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But so is 'the Ministry of Magic take convicted mass-murderer Sirius Black's word that actually, it was someone else what did it, but he doesn't know where the other person is'. Of course it's speculation. That's... that's how AUs work.

Your timeline, on the other hand, leaves Voldemort and his horcruxes entirely at large in the world - and hanging about not too far from Wizard Hitler's prison. How many years would Voldemort have to suffer in Albania before he and Nagani sought Grindelwald's help? We all know Tom Riddle can be charming when he needs to be...

hS

Crouch, Jr. escaping is speculation on your part. If anything, after the sudden, public reveal of a Death Eater who was formerly presumed an innocent victim, Crouch, Sr. would almost certainly increase his efforts to keep his son under wraps.

And even if Junior did escape, there's no guarantee he'll find Voldemort, since the latter wouldn't have Wormtail assisting him in the locomotion department. I still say the Hopfoot!Sirius timeline prevents Riddle from returning to power. Second Great Wizarding War: averted!

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Probably unrelated, but uh . . . I had a bunny nightmare last night. The rabbit was mostly white with some brown in the back, so I don't think it's Hopfoot from his AU coming to haunt/spite me . . . Anyway, some repairman came to the zoo to fix chain link fences, but needed someone to watch his rabbit at the gift shop. I volunteered, not realizing how long he would be gone. Eventually, the zoo opened, and I got in trouble when someone called over the radio and everyone found out the Adventureland buildings hadn't been opened to the public yet.

It also had huge teeth, and kept nipping slices of skin off my hands. So yeah. Bunny nightmare.

—doctorlit is pretty sure the dream rabbit represents his inability to let go off small details to focus on the big picture

The Canon Librarian: "What do you mean someone touched my books?!

"Oh, shot someone earlier. I think it was the- the Twilight vampire. Kind of a shame; I wanted to talk to her."

Steve Dimond: "Well, the night was fun, even if that nurse is a much better actor than me. I think Sergio appreciated the effort, though. As for the day, I... don't think I like Time Lords much."

Luxury: "I like nurses. They have interesting ideas."

Kyaris: "I love Time Lords! They get so skittish when you come on to them! One minute they're all 'I have witnessed the death of universes and seen alien beings you cannot even begin to comprehend'; the next they're 'oh, yeah, I need to wash my hair, I'll get back to you.' Brilliant stuff."

((Wow, I started out doing about ten of these, and for Day 4 I'll be down to three. Mad.))

hS

So Pettigrew is arrested, and - being perhaps overly generous to the Ministry - Sirius Black is pardoned. He doesn't return to Grimmauld Place - he hates it, and doesn't exactly need to hide out now! - but instead takes up residence in Hogsmeade. He and Remus get together quite often.

No Dementors are on the scene, so Harry never learns to conjure a Patronus. Nor does he receive the Maurauders' Map - the twins gave it to him because he wasn't allowed to visit Hogsmeade, which isn't the case now. Instead, he spends a lot of time hanging out with Hopfoot (^_~) and Moony.

Meanwhile, Voldemort has basically given up; he's hanging out in Albania with only Nagini for company. And who else will come looking for him? The only other faithful Death Eater is Barty Crouch Jr... who occasionally breaks free of his Imperius prison.

So: the World Cup is still interrupted by the Dark Mark, but Voldemort isn't there to get Barty out permanently. Year 4 is frankly boring: the Triwizard Tournament takes place, and is won by Cedric Diggory (who came second in the first task, and first in the other two). Mad-Eye Moody - the real one! - is a terrifying DADA teacher. He probably does teach Harry the Patronus charm, and Sirius helps him refine it. Sometime in this year, I suspect Harry becomes an unregistered Animagus, to be more like his father (and with prompting from Sirius).

In Year 5, Barty Jr escapes his father, and goes looking for Voldemort. Barty Sr covers it up (of course). Sirius Black teaches DADA at Dumbledore's request (yay, no Umbridge!). And around springtime, Barty finds Voldemort. He brings him back to England and they follow, essentially, Wormtail's plan: the potion. That means they need Harry Potter's blood - but a Harry Potter who is a year older, an Animagus, and hasn't even thought much about Voldemort since his first year.

So they orchestrate a breakout from Azkaban - a subtle one, replacing the prisoners with fake substitutes - and use the freed Death Eaters to run a kidnap attempt. They grab Harry in Hogsmeade, take his blood, restore Voldemort, and Voldemort challenges Harry to a duel. Priori Incantatem kicks in... but there's no Portkey to hand. As the ghosts appear around them, Voldemort grabs Barty's wand and kills Harry.

Or so he thinks. He manages to kill his own accidental horcrux, and knocks Harry out long enough that Team Voldemort leave, but then Harry revives and stumbles back to Hogwarts. He tells Dumbledore everything.

Going into the sixth year, we're in a place only subtly different from the canon. Voldemort is back; the Ministry refuses to believe it; Dumbledore starts hunting horcruxes. But Grimmauld Place is a Death Eater hangout, Sirius is a friend of Hogwarts, and - perhaps crucially - Harry no longer has a piece of Voldemort in his head. He can't see what Voldemort sees.

Anyone want to take it from that point?

hS

... how sure are you that didn't happen? Okay, so James got a stag, which is moderately cool. Sirius got... an evil black dog. Quick question: how did Sirius Black feel about his evil family and their name? Isn't 'evil black dog' about as far from what he'd want to show up as as you can get?

I reckon he was aiming at something else - a bear, maybe, to go with the wolf and hart already lined up? But he just had to take the leaf out that one time...

As for Wormtail... eesh. I bet Potter kept holding his mouth open and taking it out or something.

hS

and the Knight Bus never comes, which allows Sirius to explain what's going on before the year even begins, which leads to Pettigrew well and properly captured, which prevents him from assisting Voldemort in regaining a body . . . Yeah, it's a pretty sweet AU!

—doctorlit expounds on the bunnyfly effect

I'm not sure it's possible to cross LotR and Zelda well at all, especially considering the whole "Zelda has at least 3 timelines" thing. As for the mission itself, good job balancing four different Agents.

I also liked the death of Not!Din. Having the earth box her in before getting burned was a clever nod to canon.

Peregrin could not be reached for comment. He was pacing up and down an empty corridor, muttering something about finite fields.

I folded the Original Series and All-Stars decks into More Cards Against Headquarters, basically because a) TOS is the PPC and should be in any PPC game, and b) I got sick of having to think so hard about where to put new cards.

~Neshomeh

This might not sound exciting at first, but please bear with me. This is an RP where you play as animals - not humanoid animals, but just woodland animals with twelve species to choose from (including gnomes as a playable species!) in a place called The Wood. You are creatures of The Way, followers of goodness and the right way of nature, fighting against other predatory forest creatures who are filled with a dark force called The Bane, and you must fight to survive on various quests.

Having a good character be tainted with The Bane is a possibility. Death of characters is indeed a possibility, and there are no maps necessary for this RP either. Sure, it doesn't sound like much, but if you're the type that likes to read about intelligent, adventuring yet natural animals via classics like "Watership Down" and the like, then I recommend this RP. And if nothing else will convince you, then me just reading the rulebook made me feel like a kid again with its certain quality of charm that the RP seems to be permeated with.

Gonna be honest here: I really want to try an RP as I've never participated in one before, and I believe this would be a great way to start.

Now, don't get me wrong, I loathe James Potter, but I very much see him doing something like this for Remus, and also because it's cool, and he wants to. Honestly, what surprises me after reading this description is that more people don't. I suppose one or two of the ingredients (the dew - though how they managed that, I'd like to know, for the same reason) must be prohibitively expensive to people without allowances to save.

(I see so many people hating on Snape, who again don't get me wrong is a very flawed character and in many ways a terrible person, but for pity's sake, can we admit that he was at minimum sexually harassed, and more probably sexually assaulted*, by his peers - who were beloved of the teachers and administration - throughout several years of his life? That that just might mess a person up?)



*"Now who wants to see me take Snivellus' pants off," guys. I'm pretty sure forcibly stripping someone in public is assault.

"Ah! And here, Remus, comes our conquering hero!"

From behind the makeshift curtain came a small but deeply-felt "Sod off, James."

"A mighty wizard, whose baleful, terrible visage-"

"Sod off, James."

"-Strikes nought but the utmost dread in his enemies, be they looking upon his human or animal form! Behold, Remus! Sirius Black!"

It could have been pretty entertaining, going around with a leaf in his mouth for a month and keeping anyone from being the wiser. Haha, these people are all so blind, etc. And it could've been a competition with Sirius, too. What, you're gonna let a stupid little leaf get the better of you, mate?

Also, one of his better qualities is loyalty to his friends. He wasn't about to let Remus down.

What shocks me is that Sirius saw it through. James was a show-off and a bully, but Sirius was the one who complained of being bored and hated sitting still, IIRC, and he was the bad-boy flirt, too. It must have put a bit of a damper on his charms.

Still... wouldn't want to be a baby about it, or you might end up turning into something stupid like a chicken or a rabbit. Sure, the girls would still love you, but at the price of being tiny and fluffy, with a cute twitchy little nose. Does widdle wubsy Siwius wanna widdle cawwot? {= )

~Neshomeh

Sergio:

"I really have no idea why these two insisted for actign out a play for me - I sure don't think I'm such a revered veteran? And it wasn't a bizarre attempt at assassinating me, either - I wonder what was going though their heads."

"Durign the day I met the hydra again, and at some point I felt like we were watched, but I couldn't see anyone. If there was indeed anyone around, kudos for managing to hide that well."

Nikki:

"Well, nothing interesting happened today - except someone kept sending me hatchets. Why? I have a magical energy sword, and even if I wanted to use the hatchets to chop down some wood... well, there aren't any trees in HQ. Or, at least, I haven't seen one yet?"

Also, the RNG REALLY hates him. Two times I saw him being taken out of the Games, two times it's explosions.

Which we know is how he nearly died before being recruited.

Androia: I am so sorry, Charlotte. I thought I had the right coordinates for Medical and could get you a blood bottle.

Hieronymus: I tried –? What the –? Let me see that footage... Oh, yeah, from that weird point of view, it may look like... Actually, I could hardly keep him off me. I’m not sure whether he had found his insanity or lost it, but somehow he must have been under the delusion that I’m Hermione Granger.

HG