Plot Bunny Threa(t/d) III

[Xandrel]

I still want a HP/Sliders crossover fic, because fuck everything.

[Tasoli]

Originally Posted by DrSarcasm

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How about this, Snape seeing an his chance goes after her but he has the dark mark and when she sees it accidently(or not) she pulls wand on him trying to make him talk.What the hell did he do to earned that mark. He defends himself but while spells flying around a spell hits Harry killing or injuring him in a twisted version of Ariana's death.

If Harry dies you can written Kill Bill like Lilly centric story(Kill Snape V is just a collateral). If he is alive you can write an overprotective mamabearLilly! Maybe she sees this as James was right about Snape kind of thing and returns back to England to patch thing up with James etc.

[Quick Ben]

Harry Potter isn't an actual human being, he is rather an idea made manifest due to a whole nation of wizards and witches believing him to be real. Thats why he is always so lucky and escapes all life threatening situations.

After the fall of Voldemort, people's belief in Harry begins to wane and he begins to slowly disappear from the world, with the world forgetting him and him forgetting the world.

When Harry discovers what he truly is, he becomes desperate because he doesn't want to disappear, not when he can finally lead a normal life, with a family of his own. So he starts doing everything he can to reinstate himself back into the public conciousness.

The more he tries the more he becomes desperate until he creates a fictional dark lord that only he can beat(with him becoming the dark lord and murdering people).

Not much detail yet, though it is a plot bunny that's been in my mind for awhile now.

[T3t]

That sounds terribly out of character.

[Quick Ben]

Originally Posted by T3t

That sounds terribly out of character.

My post or Tasoli's?

[Warlocke]

Originally Posted by Taure

A moderately lighthearted fic, the gender difference between Lily and Harry - and the conflicting instincts he thus has - will be played for comedic effect rather than any serious comment on gender differences.

Originally Posted by Nauro

In Essence Divided,
Alexandra Potter
And now this?

You want to tell us something, Taure?

Yes.

He's a fan of All of Me.

[Scott_Press]

Something that's been on my mind for a year or so.

After Dumbledore's death, Harry begins fearing something that he never really thought about before - death. He curses Dumbledore for tasking him with defeating Voldemort and wishes there was a way to even the odds.

Let's just say that Harry gathers all three Deathly Hallows and becomes the Master of Death, losing a few more friends along the way. He defeats Voldemort and that's when shit hits the fan.

Death himself (I always pictured the Grim Reaper as a male) has a conversation with Harry and, as per his deal with the Peverell brothers (obviously, the fairytale is not an accurate chronicle of these events) takes back his treasures, but Harry is gifted with immortality. Death, in a nonchalant manner befitting a supernatural being, claims he cannot bring back Harry's loved ones from the dead... not exactly. But Harry could "kind of" do it himself.

Harry is sent on a quest by Death - purge the multiverse of Voldemort's taint. With one down, Harry has 63 more universes to visit and 63 more Voldemorts to kill and while immortality means he won't die of old age, severe wounds can still do him in. In other words, he can take his time.

As promised, the last universe Harry is thrown into features all his friends alive and well, only it's AU and they don't know him. Death warns him to try and avoid causing Extinction Level Events or the like, since this is the last universe and here he will stay, for better or worse. Having enjoyed immortality for quite some time, Harry gives it back to Death, who is already planning another fun deal with some mortal to bring variety to his, for the most part, pretty boring eternal existence.

And thus we get a Badass!Harry causing trouble in an AU world and becoming a pain in the ass for Emperor Grindelwald, President Tom Riddle and others.

Yes, I could just write some version of the last paragraph, but Skitterleap's already been done. And Harry who's met dozens of different Hermione Grangers, Dumbledores, Voldemorts and other Harrys will have a unique approach to life. Actually, I've been writing little fragments, most less than a few hundred words, but it's all disorganized and from fifty different versions of this bunny. 'Sides, I have another project going on right now, but I'm curious if something like this already exists or if it's even a viable idea.

[Perspicacity]

Originally Posted by Scott_Press

Something that's been on my mind for a year or so...

This premise sounds a bit like nonjon's Dimension Hopping for Beginners. There, because of some other contrivance, Harry finds himself tasked with dealing with Voldemort in all his forms in all dimensions. Harry is not immortal, so much as just very, very good at what he does: killing Voldemorts.

[Taure]

After living for such along time and killing 62 Voldemorts, I'm not sure how you would be able to set anything up as a believable challenge for him.

Maybe have him encounter a dimension hopping immortal Voldemort who has been hunting down all the Harry Potters. Harry is the final Harry, Voldemort is the final Voldemort.

Neither can live while the other survives.

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE.


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Incidentally, I've come up with a solution to my "glut of plot bunnies" problem. I'm going to write the first chapter (or 10k words, whichever is greater) of each of them (this includes Fawkes' Gift, currently in WBA), post them all to FF.Net in one week and have it like a competition: whichever fic gets the most votes (in the form of favourites) by a stated deadline gets to be continued.

FanFicFest '13

[Scott_Press]

Originally Posted by Perspicacity

This premise sounds a bit like nonjon's Dimension Hopping for Beginners. There, because of some other contrivance, Harry finds himself tasked with dealing with Voldemort in all his forms in all dimensions. Harry is not immortal, so much as just very, very good at what he does: killing Voldemorts.

Huh. Didn't read it, didn't know.

Originally Posted by Taure

After living for such along time and killing 62 Voldemorts, I'm not sure how you would be able to set anything up as a believable challenge for him.

Ok, so Harry lives a long time and learns stuff and is generally awesome. Isn't Voldemort supposed to have pushed the boundaries of magic like no one before him or something? I think there would be challenge enough

Maybe have him encounter a dimension hopping immortal Voldemort who has been hunting down all the Harry Potters. Harry is the final Harry, Voldemort is the final Voldemort.

Neither can live while the other survives.

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE.

Interesting... I suppose it would justify using an entire friggin' planet as battleground. And why wouldn't Death fuck with Harry like that? Supernaturals have to get their entertainment somewhere.

Reminds me of the rich people betting in Rat Race, lol.

[wordhammer]

Originally Posted by Scott_Press

Ok, so Harry lives a long time and learns stuff and is generally awesome. Isn't Voldemort supposed to have pushed the boundaries of magic like no one before him or something? I think there would be challenge enough

Not as described. It'd just be a tale of Uber-Harry getting his awesome on. >yawn<

What would make it relevant is if, in this last life, Harry is a squib. In giving up Death's benefits he's removing himself from Fate's balance beam. He can't fight Voldemort- he has to groom others to do the work, possibly forcing them into the same combat-veteran state of mind that pushed him to the point of being sick of immortality.

Who does he approach? In whom does he place his trust, and how much? How many variants of his friends has he seen die, or ended up betraying him?

Even funnier if he decides that the good guys shouldn't have to bear this burden, and approaches Draco or Snape with the task.

[Scott_Press]

And that is precisely why some ideas should just stay ideas.

[Celestin]

Speaking about the alternate universes and similar.

Somewhere between the worlds, there is a place where the Eternal War between Good and Evil happens. The soldiers for both sides are recruited across the infinite worlds and the winner will decide the ultimate fate of the Multiverse.

In other world, instead of having one character travel to different worlds, have different version of the characters find themselves in one world and interact with each other.

To make it work better, I think there should be some rules. There can't be two people from the same world in any of the camps. There can't be two version of the same person in the same camp. People are recruited from more or less similar time frame and place so they know different version of each other.

There is a constant number of how have many people are in any camp. And it takes some time before the replacements arrive meaning the war is winnable. They are all wizards and witches.

I'm thinking about adding a different version of House-elves called War-elves that are native to this place and look much more like humans. This way the limit of wizards can be rather small, making them more important, but the war itself will still seem big.

These are mechanics of the war, but this is just an excuse for what I want from this story. While on a surface it's about the eternal war between Good and Evil, the point is to show how our lives and choices shape who we are. That's why the most important part of it is to present unusual, but still somehow recognizable, versions of HP characters and have them interact with each other. Learning what made them the way they are and what happened differently in their worlds.

The main character would be Harry from the canon world, around the sixth book. That's why other characters are mostly created to resonate with him though not always.

Good side:

- Albus "Al" Dumbledore who is a young adventurer that went to travel around the world, or rather ran away from his home and country, to forget about his sister and how he failed her. Think of him as a sort of pulp hero. And while his character is similar to the canon, he also tends to intentionally go looking for a trouble. Because he is still young, he is less of a mentor and more of a friend to Harry, letting him to learn more about his own Dumbledore.

- Adult, but still mentally unstable, Ariana Dumbedore. I see her similar to River Tam from Firefly and mostly want to see her interaction with Al.

- Bellatrix Dumbledore, the wife of Albus and a godmather of Harry. My take on her is that ultimately Bella feels attracted to powerful people and they strongly influence her. In the canon she went after Riddle. This version shows what would happen if Albus was an object of her obsession and interested in women in her world. In other words, she is still crazy, but Dumbledore used her love to make her harmless for the good guys.

- Ex-Headmaster Riddle who lost his job after his affair with a student, seventeen years old Lily Evans, was discovered. The scandal was less about him seducing her and more about him actively using his position as the Headmaster to help himself do it by, for example, keeping his most serious rival, James Potter, away from her. Heavy drinker, but still one of the most brilliant wizards to ever live. He is there to show that even Riddle could be a good person, if he took a different path in his life. And that being good doesn't always mean being morally perfect.

- Eleven years old Miny McGonagall. Just wanted a child know-it-all that wasn't Hermione. Her presence shows that the recruitment method only looks at person's character (good or evil), ignoring if they are suited for fighting. Additionally, Harry has trouble believing that this cute girl will become his strict Transfiguration Professor.

- Scarred Fleur Delacour. Not only she lost her beauty, but it was her husband Bill in his werewolf form that did it.

- Warlord Hagrid from the world where the WWII didn't end for another few decades. Think Patton of the Wizarding World.

- Draco Malfoy from the world where he was the best friend of Harry Potter. That decision cost him his family (he was disowned) and his wand hand.

- Unspeakable Severus Snape from the world where Lily forgave and later married him. Still sarcastic, but more funny than spiteful. He acts as Miny's guardian. He is there to show Harry how little things, like forgiving mistakes, can shape someone's fate.

Evil side:

- Dark Lady Lily Potter from the world where she was the one to survive the Halloween Night. She wants revenge on the whole Wizarding World for that.

- Serial killer Tonks. She uses her power to impersonate her victims and lives their lives till she gets bored with it.

- A Dark Lord in the making Harry Potter. Brilliant, egoistic and completely bored with his own existence. He is a dark mirror for the canon Harry.

- Luna Lovegood as magical Carrie. She snapped at the Yule Ball and killed dozens of students before Dumbledore managed to contain her wild magic.

- A dark wizard Alastor Moody. Being evil actually worked for him much better than being good. He has no scars or other injures. Very rich, good looking and popular with women fellow. Paranoid as ever.

- Queen of Veela Fleur Delacour. She controls most of her world by charming people in charge.

[Scott_Press]

You have quite an imagination. That's a compliment. And I envy you. However...

WTF moment:

Originally Posted by Celestin

- Warlord Hagrid from the world where the WWII didn't end for another few decades. Think Patton of the Wizarding World.

"Wars are fought with umbrellas, I mean, eh... weapons, but they're won by men! And giants! And dragons! Especially dragons!"

Lol.

[Hero of Stupidity]

I just had an "awesome" idea. I'm sure you all know about when Harry goes to Gringotts and by a blood ritual/blood inheritance test becomes Merlins left testicle.

The idea was, that what if there was a inheritance ritual, only Harry is informed, that yes there is a ritual, then directed to a small toilet handed a cup and a magazin and told to go nuts with it.

I would read it.