The idea would be that somewhere along the line Harry decided to go back and prevent the death of Cedric, Sirius, Dumbledore, and so on by destroying Voldemort's horcruxes and capturing all of the Death Eaters. Basic time travel formula. The twist is that he then assumed Voldemort's identity and strove to make sure things happened as similarly to his time as they could without ending in any deaths, so as to prevent 'ripples'.

To provide even more incentive for Harry to go back again, there could be an autobiography of the original Harry's life stashed with the time turner and things, or even just some obituaries of people the current Harry knew to be alive. Anything to prompt him to follow in his future self's footsteps.

 

If you write this well, I can see this as being freaking awesome. The only problem I can see though, is that if Harry does actually go back in time to prevent Voldemort's 'reign' or what have you, surely he would first have to eliminate Voldemort himself, and if there are no Horcruxes, would he have gone back to before Voldemort made them, therefore going back to assume the place of Tom Riddle Jr. as a child, or would he simply eliminate them after Voldemort's attack on The Potters, and subsequent downfall?

All in all though, whatever you do with it, I'd read the shit out of that.

 

Harry would go back to just after Voldemort's death and destroy his horcruxes. The whole 'no horcruxes' aspect would be from Present!Harry's perspective, and you'd only learn of them through his eyes while going through one of the reports or speaking with one of the Unspeakables themselves.

And thanks. I thought it was pretty cool, but I doubt I could do that kind of story justice.

 

I'm not getting why Harry has to assume Voldemort's identity the first time he goes back. If he just destroys Voldemort and the horcruxes (or lack of, from the way you're putting it I'm not entirely sure they would exist in the first place) wouldn't it just be easier to go into hiding until past Harry goes back into the past, then either use glamours to hide your real age or take de-aging potions and just go on with the timeline instead of doing an endless loop?

 

Sounds like Eternal Return by Silver Pard, but don't let that stop you.

 

Meance, I've seen you write, you write well, so I think you should totally take this on.

 

I think Menace should have a shot at it as well

:awesome

 

Like I said, it's more out of a desire to cause as few changes as possible. Add on to that the fact that he doesn't much fancy trying to befriend kids a third his age, and eventually he just decides to play puppeteer.

Also, I kind of wanted the idea to be he didn't get back through normal fannon means, he went back in time with a time turner (hence the number in the bunny) and thus the other Harries have to follow suit.

And thanks guys. I might give it a shot in the future.

 

Fix'd that for you.

And, since I don't want my first post to just be correcting someone else's, here's a story idea that just popped into my head the other day.

What if Harry Potter had dwarfism?

It'd most likely be a humor/adventure story, where Harry is perpetually pissed off due to people either making fun of his condition or treating him like an invalid. Naturally, the Wizarding World, since they've built up these grand expectations of the Boy-Who-Lived, isn't expecting him to be so, well, short, and so they fall right into the trap of being the people he loathes.

I've got a few ideas on where I'd like to take this, but I'm hoping to get your takes on it.

 

HP with dwarfism is a unique way to set up a HP-Flitwick mentor fic.

 

But that's an obvious approach. Why not make Flitwick hate Harry for stealing his spotlight as only short wizard around.

 

Just like in full metal alchemist.

 

I was actually thinking more along the lines of having Flitwick offer to help "a fellow little person" and Harry turning him down. The way I'm looking at Harry in this is that he doesn't want people to help him out because he's short. He'd rather tell them to piss off, because he's proud and doesn't want their pity. His ambition would be to make something of himself without anyone's help, largely to prove to the world that he's just as good as everyone else. He wants to be normal, but rather than trying to downplay his abilities, he'll be working on them as much as possible.

 

Indy!Harry fic with a dwarf.

 

Not really. It's more that Harry's been teased throughout his primary school years, and so he's sick and tired of it. He's trying to prove, both to himself and to everyone else, that he is able to have a normal life, despite being ...short. And, it's primarily going to be humor (I hope), so a great deal of it will be people sticking their feet in their mouths, or laughing at him, or any number of reactions. The adventure part is mostly to tie in a plot, rather than just having random scenes from the books scattered throughout with a few changes here and there.

 

Dwarf!Harry could be funny as hell, IF done correctly. Going against the obvious Flitwick-as-Mentor would be refreshing, to say the least. Suspicion from the Goblins followed by them trying to co-opt Harry's fledgling agenda or his inherent star power would be a nice sub-plot, and perhaps a Dwarf!Harry could face discrimination not only from the usual Pureblood circles but also the Muggleborns as a carryover from generic Muggle prejudice.

I don't think it would have to be a crack-fic, though I would hope anyone writing it would not shy away from off-color and stereotypical jokes, because let's face it - the closer to home a joke hits, the more uncomfortably funny it is.


I was about to shrug off this plot bunny, but now that I think about it I believe it could be unexpectedly good. A good title would help, so to that end I have some suggestions.


Little Wizard, Big Magical World (or Big Hogwarts)
Whatchoo Talking' 'Bout, Wizard?!
Harry Potter and the What The Fuck Are You Lookin' At, Bitch?
I Thought He'd Be Bigger
You Must Be This Tall To Ride The Broomstick (Dragon/Hippogriff/Thestral)
Short Story (or Tall Tale)
When Harry Met Winky
Career Advice: Of Course I'd Rather Count Money Than Iron My Hands!


And it would be a shame if Midget!Harry didn't address the injustice of the Wizard sport of Midget Banishing.

 

The important question we must ask ourself is:

Will Dwarf!Harry grow a epic beard.

 

@Portus

When I first saw your idea about the goblin sub-plot, I wasn't sure about it, but the more I think about it, the more I like it. Mind if I use it?

Also, the title would likely be The Short Story of Harry Potter, but the others give me ideas for chapters.

Prejudice and off-color jokes are definite, and I'm not too worried about offending anyone.

@Captain Trips

I'm fairly certain that 11-year-old's don't grow beards.

 

Magic, bro.

 

You're right. I'll just give all the students beards, and it can be one big, happy freakshow. :facepalm