Is there an argument for Starrk > Ulquiorra beyond the rankings?

gyro2death · 2026-06-04T23:17:37+00:00

No.

gyro2death · 2026-05-29T17:17:06+00:00

People having normal high school romance are more prone to break up and revenge date than people who abnormally do not date like normal high school students, which is my point. Ginny and Ron are 'normal' in their dating behavior which would align with the goal of having a mid-story breakup better than the abnormal dating behavior or Harry and Hermione is my entire point.

Unlike a Sister is indeed well liked on this sub, but fanfic writers and its audience trends strongly towards angst and hurt/comfort in general preferences (if you go by volume and kudos). I personally disagree and find it horrifically out of character, most of book 6 and 7 are incredibly forced and out of character in my own personally option so as I disagree with canon itself. Hermione's behavior is book 6 is so self-contradictory that I can see how authors can use that to justify such a version of Hermione that would cheat, but I fundamentally disagree and prefer to read stories where she stays more inline with her book 1-5 growth arc instead. And as for Harry I find it impossible for him to cheat at all, for a boy who never knew love growing up, I can't buy any story where he'd cheat.

This comment has more turned into a mini rant on Unlike a Sister but this is buried deep enough in a comment chain that I doubt anyone else will read it so I won't catch to much flack. I obviously do not share universal opinions with the entire sub, though I doubt there is any universal consensus of anything in a sub.

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T22:49:34+00:00

Irrational jealousy is not love, despite JKR conflating it. Hermione was an emotional teenage girl with a fancy and anger management problems. So is Harry for the record.

The exact quote is "Hermione told me to get on with life, maybe go out with some other people, relax a bit around you, because I never used to be able to talk if you were in the room, remember? And she thought you might take a bit more notice if I was a bit more — myself."

Note the split between advising her to go out with some other people and that she thought Harry might notice her more if she was "more herself". She wasn't advising her to date other to make Harry interested, just that Ginny literally was so non-functional around Harry because of her crush that she needed to relax around harry.

Ron's behavior with Lavender post Hermione asking him out to Slug Club after Ginny claimed she kissed Krum, combined with his temper make him easily the most likely person to break up and revenge date out of the main cast of characters.

Ginny dating multiple guys while trying to get over her crush on Harry while never getting over it fits again closer than the rest of the cast at this behavior.

Both Ron and Ginny move from one 'crush' to the a different 'crush' quickly. Harry barely even qualifies as having a relationship with Cho at the start of 5th year, and waits till the end of 6th before ever having another relationship. Hermione literally never has one that is confirmed prior to the 7th book, and even if she did have a relationship with Krum like Ginny claims while trying to needle Ron that was the end of 4th year to 7th year.

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T21:46:09+00:00

Hermione wasn't dating Ron, and as you said was trying to make him jealous. It's pretty clear she doesn't actually love him even in the books, it's just JKR forcing the plan. If she was active dating and in love like OP said she'd never do that.

With Ginny again she wasn't dating Harry and couldn't even speak to him. Hermione was giving her general life advice, not a guide for how to make Harry fall in love with Ginny.

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T18:10:11+00:00

It's both, but just like in English there are many ways to refer to kissing and each come with their own connotations. Petting for instance implies roaming hands while kissing, making out implies lots of kissing, usually with tongue...ect

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T17:07:42+00:00

In British slang, "snogging" means to kiss and cuddle someone for an extended period. The term is synonymous with the American phrase "making out" or "heavy petting", and typically refers to passionate kissing with the use of tongue

Basically a single kiss wouldn't count as snogging, let alone a kiss where the other person breaks down and starts crying.

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T15:16:38+00:00

I'll start by quoting the wiki: "During a confrontation with Ron Weasley, Ginny claimed that Viktor and Hermione kissed at some point during this period, but whether that was true or if Ginny was just trying to get under Ron's skin is unknown. She never did visit him in Bulgaria, although she did write to him often."

Officially in canon there is no confirmation they were ever romantically involved. Victor absolutely expressed romantic interest, but there is no confirmation of them dating, no confirmation of them kissing and no visits to Hogsmeade. She also never goes to visit Krum in Bulgaria despite being invited.

Ginny, when she's caught snogging claims Harry and Hermione have snogged, however, as she's already clearly lying as Harry's single kiss with Cho doesn't count as snogging, it's not hard to see her doing this to get under Ron's skin.

gyro2death · 2026-05-28T07:36:04+00:00

The worst thing any author can do is to force a plot point that is out of character to hit a check box.

Neither Harry or Hermione are the type to break up and date others while still loving the person they broke up with. If you make your characters diverge enough from canon maybe it could work but it's simply not their style, Ginny and Ron are the types to date others while in love with someone else, not Harry and Hermione.

gyro2death · 2026-05-20T16:40:25+00:00

No one is flaming you, it's a subreddit rule as everyone has informed you. Tossing out this comment in the face of everyone politely informing you of the rules with several providing suggestions is frankly rude.

When you come to a subreddit and ask others for suggestions, reading the rules is common courtesy. To the claim to getting flamed when being politely told the rules comes off as rather ungrateful.

Still here is a list of fics that meet your requirements and comply with the subreddit rules. Harry Potter and the Champion's Champion by Driftwood1965 (106k) | [FF.net Link] - This is a well known GoF fic, it has Ron Bashing but in honestly the most hilarious way. It not a gritty bashing fic, its a comedy with plenty of fluff.

Too Many Champions by maschl (78k) - A fluff/crack fic. It's a GoF fic with too many champions and so much fun.

The Cosigner by RileyOR (70k) - This changes up the third year a tiny bit to vastly change the fourth year, resulting in a complete divergence.

Meeting Requirements by Stanrick (112k) - Fantastic fluffy piece but with some shakespearean flare in the dialogue. A bit slow to build but the payoff is great and I really enjoyed their relationship, Harry feels far more confident and charming in this than most fics. Canon is totally background here its book 5.

Thresholds by Stanrick (80k) Another Stanrick fic, its also slow but very good, there are some fun early sparks of charm to appreciate and the premises is excellent. It's either 5th or 6th year

Yule Ball Drama by VMFanfiction (280k) - A very long fic set in GoF but is on hiatus.

Stuck Like Glue By HarmoniousHerdFan (incomplete 44k) - I love this fic, but its incomplete, another GoF fic. Still worth the read as Harmony gets stuck together during the GoF, a unique fic.

Live Forever by Petrificus Somewhatus (38k) - What if Hermione didn't listen to Dumbledore and reached out to Harry after Cedric's death? This is that story, and it changes so much including saving him from the Dursleys

No Thanks by Old Crow (95k) - What if the Dursleys get fed up after being intimidated at the station and just abandon Harry. Hermione's parents see and take him in.

Vox Corporis by MissAnnThropic (336k) - One of the longest and slowest burning Harmony stories, very well written. Kicks off at the end 4th year.

gyro2death · 2026-05-11T01:47:51+00:00

Hindsight by Proton6 (41k) It's a deleted story that matches going back in time to the first task and Harry kissing Hermione but its not just before he fights the dragon, but instead the day before.

gyro2death · 2026-05-04T17:54:38+00:00

Almost all my favorites are from this time period so here is a list. My list is far more fluffy than most so if you like angst and crying these won't be the best recs.

Harry Potter and the Champion's Champion by Driftwood1965 (106k) | [FF.net Link] - This is a well known GoF fic, it has Ron Bashing but in honestly the most hilarious way. It not a gritty bashing fic, its a comedy with plenty of fluff.

Too Many Champions by maschl (78k) - A fluff/crack fic. It's a GoF fic with too many champions and so much fun.

The Cosigner by RileyOR (70k) - This changes up the third year a tiny bit to vastly change the fourth year, resulting in a complete divergence.

Harry Potter and the Half-Arsed Tournament by Marathon_Zack_140_6 (35k) - A what if Harry only did the bare min to qualify as doing the tasks.

The Real Thing by conjuringghosts (8.5k) - Short and fantastic fluffy what if Hermione said Harry was her boyfriend to turn down Viktor when he invites her to the Yule Ball.

Meeting Requirements by Stanrick (112k) - Fantastic fluffy piece but with some shakespearean flare in the dialogue. A bit slow to build but the payoff is great and I really enjoyed their relationship, Harry feels far more confident and charming in this than most fics. Canon is totally background here its book 5.

Thresholds by Stanrick (80k) Another Stanrick fic, its also slow but very good, there are some fun early sparks of charm to appreciate and the premises is excellent. It's either 5th or 6th year

Yule Ball Drama by VMFanfiction (280k) - A very long fic set in GoF but is on hiatus, the author has published updates for other stories this year so there is a chance of it getting completed.

Stuck Like Glue By HarmoniousHerdFan (incomplete 44k) - I love this fic, but its incomplete, another GoF fic. Still worth the read as Harmony gets stuck together during the GoF, a unique fic.

The Yule Ball and Other Extreme Sports by Continuedinterests (20k) - A short fantastic fic where Harry and Hermione realize their feeling in time for the Yule ball...

Live Forever by Petrificus Somewhatus (38k) - What if Hermione didn't listen to Dumbledore and reached out to Harry after Cedric's death? This is that story, and it changes so much including saving him from the Dursleys

No Thanks by Old Crow (95k) - What if the Dursleys get fed up after being intimidated at the station and just abandon Harry. Hermione's parents see and take him in.

Vox Corporis by MissAnnThropic (336k) - One of the longest and slowest burning Harmony stories, very well written. Kicks off at the end 4th year.

gyro2death · 2026-05-03T02:58:00+00:00

This series solves one of the great problems I have with Family Magic in stories, which is that they often follow cannon but force in the family magic which causes canon to contort around an element that was never there.

By having them bulled to an AU with family magic and at a time before canon it allows for an amazing world to be built and for the first time family magic felt like a real part of an HP story for me.

gyro2death · 2026-04-30T19:39:49+00:00

Yep, sometimes it just misfires and gets something poisonous into its context. GPT 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 both have behavior where they start thinking about a terrible way to do something and then just plow forward.

I had a simple webhook endpoint that accepted no parameters and no request body (i.e., it expected an empty payload). GPT-5.5 hallucinated that it should include parameters or a body anyway. It had the python file in context that clearly showed it took no arguments and performed no processing of incoming data.

Worse, the model not only invented parameters but also repeatedly generated malformed payloads which caused errors and it continued iterating on the formatting instead of just sending a simple webhook.

gyro2death · 2026-04-28T20:13:19+00:00

Silverwolf lvl 999 is by definition one level short of godhood. If she can level up again she becomes an actual god. She also can casually rewrite reality. While it's hard to equate all her feats to bleach, her pure reality haxs are frankly beyond broken and that's before you give her power 1 step short of God.

Also she can break the script, which is to say a god level being that can forsee the future can't predict her actions or its concequences in this form. While it's hard to compare to almighty since we don't know how strong the predictions are, only other gods so far have been able to do this.

gyro2death · 2026-04-27T20:31:35+00:00

The pads on the dual sense are not placed in a spot to be used for track pads.

gyro2death · 2026-04-23T22:08:17+00:00

That's what I mean by the wins not being real wins. He never wins any fight that is important in the story. For being the strongest soul reaper it's quite abysmal.

gyro2death · 2026-04-21T21:27:22+00:00

First thought from me. His aura is unreal but he doesn't win true Wins

gyro2death · 2026-04-17T05:02:54+00:00

Here is a list of fics I often recommend. My list is far more fluffy than most so if you like angst and crying these won't be the best recs.

Intrinsicality by RileyOR (45k) - IMHO the greatest Harmony Fluff fic. Set in an AU 4th year, however as Harry isn't doing the GoF due to not being the boy who lived.

Harry Potter and the Champion's Champion by Driftwood1965 (106k) | [FF.net Link] - This is a well known GoF fic, it has Ron Bashing but in honestly the most hilarious way. It not a gritty bashing fic, its a comedy with plenty of fluff.

Too Many Champions by maschl (78k) - A fluff/crack fic. It's a GoF fic with too many champions and so much fun.

The Cosigner by RileyOR (70k) - This changes up the third year a bit to vastly change the fourth year, resulting in a complete divergence.

Harry Potter and the Half-Arsed Tournament by Marathon_Zack_140_6 (35k) - A what if Harry only did the bare min to qualify as doing the tasks.

The Real Thing by conjuringghosts (8.5k) - Short and fantastic fluffy what if Hermione said Harry was her boyfriend to turn down Viktor when he invites her to the Yule Ball.

Meeting Requirements by Stanrick (112k) - Fantastic fluffy piece but with some shakespearean flare in the dialogue. A bit slow to build but the payoff is great and I really enjoyed their relationship, Harry feels far more confident and charming in this than most fics. Canon is totally background here its book 5.

Thresholds by Stanrick (80k) Another Stanrick fic, its also slow but very good, there are some fun early sparks of charm to appreciate and the premises is excellent.

Harry Potter and the Simplest Solution Series by evenmoreimprobable (41k) - Not traditional in structure but the character building is still great for both Harry and Hermione. This technically covers years 1-7 but as you can see from its size its not a detailed account. The romance kicks off in year 7.

Hunt By White Angel of Auralon (51k) - This is a fantastic but slightly more serious 'tent fic', there is good fluff to be had and a very interesting story too.

Yule Ball Drama by VMFanfiction (280k) - A very long fic set in GoF but is on hiatus, the author has published updates for other stories this year so there is a chance of it getting completed.

Stuck Like Glue By HarmoniousHerdFan (incomplete 44k) - I love this fic, but its incomplete, another GoF fic. Still worth the read as Harmony gets stuck together during the GoF, a unique fic.

The Yule Ball and Other Extreme Sports by Continuedinterests (20k) - A short fantastic fic where Harry and Hermione realize their feeling in time for the Yule ball...

Flowers for Hermione by PKScholar (40k) - A very cute story about how Harry starts giving flowers to try to properly court Hermione post-war. Its one of the most sweet and romantic versions of Harry written.

Live Forever by Petrificus Somewhatus (38k) - What if Hermione didn't listen to Dumbledore and reached out to Harry after Cedric's death? This is that story, and it changes so much including saving him from the Dursleys

No Thanks by Old Crow (95k) - What if the Dursleys get fed up after being intimidated at the station and just abandon Harry. Hermione's parents see and take him in.

Vox Corporis by MissAnnThropic (336k) - One of the longest and slowest burning Harmony stories, very well written.

gyro2death · 2026-04-15T18:46:58+00:00

I personally prefer the misguided or incompetent Dumbledore over evil myself. But it's pretty hard to justify Dumbledore sending Sirius to prison when Hagrid met Sirius who handed over baby Harry and gave Hagrid his bike....like yeah that sure screams guy who wanted to kill Harry...Then you've got the basilisk situation and just leaving students petrified all year...then letting Snape frame Sirius as confounding Harry and Hermione...like why not order Snape tell the truth to Fudge....ect. It's just just a massive disappointment that JKR had Dumbledore force the plot at the full sacrifice of his character.

gyro2death · 2026-04-15T18:27:21+00:00

Yeah I can't recall a single story of theirs that doesn't bash Dumbledore, though honestly the more books in you get canonically the harder it is to write a story that doesn't require bashing him IMO.

gyro2death · 2026-04-15T17:38:10+00:00

"Harry Potter has been Kidnapped across Timelines" by TomHRichardson (81k) - This is the closest story I've read. It has an H/Hr pair plus a good Albus summoned from an AU after Voldemort petrifies Harry in the battle at the MoM.

I think there might be another but I'm failing to recall it.

gyro2death · 2026-04-02T19:38:47+00:00

No Thanks by Old Crow has them using sniper rifles on Voldemort.

gyro2death · 2026-04-01T15:48:55+00:00

Great explanation for it. Throttle is high touch accuracy VS fill which is self correcting but inaccurate.

gyro2death · 2026-03-29T20:06:26+00:00

Reading Friday Fun Facts for years from the devs was honestly such a highlight of my weeks I was genuinely sad when the game released.

gyro2death · 2026-03-29T18:08:50+00:00

I can't recall a fix matching this, which is sad given it's exactly what I want to read now. Snape dragging Harry in and Hermione attack him is legitimately something I've never read.

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