The author IS under the impression that he is a better writer than JK Rowling, that his fic is the most popular HP fic ever written, and that it will win the Hugo for Best Novel once completed. To which I mostly take a "whatever keeps you writing" stance -- but it *is* annoying when that blatantly delusional sense of superiority seeps through into the text.

Despite all that, the fic is reliably entertaining, even excellent in flashes. There was a lovely, quietly tragic Snape interlude, and the author's take on quidditch has become headcanon for me. And I do like his Hermione.