#bloodyhell-rupert

She's a weird girl, Nymphadora Tonks. Charlie doesn't know her very much, because she's a year younger than him, and they're in different Houses, but he's heard about her, about how she's the clumsiest person in the world, but she's still hoping she'll be an Auror. It's weirdly fascinating, somehow, and ridiculously brave. Maybe she should have been in his house, after all. (In what feels like another life, he tells her he can't believe he never saw the obvious parallel before; he's the clumsiest Weasley ever, but he wants to work with dragons.)

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The problem about gossip, it's that you never really know what's true and what isn't. So when Kelly tells her that she's heardv that Charlie Weasley wants to fuck her, Tonks isn't sure how to react. He's gorgeous, and she's flattered, and yes, maybe she'd like to fool around with someone like him, but she doesn't know the real Charlie at all. (Later, he'll tell her people were telling him she was the one wanting him. They weren't completely wrong, after all.)

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Author: bloodyhell-ronald / bloodyhell-rupert

Pairings: Rose x Scorpius Status: in progress

multi-chapter

The author asked me to read & review this one! Yay for next-gen!

There are a few things I really like about this fic. I really like how the author addresses the fact that Scorpius is a Malfoy, and that the name Malfoy likely came with a great deal of baggage after the war. I mean, the Malfoys were so involved in what happened, and that’s not something the wizarding world is going to forget overnight. That couldn’t have been easy for Draco, and later, his son, to deal with. In the very first scene we see a discussion in History of Magic about the war, and a student calls out Scorpius’ family as having a very heavy hand in what happened.

I really like that - because many next gen fics glaze over that aspect of Scorpius’ life. I also like that the author draws the parallel between Scorpius and how his family’s legacy hangs over him and how Rose faces a similar baggage from her family - except for being on the winning side except the losing one. I like the idea that Scorpius and Rose might have bonded over that and trusted each other because their parents might not have approved and because they really shouldn’t have been friends. So I appreciate that a lot.

I really loved when Scorpius explains it to Rose as “One half of Hogwarts thinks I am too much of the Death Eater and the other half is sure I am not enough of one.” I really like that. For some reason, that description just works so well.

That being said, I’d like to see a little more variety in Scorpius’ character. As with a lot of next gen fics, Scorpius is basically Draco. I’d like to see some things in his character that make him different from his father. Obviously we might see a lot of similarity, because they are father and son, but it’s highly unlikely that they would have been quite that similar.

Also, Rose and Scorpius became friends very quickly, and I’d have liked to see a little more development there. Would she really have trusted him completely that fast? Would he have? Perhaps. It doesn’t matter, as long as the author sells me on it. And I wasn’t completely sold.

The story could use some editing as well. I’d love to see it cleaned up a little in terms of grammar and punctuation. Have I mentioned how much help a good beta can be? Only a few times… :)

AGH I WISH I DID! I totally have been looking for more fics like that, but haven’t really found any that have written it well. Most fics I’ve read that have Harry going back to the Dursleys later on are about Dudley and Harry’s relationship.

If any of my followers read this and know of any fics like that, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM!!

They're a bit rough, but I found some!He makes me so sad. :cI love the house elves, and I love how Hermione helps them in the books.<3