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Timely Errors by Worfe - T
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: gen
Length: 130,011
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Worfe's FFN profile
Why this must be read: Time travel is yet another Harry Potter trope. Whether it is to the 1940s so that a character may interact with Tom Riddle before he becomes Voldemort, or, as is more common, to the 1970s, so that Harry can meet James and Lily, time travel is a popular type of story within the Harry Potter fanfic community. So what makes Timely Errors worth reading? For one, it is a discrete story with a beginning and an end. It is also well-written, something that can be pretty surprising when it comes to this genre of fic. Harry is sent back in time because of Binns. Yep, that's right: the ghost of a History teacher sends Harry (and others) careening through time. Harry is just lucky enough to visit the 1970s. Humorous at times and poignant at others, Worfe lets Harry meet his parents and his friends while letting him keep his secrets. More than that, we see how Harry's presence has an effect on others, even Voldemort. As a bit of caution, this doesn't follow canon strictly, so Harry is more powerful than he is in the books. But he also uses his time in the 1970s to get to know his parents and his parent's friends. And in the end, that is what this story does: it let Harry meet his parents and get to know them in a way he wouldn't have else wise, while also setting the foundation for future events.
Harry found himself wondering what he wanted to get out of these couple of weeks. It wasn't as if he was going to have a great deal of time, he couldn't master some magical skill or find a way to defeat Voldemort. And despite the headmaster's advice of making this a vacation, Harry knew the trip wouldn't exactly be relaxing. He'd have to keep on his toes and make sure not to reveal anything about the future. Not to mention Voldemort was alive and well, already entering the height of his power. Harry didn't envy the headaches he would likely be getting.
So what sort of thing could he get out of this odd coincidence. What could he gain from this chance of meeting the parents he had never known.
It didn't take him long to decide, it came to him instantly.
He wanted to know them.
When he was little and growing up at the Dursleys he'd given up any hope of learning about his parents. They had been a subject just as taboo as any of Harry's 'unnaturalness'. But, for the last few years he'd slowly been gaining more facts about them. But it had all been information second hand,from his father's friends. The only first hand knowledge was, disturbingly enough, from the horrors the dementors revealed.
For once he wanted to know something, to know one thing about his parents that no one had to tell him. He knew it would be futile to imagine he could become best friends, he would only be allowed a week or two with them. But to sit and have a conversation with them, to actually know something about them that he knew was real. Everyone wanted to tell him his parents were wonders, his father a hero his mother an angel. That was all well and good, but he wanted to know the truth. They had been people once. He'd make the most of this time, even if he only learned one new thing.
Timely Errors can be found here
Worfe has written a few ficlets to answer some loose ends from Timely Errors here
Pairing: gen
Length: 130,011
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Worfe's FFN profile
Why this must be read: Time travel is yet another Harry Potter trope. Whether it is to the 1940s so that a character may interact with Tom Riddle before he becomes Voldemort, or, as is more common, to the 1970s, so that Harry can meet James and Lily, time travel is a popular type of story within the Harry Potter fanfic community. So what makes Timely Errors worth reading? For one, it is a discrete story with a beginning and an end. It is also well-written, something that can be pretty surprising when it comes to this genre of fic. Harry is sent back in time because of Binns. Yep, that's right: the ghost of a History teacher sends Harry (and others) careening through time. Harry is just lucky enough to visit the 1970s. Humorous at times and poignant at others, Worfe lets Harry meet his parents and his friends while letting him keep his secrets. More than that, we see how Harry's presence has an effect on others, even Voldemort. As a bit of caution, this doesn't follow canon strictly, so Harry is more powerful than he is in the books. But he also uses his time in the 1970s to get to know his parents and his parent's friends. And in the end, that is what this story does: it let Harry meet his parents and get to know them in a way he wouldn't have else wise, while also setting the foundation for future events.
Harry found himself wondering what he wanted to get out of these couple of weeks. It wasn't as if he was going to have a great deal of time, he couldn't master some magical skill or find a way to defeat Voldemort. And despite the headmaster's advice of making this a vacation, Harry knew the trip wouldn't exactly be relaxing. He'd have to keep on his toes and make sure not to reveal anything about the future. Not to mention Voldemort was alive and well, already entering the height of his power. Harry didn't envy the headaches he would likely be getting.
So what sort of thing could he get out of this odd coincidence. What could he gain from this chance of meeting the parents he had never known.
It didn't take him long to decide, it came to him instantly.
He wanted to know them.
When he was little and growing up at the Dursleys he'd given up any hope of learning about his parents. They had been a subject just as taboo as any of Harry's 'unnaturalness'. But, for the last few years he'd slowly been gaining more facts about them. But it had all been information second hand,from his father's friends. The only first hand knowledge was, disturbingly enough, from the horrors the dementors revealed.
For once he wanted to know something, to know one thing about his parents that no one had to tell him. He knew it would be futile to imagine he could become best friends, he would only be allowed a week or two with them. But to sit and have a conversation with them, to actually know something about them that he knew was real. Everyone wanted to tell him his parents were wonders, his father a hero his mother an angel. That was all well and good, but he wanted to know the truth. They had been people once. He'd make the most of this time, even if he only learned one new thing.
Timely Errors can be found here
Worfe has written a few ficlets to answer some loose ends from Timely Errors here