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   Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Dec 2020

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Pansy Parkinson/Blaise Zabini
   • Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
   • Hedwig/Draco Malfoy's Owl
   • Harry Potter
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Severus Snape
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Nagini (Harry Potter)
   • Blaise Zabini
   • Theodore Nott
   • Pansy Parkinson
   • Ron Weasley
   • Hermione Granger
   • Plenty of people you know
   • Slow Burn
   • Harry Potter is a Horcrux
   • No one dies who doesn't in the books
   • Sirius is sadly already gone
   • this is set literally right before Harry almost kills Bellatrix
   • it goes very differently and spirals from there
   • Harry struggles with Morality
   • Voldemort is still evil
   • but like
   • he's honest about it at least
   • Use of the Killing Curse
   • Use of Imperio
   • Harry Potter is Going Through It
   • he's struggling yall
   • He does some not so nice things
   • but like its very theraputic tbh
   • Draco Malfoy is an asshole
   • that doesn't change
   • he just gets schooled by Harry
   • The Malfoys are Complicated
   • Narcissa Malfoy really takes on a life of her own
   • Lucius is that character we all love to hate
   • Honestly yall this is gonna be a long one
   • A lot of stuff happens
   • Harry being an oblivious idiot who we all adore
   • Draco Malfoy being a repressed prat who we all cherish
   • Pining
   • Literally so much pining oh my god
   • A deep look into how things are not always black and white
   • No character bashing
   • Slytherins get a bad reputation
   • which is partially their own fault
   • Soft moments over stars and sweets
   • Harry can't catch a break sometimes honestly
   • Let him liveeee
   • I don't think I can tag everything that happens in this fic
   • Harry is technically a murderer
   • in the sense that he embodies that joke that goes
   • if you kill one killer the number of killers stay the same
   • so just kill two
   • he is doing his best ok
   • Angst
   • Grief
   • Fluff
   • Family Feels
   • Found Family Dynamics
   • Accurate Depictions of Teenage Hormones
   • No underage sexual activity
   • Just some reckless kissing and Harry being a mess honestly
   • I just treat it seriously and authentically
   • so much happens omg
   • Seriously there is just A LOT
   • Added Tags
   • Minor Implied Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley/Daphne Greengrass
   • you will probably end up liking Voldemort
   • that was a complete accident on my part
   • whoops

   Summary

   When Harry fails to keep his anger at bay and Voldemort possesses his mind, the events that follow lead him down a long road to realizing the world isn't as black and white as it seems.

   Chaos, hilarity, and tragedy ensue with a Dark Lord being honest all the time, a rival becoming something else, and a world demanding to be saved. Featuring frightened Death Eaters, deep conversations with a monster, Pureblood traditions being ridiculous, and the fight to do the right thing with no true options.

   Harry's life just gets more and more bizarre with each passing moment.

   ~~~

   Or, the one where Harry's life gets split in half, and he has to figure out how to bring it back together.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Absence of Simplicity

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   456,640

   Chapters:

   30/30

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