Desperate Housewives
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Introduction
Privet Drive, Surrey, reflects the stereotypical view of British suburbia: perfectly manicured lawns, rows of comfortable identical houses with white picket fences. Anyone passing by Privet Drive would wonder how boring it must be to live. Everything was the same. The most visible excitement thing was the competition on who would have the greener grass.

However, one who lives there wouldn’t find this street as boring, quiet and respectable as it appears at first glance. Especially when there is a flying balloon-like lady emerging out of Dursley’s house, a mysterious child that brings nothing but trouble and who that he wasn’t the son of his father, well, the son of who he thought was his father, then a strange lady with a dozen of super intelligent cats, a missing young girl, a wife cheating on his husband with the gardener, an all-too-perfect, control-freak housewive who drive her husand away, her gay’s son mysterious late night disappearances which are exactly the same night Dudley Dursley goes to have some tea with Polkiss. But above all, who is this mysterious one-eyed limping old man who sleeps with half of every woman in this street?

Summary: AU. Privet Drive isn’t what it looks like. Everyone living there has their own secrets they want nobody to know. There are mysterious events occurring there, people cheating on their wives or husbands, etc.

Rules and ideas :

• Privet Drive must look like Wisteria Lane, and there has to be at least four families the story will focus on.
• It has to happen either during summer or the author has to make sure Harry is there (expulsed for example after CoS (the flying car accident) or PoA). It wouldn’t be fun without Harry plus it wouldn’t be much of a crossover.
• The author must not limit himself at the fact the only strange thing is Harry being a wizard, he can introduce other wizards or witches, or any other mysterious things such as a mad scientist for example.
• Summer Magic Restriction by the ministry is only for doing it during it in front of Muggles.
• While Dudley may have an affair with a boy, the story must not be a slash story.
• Dudley must not rape Harry.
• Harry must not be physically abused.
• James Potter must not be Harry’s Father. Harry may have been under some special glamours, etc.
• Harry’s true father must not be Severus Snape unless you plan to write a cruel greasy sadistic bastard Snape.
• Harry’s a timid and mentally unstable boy, in love with a neighbor ’s girl who befriended him.
• This must preferably happens before OotP (Marge blowing up, A dangerous criminal being Harry’s godfather, etc.) Though, if the author wishes it to happen during another time it’s his choice.
• The story must not be focused only on Harry Potter but, like the TV show Desperate Housewives, on four or fives families living there.
• If you take up this challenge, well, you’d better be a good writer if you don’t want me to kick your ass. Well, anyway, we are in DLP so there is not much bad writers. I think. I hope.

Take your quills now and let’s start writing!

 

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Lets just jump right in shall we?

Point 1: James =/= Harry's dad. Idiotic. James is Harry's father. End of argument.

Point 2: "If you take up this challenge, well, you’d better be a good writer ..." Makes me want to label you an arrogant ass. You fail.

Point 3: Desperate Housewives. Enough said.

Point 4: (And 5 & 6) Dudley being Gay. Or having sex with anyone. Failery from the begining.

The Idea is just idiotic in my opinion.

 

I don't want to read about a Harry who is a 'timid and mentally unstable boy'. Mentally unstable is cool, but going with a timid personality sort of wrecks any desire to read this.

 

People here like Harry to take charge--essentially, they want Book6!Harry without the crappy plot holes.