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This isn't as much of a plot bunny as it is an idea. I thought back to the train station scene in DH with the withered child and all that jazz.

So, I thought to myself, what if that portion of Voldemort's soul didn't get destroyed in the end? What if it instead just became dormant never to wake up again?

However, what neither Harry or Dumbledore could ever have predicted was the possibility that the soul fragment could be passed on. What if that fragment of Voldemort's soul was transfered into one of Harry's children during conception?

Over the years Harry notices odd behavior from his son James. Behavior he hasn't seen since the pensieve memories of Tom Riddle. He starts to become very worried at the signs of his sociopath tendencies. What he doesn't know is that the Horcrux within his son is awake and slowly taking over James.

James goes through school becoming more and more like Tom Riddle; excelling at magic, arrogant, powerful, etc.

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That's all I really thought of. I came up with this about 10 minutes ago, so feel free to come up with ideas and shit.

I thought it would make an interesting fic with one of Harry's kids turning into a Dark Lord and Harry having to fight against him/her.

Only down side I can think of is that Harry and Ginny would still be married, unless an author decides to make a twist, like kill her/divorces from Harry.

 

It would be really easy to do away with Ginny, realistically. Just have James, in one of his Riddle moments (assuming that early on they just kind of flicker in and out), kill her. He may regret it later, but then, that would potentially weaken him so that Riddle could take over more quickly, as well as having the added side-effect of angering Harry (or causing him to have a very temporary angst session; if this option is chosen, it would be much appreciated if kept short).

Those are just my thoughts on the matter. I like the idea, Spanker; hope someone good takes it.

 

It sounds like an interesting idea. I always wanted to see how far Harry would go to protect the so called Light.

Would he be willing to fight his own flesh and blood to protect the light?

As for Ginny, she dies during child birth due to complications from the horcrux being ingested into James.

Then it's up to the author whether he want Harry to remarry or stay a single father with one son.

In a way it would make Harry's choice even harder. Should he fight his only son and his heir who is to carry on the Potter legacy.

My hope is a good author takes it up. I always wanted to see a Voldemort who was smarter(and not as arrogant) come back and fight Harry.

Homer

 

Sounds like it's in serious danger of degenerating into an utter angst-fest to me. Woe! My accursed foe has returned, possessed my son and killed my wife! Now I must kill my first-born son! But I cannot! Etcetera, etcetera. Canon!Harry is a fucking pussy, and has never actually killed anyone.

The idea has potential, I'll give you that. But you're not doing yourself any favours by trying to write post-Epilogue.

 

Yeah, angst would be a problem, but I guess it depends on the author and how he/she handles the angst. I chose post-epliogue because it's canon and James Potter is an actual character, not some OC, even if he basically is an OC since he know nothing about him.

 

Interesting idea indeed.Although something similar has been done in the past - The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Lori features Harry fighting against his crazy dark mage son.

Also,as a tribute to DLP,James/Voldemort should rape and then kill Ginny.And then do stuff to her corpse.Death alone is never enough for her ~~

 

Like the idea. Only if James was this powerful, Harry wouldn't stand a chance. All james needs to do is obtain the Elder wand and a quick defeat of his magically ungifted father would make him unstoppable

 

Yes, Harry is ungifted, but he did become an auror. Since we don't know much about auror training an author could easily make it that every auror goes through a boot camp where they learn to duel, expand magical knowledge, etc. So, I can't see 40 year old Harry being as incompetent as he was at 17.

 

This idea is never going to work, here are the reasons:

Firstly, Time. In order to make it actually worth reading, you are going to need to write a lot. You are going to have to go through the years with his son, and slowly put in the changes. You are going to have to take it little by little and show how much he changes as Voldemort takes over. This is probably the key factor, and I know that if I were to ever write this, I would get so bored I would just stop.

Secondly, okay, so the Horcrux lies dormant in Harry, yet awakens in his son? Why? Their is no reason for this, and heck if you are going to make this post cannon, are you just going to leave an authors not saying, "Ignore that part of the book where Harry gets hit with the AK, and has his motivational speech with Dumbles."

Thirdly. Yes, this would be highly angst, and not the angst that I enjoy! (Yes, I take sick pleasures in others pain!) It's all going to be about how Harry doesn't have the heart to take measures against his own son who is becoming his worst enemy. And if he finally does, his family is going to turn on him, calling him a traitor and abandoning him for doing what is right.

There are other plot holes that I can see as well, but lets face it, typing them would be a waste of time.

The idea as a whole is a fail, needing a complete redo. However, the entire thing is not bad. It would indeed be awesome to see a story like this, but lets face it. It would take an author with unparalleled skills to write this, and even then I'm not sure they would even want to put forth the effort to do so.

-Void