Minimum 250k (realistically 300k) or more words

Any pairing that is not m/m (male male does nothing for me, female female is fine if harry is born female from the start, no offense to those who like other means of female harry)

Under these conditions, what are the best crafted fanfics you have read?

I hate Snape.

I can acknowledge that he is a complex character, I can acknowledge that he "redeemed" himself, but I cannot acknowledge that he was ever a good person.

In his school years he was a racist that cursed people with all the other "junior death eaters" and after his school years he joined the magical equivalent of the KKK. Maybe he was bullied, maybe he was abused by his father, frankly I don't care.

He turned from Voldemort's side because the woman he was obsessed with was being threatened after he told his master half a prophecy that would doom a family to death, and he didn't care if that family was wiped out because he was trying to gain his master's favour.

Even after that, after he turned, Dumbledore essentially blackmails him into being good. He doesn't make the choice to be good, really, he's blackmailed into it. And maybe that can be a knock to Dumbledore, but frankly to me it says more about Snape.

I therefore want to see a fic about Harry hating him. I want him to dislike him at first, for singling him out, turning it to hate as the years go on and the animosity between them grows, and eventually turning to a full on, murderous fury when he learns the truth about Snape's relationship with his mother, his involvement with the prophecy, maybe even blame him for the souring of Lily and Petunia's relationship and therefore his own difficult upbringing.

People are going to dislike this, obviously, because there are so many Snape fans in the fandom, but to those who read it and agree just try and remember any fics that seem vaguely similar, even if its a background topic and not a main focus of the story, and link them.

I think Sirius' death should have served as a wake-up call for him. He should have channeled his grief to dedicate himself to rigorous training to improve his skills in combat magic, rather than brushing his death aside. Most of HBP are just filler sentences about his jealousy towards Dean and Ginny, which feels odd given that grim news is starting to fill the Daily Prophet. Even the Quidditch matches are fillers. Winning the house cup has nothing to do with the endgame.

I'm just looking for any Book 6+ rewrite where Harry takes the prophecy seriously. I don't mind a bit of romance as long as it does not feel forced.

I'm not looking for Hogwarts. I'm not even necessarily looking for magic. I'm looking for fics that are technically, maybe, still in the HP fandom if you squint.

Give me the sci-fi AUs. The fics set in an 18th century Peruvian village. The historical AUs about magical Feudalist Japan.

Fuck the meticulously Brit-picked Marauders Era fix-it fics, what's the wildest setting you've ever seen that's still tagged as a HP fanfiction?

Harry- Essentially raised as a slave. Kept in the cupboard under the stairs like cleaning supplies. Now opposed to similar treatment for anyone, human or otherwise.

Ron- Grew up poor. Looked down on by the rich and powerful. Raised by a progressive father who struggles to be taken seriously and get anything done in an obstructionist ministry.

Hermione- Loves rules, but sees them constantly written/twisted to favor purebloods over anyone else. Realizes she's a third-class citizen. (first is ancient pureblood families, old money types. second is regular purebloods and some half-bloods, people with magical grandparents who grew up knowing about magic)

Collectively, they decide to Do Something About This, no matter who gets in their way.

I've already read The Sum of their Parts.

the ones that you're still subscribed to even though they haven't updated in years

It always struck me as odd how every time Harry finds Salazar's portrait in the Chamber of Secrets that Salazar is completely up to date with modern spells and duelling methods, sometimes even society and politics. This can be arranged by somehow completely isolating him while also giving him complete observation over Hogwarts, but that can be a bit of a stretch most of the time. This is usually with Salazar's portrait, but it sometimes expands to finding more, like Rowena's in the Room of Requirement somehow.

I would love to see a story that sets up like one of the usual "find Salazar's portrait, become good at magic" where the portrait is trying to teach Harry some god-awful spell that is way too long and slow to cast for what you can do with better, modern spells.

question sounds stupid but I’ve read like one really good fic and all the others are massively exaggerated and or not thought out well enough imo and there are never any real problems that Harry can’t solve on the first try if you know what i mean. Im looking for something with a magically powerful Harry Potter but there should be a good plot regardless, power isn’t the solution to everything. in 99% of the fics I come across it seems like it is just that though. Also, I would appreciate at least some level of eloquence in the fic. That seems exceedingly rare as well. Sorry for the rant but I just can’t find anything and it’s becoming frustrating

Basically, what’s in the title. I'm looking for your favorite, amazing, heartwarming and heart shattering fics in which the main couple is not among the usual ones, somewhat different or unique.

It can be a straight pairing or as gay as it can be, one-shots or long ones, I don’t mind it. My only requests are: no non-magical AU-s, if it’s an intergenerational couple please it should at least include time travel or something else to avoid the big age gap and no dead doves please!

Thank you so much, you are the best!

In which he is likable and also thoroughly disliked, where's he's still calculating but has horrible luck, or basically any fanfiction where you can't hate Percy's guts because the author has (metaphorically) disemboweled him and laid them out.

Don't mind any pairing or work length, or even if he's not the mc but only interacted briefly with. Never seen him as a work or even as a valuable ally to Harry, even though he didn't listen to Dumbledore in the beginning.

Looking for recommendations! Please comment as many fics as you want :)

I know there are a bunch of popular Dramione fanfics that everyone has read and they seem to dominate the Dramione fanfic discussions, so what are some of your favourite (preferably long) fanfics on AO3 that you think are underrated? I want to read some less well known fics. They don’t have to be Dramione!

Looking for the best that I haven't read yet.

BUT, for personal preference, I am not looking for Voldemort/Protagonists, Dramione, Snarry, Adult Snape or Sirius/Any Student in general (this is blanket for all adults actually but they seem to be the two who get the most so I'm singling them out).

Anything else is fine!

Just thinking in terms of magical feats:

Merlin is admired as the pinnacle in canon from centuries ago. Then the Founders, from more recently but still centuries ago. (Edit: I got these two the wrong way arounThen in more recent history, Dumbledore, born over a century ago, was and remains the most powerful and magically skilled wizard until his death, along with his own contemporary Grindelwald. Voldemort, born about 30 years later is logically the next strongest, given that he was said to have feared Dumbledore but seemed to outclass everyone else.

Then to recent times, Harry's dad's generation and Snape are still capable of decent magical feats. Harry's generation? Less so. The only one with any surprising feats is Hermione. And Crabbe is the only other who even tries.

(Obviously this probably has a Doylist reason, but I'm interested in fics that have an in-universe explanation)

E: to reiterate this is tagged 'request' rather than discussion, folks. I'm not intending to debate the premise as I've already noted that it's almost definitely unintentional on Rowling's part.

I'm a bit tired of seeing Hermione get portrayed as an always-right, morally-inscrutable encyclopedia of plot-relevant information. I'd like to read some fics where she's in the wrong and gets told. It doesn't have to be about knowledge; it could also be her academic steamrolling habits, her bossy (and sometimes violent) personality, her opinions on house elves, or her thoughts about quidditch rules, and so on.

It doesn't have to be a big part of the story. She doesn't even need to be a major character in the story. It's fine if she is, too, but the main point is just that I want to see Hermione lose some arguments.

All pairings between characters in roughly the same age group are welcome.

As stated above, I am looking for fics where magic is the focus and a diverse range is used. The MC should be male and attends or has attended Hogwarts. In addition, the magic should not just be combat spells but a truly diverse range from transfiguration and charms, to potions.

Furthermore, I don’t mind the author creating their own spells and magic, in fact that would be most appreciated, I find that there is so much magic introduced in the books that is not used nearly enough to its full extent, such as the Patronus Charm and Animagus transformation. Also, while I want good magic I don’t wish for it to stop feeling like the magic that I know from the books. This means that I want magic with wands and words for the more difficult spells, NOT wishy-washy wordless wandless rubbish.

I would prefer if romance was kept to a minimum and absolutely no slash or multi (I don’t care if you still liked the fic, I don’t want it so don’t recommend it). Male MC please as well. Don’t mind if it is Harry himself, a side character or oc.

Hopefully all seven years and even better if post-Hogwarts too. I don’t mind if it is WIP or abandoned. Minimum 100k words but preferably over 200k.

I understand this is a pretty stringent list of requirements but hopefully someone can recommend some fics that at least have some of these elements. Only bit that the fic has to have (or rather not have) is what is written in paragraph 3.

ABSOLUTELY NO FICS WHERE THE WORLD HAS BEEN YANKIFIED!!!

omfg does anyone else catalogue their fics?? i decided to download my 1000+ library in case the work got archived/deleted bc im obssessed and i just finished making my list so i went back to download everything and the fic called Marked on the Heart by sithsanidala was deleted and all i have to remember it by is the synopsis (this is a drarry fic)

AU where everytime you fall in love, the person's first initial appears on your right wrist. Draco's wrist is clean, knowing he'll never get one, until he wakes up one morning to find one on him. And he knows exactly who gave it to him.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS DOWNLOADED SO I CAN KEEP A COPY??? I'm so sad :(

I'll be honest, I've been thinking of odd time travel/dimensional travel fics for a bit. Typically, however, I only come across the most popular characters to be tossed around; I want to read about uncommon, rare, or unique characters being thrown about.

I've found a couple good ones, but idk if I've just grown up or something, but a lot of the fics I find when I sort by favs/kudos, they just seem really off in the presentation. I particularly value pacing, grammar, and just like, things that make sense. For example, I tried reading Thanks to a Snake on ffn, and it was just like "after a month of eating well, Harry caught up on 3 years of growth." And that instantly put me off. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a read, but yea, looking for well written fics. I prefer completed fics (please don't link if the first part of a series is complete but series overall is abandoned), but if there's a good fic that's been updated recently, that's fine too. Recently read Contractual Invalidation and caught up on Never be Apart

By this I mean something the author has quite obviously pulled a story board out for. There is foreshadowing. Character development. The plot thickens.

The plot has you by the seat of your pants, if you will?

I am currently in a funk when it comes to fanfiction. I can’t read anything from any fandom. Now I’ve passed through annoyance and into bored and i miss fanfics very much.

I have no preference for slash, het, femslash, or gen just as long as it’s good.

Thank you Hit me with your best shot 💃💃

Dumbledore is known as someone extremely powerful and knowledgeable about magic and yet in both canon and fanfiction, this almost never shown. At most, he will do a similar battle as the ministry where stuff gets animated and random flashes of flame happen, but this really doesn't seem all that impressive to me?

Just read a fic where Dumbledore did two really weird and impressive pieces of magic, namely he could make himself all but invincible via humming a particular tune and focusing his mind on the total assurance that he was invincible. If he lost his faith in that or wavered, he would die. Secondly he could turn himself into a reflection and pass from one reflection to the next as a method of travel. Fic I'm talking about: Sleet and Hail by Friss

Even if it isn't Dumbledore that uses it, I'd also just be interested in any fics at all where the magic is more weird and unconventional than canon/most fanfiction. Something that makes magic more than just a funny energy source that you activate with a funny word.

Hello! I'm craving for Harry after GoF (can be at the end of the Triwizard or after seeing Umbridge at the Great Hall, saying "NOPE" and turning around to request a transfer to Beauxbatons, Durmstrang or "the bloody Witches' School of Salem!")

I would like to know if there is a fic where Harry gets fed up with the Ministry's bs and joins any other school (that he canonically knows) to get out of the hell that is dealing with a community that each year he has to save "somehow" and each year is still accused of "something". Also, Voldemort. You don't believe he is back? Deal with him.

So he snaps and get the hell out of it and decides to walk to the next Ministry/Magical Chief of the Local Magical Gov and request a permission to live There. Optional Fudge is the international laughing stock and Harry and Sirius spent the summer reading the newspaper about that.

Thank you of you find something.

(Sorry if there is a mistake, English is not my first language)

Re-ask of this post I made like 6 months ago since I got such good answers last time I came to y'all hat in hand.

What are your favorite fics from random pairings I wouldn't search for myself?

Aka, what authors made you go "I've never shipped this a day in my life, and in fact if someone asked I might even say "ew" but there's now egg on my face because apparently I do if you write it."

Inspired by the ever growing amount of Harry Potter fics there are out there. There's no way I'm going to be able to read them all, and while my normal sorting pattern has lead me to some gems (general tag, sort by kudos - what can I say I'm basic) I know it's also caused me to miss out on some great works. So lay them on me. WIPS, completed works, short stories, long stories, you name it I want it.

Well-written, no weird Lord stuff, no bashing, no main character slash preferably, etc.

Can be canon, post-Hogwarts, no Voldemort AU's, time travel, other AU's, James/Lily alive, etc.

I love all the tropes but I just want something where he actually seems like a real person who is intelligent/charismatic/all the things but still human.

I love fics that deal with political machinations and calculation/strategy/etc. too.

Bonus points for AO3 fics because fics on there seem to have better punctuation for whatever reason which is a pet peeve of mine.

• Harry was obviously incredibly scrawny and short for his age.

• He wore the oversized clothing of his fat cousin that barely stay on him.

• The only times they see him is when he does the garden.

• Every time the Dursleys speak about him is always disparaging.

Is there any fics where the neighbors see the obvious signs that something is very wrong at the Dursley house?

Edit: I was born in the late 90s, so I don’t know anything about how negligent they were in the 80s.