An idea I've been kicking around in my head for awhile now, and one that I've been considering pinging off of Talon as a possible co-op.
One day, Harry Potter is bored and browsing through the Hogwarts Library looking for something interesting when a certain book catches his eye. <a href='http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Powers_You_Never_Knew_You_Had_and_What_To_Do_With_Them_Now_You've_Wised_Up' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Powers You Never Knew You Had and What To Do With Them Now You've Wised Up.</a> Curious to see what it's about, Harry takes it out and discovers that it's a massive list of magical talents and abilities, how to figure out if you've got them, and what to do if you have.
On a flight of fancy, and because he's already finished up all of his schoolwork, Harry opens up to the first entry and does the check.
It pings green.
In fact, as Harry goes down the list in order, each one pings green. The checks differ from a simple diagnostic spell to mixing a drop of blood into a premade potion, but regardless of the check, it always comes out positive.
The general premise of this is designed to play with the cliche that is Harry having a bunch of random magical gifts that he rarely, if ever, uses, and only seem to be listed for the sake of authorial masturbation.
This takes that, and turns it on it's ear. Harry doesn't just have one gift. He doesn't even have a few gifts. He has all of them. Every single one.
This is meant to be lighthearted and fun, but I'm also aiming to have it be a bit more realistic in it's interpretation as well, at least when compared to all the other fics involving a magical gift overload.
For instance, Harry literally has so many gifts that he actually forgets about some of them. He may take to carrying around a bit of paper with them all written down, just to remind himself (or at least, the current list of the ones they know about. I'd imagine that bit of paper would start to get real cramped, real fast).
The learned don't understand how this has happened, because someone literally having every magical gift should be completely and utterly impossible, with reactions ranging from disbelief to eager testing for estoric talents and gifts to see if there's something Harry doesn't have. This isn't helped along any by the fact that Harry seems to otherwise be a totally normal, average magical teenager, the complete collection of magical gifts nonwithstanding.
Reactions from his friends and peers range from rampant jealousy to weary resignation that these sorts of things just happen to Harry, and that they probably should have seen it coming. Also, various authority figures, peers, and/or goverment officials may or may not begin plotting the creation of Super Babies of DOOM?.
Basically, any way this could be played for laughs or to poke fun at the cliches, I want to play it that way.
Thoughts?
One day, Harry Potter is bored and browsing through the Hogwarts Library looking for something interesting when a certain book catches his eye. <a href='http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Powers_You_Never_Knew_You_Had_and_What_To_Do_With_Them_Now_You've_Wised_Up' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Powers You Never Knew You Had and What To Do With Them Now You've Wised Up.</a> Curious to see what it's about, Harry takes it out and discovers that it's a massive list of magical talents and abilities, how to figure out if you've got them, and what to do if you have.
On a flight of fancy, and because he's already finished up all of his schoolwork, Harry opens up to the first entry and does the check.
It pings green.
In fact, as Harry goes down the list in order, each one pings green. The checks differ from a simple diagnostic spell to mixing a drop of blood into a premade potion, but regardless of the check, it always comes out positive.
The general premise of this is designed to play with the cliche that is Harry having a bunch of random magical gifts that he rarely, if ever, uses, and only seem to be listed for the sake of authorial masturbation.
This takes that, and turns it on it's ear. Harry doesn't just have one gift. He doesn't even have a few gifts. He has all of them. Every single one.
This is meant to be lighthearted and fun, but I'm also aiming to have it be a bit more realistic in it's interpretation as well, at least when compared to all the other fics involving a magical gift overload.
For instance, Harry literally has so many gifts that he actually forgets about some of them. He may take to carrying around a bit of paper with them all written down, just to remind himself (or at least, the current list of the ones they know about. I'd imagine that bit of paper would start to get real cramped, real fast).
The learned don't understand how this has happened, because someone literally having every magical gift should be completely and utterly impossible, with reactions ranging from disbelief to eager testing for estoric talents and gifts to see if there's something Harry doesn't have. This isn't helped along any by the fact that Harry seems to otherwise be a totally normal, average magical teenager, the complete collection of magical gifts nonwithstanding.
Reactions from his friends and peers range from rampant jealousy to weary resignation that these sorts of things just happen to Harry, and that they probably should have seen it coming. Also, various authority figures, peers, and/or goverment officials may or may not begin plotting the creation of Super Babies of DOOM?.
Basically, any way this could be played for laughs or to poke fun at the cliches, I want to play it that way.
Thoughts?
