This is How You Lose the Time War Universe

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• This is How You Lose The Time War by fleabagshair

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Jun 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Hermione Granger/Tom Riddle
  • Hermione Granger
  • Tom Riddle
  • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
  • Harry Potter
  • Abraxas Malfoy
  • Theodore Nott
  • Gellert Grindelwald
  • Albus Dumbledore
  • Draco Malfoy
  • Ginny Weasley
  • Luna Lovegood
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Time Travel
  • Time Turners (Harry Potter)
  • Espionage
  • Morally Grey Hermione Granger
  • Possessive Tom Riddle
  • Murderous pen pals
  • Tom Riddle is a Little Shit
  • Eventual Smut
  • Tom is the biggest virg
  • BAMF Hermione Granger
  • POV Alternating
  • Attempt at Humor
  • Progressively gets more unhinged
  • Dark
  • Weird Fluff
  • Obsession
  • Tom Riddle is His Own Warning
  • Tom is down horrifically
  • Occasionally a dark comedy
  • Horror Elements
  • Heavy Angst

  Summary

  Hermione goes back in time to kill Voldemort before he orchestrates a devastating war, her destination being the Battle of Hogwarts. Instead she lands in 1944, where she catches the attention of a young Tom Riddle. They begin exchanging letters and the occasional body part.

  Series

  • Part 1 of This is How You Lose the Time War Universe

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  173,777

  Chapters:

  46/46

  Collections:

  13

  Comments:

  2,659

  Kudos:

  5,483

  Bookmarks:

  1,843

  Hits:

  271,777

• Somewhere, Somehow We Win by fleabagshair

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Hermione Granger/Tom Riddle
  • Hermione Granger
  • Tom Riddle
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • alternative ending
  • Happily Ever After
  • but still has Angst and a bittersweet sense of tragedy
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Tenderness
  • Devotion
  • Growing Old Together
  • Attempt at Humor
  • Drug Addiction
  • philosophical debates
  • Malewife Tom Riddle
  • Morally Ambitious Hermione Granger
  • Smut
  • Not a ton of plot
  • Torture and murder
  • Jealousy
  • They stay a little toxic
  • Dealing with past trauma
  • Depression

  Summary

  An alternative ending to "This is How We Lose the Time War," told in three parts.

  Series

  • Part 2 of This is How You Lose the Time War Universe

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,910

  Chapters:

  2/4

  Comments:

  61

  Kudos:

  146

  Bookmarks:

  37

  Hits:

  3,396