Title: There is nothing to fear
Author: Callmesalticidae
Rating: M
Genre: Slice of life
Status: WIP
Library Category: Alternates
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Tom Riddle was sorted into Gryffindor. There is nothing to fear
Links:
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1087368 (AO3)

https://forums.spacebattles.com/thr...-potter-au-gryffindor-voldemort.667057/reader
(Spacebattles reader mode)

This is actually a series of one shots spanning from its earliest in Tom's third year to the Marauder generation,and the war. Highlights include equal rights activist Tom Riddle,an apprenticeship to Flitwick and death eaters James and Sirius. Unfortunately because it's only a bunch of one shots, it is pretty short, but it was interesting and somewhat amusing to see. Also, the recommended order is not chronological.

Have at it.

 

This was wholly enjoyable.

 

It’s written competently, even though I think the author stumbles over trying to write it competently, if that makes sense. This comes out pretty bad in the duels, where when they try to fit a bunch of spells in the dialogue and sentence structure break apart.

That’s probably my only complaint. The speculative fantasy of Tom Riddle in Gryffindor’s never occurred to me before and it’s a pretty tantalizing rabbit hole to fall through and the backdrop of Flitwick’s arrest at the start hanging over his mentorship to Riddle really really sets the tone in a way that I hadn’t expected. There’s something incredibly dramatic about every moment in the story because of prior expectations but we never really see Tom doing anything horrendous - even though that expectation doesn’t go away.

And the approach to magic was quite charming as were the little references to this and that thrown in.

Braino rotterino reverso!