Story ideas
So I’ve recently ended two stories, and I find myself at a little bit of a loss as to what to do next.
A Year Called Grace: Harry goes back to his eighth year feeling alienated from himself; he’s not really the great hero that people hail him as, and he wishes they would stop treating him that way. He wishes it hard enough that an aspect of himself splits off from him and becomes a different person, a sort of condensation of all the heroic traits. Harry at first is thrilled at the notion that people will shower their attention and gossip and rumors on this fragment instead, but he’s not pleased at the way some of his memories and personality seems to have gone with the fragment. Or at some of the things the fragment is doing. Like trying to date Draco Malfoy.
The Circle of His Days: Slight AU. Instead of healing Draco from Harry’s Sectumsempra curse with a potion and a spell, Snape insists that Harry pay for what he did by giving up part of his life force to Draco. Harry agrees out of guilt, not realizing the long-term consequences. It ends up with Draco gaining almost perfect health and stronger magic, while Harry suffers from scars and chronic pain. Draco never knows about the sacrifice made for him, as he was unconscious at the time.
Fast-forward some years after the war, and Harry is sick to death of the pain and the loss of some of his magic. He finally confronts Draco and demands that this stupid bond be ended. Draco balks, understandably, since that would mean taking the scars, pain, and loss of magic back on himself. He and Harry try to work out a compromise. It, um, takes a while.
A Series of Malfoy Events: Harry saves Draco during a Quidditch game when he would have fallen from his broom. Draco insists, solemnly, that Harry has damaged his reputation as a great Quidditch player by not letting him fall to his death. Harry must make it up to him by accompanying Draco to a party for Quidditch players and their dates.
Harry goes, because he’s, well, kind of baffled and wants to see what Draco will do next. Things are made much worse when Draco introduces him as his fiancé (because that apparently is the only kind of circumstance under which Harry is allowed to save his life). Harry thinks Draco must be joking. Right? Surely? But he keeps going out of the fascination of seeing what Draco will do next.
The Dust of Water: Harry wakes up from a lengthy coma, or at least he thinks he does. In reality, people are telling him that he’s lost his memories due to an extremely bad curse while in full pursuit of a criminal, and he’s really a twenty-eight-year-old Auror with a marriage and a career.
Harry doesn’t remember anything past the point of being eighteen, about halfway through the year after the war. He’s stunned, unaccepting at first and then heartbroken. He finds himself seeking out people who don’t seem to treat him any differently than they did when he was eighteen, notably Draco Malfoy.
Harry’s memories are never going to come back.
An Offering of Dragons: An idea I first had some time ago. Harry really wants to get away from it all, and hits on the idea of touring various dragon sanctuaries around the world. He also hits on the idea of asking Draco, who he’s been casually dating for a while but trying not to attach any strings to, to come with him. For whirlwind adventure and romance, basically.
The ones that are the angstiest are also the ones that have the most interesting plot ideas, so we’ll see how this goes. Maybe I should choose one angsty one and one lighter one?
This entry was originally posted at http://lomonaaeren.dreamwidth.org/760912.html. Comment wherever you like.
A Year Called Grace: Harry goes back to his eighth year feeling alienated from himself; he’s not really the great hero that people hail him as, and he wishes they would stop treating him that way. He wishes it hard enough that an aspect of himself splits off from him and becomes a different person, a sort of condensation of all the heroic traits. Harry at first is thrilled at the notion that people will shower their attention and gossip and rumors on this fragment instead, but he’s not pleased at the way some of his memories and personality seems to have gone with the fragment. Or at some of the things the fragment is doing. Like trying to date Draco Malfoy.
The Circle of His Days: Slight AU. Instead of healing Draco from Harry’s Sectumsempra curse with a potion and a spell, Snape insists that Harry pay for what he did by giving up part of his life force to Draco. Harry agrees out of guilt, not realizing the long-term consequences. It ends up with Draco gaining almost perfect health and stronger magic, while Harry suffers from scars and chronic pain. Draco never knows about the sacrifice made for him, as he was unconscious at the time.
Fast-forward some years after the war, and Harry is sick to death of the pain and the loss of some of his magic. He finally confronts Draco and demands that this stupid bond be ended. Draco balks, understandably, since that would mean taking the scars, pain, and loss of magic back on himself. He and Harry try to work out a compromise. It, um, takes a while.
A Series of Malfoy Events: Harry saves Draco during a Quidditch game when he would have fallen from his broom. Draco insists, solemnly, that Harry has damaged his reputation as a great Quidditch player by not letting him fall to his death. Harry must make it up to him by accompanying Draco to a party for Quidditch players and their dates.
Harry goes, because he’s, well, kind of baffled and wants to see what Draco will do next. Things are made much worse when Draco introduces him as his fiancé (because that apparently is the only kind of circumstance under which Harry is allowed to save his life). Harry thinks Draco must be joking. Right? Surely? But he keeps going out of the fascination of seeing what Draco will do next.
The Dust of Water: Harry wakes up from a lengthy coma, or at least he thinks he does. In reality, people are telling him that he’s lost his memories due to an extremely bad curse while in full pursuit of a criminal, and he’s really a twenty-eight-year-old Auror with a marriage and a career.
Harry doesn’t remember anything past the point of being eighteen, about halfway through the year after the war. He’s stunned, unaccepting at first and then heartbroken. He finds himself seeking out people who don’t seem to treat him any differently than they did when he was eighteen, notably Draco Malfoy.
Harry’s memories are never going to come back.
An Offering of Dragons: An idea I first had some time ago. Harry really wants to get away from it all, and hits on the idea of touring various dragon sanctuaries around the world. He also hits on the idea of asking Draco, who he’s been casually dating for a while but trying not to attach any strings to, to come with him. For whirlwind adventure and romance, basically.
The ones that are the angstiest are also the ones that have the most interesting plot ideas, so we’ll see how this goes. Maybe I should choose one angsty one and one lighter one?
This entry was originally posted at http://lomonaaeren.dreamwidth.org/760912.html. Comment wherever you like.