Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice: Spell 1 - Shinra-Kun & Jnightshade

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Credit for the Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice Series goes to three sources: There is Shinra-Kun, the preeminent corruption artist of our time, the exquisite corruption author Jnightshade, and MPGrey - editor extraordinaire and hero of the comments section on Shinra's blog. If you are unfamiliar with either Shinra-Kun or Jnightshade, please check out their works ASAP. 

Shinra-Kun isn't just a classic creator of corruption media. He's THE classic creator of corruption media. I'm not just saying that to brown nose the guy. There isn't another artist out there whose works I look forward to with as much nail-biting anticipation. Whenever a Shinra-Kun comic drops, I open up the page on e-hentai with my hands trembling and breath ragged - it's practically an out of body experience. That might sound a little sad to an outsider, but fans of corruption understand. Shinra's works aren't just comic. They are events.

Harriet Cooper is not Shinra's magnum opus. That title is reserved for the Fallen Star Saga. I will be reviewing Fallen Star, but that is not a task I'm ready for yet. It's kind of like trying to do a book review of the Bible. It's a long, hefty trek and it seems wrong to even do given the transcendence of the work.

As such, I figure I'll start with a smaller, more manageable series. What's more, I think Harriet Cooper offers a great look into the corruption genre. Specifically, it shows how nostalgia can be leveraged to great effect in erotica - especially corruption erotica.

Harry Potter and the Curse of the Nostalgic Boner

Rule 34 of the Internet as defined in the Urban Dictionary: 

"/ryool-thər'-tee-fohr/ n., pl. Rules 34 - The 34th rule of the Internet, which states that any object, character, or media franchise imaginable has porn associated with it. The only exception to this rule is outlined in Rule 35."

For any imaginable franchise that exists, there is porn of it. This simple maxim makes up a considerable chunk of the content available on the internet. Right now, try and list three of your favorite childhood series. Now, with those series in mind, recognize the plain fact that for each one, there is at least one piece of porn dedicated to it.

There are the obvious series: Pokemon, Legend of Zelda, Teen Titans. Then there's fucking Arthur. Hey, do you wanna know what it's like to read about Arthur's ten-inch furry meat pole? Do you wanna read, in excruciating detail, about Francine's double-d monkey tits? Buster jacking off? Well you can, because the internet is a nightmarish cesspool of human desire.

TFW Francine wants to PBS and Chill

The thing about the shows and book and movies we consumed as children is that they carry a deep, emotional connection. They represent a safer, less precarious time. They represent a kind of parasocial community in which we grew up in. This is especially true for kids growing up on the lonelier side of childhood. 

When we revisit the characters from our beloved franchises, there is an emotional closeness. We grew up with these people - we know them. Sure, they aren't' real, but goddammit they felt real at the time. If you were bullied as a kid, you could at least go home and have an adventure with Ash and Misty and Brock in the wonderful world of Pokemon. Even if you were a sweaty fat kid in real life, you could be a hero to Hyrule as Link. 

As you grow up, the connection to these works shifts and matures. You learn to see the world through adult eyes, but the innocence of these stories and characters still remain. What's more, the characters start to grow up with you. You start to project aspects of yourself onto them. 

So of course, when you grow up and start having sexual thoughts, you are going to project them onto your favorite characters. You know these characters and thus the emotional connection is deeper. 

Tons of kids grew up with Harry Potter. Now those kids are adults and they watch porn and so there is going to be Harry Potter porn. The emotional connection someone has with an nostalgic piece of media might increase the impact of associated erotica in much the same way that having a deep emotional connection to someone might increase a person's attraction to them. Thus, being able to leverage nostalgia well can mean a more intense piece of erotic media.

This is especially effective for corruption as a genre. Nostalgic works and characters usually represent a more innocent time in a person's life. Corruption is all about taking that which is innocent and twisting it into something new and thrilling. When you grew up with a character, associate that character and their story with innocence, and then watch that innocence be corrupted, it packs one hell of a punch. However, the erotica media has to do a good job of living up to the source material. Not all works manage this...

Some do, though

Luckily, Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice comes through in quality. The story contains enough markers to firmly root it to Harry Potter nostalgia while having enough breathing room and deviation from the source material for it to grow and present a unique story.

Synopsis

Our story begins at Hawthorne University of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with a defense against the black arts class. The charismatic Professor Stone explains to a rather distracted class the ins and outs of incubi and succubi. In the world of Harriet Cooper, a sexual encounter with one of these demons can prove fatal. However, for a magic user, things are even worse: if a magic user has sexual contact with an incubus or succubus three times, they will be transformed into themselves. Professor Stone strongly recommends that the students show great caution in regards to these creatures before dismissing the class. 

As the students file out, Professor Stone asks a girl named Gellina to stay behind. Things take a turn when it is revealed that Professor Stone is himself an incubus. Even worse, Gellina has already had sex with the professor twice. This will be her last time before her transformation. If Gellina were concerned for her mortal soul, this would be the time to run. Instead, things go as you expect. Gellina and the professor have sex, forever tainting the young woman, mind, body, and soul.

Later, we are shown Gellina stumbling through the hallways of Hawthorne University. It is clear that she is rapidly succumbing to the darkness within. What follows is one of Shinra-Kun's best transformations. Gellina doubles over as her eyes turn yellow and horns sprout from her head. Her breasts swell from handfuls into large, bulging tear drops and her skin turns a bright red. Finally, the transformation ends with the student growing large bat wings.

However, Gellina does not get much time to relax and process the changes to her body. Instead, she is quickly interrupted by her roommate Bella. Gellina rapidly disguises herself as a human once more (albeit with her demonic proportions) and attends a party with the naive and innocent Bella. Taking advantage of her newfound powers and wickedness, Gellina uses the party to spread debauchery to her fellow students, especially Bella.

Shortly after, we are introduced to our heroes: Harriet, Minea, and Donald. These are of course stand-ins for Harry, Hermione, and Ron. The gender-bent Harry seems like it would be silly, but it works for the story. It helps to set Harriet Cooper far enough from the original source material to prevent it from becoming a slave to canon while still drawing on the juicy nostalgic details.

While Harriet and her friends are the protagonists of this series, their presence in the story is limited. There are reports of dark magic on campus, so the gang goes to a cemetery on campus, because as we all know, every college has a cemetery. There, our trio is beset by reanimated corpses, confirming that the forces of darkness are gathering on campus. Minea quickly dispatches the ghouls with her superior wit and knowledge of magic before the gang sets off to warn the headmaster.

The story then returns to the a-plot. Gellina introduces Bella to a black grimoire and tempts her with the possibility of having the man of her dreams. Bella, excited by this new, dangerous magic, obliges her roommate and begins down a dark path.

The chapter ends with Gellina and Professor Stone taking Bella, sending her demonic sex counter through the roof and bringing her into the fold.

What Makes it Great

Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice maintains a perfect balance of nostalgia and eroticism. We're given plenty of callbacks to the fantastical world of Harry Potter, but the story begins on a very different note. The chapter focuses almost entirely on the lore of the sex demons and the seduction of innocent students to darkness, rather than foregrounding familiar characters. As a result, Harriet Cooper develops its own world while seamlessly blending familiar aesthetics. 

What's more, the chapter does an excellent job of showing restraint. We see Gellina's final transformation, but we don't see how her fall began. Conversely, we're shown Bella's descent into darkness, but not her final transformation. Leaving this ambiguity in the story keeps the reader always wanting more. We never leave a chapter fully satisfied. That anticipation is erotic gold.

Another great aspect of this chapter is the way in which Shinra-Kun shows Gellina in multiple different forms. We see the timid, gawky student, the sensual demonic temptress, and the voluptuous school slut. By showing Gellina in a human form post-transformation, Shinra allows the reader to connect this new creature with the innocent character from earlier. If you are a creator of corruption fiction, this kind of thing is a great way to explore a character's transformation to the fullest. You want to turn the corruption around and show it from several different angles so that the depth of the change is fully rendered in the reader's head.

These two aspects might seem contradictory. After all, you don't want to show everything, but you also want to show lots of things. How do you reconcile this. The answer is not always clear, but Harriet Cooper and the Wizard's Sacrifice offers as good of an example as any that exists.

This series is a must read for anyone interested in the corruption genre. The chapters are short and easy to digest and the story is often lighthearted and amusing. I cannot recommend it enough.

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