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“Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is, and saw virtue in her shape how lovely: saw, and pined his loss."
-John Milton, 'Paradise Lost'In September of 1942, Tom Riddle is a brilliant, bitter schoolboy on the precipice of becoming a monster. Already wearing his first Horcrux around his finger, he doesn’t plan to let anything halt his ascent towards realizing his ultimate goal: becoming the greatest Dark Lord the world has ever seen.
But when a powerful and mysterious transfer student arrives at Hogwarts, Tom’s initial spark of interest rapidly ignites into an all-consuming obsession, threatening to unravel his carefully laid plans.
When ambition and pride run up against regret and repentance, what will be the outcome? Is there such thing as a soul too mutilated to save?
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"Well, here we are." Sirius pushed open the door with a grand sweep of his arms. “Home sweet Hell.”
Sirius had bad memories of Grimmauld Place, tainted by his own less than stellar family. But for Harry, whose summers had previously involved being locked away either in a cupboard or Dudley's second room--with bars on the windows, no less--it was perfect.
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With Sirius free from Azkaban and taking up his role as Harry's guardian, Voldemort pursuing a political path to power rather than bloodshed, and a defense teacher that isn't actively trying to kill him for once, Harry has high hopes for his third year at Hogwarts. It'll be nice to sit back and be a kid for once.Only Harry's life is never so simple, and he soon finds himself facing a myriad of new challenges: school bullies and new family dynamics, horcruxes all but falling into his lap, his deja-vu brain giving him mixed signals, and hidden murmurs arising from old Death Eater circles that may pose a threat to him regardless of his tentative alliance with Voldemort. Things seem destined to never be easy, but if there's one thing Harry knows by now, it's that he won't have to do it alone.
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Those who abolished the Statute of Secrecy in 1945 never intended the horrors that came afterwards.
By 1998, Wizarding Britain—styled after a reborn Roman Empire with Imperator Voldemort at its helm—controls most of Europe. Resistance is brutally crushed, muggles are in chains, and muggleborns are martyred by dragon fire in front of screaming crowds.
Hermione Granger is a domestic slave working in the Malfoy household, dreaming of a remade world, and hiding magic in her veins. Discovery means certain death.
Draco Malfoy, a tribune and spy for the Imperial Legion, carries the weight of painful secrets. For years, the only way to live with his dark reality has been to shut his eyes to it.
…But she has a burning star inside her—the light of an entire sun…
And now he is caught between the denial which defines his survival, and the woman he cannot deny.
Trailer for The Lights That Burn by the immensely talented thistlethread
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They called it the Maw. A ring of blood and ruin. A place for monsters. A home for children who had none.
Harry Potter never made it to Hogwarts.
Brought unconscious to the dark alleys of Knockturn, he should’ve died— cold, angry, and forgotten. Instead, he carved out a place for himself with bloodied hands and stolen wands. He built an empire from an abandoned factory, guarded by outcasts and orphans, where creatures fight for food and every day is a struggle. He’s not a boy anymore. Not a hero. Not a victim. He’s a thunderstorm.
Then, his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire— a name no one should know— he’s dragged back into the world that left him to starve. The world of robes and rules, where boys live in castles and forget the rest exist. He’s not welcome there. He doesn't want to be.
And yet, in the middle of all this, stands Lord Voldemort— beautiful, terrifyingly human, and wearing a smile like a knife. He offers Harry an alliance. Harry knows better. But monsters recognize each other, don’t they?
And this time, Harry Potter isn’t here to play by the rules.
He’s here to burn the house down.
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'Mala fides': bad faith, purpose to deceive or defraud
- Merriam Webster dictionaryFor Harry Potter, the man-who-lived-twice, savior of the Wizarding World, and the ultimate golden boy, life was good. He had survived the war, had a job he loved, a good home, and wonderful friends; the future seemed bright.
But when he's asked to assist on a case involving Unspeakables, what he discovers deep in the bowels of the Department of Mysteries turns his world upside down.Betrayed and heartbroken, Harry does what he knows best; he jumps into the unknown like the good, little Gryffindor he is.
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“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”
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Harry finds himself in a parallel universe travelling into the body of his counterpart, who happens to be the daughter of notorious gangster, James Potter. James is embroiled in a long-standing feud with rival mobster Tom Riddle, and in a bid to end the conflict, they agree that Harry and Tom will marry. This arrangement serves as a guarantee for peace between the two families.
Having spent years as a battle-hardened war commander in his own universe, Harry is now adjusting to the unfamiliar life of a young woman in 1954. He is indifferent towards Tom Riddle and views the prospect of marrying him as nothing more than a bizarre and amusing inconvenience. On the other hand, Tom Riddle is confused by the insane behaviour of his supposedly demure wife. -
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When Alex is rescued from almost certain death by a supposedly dead man, the next action seems clear: say thank you, check that he wasn’t bleeding out, and make a quick exit. Of course, MI6 has a habit of complicating matters.
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Bookmarked by Shadow_Riser
28 May 2023
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All I Want (Is To Be With You) by BlueberryLibrary
Fandoms: Alex Rider - Anthony Horowitz
05 Mar 2026
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Alex and Tania have waited almost a year to see each other. Their plans to meet up in Arequipa are set until Tania's older brother decides to throw a wrench in them by inviting himself along. Kyler Fernandez is overprotective and nosy, and he threatens to expose all of Alex's lies. What lengths will Alex have to go to to keep his identity safe? And will Tania stick around for it?
This will make the most sense if you've read Señorita.
I'll update Warnings and Tags as I go along.
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- Part 2 of Alex & Tania's Epic Playlist
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bruised like violets by sansxstarkov
Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
05 May 2026
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When Katniss's worst nightmare becomes real, she doesn't hesitate to save her sister's life. However, she will soon discover that winning the Games is just the beginning and that friends are found in the most unexpected places.
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Water Creatures by youcantseeus
Fandoms: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
28 Jun 2023
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After Haymitch Abernathy’s death, Finnick is sent to District 12 to serve as a victor representative. Finnick is thirty-seven years old and desperate to leave his life of forced prostitution behind.
Three years earlier, Katniss Everdeen became desperate enough to turn to prostitution to feed her family. When Finnick shows up in District 12, Katniss’s friends convince her that she simply must try to seduce the richest man in the district.
(AU in which Katniss and Peeta were never reaped).
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Holly Potter: The Bookish, Burgling, Badass by Personfour
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Marvel Cinematic Universe
25 May 2025
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Holly Potter wasn’t planning on becoming a mind reader or shapeshifter, that was just an accidental side effect of being a witch.
Now, becoming an academically inclined thief with a penchant for badassery? That was fully intentional.
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- Part 1 of The Life and Times Of Holly Potter
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Harry's life post final battle isn't what he expected it would be, and then he dies, just like that.
He gets a second chance but forgets to read the fine-print, and ends up somewhere in the distant past while his body suddenly looks quite differently.
Now he's stuck as a teenager attending Hogwarts again, where he encounters an old enemy, and surprise, it's not Tom Riddle. All Harry has to do now is survive long enough to build a life for himself that's actually worth living.
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A Dead Man's Guide to Reliving Your Youth by Spork_in_the_Road
Fandom Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Jul 2026
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After dying in the forbidden forest at Voldemort's hand--after going to the Kings Cross of his afterlife--Harry is returned to his 11-year-old self with no memories of his life before, just a vague sense of doom and weird knowledge of the wizarding world (and its inhabitants) that he can't quite explain. With only his ever-present sense of deja-vu to guide him into making better choices than last time, Harry embarks on a journey to save the wizarding world once again, and this time save himself as well.
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15 Apr 2023
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A decade on from the Battle of Hogwarts, after ten years of the wizarding world thinking it’s safe, a serial killer emerges, leaving a trail of dead women in his wake.
Each of the bodies bears a gruesome encoded message for the Aurors… A message which - once unscrambled - claims the Dark Lord has risen again.
In the face of the mystery, the Order of the Phoenix is hastily reformed. Ron is stoic. Hermione is scared. Ginny is getting very good at putting on a brave face. Death Eaters who were never caught are getting ready to crawl out of the woodwork. And the Ministry of Magic has plenty of secrets of its own for Kingsley to worry about…
All Harry wants is to distract himself from a marriage falling apart at the seams. All Lord Voldemort wants is to get out of the horrible place between life and death.
So much so that he’s willing to agree to help his old enemy solve the case.
Or so he claims.
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In the light of a dying sun by kelkblr
Fandoms: Alex Rider - Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider (TV 2020)
12 Nov 2023
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Interstellar freighter pilot Yassen Gregorovich is trying to leave the past behind. Just one more mission, one more flight, and he can step away from it all and live an ordinary life. It's all going to plan, until Alex Rider walks into his life looking for help. Yassen has secrets but so does Alex and very quickly they find themselves caught up in a fight for their lives.
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When Voldemort’s curse rebounded, a part of him was brought to life as a thirty-year-old Tom Riddle. Realising that all-out war might not be the best way to achieve his goals, he starts with securing a position as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts under the name of Thomas Gaunt.
Aster Potter is the Girl-Who-Lived. Stuck with abusive relatives and struggling to hide her ‘freak’ abilities, she spends her days locked in a cupboard, tracing the words on her left wrist. ‘Fate showed her cruelty by destining you to bring my demise.’. This is the first thing about her freakish abilities that she doesn’t fully despise- she has a soulmate! Tracing them over and over keeps her sane, fantasizing about her saviour finally arriving to take her away from the Dursleys.
Her rescue comes in the shape of a letter, and Hogwarts enchants Aster to the point of completely forgetting about soulmates. She becomes friends with a group of unlikely people, and together with them tries to navigate the treacherous waters of Hogwarts, avoid the vengeful spirit of Lord Voldemort, try to uncover the plots of Albus Dumbledore, and figure out what in the world is up with Thomas Gaunt. -
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His attention skipped passed the students and moved to the politicians’ pavilion. His gaze locked with crimson, and he nearly faltered under the sheer hunger in those eyes.
It unnerved him how fixated the man was on his dirtied, exhausted figure.
But what troubled him more was the slight smirk he could make out on the man’s lips. It was almost pleased.
On the night of the attack, Lily managed to escape with her infant son, but at the cost of her husband’s life. Distraught and distrusting of her friends, she fled to France with Harry, to raise him away from the corruption in Britain and the rising influence of the Dark Lord. She trains him to the best of her abilities, shaping him into a dangerous, intelligent and powerful wizard.
But when Britain re-establishes the Triwizard Tournament, and Harry, now known as Hadrian, is forced to return to his once-home, he finds himself questioning whether he really wants to kill the Dark Lord. Voldemort finds an unexpected challenge in the child, and as his intrigue and amusement grows, so too does the desire to possess the spark in those defiant green eyes.
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Bookmarked by Shadow_Riser
22 Dec 2022
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Brilliant tommarry, can’t believe I hadn’t read it before