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Squib or muggle main character.

Discussion in 'Story Search' started by Mock Moniker, Jul 4, 2011.

  1. Mock Moniker

    Mock Moniker Professor

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    I'm looking for stories with a squib main character. Could be an OC or not. A few stories come to mind with Harry as a squib, but I can't remember titles or authors for most of them. Only one I can produce a link to is http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5994260/1/Enough_Trouble_for_a_Lifetime

    Anyway, I'm just interested in the idea of magicless characters in a world of magic.
     
  2. Perspicacity

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    The only thing that springs to mind is this. It's not fantastic or mind blowing or anything, but it fits what you're looking for. Read it a while ago, did well as a guilty pleasure. That said, I don't think I'd ever re-read it.

    Considering how few of them are out there though...

    Harry is a main character along with a muggle girl, but he might as well be a muggle for a fair bit of the story what with how little magic he uses.
     
  4. Ash

    Ash Moves Like Jagger DLP Supporter

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    Recall Alice When She Was Just Small.

    It's not exactly what you're looking for, and it's about Dudley Dursley. It's complete, though, and I remember it being quite good, so it might be worth a look.
     
  5. Dr_Orpheus

    Dr_Orpheus First Year

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    Ace of Spades by Undead Artist features Harry as a squib; it also uses a lot of cliches, though, such as him having a BWL brother (who IS actually the BWL). He's also Death's adopted son, apparently.

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6606569/1/Ace_of_Spades
     
  7. Rubicon

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    The end of Barb's trilogy has
    Harry turning into a squib.

    Although the way it happens is somewhat retarded.
     
  8. Oz

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    I've only started this, but here you go.

     
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    Amerision's Lost Time features a Harry who isn't quite a squib, but is almost there. It's very well written. Definitely recommend you check it out.
     
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    Hocus Pocus, Adele Polkiss

    FFN link - DLP link

    It's quite polarizing, and it seems to me that DLPers either love it or hate it. Personally, I loved it.
     
  11. Aerylife

    Aerylife Not Equal

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    This is a fandom about magic, so muggles and squibs just don't seem as interesting, exp as main characters.
     
  12. Rin

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    Sorry to derail, but at what point did "especially" gain an "x"? "Exp" to me, means "Experience Points". Also, the OP specifically requested muggle/squib-centric stories. Considering that this is the "Story Search" section and not the "Statistically Average Harry Potter Fanfiction" section, I think it's totally reasonable for the OP to ask and to receive. Other than ontologically existing as a post in and of itself, what did you hope to achieve by posting this reply? :facepalm

    Anyway, "A Squib Worth" was quite good, and I remember enjoying it quite a bit.
     
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  13. Damask

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    Perhaps you'd enjoy this one. It's a oneshot featuring a Muggle OC as one of the main characters, and it explores some interesting aspects of the collision between the Muggle and magical worlds.
     
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    Wwwwwwell, I have a couple here from 2004, when I was but a wee lad.

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1557810/1/Among_the_Muggles_Again

    Sequal: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1682127/1/Return_to_the_Wizarding_World

    It's actually a pretty decent story, as I remember it. The writing is pretty good, grammar is fine. It's over 600k words total, and it's entertaining from start to finish, imo.

    Harry meets this muggle (who is the main character in the story) and they date while he's in hiding in his 6th year. Eventually, they stop dating by the end of the first story, and YES, it turns Harry/Ginny. But that's not really followed much, and the second story revolves around Muggle!OC/George, and it's pretty well done. She has to go to Hogwarts to hide from people trying to kill her (I think) and then there's quite a nicely done bit about how everyone does everything they can to make sure no one suspects she's a muggle.

    A good thing about the series is that it's completed, and try to not judge too harshly. Unless I'm mistaken, it was before book 5 even came out that this thing was done.
     
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