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Author has written 2 stories for Harry Potter.

i'm mostly a HP fanfic reader, because the setting's just so perfect for fanfiction in general. Rowling's world is so deliciously broken, it downright begs for people to improve it by writing better resolutions to plot lines, better fleshed-out background characters, better planning bad guys, better you-name-its. it's like she painted a beautiful background scene for a marionette theatre, but all the marionettes are half-done and/or half-broken, and the script is all kinds of inviting but is still just a messy first draft; you just have to finish all that wonderful stuff. and judging by how insanely much HP fanfiction's been written, i can't be even the dozenth person to think this.

(i've the germ of a "what was in Dumbledore's letter to Petunia" short oneshot fic that would be gloriously snarky and seven kinds of meta. still need to percolate it a bit more; may or may not write it down.)

other settings i'm interested in the fanfic of -- usually less interested, because most of them are less broken settings that therefore get less enthusiastic fan writers -- include the sort of literature i read; Tolkien, Wheel of Time, Bujold's Vorkosiganverse, Pratchett's Discworld, and Wildbow's Wormverse, among many others. (Wildbow's Worm is the one setting where i read only the fanfics. i used to read Worm itself back when it was still running, but it got too grimdark and depressing around arc 11 or so.)

pet peeve: naruto anything. even though i only know of it from fanfiction, the entire franchise just rubs me the wrong way. worse than other anime, even, and i'm very notably not a fan of anime, at all. your fanfic might be however good, but if it's a naruto x-over i won't be reading it.


challenge: Snakes Are Stupid.

premise: there's no such thing as parseltongue. snakes can't talk, because they don't have the brains for abstract language -- as countless other fanfic authors have pointed out (and Yudkowsky might've said it best, if not first), if snakes were smart enough to understand abstract, human-level language, we would've noticed them building things and making plans before now.

mind, the wizarding world might have stories and legends about snake speakers. might even have a myth about the Slytherin family being such. might perhaps even -- because wizards have no common sense, and are gullible -- believe that rot. but when Harry Potter faces a snake, neither of them communicate with the other beyond body language, because the snake's not capable of any more.

the challenge, then; write an alternate second year of Hogwarts in which no snakes talk. the Chamber of Secrets is still there; there's still a basilisk in it; Harry might even get tarred with the "heir of Slytherin" brush, and vilified. there's just no magical inborn un-learnable language that snakes can understand. no matter what certain puffed-up Hufflepuffs might claim.

notes: if you pick this one up, please do some research on snakes first, so you don't misrepresent the family in other ways. don't write them as "winking" when they have no eyelids, or "hearing" when they lack inner ears. or as particularly active outdoors in the middle of a Scottish winter...


challenge: Harry Potter and the Periodic Table

premise: in the summer of 1995, after being involuntarily used as an ingredient in an ad-hoc and partly botched resurrection ritual (and quite possibly as an entirely unintentional side-effect of same), Harry begins to develop elemental powers. only not down the fanciful Aristotelian lines you might be thinking of. more of a Mendeleevian style, in fact.

specifically, he develops (some amount of; possibly slowly growing) control over the element of sodium. Na. atomic number 11; all isotopes. the element being in compounds slows him down (by how much depends on the compound -- specifically, on the total molecular weight, structure, percentage of sodium by mass, and bond types) but doesn't totally no-sell him, and more practice with it can give him more control.

the wizarding world at large does not think this at all impressive, as they generally can't even understand it. some of the smarter muggleborns, however, think twice about it -- and then start to act remarkably worried...

scope: short, probably a oneshot. better make it humorous, or even an outright crackfic -- because if you play this power straight, even a minor amount of munchkinning will leave you with a body-horror scary godlike!Harry.

variations: introduce the power at some other time, to give him more / less time to practice with it. what might he do with a much more slowly ramping version of it during fourth, or even third, year? how quickly can he push it if he has to do it all while on the run?

notes: needless to say, if you want to pick this one up, make sure you have an at least high-school level grasp on the chemistry and biochemistry of sodium -- both the metal and its compounds -- as well as its effects and functions in vertebrate metabolism and biochemistry. even if your story doesn't munchkin the power out, you as the author will need to know how to use it effectively, and so most likely will your version of Harry.


Idle thought on the Star Wars universe

In a setting where every other shadetree mechanic can apparently build a fully sapient robot in their garage from spare parts, how come we don't see any AI's running starships?

There seems to be no reason not to. Droids run all over most of the galaxy, they're cheap enough you buy them second-hand from desert nomads; droids get trusted to do major surgery on you and maintain the space fighters you trust your life to in battle; and basically nobody ever seems to be afraid of any droid that isn't both (1) specifically built for battle, and (2) fighting on the opposite side of the war.

Plus there's plenty of reason to do it. A sapient spaceship can do everything from double-check your hyperspace navigation, to keep track of what maintenance needs be done where in its hull, to help stand watch over that hypernet commlink so you don't miss any important messages, to... countless things.

SO, THEREFORE: NEW HEADCANON ACCEPTED; Star Wars starships are sapient, as a rule. Some of them might not be able to speak with words, for whatever oddball and senseless reason astromech droids can't either, but they generally can at least think. The main exceptions are ships whose captains and crews would not want them to be sentient, generally for fear they might spill their crews' less than legal activities to the wrong people at the wrong time. Like, for instance, scruffy-looking smugglers from Corellia. But certainly any sensible crew on the right side of the law would want to fly a sapient ship, and any crew that basically are the law would always be - like the entire Imperial Navy, for instance. We just don't see enough people interacting with Star Destroyers to notice the ships are interacting back, is all. Heck, the Death Stars probably both of them had entire parliaments of AIs to help run them.

(What brought this on? Reading Malicean's Welcome to the Club, of course. I dare you to read through chapter 10 or 11 or so without falling in love with the Lady Ex. It's in my favourites.)

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The Slippery Slope by ack1308 reviews
When Taylor makes a new friend at Winslow, it's not as good a thing as it seems. One thing leads to another, and she ends up joining the Empire Eighty-Eight, as one of their most powerful capes. There's going to be some changes around here ...
Worm - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Crime - Chapters: 25 - Words: 218,112 - Reviews: 674 - Favs: 1,288 - Follows: 1,388 - Updated: 3/4/2024 - Published: 5/4/2015 - Skitter, Shadow Stalker, OC
Overlady by EarthScorpion reviews
"A new overlady, you say? She's a little short, although her temper is impressively vile. Oh well. Needs must when needs must. Too long have the lands of Halkeginia gone without true Evil. There are fluffy bunnies and happy ponies all over the place, frolicking! It makes me quite sick! No, it doesn't matter if she wants to or not. Because Evil always finds a way."
Crossover - Familiar of Zero & Overlord - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 92 - Words: 583,885 - Reviews: 2765 - Favs: 3,815 - Follows: 3,740 - Updated: 1/21/2024 - Published: 12/1/2012 - Louise
Ring-Maker by Lithos Maitreya reviews
Taylor Hebert had a bad day, and came out of it changed. Some parahumans can control bugs. Some can build advanced technology. Some can do unspeakable things to space and time. Taylor can make magic rings, wondrous metals, mysterious weapons, and may not be a parahuman (or, indeed, human) at all.
Crossover - Lord of the Rings & Worm - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Spiritual - Chapters: 153 - Words: 420,816 - Reviews: 1452 - Favs: 3,240 - Follows: 3,184 - Updated: 2/11/2022 - Published: 7/3/2017 - Sauron, Skitter, Shadow Stalker - Complete
Constellations by UnwelcomeStorm reviews
The sun rises over Brockton Bay.
Crossover - Okami & Worm - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 54 - Words: 128,629 - Reviews: 508 - Favs: 3,320 - Follows: 3,130 - Updated: 10/29/2021 - Published: 4/17/2018 - Amaterasu, Skitter
Welcome to the club by Malicean reviews
Still reeling from the revelations at Bespin – and not exactly reassured by Obi-wan's rationalizations and Yoda's last words and subsequent disappearing act – Luke had entered the coordinates for his first jump away from Dagobah more or less blindly. He had promptly come this close to splattering his X-wing all over the SSD Executor's colossal armored underbelly.
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 64 - Words: 144,836 - Reviews: 1614 - Favs: 2,155 - Follows: 2,471 - Updated: 3/28/2021 - Published: 3/9/2014 - Luke S., Darth Vader, F. Piett, General Veers
Molly Weasley and the Second Cousin by ZebJeb reviews
Molly's children do not know much about her second cousin, besides him being an accountant or something. She has a good reason to keep her family in the dark.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,321 - Reviews: 160 - Favs: 991 - Follows: 334 - Published: 2/15/2020 - Molly W. - Complete
Lodestar by ShayneT reviews
Taylor Hebert is the grandchild of Magneto, a villain from another world. She has inherited his powers. Is the world prepared for a mistress of magnetism?
Crossover - X-Men & Worm - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 61 - Words: 181,803 - Reviews: 1565 - Favs: 3,028 - Follows: 2,513 - Updated: 8/21/2018 - Published: 3/13/2018 - Complete
Psi Effect by Cap'n Chryssalid reviews
A fun-loving asari mercenary finds herself a little in over her head when she ends up abducted by terrifying aliens from beyond the galactic frontier. These asari-like creatures call themselves 'humans.' They seem to be secretly nosing about on the borders of known space, acting through proxies, conducting covert operations, and they've got a deal for an enterprising asari...
Crossover - X-Com & Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Humor/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 43 - Words: 387,570 - Reviews: 1474 - Favs: 3,973 - Follows: 4,528 - Updated: 1/2/2018 - Published: 7/19/2014 - U. Wrex, Daro'Xen, J. Garson, OC
Double Agent Vader by Fialleril reviews
A series of one-shots set in a universe where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion. New: The Slave Who Makes Free. Meanwhile, on Tatooine... (Or, in which we learn that Luke and Anakin have more of a connection than either of them yet realize.)
Star Wars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 21 - Words: 96,522 - Reviews: 754 - Favs: 2,427 - Follows: 2,273 - Updated: 12/5/2017 - Published: 7/12/2015 - Luke S., Leia O., Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka T.
Queen of the Swarm by Vherstinae reviews
With all the biohazards in the locker, blood poisoning was inevitable. Contamination was also to be expected. What happens when a dormant brew gets added to a parahuman at the exact moment of a trigger event?
Worm - Rated: M - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 78 - Words: 224,968 - Reviews: 1944 - Favs: 4,282 - Follows: 3,688 - Updated: 9/3/2017 - Published: 12/24/2014 - Skitter, Tattletale, Shadow Stalker, Emma B. - Complete
A Long Journey Home by Rakeesh reviews
In one world, it was Harry Potter who defeated Voldemort. In another, it was Jasmine Potter instead. But her victory wasn't the end - her struggles continued long afterward. And began long, long before. (fem!Harry, powerful!Harry, sporadic updates)
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 14 - Words: 203,334 - Reviews: 1135 - Favs: 5,287 - Follows: 5,559 - Updated: 3/6/2017 - Published: 11/19/2013 - Harry P., Ron W., Hermione G.
Long Live The Queen by offsides reviews
With Harry Potter's hearing for Underage Use of Magic looming, and Sirius Black hunted for a crime he didn't commit and was never tried for, Harry reaches out to Her Majesty the Queen for help, with unexpected results. No ships. AU starting Ch 6-9 OotP, No HBP, No DH, No Horcruxes. COMPLETE
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 44 - Words: 174,577 - Reviews: 4849 - Favs: 13,049 - Follows: 9,371 - Updated: 10/27/2016 - Published: 9/11/2015 - Harry P., Sirius B. - Complete
Amends, or Truth and Reconciliation by Vera Rozalsky reviews
Post-DH, Hermione confronts the post-war world, including the wizarding War Crimes Trials of 1999, rogue Dementors, werewolf packs, and Ministry intrigue. All is not well, and this is nothing new. Rated M for later chapters.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 69 - Words: 341,061 - Reviews: 1330 - Favs: 833 - Follows: 911 - Updated: 3/20/2015 - Published: 11/26/2009 - Hermione G., Neville L.
Welcome to Hufflepuff! by The Sinister Man reviews
It's 1991, and eight newly Sorted wizards and witches are about to start their first night in House Hufflepuff. There'll be singing and camaraderie and macaroons and only a little bit of screaming. Arguably AU.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,943 - Reviews: 112 - Favs: 452 - Follows: 137 - Published: 12/26/2014 - Complete
Ta'veren by Geralt reviews
When Rand was 13, Lews started manifesting in the boy's dreams, passing on to him the knowledge of how to control his Ta'veren ability. Seven years later, Moiraine arrived to find Two Rivers a very different place from what it was supposed to be.
Wheel of Time - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 7 - Words: 91,699 - Reviews: 632 - Favs: 1,357 - Follows: 1,377 - Updated: 5/30/2014 - Published: 12/11/2011
Broodmother by Ephemeralen reviews
Yep... I'm writing one of these... Trapped in that locker, Taylor Hebert triggers, and gets all the powers of the Queen of Blades. Too bad half the school sees it happen. So much for a secret identity. Disclaimer: This was a rush job. (Feel free to steal any of the ideas here-in.)
Crossover - StarCraft & Worm - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 8 - Words: 19,654 - Reviews: 316 - Favs: 1,090 - Follows: 737 - Updated: 2/16/2014 - Published: 1/30/2014 - Zerg, Skitter - Complete
Deathly Hallowed by Shujin1 reviews
The Tale of Three Brothers was not a legend. It was a warning. No one cheats Death. And luckily for Lily Potter, the promise of the Cloak's return in exchange for her son's life was a fair deal. Stare into the abyss, Harry Potter, and we will see who blinks first.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 11 - Words: 77,463 - Reviews: 273 - Favs: 1,093 - Follows: 1,166 - Updated: 2/5/2014 - Published: 4/5/2013 - Harry P., Lily Evans P.
Quoth the Raven, Nevermore by GenkaiFan reviews
The Tower of London has a dark and bloody past both in the muggle and wizarding worlds. Besides being a prison, it also served as a sanctuary in times past, what if it became one yet again? -AU
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 47 - Words: 114,515 - Reviews: 5286 - Favs: 8,220 - Follows: 4,954 - Updated: 10/22/2013 - Published: 1/14/2011 - Harry P., Hermione G. - Complete
Delenda Est by Lord Silvere reviews
Harry is a prisoner, and Bellatrix has fallen from grace. The accidental activation of Bella's treasured heirloom results in another chance for Harry. It also gives him the opportunity to make the acquaintance of the young and enigmatic Bellatrix Black as they change the course of history.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 46 - Words: 392,449 - Reviews: 8270 - Favs: 19,766 - Follows: 11,823 - Updated: 9/21/2013 - Published: 11/14/2009 - Harry P., Bellatrix L. - Complete
Beltane Child by White Angel of Auralon reviews
Harry needs some time to let his guard down in the war. So he goes to a celebration just before he, Ron and Hermione plan to get Hufflepuff's Cup from Bellatrix Lestrange's vault. Who could have guessed what the consequences would be?
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 11 - Words: 43,992 - Reviews: 1162 - Favs: 6,601 - Follows: 3,113 - Updated: 9/1/2013 - Published: 6/22/2013 - Harry P., Daphne G. - Complete
Firebird's Son: Book I of the Firebird Trilogy by Darth Marrs reviews
He stepped into a world he didn't understand, following footprints he could not see, toward a destiny he could never imagine. How can one boy make a world brighter when it is so very dark to begin with? A completely AU Harry Potter universe.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 40 - Words: 172,532 - Reviews: 4128 - Favs: 6,189 - Follows: 4,379 - Updated: 8/24/2013 - Published: 10/21/2012 - Harry P., Luna L. - Complete
Harry Potter and Death's Incarnate by Shujin1 reviews
Lily Potter's pleas for her son caught the attention of someone it shouldn't have. Now that Death has taken a personal interest in him, what is life for Harry going to be like? Covers First Year
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 23 - Words: 55,790 - Reviews: 447 - Favs: 966 - Follows: 626 - Updated: 4/5/2013 - Published: 6/8/2008 - Harry P., OC - Complete
Come Once Again and Love Me by laventadorn reviews
Severus wakes up in the afterlife expecting something rather different than being almost-seventeen again. Seriously, what kind of game is this? But wait - Lily's come back, too - from 1981? Perhaps it's a second chance... but to do what? SS/LE
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 25 - Words: 188,760 - Reviews: 918 - Favs: 1,909 - Follows: 698 - Updated: 1/26/2012 - Published: 12/24/2011 - Severus S., Lily Evans P. - Complete
Lessons With Hagrid by NothingPretentious reviews
"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid's yet?" ...Snape kicks Harry out of 'Remedial Potions', but as we know from The Philosopher's Stone, there is another Occlumens in the school good enough to keep out the Dark Lord. Stupid oneshot.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,357 - Reviews: 745 - Favs: 5,282 - Follows: 1,256 - Published: 10/31/2011 - Rubeus H. - Complete
Harvest by Norwest reviews
Oneshot: "Was this the first time a geth asked if it had a soul?" - "No. It was the first time a Creator became frightened when we asked."
Mass Effect - Rated: K - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,783 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 207 - Follows: 37 - Published: 9/19/2011 - Complete
The Short Victorious Vor by Tel-Writing reviews
A young Admiral Naismith finds himself a pawn in a greater game... but who's playing who? A somewhat deadpan parody of Baen... tropes.
Crossover - Miles Vorkosigan & Honor Harrington - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 34,522 - Reviews: 51 - Favs: 83 - Follows: 34 - Updated: 5/1/2011 - Published: 10/9/2009 - Complete
Shades of Grey, Book I: The Oncoming Storm by Wired Dragoon reviews
The year is 993 NE. Injured, with fractured memories, a man awakens in the chaotic times before the Dragon Reborn's appearance... PLEASE R&R! Now Continued in "Shades of Grey, Book II: Dances the Shadow"!
Wheel of Time - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 106,529 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 92 - Follows: 68 - Updated: 7/19/2010 - Published: 11/22/2007 - Complete
To Turn To The Dark Side, Press Three by frodogenic reviews
Anakin Skywalker discovers that the worst part about losing his arm is trying to convince the Republic Health Insurance Agency to pay for it. Because if anything will turn you to the Dark Side, it's HMOs...
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 14,091 - Reviews: 219 - Favs: 962 - Follows: 240 - Updated: 10/9/2008 - Published: 10/5/2008 - Anakin Skywalker - Complete
The Prefect's Portrait by Arsinoe de Blassenville reviews
Now AU sixth year.Hermione's quest for a quiet place to read leads to the discovery of a remarkable portrait. CHAPTER 18:The Order of Merlin. The living are celebrated, the dead remembered, and it is a new day for the wizarding world. Multifaceted Nominee
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 94,631 - Reviews: 847 - Favs: 939 - Follows: 207 - Updated: 1/9/2005 - Published: 5/23/2004 - Severus S., Hermione G. - Complete
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Stalking Elves
The hero's journey may be hard and fraught, but not everybody's that unlucky. Even in the grittiest of fantasy settings, some characters have simple, easy lives to lead. DRABBLE.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 509 - Favs: 3 - Published: 2/4/2017 - Nagini - Complete
A Bad Night to Be a Death Eater reviews
Voldemort's resurrection was not a joyous occasion for any of the attendants. ONESHOT.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,020 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 3 - Published: 6/21/2014 - Lucius M. - Complete