Harry Potter The HP Fic Recommendation Thread

If I may recommend this:
Prophecy Misinterpreted
http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?psid=337764
This story unfolds around a prophecy by Cassandra Vablatsky in the 1960s, warning about the rise of a Dark Lord. Action is taken by the actual Minister for Magic, however by the end of the story we all realize that the warning was deadly misinterpreted.
 
If I may recommend this:
Prophecy Misinterpreted
http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?psid=337764
This story unfolds around a prophecy by Cassandra Vablatsky in the 1960s, warning about the rise of a Dark Lord. Action is taken by the actual Minister for Magic, however by the end of the story we all realize that the warning was deadly misinterpreted.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12341902/1/A-Hairy-Business

A Hairy Business
By: Vinelle
In which the protagonist of the Harry Potter series is put to the cute but disinterested animal test: if your hero can be replaced by a cute but disinterested animal, is he really that proactive?
Rated: Fiction T - English - Parody - Words: 3,358 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 6 - Published: Jan 28 - id: 12341902



In which Lily learns she is a doe animagus. This has consequences.

Mostly involving the nature of Harry's conception.
 

lord geryon

Well-Known Member
Shirotsume said:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12341902/1/A-Hairy-Business

A Hairy Business
By: Vinelle
In which the protagonist of the Harry Potter series is put to the cute but disinterested animal test: if your hero can be replaced by a cute but disinterested animal, is he really that proactive?
Rated: Fiction T - English - Parody - Words: 3,358 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 6 - Published: Jan 28 - id: 12341902



In which Lily learns she is a doe animagus. This has consequences.

Mostly involving the nature of Harry's conception.
I want the last five minutes of my life back.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
lord geryon said:
Shirotsume said:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12341902/1/A-Hairy-Business

A Hairy Business
By: Vinelle
In which the protagonist of the Harry Potter series is put to the cute but disinterested animal test: if your hero can be replaced by a cute but disinterested animal, is he really that proactive?
Rated: Fiction T - English - Parody - Words: 3,358 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 6 - Published: Jan 28 - id: 12341902



In which Lily learns she is a doe animagus. This has consequences.

Mostly involving the nature of Harry's conception.
I want the last five minutes of my life back.
Kek.
 
The biggest affront here isn't the implications detailed in the fic, but that someone wrote it at all.
 
Eight Days is a nice Lily and James exploration. Seems to be an alternate universe piece.

Hasn't updated in a while but is pretty good reading. The rest of the author's stuff is good from what I have seen also. Lots of Lily/James, some Harry/Ginny.

Another go at the link:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12232484/1/Eight-Days
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4172226


A Hero
By: Celebony
Dudley begins to see his family in a different light. Warning: strong language and themes of child abuse. WINNER: Best One-Shot at Quibbler Awards
Rated: Fiction T - English - Drama - Dudley D., Harry P. - Words: 18,108 - Reviews: 1,317 - Favs: 6,792 - Follows: 864 - Published: Apr 2, 2008 - Status: Complete - id: 4172226

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you give weight to the end of your story.
 

chronodekar

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Staff member
I've read that before (Dudley story). Think I remember liking it. Not enough to read it again, but it IS worth reading at least once.

-chronodekar
 
Apologies if this was already recommended.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11585823/1/The-Art-of-Self-Fashioning
"The Art of Self-Fashioning"

Summary: Gen, AU. In a world where Neville is the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry still grows up with the Dursleys, but he learns to be more private about what matters to him. When McGonagall comes to give him his letter, she also unwittingly gives Harry both a new quest and a new passion: Transfiguration. Mentor Minerva fic. Rated for violence.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Adventure/Drama - Harry P., Minerva M. - Chapters: 55 - Words: 253,090


Updated yesterday, updates regularly.
 

chronodekar

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Staff member
nuclear death frog said:
Apologies if this was already recommended.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11585823/1/The-Art-of-Self-Fashioning
"The Art of Self-Fashioning"

Summary: Gen, AU. In a world where Neville is the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry still grows up with the Dursleys, but he learns to be more private about what matters to him. When McGonagall comes to give him his letter, she also unwittingly gives Harry both a new quest and a new passion: Transfiguration. Mentor Minerva fic. Rated for violence.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Adventure/Drama - Harry P., Minerva M. - Chapters: 55 - Words: 253,090


Updated yesterday, updates regularly.
Sounds interesting. Why do you like it? Is the writing good? Or is it something else?

-chronodekar
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
It starts good, but then it just slogs. It's relentlessly bleak, with no bright spots nor explicit lows.

Can't really suggest it. It reads like a slow, inevitable march towards the main character committing suicide in a horrific way, essentially. No idea if that actually happens, but after ~150k words of building up to it... I just stopped reading it.
 

OniGanon

Well-Known Member
Harry seems nigh on sociopathic. It's interesting for a while but I don't know if I can read through the whole thing.
 

sinewyk

Well-Known Member
Ok here is a rec. I've just spent 5 hours reading it and spent my night on it.

Anyway ... Here it is ...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12388283/1
"The many Deaths of Harry Potter" by ShayneT

Official description: In a world with a pragmatic, intelligent Voldemort, Harry discovers that he has the power to live, die and repeat until he gets it right.

Mine: ruthless/intelligent villains, somewhat time loopy (in a good way, you almost forget it's there). I felt like in a way reading something like "He Who Fights Monsters" by hawker-748. The feels are real. The desperation is real. It's a struggle, and it feels damn good. I got off my ass after not sleeping my night away to tell you guys about it.

Top 3 Harry Potter recently (~3 years) I would say. Easy.
 

Oni_Rinku

Knower of Stuff
I personally think that Blindness is a pretty decent, non bashing fic and while I admit that it has Stu/Sue moments, I believe that they're written well enough that you want to know what happens next. Also the author updates pretty often (at least compared to most authors) with his last update being April 10.
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
sinewyk said:
Ok here is a rec. I've just spent 5 hours reading it and spent my night on it.

Anyway ... Here it is ...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12388283/1
"The many Deaths of Harry Potter" by ShayneT

Official description: In a world with a pragmatic, intelligent Voldemort, Harry discovers that he has the power to live, die and repeat until he gets it right.

Mine: ruthless/intelligent villains, somewhat time loopy (in a good way, you almost forget it's there). I felt like in a way reading something like "He Who Fights Monsters" by hawker-748. The feels are real. The desperation is real. It's a struggle, and it feels damn good. I got off my ass after not sleeping my night away to tell you guys about it.

Top 3 Harry Potter recently (~3 years) I would say. Easy.
Your rec is what prompted me to try the story out. Biggest complaint I have is that it's incomplete, but the author is making updates. The last one was less than 24 hours ago.

Has my recommendation for a good read too! Here's my summary,

At some point in his childhood, Harry gets killed. But then, he 'revives' (for lack of better term) to an earlier point in time, but keeps his memories. He then has to go about trying to avoid his death. In this story, he does die many times - the title is apt. From a pacing perspective, it's very similar to the anime Re:zero. A big difference with the anime, is that Harry isn't a dimwit. We don't see the same chapter or episode twice - there's usually some change or the other.

Then at around the latter part of the story, things change. i.e. Voldermort gets a clue that SOMEthing is going on. The butterfly effect is in full force - when Harry thwarts one of the Dark Lord's schemes, he makes a new one. Which means the timeline changes with new dangers for Harry to worry about.

In short: if you liked re:zero, this is worth reading. If you did'nt like that anime, you'll probably hate this story too.

Something I found really jarring, is grammar and typos. The story has them - and they ARE distracting. I really wish the author made use of a proof-reader.

Now, I need something else to read ...

-chronodekar
 

Oni_Rinku

Knower of Stuff
I'm not sure if this has been recc'ed before, but I love the Dumbledore as of Chapter 22. Very crack worthy! I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10136172/1/Core-Threads
 
Oni_Rinku said:
I'm not sure if this has been recc'ed before, but I love the Dumbledore as of Chapter 22. Very crack worthy! I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10136172/1/Core-Threads
I don't like that story. I mean, lets suck everyone into Harry's mind and teach them super powers as soon as they meet for the first! Let's spend chapters doing more of that the next day! The story takes 7 chapters to get from the Hogwarts Express to the first day of classes and almost all of it is spent in Harry's super duper mindscape.

There's a difference between a powerful Harry and simply doing a power!wank Harry.
 

zerohour

Well-Known Member
Are there any fics focused on interactions between Snape and Seamus? It popped into my mind that their parents were basically the same, (Witch falls in love with a Muggle, doesn't tell him about magic until after the wedding,) and I'm curious if anyone ever addressed that at all.
 

da_fox2279

California Crackpot
Chilord has begun posting the edited chapters of Wind Shear on FFNet.
 

AoMythology

Apparently a report-er
It seems to actually be a good story. I remember a 'Naruto' story of his, NBH (?), which was mediocre at best and didn't even have the decency to include the smut that should exist in such a fic (Naruto claimed foreign kunoichi as his slaves).
 
to be honest it wasn't really that mediocre, it was just frustrating, plus as much as we like Smut, 'ruto was still 12-13 yo no matter what 'Boosts' Chakra or Kurama may have done to his body (hormonal developement or sexual maturity) he is still a little kid with terrible social graces and socially inept to the point everyone considered him to be just a good, but stupid kid.
i expect smut from the older Naruto, not from his younger self.
but yes Wind SHear is actually a Good No fucking Ships here Fic, so if anyone is looking for shipping or smut, they won't find anything bar a little tiny mention of what may be a Harry ship at the epilogue.
 
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