You know what I've never seen? A blind or mute Harry fic that didn't almost make me blind, and I can't say anything about mute, because I've not even seen one of those. Is there such a thing?

 

Why you would want that, I do not know. I vaguely remember reading fics where he had various handicaps, but they tend to be, as a rule, terrible. I don't want to feel bad for Harry while he struggles through life :/

 

Well, there is a "blind Harry" fic in the DLP library, even if it's a bit old.

Blind Faith

 

There's a really good series of 7 books where Harry is less able.

 

What Randeemy said. I imagine its hard to do a decent less able Harry when canon seems to make him pretty damn unable at anything except blowing smoke up Snape's arse.

 

Yeah, I get that, but it seemed an interesting idea to
Me, about the whole not being as physically able as others. Maybe I'll write something...

 

The only thing I can think of is Almost a Squib by BajaB. As in, less able Harry.

 

Have some lists and get your angst on.

http://painless-j.net/2007/08/30/themed-list-disability/

Potter Impaired C2

Also, I actually recommend this. It's a one-shot about Luna helping Ginny recover from the Chamber of Secrets (not THAT way; it's very non-touching)

 

Some years ago, I actually was interested in this kind of fics, just to see, how the authors deal with the subject.

More often than not, the disability was overcome with a new magical ability even 'better' than the lost ability - thus becoming 'the power he knows not'. In these cases 'less abled Potter' is just a twist to introduce some kind of deus ex machina.

The authors who actually try to deal with a disability rarely finish their stories.
Solstice Muse has written a mute!Ron fic and (which might also be listed here) one with Ron leaping backwards and forwards in time - a kind of magical disability.

You could also look at squib!Harry or one I once saw where he is an illusionist who can't actually change anything by magic, just make the audience believe he did it.

 

IIRC, this was abandoned (the sequel) and then taken up by another author and rewritten. If this is that story, then the original was much better. The newer version isn't worth reading IMO

 

I remember a fic where Harry lost his sight because his glasses shattered, and Dumbledore sent him to get trained by some martial-arts-shaolin-monk-wizard-guy, and eventually he could use 'mage sight' to see again. The name, however, eludes me; but perhaps just as well, because I also remember it being half-way shit.

 

Why can't they just buy him new glasses?

 

Disabled!Harry is usually just a plot device for people who like to wank over either angst or slash pairings.

"Oh, WOE IS ME! I am blind, and now only Severus' dick can make me feel normal again!" (Man, do I feel fucking unclean for writing that).

The only Disabled!Harry I want to see, is one that can't resist knocking out peoples' (read: Ronald Billius 'Trash Can' Weasley) teeth every time he sees them, because they're such annoying douchebags.

Edit:

"Can I sit here? Everywhere else is -" *CRUNCH*.

"Sorry about that, my disability must be playing up again. Say, you wouldn't happen to have any plasters, would you? My knuckles keep getting opened up because of tooth fragments."

 

Sorry, I obviously wasn't clear enough there; the lenses of his glasses shattered and embedded into his eyes. I believe the excuse was that there was so much damage that even magic wasn't intricate enough to fix them.

 

Has the author ever heard of Mad-Eye Moody?

 

I actually laughed for at least twenty minutes.

 

I've seen a few disabled!Harry fics, but none worth note, save BajaB's Almost a Squib, which is generally lighthearted and enjoyable.

Bobmin's Sunset/Sunrise over Britain has a physically crippled Super!Harry, from whom they milk the angst for about a million words.

There's the retardedly named angst fest Recnac Transfaerso, where Harry has cancer, which is horrible and tragic, true, but it also turns out to be this super cool superpower of its own. It's utterly horrid writing and if you manage to actually finish it, you should be ashamed of yourself.

There's this ridiculously over the top abuse/angst fic whose name I've purged from my memory where Harry's uncle pours acid in his eyes and blinds him. Harry's accidental magic transports him to his parents, who are still alive, but who believed Dumbledore's claims that their kid was dead. Then there's a heartwarming family bonding and Harry's mum makes new eyes for him. It really is as bad as it sounds.

On the SIYE site, there's a popular Harry/Ginny angst fic where Harry is with his family when Vernon wrecks the car. Harry loses his arm (and maybe a leg, I forget) and has to relearn magic as a lefty. So very sad.

Another is Harry Potter and the Rune of Alacantera by Mione5, where Harry is captured and mutilated by Malfoy senior. Every time he uses his magic, he brings himself closer to death. Angst ensues.

Actually, there's a ton of crappy angst fics where Harry is abused so severely as a child that he is left emotionally crippled. Brutal Harry by LordsLight is a recent such story.

I've run across a couple of mute!Harry fics, but they have all been angsty and utterly forgettable.

Notice the recurring theme?

 

Wouldn't happen to be angst, would it?

 

Here's one that's modeled after A Walk to Remember (the Mandy Moore movie), only the genders are reversed and features Harry and Ginny.

Proceed at your own risk.

 

Would that super cool superpower happens to be a healing factor plus the ability to break the fourth wall?

Sorry, can't resist.