HP fic and happy endings

[branchandroot]

Review of copperbadge's fic series, the Stealing Harryverse.

Stealing Harry (multi-part)
Tales from the River House (scattered shorts)
Laocoon's Children, Year One, Year Two, Year Three (multi-parts, Three still in progress)

I rarely review fic, but I've been wanting some good HP fic to soothe me, and Em pointed out this author and 'verse in particular, and it's so lovely I wanted to share with anyone who might have missed it.

The entire 'verse is a What If AU. What if Sirius had stopped to pick up Remus before he went looking for Peter, and Voldemort's side (extremely suspicious and ticked off, to be sure) found Peter first?

From that one moment, the Stealing Harryverse spins onto a different path that runs parallel to the canon books and covers many of the same events but has all sorts of fascinating differences.

Stealing Harry covers much of Harry's childhood. Laocoon's Children matches stride with the books, going year by year.

One of the things I find most delightful about these stories is that the characters are still themselves. Harry is too impulsive for his own good; Snape is a bastard; Sirius needs a leash for his temper; Remus is living with hell once a month; Draco doesn't like confrontation but has a vindictive streak; Ron is casually kind and constantly awkward. But they are these things in a world turned about fifty degrees on its axis, and, most importantly to me, they are these things in a consistent, emotionally logical fashion.

Sam clearly intends to take Laocoon's Children through all seven years. I, for one, will be looking forward to reading it.



The central pairing is Remus/Sirius; they've gotten pretty much all the smut so far. Sam is a big, big Remus fan.

Snape is a main character, and Snape fans will probably like these stories. So are Draco, Neville and Padma Patil. The Tonks family comes in for a good bit of screen time.

Comments

[forochel.livejournal.com]

I love this series! :D Has she updated? I blew through the first two years plus the bits of third year she had up, some time ago. Gah, if I'd known then that you were a HP fan I'd totally have recced it to you!

[branchandroot]

Yeah, there's a good bit of Year Three up, now. I really hope the momentum keeps going on that one, now the actual series is over. *crosses fingers*

*wry* I'm not exactly an HP fan. Actually I dislike the entire second half of the series and think Rowling dropped the ball unforgivably. But that's exactly why, when I find really good fic that does justice to the world, I cling to it. Sam and Maya are the only two so far. *clings to them*

[forochel.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! \:D/ Now to reread the entirety of Year 3, because I can't quite remember where I stopped reading. Hee~

Well, neither am I; I think the series peaked with the third book, and then shit hit the fan.