Was thinking about a one shot or something where Voldemort and Dumbledore end up playing mind games all through Harry's first year which culminates in much harder challenge's at the end of the year. Not really fleshed out at all, but kinda looking for ways to make this work. Sound good at all?

 

It could make for a either a decent horror one-shot or an AU divergence to an Independent!Harry.

 

Yeah horror oneshot was my original idea for a rough estimate of length, but I don't understand how you could turn this into a "Independent!Harry".

 

That, or it could be fucking hilarious.

 

Don't go into the horror route or Independent!Harry. That story with you're Plot Bunny has been done to death.

A crack!fic with over-the-top insane challenges with Voldemort and Dumbledore both fighting to one up eachother and generally fucking with Harry?

I'd read the shit out of it.

 

I thought I just said that...

 

Sort of. I was going off of your post. I mean, I've read many a serious!fic that's been terribad hilarious.

 

Okay if you guy's think it's be cool I'll try an write it (will probably fail though). Also since this is gonna be a one-shot does it still go in WbA?

 

Yeah, you could post it in the WbA. Just indicate somewhere (Title/Summary) that it's a oneshot.

 

Vague idea that came to me, when I was dossing around.

James Potter truly gave up on Lily Evans at the end of his sixth year.

Seeing an opening, Andromeda Black invites herself along with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter as they go on a summer holiday together.

Long story short, Andromeda and James become a serious couple, and during his tenure as Head Boy along with Head Girl Lily Evans, Lily finally sees James 'grown up' - unfortunately enough for her, as she falls for him, he's essentially over her.

Irony sets in as she becomes the one (subtly) chasing (and obsessing over) him. James, however, develops a close friendship with her - and only friendship.

Skip forward a few years, and Andromeda (Andy) and James are married, with a child - Harry (suggested by James) <some bullshit Black-esque name, here> (suggested by Andy, as James would have been something Lily suggested) Potter.

Lily, now deep in delusion ala Snape, in wanting to stay close to James, remains a close friend of the couple, and is affectionately known as 'Aunty Lily' to Harry, whom she frequently babysits.

Andy's sisters initially have a cordial -if not friendly- relationship with Andy, despite their loyalties to Voldemort and Lucius and James' attitude/friendship with a 'mud-blood', respectively, as she married and had a child with a pure-blood (even though a 'blood traitor') and not a muggleborn (ala Ted Tonks).

James doesn't become an auror because of Andromeda's wishes (to stay out of the growing conflict), taking a nice, 'safe' job in the Ministry instead, while Andromeda becomes a healer for St. Mungos.

Lily joins the Unspeakables as she has no family ties, bar the non-blood one with James, Andy, and Harry.

However, over time, the relationship between the sisters degenerate, with the final insult being hurled in thoughtless anger by Bellatrix - "Blood traitor!"

Bellatrix stubbornly refuses to apologize to Andy, while Narcissa tries to remain a neutral party in the 'squabble', though the relationship between the two is now a little strained.

Andy is worried because although she knows that Bellatrix may not try anything directly, she is a Death Eater - she asks Lily to look after James and Harry, if anything should happen to her.

Eventually, this squabble culminates in Andromeda being murdered by an up-and-coming Inner-Circle member Death Eater, one who was apparently hoping to prove himself to the Dark Lord.

This horrifies Bellatrix and Narcissa, as they were just having a family spat - they didn't want their sister actually dead!

Eventually, it is discovered (through investigation by Bellatrix) that it was a now cold, psychopathic Lily Evans, who had been manipulating Severus Snape (via his eternally unrequited feelings) like a puppet, who help set the stage for Andy's death - with Andy gone, she planned to 'be there' for James, taking Andy's role in life.

As Bellatrix and Lily have it out, the revelation that he had been used by Lily enrages a hidden Snape - Lily brutally murders him in the three-way fight without remorse. (Thus showing how skilled she has become working/training under the Unspeakables - taking down Snape).

Bellatrix barely escapes with her life.

Aaand...that's all I got. :facepalm

Bellatrix's role becomes that of a sort of anti-hero, Lily from supporting character to direct antagonist.

 

Interesting idea, but changing Lily into a full-time antagonist seams artificial and boring to the story.

Instead, why not make her work for Dumbledore and his Order as an handler for Snape's role as a spy in Voldemort's ranks. She manipulates Snape to further his rank in the Death Eaters and make his intel more useful, but don't make her the mastermind thinking about killing Andromeda.

Maybe Lily and Snape were discussing how to further his role in the Inner Circle and before that she was mentioning to him Andromeda, James and Harry and the entire thing. Maybe Snape decided on his own to kill Andromeda to show Lily his love?

 

Ah shit, just did some reading - Andromeda Tonks was 10 years (at least) older than James. She wouldn't have been in Hogwarts with him.

Also, makes me wonder why Ted and Andromeda had Tonks so...late.

 

Not a problem, really. You just need to make it more like "Mrs. Tonks, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" at the beginning.

 

Down down, so down for that :3

 

A hot, older woman doesn't have to try to seduce a male teenager. She just has to indicate willingness.

 

I'd read the shit out of that. It's AU anyway, so I don't see why you can't screw with a few ages.

 

Jorm, your Dresden AU idea sounds frickin' awesome. Write it, please. Dresden and Elaine's potential spurred on early by the constant need to survive sounds great. You'd have to give some reason why they both didn't go to Summer like Elaine did on her own originally, unless I'm forgetting something that says Summer offered her sanctuary, rather than being approached for it.

 

There's only one problem I have with your idea, Jormungandr. The entire reason for the Death Eaters' existence is to wipe out muggleborns. Voldemort is nowhere near rational enough to look past that, especially since he can look into Lily's mind and see that her driving goal is to kill one of his most ardent supporter's family members. If you do something like this it would have to be a third party of some kind that Lily attached herself to. Maybe a revival of Grindelwald's philosophy in contrast to Voldemort's kill 'em all goal.

 

I don't see anything saying that Lily is working with Voldemort. Just that she manipulated Snape.

I'm not sure you got reference - The Graduate.

 

You're right, I didn't get the reference until you pointed it out but I think that my point still stands.