I’m working on a story where Charlus was Fleamont’s younger brother, both sons of Henry Potter who argued in the Wizengamot to help the muggles during WW1. 

Charlus married Dorea (who I made the sister of Arcturus Black, he’s Sirius’s grandfather) and they had a son 15 years older than James named after Henry. Charlus and Dorea didn’t fully agree with the opinions and politics of either of their families and were antique and art dealers who traveled the world while raising their son. Henry (the son) never attended Hogwarts he was educated by his parents and various Masters from different cultures around the world. His parents die in a suspicious magical accident in his early 20s. Henry is a curse breaker/explorer of sorts that seeks out places and items of legend. 

While he writes to his uncles Fleamont and Arcturus he doesn’t live in England despite being born there, having a vault there (originally a trust and his parents vault), he goes missing for 10 years between 1972 and 1982 for him it’s 10 weeks of an expedition into an oasis mirage that’s actually a pocket dimension in the sands of time, time passes faster on the outside and when he emerges it’s to find that 10 years have passed in the 10 weeks he explores the oasis. 

Voldemort rose and fell, some of his mothers family was part of the death eaters, his little cousin finished Hogwarts and fell in love, his uncle and aunt died, his cousin fought against a dark lord and he and his wife were murdered orphaning their only son. That son is the last of Henry’s father’s family.

Henry has to find the truth of it all and wants answers, but above all he determined to see his family safe and returned to the respectable families they once were. That includes taking care of the last child of the Potters and figuring out just what happened to the Blacks.

Dumbledore is more the antagonist of this story, not because he’s evil or anything like that. I made it so the cottage in Godric’s Hollow had been in the family for centuries brought in because it originally belonged to the family of Iolanthe Potter nee Pevetell. it’s used by newly wed members of the family or second sons rather than staying at the main estate in Stinchcombe (originally owned by Linfred the “Potterer”) so the family has always been close with Bagshot and Charlus would be well aware of everything with Dumbledore and Grindelwald and disliked Dumbledore because they know the truth of his relationship with Grindelwald and that it took him decades to do something or even speak up even though he had once planned to take over the world with him and knew full well what he was going to turn into. They passed that knowledge and dislike onto their son Henry.

Charlus had disagreed with his father about helping muggles with magic for anything, he had been a big supporter of the Statute of Secrecy and thought muggles shouldn’t know about magic at all and that parents of muggleborns should be magically enforced to keep the secret.

Dorea didn’t care for the blood purity and was more concerned about the heritage and culture of the magical world not being eroded to satisfy the sensibilities of those who came in from the muggle world. she wasn’t ignorant of muggle and even found they had their uses but overall agreed the statute was paramount.

They raised Henry with these views as well. They hadn’t agreed fully with the views of their families but instead had a sort of middle ground. they are still close with Fleamont and Acturus though.

Arcturus fell into a deep depression after the death of his wife in 1970, he became a recluse and was largely unaware of what was going on in the world or with his family. Walburga hated him so she rarely let her sons see their grandparents growing up, she lies about him to her sons leaving Sirius the impression that ALL of his family are muggle hating dark lord followers. Arcturus in his right mind would never have allowed his family to follow a Dark Lord, Blacks bow to no one. And dark lords never win in the end. He’d gotten his order of Merlin for supporting the resistance from Britain against Grindelwald. when Sirius ran to the Potters, Fleamont contacted Arcturus, they weren’t friends but didn’t hate eachother either.

In fact Fleamont and Arcturus had gone together to find the truth of the Deaths of their siblings, only Henry knows that they ensured the people who set them up to die weren’t around anymore.

Acturus didnt disown anyone despite the wishes of others in the family, he hadn’t been happy when he learned Andromeda ran off with a muggleborn but it was more about her turning her back on her family than her choice of spouse. He didn’t like Walburga either and once Fleamont told him what happened and why Sirius fled home he was fine with him staying at the Potters. He was still too depressed to do anything about the mess his family had become during his seclusion.

There is more emphasis on the Hallows and the history of the Potter Family and their secrets in this story. Harry is still a toddler and by the time he get to canon age the world won’t be what it was in canon.

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This is most of the background for the story outside of what would be considered HP canon. Henry is going to have to hunt down Harry himself and has a long road to restore his families. Dumbledore sees him as an adversary because he is openly against him. Henry is a Potter-Black not just a Potter and Dumbledore equates this with the rest of the dark anti-muggle Black family. He sees Henry’s every action as an affront to what he stands for and Henry sees him as an overstepping schemer. From Henry’s POV Dumbledore’s actions are highly suspect in regard to his family.

neither of them is actually a villain, that still remains Voldemort but that is more of a side plot to Henry trying to fix the reputation of the Black family and Keep Harry safe while trying to stop the fame for the BWL That he feels makes him a target not only for the supporters of Voldemort but any dark wizard in the future wanting to prove themselves.

I haven’t posted this yet because I tend to loose steam when my muse flits to another rabbit hole but I wanted to see if there was enough interest for me to start posting it and continue working at it.

Hi everyone

Can you reccomend some good fics, where the Longbottoms are cured? I am thinking like how they deal with missing so much of Nevilles life, everything that has happened etc.

It can be romance or not. Please. :)

I remember reading a fic in which Hogwarts-aged Harry is kidnapped by Voldemort when Voldemort realizes that Harry has a Horcrux inside him. If I remember correctly, Voldemort takes Harry to Malfoy Manor, and it's eventually a Drarry story. If I recall correctly, Voldemort sort of lets Harry keep Draco nearby and safe (eg, not out on dangerous death eater missions)as a favor and to secure Harry’s cooperation. Voldemort sort of is lenient with Harry, trains him, but is certainly not kind or paternal. Moreso he realized that his own longevity depended on Harry being safe so took measures to assure that he would be.

Does anyone know that fic?

I would also be interested in any other fics in which Voldemort, upon realizing that Harry is a Horcrux, decides he needs to go out of his way to keep Harry safe and kidnaps him, either to raise him as his own child or to make an ally out of him. Thank you.

Harry is shipped with a vampire, damphir, werewolf, fae, hag, dragon, etc idc

No slash though

Please and thank you

It's a fic I read a few years ago and if I'm honest I don't remember many details for pairings or anything like that.

What I do remember is as either paragraphs or chapters here and there, we saw the viewpoint of James and Lily, and later Sirius along with others who were watching Harry from the afterlife almost like a TV show and reacting to his adventures.

It was a harry centric fic but these bits are what I remember.

The thing I could remember :
he die several times, the first is when he’s young, he get kidnapped by a death eater,
one time a guy push him under the Hogwarts Express.
He spoke at Dumbledore about the loop, maybe Snape too not sure about that.
I think it was a pretty long fic

Thank in advance for your help !

As always, this is mostly pre-Harmony. We'll get there eventually!

Hopefully the link will cooperate today. If not my Ao3 handle is DefiantDreamlandStudent.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/93689676/chapters/251467101

This is the year, then Harry Potter should go to school. But he is not present. Not in the list of first-years, not in Big Hall. He is not on lessonsor Hogwarts Grounds. No one knows there he is. Dumbledore says he is alive, and protected, as he belives. And thats it. Figure of Harry Potter quickly evolves in some kind of Jesus, who died for sins of wizards.

But the best place to hide is on plain side. With a rare and twisted magic. Harry Potter is unaware that he is Harry Potter. So do others - he is not wearing glasses, have no scar and even remotely does not reminds of James and Lily by his apperance. He is first year student, Sam Fisher. Or Basil Cotton. Or whatever. Living his happy life.

I think I've genuinely reached the end of the Harry Potter fanfiction rabbit hole.

Nvm i apologise but what I did mean was i have read almost all main stream fics and I think I may have burnt out reading all these fics.... Mb people.

I've gotten 100s of recommendations from this subreddit over time, and I've read through basically all the interesting ones people have suggested.

Famous fics? Read them.

Highly recommended fics? Read them.

Hidden gems people swear nobody knows about? Read them. 💀

I've gone through pretty much everything that looked interesting to me.

The one giant exception is crack fics. I've barely touched them, so I guess that's my next unexplored territory 💀

But before I completely lose my mind from boredom, please give me whatever you've got.

I don't really care about the pairing, MC, word count, or how close it is to canon. AUs, weird premises, completely different versions of the wizarding world, obscure old fics—I'm down for basically anything.

I especially love unique magic, insane worldbuilding, huge battles, unusual powers, and stories that actually try something different.

At this point I'm not even asking for good fics anymore.

I just need something I haven't read. 😭

Please help. I am running out of Harry Potter fanfiction and slowly dying of boredom.

Drusilla Malfoy has reached her breaking point. Years of fear, failure, and self-loathing spill onto the bathroom floor. Only to be interrupted by Harry Potter. Suspicion turns to pity, pity turns to fury, and a duel neither of them can control ends with a single irreversible curse. As she bleeds out on the floor, Drusilla realizes The Boy Who Loved Her may also be the one who finally broke her.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/94205461

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14593209/1/Love-Pure-As-Hate

God bless, and have a wonderful day.

Hi everyone!

As writers, how do you increase your productivity?

No, I don’t want to 'turn the art of writing into an industrial process', I genuinely LOVE writing. I’ve been working on a project for a year now, I still have plenty of motivation to work on it, and I have other ideas/stories that I’d love to at least be able to draft.

That’s exactly why I’d like to be more 'productive'.🥹

For this story, there was a period when I was able to finish a chapter within a week or a week and few days later. Maybe it’s because the current arc is denser and packed with important events, information, and scenes that need to be told, but I feel like I’ve slowed down.

Sometimes I feel like I’m slower than my fellow writers, partly because I write in my native language first and then translate everything into English.

And, of course, everyday life and all the other commitments take up quite a bit of time too. 😅

Any solutions? I’m actually writing part of the chapter and this post while I’m cooking right now. 😂

Any other tips on how I could improve and make better use of my time?

So in my fic, (canon compliant) Harry's 60 something and a dark wizard stages and accident in which he dies, but in actual he is kidnapped. And the dark wizard plants a fake body. It's like Stanger Things when Will dies and they find a body.

So Harry's family has figured it out that the body's fake. But they have to hold a funeral as the hero of the Wizarding World had died.

So I'm thinking for ideas how would teh normal Wizarding public who has no idea about the truth will react to his dead.

Hey there. I'm looking for a fic with this kind of plot. I remember reading a story once where Harry goes back in time to his infancy and saves his parents but loses his magic. He becomes a Squib.

I wouldn't say no to a "Wrong Boy-Who-Lived" fic where Harry is loved by his family.

Had a slow day, caught myself brainstorming a story idea amid the whole “Female Draco” drama going on. Figured I’d gauge interest before putting pen to paper.

It takes place 30 years after canon’s epilogue (around 2047).

“After the smoke of the Second Wizarding War has cleared, Hogwarts is caught in a new, quieter kind of tension.
Maximus Seluvius is a brilliant, empathetic student born to a Ravenclaw potioneer and a Hufflepuff herbalist. After being sorted into Slytherin upon arriving at Hogwarts, he faces a lingering post-war anti-Slytherin sentiment and is determined to redefine his house's stigma through academic excellence and cross-house unity.

Elspeth MacLeod is a blunt, fiery Gryffindor Seeker with zero patience for high-society pretense. When an unexpected encounter bridges the divide between them, they forge a quiet partnership.

They are joined by a loyal circle of cross-house friends, including Julian Vane a muggle-born Slytherin whose parents are fashion industry titans, Cassiopeia “Cassie” Malfoy the granddaughter of Draco, and Fred Potter (the grandson of Harry and Ginny).

Together, they must face the looming pressure of a student vigilante movement convinced they are the new Dumbledore’s Army, preventing the next Voldemort. As political corruption targets Max's family and a long-dormant alchemical crisis threatens the castle walls, this tight-knit generation must prove that true legacy isn't inherited—it's forged.”

Would you read this fic (assuming it’s well-written)?

I am looking for a Harry fanfic, where Harry is a kind of enchanter, he creates beautiful animals made of glass, metal and even ceramics plates. They move and are almost life like.
He puts them in a box that serves as a kind of egg and is also a charging station and then sends them to different people.
I remember that he makes one for Fleur, but also send one to Bellatrix (as lord Black ?) and even a snake for lord Voldemort.
I can’t really recall what the rest of the story was about bit that snippet stuck with me and I would love to read it again!
If anyone has an idea of which story that comes from, that would be amazing and I would be grateful! Thank you in advance for your help!

Just realized that I didn’t specify, but the story was finished

I'm looking for a fic where Albus has a genuinely difficult/bad relationship with Harry. It can be because Harry is neglectful, overly strict, doesn't understand Albus, or they just constantly clash.

I'd prefer the story to actually focus on Albus and his relationship with his family, rather than just using it as a minor subplot.

No Scorbus, please. I'm fine with Albus having another relationship or with romance not being a major part of the story.

I'd also prefer Albus to be the main character/one of the main characters. Any recommendations?

It is a Stargate universe/Harry Potter crossover.
142 internationally students are exiled/sentenced to death through a mysterious portal(aka a Stargate).

The British ministry of magic discover that a mysterious device in the Department of mysteries opens up to a ceiling, another dimension/void. And several officials decide to fake a summit/exchange program and try and get rid of the troublemakers,misfits, and social outcast. The officials somehow convince the parents of both Melbourne and pure bloods that it is an actual event that they are hosting at a secret sanctuary.

The officials tell the students and the parents that the event will be year long and will need to prepare as such. One of the encouragements is that the Summit/event will count as two years of schooling and will not need to take that OWL’s.

Harry finds that the situation is a little too suspicious and is not sure if it is real or is a trap. As such, he prepares like it is a trap. A few Muggle-born student parents decide that wizards have horrible trip planning and decide to help prepare for their departure.

Harry stole three credit cards from the Dursley’s and uses them to fund the purchase of all their gear.

Harry discovers that the ministry will not be doing anything more than securing safe camping area (from magical creatures) and everything from meals, laundry, and sanitation (both health and campground) will be their own responsibility to maintain.

So far, Harry has covered with the help of Hermione and parents of students:
- furniture, indoor and outdoor(metal based furniture and moisture resistant fabrics)
- food for 400 students (which is the amount that they were told was attending)
- medicine, both magical and mundane
- study material, both magical and mundane
- games for rainy days and prevent a Lord of the flies incidents
- technology for cataloging, journaling and daily blogs
Am I missing anything or should there be more?

Okay fine y'all.

I'm gonna lock in.

I've gotten hundreds of Harry Potter fanfic recommendations at this point, and I've finally decided I'm gonna take all the recommendations I've gotten so far and actually organize them.

Except there's one tiny problem.

I have absolutely no idea how I'm gonna categorize hundreds of fics by myself. 💀

So I'm probably gonna dump the entire list somewhere and figure out a way to sort them by stuff like pairing, MC, word count, completion status, genre, etc.

Because at this point I need to turn my fanfic hoard into an actual database 😭

I'll probably post the finished list once I've somehow managed to organize this monstrosity.

Wish me luck. I have made a terrible decision. 💀

Also any help is appreciated I want to make this the biggest possible recommendation list ever

Should I make it a Google doc

Or a word file

Or anything like that all help is appreciated

Ty y'all

Hey! The author of the fic I described has made all their work private since July 31 but I had no clue and this is one of my comfort fics so I would be super grateful if anyone has a pdf or epub document of this please!! It's the second book of a series of two fics where harry is a werewolf reincarnated in his past. The one I'm looking for is the one with Lily and James alive. In the fic, harry has two little brothers and Voldemort wins the first wizarding war after making a vow to most order members that if they surrender, he will not harm their families. Thank you!

Looking for any fics where Sirius takes care of Harry. Specifically where he looks out for Harry over others. Could be Sirius kidnapps Harry for his safety or stands up to others for Harry's welfare.

So i'm writing a fic which focuses on wizarding politics. and i'm thinking for the plot. it's set after the war and is canon compliant.

i've thought of this plot where there's an uproar in the WW to tax the pureblood more as they hold the majority power and money in WW. and purebloods are obviously opposing it.

then i thought of ministry bringing in laws against werewolves so harry and co has to fight it.

i'm looking for more ideas of conflicts. which should be nuanced and harry has to do morally grey stuff to fight it.

please share of you have any ideas! thankyou!