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Okay so you all know those dark, Slytherin Harry stories where it has a manipulative Dumbledore, compulsions, heir and lord titles and all that?? Well, after reading "Harry Potter and the Shadowed Light" by WritingbyAnnie, I was INSPIRED.
Base idea:
Ron as a kid overhears Dumbledore talking to Molly about their plan to use Harry. You know the drill, compulsions, make him marry Ginny, manipulate him into the light side blah blah blah the usual. and at first, Ron is all for it cause money and hes a kid and kids are fucking stupid at his age, especially if theres a rat in your ear egging on your behavior. But then years later (age eleven, duhhh) he meets harry on the train and is like "wow, hes the prettiest boy ive ever seen" and falls head over heals. Its like a reverse of Harry's parents. Ron is Lily but if Lily was James, and Harry is James but if James was lily. Not because of their personalities tho 💀 Im just saying that because with Harry's parents, James has like black hair and Lily has red. But with Harry and Ron, Harry has black hair and Ron has red. And instead of Harry pinning for Ron, its Ron pinning for Harry. Idk im not Einstein, damn 😔 ANYWAYSSSS
Harry gets sorted into Slytherin because he discovered and broke the compulsions. Uhmmmm his pov of the story is all on you ngl...) and of course this passes Dumbledore tf off cause why is the child speaking his own mind? The audacity. And instead of following the directions Dumbledore and his mom gives him to drag Harry over to the light and manipulate him, Ron instead spends his time actually growing stronger and like researching dark magic, the wizarding law thing i dont know how to spell and refuse to look up, and like, pureblood stuff, in order to look cool and informed to Harry. Trying to impress him. And its because of this that Ron gets smarter, his grades get better etc.
Like he genuinely starts learning what the Slytherin students know because he wants to be more impressive than them (upstage Malfoy for Harry's affection because the blonde git is apparently Harry's bestfriend and he cant let that snobby blonde steal his twink.) Plus, the more knowledge he has, the more he can do to protect Harry from Dumbledore and Voldemort's (depending on what you wanna do with the baldie) creepy obsession.
Also, I dont know abt Hermione ngl. You can have her being in Dumbledores plan and constantly making Ron fumble Harry's affection cause shes making him look like some dumb Dumbledore worshipper. Orrr you can make her not involved in the plan and instead have her be like a Ravenclaw Ron befriends on accident through constantly moaning about how he fumbles Harry all the time in the library and it got so annoying she actually had to help him just to get him to shut the fuck up. Or do none of that. Idk im not the boss of you here. I am in the other fic. Not this one tho, I can be merciful. Heh...okay 💀
Mini rant:
ALSO. OFF TOPIC. Im tired of yall. I open a fic with "Harry has long hair" in the tags. I open that fic with big expectations. And you know what I get??? "Harry's hair touches his shoulders"
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ARE WE FR??? I came here for Harry with a lions mane and you give me this botched Sirius black bob??? Do we know what LONG HAIR is??? Like as a community, do we know the difference between long and medium length hair? Because if yall play in my face one more time with that fuck ahh tag ima crash out 😭 why can't people write him with actual long hair?? Dumbledore is rocking his 30 inch buss down just fine but Harry can't?? Is there a rule im missing??? Is this like an "i dont wanna make Harry too feminine" thing? Cause I would like to inform you that many many guys rock long hair and do so without looking hyper feminine. But even so, what's wrong with looking a lil feminine? The female charm is a gift and his ass should be grateful to have it 😤
I wanna see Harry with LONG hair! Hair to the waist. A massive mane of hair that needs potions to control. Tye it back with a ribbon and go awooo type long hair. Something wild but Slytherin and cool and not a fucking shoulder touching bob cut.
Okay im done with my rant.
Back to the prompt:
And then you can have like, sibling tension between Ron and Ginny. And then when Ron does propose he'll make sure his family (minus his older brothers but besides the funds for their shop they dont get shit) cant benefit from Harry's wealth. Also, maybe you can make Ron discover that he's super skilled in something. Idk what tho.
OH. You can make Harry be raised by Snape! That would be cool...I think. Idk i fucking hate Snape, the greasy git 😔 his death was lowkey the best scene in the franchise no hetero.
Little notes cause idk:
Ron looking up how to become the heir to the Weasley lord title despite not being the eldest because he realized Harry AND draco would have to attend the wizard law meetings together in the future. Alone. (Not actually alone but the fact that they are going together is a big no no in the future)
Ron: hey pretty boy 😍 you know...you and me? With your multiple house seats, and my red hair...we could rule the wizengamot. My vote is yours pookie 😘
Harry: 🤨
Dumbledore: Ronald, if you'll join me. Oh, hello Harry, my dear boy 🙂 what a coincidence that i run into you at this exact place at this exact time. please accept this tea that has 57 compulsions in it plus a love potion.
Harry: 😐
Ron: wait-
Harry: 😠
Ron: WAIT-
harry: 🚶
Ron: PLEASE I DONT EVEN KNOW THIS MAN 😭😭 IM NOT WITH HIM- HARRY PLEASE YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME PLEASE. *is sobbing hysterically*
Dumbledore: tf? Yo, give this to Harry like ur supposed to.
Ron: okay 😔 *takes the tea, dumps it on his way to the library* sighh...
Hermione: 📖
Ron: SIGHHHHHH...
Hermione: What 👿
Ron: I lost my twink...😭 I LOST MY TWINK 😭
Hermione: oh nooo 😐 so tragic 📖
Ron: HERMIONE WHAT IF HES SOBBING INTO ANOTHER MANS SHOULDER RN 😭😭
Hermione: hes not-
Ron: OH MY GOD WITH IF HES BEING COMFORTED BY MALFOY!?!
Hermione: 😐📖
That's lowkey all I have tho...
OKI IM DONE 🤩
Can someone write this for me? I'll pay you in spirit cause I dont have any money rn 🥹
Bye byeeee