WIP The Life He Leads by TonyThePony - T

unorfind · Jul 12, 2018

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sfu · Jul 14, 2018

One thing I disliked about this story was the ever-changing pairing tag. It had all of them, Harry x Hermione, Harry x Tonks, Harry x Fleur or simply Harry, Fleur and Tonks without anything. The author used them to reflect who Harry was with at the end of each latest chapter. Besides that, the magic was very interesting. Additionally, Harry reacted and felt like a real teenager. That is something the author did really well.

Like, go all out, be stinky, be angry, be disappointed, be confused be happy, be sad. That was really fantastic.

Here another copy. Has mobi and epub.

http://ff2ebook.com/archive.php?search=The+life+he+leads

sfu · Aug 1, 2018

Since the story is removed, the author spoilered the ending here

Hi there everyone!

I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect anyone to notice me pulling the story, but I’m touched that you did.

So, I’ve written about 200k words of my fic - 20k the two chapters that won’t see the light of day - and I realised I’d stopped enjoying what I was doing with this. I was writing for an audience either too illiterate to understand thousands of words of foreshadowing or too stubborn to remove the blinders of shipping for one moment to recognise the direction of the narrative. Writing in this universe has stopped being fun for me and my writing had improved so much from the beginning that I felt as though I spent half my time fixing past mistakes. Also, I’m at uni and I used so much of my time on writing this fic that I became a recluse. I barely socialised and I need to lead a healthier life.

So, I feel like this is a fairly good place to mention the rest of the story. Obviously, it was going to end as Harry/Tonks. My decision on that never changed and any alteration on my fic was obfuscation. Harry needed to grow, he needed to meet other people and experience different things. Fleur was my way of doing that. H/F was just a teenage relationship. Everything happens quickly and feels enormous because they’re young, not because of any true love. Tonks is his Volta, she is in catalyst for Harry’s entire growth. The narrative has no cohesion is she’s not with him at the end.

So, Harry’s going to die at the end of the third trial. Instead of the graveyard, he goes to Riddle Manor where, just before he dies, he finds the Resurrection stone on the ring. Now he’s the master of death. I wanted to make that means something more than an empty title.

Now, the narrative shifts focus then from Harry to Tonks. From her perspective, we grieve for Harry and we watch Voldemort’s rise to power from the perspective of an auror and order of the Phoenix member.

The main feature of this was the butterfly effect. We see, after Harry’s death, how his life has changed people. Dumbledore is vastly more forthcoming in his actions as Harry died, not wanting to see children in the role of saviour. Sirius and Remus wish to make up for their slights toward Harry; they want to avenge him. Avenge their former friend’s son. Fleur also joins, wishing to get vengeance against those that hurt Harry, and meets Bill.

Remus and Tonks never get together. For my story, it wouldn’t make sense.

Neville creates Dumbledore’s army. Because of Dumbledore’s pro action though, he never allows Umbridge to be hired and so they’re never stopped. It unites the school under the banner of Harry’s sacrifice.

Voldemort never tries to retrieve the prophecy, having believed Harry to be TBWL. His rise to power is more succinct than before, and so he storms the ministry, knowing there is no true danger of being stopped.

At which point, Harry comes back through the veil, holding the three hallows. He’s aged physically, having been in death’s realm for a timeless eternity. In seeing this, Voldemort flees.

There are no horcruxes, so no trials of Hercules style horcrux hunt.

Harry, with his time away, has gained deeper understanding of the Northern Magics. He is angrier, then though. He wants vengeance against Voldemort for the horrible pain he put him through.

Initially, Harry is lukewarm to others, though Tonks breaks through. He is not the same as he was before, and so their relationship is different this time, but Tonks is still his light. She is the colour in a world that is only becoming greyer.

Dumbledore and Harry take on Voldemort and win. It’s a showdown for the ages and Dumbledore is mortally wounded in it, though Harry kills Voldemort alone.

Then, Harry falls away, out of public life. Tonks finds him, some time later, in the Dumbledore cottage. He says Dumbledore has left everything to Harry.

And, in the end, Tonks and Harry get together.

Tonks becomes Head Auror, Harry becomes Headmaster. Hermione becomes the English member of the European magical parliament. Neville becomes Minister for magic - he is the figurehead, after all.

Harry forgives Sirius and Remus through what they’ve done to avenge him, though they’re never as close as they once could have been.

Eikthyrnir is literally part of Harry’s spirit. That’s how he lived through everything.

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I’d just like to thank everyone who actually liked my story and what I was trying to do, your words meant a great deal to me. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. It’s the least you deserve.
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Scott · Aug 2, 2018

Well that's a shitty ending. No wonder he removed it and didn't want to write the last bit out.

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