Backwards Compatible
A Day in the Life
By Ruskbyte
Reviews
Padfoot posted a comment on Friday 25th November 2011 11:10am for A Day in the Life
Ok, when I first read through this story I was pleased. There was a reluctant yet super!Harry. Having him struggle with his guilt and obsession over Hermione was a great plot point. I also loved reading about Technomancy.
Some things I didn't like: Ron. A thousand times Ron. I'm severely surprised that Harry still puts up with him given that in every conversation he has to scream his head off. And can't even keep up with basic points having to be explained and getting mad when they finally are. And while I loved Hermione in this, it seems like she's way to worrisome and 'poor baby Harry' all the time. You even make it dialogue that Hermione says 'Oh Harry' too much. My reaction was 'if I have to hear her say 'Oh Harry' one more time i'm gonna break something'. Obviously Harry had more tact.
And if this story isn't going to be continued please take down the In Progress tag and let us know that you aren't going to update it, a few years is enough after all
Mionefan posted a comment on Tuesday 31st May 2011 11:43pm for A Day in the Life
Hoping to see an update soon. The story is good with a few spelling errors that I can easily read past. I'm always surprised that Dumbledore hasn't figured that Harry is accessing future memories or else is a time traveller. BTW, the death of Lucius was particularly satisfying. I am surprised that Dumbledore hadn't used Legilimency on Draco (or that Snape didn't).
Since the guardian drones act so fast, I'm rather surprised that it didn't protect Hermione when Draco threw the portkey at her. You've already shown that it's fast enough to block the spells that the teachers threw at Harry, plus Hermione was already on alert. Yes, I know, you had to have Hermione abducted, but this was the lest plausible way to have it happen.
All in all, a most excellent story; I hope you finish it.
Mionefan posted a comment on Monday 25th April 2011 7:42pm for A Day in the Life
The story has been excellent so far. I think you missed one thing Harry was going to do: Colin and the picture he submitted to the Prophet. Admittedly it's a minor point since you've kept rather good track of all the other subplots. I'd like to see the Luna Ginny relationship advance a bit more, in that Ginny actually realizes what Luna's up to. (Personally, I'd rather see Luna interested in Neville, but that's just me).
You've managed to nicely marginalize Ron (and rather humorously as well), and kept Ginny away from Harry (odd). Looking forward to the completion of this story that looks like it could go quite a few chapters yet.
Zucht posted a comment on Wednesday 13th April 2011 12:16am for A Day in the Life
Excellent story! I hope you resume writing the rest of tyhe story soon.
thaumologist posted a comment on Friday 18th March 2011 3:36am for A Day in the Life
Well that's an awful place to leave it...
Loving the fic, humour is good, well paced, and doesn't delve too deeply. you keep a lot of things hidden from the reader, which I normally find slightly annoying, but as you haven't finished this, I find they annoy me more than slightly.
DFTBA
C
Robin Westerly posted a comment on Monday 14th March 2011 11:21pm for A Day in the Life
Please, Pleas, Please finish it?
It is brilliant!
Zevi posted a comment on Thursday 10th February 2011 1:17am for A Day in the Life
This story kept me up until 3am last night. :) I like the plot, the character development, and overall idea.
It looks abandoned, but I hope you'll finish it some day. (Or at least post how you were planning on finishing it.)
hercules1991 posted a comment on Sunday 28th November 2010 7:19pm for A Day in the Life
Will you be completing this story? I absolutely love it.
avidreaderbz posted a comment on Tuesday 28th September 2010 1:52am for A Day in the Life
Fasnatstic! But, gosh I was hoping for more, i thought it was a complete deal :(
bz x
Snag posted a comment on Saturday 31st July 2010 6:12am for A Day in the Life
I do hope you find the inspiration to continue this one day. This was a truly lovely read.
goku90504 posted a comment on Friday 23rd April 2010 6:36pm for A Day in the Life
Damn good story keep it up!!!!
Lerris Smith posted a comment on Sunday 3rd January 2010 11:18am for A Day in the Life
I read this some time ago, and it is still a quite good story although a few bits seemed out of place. I suppose the first one was that Harry did not try to hide his new abilities much, when doing so would have likely been advantageous. Oh, I'm not saying he should have kept them from his friends, but, certainly the way he arrived in Hogwarts was less than helpful and seemed not to be the result of a summer of planning an contemplation. Additionally, somewhere in the story you have him with a 40 watt plasma rifle that does insane damage. Forty watts is more or less what a refrigerator light bulb uses. I would suggest upping that to at least four thousand, which would be comparable to three electric heaters. Finally, I can't see introducing tribbles as being a good thing since it brings in a crossover for no good reason, although you could have probably done something that in some way reminded people of tribbles. Maybe there is animal that feeds on ambient magic or such...
Again, this is a quite good story. I hope you eventually get a chance to finish it.
Gaurav posted a comment on Thursday 31st December 2009 10:20am for A Day in the Life
hi mate
just wanted to know the status of this story
abandoned/hiatus/permanent hiatus/WIP/SLOW WIP
thanks
fx posted a comment on Sunday 15th November 2009 12:34pm for A Day in the Life
What if with the technomancy know how that Harry now posses, he could plant mini-bombs that can be triggered remotely inside Draco and Snape? That should make both of them behave more interestingly
James Hebrard posted a comment on Saturday 11th July 2009 6:39am for A Day in the Life
See, it would have been good if you had continued with this. and i really hope that you do because leaving it unfinished is just unethical.
scribbler posted a comment on Wednesday 22nd April 2009 4:17pm for A Day in the Life
REALLY, really wish you'd continue this story. It's so frustrating to get to this point and then come to a dead, cold stop. You've done such a nice job with it...and then you've let it die. It's so not fun.
Please? finish this?
THanks,
Edmond
Kiritsu posted a comment on Tuesday 21st April 2009 7:00pm for A Day in the Life
Tribbles at Hogwarts...*snickers*
This idea...it causes much Crack.
The main two being
1. Ron going Gandalf on them
2. Dumbledore and the Gryffindors doing an accidental re-enactment of part of the Exodus.
Now I have to write them...the Crack!bunnies won't go away until I do.
Lerris Smith posted a comment on Monday 20th April 2009 2:35am for A Day in the Life
Very good overall. The reference to Mr. Green Turtle reminded me of Kodachi's crocodile in Ranma 1/2, but that is obscure enough not to be overly distracting. The reference to tribbles was a bit distracting. I would have at least come up with another name, and then had someone remark on how they are kind of like tribbles. At some point you referenced "40-watt phased plasma rifle". Forty watts is along the lines of your refrigerators light bulb. I would remove recommend just dropping the "40-watt" part.
Now, onto the plot itself. You have an all powerful being (or similar) helping thing out. While not bad persay, it can weaken the story, but so far so good. It appears you are balancing things a little by Voldemorts new interests.
I think the most amusing part is Luna and her attraction to Ginny. For some reason I thought she was interested in Ron for a time, but Ginny does make more sense in hindsight.
Thanks for writing this. I look forward to updates.
Anansii posted a comment on Friday 27th March 2009 9:16pm for A Day in the Life
Just finished rereading this again... For the vision of Hogwarts Castle filled with tribbles alone this thing holds fond memories, even if you still haven't continued it. Because you can't decide if you want to be serious or humorous, perhaps? Whatever it is, I hope you get past it soon, if only because I'd really like to know what Harry's up to with the "metal wand".
BTW, what got into Harry that he completely ignores the implications of stealing stuff wholesale from the military, even though it IS for the same mission they have it for, namely saving the country? Or is this to balance the swimmingpool full of angst he gets dropped into routinely in some other stories? :)
Trixtor posted a comment on Monday 20th January 2014 7:07am for A Day in the Life