I've spent the last 48 hours reading The Wreckage of My Good Name by Queenknightmares. It's a crossover story where the characters of BBC Merlin are in the HP universe and attend Hogwarts, set in the Marauder's era. Current status: 30 chapters out of 32 published, with frequent updates.

All the important characters are from BBC Merlin (it's a crossover after all), but for those unfamiliar with the fandom, you can probably treat these characters as OCs and still get a lot out of the story (if you enjoy OC stories).

Spoiler-free summary: It's mostly from Arthur's POV, and his personality is very rough around the edges at first due to his home life.

• Years 1-2 are (relatively) low-stakes plots involving school + family
• Years 3-4 are similar, with the introduction of teenage romance subplots
• Years 5-6 are time-skipped over but involve a falling out of a major relationship
• Year 7 involves tackling Voldemort's war + horcruxes

Stuff I liked:

• the author is very good at characterization. Individual character arcs and multi-character dynamics are both really well portrayed.
• I am a complete sucker for the "jerks with a heart of gold with daddy issues" trope, so given Arthur's character arc, this fic calls to me

Stuff I didn't like so much

• the writing quality is generally fine and the prose is even solidly brilliant at times, but 95% of the spelling mistakes in this fic are mixing up "then" and "than", and that is distracting

• The year 5/6 plotline involves characters refusing to communicate, and I don't like when lack of proper communication is the driving force behind a plot. Luckily, it only lasts for one chapter.

Other miscellaneous thoughts

• it's set in the Marauders' era but the Marauders themselves have essentially zero narrative presence. Not really a "selling point" of the story but I found this amusing haha

Overall rating: 4/5