I think Warlocke pretty much hit the nail(s) on the head(s) with his ~words. Sadly, there is an underwhelming level of support for the... approach, shall we say. Add to that the usual situation in fanfiction of 95% shite, 4% smut and 1% substance, and fem!Harry really doesn't have a lot going for it in terms of stories.

I, for one, wish this weren't the case. heck, maybe once I'm done with my current project then I'll see if I can put one together myself.

As an aside,

Do it! It can only hurt your feelings, after all.

 

Because Harry now has a cooler chick to hook up with.

/maybe that's just me.

 

I'm pretty sure a lot of guys fantasize about hooking up with a female version of themselves. Which is why I am surprised by the huge lack of H/H!Fem fics out there. Amerison's is the only good one I know of.

 

I for one can say that I've never once thought about hooking up with a female version of myself. :/

 

Sorry, out of thumbs up, but this.

I literally just derped reading that. Pretty sure my hand doesn't count as me wanting to hook up with myself, though.

edit:

Pfft, that is by far not the weirdest fetish that has been discussed on DLP.

 

Well, shit. I better go hide under a rock or something.

 

Yeah, I never thought about hooking up with a male version of myself. That would be creepy... and one of us would try to kill the other.

I wouldn't mind reading about a fem!Harry, not necessarily because she would be female but because of the changes you could make. If well-written, you could have a completely different world.

I mean just by what she looks like could change everything. If she looks like Lily, Petunia might treat her better, Snape would not hate her... Who knows? I would like to see a Fem!Harry without relationships, or very little romance.

 

Or Petunia would murder her in her sleep, you know.

 

I wonder if the desire to read Fem!Harry stems from a like of Harry so intense on the part of a straight male that they wish to take that feeling to its logical conclusion. However, being male, and straight, they have to convert Harry into Harriet in order to relieve this feeling, and once they've done so, they can move on to other fics.

I can't help but wonder if this is not also the reason Ranma ½ was as popular as it was for the same reason.

 

I could see this going the wrong way if 'Harriet' looks too much like Lily. How far would Snape not hating this character go? Apathy? Mentor? Love interest? I'd prefer him to act the same way he does in the books because a surprise Snape/fem!Harry 20 chapters in would be a bit annoying.

One with very little romance would be best; Voldemort is trying to kill this character after all. I doubt he'd be pleased to find out that his plans for killing the little tart were put on hold because she went shopping or to a prom.

 

You are right. This could be bad, but it depends on how the writer plans it. I would love to see a fem!Harry that looks more like Lily but with James' eyes instead. It would be an interesting twist.

Damnit, the more I think about it, the more I want to write/read it. I just have no plot.

 

Before you go on, realize I'm talking about the pairing, not the character.

I believe it is part psychological, part novelty.

When I wrote Equal and Opposite, I thought it was an extremely interesting premise. For the lonely mind obsessed and mired with problems few others could understand... what better then yourself?

Taken to its logical conclusion for a straight male, it culminates in a female version of yourself. In Harry's case, this makes for all sorts of interesting ideas, such as slight differences due to being a girl, dealing with the issues Harry has differently, etc. When it becomes more then just an interesting meeting, to something akin to a relationship (in Equal and Opposite it had elements of addiction, I suppose) you have to take into account the inherent narcissism about it all.

Once you open the door to the idea that Harry(s) is a narcissist chasing something unnatural, suddenly you see all sorts of psychological twists and bends in his character that you can exploit and explore. I've always been a fan of psychological stories, and I found that this was an incredibly appealing way to delve into some seriously nutty but otherwise subtle writing.

Lastly, the fact that the whole thing is based in a magical environment allows you to play with situations like having the exact same wand, their magic interacting in unusual ways, giving it predestination aspects, etc - all sorts of things that are rare in DLP, owing to their heavy presence in shitty H/G soulbond stories.

Also, it's one of the rarest pairings in the fandom, so it's just adding novelty to its already inherent unusualness.

 

I've been thinking up ideas for a short story, between 40-80k words, and now I'm thinking that maybe I should have H/Fem!H as part of the plot. For the sake of the fandom, of course.

 

I definitely think that you should post it. I actually read Holly Evans whenever it's updated.

QFT. I was going to say that, but you beat me to it, dude.

On the subject of fem!Harry, the real problem seems to be that the authors are typically horny dudes who just talk about her massive tits, or teen girls who....talk about her massive tits. I cannot count the times I've read a chapter devoted to Harriet's curvy body, killer outfits, luscious black/red/both hair, porcelain skin, and petite frame. It's like a fucking checklist.

 

Almost all the ones I have read are simply a different vehicle for HP/DM or HP/SS. I guess not all teen girls are into slash, so they simply just change Harry's gender; although, those pairings are still pretty much unreadable.

There are very, very few serious fics that explore fem!Harry that aren't simply pairing fics. Same with fem!Naruto. The idea interests me, in seeing all the ways being a different gender could affect the universe, but unfortunately 99% of these fics are HP/DM or Naruto/Sasuke.

 

Overweight pimply Fem!Harry ftw.

 

No.

Just because it's a somewhat original twist to an idea doesn't mean it's a good idea.

 

It's really not confined to fanfiction or Fem!Harry. Most writers tends to emphasize physical traits for females while describing behavioral traits for males (or showcasing them with actions that can be used to define them).

It's a general widespread issue and can be seen in published novels as well.