“Harry Potter fanfic” carries a very high variance in terms of quality. 90% of anything is crap, of course, but there’s some excellent work. Off the top of my head:
Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past—Time Travel fic in which an adult Harry Potter, with memories of the defeat of Voldemort and the death of everyone he cares for, is transported into the body of his 11-year-old self to do everything over again, and hopefully get everything right. Harry’s actually a pretty decent rationalist in this fic, I think.
(Warning, this is a work in progress, and the author posts a chapter about every six months. You may find this frustrating.)
Of a Sort, by Fernwithy—Series of vignettes over the course of a couple centuries describing the journey to Hogwarts and Sorting ceremonies for various important characters. Fernwithy’s done a lot of brilliant work fleshing out backstories for various minor characters in the series, and this story is a good starting point.
Seconded that there is good fanfic; sadly, my favorites are all unfinished or have unfinished sequels, so I won’t do anyone the disservice of linking to them here.
“Harry Potter fanfic” carries a very high variance in terms of quality. 90% of anything is crap, of course, but there’s some excellent work. Off the top of my head:
Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past—Time Travel fic in which an adult Harry Potter, with memories of the defeat of Voldemort and the death of everyone he cares for, is transported into the body of his 11-year-old self to do everything over again, and hopefully get everything right. Harry’s actually a pretty decent rationalist in this fic, I think.
(Warning, this is a work in progress, and the author posts a chapter about every six months. You may find this frustrating.)
Of a Sort, by Fernwithy—Series of vignettes over the course of a couple centuries describing the journey to Hogwarts and Sorting ceremonies for various important characters. Fernwithy’s done a lot of brilliant work fleshing out backstories for various minor characters in the series, and this story is a good starting point.
Seconded that there is good fanfic; sadly, my favorites are all unfinished or have unfinished sequels, so I won’t do anyone the disservice of linking to them here.
Crap, thanks for reminding me—Nightmares is a WIP and updates about once every six months.
Too late, I already started it. Darn you.
I have trouble suggesting unfinished Fanfics to other people anymore. Especially since i caught up with Forward :P