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Alternate Parentage fics for Harry--NOT SNAPE!

Discussion in 'Story Search' started by njchrispatrick, Apr 1, 2014.

  1. njchrispatrick

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    I was just looking for some good fanfics where Harry has a different parent. I don't mean one of the dozens where they pick Snape, I mean where it is someone unexpected. Crossovers are fine, I guess, but at the moment I am focusing on just HP.

    Did you know that there are very few ones with a character like Remus or Sirius being Harry's father? I have read like THREE where Sirius is Harry's dad, and two of Remus. Two of those three ones with Sirius are discontinued. I do have one myself called Trusting Implicitly, where Sirius is Harry's dad.

    Why do people love writing Severitus so much? There are tons that I have seen, just ahead of the amounts of ones with Voldemort. I am not against Voldemort fics like that; I rather like them, and I have one up myself. My question is this: Why always the villain, never the other guy?

    Link for my story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10207020/1/Trusting-Implicitly
     
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    First of all, it's April Fool's Day. I initially thought this was a trolling post, but I think you're legit. I actually do have a recommendation for you, but let me address some of your questions first.

    Severitus is popular for several reasons. One, it is feasible. Lily and Snape were buds and if things had gone just a little differently he might well have slept with her. Alternatively he could have forced her into it either via potions or just using force.

    But even before we knew of that relationship, it was interesting b/c of the animosity between Snape and Harry. Forcing them into a blood relationship has the potential to add a lot of interesting drama that doesn't exist with Sirius for example.

    Sirius is already acting as Harry's father figure. James is long dead. So how does Sirius being Harry's real dad really change anything? It could, but it's just not that interesting. It's a moot point.

    Remus has potential because he might have had a legit reason to hide the child -- he's a werewolf. Teddy doesn't appear to face persecution because of it, but it's possible in a different generation Harry would have.

    But for the most part, giving Harry a different parent seems lazy/boring unless it's being used to drive the plot, and most of the plots driven by that sort of thing just aren't up my alley anyway. They tend to involve too much angst.

    This is halfway a crack!fic, and Lockhart isn't Harry's 'real' father, but he did raise Harry so perhaps it counts: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6635363/1/When-In-Doubt-Obliviate

    But anyway, here's a halfway decent crossover with Naruto. I can't think of any pure HP ones. This is a series of three fics where Harry's father was Hatake Sarumo.
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3777014/1/A-Personal-Matter
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4313529/1/Sphere-of-Influence
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6534243/1/Extending-the-Boundaries
     
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    This one is of the fluffy/sweet kind and it has four sequels if you're into it.
     
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