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Not Slytherin Enough by Fruit17 - T
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Mostly gen; hint of Harry/Blaise(fem); Harry/other females; background Lupin/Black
Length: 6,688
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Fruit17's FFN profile
Why this must be read: Slytherin!Harry is a trope in the Harry Potter fanfiction community. After all, the Sorting Hat itself said Harry would make a good Slytherin before placing him in Gryffindor. What is unique about this one-shot is that the author doesn't demonize anyone. Harry is a Slytherin and different because of it, even if events happens as in canon. And he made friends in Slytherin. Taking place in the summer before his fifth year, Not Slytherin Enough gives us a the Slytherin!Harry: cunning and ambitious. More than that, he gives the Order some home truths that are oh so very true. While this is just a one shot, Fruit17 also gives us just enough information about the past to provide us with a fuller story of what life is like for Harry and his fellow Slytherins, while also forcing the Gryffindors to question their own behavior. More than that, this Harry is not the Gryffindor golden-boy that is so often portrayed, even if he is put into Slytherin. This is a one-shot I return to again and again for different insights.
"I am not a Death Eater, Weasley," Harry said simply, his voice a powerful threat in and of itself. "I wouldn't expect you to understand the complex web of loyalties that must necessarily characterise a war against the greatest Dark Lord of all time," Harry's voice dripped of disdain, "but I think it's about time you got one thing straight: Slytherin doesn't mean Death Eater."
Weasley fell silent, his face looking cowed but not convinced. But there was no time for further argument. Into the room strode two more red heads, and Harry perked up a little. The youngest Weasley could, at least on occasion, be coaxed into having some fun, Harry Potter-style.
"What's going on here?" Mrs Weasley demanded into the tense silence. Harry spoke up before anyone else could.
"Your son was just implying that I'm a miniature Dark Lord in the making, served by whores and those nasty, nasty Slytherins," Harry said, his voice a harsh mockery that made Weasley blush and even his elder brothers smile faintly. "I was simply correcting that implication."
Not Slytherin Enough can be read here
Pairing: Mostly gen; hint of Harry/Blaise(fem); Harry/other females; background Lupin/Black
Length: 6,688
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Fruit17's FFN profile
Why this must be read: Slytherin!Harry is a trope in the Harry Potter fanfiction community. After all, the Sorting Hat itself said Harry would make a good Slytherin before placing him in Gryffindor. What is unique about this one-shot is that the author doesn't demonize anyone. Harry is a Slytherin and different because of it, even if events happens as in canon. And he made friends in Slytherin. Taking place in the summer before his fifth year, Not Slytherin Enough gives us a the Slytherin!Harry: cunning and ambitious. More than that, he gives the Order some home truths that are oh so very true. While this is just a one shot, Fruit17 also gives us just enough information about the past to provide us with a fuller story of what life is like for Harry and his fellow Slytherins, while also forcing the Gryffindors to question their own behavior. More than that, this Harry is not the Gryffindor golden-boy that is so often portrayed, even if he is put into Slytherin. This is a one-shot I return to again and again for different insights.
"I am not a Death Eater, Weasley," Harry said simply, his voice a powerful threat in and of itself. "I wouldn't expect you to understand the complex web of loyalties that must necessarily characterise a war against the greatest Dark Lord of all time," Harry's voice dripped of disdain, "but I think it's about time you got one thing straight: Slytherin doesn't mean Death Eater."
Weasley fell silent, his face looking cowed but not convinced. But there was no time for further argument. Into the room strode two more red heads, and Harry perked up a little. The youngest Weasley could, at least on occasion, be coaxed into having some fun, Harry Potter-style.
"What's going on here?" Mrs Weasley demanded into the tense silence. Harry spoke up before anyone else could.
"Your son was just implying that I'm a miniature Dark Lord in the making, served by whores and those nasty, nasty Slytherins," Harry said, his voice a harsh mockery that made Weasley blush and even his elder brothers smile faintly. "I was simply correcting that implication."
Not Slytherin Enough can be read here
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