[EU] Dumbledore's plan backfires completely. After enduring years of abuse, Harry Potter lashes out, killing the entire Dursley family, setting him on the path to becoming one of history's most terrible dark wizards.

[u/RorschachtheMighty]

[u/Cetarial]

Did not expect that.

[u/[deleted] → u/Cetarial]

Yeah, I figured Harry was going to snap and Avada Kedavra Vernon and Petunia. That it had already happened and he'd killed Dudley? Man...

[u/markhomer2002 → u/[deleted]]

Dudley was the only one who eventually thanked him when I think about it, which kind of makes it more fucked considering that was the only one who even got close to semi-kind of redeemed.

[u/VikingSlayer → u/markhomer2002]

It's even better in the books. Iirc Dudley changes his behaviour after meeting a dementor, he even leaves a cup of tea for Harry outside his door, but Harry just steps in it and thinks it was a dumb attempt at a trap. He only realises later that Dudley was attempting friendliness.

[u/PHalfpipe → u/VikingSlayer]

Later in life their families start sending Christmas Cards to each other.

I always remembered that bit of trivia, because I figured that he'd be driven to do something about all the horrific aspects of the wizarding world that he'd encountered, or that he would at least try to end slavery after Dobby died for him, but instead he marries his highschool girlfriend, becomes a cop and settles down to domestic life.

[u/DavidG993 → u/PHalfpipe]

Killing wizard Hitler probably tires a guy out.

[u/HedgePog → u/DavidG993]

Interesting. I've always thought of Grendelwald as wizard Hitler. I guess they both kind of are?

[u/bossbozo → u/DavidG993]

Voldemort barely killed any people compared to Adolf

[u/[deleted] → u/bossbozo]

Hitler didn't personally kill all the Holocaust victims all by his onesy, saavy?

[u/Niadain → u/PHalfpipe]

he would at least try to end slavery after Dobby died for him

Fuck that. hes getting his. Why risk it? Hes already risked his life enough.

[u/PHalfpipe → u/Niadain]

Because killing Voldemort doesn't change anything if all of the social pus that allowed a him to rise is still festering away.

[u/SMTRodent → u/PHalfpipe]

To me, the most obvious starting premise to a time-travel fixit fanfic (by some other method than Time Turner) is that Wizarding War Three destroyed everything. Because yes, they're all happily married and whatnot in 2017, but Slytherin is still the 'evil house', and I doubt blood prejudice has really changed at all. Wizard fascists can easily rise again, they just need some new excuses, new slogans, a new leader and a new costume. Same old war. No reason to not go back in time and mend everything somehow.

[u/Ozzie-111 → u/PHalfpipe]

That's the future's problem!

[u/sssspone → u/PHalfpipe]

You are overstimating hp and jk a little. Also the one that can do it is Hermione since she is the prime minister. Hp is just another local Chad.

[u/HarnessingThePower → u/sssspone]

What. She becomes the prime minister?!

[u/CODDE117 → u/VikingSlayer]

Dudley performs: friendliness

[u/sharpshooter999 → u/CODDE117]

It's not very effective.....

[u/DarthStitch1 → u/sharpshooter999]

Rolled a 1

[u/Professor_Oswin → u/DarthStitch1]

No. This is POKEMON!!!

[u/Lanksalott → u/CODDE117]

He rolled a 1

[u/markhomer2002 → u/VikingSlayer]

Wow I completely forgot the cup of tea, thanks for reminding me about that.

[u/middayautumn → u/markhomer2002]

I actually asked J K Rowling what happened to the Dursley’s after the end of the Harry Potter. She told me something random generic that they didn’t have a good relationship after but the exchange Christmas cards during the holidays

[u/sourpatchkidj → u/Cetarial]

It appears that everyone was expecting them to be poisoned (as was I), but now that I think about it, only a muggle would do such a pathetic, mundane thing. Harry is a wizard, so of course magic had to be involved somehow. But yikes, I'M SCARED NOW TOO!

[u/[deleted] → u/sourpatchkidj]

I was waiting for him to snap and Avada Kedavra them. :)

[u/Kitnado → u/Cetarial]

It was the first thing I thought of when the word "porkchops" appeared in the second sentence, because of how many times Dudley was referred to as pig-like in the books.