It's another
thirtyforthree ficlet! Only this one isn't really a fic-let, considering it's over 7,000 words long. *bites fingernails* Um. Anyway, it's the third of my scene-shift AUs -- like "Ripples in a Pool" and "The Rules of the Game" -- in which I judiciously kick canon in the knees at a couple points and watch what happens.
I'm particularly fond of this one, even if it does crib rather heavily from PS/SS, and I still have occasional frothing fits of frustration while trying to write from Harry's POV. The two changes are ones that I've seen handled very badly in a lot of stories, and it was fun trying to make them happen more smoothly, logically, and in-character.
So. Without further ado:
Theme: #6 - If only
Warnings: LONG!
Note: The idea for this story struck me just after midnight one day back in January, whereupon I went home and wrote it down in about three hours. It involves two slight changes to first meetings in PS/SS, and spirals outward from there, with fascinating effects on the entire HP universe. Significant portions of this story are copied or paraphrased from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
( More Subtle Than Any Beast of the Field )
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( Further Notes -- go read the story first )
I'm particularly fond of this one, even if it does crib rather heavily from PS/SS, and I still have occasional frothing fits of frustration while trying to write from Harry's POV. The two changes are ones that I've seen handled very badly in a lot of stories, and it was fun trying to make them happen more smoothly, logically, and in-character.
So. Without further ado:
Theme: #6 - If only
Warnings: LONG!
Note: The idea for this story struck me just after midnight one day back in January, whereupon I went home and wrote it down in about three hours. It involves two slight changes to first meetings in PS/SS, and spirals outward from there, with fascinating effects on the entire HP universe. Significant portions of this story are copied or paraphrased from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
( More Subtle Than Any Beast of the Field )
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( Further Notes -- go read the story first )