Point. And this is why I hate magic/scifi crossovers in general. If you're not going to impose some limits on what magic is capable of, then you get a curbstomp every single time.

 

And that's why you give the other side magic too. As was so eloquently said in the opening chapter of Half Blood Prince:

 

A Goa'uld taking a wizard as a host could kick arse. However, I can't remember: does the Goa'uld get the host's memories?

It was my impression that the Goa'uld just got motor control (by controlling the body directly through the spine which it is wrapped around, thus by-passing the brain). But I might be wrong.

 

I'm under the impression that they just take control of the body, they don't get any memories. But I'm not 100% sure. Perhaps I'll watch the episode with Osiris and see if that has any answers.

Anyway, a Goa'uld-Wizard could be very powerful, especially if naquadah enhances the magic.

Anyway, I think I'll have a prologue for a story posted in the WBA section maybe by the end of today, or sometime this weekend.

 

If the Tok'ra are anything to go by, there can be a merging of sorts between the two... Unless I've read too much fanfiction and it's took over from canon again >_>.

 

When the Tok'RA grabbed Sam Carter in S1, it managed to fool everyone on base, including medical, teammates, and friends. (Cassie was the one who figured it out - she could feel the alien in Carter.)
During the episode in which O'Neil was implanted with the Tok'RA in S6, he influenced the Tok'RA to go back for the Tok'RA's abandoned lover. O'Neil was mildly pathological about leaving allies behind.

 

It's canon, unfortunately, that the Goa'uld gets access to everything. The Goa'uld can also give memories to the host, but that's usually just used to mindfuck the host. I think this was mentioned in relation to Qetesh and Vala in one of the movies.

 

There is canon evidence for a Protego shield almost breaking in the DoM fight, when Harry felt like someone had stricken him with a blunt knife after blocking Dolohov's curse. Could b have been due to insecurities regarding this unknown dark magic, but that's a bit of a stretch.

But canon shows at least one other shield, not to forget whatever Snape did when he flicked Harry's spells away with his wand in HBP, presumably the same thing Lockhart attempted to teach Harry during the Duelling Club fiasco.

 

Of course Protego can't protect against everything, it's even said in canon that it doesn't. I think it was said that it can protect against most jinxes and hexes, but it never said that it was perfect against everything.

 

No, that incident was because he was a fraction of a second too late in raising the shield, so he only got half a curse, or whatever. Also, when was it said that the shield charm won't protect against everything (barring the obvious one)?

 

This is my newest idea that I need to add to my list, and I really think it's got some potential. Haven't fully thought out the details yet, unfortunately.

Basically, I've never seen a well-written Indiana-Jones!Harry, and I think there's some potential here. Taking the Defense Against the Dark Arts (or the History of Magic role, in a series of reforms at Hogwarts) professor position after a few years wandering the world, Harry takes on the combined roles of a professor and a tomb raider.

To give Harry a plausible enemy, let's say that two mistakes were made: Dumbledore was wrong about Nagini being the Horcrux (ie. it was something else, and Voldemort hid it somewhere else in the world), or Ron and Hermione bungled the destruction of Hufflepuff's cup, which was subsequently swept into the sewers, ended up in the lake, and later recovered by Draco Malfoy, who becomes possessed and flees the country in a desperate attempt to restore Voldemort to life once again.

So as dark events begin to reoccur across the globe, with strange connections to Voldemort, Harry's tomb raiding takes on a new role, as he's now competing with a resurgent dark power, with insidious motives for the artifacts they're recovering...

Thoughts? Ideas?

 

You said it.

 

Just as long as Harry doesn't shoot a sword wielding Arab, and he does at least one Dungeon Drag... go for it.

And stay away from uber-relics (Lost Ark, Holy Grail, Joan of Arc's Dildo; things like that)

OH! maybe he could go to South American and discover an ancient lost magical city that and accidentally raise a demon... hold on, never mind. Hey, "Bungle" was right!

 

How about making the divergence simple?


Crookshanks ate Scabbers during PoA, leading to a very unexciting Triwizard for Harry.

Crouch Jr got captured again or killed before doing any damage.

Someone discovered the Resurrection Ritual from GoF, and managed to vandalise Riddle's grave before it was too late.

Now we have a Voldemort who's still searching for a way to regain his body, a Wizarding World untouched by war, and a Harry who's free from the canon burdens.

Just a thought.

 

Man, that would be a really boring couple of years...

Ron: What are we gonna do today, Harry?
Harry: (shrugs) I'm gonna go have a wank and then go get something to eat, you?
Ron: Sounds good to me.
Neville: Hey, can I join you guys?
Ron and Harry: :/

 

Let me point you to an author named DisobedienceWriter...

 

There is absolutely no story in Hogwarts years, according to this idea.

The interesting things don't take place until later. One of those just might be a chase for some relic in a long forgotten tomb. Or whatever the Author wants to do with a Voldemort related plot taking place in a peaceful Post-Hogwarts setting.

 

Having the story pick up after Hogwarts means that Harry has had four or five years at least to grow up. Sirius is alive, and providing a parental figure. Harry's friends have finished their education - lots more different spells than JKR bothered to develop. Harry has suffered much less trauma in general. He's stronger and far more emotionally stable.

More mature heros, less adolescent angst, some control over hormones.

This could be good.

 

Why does Harry want to raid tombs?

 

Treasure? Adventure? Fun?
Hoping for a quick death to end his marriage to Ginny?