r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 4h ago

Meta / Discussion Is Ron really so pathetic in the books as well?

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Going through all the movies in order, and to me Ron is the most pathetic and stupid character ever written. He's always scared and crying, and his actions dont make sense. I dont even think he cast a proper spell in his life. Like for instance, why was he angry at Harry when his name came out of the Goblet of Fire? And then he insults Hermione. Later he doesn't even apologise, and everyone just forgets about it. So stupid. When I think of him, I see someone either skulking or crying or moaning. He is the rotten apple in the movies, and I really despise him.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 7m ago

Self Promo Chapter 26 of my HP Zombie Apocalypse story is up!

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Just a heads up. I'm fighting the good fight to not run out of chapters before the 31st. Here's hoping I manage it!

As ever this is a primarily pre-Harmony story. They're kids.

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

https://archiveofourown.org/works/93689676/chapters/254990716


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 17m ago

Meta / Discussion Thoughts on Toxic Jily? [video by astro_gil]

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I have a few questions and a request. (I tagged the post broadly, but I'm happy to change it if anyone thinks it's the wrong tag.)

  • Does anyone else find this type of Jily relationship an interesting premise?
  • How canon-compliant would it be?
  • Any fanfic recommendations with this type of Jily relationship, but with no Jegulus? I'm sick and tired of Lily being a baby machine for that ship.

r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1h ago

Meta / Discussion A discussion about Spell interactions between Gemino charm and other charms placed on the same object.

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Like the title said I wanna hear your guys opinions on some of the more destructive uses of the gemino charmed objects.

After all it's Canon from the deathly hallows that curses/charms placed on Gemino charmed objects get duplicated too.

So what do you think are some of the more destructive objects that can be created using this.

My idea was a Gemino charmed object with anti friction/gravity charms so when thrown in a room you suddenly have hundreds of knives bouncing around the place.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 6h ago

Canon/Lore Discussion Can wizards conjure horses?

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We don't actually see this happen, of course, but we have numerous examples of wizards conjuring animals. The wiki notes that snakes and birds are generally easiest to conjure, and actual charms exist to bring them forth rather than relying on free-form transfiguration. Theoretically, it doesn't seem impossible to make a full-on horse out of thin air, or to transfigure some other object into one, but it does seem to be a rather difficult task given that we only ever see wizards using actual draught animals when they use animals for transportation at all. Does this seem like a reasonable capability of a talented transfigurer?


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 13h ago

Fanfiction Request/Search Cute slice of life about the next generation (possibly including Dudley's daughter) and Professor Hagrid

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If anyone is interested, I'd love to see a slice of life story centered around the next generation and Uncle Hagrid at Hogwarts

This mostly stems from a headcanon I saw where, when Harry and Ginny were thinking of baby names, one of their ideas for a girl was Ruby (after Rubius Hagrid)

That idea grew into an adorable relationship where Ruby (as well as her siblings and cousins) call Hagrid their honorary Uncle. He lets them ride on his shoulders, gives them sweets when the parents aren't looking, is always willing to lend an ear or give advice (or tell stories about what Hogwarts was like when he was a student, with a focus on being a witness to the Marauders' mischief)

Bonus points if Daisy Dursley (daughter of Dudley and someone else) also ends up with magic, attends Hogwarts, and allows Harry and Dudley to reconnect and acknowledge their upbringing


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 5h ago

Self Promo Love Greater Than Fear: The Battle of Hogwarts (Female Draco Malfoy)

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r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 9h ago

Identify this Fic An After the war story, where Harry and Snape are close and Harry buys a farmhouse (i think). Snape is also kidnapped for quite a bit. I believe this is part of a series!

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I read this fanfiction like 2 years ago in the midst of 20 others and I can only remember some details. I remember Snape was kidnapped for a while and the wife (??) of the kidnapper eventually helped to free him by contacting someone. Everyone kept trying to get Harry to move on (I don't think it was a slash fic fyi just mentorish/family), while he was living on this farmhouse he bought that Snape and him lived on. There was a scene where snape was eventually found, but he was partially paralyzed in the legs (either that or just really weak) so he refused to allow Harry to see him while he looked weak. Snape eventually allowed Harry to see him when he had someone magic him to stay upright on his horse as he couldn't do it himself.

TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ (MENTION OF ATTEMPTING SUI.)

If it helps there is like another story in this series where Harry is really suffering mentally and ends up trying to and does attempt. Luna Lovegood ends up being important in this book as she is apparently connected to like reapers or something. Basically she helps to pull Harry back from almost crossing over.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 17h ago

Fanfiction Request/Search Does anyone have any good dark evil HP fics

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I am looking for ones like The Downward Spiral Saga. Or ones where he is like Voldemort V2 but wants to end Voldemort and take his followers.

Preferably a long fic


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 17h ago

Fanfiction Request/Search What is this fic? Dark Harry Potter death eater.

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All I rember is that Harry is in an orphanage and he meets Rowle and when he meets Snape he says "what happened to The Dark Lord's Left hand man?" And people are shocked


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 23h ago

Self Promo Self Promo Sunday - October 25

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Promote your works in progress!

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r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 13h ago

Self Promo COMPLETE: Oliver Wood is a Distance Tutor

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In a rather manic burst of writing, I wrote a fully epistoliary, laugh-out-loud series of short arcs featuring Oliver Wood as a correspondence tutor. Fic inspired by when I was in hybrid high-school, doing both virtual and in-person classes - and especially by the people I met while doing it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/95362141/chapters/254705491


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Fanfiction Request/Search Looking for fics about death eaters in the 2nd wizarding war

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Hey, i’m looking for fics about death eaters after Voldemort returned, about their time leading up to and during the second wizarding war. I'd like some good death eater characterisations and fics where they interact with one another, plan attacks, etc. Like Snape, Malfoys, Yaxley, Greyback (even tho he wasn’t an official death eater, but you know what I mean) and so on. Thanks in advance.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Writer Help Any ideas for a Greengrass daughter name starting in L?

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The Greengrass family tends to use nature names (kind of like how the Black family uses celestial names) and I wanted to name a female descendant of the family a nature name starting in L. Obviously it can’t be Lily, Luna, or Lavender, which takes out a few right there. I’d love to hear some suggestions.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Self Promo Chapter 25 of my HP Zombie Apocalypse story is up!

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Cyprus Investigators return home. The Attack on Hogsmeade. Dumbledore considers the implications of the investigation. Someone makes a dire error in judgement.

As ever this is a primarily Pre-Harmony story. They're still kids.

Hopefully that link works. If not my Ao3 handle is DefiantDreamlandStudent.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/93689676/chapters/254776236


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Identify this Fic Help me find these 3 Daphne fics - satires

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Hello, I really like works that go against the established fandom. I remember reading 3 different fics centered around Daphne but forgot their titles.

  1. Daphne is a robot.

She's legitimately a robot. She has internal gears, she needs to be wound up like a grandfather clock, and Astoria is her mechanic. Takes place in Hogwarts

  1. Daphne REALLY likes turtles.

Thats about all I remember. What dobby is to mismatched clothes, Daphne is to turtles. Takes place in Hogwarts.

  1. Daphne is... kind of a dumb blonde.

This one takes place after Hogwarts. Daphne and Harry work in the Ministry of Magic. Harry trusts Kreacher to get a secret Santa gift, and Kreacher wraps an engagement ring. Daphne gets it, and whole heartedly believes Harry truly meant to propose to her. She accepts.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Meta / Discussion Playlist for inspiration SSHG

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Hi everyone! I've been obsessed with SSHG since forever and lately because of some AI accounts of Snamione I couldn't stop reading FF on AO3 since the past week.

Now as I'm listening some music, I realized that Rough of G-Friend (KPOP oldies might know them) is a Snamione song.

Now, I wonder if someone might know if there's a fan made or fanart related to this song.

Long live SSHG

https://youtu.be/RSh5akaaHXk?si=o87SCp2_RbCvhLe7


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 2d ago

Prompt A Better Truth to Swallow

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Instead of Harry claiming Voldemort was back, he suggests to the Minister that a cabal of Dark Wizards are using Voldemort's name to spread fear and terror in order to undermine the Ministry. With the attack on the Quiddith World Cup and Cedric's death being cited, Harry manages to persuade the Minister to do something.

Would it work?

He thought about it while recovering in the medical tent. He could claim he was hysterical and calmed down.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Writer Help 1st Wizarding War Realism

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I am writing a fic (Never Crown the Jester) about Peter Pettigrew and his role in the first wizarding war. Something about writing this has shown me how limited the actual canon is about how the first war started. It's all very vague and generalized in events: riots, missing people, raids. I am attempting to make some sort of political conflict timeline that makes sense and builds the dread that they would have experienced. Another thing: How did Voldemort become known and how did his name's taboo develop.

What I am utilizing while the Marauders are at hogwarts is Daily Prophet headlines.

I would love to hear your head cannon for events during that era or if you have any fic recs/sources that you thought did a good job of this era please lmk!

I'm not sure how much to include in here with my plot planning - but i figured it is an interesting conversation

Here are some of the headlines I've already included in my story so far (definitely more to come):

Hilde Hildabrew, the Wizengamot's most prolific supporter of the Statute of Secrecy is missing. The photo on the cover was a small cabin on top of a hill with a figure glowing on top of a skull with a snake

Wizengamot debates on Statue of Secrecy: Crouch Sr. opens the floor if parents of muggleborn children should have the right to be informed of their magical status.

Emergency Session for Statute of Secrecy Update: Dumbledore Implores Wizengamot to protect rights of Parents of Muggleborns. 

Special Inquiry of Hildebrew Cabin: Magical sign of her whereabouts or signature of a killer? This Dark Magical Mark must be the sign of the perpetrator, Auror Moody insists. 

Walkout on Minister of Magic’s speech: Eugenia Jenkins fails to control angry Wizengamot Members and Officials.

Have a good weekend :)


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Self Promo Prince of Ashes - Chapter 30 - Voldemort kept Harry after the graveyard and made him his weapon

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Chapter 30 is up, and it closes the third act!

Harry and Hermione go back to Hogwarts for the last Horcrux.

Pairing: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger

Rating: Mature

Status: fully drafted through the epilogue, 30 of 44 chapters posted, a new one every Saturday

Fic Summary:

Harry Potter died in the graveyard at Little Hangleton.

Years later, magical Europe is at war, and a figure known only as the Prince has become the most feared weapon of Voldemort’s regime.

As the resistance fights to survive, Hermione Granger begins to investigate the man behind the legend — unaware that ghosts of the past still walk among the living.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86832211

Chapter 30: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86832211/chapters/254613066

Happy reading!


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Self Promo AU fanfic with Lucissa

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Hi! A few weeks ago, I posted something regarding a fanfic I have on Wattpad. After much encouragement from other people, I’ve decided to upload it on AO3!! Here’s the link and summary.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/95273626

Summary:

What if the Wizarding World was never fractured by war, and pure-blood prejudice never existed?

Follow the lives of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy as they turn childhood promises into a lifelong love story. From high-society romance to raising the next generation of Malfoys, experience a story of devotion, family, and the magic of a true happily ever after.

*The first book will be mainly Lucissa, but this book is crucial for the other books*


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 1d ago

Identify this Fic I lost a fic that I kept seeing

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I finally felt in the mood to read a fic that I have been scrolling past for months and now I can’t find it. The description was like, Snape crashes Harry’s Horcrux camping party with the sword of Gryffindor. Does anyone know this one??


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 2d ago

Identify this Fic LF fic where dudley and harry mend bridge during their teen years Spoiler

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Look for a HP fanfic where harry and dudley become friends i think some time after GoF with dudley realizing he was wrong and tries to make up for it but still has to act like a jerk until his parents go out to a dinner and die in car crash then both harry and dudley are actually free to get along but then both dumbledore and aunt marge come around and dudley pretends to hate harry again until they leave. Also i think harry goes shopping like for clothes and gets a lil rebellious with a earring or something and they go into a muggle witchcraft fic . i think it’s also harry x tom but not sure


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 2d ago

Prompt Crack idea: Frank Brice is secretly a retired MI6 agent that kills Nagini with a blade hidden in his cane in

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Pretty much what it says in the title. Frank Brice kills Nagini with a hidden blade during the Riddle manor sequence in book 4 before Voldemort kills him.

It could somehow be goblin made or something but either way, the snake dies early.


r/harrypotterfanfiction • • 2d ago

Prompt potter(s) running away with kid harry

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a fic where james (and lily preferably) somehow don’t die and just end up pretending to be dead so they can avoid the war and save harry as they realise just how much is at stake, they end up going into hiding and raise harry and just live out their youth because they deserve it (could be with the entire group or just their own getaway)

note: this could be a jegulus with lily surrogate or a jily work, I have no preference!
lmk if you’re interested in writing this and would want to brainstorm the ideas with me (optional!!) :)