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Frustratingly, there's not much about him..

-Ls

It establishes a whole swathe of Boarder names as existing in HQ. Notably Andy and Saphie, but also BeautyID (who wrote the poem at the top of our Constitution) and a couple of others. If there are real people we want to legitimately name on the Wiki, the list lets us do it.

hS

Bast's page is done.

hS

I was going to say using Pixie Hollow as the setting for Urato’s gentleman lessons, but then everything started disappearing on the agents, which is funny. And then I got to the end, and realized this is now a three-way race to make it into the club, which is even funnier! Can’t wait to see them all get beaten by a mini, or something.

—doctorlit gave the degus new furniture last night

There are a few fics I might still contact people about, but I've removed all claims that are obviously old or by inactive PPCers.

-Ls

I did not catch the reference in the elf names! House-elf names are tricky, because we just don't hear that many in canon, but I think "Lishy and Limsy" definitely have the right feel to them!

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I, uh. I just want to strangle Tom, real quick. I'll give him back when I'm done! I promise! But right now, it is strangling hour. Real quick.

A special agent, you say? I am excite!

—doctorlit is excite

I just want to say that I started taking a look (and now have to stop/pause for scheduling reasons), and so far the character profiles are interesting...and, the bit that made me write this comment: I'm very entertained by "Zenzile was looking for Response Center 240. She was annoyed at the layout of Headquarters, and who could blame her when she passed RCs 9755, 6.21, and 90-Musical-Chairs in a row?"

RC 90-Musical-Chairs! I know it's just a setting detail, but it definitely got a chuckle, especially combined with the rest of the sentence. Well done.

I do see a semi-colon that I'm pretty sure should be a colon ("She was grumpy, so other agents had best look out; a grumpy gryphon could shred valuable furniture or clothing into coleslaw.") but otherwise the little bit I read looks pretty good. I did only read a little and not very thoroughly, though.

In that little bit I do think you've got both entertainment and some PPC flavor, if that makes sense (I'm writing in a bit of a hurry). So well done, and good luck! If the rest is similar and I haven't missed/not yet encountered something glaring, I expect you've got a good chance of getting Permission this time round.

~Z

Yeah, a bit of fridge horror for the posh Finch-Fletchleys. I think Eton is a lot safer than Hogwarts, for sure.

Yes, Dobby is freed! And now he and Lily get to Unionise All the Elves! -plays Solidarity Forever-

Lishy and Limsy are actually references to Suedom--Fishywishylishiel and Arintalerthirialimsilira. Just a bit of an Easter egg there :'D

Poor Myrtle indeed. And as promised, the... bonus? It's just more heartbreak, honestly. You don't have to read it :P

Yep! Two new teachers! Lupin and........a special agent ;)

I'm glad you like the kids getting along. We're trying to go for a more organic house unity :P

Thank you for reading, and yes, year 3 is called the Terrors of the Past because... well, you'll see!

Linstar recommended that I start a new thread for this, so here's the redone version of my Permission request document.

I eagerly await the response from the Permission Givers.

Ooof, that reaction Justin’s parents had to Azkaban . . . It’s something that’s never addressed in canon, but yeah: after discovering the world of fantastical magic their children are being welcomed into, how do Muggle parents handle the revelation that wizard prison engages in psychological torture through soul-eating monsters? Or that dragons, giant spiders, and other predators are real? Or that there’s a secret cult of wizard supremacists who will absolutely take over the Muggle world if ever given the chance? Wizard society is so blasé about that stuff, but the Muggle parents must dread their kids leaving every year, once they find out some of the darker elements . . .

You had me worried there, when the Malfoys walked out of the headmaster’s office without Harry somehow, uh, socking it to them? But I’m glad Dobby still winds up freed, and will be appearing as the grizzled veteran against Lily Potter’s plucky newbie in their upcoming police procedural. Together, they fight crime! Feels weird for “Potter house-elves” to even be a thing, but it makes sense in this timeline, and I’m glad they’ve been hanging out in Hogwarts all this time.

Poor Myrtle! The canon version was more angry-sad, but this one is just . . . depressed-sad. I desperately want to reach into this story and strangle Gaunt . . . Myrtle deserved so much better . . .

I’m a bit sad to see Quirrell go! It was nice, seeing him get a chance to just hang around as a person, rather than just being a one-story twist villain. But I also recognize he’s maybe a bit tricky for you to write, since we don’t see much of him in canon. Oh, well. Two new teachers next year!

Okay, that last handful of paragraphs is just so nice, seeing all the kids get along with each other. Pansy Parkinson hanging out with Harry and Ginny! Zabini and Nott laughing along with Harry! Goyle giving sincere thanks over his glasses revelation! It’s just nice. I like when everybody can be friends!

“Terrors of the Past,” eh? ;_;

—doctorlit had entirely forgotten what the entrance to the Hogwarts kitchens was like, and he does NOT thank you for reminding him

... that Rebecca has wrangled a place in the cast of A Doriathrin Night's Dream, as the only person who's not either from Middle-earth or tagging along with someone who is. She's been cast as Tuor, aka Starveling, aka Moonshine (actually my role when I was in the play way back). She's part of Team Baffled, along with Alice, who is a horse playing a dog playing a spider, playing a man playing a lion.

~

Huan: Have you the spider's part written? pray you, if it be, give it me, for I am slow of study.

Morwen: You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring.

Brandir, Huan, Tuor: Spiders don't roar.

Morwen: This one does.

Turin: Let me play the spider too: I will roar, that I will do any man’s heart good to hear me; I will roar, that I will make Barahir say ‘Let him roar again, let him roar again.’

Morwen: An you should do it too terribly, you would fright Emeldir and the ladies, that they would shriek; and that were enough to hang us all.

All: That would hang us, every mother’s son.

Niniel: And daughter.

Huan: And dog.

Turin: I grant you, friends, if that you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; they proved that by their willingness to murder Luthien. But I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove; I will roar you an ’twere any, to pick a word at random, nightingale.

Morwen: You can play no part but Eöl; for Eöl is a dark-faced man; a bitter man, as one shall see in a tangled wood; a malicious, curséd-seeming man: therefore you must needs play Eöl.

Turin: Gee, thank you, Mom.

Morwen: You chose your path, Turambar; deal with it.

~

(Starveling's best scene is at the end, I'm not that far yet; but I can confirm that in the play Tuor/Rebecca is playing his/her own wife Idril.)

hS

Because they had to get a Severance before their legendary duel, the bond itself isn't secret anymore after all these years. Additionally, the bond itself probably would've lent itself to a different confrontation with Ariana: since Grindelwald and Albus were united in running away and couldn't really fight one another because of the bond, the confrontation with Aberforth was more 2v1 than a 3-way duel. Grindelwald and Aberforth blame each other, while Albus still blames himself regardless of whether or not his spell was the one that killed Ariana.

That means there's a different dirty secret surrounding this relationship with Grindelwald that Dumbledore is carrying, when he tells Harry about how being led astray by love is an incredibly human experience. :P It might be easy to guess it if you pay attention to the Grindelwald storyline and the situation in Europe in contrast with Britain, but the reveal will come in 7th year!

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you like how the world feels despite the darker setting. :)

Goes without saying that despite having a darker setting, this version of the HP universe feels also much more human. I'm not 100% sold on how you had Dumbledore be so open with what happened with Gridewald, since that's a part of his past Dumbledore doesn't really speak abou in canon... but perhaps his sister never died in this version of the universe, so he's less scared of his past? I wonder.

Another year ends at Hogwarts.

Next up: Lord Harry Potter and the Terrors of the Past!

No, your empathy's fine! Astoria cuts a very pathetic figure in spite of the horrible things she's done. She is, as you mentioned, eleven and very much manipulated into putting faith before... well, the magical equivalent of science. Not to mention that even the high cost of the ritual is payable for her because her upbringing doesn't view people like Hermione--or even other Purebloods who "break the rules"--as people. People have failed her at every step of the way, and this is the consequence.

Lockhart, on the other hand, is just gross :P And Quirrell continues to be useless :'D But better that than dead, like in canon! I guess?

Thank you for reading! The last chapter is up now, too. I'll link it above.

Man, I don’t know if my empathy is broken or what, but I still feel bad for Astoria, even after this chapter, with what she tried to do to Hermione. Her actions are awful, but she’s still an eleven-year-old in chronic pain, raised with delusions that she could fix her illness through harmful ritual instead of medical treatment . . . poor thing. She needs some major psychological help, in the immediate future.

Lockhart, on the other hand . . . drops Lockhart in the compost pile at work He was seriously willing to let Hermione get killed just to get a juicier plot for his novel? To say nothing of the fact that he apparently got overpowered by the same eleven-year-old twice. And that’s not getting into that COMMENT he makes after his mind is wiped. Ugh. Just. I’m glad he’s met with the same fate as his canon self, though I would have been plenty happy seeing accidentally dropped off of every available rooftop in Hogsmeade, consecutively.

Oof, Quirrell has developed a most unfortunate track record for getting involved with the villains’ plots so far. Maybe in this timeline, the Dark Arts position is cursed, not to see a new teacher every year, but for the teacher to get in harm’s way due to some awful person every year. Then again, this Quirrell still has a pretty decent track record compared to the original, what with the whole “continuing to draw breath” deal, so he shouldn’t complain too much! I mean, at the very least, he can’t complain right now anyway, since his mouth got vanished.

—doctorlit is sorry for making two Hobbit references in a row, but there aren’t a lot of number references to made in the mid-teens

In the sense of opting in, anyway. Unlikely to write anything this year, but feel free to include me. The sillier or more melodramatic the better. Please don't ship me with anyone underage.

For reference, I am a polar bear (sometimes, probably) and speak a whole lot of languages. I also really like to cook*!

~Z

*when I have the time and energy for it. When I don't, I just really like watching cooking videos and taking mental notes and saving recipes that look interesting.

he/him, 5'8", brown hair, blue eyes, Caucasian skin, black glasses

—doctorlit

it sort of goes without saying that he'd use them at some point against our heroes!

But I'll make sure to warn for the relevant chapters!

• SergioTurbo is, indeed, ophidiophobic.

I'm glad it was a good alternative confrontation! There will be danger noodle fighting in later years, don't worry ;)

I won't opt in this year, but I'll definitely watch the proceedings from the sidelines. Heck, I might join next year, who knows?

I dare say this is a worthy alternate version of the Chamber of Secrets confrontation. Read very smoothly, too, so well done!