Make A Wish by Rorschach’s Blot
Length: 50 Chapters, Complete (plus several sequels)
Sources: Harry Potter (Concept from “The Man Who Knew Too Little”)
Rating: 5/5
And now the Harry Potter fanfic which is a candidate for “most 3rd-party sequels”: “Make a Wish” by Rorschach’s Blot.
For those who haven’t already heard of it, the basic plot is that Harry Potter sees a brochure for the Make A Wish foundation and, convinced that he won’t survive the final confrontation with Voldemort, takes a surprise vacation rather than going back to Privet Drive with the Dursleys. Of course, we all know that heroes can’t just take a vacation.
Harry becomes his own version of “The Man Who Knew Too Little”. Enter “Mr. Black”, super-spy extraordinare. For those readers who aren’t familiar with “The Man Who Knew Too Little”, the core plot element is that dumb luck can convince even experts that a clueless goof is a super-spy. Just imagine the kind of fun they can have with someone who isn’t such a goof.
This is the kind of story that has to be seen to be believed. The mix of accident and intentional action is masterful, the grammatical quality high (just the occasional typo or two), and the humor plentiful and believable without being overdone. For example…
Harry walked back to the magical section of town and found a place to sit. Flipping through his guide book, he soon found the section on Hungarian Horntails.
The Hungarian Horntail is one of the most recognizable of the Dragon family. Its Black scales and bronze horns make it easy to identify and the market for black dragon hide has exploded since the emergence of the Dark Lord Grabhold who dressed his followers in dark colors in defience to the previous tradition which had the dark lord dressed in purple and his followers dressed in pink . . .
Of course, it also helps that the Lovegoods aren’t idle either…
“I have something more important for you to report on.”
“What?” Luna blinked curiously. “Did we finally get proof that the Malfoy family was descended from house elves?”
“Not yet,” Laetus frowned. “The Ministry still won’t let me have one of them for testing.”
I love it when certain people become convinced that they’re also secret agents.
Anyway, be sure to read this and don’t forget the sequels and omake. 🙂
Fanfiction – Make A Wish by Stephan Sokolow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
I have been a fan of “Blot for many a year and have always found his stories very comical and worth reading.
I would suggest you have a look at his other stories – most emphatically Time Warp.
dave
Heh. I’ve read everything he’s written and I’ve got him on Author Alert. (not to mention being subscribed to CaerAzkaban)
I just haven’t gotten around to reviewing the rest yet. (Partly because I read most of it before I really got into the swing of things with regards to blogging)
If you haven’t already, check out the sequel “Terminal Justice” by overkill_hp.
I’ve been reading him for sometime as well and am very glad to see that more people will read his work.
*grin* I read and enjoyed Terminal Justice about a month ago. I just haven’t felt up to writing a review which does it justice.
Maybe once I’m not so bogged down preparing for exams.