This list more or less goes hand in hand with the other list I started today, Mentorship and adoption (Harry-centric) - where I only take stories that follow canon at least for a while. This list is for Harry having a different childhood - which means in a lot of cases also being adopted or at least mentored by someone ( Read more... )

Having worked so much on my pairing-lists the last week, I need a break from them. ;)
So I'm making a list for Harry being mentored or adopted.
- For this list I accept only stories that follow canon at least for one book. (AU-stories belong either in AU: Harry doesn't grow up with the Dursleys or AU: Harry grows up with the Dursleys but story ( Read more... )

I have been getting lots of Harry/Snape-fics for both my Manipulative Dumbledore and Grandfatherly and mentor!Dumbledore lists. For the most part they don't seem to fully fit in either of the lists, so I won't be adding most Harry/Snape-fics with Dumbledore playing an important role as the chief-manipulator in getting them together in either of ( Read more... )

This is the list that goes together with the one before about Manipulative Dumbledore, kind of its counterpart. It will contain Dumbledore being grandfatherly towards Harry or his mentor. Or fics where they simply have a positive relationship ( Read more... )

An absolute favorite theme of mine is Harry interacting with adults: they can be true family by blood or simply adults who mentor him. Some of the stories in my other favorites also have Harry adopted or mentored by someone but are centered more closely around another theme, so I won't put them up here. Likewise I will not put stories that I find ( Read more... )