Hello, folks,

I'm looking for good dimension/time travel fics.

What do I mean by good? Most dimension or time travel fics are simply regurgitation of Fourth Year, with everything that went wrong magically going right.

By good, I mean a Harry that has been hardened by his past or the hardships of war, not the naive hippy Harry that dominates fanfiction.net.

I mean an alternate timeline or dimension that goes differently, that forces Harry to think and make decisions. Not a repeat of canon with the kinks ironed out.

Some that I've looked through and read from the library list are:
Joe's Wastelands of Time series (this was awesome)
Zenathea's Give It Your Best Shot (also amazing)
serpant-sorcerer's A Stranger in an Unholy Land (this was meh, naive hippy Harry)

 

Oh God Not Again! by Sarah1281. It's a time travel fic that has a special place in my heart and 4 stars in the library.

 

Taliath's Young Again: The Rewrite is amazing.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2894304/1/Young-Again-The-Rewrite

Sadly, Taliath abandoned it.

 

(Ordered strting from the best, according to me. Some on this list as considered as at best AR by DLP consensus. Some are in the Librarary, some failed reaching Library.)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7713063/1/Elizium-for-the-Sleepless-Souls (go and read it immediately)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8096183/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Natural-20 (travel into canon HP universe)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4536005/1/Oh-God-Not-Again (more humorous take)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6892925/1/Stages-of-Hope (perfectly fits "Harry that has been hardened by his past or the hardships of war")

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9191701/1/A-Jaunt-Through-Time (more humorous take)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8586147/1/A-Curse-of-Truth (SI travel into canon HP universe. Yes, readable and recommendable SI. At least IMHO.)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6581693/1/Yule-Time (not Harry is travelling)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3401052/1/A-Black-Comedy (well, it can be described as hippy Harry)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6092362/1/Shadow-Walks (not for people hating angst)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4655545/1/Reunion (more humorous take)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8436276/1/Different-Strokes-for-Different-Folks (more humorous take)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6763981/1/The-Dark-Lord-s-Equal (hated by many on DLP)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8724634/1/The-Snow-Queen (abandoned, plenty of flaws, but...)

 

Photon pretty much nailed the ones I was going to offer, so perhaps try this and see if it is to your liking.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8728388/1/The-last-Dragonrider (some humor, a bit more jaded Harry that hasn't gone dark, Dimension travel). It updates rather slowly I'm afraid.

 

The Unforgiving Minute, obviously.

 

Thank you for all your recommendation! Elizium for the Sleepless Souls were amazing, and I remember A Curse of Truth as one of my all-time favorites! I look forward to reading the rest of these, since you all obviously have great taste!

Any other suggestions?

 

I may give some additional ones but it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel.

 

Anything by voice of the nephalim in regards to time travel is going to be really good. He's got a few different ones.

Here's two others that haven't been mentioned:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4198643/1/Timely-Errors
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2896398/1/Only-Enemies

Oh, and hey guys, can we go a whole thread without linking the other harry/bellatrix TT story (you know the one).

 

nmb's The Sun Dog is pretty awesome. Also, try Circular Reasoning if you haven't already.

 

Backwards with a purpose and its sequel by Deadwoodpecker. Surprised it hasn't been recc'd yet.

Hallowed time twists is quite readable .

Blot has a humorous time travel fic as well if I remember correctly.

 

World in Pieces has the usual "Harry gets summoned to another world to fight Voldemort" starting point but from then on it goes about it very differently than the regular fics that use this same premise.

Travel Secrets: First

Travel Secrets: Second

Travel Secrets: Third

Adrift in a World

Henry Black and the Memory of Death is fantastic, but seemingly abandoned, just about when it was starting to get really interesting. I will forever hate the author for doing this.

There's more, but this is all I care to mention at the time being. I'll edit this post later on to add anything else I find.

 

Gryffindors Never Die by ChipmonkOnSpeed reviews Harry and Ron, both 58 and both alcoholics, are sent back to their 4th year and given a chance to do everything again. Will they be able to do it right this time? Or will history repeat itself? Canon to Epilogue, then not so much...Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 18 - Words: 79,020 - Reviews: 496 - Favs: 1,782 - Follows: 499 - Updated: Dec 29, 2010 - Published: Nov 5, 2010 - Harry P., Ron W. - Complete

 

I remember reading that. It had me in stitches for the most part. Definitely a good choice if you like humor in your time-travel.

 

If thats the one I remember it started off strong, then went downhill faster than a wagon full of fat kids.

 

I remember Harry being a deer hunter, and Ron being an awesome sidekick. It's been a while since I read it though, so I don't know how I'd evaluate its quality today. In any case, I remember it as being highly entertaining.

 

I'll have to read it again, I thought that was the story that derails towards the end and the author started going on anti-homophobe rants and child molestation etc. Was really good up until that point, then it came from left field.

Probably another story.

On another note, never noticed Shadow Walks before, first couple chapters are alright. Coming back to these threads and seeing the same recs does pay off.

 

No, that does sound like a part of it.

 

I sort of now want to read a badass sidekick!ron, once who manages to get to the final chamber with Harry to verse quirrell, was actually there to him him face down a basilisk after subdouing lockhart, timetravels with harry to save sirius and harry and capture pettigrew. stuff like that. Probably won't be good, but it could be amusing.

 

Nuhuh's Demons feign Merlin's pain
And time Mr potter