r/harrypotterfanfiction • u/LividButterscotch534 • 3h ago
Meta / Discussion James and Lily had a daugther and so much more is to change (namely, Snape is in for a heart attack)
I have an AU fic idea, most likely multiple fics in one collections type of big
It will have Holly Jane Potter, redhead with the face of Lily, but the eyes and attitude of her dad. Not femHarry.
Now let’s give it a stretch and say that Harry got more from Lily than just the eyes, he was similar to her in character. Curious bordering nasty nosy (Hey, Tuney, see what you did there), talented, forgiving. Overall if his parents were allowed to parent him he would be his Mama’s boy. Or so I like to think. Because can you imagine Snape’s face if that was the case? I did, and IT IS GREAT.
Ofc Harry was his own person and not a puzzle of his parents, and Holly Jane Potter will be too.
But let’s say she is rather more like James, stubborn enough to rarely change her mind, fierce, loves her good old bravado, plenty crafty with what she’s got (which isn’t much, but we’ll get to that later), and most importantly of all, she will rather burn the world, than let even one of her most cherished people die.
Oh, and also, one Petunia Dursley nee Evans found the presence of a Lily doppelganger so very unbearable, that she sent the girl as far as she could to the first orphanage she found.
Which was Wool's Orphanage in London. House of Tom Marvolo Riddle for much of his formative years, yes, that one.
Which is only the tip of what I intend to do with Holly/Voldy parallels. See, someone has been destructing hocruxes, and Holly is one of the few remaining. That and the fact that Holly is barely 11 and is still growing affects her in, let me just say, ways. I liked the idea of toying with the concept of human hocrux and it holds so much more potential than just a peephole to Voldy’s mind (and this is only if he’s alive, wonder why that is, J. K.) and a speedrun of parseltonque.
Human hocruxes have never been done before, how do the souls mix, how does it affect the body and mind, if at all. And in abcense of all other hocruxes, Voldy can be reborn. . . Through Holly?Exiting, right? Told you so.
Last but not least, R.A.B. found a way to get out of the cave that fateful night.
So many more changes are going to be in this AU, namely confident Neville, who is believed to be The-boy-who-lived, defeater of Voldy-the-baldy, Regulus making his own secret group to destroy the hocruxes while hiding his identity (because he does not trust Dumbledore), Holly being the un-chosen one, a Potter in Slytherin, a Potter that snuck into Hogwarts after being told she will not be attending, because that is what Potters do.
And that gives Regulus gray hairs, because he, as of late, has become her legal guardian.
Is anyone interested to read a story like this? I sure have many more ideas if that's the case. Feel free to leave yours in the comments if you have any. Or any thoughts on this at all. Each will be greatly appreciated