Celestin, too many times have I seen crossovers with good premises, that turned out badly because the author simply applied one universes names to another universes characters. I couldn't not mention it as a problem

 

Well, you can either try the lie, which is me saying that I wanted it to be a surprise, so that someone would click on it, and find some amusement, or you can go with the truth, which is that I were doing it from a phone, and thats not really that easy...

 

Just an idea I'm puttering away at in the Club to pass time; Eragonverse!Harry, but applied to a Diminsionhopping!Harry, who just so happens to stumble through to that particular universe on his journey.

He happens to turn up right in the middle of the transfer of a dragon egg from Du Weldenvarden through the Spine, accidentally smites everyone in radius upon arrival, and finds himself holding the cracked egg and- whoops, makes contact with the hatchling in the process.

Thinking it highly amusing to have a dragon that won't eat him on sight, Harry decides to see where this takes him and hangs around for a time.

 

Simple rule, if you can't get the image into the post, don't post the image

An interesting basis, but where would it go?

 

The idea of accidental smitage amuses me.


You could take the story itself in the direction of Harry just fucking around with everyone as his dragon growns until he runs into either the Varden or the Empire's forces and finds a cause to throw himself behind. The idea of backing HPverse magic with draconic magical strength has some possibilities too.

 

My problem would be that the magic systems are so different, could the dragon strength even support hp magic? Or would Harry have to learn Eragon-style magic as well. At what point does it turn from Harry Potter in the Eragon universe, to a character named Harry Potter in the Eragon universe? A subtle and important difference.

 

Thanks for the support, guys. I was pretty much thinking over what TheWiseTomato said, having him do what he wanted to keep himself entertained and exploring the new world and settings.

At the moment his magic is still functionally operating, possibly in the same manner that the dragons work magic- they just do, without any of the complicated language barriers the mortals chose to use for it.

Or maybe the same way naturally-occurring magic does, as Oromis mentioned in Eldest. Either way, it doesn't really conflict, but whether or not its compatible with the magic of the world or just flat out ignores it isn't decided right now, since I literally started this two days ago.

 

If you were going along the lines of Dimension!hopping!Harry, you could bend his magic in each place differently. So if he ended up in the A:TLA!verse, he could only perform spells that directly use fire, water, air, earth, or combinations. In the Eragon!verse, he has to incant all his spells, but any wand-motions aren't needed. So whilst Harry is still using his own magic, he has to follow as many rules of the host universe's magic system as possible.

I'd had an ideas similar to that myself - Dumbledore saying "Well Harry, now you know the prophecy, you can see how screwed we are. However, I have a awesome spell to send you through time and space, so you can learn all sorts of crazy shit across the multiverse. You'll move on once you've become brilliant enough, and say the magic words. Which are googahmafloogahma" or something. Just an excuse to have multiple crossovers everywhere.

 

I have actually been working on a similar story for a while (hence my neglect of other stories) and am about 6K in.

My starting point was Voldemort finding out that Harry is a horcrux, and using an ancient artifact to send Harry's soul (and therefore Voldemort's) across universes, to wake up in the body of an alternate Harry Potter. This happens again when Harry dies in that body - so Voldemort's Horcrux can never be destroyed. Main plotlines are Harry trying to find a way to jump home, save his friends and destroy the artifact that keeps him from dying, while trying to hold on to his growing fatigue and inability to remember his home reality.

So far I have four or five half-written chapters and vague ideas for five more. The one I'm most looking forward to writing is one where Harry wakes up as a fourth-year Beauxbatons student come to watch the Triwizard Tournament, his name apparently isn't Harry Potter and his parents aren't the Potters, but he still gets entered in the Triwizard Tournament against his will.

 

Simple question: Why? If he's not Harry Potter, his parents are the Potters, he has no relevance as BWL, why would he be entered?

 

It's not hard to find a good justification for that, and if pulled off properly can be hilarious.

 

Yeah, but I really don't think he's going for the funny factor...

 

My question, is why is this an interesting fic? Whats the conflict? And why do we want to read about a random 14 year old french kid?

 

I was wondering that myself, Mordecai.

 

I've been toying with a story that seems interesting to me but has probably been done before.

The idea is that Harry is still the boy who lived, but is incapable of using magic for some reason. He is adopted by a stage magician and learns the way of "Smoke & Mirrors." The magician dies just before Harry receives the Hogwarts letter, which he doesn't quite believe in at first until wizards come and "hey magic is real." Nobody knows he is not a wizard and he uses "Smoke & Mirrors" to hide it. At the same time, there is a mysterious person trying to help him keep up his secret that he doesn't know magic but he has no idea who it is.

Stage Wizard Harry sounds fun as hell to write, but it's probably done already and I unfortunately don't have the time to write it. Wish I did.

Also more importantly it would take some serious planning to make that not come off as stupid.

 

Petunia and Vernon were closer to Lily and James than in canon. As the Potters were threatened by Voldemort following the leak of a certain prophecy, the Dursleys were brought to live with them under the protection of the Fidelius. They were sold out and, while the adult Potters were away Voldemort attacked. He killed Vernon, then Petunia, but when he flicked an AK against the infant Dursley, against all odds it rebounded and destroyed him. Dudley, a pure muggle, became the Boy-who-lived.

(Just imagine what the purebloods will say when their savior is a muggle baby.)

which will lead to...

Dudley is raised by the Potters, alongside Harry, but as a muggle in the Wizarding World. Despite the love of the Potters, he will grow bitter because he's even worse than a squib, despised by the world that bred the murderer of his parents. He would have to train as much as he could for the very real possibility of Voldemort's return. Eventually he'll discover the reason of his survival -

Spoiler

he is the second coming of King Arthur, and Harry will be his Merlin.

Meanwhile Harry will have to deal with being cousin to the BWL, his jealousy for his cousin (who he perceived his parents loved more than he), the pressure of being a great wizard due to his parents' reputations, the second rise of Voldemort, etc., etc.

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Another idea: a two part, multi-chapter story, an expansion on this.

Part 1 - First Fall
Harry and Ginny in their golden years, but things are not so well when Ginny gets unwell - no sickness, no disease, just fatigue and magical fluctuations. Eventually it is discovered that the possession by Riddle's diary drained her of much of her life.
Despite the best efforts of Healers and Doctors it was too late, and she passed away.

Part 2 - Second Spring
Harry goes off-world, joining the Europa Expedition, in an attempt to run away from the pain. Eventually however, with the help from old friends he redicovers life, love, and gets a second chance for happiness:

Spoiler

Luna.

 

This would have to be done extremely well, otherwise it would just pretty much be a Wrong-BWL fic.

 

I've been playing around with something that might be an interesting oneshot or small story.

Basically at some instance where Harry has access to a time-turner, either during OotP or PoA. If the former then when Harry is in the time room he decides that a time-turner could come in useful. he then proceeds to use it whenever he runs into trouble, going back in one hour leaps.

Or if this takes place in PoA then harry obviously already has the time-turner but to create the situation, then for some reason Hermione neglects to mention how dangerous time travel is so Harry makes the logical leap and uses it immediately as soon as he realizes they are in danger.

Pretty much this all begins with a scene where an old man attacks Harry trying to stop him from going back but inadvertently causing it.

Sound any good?

 

What is the plot? what happens? Who is the old man? Why would he attack Harry? Why am I askign these questions? Why is Mknote asexual? What is the point of your bunny?

 

The old man is Harry who has been going back in time until he becomes a crazy old man. The plot is the story follows Harry's descent into madness as he slowly goes mad from using the time-turner. He attacks Harry to try to stop him form going back in time to stop himself from going mad.