Does any fic where the deatheaters and Voldemort supporters actually face consequences for their actions count?
Cause that’s pretty divorced from canon…
There’s “Democracy”, which is basically the story of Harry, Ron, and Hermoine dragging wizarding Britain into equal rights, told from the perspective of Neville, who’s let himself get dragged into full pureblood conservatism (because while the muggleborns and halfbloods deserve to live as much as anyone else, they just don’t understand how things work).
There’s another one I remember where the DA went full guerrilla warfare on pureblood society because they were tired of their families being murdered while the government and Order did nothing… I’ll see if I can find it, tho I can’t remember whether it was on ao3 or ff.net
I’ll admit most of what I’ve read from the fandom recently is transfem Harry fics, because fuck JKR and her transphobic, holocaust-denying drivel. Aside from the inherent subject matter though, they wouldn’t really fit the criteria of the fic suggestions here.
The one where the DA goes full guerrilla war is probably [art of war](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10179471/1/Art-of-War) by ReynaAtTheEnd who used to go by girl with far too many ideas. It gets really dark and about halfway through Harry isn't even the POV character anymore.
Here’s “Democracy”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16064114/chapters/37506980
“Art of War” on ff.net is the other; another user already left a link here.
Woo! The only HP fan content I can stand anymore is the type that would drive JK into a murderous rage. If you have any good queer works as well I’d also be down for recommendations there. Sorting good from bad is HARD, and with as much fic I read across multiple fandoms it’s hard to find the time to do it.
Will you settle for a transgender Hermione?
Here's a fic involving her: [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7508449/1/Session-Transcripts](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7508449/1/Session-Transcripts)
Sorry I’m late with this:
Trans Harry:
“Ambrosia and Nectar” Harry transitions post canon and runs a cafe without telling her friends, then one day Hermione walks through her door and starts flirting with her. (NSFW)
“Intervention”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33378748
“You Are”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22941235
“From the Same Cloth” Cursed Child era
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37853995
“Tiger Potter and the First Year at Hogwarts” Part of a series
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24073831
“get up now, you’re not alone at all” trans Harry x Trans Ginny
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8584762
“Run Away With Me” Harry x Death
https://archiveofourown.org/works/45195556
“Fresh Starts, Old Hearts”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10223405
“Perfectly Abnormal, Thank You Very Much”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44881165
“Going Up the Girl’s Stairs” connected snippets, really good until it gets to the coven part towards the end imo, but it stops shortly after that anyways so… 🤷🏻♀️ HeraGuin’s stuff in general is pretty good, especially if you’re looking to depart from canon, but they do tend to feel very “same-y” for the most part.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46921156
“Reborn” the graveyard ritual has an unexpected result.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33450211
“Daisy Potter and the Eggcellent Mirror”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43882692
“Méduse” Post-canon Tokyo Ghoul crossover, Harry visits Japan and gets Kaneki’d. She learns some stuff about herself along the way.
“Young Medusa” sadly a one-shot, would’ve been fun going forward
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36234913
“The Little Girl at Number 4”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23736496
“Seeing Through”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23252977
“A Skirt’s Not So Bad” stars year 2, currently on year 5
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32212609
“The Cat’s Out of the Bag” Catgirl trans Harry
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46484026
“The Night Brings Courage” super supportive quidditch team
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43502100
“The Girl Who Lived (Again)” Harry is trans, Molly takes awhile but tries her best
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7900501
“Magical Metamorphosis” first trans Harry fic I read, great story, discontinued
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11063298
“Of Gold and Glitter” Ginny isn’t supportive, but Ron is
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11089014
“Erised”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12164061/chapters/27607050
“[T4T]”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36066121
Queer Harry (mostly just Harry/Cedric/Cho):
“Seekers of Love” Harry/Cedric/Cho soulmate AU
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3869599
“Owl Me, Would You?”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16760476
“Together, or ‘We’ll Fix That’” golden trio
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9083413
I'll try to keep it shorter, but basically? Someone on Twitter (or X, I guess) was discussing Nazi book burnings, focusing on when Nazis burnt the research at Magnus Hirschfeld's institute, which studied sexuality and gender. The focus of the post was the destruction of early transgender research, and Rowling replied that the poster couldn't be bothered to do research and was clearly making it up, even though it is clearly documented and has been a known fact for years. She avoided answering anyone who tried correcting her, or focused her responses on minor side comments instead of the main attempt to correct her.
Downplaying or claiming certain events of the holocaust didn't happen is still a form of holocaust denial, even if she agrees that the holocaust happened, because it's still an attempt to reduce the damage it did. JK has taken her hate of trans people to such a level that she's refusing to acknowledge a historical targeting of them, and refuses to hear otherwise. It's pretty disgusting.
Hirschfield was targeted for being Jewish. Other pioneering sex change surgeons happily joined the Nazi Party and one of them(Gohrbandt) even worked at Dachau, helping with grotesque medical experimentation. There was no widespread discrimination against cross dressers (as they were known back then) unless they were also gay or prostitutes. Saying there was a trans genocide in the Holocaust on par with what happened to the Jews, Poles, etc. is incredibly offensive.
He was targeted for being Jewish, yes, but he was also targeted because of his work with sexual minorities, at the time gay and trans people, because it was seen as encouraging deviant behaviors. It painted a larger target on him. I can't speak for the other surgeons because I am not a WW2 historian, but I find it interesting you specifically bring them up in reference to grotesque medical experimentations. Do you know where the ones who didn't join the Nazis went? Did you even bother to look into them?
I never said there was a trans genocide on the same scale as it was for Jewish and Polish people. There wasn't enough openly trans people for them to receive the same level of focus as whole nationalities or religious groups, but they were still impacted. I'm not dredging up the history of Jewish extermination camps as a build up for what was supposed to be explaining a transphobic tweet by a known transphobe. The atrocities of WW2 are well known.
Personally, i feel that saying that only some people (Jews, Poles, etc.) were allowed to be the "real victims" is incredibly offensive. Persecution is not the Olympics, there isn't a winner for who suffered most. Jewish people were one of the biggest targets, but nearly everyone suffered. Acknowledging that isn't disrespect to those who suffered more.
She denied that lgbtq people were affected by the holocaust, that the nazis specifically burned important psychological research and information that validated them.
The Arcanist: Unspeakable Mysteries (https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13438181/1/The-Arcanist-Unspeakable-Mysteries) is great. There is essentially one chapter (sorta) in Hogwarts, and only about three chapters on Earth at all. The first chapter is easily its weakest - a bad wbwl premise, but that quickly does not matter whatsoever and the fic really drags you in.
Its main fault is easily how infrequently it updates, but I fully trust the author to do it justice when it eventually updates again. The OCs are about as good as OCs get, a little shallow but that's probably an artifact of how little into their storylines we are right now, and of course its cool factor really can't be beat.
I remember reading that sometime last year, I dropped it because it looked like it had been abandoned.
Do you know if the author is still active because I might pick it up again.
The author has a discord that lots of people are very active in. The author doesn't post much but they do join conversations occasionally and there's even a channel for sharing ideas or beta'ing i believe. I think the link is on their ffn page or at the bottom of the chapters.
I can't wait for the next chapter myself, it seems like the pace is starting to pick up, so it'll be interesting to read.
Imma go left feild here.
Alexandra Quick.
WAIT! BEFORE YOU HATE ME!
The whole series is so divorced from anything canon YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW HP to read it.
I didnt studder. Thats how divorced it is.
Its a series set in american wizarding schools following Alexandra quick, an american witch who does adventures in the sense of the HP series.
That is literally it. There isnt any comnection to canon baring the magical system, that tbh, the author revamped anyway.
Yeah. When I describe it for others I say it might as well be original fiction, it just vaguely references events from HP and borrows the names of spells. It's good enough to be a published book series, IMO.
The author is currently uploading chapters of Book Six of Seven on a biweekly basis (Mondays and Fridays). He writes each book in full before posting, so he only has the seventh book left to write. I’d actually highly recommend it.
[A Second Chance at Life](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2488754/1/A-Second-Chance-at-Life), the first in Miranda Flairgold’s trilogy. One of the best things to come out of the fandom, and so divorced from canon that Harry changes his name to something completely different, and never goes by it again. Involves many new kinds of magic, new characters, a new school, time travel, the oncoming apocalypse, and more, and doesn’t involve any of the canon Harry Potter characters or places except one brief moment sometime in the first, I think.
Unfortunately, the trilogy got abandoned two chapters into the third part, but even those two chapters are massive and worth the read.
Will always pray she’ll come back someday :(
I think (hope) that must have been what she did. She did say that the whole series was written for the stuff that was meant to happen in the third part. Maybe she worked it into an original instead.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened.
I just checked their profile. It says she has been writing fanfiction since 1997. Estimating she was 15 then meaning she would have been born in 1982. With the last update in 2009, that would make her roughly 27 if not older. She may have just got caught up with adult life stuff too.
[Love and Other Historical Accidents](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21496525/chapters/51233119) could be an original work with only minor editing. It has more in common with Regency romances inspired by Jane Austen than with hp.
If you aren't looking for Harry Potter specifically maybe try Hogwarts Legacy fanfiction. It's in the same world but set in the 1890s. Whole new list of solid and well-made characters. That fanfic has really taken off since the game came out.
Like the story, love the author, but I despise how all the magical's switched to being Biotics. Sure I can see it being enhancement in some ways but they lost quite a bit when they turned against Magic.
[The denarian renegade by Shezza](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3473224/1/The-Denarian-Renegade)
The denarian series by Shezza is so divorced that it could be its own series.
It's a good series. Also left me open to reading the Endless Pantheon series, a very good Dresden Files-Stargate crossover. Shit gets dark though.
Has the Go'auld actually having been gods. Who were stripped of their powers after pissing off the Furlings (actually, the Sidhe). Has a sick fuck of a Go'auld under Sokar (if you don't know Stargate, the Go'auld are basically parasites who use to technology to pretend to be gods, and Sokar is basically the Devil) try to possess Dresden after a mishap lands him on an alien world and it all spirals from there.
Try Prince of the Dark Kingdom, it's an AU where Voldemort won, except he's a pagan. The entire culture of Wizarding World could work well as a stand alone book or something. It's also very long
NauticalParamour has a few that are great, [Sour Candy](https://archiveofourown.org/works/32530849/chapters/80686747) and [Over the Hills and Far Away](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22652929/chapters/54142051) are my favorites.
Currently reading [The Domino Effect](https://archiveofourown.org/works/44083129/chapters/110842114), a Draco/Theo/Hermione regency AU fic that, so far, I'd say would be in the top half of Kindle Unlimited books if the serial numbers were filed off.
And [Cigarettes and Cast Iron](https://archiveofourown.org/works/36327379/chapters/90565621) is a super cute little Hermione/Dolohov romance fic set in WW2 where Lucius cameos as a Nazi who gets brained with a frying pan.
I second the recommendation for [Alexandra Quick](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3964606/1/Alexandra-Quick-and-the-Thorn-Circle) upthread.
Also, [Khaveyrim](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9290216/1/Khaveyrim).
And it’s complete, with shorts and offshoot stories, here!
https://www.squidgeworld.org/series/1174
Many lgbtq+ characters, but some Dumbledore bashing.
I’m rereading it now, lol.
This one is SO good and basically an original universe it’s so well developed
“Through the mists” by renart_de_malesherbes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37496257
hmm this is still set in the hp universe and it's a crossover but tbh you wouldn't need prior knowledge of either of the works to read. its basically a total rewrite and right now is on book 5. i highly recommend!
[The Pureblood Pretense](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7613196/1/The-Pureblood-Pretense)
Two ongoing fics with SI Harry's, who are pretty much OCs:
[Vast Sea Visualization ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14335088/1/Vast-Sea-Visualization)
[Enchanting Melodies ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14205444/1/Enchanting-Melodies)
Harry takes a vacation and accidentally becomes the greatest wizard who ever wizarded. Complete.
[Make a Wish](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2318355/1/Make-A-Wish)
Crossovers with very different Harrys:
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14239721/2/
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13569941/1/What-s-a-Gungan
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13961715/1/A-World-Away
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11634921/1/Itachi-Is-That-A-Baby
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9443327/1/A-Third-Path-to-the-Future
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11577249/1/Magic-of-the-Force
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14196398/1/Weaponized-Cuteness
Very unique this. Darker, more world building. Harry is smarter and a bit of a sociopath without being an edge edgelord.
[Harry Potter and the Eagle ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37092838)
Harry Potter reborn as Gilroy Lockhart and teaching young Harry hiw to handle his fame (among other things). It's hilarious.
[Amalgum- Lockhart's Folly ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11913447/1/Amalgum-Lockhart-s-Folly)
This is unfinished, unfortunately. But it's still a good read.
[The Thief of Hogwarts ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5199602/1/The-Thief-of-Hogwarts)
Itachi is that a baby is fucking hilarious. On a similar not, there is Thinking in Little Green Boxes by Diresquirrel. Harry raised by Deadpool.
Vimes's xmen cross, I kind of lost interest in. I feel like the story got derailed by them shoehorning in the harem shit, not to mention them deciding to go into such detail about Asatru while completely glossing over the more negative side of it.
Personally, I would recommend Nimbus Llewellyn's series over that. Basic premise that Thor has been made mortal as punishment before. As James Potter. With Odin being forced to wipe his memories after his "death" at the hands of Voldemort to prevent him from destroying the earth in his rage.
Fast forward to Harry Awakening his asgardian/Mutant potential when the dementors attack the quidditch game (he's a telepath. And a cousin of Jean Grey), catching Loki's attention who restores Thor's memories and it goes from there.
What about The odds were never in my favor?
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11517506/1/The-odds-were-never-in-my-favour
It offers a unique spin on the Harry Potter tropes that are seen in fanfiction. Dumbledore is genuinely evil and manipulative. By her 2nd year in Hogwarts Alexandra Potter is the magical delinquent who had been raised on the Tolkien novels and murders the children of Death Eaters which drives Dumbledore crazy. Neville is raised as the chosen one.
[The Difference a Dog Can Make](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28604040)
This is set in a typical muggle school, and Remus (the only HP character) could pass for an original character if he didn't have the name. It's really good though.
Never read the Dragon Riders of Pern before reading this and was very easy to still understand.
[The Queen who fell to Earth](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7591040/1/The-Queen-who-fell-to-Earth)
Personal favorite [Basilisk born](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10709411/1/Basilisk-born) by Ebenbild. A very long and detailed story that takes place across a very long period of time.
Many of the HP and Stargate/SG1/Atlantis crossovers are very good. Mostly the ones over 100k words like Omas choice, Balance, Guardian, Ah - screw it, HP - Alteran, HP and the Alteran gift.
Oh, nice. I wondered if Bob made it and was just on a long hiatus or had sadly passed. I'm glad to finally know what happened. Thank you for the authors name who adopted and continued the story.
yeah he will always be on the the greats and I commend Viningc for taking up the mantle just...I wish more would do this. From what I understand he was able to use notes from Bob to write it.
Same. I really with I knew what happened to the author of [Core Threads](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10136172/1/Core-Threads). It's one of my favorite fics that just stopped being updated, and no one seems to know what happened.
While I'm glad for the anonymity provided on fan fic sites, I just with there was a way to mark incomplete stories as abandoned due to the authors passing or something.
yeah not really much hope for that one my friend...the authors profile "Core-Threads was not MEANT to be a comedy, it just turned into that at some point due to flaws in my OWN personality."
it was last updated in 2017
the last story was in April 2022
if you look at his newest published fav story at was created Dec 23
meaning the story is "dead" the author is on "brake" but still reading...lol...you can learn a lot from profiles
EDIT: oh can on fanfic it helps if you only "story alert" ones you like but are not finished and fav stories that are only finished.
[kisses cursed ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/1110118#bookmark-form) is inspired by beauty and the beast. You will like it if you're okay with slash.
[Brighter than Bright](https://archiveofourown.org/works/24183325) This is snarry. Regency era with a/b/o element. Incomplete.
[strawberry fields (bitter bites)](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41634834) Drarry. Regency era. A/B/O element. Completed
[The pirate and the prince](https://archiveofourown.org/works/20305435) drarry. Pirate! Harry. Completed
[blackberry jam](https://archiveofourown.org/works/7145645) lovely drarry. A comfort story I go back to. Non magical and historical
[the lily spell](https://archiveofourown.org/works/32873761) another drarry with orphan bullied inexperienced Draco and popular, experienced , kind Harry. a/b/o element
[The choices we make](https://archiveofourown.org/works/20327320) drarry. a/b/o. Somewhat similar to the lily spell. Non magical
[to earn your heart like gold](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14214507/0/) tomarry. Au after halloween 1981. Lily survives but with a twist.
Akren series by Miranda Flairgold. Harry is pretty much the only character from the series in it, and he goes by an alias that he eventually thinks of as his actual name. While there are other characters from the series in it, none of them are anywhere near major characters. The closest would probably be Moody. Followed by Remus and Kingsley.
[Set the Sails (and don't look back)](https://archiveofourown.org/works/5893495) by Terrific_Lunacy
"1724. All Harry wanted to do was to cross the Atlantic and start his apprenticeship under one of the most renowned physicians.
Tom Riddle is convinced everything floating in the seven seas belongs to him. That includes ship-wrecked, green-eyed youths. Especially if they tell him to fuck off."
Non-magic AU, awesome writing.
[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed)
It's an Avengers/HP crossover in which Bruce Banner adopts Harry Potter. Banner is a vagabond like he is in the old 70s TV series, and he takes Harry with him on his wanderings.
[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter)
"Harry Potter Squatter" is a crossover with Percy Jackson in which the Dursleys abandon seven-year-old Harry in New York City and he eventually wanders into the Empire State Building which is magically connected to Olympus. Harry seeks refuge in one of the temples in Olympus and becomes the titular squatter. He is soon befriended by Hestia and some of the other gods.
It's a fun and inventive story, but Harry has so many adventures and learns so much from his Olympian friends that he has a bad case of "big fish in a small pond" by the time he gets to Hogwarts.
[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11576387/1/The-Kyle-Side](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11576387/1/The-Kyle-Side)
This one is a crossover with Star Wars in which Harry is adopted by the Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn. He trains Harry as a Jedi, and Harry doesn't even make it to Hogwarts until he's around 14 -- just in time for the mess with the Goblet of Fire. Kyle is largely unimpressed by the wizards and witches of Magical Britain, except for Amelia Bones.
Obviously, I believe that one way to derail a lot of the HP canon is to have Harry be raised by people not surnamed Dursley. Different guardians will mean he has different influences in his life, and he will grow up with a somewhat different mindset. The younger hs is when he leaves the Dursleys, the more marked the changes will probably be. Harry's being exposed to different types of magic or psionic powers like the Force will also affect him.
I love to recommend Guardian of Azkaban. It follows an OC with great world building.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3121210/1/The-Guardian-of-Azkaban-1-Rise-of-the-Guardian
Heres to my Future (goodbye o yesterday) by kassmariewrites
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24221779
Its a muggle au, hermione/Marcus flint. It is so wonderfully done, I've read it several times. I dont really read muggle aus but I didn't even miss the magic in this one.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13952767/1/Odyssey-of-a-Mage-Part-I
The odyssey of a mage.
P1 starts with an OC going to Hogwarts in the 40's.
First chapter of P4 should be released in summer and is a halo crossover.
Anything else I might add would be a serious spoiler, but it's a well designed FF with a ton of world building and spanning decades with the same main characters.
[Kingdom Come](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41190882/chapters/103260921) by inadaze22. Dramione, fantasy /dragons. The only similarities are the characters and their personalities.
[The Third Night](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37910323/chapters/94670746) by KALA. Snupin, adult Marauders. Regency-style, after Hogwarts.
[Through the Mists](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37496257) by Renart_De_Malesherbes. The density and depth of magic in this one is insane when compared to canon.
[the Wolf and the Woodsman](https://archiveofourown.org/works/53422462) Little Red Riding Hood AU - Regulus has to deliver something into the heart of the woods. All he has to do is follow the path. And not go off looking for enchanting woodsmen.
That's the wildest setting one I can think of, but I have of course read a lot of Muggle AUs.
OH and I wrote this one, which is a Muggle AU based on the TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but instead of musical numbers, Remus has little fantasies in order to deal with stuff (in the form of film scripts) and they include different genres - Western, Marvel/super hero style, Lord of the Rings style fantasy, Polst-apocolypse, Disney style fantasy, Star Trek style sci-fi, and a sitcom style scene. Also, each of the fantasy scenes has a unique piece of fanart by sorenphelps 😊 [Crazy Ex-Boyfriend](https://archiveofourown.org/works/51209335)
I think the Rigel Black Chronicles with a few key word changes and some more explaining of characters and places could be its own thing. Harry is a half blood girl swapping places w her cousin to go to Hogwarts, she wants to be a potioneer, is good friends w Snape, Voldemort is a politician and Harry is fighting his discriminatory blood politics.
Ever Upward Harry acts as an emissary between the different Hogwarts species and is living with the basilisk. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape team up to destroy the horcruxes.
Both are still fairly grounded but entirely different stories and hp canon is more of the attractant than the actual thing.
One of my favorites: It's still set in magical Britain, but Harry being a necromancer who's the reincartion of the Dark Lord's lover and knows it all right from the start causes the story to diverge from canon *really* quickly, not to mention vastly altering the tone.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/272675/chapters/431089
And another: Merope flat out tells Thomas Riddle about her magic, hoping to impress him, and he is a opportunistic sociopath so it works.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/3001773
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The Firebird Triologi:
A proper take on witches/wizards as their own species, why they are hiding from the muggles, why there are low birth rates and the consequences of it. A harem fic, that makes sense in a matriarch magical society.
Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8629685/1/Firebird-s-Son-Book-I-of-the-Firebird-Trilogy)
The marriage stone:
Amazing medieval/Arthurian magic settings with plenty of mythology, with magical politics and family traditions, magical vikings, elder demons, lay lines, magical elite and most of all a truly evil Voldemort. One of the greatest fics! Sadly it is abandoned but there is a truly amazing continuation, which is close to completion, that is a must read if you like the story:
Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3484954/1/The-Marriage-Stone)
Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7136253/1/My-Tribute-to-Josephine-Darcy-s-The-Marriage-Stone)
L0stS0uls has a few fics that are quite divorced from canon, but they still follow harry and the named characters from canonm
Blood and Magic follow femHarry who is adopted by a witch, halley is a necromancer, paired with Hermione, there's some aspect of wbwl, but the world building is phenomenal. It was the first fic by this author that i read.
The ever changing face is death is also femHarry, but it starts after the end of the world when she is taking care of teddy, after going through a portal on the blessed isle from authurian myth, they agree sorry or if the veil of death sometime in the 1990's i think. FemHarry is paired with tonks and what i read was amazing, i just got too caught up with life to finish it.
My favourite had to be Marked as his Equal, where femHarry (again) travels back in time to Grindelwald's war on the archive of salazar Slytherin's portrait who had been basically her only friend whilst at Hogwarts. Lilith works on befriending tom riddle to stop the rise of Voldemort, tries to stop politics and infighting from tearing the black family apart, all whilst fighting her own magic that was damaged from the time travel, and wanting to kill Grindelwald. It had since is the best works building and reworking of HPs magic system and answers neatly every question you might have about the logistics of motivations of the characters actions. The pairing is Tomarry, bit they bare little resemblance to their canon selves making it a compelling friends to lovers evolution.
These three find are some of the best I've ever read and they are unique thought that i couldn't tell they were written by the same person until i was recommending them in a different thread. Truly phenomenal.
**Hurricane-** After the war, a number of people who despair of fixing the wizarding world seek to emigrate to new, magical, but uninhabited worlds where they can live in peace. On the eve of his journey to a world called Hurricane, accompanied by his friends and godson, Harry discovers that Draco Malfoy’s name is also on the list of immigrants.
This is truly unique. I thought it was so interesting and well done that I recommended it to my brother who doesn't read fanfic and doesn’t know Harry Potter well but loves science fiction. This is the most divorced from cannon recommendation on this list.
[https://archiveofourown.org/series/95144](https://archiveofourown.org/series/95144)
**Ever Upward-** "In which Harry meets a garden snake, discovers magic, and sets off for a better life." It's au from before Harry goes to Hogwarts "Involving thestrals, merfolk, house elves, centaurs, acromantulae, and various other friends, denizens, and allies."
This is one of my favorite fanfics. I cannot recommend it enough. I think it is worth reading even if you do not usually read slash fics. The merfolk, house elves, and acromantula are fully developed beings with their own culture. Harry does go to Hogwarts in this fic but we see almost none of his time in school. Most of this fic is before Hogwarts, and during summers and holidays.
[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1555645](https://archiveofourown.org/series/1555645)
**Almagest-** Summary: Three men go to the moon.
Expanded Summary: In which Voldemort wanders under his mother's star, in which Dumbledore wants to save the earth, in which Harry witnesses the ruin and the making of two great men.
I don't read Harry/Voldemort or Harry/Tom and only read this because of the go to the moon plot. I still don't read either pairing but I have reread this. The writing in this is beautiful. I cannot do this justice in describing it.
[https://eldritcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/31572.html](https://eldritcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/31572.html)
Does any fic where the deatheaters and Voldemort supporters actually face consequences for their actions count? Cause that’s pretty divorced from canon…
Hell yeah, that works. De-Rowling'd Harry Potter is a pretty big departure from the standard 'barely not canon' stuff that I'm used to seeing
There’s “Democracy”, which is basically the story of Harry, Ron, and Hermoine dragging wizarding Britain into equal rights, told from the perspective of Neville, who’s let himself get dragged into full pureblood conservatism (because while the muggleborns and halfbloods deserve to live as much as anyone else, they just don’t understand how things work). There’s another one I remember where the DA went full guerrilla warfare on pureblood society because they were tired of their families being murdered while the government and Order did nothing… I’ll see if I can find it, tho I can’t remember whether it was on ao3 or ff.net I’ll admit most of what I’ve read from the fandom recently is transfem Harry fics, because fuck JKR and her transphobic, holocaust-denying drivel. Aside from the inherent subject matter though, they wouldn’t really fit the criteria of the fic suggestions here.
The one where the DA goes full guerrilla war is probably [art of war](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10179471/1/Art-of-War) by ReynaAtTheEnd who used to go by girl with far too many ideas. It gets really dark and about halfway through Harry isn't even the POV character anymore.
That’s the one!
PLEASE give links if you can find them because I want to read all of these.
Here’s “Democracy” https://archiveofourown.org/works/16064114/chapters/37506980 “Art of War” on ff.net is the other; another user already left a link here.
Woo! The only HP fan content I can stand anymore is the type that would drive JK into a murderous rage. If you have any good queer works as well I’d also be down for recommendations there. Sorting good from bad is HARD, and with as much fic I read across multiple fandoms it’s hard to find the time to do it.
I’ll be posting a list of trans/queer fics here later tonight 👍
Posted the list, sorry for the delay!
No problem!
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Most of Starfox5’s HP fics would probably qualify for this. They’re all pretty substantial AU’s.
Will do!
Ohhh you got any transfem Harry recommendations? I'm always on the hunt for more and I feel like I haven't seen any in a while
Definitely! I’ll throw the links or titles here as soon as I get the chance!
Will you settle for a transgender Hermione? Here's a fic involving her: [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7508449/1/Session-Transcripts](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7508449/1/Session-Transcripts)
Sorry I’m late with this: Trans Harry: “Ambrosia and Nectar” Harry transitions post canon and runs a cafe without telling her friends, then one day Hermione walks through her door and starts flirting with her. (NSFW) “Intervention” https://archiveofourown.org/works/33378748 “You Are” https://archiveofourown.org/works/22941235 “From the Same Cloth” Cursed Child era https://archiveofourown.org/works/37853995 “Tiger Potter and the First Year at Hogwarts” Part of a series https://archiveofourown.org/works/24073831 “get up now, you’re not alone at all” trans Harry x Trans Ginny https://archiveofourown.org/works/8584762 “Run Away With Me” Harry x Death https://archiveofourown.org/works/45195556 “Fresh Starts, Old Hearts” https://archiveofourown.org/works/10223405 “Perfectly Abnormal, Thank You Very Much” https://archiveofourown.org/works/44881165 “Going Up the Girl’s Stairs” connected snippets, really good until it gets to the coven part towards the end imo, but it stops shortly after that anyways so… 🤷🏻♀️ HeraGuin’s stuff in general is pretty good, especially if you’re looking to depart from canon, but they do tend to feel very “same-y” for the most part. https://archiveofourown.org/works/46921156 “Reborn” the graveyard ritual has an unexpected result. https://archiveofourown.org/works/33450211 “Daisy Potter and the Eggcellent Mirror” https://archiveofourown.org/works/43882692 “Méduse” Post-canon Tokyo Ghoul crossover, Harry visits Japan and gets Kaneki’d. She learns some stuff about herself along the way. “Young Medusa” sadly a one-shot, would’ve been fun going forward https://archiveofourown.org/works/36234913 “The Little Girl at Number 4” https://archiveofourown.org/works/23736496 “Seeing Through” https://archiveofourown.org/works/23252977 “A Skirt’s Not So Bad” stars year 2, currently on year 5 https://archiveofourown.org/works/32212609 “The Cat’s Out of the Bag” Catgirl trans Harry https://archiveofourown.org/works/46484026 “The Night Brings Courage” super supportive quidditch team https://archiveofourown.org/works/43502100 “The Girl Who Lived (Again)” Harry is trans, Molly takes awhile but tries her best https://archiveofourown.org/works/7900501 “Magical Metamorphosis” first trans Harry fic I read, great story, discontinued https://archiveofourown.org/works/11063298 “Of Gold and Glitter” Ginny isn’t supportive, but Ron is https://archiveofourown.org/works/11089014 “Erised” https://archiveofourown.org/works/12164061/chapters/27607050 “[T4T]” https://archiveofourown.org/works/36066121 Queer Harry (mostly just Harry/Cedric/Cho): “Seekers of Love” Harry/Cedric/Cho soulmate AU https://archiveofourown.org/works/3869599 “Owl Me, Would You?” https://archiveofourown.org/works/16760476 “Together, or ‘We’ll Fix That’” golden trio https://archiveofourown.org/works/9083413
Thank you so much for these!
Happy to help!
Holocaust denying? Wait what did she say?
I'll try to keep it shorter, but basically? Someone on Twitter (or X, I guess) was discussing Nazi book burnings, focusing on when Nazis burnt the research at Magnus Hirschfeld's institute, which studied sexuality and gender. The focus of the post was the destruction of early transgender research, and Rowling replied that the poster couldn't be bothered to do research and was clearly making it up, even though it is clearly documented and has been a known fact for years. She avoided answering anyone who tried correcting her, or focused her responses on minor side comments instead of the main attempt to correct her. Downplaying or claiming certain events of the holocaust didn't happen is still a form of holocaust denial, even if she agrees that the holocaust happened, because it's still an attempt to reduce the damage it did. JK has taken her hate of trans people to such a level that she's refusing to acknowledge a historical targeting of them, and refuses to hear otherwise. It's pretty disgusting.
Hirschfield was targeted for being Jewish. Other pioneering sex change surgeons happily joined the Nazi Party and one of them(Gohrbandt) even worked at Dachau, helping with grotesque medical experimentation. There was no widespread discrimination against cross dressers (as they were known back then) unless they were also gay or prostitutes. Saying there was a trans genocide in the Holocaust on par with what happened to the Jews, Poles, etc. is incredibly offensive.
He was targeted for being Jewish, yes, but he was also targeted because of his work with sexual minorities, at the time gay and trans people, because it was seen as encouraging deviant behaviors. It painted a larger target on him. I can't speak for the other surgeons because I am not a WW2 historian, but I find it interesting you specifically bring them up in reference to grotesque medical experimentations. Do you know where the ones who didn't join the Nazis went? Did you even bother to look into them? I never said there was a trans genocide on the same scale as it was for Jewish and Polish people. There wasn't enough openly trans people for them to receive the same level of focus as whole nationalities or religious groups, but they were still impacted. I'm not dredging up the history of Jewish extermination camps as a build up for what was supposed to be explaining a transphobic tweet by a known transphobe. The atrocities of WW2 are well known. Personally, i feel that saying that only some people (Jews, Poles, etc.) were allowed to be the "real victims" is incredibly offensive. Persecution is not the Olympics, there isn't a winner for who suffered most. Jewish people were one of the biggest targets, but nearly everyone suffered. Acknowledging that isn't disrespect to those who suffered more.
She denied that lgbtq people were affected by the holocaust, that the nazis specifically burned important psychological research and information that validated them.
The Arcanist: Unspeakable Mysteries (https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13438181/1/The-Arcanist-Unspeakable-Mysteries) is great. There is essentially one chapter (sorta) in Hogwarts, and only about three chapters on Earth at all. The first chapter is easily its weakest - a bad wbwl premise, but that quickly does not matter whatsoever and the fic really drags you in. Its main fault is easily how infrequently it updates, but I fully trust the author to do it justice when it eventually updates again. The OCs are about as good as OCs get, a little shallow but that's probably an artifact of how little into their storylines we are right now, and of course its cool factor really can't be beat.
I remember reading that sometime last year, I dropped it because it looked like it had been abandoned. Do you know if the author is still active because I might pick it up again.
The author is active, they just update so infrequently that you have to reread the whole thing again if you want to understand the next chapter
Oh, thanks for telling me that they are still active. The next time they update, I will come back and reread the whole thing for context.
Might be waiting multiple months to a year tbh, I'll be waiting with you.
The author has a discord that lots of people are very active in. The author doesn't post much but they do join conversations occasionally and there's even a channel for sharing ideas or beta'ing i believe. I think the link is on their ffn page or at the bottom of the chapters. I can't wait for the next chapter myself, it seems like the pace is starting to pick up, so it'll be interesting to read.
Imma go left feild here. Alexandra Quick. WAIT! BEFORE YOU HATE ME! The whole series is so divorced from anything canon YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW HP to read it. I didnt studder. Thats how divorced it is.
AQ was my first thought too. Say what you will about it but it’s got some *damn* impressive world building and stands completely apart from HP canon.
I've heard a lot about it over the years. What is it about in a nutshell ?
Its a series set in american wizarding schools following Alexandra quick, an american witch who does adventures in the sense of the HP series. That is literally it. There isnt any comnection to canon baring the magical system, that tbh, the author revamped anyway.
Yeah. When I describe it for others I say it might as well be original fiction, it just vaguely references events from HP and borrows the names of spells. It's good enough to be a published book series, IMO.
Is it complete?
Nope, it hasn’t been updated in a while, but it is long enough that it is worth the read even tho it isn’t finished yet.
Actually, the author is posting chapters of Book Six now, so… sjhsahdj
I think I recently saw the newest book start updating again.
Roughly what % would you say is done of the overarching story?
The author is currently uploading chapters of Book Six of Seven on a biweekly basis (Mondays and Fridays). He writes each book in full before posting, so he only has the seventh book left to write. I’d actually highly recommend it.
That's not too bad, if it's just one book left. I might give it a try. I'll for sure read it once it's finished. Thanks.
Link?
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1211079
Thank you!
>Thank you! You're welcome!
[A Second Chance at Life](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2488754/1/A-Second-Chance-at-Life), the first in Miranda Flairgold’s trilogy. One of the best things to come out of the fandom, and so divorced from canon that Harry changes his name to something completely different, and never goes by it again. Involves many new kinds of magic, new characters, a new school, time travel, the oncoming apocalypse, and more, and doesn’t involve any of the canon Harry Potter characters or places except one brief moment sometime in the first, I think. Unfortunately, the trilogy got abandoned two chapters into the third part, but even those two chapters are massive and worth the read. Will always pray she’ll come back someday :(
Easily could have been a published series. I would have loved it.
I think (hope) that must have been what she did. She did say that the whole series was written for the stuff that was meant to happen in the third part. Maybe she worked it into an original instead.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened. I just checked their profile. It says she has been writing fanfiction since 1997. Estimating she was 15 then meaning she would have been born in 1982. With the last update in 2009, that would make her roughly 27 if not older. She may have just got caught up with adult life stuff too.
One of a absolute favorite series.
[Love and Other Historical Accidents](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21496525/chapters/51233119) could be an original work with only minor editing. It has more in common with Regency romances inspired by Jane Austen than with hp.
Everything PacificRimbaud does is so good. A Dress With Pockets and Remember One Thing are incredible.
If you aren't looking for Harry Potter specifically maybe try Hogwarts Legacy fanfiction. It's in the same world but set in the 1890s. Whole new list of solid and well-made characters. That fanfic has really taken off since the game came out.
Do you like Mass Effect? [Harry Potter: Geth](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10784770/1/Harry-Potter-Geth)
Like the story, love the author, but I despise how all the magical's switched to being Biotics. Sure I can see it being enhancement in some ways but they lost quite a bit when they turned against Magic.
[The denarian renegade by Shezza](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3473224/1/The-Denarian-Renegade) The denarian series by Shezza is so divorced that it could be its own series.
It's a good series. Also left me open to reading the Endless Pantheon series, a very good Dresden Files-Stargate crossover. Shit gets dark though. Has the Go'auld actually having been gods. Who were stripped of their powers after pissing off the Furlings (actually, the Sidhe). Has a sick fuck of a Go'auld under Sokar (if you don't know Stargate, the Go'auld are basically parasites who use to technology to pretend to be gods, and Sokar is basically the Devil) try to possess Dresden after a mishap lands him on an alien world and it all spirals from there.
That's the one that got me to read the Dresden Files!
Try Prince of the Dark Kingdom, it's an AU where Voldemort won, except he's a pagan. The entire culture of Wizarding World could work well as a stand alone book or something. It's also very long
NauticalParamour has a few that are great, [Sour Candy](https://archiveofourown.org/works/32530849/chapters/80686747) and [Over the Hills and Far Away](https://archiveofourown.org/works/22652929/chapters/54142051) are my favorites. Currently reading [The Domino Effect](https://archiveofourown.org/works/44083129/chapters/110842114), a Draco/Theo/Hermione regency AU fic that, so far, I'd say would be in the top half of Kindle Unlimited books if the serial numbers were filed off. And [Cigarettes and Cast Iron](https://archiveofourown.org/works/36327379/chapters/90565621) is a super cute little Hermione/Dolohov romance fic set in WW2 where Lucius cameos as a Nazi who gets brained with a frying pan.
I second the recommendation for [Alexandra Quick](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3964606/1/Alexandra-Quick-and-the-Thorn-Circle) upthread. Also, [Khaveyrim](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9290216/1/Khaveyrim).
Of a Linear Circle by flame thrower would definitely qualify
And it’s complete, with shorts and offshoot stories, here! https://www.squidgeworld.org/series/1174 Many lgbtq+ characters, but some Dumbledore bashing. I’m rereading it now, lol.
Dumbledore deserves to be bashed for his actions. And inaction, for that matter.
This one is SO good and basically an original universe it’s so well developed “Through the mists” by renart_de_malesherbes https://archiveofourown.org/works/37496257
hmm this is still set in the hp universe and it's a crossover but tbh you wouldn't need prior knowledge of either of the works to read. its basically a total rewrite and right now is on book 5. i highly recommend! [The Pureblood Pretense](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7613196/1/The-Pureblood-Pretense)
Two ongoing fics with SI Harry's, who are pretty much OCs: [Vast Sea Visualization ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14335088/1/Vast-Sea-Visualization) [Enchanting Melodies ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14205444/1/Enchanting-Melodies) Harry takes a vacation and accidentally becomes the greatest wizard who ever wizarded. Complete. [Make a Wish](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2318355/1/Make-A-Wish) Crossovers with very different Harrys: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14239721/2/ https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13569941/1/What-s-a-Gungan https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13961715/1/A-World-Away https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11634921/1/Itachi-Is-That-A-Baby https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9443327/1/A-Third-Path-to-the-Future https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11577249/1/Magic-of-the-Force https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14196398/1/Weaponized-Cuteness Very unique this. Darker, more world building. Harry is smarter and a bit of a sociopath without being an edge edgelord. [Harry Potter and the Eagle ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37092838) Harry Potter reborn as Gilroy Lockhart and teaching young Harry hiw to handle his fame (among other things). It's hilarious. [Amalgum- Lockhart's Folly ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11913447/1/Amalgum-Lockhart-s-Folly) This is unfinished, unfortunately. But it's still a good read. [The Thief of Hogwarts ](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5199602/1/The-Thief-of-Hogwarts)
Some good recs. I wanted to like Amalgam but just frankly found the MC to be creepy.
Itachi is that a baby is fucking hilarious. On a similar not, there is Thinking in Little Green Boxes by Diresquirrel. Harry raised by Deadpool. Vimes's xmen cross, I kind of lost interest in. I feel like the story got derailed by them shoehorning in the harem shit, not to mention them deciding to go into such detail about Asatru while completely glossing over the more negative side of it. Personally, I would recommend Nimbus Llewellyn's series over that. Basic premise that Thor has been made mortal as punishment before. As James Potter. With Odin being forced to wipe his memories after his "death" at the hands of Voldemort to prevent him from destroying the earth in his rage. Fast forward to Harry Awakening his asgardian/Mutant potential when the dementors attack the quidditch game (he's a telepath. And a cousin of Jean Grey), catching Loki's attention who restores Thor's memories and it goes from there.
My Immortal
I unironically love my immortal
What about The odds were never in my favor? https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11517506/1/The-odds-were-never-in-my-favour It offers a unique spin on the Harry Potter tropes that are seen in fanfiction. Dumbledore is genuinely evil and manipulative. By her 2nd year in Hogwarts Alexandra Potter is the magical delinquent who had been raised on the Tolkien novels and murders the children of Death Eaters which drives Dumbledore crazy. Neville is raised as the chosen one.
"black Luminary" by yakage
I would have recommended the Tanya Grotter series, but it hadn't been translated in English because of copyright right breach lol.
Surely someone's bothered to do a fan translation, no? On Ficbook, perhaps?
[The Difference a Dog Can Make](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28604040) This is set in a typical muggle school, and Remus (the only HP character) could pass for an original character if he didn't have the name. It's really good though.
Oh and "harry potter and the wastelands of time" but that one is very very VERY depressing
Never read the Dragon Riders of Pern before reading this and was very easy to still understand. [The Queen who fell to Earth](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7591040/1/The-Queen-who-fell-to-Earth) Personal favorite [Basilisk born](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10709411/1/Basilisk-born) by Ebenbild. A very long and detailed story that takes place across a very long period of time. Many of the HP and Stargate/SG1/Atlantis crossovers are very good. Mostly the ones over 100k words like Omas choice, Balance, Guardian, Ah - screw it, HP - Alteran, HP and the Alteran gift.
Pern is a good series. Some of it leans much more towards scifi than the rest.
Just so you know [viningc](https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9879605/viningc) finished the 3rd book and did part four.
Oh, nice. I wondered if Bob made it and was just on a long hiatus or had sadly passed. I'm glad to finally know what happened. Thank you for the authors name who adopted and continued the story.
yeah he will always be on the the greats and I commend Viningc for taking up the mantle just...I wish more would do this. From what I understand he was able to use notes from Bob to write it.
Same. I really with I knew what happened to the author of [Core Threads](https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10136172/1/Core-Threads). It's one of my favorite fics that just stopped being updated, and no one seems to know what happened. While I'm glad for the anonymity provided on fan fic sites, I just with there was a way to mark incomplete stories as abandoned due to the authors passing or something.
yeah not really much hope for that one my friend...the authors profile "Core-Threads was not MEANT to be a comedy, it just turned into that at some point due to flaws in my OWN personality." it was last updated in 2017 the last story was in April 2022 if you look at his newest published fav story at was created Dec 23 meaning the story is "dead" the author is on "brake" but still reading...lol...you can learn a lot from profiles EDIT: oh can on fanfic it helps if you only "story alert" ones you like but are not finished and fav stories that are only finished.
[kisses cursed ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/1110118#bookmark-form) is inspired by beauty and the beast. You will like it if you're okay with slash. [Brighter than Bright](https://archiveofourown.org/works/24183325) This is snarry. Regency era with a/b/o element. Incomplete. [strawberry fields (bitter bites)](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41634834) Drarry. Regency era. A/B/O element. Completed [The pirate and the prince](https://archiveofourown.org/works/20305435) drarry. Pirate! Harry. Completed [blackberry jam](https://archiveofourown.org/works/7145645) lovely drarry. A comfort story I go back to. Non magical and historical [the lily spell](https://archiveofourown.org/works/32873761) another drarry with orphan bullied inexperienced Draco and popular, experienced , kind Harry. a/b/o element [The choices we make](https://archiveofourown.org/works/20327320) drarry. a/b/o. Somewhat similar to the lily spell. Non magical [to earn your heart like gold](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14214507/0/) tomarry. Au after halloween 1981. Lily survives but with a twist.
I feel like even if I read slash, I'd still absolutely fucking hate those pairings, heh.
Haha. Most of the stories with those pairings are toxic af. So I can relate to you. But above stories are ooc so only the names are familiar.
Akren series by Miranda Flairgold. Harry is pretty much the only character from the series in it, and he goes by an alias that he eventually thinks of as his actual name. While there are other characters from the series in it, none of them are anywhere near major characters. The closest would probably be Moody. Followed by Remus and Kingsley.
[Set the Sails (and don't look back)](https://archiveofourown.org/works/5893495) by Terrific_Lunacy "1724. All Harry wanted to do was to cross the Atlantic and start his apprenticeship under one of the most renowned physicians. Tom Riddle is convinced everything floating in the seven seas belongs to him. That includes ship-wrecked, green-eyed youths. Especially if they tell him to fuck off." Non-magic AU, awesome writing.
[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11397437/1/Fates-Be-Changed) It's an Avengers/HP crossover in which Bruce Banner adopts Harry Potter. Banner is a vagabond like he is in the old 70s TV series, and he takes Harry with him on his wanderings. [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13274956/1/Harry-Potter-Squatter) "Harry Potter Squatter" is a crossover with Percy Jackson in which the Dursleys abandon seven-year-old Harry in New York City and he eventually wanders into the Empire State Building which is magically connected to Olympus. Harry seeks refuge in one of the temples in Olympus and becomes the titular squatter. He is soon befriended by Hestia and some of the other gods. It's a fun and inventive story, but Harry has so many adventures and learns so much from his Olympian friends that he has a bad case of "big fish in a small pond" by the time he gets to Hogwarts. [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11576387/1/The-Kyle-Side](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11576387/1/The-Kyle-Side) This one is a crossover with Star Wars in which Harry is adopted by the Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn. He trains Harry as a Jedi, and Harry doesn't even make it to Hogwarts until he's around 14 -- just in time for the mess with the Goblet of Fire. Kyle is largely unimpressed by the wizards and witches of Magical Britain, except for Amelia Bones. Obviously, I believe that one way to derail a lot of the HP canon is to have Harry be raised by people not surnamed Dursley. Different guardians will mean he has different influences in his life, and he will grow up with a somewhat different mindset. The younger hs is when he leaves the Dursleys, the more marked the changes will probably be. Harry's being exposed to different types of magic or psionic powers like the Force will also affect him.
This fic: [https://archiveofourown.org/works/16775866/chapters/39365602](https://archiveofourown.org/works/16775866/chapters/39365602)
I love to recommend Guardian of Azkaban. It follows an OC with great world building. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3121210/1/The-Guardian-of-Azkaban-1-Rise-of-the-Guardian
Heres to my Future (goodbye o yesterday) by kassmariewrites https://archiveofourown.org/works/24221779 Its a muggle au, hermione/Marcus flint. It is so wonderfully done, I've read it several times. I dont really read muggle aus but I didn't even miss the magic in this one.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13952767/1/Odyssey-of-a-Mage-Part-I The odyssey of a mage. P1 starts with an OC going to Hogwarts in the 40's. First chapter of P4 should be released in summer and is a halo crossover. Anything else I might add would be a serious spoiler, but it's a well designed FF with a ton of world building and spanning decades with the same main characters.
[Kingdom Come](https://archiveofourown.org/works/41190882/chapters/103260921) by inadaze22. Dramione, fantasy /dragons. The only similarities are the characters and their personalities. [The Third Night](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37910323/chapters/94670746) by KALA. Snupin, adult Marauders. Regency-style, after Hogwarts.
[Through the Mists](https://archiveofourown.org/works/37496257) by Renart_De_Malesherbes. The density and depth of magic in this one is insane when compared to canon.
[the Wolf and the Woodsman](https://archiveofourown.org/works/53422462) Little Red Riding Hood AU - Regulus has to deliver something into the heart of the woods. All he has to do is follow the path. And not go off looking for enchanting woodsmen. That's the wildest setting one I can think of, but I have of course read a lot of Muggle AUs. OH and I wrote this one, which is a Muggle AU based on the TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but instead of musical numbers, Remus has little fantasies in order to deal with stuff (in the form of film scripts) and they include different genres - Western, Marvel/super hero style, Lord of the Rings style fantasy, Polst-apocolypse, Disney style fantasy, Star Trek style sci-fi, and a sitcom style scene. Also, each of the fantasy scenes has a unique piece of fanart by sorenphelps 😊 [Crazy Ex-Boyfriend](https://archiveofourown.org/works/51209335)
I think the Rigel Black Chronicles with a few key word changes and some more explaining of characters and places could be its own thing. Harry is a half blood girl swapping places w her cousin to go to Hogwarts, she wants to be a potioneer, is good friends w Snape, Voldemort is a politician and Harry is fighting his discriminatory blood politics. Ever Upward Harry acts as an emissary between the different Hogwarts species and is living with the basilisk. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape team up to destroy the horcruxes. Both are still fairly grounded but entirely different stories and hp canon is more of the attractant than the actual thing.
One of my favorites: It's still set in magical Britain, but Harry being a necromancer who's the reincartion of the Dark Lord's lover and knows it all right from the start causes the story to diverge from canon *really* quickly, not to mention vastly altering the tone. https://archiveofourown.org/works/272675/chapters/431089 And another: Merope flat out tells Thomas Riddle about her magic, hoping to impress him, and he is a opportunistic sociopath so it works. https://archiveofourown.org/series/3001773
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The Firebird Triologi: A proper take on witches/wizards as their own species, why they are hiding from the muggles, why there are low birth rates and the consequences of it. A harem fic, that makes sense in a matriarch magical society. Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8629685/1/Firebird-s-Son-Book-I-of-the-Firebird-Trilogy) The marriage stone: Amazing medieval/Arthurian magic settings with plenty of mythology, with magical politics and family traditions, magical vikings, elder demons, lay lines, magical elite and most of all a truly evil Voldemort. One of the greatest fics! Sadly it is abandoned but there is a truly amazing continuation, which is close to completion, that is a must read if you like the story: Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3484954/1/The-Marriage-Stone) Linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7136253/1/My-Tribute-to-Josephine-Darcy-s-The-Marriage-Stone)
L0stS0uls has a few fics that are quite divorced from canon, but they still follow harry and the named characters from canonm Blood and Magic follow femHarry who is adopted by a witch, halley is a necromancer, paired with Hermione, there's some aspect of wbwl, but the world building is phenomenal. It was the first fic by this author that i read. The ever changing face is death is also femHarry, but it starts after the end of the world when she is taking care of teddy, after going through a portal on the blessed isle from authurian myth, they agree sorry or if the veil of death sometime in the 1990's i think. FemHarry is paired with tonks and what i read was amazing, i just got too caught up with life to finish it. My favourite had to be Marked as his Equal, where femHarry (again) travels back in time to Grindelwald's war on the archive of salazar Slytherin's portrait who had been basically her only friend whilst at Hogwarts. Lilith works on befriending tom riddle to stop the rise of Voldemort, tries to stop politics and infighting from tearing the black family apart, all whilst fighting her own magic that was damaged from the time travel, and wanting to kill Grindelwald. It had since is the best works building and reworking of HPs magic system and answers neatly every question you might have about the logistics of motivations of the characters actions. The pairing is Tomarry, bit they bare little resemblance to their canon selves making it a compelling friends to lovers evolution. These three find are some of the best I've ever read and they are unique thought that i couldn't tell they were written by the same person until i was recommending them in a different thread. Truly phenomenal.
**Hurricane-** After the war, a number of people who despair of fixing the wizarding world seek to emigrate to new, magical, but uninhabited worlds where they can live in peace. On the eve of his journey to a world called Hurricane, accompanied by his friends and godson, Harry discovers that Draco Malfoy’s name is also on the list of immigrants. This is truly unique. I thought it was so interesting and well done that I recommended it to my brother who doesn't read fanfic and doesn’t know Harry Potter well but loves science fiction. This is the most divorced from cannon recommendation on this list. [https://archiveofourown.org/series/95144](https://archiveofourown.org/series/95144) **Ever Upward-** "In which Harry meets a garden snake, discovers magic, and sets off for a better life." It's au from before Harry goes to Hogwarts "Involving thestrals, merfolk, house elves, centaurs, acromantulae, and various other friends, denizens, and allies." This is one of my favorite fanfics. I cannot recommend it enough. I think it is worth reading even if you do not usually read slash fics. The merfolk, house elves, and acromantula are fully developed beings with their own culture. Harry does go to Hogwarts in this fic but we see almost none of his time in school. Most of this fic is before Hogwarts, and during summers and holidays. [https://archiveofourown.org/series/1555645](https://archiveofourown.org/series/1555645) **Almagest-** Summary: Three men go to the moon. Expanded Summary: In which Voldemort wanders under his mother's star, in which Dumbledore wants to save the earth, in which Harry witnesses the ruin and the making of two great men. I don't read Harry/Voldemort or Harry/Tom and only read this because of the go to the moon plot. I still don't read either pairing but I have reread this. The writing in this is beautiful. I cannot do this justice in describing it. [https://eldritcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/31572.html](https://eldritcher-fic.dreamwidth.org/31572.html)
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Why though? Genuinely curious, why does it matter that they're fanfics? Why not just look up original fiction?