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Slytherin Harry
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:03 — parakletos
Slytherin Harry is a more common beast than Slytherin Ginny and as part of my exercise earlier in the read to rewrite fanfic clichés this was one I delved into.
I must admit that I found it harder to write Slytherin Harry than Ginny because .... well I struggled to make him realistic. However, I persevered and the result was Sins of the Fathers which is now a fully plotted but unfinished story. I wanted to write the story in full before publishing it but I'm now tempted to start with what I have and continue.
I also had a bash at a partially reformed Bellatrix. With the release of OotP I went through the same problems that are prevelant with those who lust after Snape because of Alan Rickman. The Bella I have written has a troubled history and whilst she is officially not guilty, she is well aware of her past and therefore is somewhat a recluse.
The story also features lothario!Sirius who is Harry's guardian but too preoccupied with his loins to be much use Harry.
I can't claim the premise to be original, but hopefully my working of it will be.
Bits of this made an appearance in my now dormant Yahoo group so it may be familiar to a few.
I'll start sorting out what I have and look to post some over the weekend.
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Looking forward to it. I
Looking forward to it. I enjoy Slytherin Harry fiction. Although, I am not surprised that you find Harry more difficult to write as Slytherin than Ginny as a Slytherin. Ginny is not destined to save the world, so her focus can be more ambitious and conniving. Harry is meant to be the hero, so making him an anti-hero is daunting.
The anti-hero is a difficult archetype to write for many people as you have to make a person who the reader has compassion for while at the same time have that character performing actions that are at times repulsive to most people. Chris Widger does it fairly well, although his OFC does a great deal of damage to his story. The best anti-hero Harry I have read is Kurinoone's Darkness Within and A Part of Me. Both on fanfiction.net.
-Jonathan
- A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.
Ayn Rand - The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93)
Interesting idea
So we get a Slytherin Harry and an Gryffindor Ginny together? That would be interesting to see.
To me, the most interesting part of a Slytherin Harry is seeing the mental contortions of Snape. He will hate Harry because of his father, but will loathe to do things to him that hurt his house (like take points, not allow Harry on the Qu. team once Harry's flying skills are seen, etc.). I suppose the easy around that is that Snape would not take points, but would give detentions. Still, it's a fun thought. :-)
I don't mind reading
I don't mind reading Slytherin Harry or Ginny fics, if they're well written.
That being said, I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable writing a Slytherin Harry. I obviously have no problems writing Ginny that way.
I found it hard to write
I found it hard to write Harry as a Slytherin which is why this has taken forever (illness not withstanding) and 8th Day was written in a weekend.
The story is set in the 7th
The story is set in the 7th year with the war over and Harry attending for the first time. The power dynamics between the two are therefore totally different to that which you'd if Harry were a younger child.
That makes a huge
That makes a huge difference. For me it's much easier to provide reasons for Slytherin sorting if the character is older. If he's younger I have a hard time not making him a prat to get into Slytherin.
And even if I find it easier to throw Ginny into Slyth, I don't buy it as easily as Slyth Harry.
Oh I agree with you on
Oh I agree with you on Ginny; I found it very easy to write her as a Sytherin but Slytherin Harry is hard.
There are a number of factors that affect the sorting which i won't go into yet as they will be revealed as the story progresses.
I like the idea of a
I like the idea of a Slytherin Harry. It's been done before. Mostly successfully. I also like the idea of marriages also. I've noticed many of the wealthy pure bloods have low populations. Not many children.
I do wonder about something. Many (if not all) of the children from pure blood houses go into Slytherin. (Weasley n/a because they are poor?) Snape is the only one I've recall from the books that entered, but he was mixed blood. Harry' s mother was a muggle. How would they accept him in the first place? Wasn't the point of the house to keep in as many pure bloods as possible?
You ask many questions none
You ask many questions none of which I can answer at this point in time.
But there are purebloods elsewhere eg Luna.
R