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Harry finds a better life with the basilisk, but that doesn't mean it's easy. From inter-being feuds, to bloody prophecies, to elven unrest, Harry is in the eye of a hurricane that will change the wizarding world forever.
Involving thestrals, merfolk, house elves, centaurs, acromantulae, and various other friends, denizens, and allies.
This series is: Queer in a multitude of ways. Morally complex. A massively canon-divergent AU. Filled with oc's and non-oc's. A story about relationships, love, trust, friendship, healing ... and revolution.
There are seven novel-length fics, plus a prologue (to leap and love the fall) and two longer stories (with courage unyielding and the gentle sunlight). The short story collection to journey on contains shorter stories set within the main timeline. All are posted in the correct reading order.
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18 May 2022
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I Know Not, and I Cannot Know; Yet I Live and I Love by billowsandsmoke
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Apr 2016
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Severus Snape has his emotions in check. He knows that he experiences anger and self-loathing and a bitter yearning, and that he rarely deviates from that spectrum… Until the first-year Luna Lovegood arrives to his class wearing a wreath of baby’s breath. Over the next six years, an odd friendship grows between the two, and Snape is not sure how he feels about any of it.
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"You're dead, Potter... I'm going to make you pay..."
Draco swore his revenge on Harry for Lucius's imprisonment, and Harry all but laughed at him. But Draco is planning more than schoolyard pranks this time. The old rivalry turns deadly when Draco abducts Harry for Voldemort. It's the perfect plan, guaranteeing revenge, power, and prestige, all in one blow. But when Draco's world turns upside down, the fight to save himself and Harry begins, and the battle will take them both through hell and back. If they come back.
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17 Apr 2016
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"And what about John Watson?" Sherlock had asked. He had expected a rather dull answer...after all, he had been away. He had not expected to hear that John had spent the past two years in prison. Series 3 AU. Not slash.
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Bookmarked by desertrat
11 Dec 2015
Bookmarker's Notes
I cried and then cried again. It took me two glorious days to read. It goes on my short list of essentials.
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Beyond Ourselves by Teaandcakes
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
14 Apr 2015
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This series was inspired by my desire for a coherent explanation for Sherlock's many strange behaviours.
Set starting immediately post HLV, it focuses on the hunt for Moran, Sherlocks relationships, especially with Mycroft and John. It eventually moves into the struggles to deal with the impact of Sherlock's backstory, which is not a happy one. There is eventual parentlock, but even that is not straightforward at all.
Please heed the tags. However there is fluff, smut and humour too. Did I mention Mycroft is my hero? I have done so now....
Extract from review of this series by the very kind and generous rosethorn37:
"Ever wondered why Sherlock is the way he is?....Come tumbling down the rabbit hole in this beautifully written exploration into the childhood trauma of Sherlock Holmes, leading to a life of drugs, violence and sexual degeneracy...."All characters, apart from Wasim and some baddies, belong to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle though I doubt he would recognise them.....Events are original but springboard off the BBC TV series Sherlock, all credit and hail to the Mofftiss :-)
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24 Jun 2015
Bookmarker's Notes
Convincingly deals with season 3. No magic ending but a satisfying, real, happyish ending nonetheless.