Audit: HP
Post-audit, Part Four.
This time I think it will be shorter, the plotbunnies were never nearly as developed as the BG and DBZ ones were.
So, the usual suspects are Tom, Grimm and Mimi.
Tom
Tom was based on a mix of a few fics I read, time travel, de-aging and gender swaps all got thrown in to a mixing bowl in this one.
The basics of it is that Tim Riddle gets transported through time to Harry's seventh year, only he isn't sent forwards he's send backwards. Oh, and he has with him a girl who he says is his sister.
Simply, in the final battle, Voldemort gets turned back into a young child, his memory of his first life wiped totally. He is adopted and grows up a second time, far better than the first. Some time later his adoptive parents have a daughter.
Tom is very cagey about naming his parents however - not wanting to affect the outcome of this part of his past.
The basic plot had Harry being turned into a girl in the final battle, eventually adopting the de-aged Tom and ending up with Draco. Gah! Ancient reminder of my time shipping H/D!
Grimm
Grimm was the outcome of the post-OotP depression about Sirus' death. I think there were some earlier versions that didn't include Dorian but somewhere along the line Dorian stepped in and Harry became the insane teenager I now know as Grimm.
At the end of Throne of Bhaal there is a fight in Bhaal's divine realm between the PC and Amellysan, a priestess of Bhaal charged with overseeing his resurrection but diverts the power of the bhaalspawn to herself with the intention of becoming Bhaal's replacement as God of Murder.
Dorian went through this, defeated Amellysan and when given the choice, picked godhood.
She came up against a major problem though, Cyric, the previous incumbent as God of Murder (Bhaal's killer and successor), was definitely not pleased about losing part of his divine portfolio and attacked Dorian before she had a chance to really get a grasp of her new powers.
Dorian survived, barely, but was thrown beyond the Torilian planes.
When she recovers she finds her way into a new world and starts to get her bearings. She starts taking note of the significant figures and finds herself in place when a confrontation goes down to catch the soul of one of the participants killed in the process.
This soul becomes the bargaining chip to get one of the key players on Dorian's side, one somewhat anguished and aggrieved adolescent boy by the name of Harry James Potter. Dorian plays nice to get Harry on side, offering him Sirius Black's soul up front saying that if Sirius' soul is still available it may be possible to resurrect him no matter what any naysayers say about resurrection being impossible.
Harry accepts Dorian's aid and accepts her token, a pendant baring her symbol (a blue gem held in the grip of a clawed gauntlet) with the centre-piece a soul-gem housing Sirius' soul.
Constant contact with Sirius' soul plus instruction from Dorian and her companion Valen (a vampire who joined her on her quest chasing Irenicus and stayed with her even in opposition to her mistress Bodhi (Irenicus' sister) right to the end of the Bhaalspawn War) not only gives Harry the ability to assume Sirius' Grim form (hence the nickname he adopts) but gradually twists Harry's attitude turning him decidedly dark and progressively less sane.
The original version of the Dorian/Grimm tale included another offsider for Dorian, Caella, another Bhaalspawn PC ostensibly from an alternate Faerûn timeline where the child to grow up in Gorion's care was different.
Caella was killed before she could gain godhood and her soul found by an extra-planar being who later turned her over to Dorian.
If I ever considered writing the story of Grimm things would probably work a bit different now, placing Dorian as the ultimate bad guy in the story and given my current line of thinking Harry - considering Dorian's influence has turn him dark - would probably join forces with Voldemort against both her and Dumbledore. I have really been reading a fair bit of anti-Dumbledore fics lately and my fondness of H/V is... well they're an OTP of mine.
Mimi
Mimi Fish, at one point got some speculative consideration on how she would go in Hogwarts. It didn't go very far but far enough for me to decide she'd be in Slytherin. I actually don't believe she's Slyth material anymore, she'd either be the scary member of Gryffindor or the antisocial one in Ravenclaw.
The latest reconsideration of Mimi has gone back to dumping her in the Potterverse again and realising one of her key features, the story idea is one of a reluctant Mary Sue.
The basic idea is that she gets a letter informing her she is a Mary Sue and has an appointment to see a guidance councillor to learn what she needs to know about being such and to be given her Sue-assignment and will be picked up by a representative of the Sue Council.
Mimi, who up until know has been a completely normal person, is understandably puzzled by this.
She gets picked up for her appointment where she finds out the basics of what it means to be a Mary Sue - being a perfect misunderstood super-powered icon who, if not saving the day on her own must aid the hero in doing so, falling in love and living happily ever after with either the hero or another key male and more than likely having a blood relation to at least one of the other major figures.
Mimi, a naturally lazy sort of person, thinks this is not really her sort of thing and tries to argue her way out of it but is talked down by her guidance councillor who says she cannot shirk her duty as a Mary Sue.
Mimi settles, reluctantly accepting that only to be offended to hear that she will be deaged and send back to school (she is 26 at this point) at one Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Mimi is also boggled by that as she has read the Harry Potter books and is a bit antsy that she is expected to fall in love with one of the males involved - those who aren't teenagers do not appeal to her at all.
As a support, Mimi's guidance councillor would also be going to Hogwarts with her to take the position of the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, a position where she can aid Mimi in her first Mary Sue assignment.
Initially Mimi finds the power being a Mary Sue gives fun but it palls in the face of the outrageously stupid things it also causes, like widespread obsession most of the male population, and some of the female too, of Hogwarts has over her, the obvious blind eye everyone turns to her failings and the constant unspoken expectation that she will solve every problem that occurs.
I'm still idly debating actually writing this and if I do, it would likely end up having H/V as well and Mimi adamantly avoiding all romantic relations possible which would likely cause Mimi's unnamed guidance councillor to blow a gasket.
This time I think it will be shorter, the plotbunnies were never nearly as developed as the BG and DBZ ones were.
So, the usual suspects are Tom, Grimm and Mimi.
Tom
Tom was based on a mix of a few fics I read, time travel, de-aging and gender swaps all got thrown in to a mixing bowl in this one.
The basics of it is that Tim Riddle gets transported through time to Harry's seventh year, only he isn't sent forwards he's send backwards. Oh, and he has with him a girl who he says is his sister.
Simply, in the final battle, Voldemort gets turned back into a young child, his memory of his first life wiped totally. He is adopted and grows up a second time, far better than the first. Some time later his adoptive parents have a daughter.
Tom is very cagey about naming his parents however - not wanting to affect the outcome of this part of his past.
The basic plot had Harry being turned into a girl in the final battle, eventually adopting the de-aged Tom and ending up with Draco. Gah! Ancient reminder of my time shipping H/D!
Grimm
Grimm was the outcome of the post-OotP depression about Sirus' death. I think there were some earlier versions that didn't include Dorian but somewhere along the line Dorian stepped in and Harry became the insane teenager I now know as Grimm.
At the end of Throne of Bhaal there is a fight in Bhaal's divine realm between the PC and Amellysan, a priestess of Bhaal charged with overseeing his resurrection but diverts the power of the bhaalspawn to herself with the intention of becoming Bhaal's replacement as God of Murder.
Dorian went through this, defeated Amellysan and when given the choice, picked godhood.
She came up against a major problem though, Cyric, the previous incumbent as God of Murder (Bhaal's killer and successor), was definitely not pleased about losing part of his divine portfolio and attacked Dorian before she had a chance to really get a grasp of her new powers.
Dorian survived, barely, but was thrown beyond the Torilian planes.
When she recovers she finds her way into a new world and starts to get her bearings. She starts taking note of the significant figures and finds herself in place when a confrontation goes down to catch the soul of one of the participants killed in the process.
This soul becomes the bargaining chip to get one of the key players on Dorian's side, one somewhat anguished and aggrieved adolescent boy by the name of Harry James Potter. Dorian plays nice to get Harry on side, offering him Sirius Black's soul up front saying that if Sirius' soul is still available it may be possible to resurrect him no matter what any naysayers say about resurrection being impossible.
Harry accepts Dorian's aid and accepts her token, a pendant baring her symbol (a blue gem held in the grip of a clawed gauntlet) with the centre-piece a soul-gem housing Sirius' soul.
Constant contact with Sirius' soul plus instruction from Dorian and her companion Valen (a vampire who joined her on her quest chasing Irenicus and stayed with her even in opposition to her mistress Bodhi (Irenicus' sister) right to the end of the Bhaalspawn War) not only gives Harry the ability to assume Sirius' Grim form (hence the nickname he adopts) but gradually twists Harry's attitude turning him decidedly dark and progressively less sane.
The original version of the Dorian/Grimm tale included another offsider for Dorian, Caella, another Bhaalspawn PC ostensibly from an alternate Faerûn timeline where the child to grow up in Gorion's care was different.
Caella was killed before she could gain godhood and her soul found by an extra-planar being who later turned her over to Dorian.
If I ever considered writing the story of Grimm things would probably work a bit different now, placing Dorian as the ultimate bad guy in the story and given my current line of thinking Harry - considering Dorian's influence has turn him dark - would probably join forces with Voldemort against both her and Dumbledore. I have really been reading a fair bit of anti-Dumbledore fics lately and my fondness of H/V is... well they're an OTP of mine.
Mimi
Mimi Fish, at one point got some speculative consideration on how she would go in Hogwarts. It didn't go very far but far enough for me to decide she'd be in Slytherin. I actually don't believe she's Slyth material anymore, she'd either be the scary member of Gryffindor or the antisocial one in Ravenclaw.
The latest reconsideration of Mimi has gone back to dumping her in the Potterverse again and realising one of her key features, the story idea is one of a reluctant Mary Sue.
The basic idea is that she gets a letter informing her she is a Mary Sue and has an appointment to see a guidance councillor to learn what she needs to know about being such and to be given her Sue-assignment and will be picked up by a representative of the Sue Council.
Mimi, who up until know has been a completely normal person, is understandably puzzled by this.
She gets picked up for her appointment where she finds out the basics of what it means to be a Mary Sue - being a perfect misunderstood super-powered icon who, if not saving the day on her own must aid the hero in doing so, falling in love and living happily ever after with either the hero or another key male and more than likely having a blood relation to at least one of the other major figures.
Mimi, a naturally lazy sort of person, thinks this is not really her sort of thing and tries to argue her way out of it but is talked down by her guidance councillor who says she cannot shirk her duty as a Mary Sue.
Mimi settles, reluctantly accepting that only to be offended to hear that she will be deaged and send back to school (she is 26 at this point) at one Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Mimi is also boggled by that as she has read the Harry Potter books and is a bit antsy that she is expected to fall in love with one of the males involved - those who aren't teenagers do not appeal to her at all.
As a support, Mimi's guidance councillor would also be going to Hogwarts with her to take the position of the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, a position where she can aid Mimi in her first Mary Sue assignment.
Initially Mimi finds the power being a Mary Sue gives fun but it palls in the face of the outrageously stupid things it also causes, like widespread obsession most of the male population, and some of the female too, of Hogwarts has over her, the obvious blind eye everyone turns to her failings and the constant unspoken expectation that she will solve every problem that occurs.
I'm still idly debating actually writing this and if I do, it would likely end up having H/V as well and Mimi adamantly avoiding all romantic relations possible which would likely cause Mimi's unnamed guidance councillor to blow a gasket.