Harry Potter [Harry Potter]Miscellaneous ideas topic.

AoMythology

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Thanks, now I have the idea of minerva!kyuubi.

Kits.
Oh, I hated that in Naruto fanfictions, and not just because it meant an immediately friendly Kyuubi most of the time.

@nuclear death frog : in canon? If so, I have forgotten that part of the books.
 
@AoMythology , not in canon, in fanfics. And I don't think Sirius or Remus ever called Harry anything but his name.
 

AoMythology

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@AoMythology , not in canon, in fanfics. And I don't think Sirius or Remus ever called Harry anything but his name.
Yeah, I was talking about fanon, too. A way to mock those who have Sirius and Remus use moronic nicknames.
 
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AoMythology

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What about a small parody mocking the cliche of Draco Malfoy falling for a self-insert an OC? Malfoy loses a bet, so he has to be nice to the filthy mudblood/half-breed/blood traitor generic stupid and naive OC number 278399 annoyance that tries to flirt with him when he is obviously not interested. Unfortunately, his anger builds up more and more until he ends up with accidental magic that turns the delusional stalker girl into something even more unpleasant.

The moral of the story: even Malfoy has standards. :p
 
What about a small parody mocking the cliche of Draco Malfoy falling for a self-insert an OC? Malfoy loses a bet, so he has to be nice to the filthy mudblood/half-breed/blood traitor generic stupid and naive OC number 278399 annoyance that tries to flirt with him when he is obviously not interested. Unfortunately, his anger builds up more and more until he ends up with accidental magic that turns the delusional stalker girl into something even more unpleasant.

The moral of the story: even Malfoy has standards. :p
That sounds like one of those horrible parody fics that are written purposely to be so bad that you can't help but like it.
 

AoMythology

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Hahaha!

I was inspired by this thread.
The only thing that makes your idea redeemable is the fact that you mean it as a parody and your use of bad cliches are to make fun of them.

I mean, I suppose a serious fic of that type could be decent if well written, in theory, but...

I can't unread that.

And wouldn't even try to read the actual fic given that I couldn't stomach more than a couple pages of the first Twilight book. And that's what it essentially would be, a plot made for Twilight.
 

AoMythology

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The only thing that makes your idea redeemable is the fact that you mean it as a parody and your use of bad cliches are to make fun of them.

I mean, I suppose a serious fic of that type could be decent if well written, in theory, but...

I can't unread that.

And wouldn't even try to read the actual fic given that I couldn't stomach more than a couple pages of the first Twilight book. And that's what it essentially would be, a plot made for Twilight.
Yeah, understandable.

I'm not so interested in this idea that I will actually try to write it; even if I do, it will be a one-shit*. The girl(?) who posted the idea in that thread was lucky, though - if it had been a few years earlier, the members here would have ripped her to shreds. :cool:

*(Sic)
 

seitora

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And now for possibly the worst idea of all time (from me, on the TFF Discord)

>what if Harry Potter turned into a wuxia novel

>he kills Voldemort and becomes the Master of Death

>only for it to be revealed he's merely reached the pinnacle of the second stage of wizarding worlds (the lowest stage are planets like ours where there is no magic) and there's like, ten tiers of cultivations above him and Earth's magic is like a tiny little world at the end of a mega-galaxy

>infants born in the set of worlds the next step up are smarter, more intelligent, and more capable with magic before the age of 1 than Dumbledore or Voldemort or Grindelwald ever were
 

chronodekar

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That suggestion horrifies me. It's the kind of plot which, at first description, would be avoided. Then if enough people vouch for it, might be read. And then, if the author has done an amazing job, will turn out to be something truly incredible.

For good or bad, only the author would know. As for me? I think it is more likely that it will not turn out nice.

-chronodekar
 

seitora

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It would probably be terrible. Just like most wuxia novels for that matter.
 

AoMythology

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I've decided on Harry's Animagus form in my story, On a Similar Path, though it can still change if someone has a better idea.

"What could it be, if it's not a Cheetah, Hagrid, though? It looked pretty much the same as in pictures- other pictures, I mean," Harry said, correcting himself as seamlessly as he could.

Hagrid paused for a minute, scratching his head and beard, then said, "did yeh have somethin' ter compare sizes with, Harry?"

"No," Harry said, "the cat was alone in the- picture," this time barely pausing in his lie.

"Well," Hagrid said, "it coulda bin* a Savannah Kneazle or Serval. Prob'ly Serval, if it was a muggle photo, tho' it's obvious."

"What are those?" Harry asked Hagrid, intrigued, pushing aside his teacup and leaning forward a bit.

"Serval is a kind'a jungle cat what lives in Africa; it's class-e-fied as a wildcat, but it's very tame and much smaller 'n Leopards or even Cheetahs. Sum people, even Muggles, have them as pets. It's a normal animal, no magic in 'em," Hagrid said, his black eyes almost shining in his passion. He then said, "Savannah Kneazles on th' other hand are a crossbreed b'tween Kneazles an' Servals. It's a magical animal, tho' it's not 'xactly very powafull*. Last I heard, Muggles managed to crossbreed Servals an' house cats a few years ago, tho' Savannah Kneazles bin* around fer centuries. Even named 'em Savannah Cats," shaking his head in the end.

Harry smiled at Hagrid's energetic and passionate monologue. He had once noted that Hagrid was like a child and that it contributed to the huge man's charm. While he hadn't changed his mind, Harry now was certain that Hagrid was way more charismatic and intelligent than most gave him credit for. He thanked his lucky stars for the thousandth time that he hadn't been Sorted into Ravenclaw, as that House generally thought of Hagrid as a useless fool. Harry, though, had seen Hagrid's potential usefulness from day one.

Harry snapped out of his thoughts. He remembered what he had come here for, after all. Harry said, "so, how can I tell if what I saw is a Serval or a hybrid?"

Hagrid snorted. He said, "if it had bin a Savannah Kneazle, you woulda knew*, Harry. Their eyes lit-e-rally glow all-most* like a Lumos Charm, even in daylight! Its face would be all blurry-like* in a photo," devolving into thanking Harry for getting back his wand privileges in the end.

The vision Harry had had after ingesting the Animagus Potion containing a Mandrake Leaf that had been sewn into his palate had shown him a cat whose eyes only glowed at night, and with nowhere near the glow Hagrid had described Savannah Kneazles as having. Harry would still need more research to be certain, but Hagrid had likely reduced the time necessary to a quarter or less of what would have been necessary otherwise.

Harry thanked Hagrid for his time as warmly as he could, drained most of the tea that had remained in his cup in a single move and left, possibilities passing through his mind at the speed of light.
*Sic
 
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One thing I was thinking about while going through some old threads this morning... From the various "Time Looping" threads, has anyone ever just taken one of those and decide to make it a fic? I mean, the little snippets we see of each loop are interesting enough, but what about seeing the whole loop?
 
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DIT_grue

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One thing I was thinking about while going through some old threads this morning... From the various "Time Looping" threads, has anyone ever just taken one of those and decide to make it a fic? I mean, the little snippets we see of each loop are interesting enough, but what about seeing the whole loop?
Most of a decade ago, Saphroneth wrote some material in the same general setting, and when he crossposted to SB it kicked off considerable activity for a couple of years. I ignored most of it, and of course it was mostly the same sort of thing as was originally posted here, but if you go through this compilation, there are a few longer-form pieces. Still not whole-loop coverage, and broken up between chapters as segments were written and posted (so you'll need to control-F for the subtitle in the section headers), but might scratch the itch. Off the top of my head, "Turning the Tables", "X-Communication", and... actually, "Reconciliation" is all in chapter 14 and does pretty much cover one whole loop, although it's a bit more embedded in the overarching plot and elaboration of the metaphysics that went on.
 
I've been considering getting back into contributing to the time loops threads again, but re-reading some of them made me want to see the sorts of whacky hijinks the loopers would get up to in a single loop.

I've never gotten the appeal of MLP and never been a "brony". Still, it's nice that someone has done something like the idea I thought of.
 

DIT_grue

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I've never gotten the appeal of MLP and never been a "brony". Still, it's nice that someone has done something like the idea I thought of.
Like I said, I ignored it almost entirely - I stuck to this one because I enjoy Saphroneth's work in particular, and even then I made only one perfunctory attempt to read the thread(s) themselves. If you want to look for material in another fandom, this appears a likely place to start, and you could probably find an appropriate thread to repeat your request if you don't want to just wade in at random.
 

seitora

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I mentioned today in the Discord that Dumbledore would have sent Tom Riddle back to his orphanage during the Battle of Britain. I actually had my dates slightly wrong, since it only started in July of 1940, but at that point there was no apparent effort to remove Tom to safety either while he would have been hearing bombs overhead most of the summer. Similarly, though the Blitz ended in May of 1941, Dumbledore decided to return Tom back to the orphanage less than a month later with no real proof the bombing wouldn't resume.

Not really an idea on its own, but definitely some interesting food for thought to add on to a greater fic.
 
You're not the first I've heard make this speculation. It's something that's been mentioned periodically the last couple of years and often speculated that it's one of the reasons Tom Riddle became obsessed with Immortality and Muggle Hating.
 
Dumbledore wasn't Headmaster during Tom Riddle's time as a student; he was Transfiguration professor, and almost certainly the Deputy Headmaster although that isn't explicitly stated. It wouldn't have been his decision, it would have been Armando Dippet's, who was Dumbledore's boss. Dippet was headmaster of Hogwarts until he died sometime in the late autumn term of approximately 1956 in the Potterverse.

Now you could argue that's semantics and simply write that *somebody* fucked up, whether it's Dumbledore or not. But Tom was arguably already at least started on his quest to be immortal from the first time Dumbledore met him; World War II may not have mattered to him, if its events were even the same in the Potterverse, which is never explicitly made clear. That's ... conjecture, though, probably.
 

seitora

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I'm aware Dumbledore wasn't Headmaster at the time. For some reason, I was of the impression he was the one who told Tom he had to return home during the summer, but that could be an entirely false impression I have built up on fanon.
 
That was the movie. In the books, it was Dippet. However, Books 2 and 6 make it clear Dumbledore was suspicious of Tom from the start. So it's debatable how much Dumbledore's attitude towards Tom affected the path Riddle walked.
 
Went to the text last night, Dippet was at least somewhat open to Tom staying at Hogwarts under ordinary circumstances, i.e. not when there is a monster on the loose. Or at least, Dippet did not outright say it was an iron-clad "No".

Probably should have looked it up a while back, but bugger that.
 
Idea Time! I think I posted some of this on a Discord a while back. Don't recall which or when. Thinking of making it a fanfic challenge. Never fleshed it out fuller than this, so there wouldn't be too many rules.

“All Plans End in Ruin” / “Black!”
The Premise in One Sentence: Family is more important to the Blacks than anything.
Longer Premise: In the period between 1 Sept 1979 and 31 August 1980, four children were born to members of the House of Black. And family is more important to the Blacks than anything else.

To Sirius Black and his wife Lily (Evans) Black: Leo Alphard, on 31 July 1980. The Boy Who Lived.

To Bellatrix Black, paramour of the Dark Lord: Delphini Merope.

To Andromeda Black and her lover Edward Tonks: Carina Theodora. Update of canon character Nymphadora. Must be a Metamorphmagus.

To Narcissa (Black) Malfoy, who married Lucius Malfoy: Draco Cygnus.


After the Dark Lord’s fall:
– Narcissa denounced Lucius as a Death Eater, divorced him and severed her son’s ties to his Malfoy birthright. Lucius may or may not go to Azkaban; possibly his money makes sure Narcissa is not entirely believed
– Narcissa took custody of Bellatrix’s daughter when Bellatrix goes to Azkaban for some undetermined crime. Or possibly Bellatrix is dead; maybe more convenient
– Narcissa went to Andromeda, proposed an alliance of the two sisters to protect the three children (four if they could get custody of Sirius’s son). The latter did not happen but the three cousins grow up together more or less as siblings.
– Narcissa legally able to remarry but probably never does

Leo Black grows up with the Dursleys as Harry Potter did in canon, but when he gets on the train to Hogwarts he finds out he has three second-cousins who all want to welcome him as family.

They will all be Sorted into different houses. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT for the challenge: the four children must all be in different Hogwarts houses. They also must continue to consider themselves family.

Leo Black can take formal possession of #12 Grimmauld Place any time after first year. Up to author how to write Kreacher.

How much of a role does Voldemort play in this story?
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And that's all I have thought of thus far.
 

seitora

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Something I've mentioned in passing a couple of times on the Discord but don't think I've mentioned here:

Dark Lord Ron.

Now, in my mind, there's two ways this could be gone about. One is for a serious take on it, with an actually competent Ron secretly plotting and building up his own personal magical abilities, and building up a power base over time, before launching Wizarding Britain into another war to establish it as his fiefdom.

The second option is a more comedic take on it, where Ron gets so absolutely smashed that he wakes up the next morning, only to find out he managed to conquer all of Wizarding Britain the night before as a new Dark Lord and quickly has to figure out what he hell he was doing while drunk.
 
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