I'm a big tom riddle in gryffindor fan. I cant ever recall seeing that done and theres just so many obvious and interesting ways to take it.

 

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Very interested in the Mentor/Protege idea. Would be fun to explore.

 

There's one over at spacebattles called "There is nothing (to fear)" that I think is done well enough.

 

So long as Fleur is the mentor and Harry is the protege, and the tutoring takes place in the Beauxbatons carriage.

Speaking purely for myself, I'm sick of Dumbledore wank. The attempt to undermine all the bashing tropes usually results in a story where he's even more two-dimensional than canon, or straight-up Gandalf. It would be interesting to see other characters as mentors: Moody giving Harry brutal life lessons; Harry teaching Teddy about bravery through stories about his parents; Luna blowing Hermione's narrow mind; even Bellatrix capturing Harry and teaching him truths about magic in between torture sessions would be more interesting than Dumbledore making grand pronouncements about whatever the writer learned in their first year of college.

I won't vote, since I probably won't have time to write. If I did, I'd probably rather read about magical brothels in Singapore than any of the others. Sounds ripe for some comic fun, and could go in any direction.

Edit: sorry, @Inert , wasn't ranting at you. Just used your quote as a jumping-off point.

 

Was thinking Grindelwald.

 

Mentor/Protege.

 

I always wanted to see an mentor/protege Harry and Grindelwald!

What I thought: Somehow Grindelwald finds out about Harry Potter defeating Lord Voldemort, knowing that one day Voldemort would return, Grindelwald decides to take Harry and train him to defeat Voldemort.

Grindewald would train Harry in dueling, politics, etiquette, how to be Lord Potter. (Note: Grindelwald rescues Harry from Dursley's, Harry is reported missing.)

Harry only goes to Hogwarts when his name came out of the cup.

-Grindelwald reveals himself as Harry's mentor, he takes Harry to Hogwarts and threatens saying that if something happens to his pupil, everyone would suffer his wrath again.

Note 2: Harry has the same views as his mentor.

Harry / Daphne, or Harry / Susan

Now the main question, "But wouldn't Grindelwald be immediately arrested for appearing at Hogwarts?" My solution: Somehow Grindelwald was forgiven for his crimes, secretly an agreement was made between the magical government of Germany and Grindelwald, if he was honestly sorry, and swore an oath for his life, vowing to keep society free from darkness, he would have his probation. (If you think of anything better, let me know.)


(I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors, English is not my first language.)

 

Putting aside the rest of your post for the moment, you should never go into a story with bashing as one of your concepts. Nothing truly meaningful will ever emerge. By all means allow and introduce character flaws, but otherwise all that you are doing is a disservice to those characters and lowering the overall quality of your story to appeal toward the lowest common denominator of readers. Strive to present better than that.

 

Lol, really! Thanks for the tip, I'll change that. Makes sense.

 

I started writing a fanfic where Harry has Grindelwald as his mentor.

It happens at the beginning of the 5th year.

I already know how to introduce Grindelwald into history,

The only thing I'm having a hard time doing is explaining how Harry got his skills, without stretching the story too much. (Nothing exceptional, or Harry being Merlin's reincarnation. If you want to compare someone, compare Harry to Tom Riddle at age 15.)
Harry started to study hard in the fourth year, to prepare for the tournament, and has since started to make great progress in his studies. That's it, I don't want to do twenty chapters showing Harry training, of course, as he will mentor Grindelwald, he will learn more things, like strategy, dark magic, politics and etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions? All will be appreciated!

 

@Ched
Tbh the only names on the first list that stands out in a good way to me are Greyback, Crouch, and Scamander. The rest feel too overplayed/used.

A few interesting candidates on the second list depending on the situation.

Third is iffy but doable overall.

Thanks for putting that together. Food for thought.

I do already have my story roughly plotted and the two roles slotted. Writing it is where things are gonna be interesting.

 

Wow. I just created a plot in my head in less than ten seconds.

@Ched Take a look at this: Dumbledore hires Newt Scamander to teach at Hogwarts after Hagrid is fired when Malfoy gets hurt in his class. Harry ends up being sent to detention and forced to help Professor Newt with some things. In this, Harry starts talking to Newt and discovers a new passion: magical creatures.

Newt sees that Harry is a hardworking and promising student, so he decides that he will be teaching Harry extra classes. Dumbledore ends up talking to Newt and admits Harry's role in the war against Voldemort, which could take place in a few years. Newt then tells Dumbledore to let him take young Harry as his pupil and train him. Dumbledore ends up agreeing and says that time out of Britain would be beneficial for Harry.

Newt calls Harry into his office and tells Harry about the conversation he had with Dumbledore and they both decided it would be a good opportunity for Harry to travel the world honing his skills and training, as they both knew that Voldemort would come back sometime and Harry would need to be ready to the battle.

Harry sees an opportunity to train and become stronger, and also to stay away from his hateful relatives for a while. So you readily agree.

Newt tells Harry that the training would take about two years. They would travel the world training and already taking the opportunity to meet the wonderful magical creatures.

Note: I loved this draft that I wrote in less than two minutes. I will definitely focus here, as I think it would look fantastic!