Day 22

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Day 22: Super(natural) Powerrs
There May Be Some Collateral Damage (HP/Bleach), by metisket
Summary: Ichigo’s been ordered to go undercover at a magic school to bodyguard a kid named Harry Potter, and this would be fine, except that he’s about as good at bodyguarding as he is at magic. And he considers it a good day, magic-wise, if he hasn’t set anything on fire.
DD didn't know this yet, but I already recced this on DW two years ago so I'm just going to copy my rec from back then, when I put more effort into explaining why I like it than I do this advent:
This is so much fun. I don't know Bleach, but that wasn't a problem. Ichigo clearly has a very different perspective than the wizards, and it's hilarious. Hogwarts doesn't know what to do with him, and he doesn't really know what to do with Hogwarts, but he has a job to do and he improvises. There are explosions, and it's all very satisfying.
The crossover works very well (from what I can tell), I liked both the portrayal of the canon characters and became interested in the characters from Bleach. The writing is great, half of my comments were a list of my many favorite quotes from the story. Among all the funny moments there are also some that are genuinely touching (origami!) or both (dusting!)

I'm editing my Yuletide fic. As usual for me when it comes to exchanges, I'm flip-flopping between "I think this is going to be good, nice" and "aaaaah what am I doing", so that's going well.

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

I remember reading this one because of your rec, and I loved it so much! Of course, I knew Bleach, and by that point cared a lot more about the Bleach characters than the HP ones, but I can see it being awesome even without knowledge of both canons. But Harry and Ichigo have some things in common, and that made it especially interesting to me. (Also, I really love Ichigo. *g*)

[schneefink]

I'm glad :D
That fic made me check out a few more Bleach fics, and eventually I even watched a few episodes of the anime (but I don't think it's really my thing.)

[dancing_serpent]

I like the anime, but it's so slow paced! I don't think I would have watched it very far if I hadn't already read about 30 volumes of the manga before that. *g*

[schneefink]

It's probably the fight scenes, right? Many years ago I stopped watching Naruto and DBZ because of that. Fight scenes are cool, but not if they're endlessly long.

[dancing_serpent]

Yeah, those didn't help. In parts amazing, with really pretty visuals and great music, in other parts needlessly drawn out. But the story took too long to develop - at least it seemed like that to me - compared to the manga. Although that might just be because of my reading speed.

But I really liked some of the filler arcs that weren't in the manga, so I don't regret watching the anime. *g*