Perversion of Purity Chapter 69 (Book 3 Finale)
Added 2022-06-17 20:12:43 +0000 UTCThis stage of the journey is finally over — here is PoP book 3’s finale!
I’ll probably run a poll for this on Discord, but do you guys want updates when I finish revising each chapter, or maybe each chunk of chapters? I won’t just be tweaking prose; plenty will see full-length scenes added. Let me know in the comments or on Discord.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the support on book 3. It has been incredible and I can only hope it continues for book 4 — probably the year I’m most excited for.
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ACI100
2023-07-14 02:37:29 +0000 UTCPasswords that don’t work real classy
Frank B
2023-07-14 01:51:08 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of answers that apply here, but I’ll give a few: 1 - Sirius did not send a letter because it could very easily be tracked back to him and see him back in Azkaban. 2 - Sirius did not attempt to contact Dumbledore because there was no good way of doing so. I have already explained letters, but sneaking close in his Animagus form would not have worked, either. Dumbledore would have sensed the magic used and Sirius would be detained before he could ever share anything valuable about Scabbers, and he knows it. 3 - Sirius DID NOT WANT to tell any of them about Peter because they would have either laughed him off, or sent Peter to Azkaban. The first would have backfired on Sirius horrifically and the second is not what he wanted — he wanted to kill Peter personally once he realized he was free. That being said, the biggest reason is: 4 - Sirius’s primary objective was not to kill Scabbers. It was to warn Harry about the Malfoys and the others who he believes are manipulating him. Notice how Sirius did try talking any time the two of them got close and all his spells in each confrontation were fired in hopes of detaining Harry long enough to talk. Discovering Peter was actually a happy accident and did not come from the Daily Prophet. The paper article he saw in this story that triggered his breakout was the Prophet featuring Harry and Lucius on the front page with Lockhart. Sirius just didn’t see it until many months later because Fudge does not often visit the island. 5 - As demonstrated throughout the year, Sirius was not exactly of sound mind. He has also just spent over a decade in prison for a crime he never committed. That didn’t exactly made him confident in society’s systems or inspire any faith that he would be listened to. There are other reasons, too, but I think you get the idea. It’s not nearly as simple as telling someone about Scabbers.
ACI100
2023-01-30 08:25:24 +0000 UTCWhy the heck didnt sirius try to tell harry that scabbers was the traitor? Try to send a letter? Try to communicate with dumbledore? Feels like a forced outcome from an intelligent MC
HenryMorgan
2023-01-28 12:42:09 +0000 UTCI can understand and very much do prefer the method of trying to write a more complex villain rather than just your standard fanfic tropes villain. As such I get why you dive so deep into Grindelwald as by showing his reasoning it gives deeper understanding of why he is the way he is. And for the most part is say you're doing a ok job of it, it just that at times it can read as if you're trying to sympathize him,which I get as the line between the two can be quite thin. I don't think I read the revisions,so I'll take a look. It just seems like the killing of Sirius was one of those things where the author has a plan for a character ending that makes some sense ,but it feels ,at least in my opinion, a waste of a more fulfilling route of action. Though there is much left to be seen since Peter is still around though based of just these last 70 chapter I'm pretty sure I can guess how it'll turn out.
jaylen
2022-10-05 20:48:47 +0000 UTCYou’ve misread things a bit. It’s not at all about Harry’s parents. He actually feels quite detached regarding them. I’ve made this more clear in the revisions, so if you read the original drafts, maybe the revisions would help clear it up, but I’ll give you a TLDR here: It’s the betrayal that matters to Harry, not the act. In his mind, Voldemort killed his parents because of a prophecy that risked his life. It was kill or be killed. The difference here is that he believes Sirius betrayed his parents to follow his own wishes, and that he has no respect for. Year 2 soured him on treachery — between Draco, Daphne, the Malfoys in general — so that is a massive trigger for him. Combine that with the fact that treachery landed him on Privet Drive, and you have a recipe for disaster. Harry WILL NOT handle betrayal well in this fic. I should also point out that my goal is not at all to sympathize Grindelwald. My goal is to show that there are usually reasons awful people do awful things. I think that, as a writer, it is my job to portray psychology in a way that is accurate and tasteful. So many fics just have the antagonists walking around and killing people without any justification, or the authors indulge in what could best be described as torture porn. Their reasoning is usually “Well this character is a psychopath” and they leave it off at that. Aside from being psychologically inaccurate, I consider that very distasteful and think it’s kind of disgusting. Grindelwald is an awful person. There really isn’t any way you can argue otherwise. Wizarding Hitler is a very apt descriptor. The important thing is that events happened that, in his mind, justified his actions. Did they actually justify them? Not at all, but he thinks so and that makes him human, not some caricature that disrespects psychology or those struggling with mental illness. Harry is largely the same thing. His logic is traceable and understandable. There are reasons he makes the decisions he does. Again, are they right? No, of course not, but he thinks so. He’s not just going to be evil for the sake of being evil. Caricatures do nothing but paint demographics in sickening lights and it is not something I will do here.
ACI100
2022-10-05 20:31:20 +0000 UTCI truly don't understand why he was so hell bent on killing Sirius when he's quite literally taking life advice not only from the person who actually killed his parents,but also from wizard Hitler no matter how you try to sympathize him. If his dead parents were really that big of a hang up I don't see how he could even associate with the fringes of the movement that got them killed let alone the main culprits.
jaylen
2022-10-05 20:18:08 +0000 UTCGreat story so far! Can't wait for book 4 to start!
MASTERCHEIF1229 .
2022-09-07 20:07:19 +0000 UTCI wouldn’t exactly say edgy is a good word. Harry has things that make him legitimately happy and I don’t think I’ve twisted outcomes. I have just objectively looked at it each event and went “What is the most realistic way a twelve-year-old would get through this?” And, despite what many authors would have you believe, that usually isn’t a positive outcome. I view that as being closer to reality than any narrative convenience.
ACI100
2022-07-08 04:42:34 +0000 UTCI’m enjoying this but it does seem a bit of an edge fest in the sense that there’s literally nothing positive in Harry’s life. It’s like you’ve taken every choice and chosen the most painful/worse one for him. I was really hoping Sirius would be that stabilising influence but it seems like you’re pushing for a really dark Harry in the sense that he has no light, no joy or real companionship.
Bellerophon
2022-07-07 18:07:19 +0000 UTCI love it. I’m really looking forward to book 4
Iñaki Sañudo
2022-07-02 17:48:24 +0000 UTCI’m also glad you predicted Harry killing Sirius — it was intentionally telegraphed for most of the year and I was a bit taken aback how surprised some people seemed. I feel like I sort of promised that outcome long ago.
ACI100
2022-06-22 01:36:16 +0000 UTCThere are some post-revision scenes that will make this clear, but that whole saga of him and Crookshanks happened the same way it did in canon. Keep an eye out for him in book 4 :)
ACI100
2022-06-22 01:34:18 +0000 UTCBook 3 was pretty good. I was almost positive from the start that you were going to have Harry kill Sirius but I had no idea (and still have no clue) how you were going to handle Peter.
Agent Frank
2022-06-22 01:31:57 +0000 UTCAll according to plan :)
ACI100
2022-06-19 05:05:20 +0000 UTCI see you’ve achieved the perfect chapter number. Well done good sir 😉
Jethro Frank
2022-06-19 01:17:11 +0000 UTCSo good! I can't wait until Book 4. And enjoy your vacation :)
Shao
2022-06-18 05:30:46 +0000 UTCCan’t wait until book 4!
Joshua
2022-06-17 23:25:40 +0000 UTCIn a major revision was made to a chapter such as a full-length scene I think knowing that an update was made would be nice.
Gage Eakins
2022-06-17 22:36:46 +0000 UTCVery good, didnt believe Sirius was really dead until now, thought maybe the curse failed but damn
Mandalor Te Kyramla
2022-06-17 21:36:18 +0000 UTCI was quite nervous about both — more so 68 — so I’m glad you enjoyed them.
ACI100
2022-06-17 21:16:33 +0000 UTCThose last two chapters were so good
Callum Mills
2022-06-17 21:11:35 +0000 UTC
