I've seen several stories which involve Neville as the Boy Who Lived or Harry's twin brother. I'm curious as to whether there are any stories where Harry and his twin brother/sister are both scarred and survivors of the Killing Curse.

 

How is that possible?

EDIT: To clarify, how can the killing curse hit both of them if Voldemort would die after attempting to curse the first one?

 

Well, it might work if he casts the second killing curse before the first one hits him.

 

I don't think I'd really like that. :/ Usually the point of the twin!fic is to exacerbate the sense of forever-alone-ness of Harry's childhood. If we have a twin who is equal to Harry, we get a balanced, normal family, and a Harry who isn't really Harry anymore--unless it's our Harry traveling to that dimension or surm surch.

 

The Sacrifices Arc, IIRC.

Spoiler

Kinda. And it isn't public knowledge until the fifth book, although Harry and his brother find out two years earlier.

Of course, depending on how you feel about slash and epic levels of angst, it might not be for you.

 

Looking at that again it's fairly unrealistic. It would probably make (slightly) more sense if only one twin was hit but, due to them being twins in the first place and all the crazy magic that occured, both of them ended up scarred.

Can it really be considered a balanced, normal family when the twins only have each other to rely on?They'd still end up with the Dursley's (unless seperated for some odd reason) and would most likely still be neglected. Harry's twin would end up becoming his Ron and Hermione (and vice versa); the one he emotionally depends on, even more so with them being family and growing up together.

 

Haha, oh my god, I've read so many shitty versions of the twin/ wrong boy who lived story that I just pictured the Potters alive and well like they always are (so that they can go on to be douchebags to Harry). My bad!

I think that's the part I don't like. Suddenly we have this OC who is of nearly equal importance to Harry, and with all that entails. I wouldn't trust most authors not to gary-stu the shit out of him (or could be a her, I guess). Plus, I can't remember the last time I read a relationship (good or bad) between brothers or brothers and sisters in a fic that struck me as even remotely realistic. I dunno why.

 

I have once encountered the idea of twins-who-lived idea. It's

It's also utter shit. Link, for those who still want to read it.

EDIT: Btw, Alicia is apparently a vampire. Lucy is his twin sister.

 

This idea actually got bumped down my list from top place of worst plot device/story ever from something I read yesterday- but anyways, the plot of Harry having a twin is annoying, as most people have the twin be female, have uber magic, Severus practically licking her shoes, Draco falling for her, and Voldemort wanting her to have his babies just for good measure, oh and included Weasley family bashing too, plus manipulative Dumbledore.

The protection can work for multiple people if you count Deathly Hallows- which on here some people believe it coming out is a figment of our imagination gone wrong- so Lily's sacrifice could protect them both, but technically you can only aim an AK at one person... so the protection works, but there is no way for the multiple AK's to happen. Well if there is, I've missed it...

 

Conjoined twins makes the twins who lived plot possible, with a big hideous scar between them.

 

It would be nice if so many ideas weren't ruined by the 99% of FF.net authors.

 

I think the more realistic scenario would be that Killing Curse hit's Harry's brother/sister, while a shard of Voldemort's soul attaches to a nearest living being - Harry. Thus more realistic Twin Who Lived Scenario - one twin scarred by a AK with a cursed scar, while other is a Voldemort's Horcrux :-/

 

That could actually be an interesting take on the Wrong!Boy-Who-Lived. You've got Harry with no physical manifestation of a being hit with the killing curse because, actually, he wasn't and his twin who is elevated to the Boy-Who-Lived status.

 

Oh god the smut in that would be S&P-worthy.

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I bet, somewhere on the internet, it has been posted. Perhaps in the form of some fucked-up pr0n.

EDIT: On topic, I can't recall a single instance of a successful twins-who-lived fic. And the only twin-who-lived fic worth mentioning in any positive light, is, of course, Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived.

 

This is actually a really awesome idea. In the hands of a talented author that could be damn sweet.

 

Thanks for putting your foot forward!

 

Nah, 13th stepping first.

 

The things you'd have to iron out before writing this device is wether Dumbledore will see the Horcrux as "dispensible" and not put him with the Dursleys so the other twin might have the full benefits of the blood protection if it get's split because of there being two...

 

Jeez, I didn't make the connection on that one. I'm subscribed and favourited to it on FFN... but couldn't recall the author's name off the top of my head.

Make updating, pretty please! It has so much potential.

 

Ah, but which twin is "marked as his equal"?