Harry Potter: The Witch of the Red

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Description

A lonely man from our world suddenly finds himself in the body of a young Ginny Weasley.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've read many, many HP transmigration/reincarnation fanfics. I've read SI-OC. SI-HP, SI-Ron, SI-Hermione, SI-Mob, and goodness knows how many SI-Draco. I'm pretty sure I've even seen an SI-Dobby somewhere. But never have I come across an SI-Ginny. So I created this. Also, I recently got interested in the Gender Bender category.

PS: I understand some people won't like it. But please do tell me why you dislike my work, so I can improve. Thank you!

PPS: If you dislike Gender Bender please don't give me a bad review; just ignore this work

cover credit: AI

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: DaoistDumbledore

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 1,186
Views: 234,397

Chapters(29 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

Sondrex76Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This was a really good fanfic. It's a lot more fast-paced than many fanfics, which fits well if you are familiar with the universe as it does not get bogged down with details you're already aware of. The MC is interesting, I had my doubts when a system was introduced, but it's so bare-bones it might be closer to a subconscious visualization of reality than an actual system.
This has not been explored, but I would not be surprised if its way of showcasing itself is because of the MC's subconscious.
I have read a lot of HP fanfiction (Not that kind. Yes, this needs to be specified. The two times I did not; the assumption was made. What assumption that was, I do not know), and this one was good even in that context. It's a fun read. I look forward to seeing more of it, to see how the MC develops.
Having a powerful MC can be quite interesting if you make their challenges be something else than just constant conflict. She has her own issues, she wishes to become powerful enough to take on any foe but is not there yet. It makes it interesting to see how she handles it, her potential is immense, but she is vulnerable until she reaches it, and even when she eventually does (presumably) reach it, her love of her family and friends means she will still have something to lose; both the people themselves, and their love, and so I am imagining this will be further explored as her power grows, though there will probably also be some battle and such, it has not so far been the main focus whatsoever.
Quite the fun read in my opinion. If you're a fan of HP fanfics and find overpowered MCs who is both an reincarnator and actually loves her family and friends, I think you will enjoy it.
Alexanders (Katsu)Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I stand by this opinion. This is a work of art being made here!
The story follows a male reincarnation in a female body, nothing new you might say...
But the target is one almost forgotten character of the Harry Potter Universe!
Ginny Weasley!!!
Style:
It is a very good narrative and good style both in writing and paragraphs.
There was some instances of a system without or lovely blue boxes. But that got fixed later on.
Story:
We follow the adventures of our new Ginny in the universe of Harry Potter. She is using her cheats as in knowledge and her own unique Skill to survive the history of the world.
She tamper with the original plot as any reincarnation should!
Grammar:
Most of the things I would have problem are actively being edited or marked for editions. So no problems here
Character:
I am loving what the author is doing with the character, both old and new. I cam say I love how Harry is turning too( since he does not actually show that much, and as a Harry Potter fan fic enjoyer...I couldn't like the original Harry Potter after reading those what if).
Ginny is dealing quite well with her transmigation and all the problems a teenager would have. Her friends feel like actual friends and not extras.
And all the professors felt like actual ppl.
Overall I regret nothing with reading it and will keep it around both in favorites and in follows
ElorieRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's got all the right ingredients and they're properly mixed, under Snape's eyes, no less!
Quite delightful, it has that children's tale vibe with a protagonist who isn't an idiot, acting exactly as mature as the incarnee and incarnator should.
All with a proper nod towards the hundreds of thousands of fanfics, from fan-favorite Daphne to the dread twinkling eyes.
Missing are the plans for the future, possibly to avoid spoilers - there's not much introspection.
VevcdfRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Mc is ridiculously OP but its a fanfic so I'll forgive it.
Obviously there won't be any tension from the plot due to Mc's OPness so hopefully author all focus on characters and relationships more to build that tension that way.
Pace is wayy too fast tho.
In just a few chapter we have already gone through a whole year and so much has happened. It kind of feels like the plan of a story with the main body missing
Still fun read pls keep it up.
TheroastedhotdogRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Loved all of it, especially the character interactions. The only, and very minor, issue/suggestion is have your powerful and extroverted larger than life character do more fun things. Accidentally blow up the bathroom, cover the castle in bubbles, create a tiny dinosaur riding orc army to wage eternal war against the invading acromantala as she killed the snake early and without activity, be larger than life!
3BlindMiceRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The MC is already a 3rd year student and it's only been 23 chapters. I'm not really sure why the author is rushing so much, but by the time the story is over, there won't be much substance to it, so far as I can tell. Unless she's going to isekai herself to somewhere else, she'll be the strongest wizard or witch on the planet within a decade at the very most. Otherwise, everything is pretty good.
TheKrossRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I like it, a really good first few chapter, with resonable pace.
The only thing that could be better is the lenght of the chapter, doubling the words count would make it better.
I'll be waiting for more. You could add at the end of the description your release schedule too.
Still, Good Job
gianco55Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I have read a few Harry Potter fan fictions in royal road and I don't know if it is only me, but I have seen a lot of edgelords and dark lords wannabe protagonists. Finding a protagonist that actually cares about family and friends and actually takes time to maintain/improve their relationships feels nice
The assimilation cheat feels fresh and makes me think about all the magical beast and magical items that the protagonist could absorb and what powers would they give. The only thing I am confused about is the limit Total: 7/decade. Can she assimilate 7 maximum every decade? or can she regain 7 attempts every decade? I think it requires a little explanation.
About the gender bender trope, I like it, but believe that should be further explored in the future; her changes, feelings, relationships, etc. I have seen plenty of gender bender stories where the protagonist change gender in the firsts episodes and then almost nothing is said about that ever again; in those cases it feels weird because the protagonist could have been female since the beginning and nothing would change
IxtaRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
There's potential here and if you enjoy a quick and light power fantasy then you might enjoy this, but unfortunately I feel like the story is lacking some important elements. It's mostly just a series of loosely-connected events where the MC gets to look cool but it lacks a lot of actual "story" elements. The author seems to rely on the reader's prior knowledge of Harry Potter to carry the story while skipping through time lightly to have Ginny do things here and there. This type of style mostly ignores any potential need to build up the characters, setting, or plot.
There's only really one character in this story. Ginny as an OP reincarnated MC sounds pretty good to start, but she ends up being a classic Mary Sue while every other person named have all the depth of cardboard cutouts. None of the other characters have meaningful actions, and there's only one case where other characters have a conversation that shows they're actually people capable of noticing things. Ginny, on the other hand, has an OP ability to gain power with absolutely no risks or costs. This makes her look exceptionally talented whenever she feels like showing off and people are inevitably amazed. Potential problems or challenges are solved nearly instantly, with barely any inconvenience. On top of this, this version of Ginny is incredible unlikeable due to her smug, superior attitude in every situation. She constantly mocks and belittles every other character around her, and the author arranges for her to be praised for it. There are times when the author seems to be presenting this mocking and belittling as a form of humor that they expect the reader to agree with and be amused by, but if that's the case, it falls flat for me personally, though it may not for you.
On the bright side, the grammar is pretty good with few errors.
RexmundiRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
The bad:
OP MC
Because it makes the story boring. She never loses anyway. The only positive being the lack of dragonbal Z syndrome (a repeating cycle of into big strong baddy, getting beaten, training cycle, defeat big strong baddy. Hence and repeat).
Wish fulfillment
She gets everything any skill, any attribute no weaknesses, no restrictions to any ability. The problem with this is what do you need other ppl for? Everyone else is reduced to a stick figure.
Hardly any action/suspension
It's a looking list of theorising skills, abilities etc. Very little actually going on. Especially because the MC directly neutralises the threat of each year right at the beginning with superior knowledge of the threat.
The few times there is action it is often half skipped (take the dueltournament)
The good
Grammar etc. Is alright, there are quite some missing words mistakes.
When there is something happening it is quite good. I liked the dueling.
Overal
Average story.