I know of the rule about "searching for fics" threads, but this thread it's not exactly that, but more of a whole genre.

Lately, I've been reading some interesting articles about political activists, mercenaries and terrorists for hire, usually ex-secret agents who got kicked out of the service after the cold war or other conflicts. This articles usually relate them to mafias, governments, secret agencies or big corporations, stating that they do the dirty work for them. Some of those guys have made their own legend, like the "Jackal", or the famous "Carlos".

The thing is, I found that shit very interesting and it got me intrigued and as of now it has become an "obsession" of sorts, so I started looking for books on those kind of themes (every genre and point of view) but until now, I didn't think of fanfiction.

¿Has this genre been exploited at all in Harry Potter fanfiction? And I mean it in a non "super powered Harry overthrowing minister" kind of way. I mean all the political intrigue and the conspiracy, the plots, all the planning of a revolution, of a coup, the following of the trails guiding to a terrorist, killer or merc, the puppeteers behind all the factions... All that on the wizarding world. Has this ever been done (and in a more adult focus) at all? If it has, has it been done well?

 

I really haven't seen anything that really did it well. The intrigues of a revolution are of interest to me as well, and I'd welcome a good story with this in mind.

 

It's really hard to find a decent revolution fic where Harry doesn't just rely on uber!magic powers to pwn everyone. Taking over by force is one thing, but it can't compare to the mystique of a good conspiracy.

The initial plans, the spies, the conversions, the political manoeuvring and backstabbing. It's a genre I'm very fond of but the only fic I can think of off the top of my head that deals with this sort of thing is Dakaath: Prince of Darkness, and that's more about Harry becoming a demon than actual politics. Still a good fic, if Sera ever gets round to finishing it >_>.

Aekiel

 

No, there's not.

Some of what you're looking for is in Charlie -dashdot- Blue's "Malignant Objects," but it is far from the cold, gritty, spy thriller that you're looking for. That kind of writing requires real skill to pull off (somewhat lacking in the fanfic community), and is probably better suited to a novel form than a chaptered release (not common in fanfic since the dominance of ff.net).

Malignant Objects does have political factions vying for dominance, spies, assassins, kidnapping, a military and political coup in the making, backstabbing, political gamesmanship, and Harry Potter unwillingly caught up in the middle of it in a sink or swim situation. It is written with considerable skill.

Despite all of this, it isn't in the spy thriller genre that you're looking for. The author has constructed an entertaining, highly stylised tale based around glorifying a sexually depraved, incredibly hedonistic, amoral, and murderous Harry Potter. Magic is heavily used in unconventional, non-canon ways, and is often employed by the author to reinforce the slick, glossy, movie style reality in which the story unfolds.

Not intrigue heavy at all, but perhaps enough to distract you from your search for a moment.

Good luck with finding one that fits.

Yak.

 

Yeah just the stories that focus mostly on politics, which there are enough of they are more than a bit cliche. I am entirely turned off them at this point.

While there is no doubt fans out there that would like to read a story that has a good balance of gritty mystery, crime, intrigue and drama, it would take a significantly skilled author and there are not all that many, those that are might not be interested in investing such effort and time into said stories.

Even so such stories are likely to skimp on the magic, marginalizing it to the background. Anyways it would be far from an easy thing to write.

 

Hm...Maybe "Mastermind Hunting"?