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Great stories that were dead/unfinished?

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Oruma, Nov 25, 2021.

  1. Oruma

    Oruma Order Member

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    Hi DLP, it's been a while.

    Can you please give me some great Harry Potter fanfics, that are sadly dead or unfinished?

    Examples:
    enembee's Divining Light/Conlaodh's song series
    Cxjenious's Black Prince

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. lopeck

    lopeck Groundskeeper

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    I'm not sure why you'd want dead stories specifically, but you can filter the library by prefix. So you can only show completed/wip/dead fics. For example:
    https://forums.darklordpotter.net/forums/general-fics.28/?prefix_id=8


    Scroll to the bottom of any library section, click "Thread Display Options" and select whatever prefix and sorting options you want.
     
  3. Rehio

    Rehio Bad Dragon ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Surely you must read the Origin of the independent!Harry genre.

    The fanfic from 1969.

    The Power of Time.
     
  4. Oruma

    Oruma Order Member

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    @lopeck
    I am looking for ideas. Thanks for the filter!

    @Rehio
    They posted this before the internet! Amazing.
     
  5. Demonbuttersage

    Demonbuttersage First Year

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    Prince of the Dark Kingdom. I get that for many people it's far too AU, but it was the first harry potter fanfic that truly captivated my attention.
     
  6. Quick Ben

    Quick Ben In ur docs, stealin ur werds.

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    Forging the Sword is definitely a masterpiece that never got finished.


    I would also would have loved seeing the Lords of Magic realized. The few chapters that were written are still memorable to me, nearly decades later.
     
  7. makeshiftcraftsman

    makeshiftcraftsman First Year

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    I wanted to see Litany of Blood and The Redemption of the Black Sisters by jon3776 finished.

    Also Backwards Compatible by Ruskbyte.
     
  8. Republic

    Republic The Snow Queen –§ Prestigious §– DLP Supporter

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    For me the biggest shame is the abandoned status of Knowledge is Power by Fettucini. Is it power fantasy, wish-fullfillment trash? Absolutely. But it's also one of the most entertaining fics I've read, plus I may be biased since I read it so long ago and have enjoyed revisiting every few years since.

    One of the saddest parts for me was that the story ended right when it was about leave the confines of Hogwarts and go on a globe trotting adventure, which is a big shame.
     
  9. Johnnyseattle

    Johnnyseattle Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    Some "Healer Hangs" or something.... Healed Hams? No, that's not it either... :)

    The biggest ones to me are The Well-Groomed Mind and A Long Journey Home. Either of those I'd drop everything else in a heartbeat to read an update on.

    Applied Cultural Anthropology is up there too. Unfortunately another casualty of someone thinking Worm and miscellaneous crap anime is a better FF source. Travesty.
     
  10. hobbesian

    hobbesian Squib

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    From what I can tell of the general tenor of DLP I doubt it would be well received here, but I consider Birds of a Feather by babylonsheep to be the greatest HP fanfic of all time. Young Tom Riddle is definitely the most interesting HP character for me, and this story captures his characterization perfectly—plus, the prose and attention to historical detail is on another level.
     
  11. Atram Noctem

    Atram Noctem Auror

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