Why I was WRONG about Harry Potter fanfiction

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The Debt of Time Books

"The Debt of Time, which is a story of like Hermione bringing Sirius back from the dead. Absolutely fantastic book."

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Backwards with Purpose Books

"The one I'm reading right now is called Backwards with Purpose. Really, really good. I'm like 80% of the way through it. It's absolutely sick."

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0:19 Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality · "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Absolutely fantastic."
0:27 Harry Potter and the Year of Darkness · "Harry Potter and the Year of Darkness, which follows book seven, but from Neville's point of view being at..."
0:31 Manacult · "Manacult, which is a sort of like post-apocalyptic very dark-like thing."
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