Name: prideofprewett (Signed) · Date: 20 Aug 2023 12:02 PM · For: Chapter 1

Hi James! Here for a little bit of review tag :)

 

I like how you've embodied the narrative style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle immediately from the start. And not only is there mystery with this setup but there is your usual humor that you embody in these characters so well. I also loved the Scooby Doo catchphrase inserted at the end of it haha. 

 

Hufflepuff's Revenge as a crime syndicate hah. I want to know more. Though I feel the purpose of this story was to be more humorous than not. But what turned Pomona Sprout to a life of crime on the side...low teaching wages hah? Anyway, whatever the reason, this story was a light hearted, enjoyable read. You did an excellent job here!

 

<3 Courtney

Author's Response:

Hey Courtney!

 

Are you a fellow Sherlock Holmes fan? I thought Kingsley and Mad-Eye could slot in pretty smoothly the Watson role of the grounded, relatable narrator and Holmes role of eccentic antisocial genius detective respecively. Glad you caught the Scooby Doo reference! Such a classic reveal trope. 

 

Hmm, maybe an idea for a prequel? Good call, maybe Hogwarts does need to pay their teachers more so they aren't tempted to turn to criminal side hustles. 

 

Thanks a lot for a great review!- James

Name: RonsGirlFriday (Signed) · Date: 30 Dec 2022 07:39 AM · For: Chapter 1

Hi James!

 

I'm not familiar with this particular Sherlock Holmes story, but I like that you've done your fic in the style of Watson narrating his adventures with Holmes. Moody, while obviously different to Sherlock Holmes in a lot of ways, does share that certain restlessness and consequential penchant for trouble.

 

I could absolutely see Fred and George taking a job doing mindless drudge work for 700 a week. They're rebellious, not stupid. :P

 

I caught the Flitwick-Griphook reference -- I love a meta joke! As well as the Scooby Doo ending to all of this. I love it when a story winks at the reader and doesn't take itself too seriously.

 

This was a fun read!

 

Melanie

Author's Response:

Hey Melanie, thanks for stopping by!

 

That's a really good point about Moody and Sherlock sharing a certain restlessness. They are unique characters that have a lot of differences between them, but you just can't picture either of them being content to sit still. 

 

Oh yeah, no matter how boring the job is, everybody has their price;)

 

Glad you caught it! I enjoy breaking the 4th wall like that here and there, but it's only fun when people notice it of course.

 

Thanks for a great review!

 

James

 

 

Name: PinsandKneazles (Signed) · Date: 16 Mar 2022 07:16 PM · For: Chapter 1

Hello! Back with a galazy review!

 

I've come across 'A League of Gentlemen' but not 'A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'. This is despite having read some of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in my youth. I love how this story is very much in keeping with Dr Watson's narrative style. It feels as though I'm back on Baker Street in Victorian England, whilst a deer-stalker-hatted chap with a pipe muses over the mystery of a collection of ginger-haired men all engaged in writing out 'Hogwarts: A History' by hand, haha!! Except it's Moody who plays a violin (and binges on coke). And the elaborate plotline was great, to lure Fred and George away from their shop premises just so that someone could rob Gringotts. I never for one moment would have suspected Pomona Sprout with the Scooby-Doo ending, although it wasn't really the meddling kids but Mad-Eye Moody who solved the case!

 

So funny! Thanks for the fun read!

 

Meera <3

Author's Response:

Hey Meera! Thanks for a grest review!

 

I could definetely see Kingsley and Moody having a similar friendship dynamic to Watson and Holmes, and Moody can definetey be an eccentric one. Thanks again!

Name: Oregonian (Signed) · Date: 09 Feb 2022 12:24 AM · For: Chapter 1

Hi, Cassius!

I so enjoyed your most recent story, Voldemort and the Story About Nothing, that I decided to check out some of your other stories also.

It's fun to read your stories, not only for the zany plots and clever turns of phrase, but also for the challenge of identifying as many references to other stories in popular literature as possible.

This one started off with a title that was a take-off on "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."  I knew that title but did not know what it was about, so I Googled it and discovered that it was a movie involving characters from many popular adventure tales, all interacting together, as seems to be a favorite format of your works also.

The title also called to mind the Sherlock Holmes short story, "The Red-Headed League," which I had read many years ago, remembering that it involved a red-haired man bamboozled into copying the dictionary by hand in order to cover up some crime, so I revisited it via Google and saw the similarity in plot to your story.

Then when the ginger twins mistook Griphook for Professor Flitwick, i spotted the connection to the fact that the same actor had played both roles in the movie versions of the Harry Potter books.

And the final line was lifted from "Scooby-doo."  I hope I didn't iss anything.

You weave these elements together deftly to make a cohesive, if rather zany, story.  Fred and George are the perfect characters to be the focus of the story, although the POV was Kingsley as a narrator.  I very much enjoyed this story also, and I admire your cleverness!

Vicki

 

 

 

Author's Response:

Hey again Vicki!

 

Thanks for another fantastic review!

 

You defintely win the award for catching all the references! I was hoping somebody would get the one about Flitwick and Griphook being the same actor as well the Scooby Doo one haha. I'm a Sherloch ?Holmes fan as well, and the "Red-Headed League" always stood out as one of the ore unusal but memorable stories in the series. 

 

Thanks for the great feedback!

 

James

Name: javu (Signed) · Date: 09 Apr 2021 03:17 AM · For: Chapter 1

I am not familiar with that story of Sherlock Holmes, so this story reads very... odd... to me. But that's my issue, not yours. 

 

Even though I didn't know what was going on for it, I still thought it was funny. You have some good one-liners. I always try to write awesome one-liners... don't know if I succeed lol. 

 

Moody's comment about U-No-Poo was HILARIOUS. So normally I don't like deviations from cannon characters, and I really don't think Moody would ever reveal something so personal, but that's what makes it great and funny. If it's written so out of character, than it's humor. But slightly off character, then it irks me (personal taste). 

 

The idea of using Professor Sprout as the actual villan -- again, so out of character, it's funny. And you said this was a Sherlock Holmes deal, but I appreciate the salute to Scooby-Doo at the end there. "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!" And there was the whole revealing of the disguise and everything. Very nice touch!

 

Alwynse

rvgchaos

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for stopping by!

 

The Sherlock Holmes story this was based on is also known for being pretty odd, so no worries there!

I enjoy going to comedy open mic night (or at least I did before the pandemic) so I'm always practicing the one-liners!

I'm totally with you on the canon characters. If they're a little bit off, it takes me out of the story, but if they're completely off then I can enjoy the humor of it. 

I'm glad somebody got the Scooby Doo reference! Always one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. 

 

Thank you for a great review!

 

Name: ravenclaw-dirt (Signed) · Date: 12 Feb 2021 08:38 PM · For: Chapter 1

Reading this made me giggle, I hope you enjoyed writing it as much as I enjoyed reading it! 

Author's Response:

Thanky you so much for reading and reviewing!

Name: ShazaLupin (Signed) · Date: 01 Feb 2021 02:35 PM · For: Chapter 1

Hi there!

 

That may be the strangest case Kinsgley has ever worked on, but it's the strangest case I've ever read! That was rather amusing to read, and I wasn't expecting that ending. Who would have guessed Professor Sprout would be leading a group called Hufflepuff's revenge! 

 

To be fair to them, that was a pretty ingenious plan. The shop was close enough to tunnel through and it kept them out of the way for a few hours. It also worked out for Fred and George, getting 700 gallons for not doing much. Of course Moody figured it out tho, no surprise in that part!

 

That was a great read, a very funny fic! 

 

Shaza

Written for the winter in fairyland review event.

 

Author's Response:

Hello!

It really was strange, wasn't it? The concept of the case was based on one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes stories, and it seemed like it could adapt to the Harry Potter universe pretty well. And it's always the ones you wouldn't expect that you have to look out for haha. 

 

thank you so much for reviewing!

 

James