comics.

-Conjuring spells are supposed to be some of the most difficult magic to perform, and Hogwarts students don't study them until sixth year, so Calvin's thing with the music player doesn't really work.

-Where would Calvin have learned the Patronus Charm? Lupin says in Book 3 that it's very advanced magic; the kind of thing Hogwarts probably wouldn't teach until 7th year if at all, and Calvin wasn't in the DA either. And Ravenclaw or not, he doesn't really seem like the type to seek that out for himself without a compelling external reason.

Sorry for pointing out all the inconsistencies; I just can't help it. Most of them can be excused by the timeframe of when this was written, and despite them, this story is very good. I love how your epilogue mirrors that of the Harry Potter series itself. Also, Calvin's fourth-wall break is exactly the kind of thing I can picture him saying. Once again, I applaud your talents.
KamenHeroDigi chapter 1 . 5/18/2021
WARNING! Carry on reading! Or you will die, even if you only looked at the word warning! Once there was a little girl called Clarissa, she was ten-years-old and she lived in a mental hospital, because she killed her mom and her dad. She got so bad she went to kill all the staff in the hospital so the -government decided that best idea was to get rid of her so they set up a special room to kill her, as humane as possible but it went wrong the machine they were using went wrong. And she sat there in agony for hours until she died. Now every week on the day of her death she returns to the person that reads this letter, on a monday night at 12:00a.m. She creeps into your room and kills you slowly, by cutting you and watching you bleed to death. Now send this to ten other people on this one site, and she will haunt someone else who doesn't.
This isn't fake. apparently, if u copy and paste this to ten comments in the next ten minutes u will have the best day of ur life tomorrow. u will either get kissed or asked out, if u break this chain u will see a little dead girl in your room tonight. in 53 mins someone will say i love you or I'm sorry
For Example 1: Jenny didn’t believe this and deleted it without even reading. the whole thing! A few days. later on the monday night, she was woken up by loud footsteps, and heavy breathing, there was. Clarissa standing there with a huge knife...
Nin chapter 20 . 4/17/2021
Okay, so... my friend who is a also a HUGE Calvin and Hobbes fan linked me this story while we were going through a hard time.

Dude... it lifted my spirits.

First, I busted a gut at Calvin's antics at Hogwarts. I think him turning Snape into Hitler and calling Draco "Weasel Boy" were my favorite parts XD
(I wonder if that nickname haunted Draco after what Mad Eye Moody/Barty Crouch Jr. did to him xD)

I was NOT expecting Galaxoid and Nebular to make an appearance! It actually made the story all the more interesting! "So, who's up for charades?" (That line killed me xD)

I think the creative liberties you took worked well. Having Neville be the one to kill Bellatrix was a brilliant touch

A fun read. There were grammar and spelling errors, but ah who hasn't made typos? I still put it in my Top 5 favorite Crossovers.

Any chance you'll put this on AO3? I bet it would get hundreds of kudos

PS: ...The Ninja Fantasy was hilarious as well xD
Monster King chapter 20 . 1/28/2021
Great story
Reclusive Dork chapter 2 . 7/18/2019
when you remember that one time Rosalyn played Calvin ball with Calvin and Hobbes, Rosalyn was interacting with Hobbes, too.
Reclusive Dork chapter 1 . 3/2/2019
when you remember that one time Rosalyn played Calvin ball with Calvin and Hobbes, Rosalyn was interacting with Hobbes, too.
Guest chapter 20 . 9/11/2018
This was fun. I hope you do write that sequel/prequel.
orthohawk chapter 20 . 4/25/2018
I LURVE this story! You captured Calvin's sass perfectly! And I love the way you explained about Hobbes! I always knew it was something other than Calvin's imagination, heh heh.
Oh, and Neville getting his revenge on Bellatrix? EPIC! And I wholeheartedly agree: J.K. SO should have written that scene just that way!
and Calvin and Susie...well, we all knew from the start! Calvin's "hate" for her was just a little too intense wink.
Well done.
O.
Guest chapter 7 . 10/12/2017
What was it Roslyn once called Calvin, again? A scummy little troll?
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