I've been thinking of a twist on the usual "Weasley Love Potions" idea. I know, been done to death but there is a possibility for it. Just roll with me here:
Let's say that the fanon theory is correct: That Harry and Hermione were getting dosed with Love Potions in Year 6 to fall for Ginny and Ron. And their children were conceived with a bit of love potion influence as well.
How was Voldemort conceived? With Love Potions. No true love was involved in his conception.
And the Weasleys and the Potters have about eight kids... Each a potential future Voldemort. Worst case scenario, they ALL go dark and plunge the world into chaos and misery. And hence, somebody's gotta go back in time to keep this disaster from happening. And the simplest way is to prevent these relationships from forming in the first place.
It doesn't need to bash the Weasleys, or automatically be Harry/Hermione or anything like that. In fact, it might be hilarious if the person who was sent back was Ron or Ginny who try to get Harry and Hermione together with other people. Or if you must stick to the canon pairings, try to get them together based on love and not on love potions. Indeed, you could have part of the mission be to learn who pulled the potions crap in the first place, and why. Make a mystery out of it, rather than just an excuse to bash on the Weasleys.
Let's say that the fanon theory is correct: That Harry and Hermione were getting dosed with Love Potions in Year 6 to fall for Ginny and Ron. And their children were conceived with a bit of love potion influence as well.
How was Voldemort conceived? With Love Potions. No true love was involved in his conception.
And the Weasleys and the Potters have about eight kids... Each a potential future Voldemort. Worst case scenario, they ALL go dark and plunge the world into chaos and misery. And hence, somebody's gotta go back in time to keep this disaster from happening. And the simplest way is to prevent these relationships from forming in the first place.
It doesn't need to bash the Weasleys, or automatically be Harry/Hermione or anything like that. In fact, it might be hilarious if the person who was sent back was Ron or Ginny who try to get Harry and Hermione together with other people. Or if you must stick to the canon pairings, try to get them together based on love and not on love potions. Indeed, you could have part of the mission be to learn who pulled the potions crap in the first place, and why. Make a mystery out of it, rather than just an excuse to bash on the Weasleys.