Subject: Ooh, this is interesting.
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Posted on: 2013-07-28 19:25:00 UTC

I think this author actually shows a lot of promise. Aside from the obviously silly things—the name, having a prophecy about her, being a metamorphmagus on top of being a parselmouth (which actually makes sense if Voldemort is her father), liking bands and TV shows that don't exist yet, etc.—I think the setup makes enough sense to work as an AU and doesn't throw Voldemort too OOC, and the actual behavior of Cyretnizzy and Meagan strikes me as believable for their situation.

The biggest problem I'm seeing is that we're being instructed to think that Cyret's mom is bad for not loving her and that Cyret is pure good, despite having hateful (but understandable!) feelings of wanting to hurt the mother who's been hurting her by withholding affection her whole life. Take out the silliness and the narrative force-feeding us what to think from the get-go, and there could really be a story here, with the theme of choice that's so important to the Potterverse. Will Cyret overcome her heritage and poor upbringing and choose forgiveness over bitterness and hate, or will her mother's fears be the real prophecy that comes true? That, my friends, is an interesting character dilemma.

Also, and perhaps most importantly, it looks like the author is open to concrit. Let's give her some, yes?

~Neshomeh

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