This idea came to me a few days back and I was wondering if it had been done already or if it's even a decent idea.

It's a nice start-up for a super!Harry or independant!Harry fic. Either one of the three races from starcraft could concievably have the technology required to travel back in time and pull Harry into the future. Ghosts are probably the equivelant of what Squibs or really weak wizards are in the future once Wizardkind's bloodline has thinned out a bit. Thus having Harry put into the Ghost training program would rock.

Likewise, having the Matriarch make a prophecy that there is a Human warrion in the past that could help overthrow the Zerg if properly trained. Bam, Harry gets brought into the future to be trained in the usage of Templar energies (I imagine human magic could be compatable with Templar energy. Possibly some mixture between light and dark Templar energy and he needs to separate them out?)

Or maybe Kerrigan decides that the Swarm will eventually get eradicated by the Humans and Protoss and wants to sabotage them before they perfect the art of Space travel. She calls upon the overmind and uses its power to infest young Harry Potter, in hopes he can start some sort of hive cluster on Earth or Obliterate the Humans alltogether?

Having Harry leave the HP world alltogether and helping one of the three factions overcome the others could also make for an interesting fic. Having Harry be the weight that can tip the scales in one direction or the other so all three sides want him.

I see so many ways this could be written, and I didn't see any results on FF.net for stories like these.

Should I make this into a challenge? My first two challenges got shot down for being shallow and not very well thought out so I'm hesitant to put this up without hearing something in one way or the other.

I have so many WIPs right now that I really shouldn't start this... but it's such a compelling idea.

Comments?

Edit: I found one on FF.net called "Call the Shot." It's short, incomplete and hasn't been updated since '05. Decent spelling and grammar, but his chapters are shorter than mine and that's sad.

 

That actually a good idea but lets have harry travel to the future by accident rather than the other way around. This way he would have to survive alone and struggle to overcome his environment especially with enemies everywhere. It would make an interesting fic but things can go down right ugly if the fic isn't written properly.

 

So... essentially Harry in the future lost and stuck in alien territory. All three sides want him for one reason or another and he wants nothing other than to go home... That could work. Kerrigan wants him infested and used as a weapon against the other two sides. The Terran want to study his brain and mess with his magic, and make him into a Ghost, and the Protoss want to see if his magic is compatible with Templar energies...

I like it.

 

This could make a decent time travel fic, if taken on by just the right author.

My ideal vision:

Harry, at age 25, has defeated Voldemort, hunted down the DE's, and is generally living the life of a rich recluse. Bored, he begins to fuck with some ancient magical artifact he discovered on his travels discovering the "power the Dark Lord knows not'.

As it turns out, the artifact is actually an ancient Xel'Naga tool used for warping space-time with the possibility to transport physical matter forwards and backwards through time. When Harry begins to mess with it with magic, it reacts by hurling him a couple hundred years into the future, right into the personal Chambers of the Dark Templar Matriarch.

The Matriarch, sensitive to the powers of the void, recognizing Harry as an immensely powerful individual, and begins to train him as a psonic weapon against the Zerg.

At this point, the author can take the story in any direction they wish. Have Harry become a Protoss warrior, fighting the Zerg. Have him betray the Protoss to the Terrans. Instead of being transported into the Dark Templar ship, he gets thrown into the main Hive on Char, where he is incorporated into the Swarm by Kerrigan as the King of Blades.

 

I'd read it, regardless of how well written it is. Simply because it's original content so far.

 

/eyetwitch

Damn...evil...plotbunny...must resist

 

So... Do you think I should make it a challenge then? Should I put the plotbunny up for adoption? Should I attempt to write it (as if I didn't have enough unfinished projects)?

I really like the rich, reclusive bachelor idea... If I write this, I may be tempted to steal that idea. Giving credit where credit is due, of course.

So.. how do I do this?

 

.. I would read this just for the sake of it being a HP/Starcraft crossover.

I've tinkered with the idea a bit but since I have another HP project going on at the moment. I'd rather get the temptation to start another plot-bunny.

 

I disagree with the idea of time travel here--it's far too much like 'OMG-FREAK-ACCIDENT-AU-JUST-GO-WITH-IT' and those are never good. You shouldn't make a crossover by taking a character from a world and throwing him into another. If you want to make a great story here, I suggest that you instead have the Zerg, or the Protoss, come to Earth, and either start fighting with the Earthlings (Terrans) or, with the Protoss, working with them for some common goal against the Zerg. Have Voldemort in contact with the Overmind.

Either way, I'd suggest making it less of a visible war, and more a war of subtlety and intrigue. Have Voldemort with some Infested Terrans, committing suicide attacks. Have some Lurkers spear some unsuspecting Order members. Have some Dark Protoss spear some Death Eaters. Have some High Templar call down lightning against the Dark forces. It could be fun and interesting, but don't try and put Wizard-Harry into a non-magical world.

 

I like the idea of a Zerg!Harry, hell Templar!Harry would be just as awesome. If someone does do this i shall be ecstatic.

On a slightly related note, i remember seeing a BtvS/starcraft crossover where Xander dresses up as a zerg and starts acting like a cross between an overlord and a hive.

 

Yeah okay.. apparently you've never read the Starcraft books, which are considered canon.. or even played the game.

The never ever do Subtle. They just ravage planets like a plague. The Protoss clean up the mess by blowing the bloody planet up.

While its always illogical to have Harry time travel, especially to where magic doesn't exist in humans... its even more illogical to bring races that would just eat Earth up in a few days.

 

especially since by all logic Terrans come from Terra, and I'm going to have to assume that this means that Terrans are just Humans in the future with better technology. BTW for those that don't know Terra is also known as Earth, Sol III, and a few other names.

 

er.. Terrans came from Earth. They were convicts blasted off from Earth as an experiment in space travel, hoping to learn how to form colonies. which is why in Brood War, the UED (United Earth Directorate) is a separate entity from the Terran Dominion. The Terran's didn't have contact with Earth for centuries.

 

I've played the game for as long as it's been out. And, it's obvious that a Zerg Horde would take out a present day earth in about 7 minutes. That's not interesting. I wouldn't want to read about that.

By contrast, if Voldemort were able to draw attention to himself as a character of interest--much as Kerrigan had--then I believe that Voldemort would be able to command Zerg forces of his own and use them in a possibly more subtle way until he was ready to bring that advantage out into the open. It's how Voldemort works, after all. You could also consider Voldemort's skills with mental magic as being on par with the psionic emmitions that attracted the Zerg to other planets.

Also, you completely ignore the fact that another Tassadar-like character would be more likely to work with humans rather than simply give the planet up as lost and bomb the hell out of it.

Honestly, the differences inherent in the Protoss (Light and Dark, so to speak) provide an interesting parallel with the HP world. The forging of alliances between main characters in the HP world and original characters (which one would have to create in order to do a successful crossover) would provide a venue for political intrigue. I can see a young Harry taken under the wing of one of the Protoss in order to master his magic and mind.

And, Myst, don't insult me by saying that something that isn't obvious doesn't make for a good storyline. Subtlety and intrigue will always be a more entertaining plot device than brute forceever could.

 

One problem. Tarsonis was overran by Zerg when they were attracted to Kerrigan's psionic emissions. Same thing would happen to Earth with Voldemort. Hell he'd have to become infested before the Zerg do anything with him. Earth would be nothing but filled with creep. Don't even go there with the Zerg wont make the same mistake. The Terran dont exist yet since this before the Humans developed long term space travel.

Since He's never met the Terran, nor has any of that happened.. Tassadar would be alive and he'd below the shit out the planet.

Of course they do. Subtle is not in the nature of the Zerg. A Harry Potter/Starcraft crossover your way would completely kill the subtle thing off. The Zerg owning Earth would kinda do that

 

QFT. Earth as it is in the Potterverse would stand no chance vs. the Swarm.

 

I don't think that the same thing would have to happen. If Voldemort were to become aware of the Zerg, and their tendency towards destruction, he may seek to become a part of the Zerg rather than fall before the swarm. And the protoss could become aware of this, and as they sought to destroy Kerrigan, they could seek to destroy Voldemort, and find themselves involved with the wizarding war.

The concept of infesting magical creatures could also come into play. And let's not fail to see possible parallels between Protoss psionic abilities and wizards' magic.

 

Kerrigan isn't born yet. Your point is mute. The Zerg would react just like they did when they first saw Kerrigan on Tarsonis.

They would overwhelm the planet and infest Voldemort, magical creatures and other shit.

The only way this story could work is if Harry lived, Joined the Protoss, convince Tassadar not to blow up Earth and started kicking some Zerg ass instead of Tassadar blowing the planet to smithereens.

Throw in some Zeratul stuff and you're all set.

 

Take the idea, it's yours.

As for how to do it, seriously consider the plot points that are absolutly needed for this story to work, list them out, and then give the author complete discretion after that.

My idea needs a bit of tweaking, but, despite objections to the 'OMFG!hurledintothefuture' method of time travel, it is an original plotbunny, better than the "caught-in-a-killing-curse' or 'tried-to-make-a-portkey-and-fucked-it-up' cliches.

 

I like the idea of Ghosts being a beat down version of Wizards/Witches.

I imagine if Harry goes to the future his high amount of magic would be like a homing beacon to the Ghosts.

I think it would be interesting if Harry eventually has his own army of Ghost. It would piss off the Terrans since all of their Ghost units are flocking to Harry like a moth to a fire.

Of course Harry would have to spend some time learning about everything before he even thinks about fighting for anyone.

Though if Harrys' magic attracts the Ghost, would it also attract other beings like High Templars and Kerrigan?

Harry could be the first person to lead a mixed raced army. Though I have a strong feeling that it wouldn't work since the members would all be trying to kill each other.