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I've been thinking about writing a short (4-5 chapter) The Juniper Tree AU for a looonnng time (if you haven't read it, it's a cursed and totally un-censorable Grimm's fairytale). Basically, there's a:
Nice mother who dies
Nice but oblivious father
Evil (and I mean evil) stepmother
Nice but oblivious sister
Brother with a vindictive streak
Thing is, I don't know which family to use -- The Potters? The Gaunts? The Weasleys? The Blacks?
(and the subtext is please help me decide because I literally can't)
(by the way I am actually working on that SW/HP crossover that I was joking about a couple months ago, but it's on the back burner).
So, update. I've decided on the Potters because honestly that family is maximum chaos.
Nice mother who dies : Lily, hopefully not for a dumb reason like in the fairytale
Nice but oblivious father : James
Evil (and I mean evil) stepmother : Bellatrix of course, who else would I bestow that honour upon?
Nice but oblivious sister sibling : ?
Brother with a vindictive streak : Harry, vindictive streak comes w/package
I've decided the sibling's gender doesn't really matter as long as Evil Stepmother Bellatrix prefers them to Harry but Bellatrix doesn't have kids and though Harry does have a sister in one of my fics I don't really want to use any OCs, especially since this is going to be short, definitely under 25k.
So I was thinking who would be Bellatrix's perfect angel child and of course I thought of kid!Riddle but this changes the sibling dynamic so he and Harry do not get along and I'm amused and disturbed sufficiently by the few scenes I’ve written that I think we actually have a winner here.
I've been thinking about writing a short (4-5 chapter) The Juniper Tree AU for a looonnng time (if you haven't read it, it's a cursed and totally un-censorable Grimm's fairytale). Basically, there's a:
Nice mother who dies
Nice but oblivious father
Evil (and I mean evil) stepmother
Nice but oblivious sister
Brother with a vindictive streak
Thing is, I don't know which family to use -- The Potters? The Gaunts? The Weasleys? The Blacks?
(and the subtext is please help me decide because I literally can't)
(by the way I am actually working on that SW/HP crossover that I was joking about a couple months ago, but it's on the back burner).
A Conspiracy of Ravens
QUOTH THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE.
Just five months after his mother Lily's mysterious death, Harry Potter's father remarries.
Harry does not like Bellatrix Black, or her son from a previous affair, Tom Riddle.
When Harry discovers Bellatrix's secrets and incites her jealousy, there will be consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind.
And everyone wants vengeance.
I posted it? I can’t believe I posted it?
Well, I was in that kind of mood. Happy early spooky season.
A Conspiracy of Ravens
QUOTH THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE.
Just five months after his mother Lily's mysterious death, Harry Potter's father remarries.
Harry does not like Bellatrix Black, or her son from a previous affair, Tom Riddle.
When Harry discovers Bellatrix's secrets and incites her jealousy, there will be consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind.
And everyone wants vengeance.
Chapter 2 now at AO3!
The prefects make the first years do a round of introductions after Dumbledore's speech. Most of them are from the noxious end of the pureblood crowd that Harry already knows and loathes — Draco, Pansy, Daphne, Millicent, Blaise, and Theodore — with a few other half-bloods sprinkled in.
"What's a Riddle?" sneers Pansy when they get to Tom, and Harry says nothing, instead watching gleefully for the ensuing meltdown.
"I am a Black on my mother's side," says Tom imperiously in the most grown-up tone he can manage — clearly, Harry thinks, he's doing much too much. "I suggest you refrain from making such absurd comments."
A Conspiracy of Ravens
QUOTH THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE.
Just five months after his mother Lily's mysterious death, Harry Potter's father remarries.
Harry does not like Bellatrix Black, or her son from a previous affair, Tom Riddle.
When Harry discovers Bellatrix's secrets and incites her jealousy, there will be consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind.
And everyone wants vengeance.