## [FF][DC][RT?] The Two-Body Problem

* Author: u/ToaKraka  *https://i.imgur.com/OQGHleQ.png**
* URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11085189
* Score: 5

* Created: 2015-07-13T01:12:02

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/jalapeno_dude** [+4]  (20 hours later)
> 
> Not sure I'd consider this rational, but I followed it as it was being written and enjoyed it. People on this sub might also enjoy [Hit the Ground Running](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9408516/1/Hit-The-Ground-Running), by the same author.

> **u/ToaKraka** [+2]  *https://i.imgur.com/OQGHleQ.png* (5 seconds later)
> 
> tl;dr: Ginny gives the Diary Horcrux to Hermione instead of trying to throw it away. Hermione does her best to penetrate the Diary's mysteries. 27k words, complete.
> 
> I was thinking that this story was at least a *little* rational(ist). Hermione does a *lot* of research in the library in order to check what the diary tells her, and she consistently engages in intellectual discussion with it--including some stuff on the classification of spells as "dark". She also explicitly calls out the Hogwarts staff and the Ministry for incompetence.

>> **u/Transfuturist** [+4]  *Carthago delenda est.* (4 hours later)
>> 
>> > She also explicitly calls out the Hogwarts staff and the Ministry for incompetence.
>> 
>> So, another fan mouthpiece, then.

>>> **u/rdalex** [+0]  (7 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Well, that's the whole point of fanfiction in the first place.  Some are longer than others, and so have the space to develop their fundamental points; it's just that this one is only 27Kwords.
>>> 
>>> Haven't read it yet; will have to see if it uses those 27K well enough.

>>>> **u/ancientcampus** [+3]  *juggling kittens* (14 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> True, but, er, calling the ministry out on its incompetence is kinda done-to-death at this point. Still no less true, but there it is.
>>>> 
>>>> (I'll give the fic itself a whirl later. Thanks for posting!)

>>>>> **u/rdalex** [+3]  (15 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> > True, but, er, calling the ministry out on its incompetence is kinda done-to-death at this point. Still no less true, but there it is.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Agreed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note that as nerdguy1138 said, you can't really even *use* the Ministry in a story without calling out its incompetence. That would be like using Superman without pointing out that he wears his underwear on the outside. The subject will *always* come up because it's *right in your face I mean come on what is that I don't even*.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, sometime I feel like binge-reading Ministry-bashing.  It's like Kuno-bashing; sure the horse has been dead for two decades, but it just feels SO good.

>>> **u/nerdguy1138** [+0]  *GNU Terry Pratchett* (12 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Seriously, in canon these peole ae almost universal idiots. Coming to a head with, if you're training a weapon, TELL HIM ABOUT IT!!!

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