Harry Potter and the Paradigm Shift
By Kinsfire
Wow this is a really good Honks story so far its on the same caliber as The Summer of Change
Attempted to read. Not terrible but not my cuppa. Does not engage.
He he, lucky Harry! Tonks is quite a tease, I'm surprised Amelia went along with it so easily,
Good start
Nice job standing up to that big load of Vernon
i can just see tonks prancing up and down singing "salah gaduna, menchah gabuna, bibbety bobbety boo"!!!
Yay, this story is going to be so much fun
it looks like a great story
why do you potray harry as a wimp everywhere? It gets annoying.
i like the story far. i'm so used to the by the book harry and company that its a little weird for me to be reading anything with harry and tonks romantically. hopefully more than just tonks since this is a "harem" fic as im told. thanks for the chapter and keep 'em coming.
"Seeking for the other team" was such a great euphemism.
I have said it many times before, older women know how to work it!
To the earlier reviewers: This story takes place immediately after the end of Order of the Phoenix, and is hence AU (as it does not take Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/Potions Master (or
as I think of it, Half-Baked Plot)into account), and thus immediately after Sirius' death and the Battle of the Ministry. As far as what Harry did to Vernon: if Harry had been alone in the room,
*and* if the comments had been merely aimed at him, Harry might have done nothing. His reaction was different because:
1. Tonks was in the room. (Harry *does* fancy Tonks, even if he absolutely refuses to admit it to anybody, especially himself).
2. The comments were aimed at Tonks. (Even if he DIDN'T fancy Tonks, Harry does not let his friends be insulted willy-nilly. Think of the trouble he's gotten into defending Ron, Hermione, et. alia,
from Draco and Company just at Hogwarts.)
3. Harry had reached the *breaking point* with Vernon anyway. You can push a person so far before it comes back and bites you, and it came back and bit Vernon rather hard. And it could easily have
been worse.
I've always liked Honks stories ever since I ran across my first one. Most include Harry as a metamorphmagus and I find that kind of nice as well. Your opening seems fairly original and I am looking forward to 'the rest of the story'. (Quote from a radio announcer from my youth and yes, I was young once despite what anyone else tells you.)
“Let’s also not forget that he’s going through the grief of losing one of the best friends he’s had since he was eleven years old.
Who died?
I would say the lad just isn't depressed enough, but after HBP, he may be too depressed. Harry, however, is a bit OOC with the swearing and beating up his Uncle. Just not Harry. CapLock!Harry yes, Terminator!Harry no.
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did hermione and ron die already or something.
I read this originally on kinsfire.com/kinsfire.net back when it was Unnamed Story, but I am posting a new review of Chapter 1:
Tonks goes to her immediate superior (Kingsley) and ultimate boss (Amelia) for approval to room with Harry. Both know what the Real Deal is (that Tonks has it bad for Harry); however (this is
critical), both approve her request. After picking up her supplies, Tonks goes to Number Four Privet Drive and joins Harry, and the two of them are promptly accosted by Vernon, who gets kneed in the
groin, and then verbally smacked down by a rather upset Harry (over Vernon's comments about Tonks).
Why were Amelia's and Shack's reactions critical? It basically absolves Tonks of possibly being charged with *contributing to the deliquency of a minor* or *statutory rape*. If they want to prosecute
Tonks, they have to get Amelia first.
