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Foolish Wishmaker [Contact] Better be Ravenclaw!
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I've been reading fanfiction for years, and I've written a few pieces in other fandoms, as well as some drabbles and ficlets for the HP fandom, but mostly I have been a reader. For the Boy Who Has Everything is my first attempt at a full-length fic. Three Times Trouble is a response to my sudden inexplicable enjoyment of kidfic.

My favorite characters are Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, Neville Longbottom, and the elder two Weasley children, Bill and Charlie (whom we just don't see enough of, unfortunately). Many of the younger characters became more interesting to me as they grew older.

I like to theorize about how things work, especially things that aren't well explained in the books. Such as:

- How and why does a Patronus take the shape it does, when a wizard first learns the spell? How would a Patronus change its shape (e.g.; Tonks' and Snape's)? Does it take the shape of the other person's Patronus, or just a shape that the first person associates with them? If the other person is still alive, does that mean that now there are two identical Patronuses?

- Since some wands are specifically good for certain types of magic, does that mean wands choose their owner based on an inborn talent or potential?

- If people have minds, souls, and magic, how distinct are the three things? A piece of soul seems to possess both a mind and magic, although it isn't clear how much of each comes from the actual soul fragment and how much is purposely spelled into the object that contains the soul fragment. The horcruxes that reacted poorly to being messed with (e.g.: diary, locket) were most likely spelled to do that. However, the horcrux in Harry managed to impart magical skills, suggesting there may be some magic within the soul itself.

- What makes some magic stick around for centuries and not lose power, while other magic wears off over time, or ends abruptly when the spell-caster dies?

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Reviews by Foolish Wishmaker

Harry is beaten and then rescued by an unlikely savior. But, can he cope with the riveting news that follows? SlytherinHarry, GoodLuciusDraco. Very alternate universe!!!

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 01 Jul 2007 / 30 Jun 2007
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 4: Through the Looking Glass 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Heh, didn't take long for Harry to go back to his usual insolent ways. Where's the gratitude?

    Poor Snape, first laugh in 17 years?

Title: Chapter 5: Someone to Trust 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Wonder what Harry saw. Is Voldemort communicating with him? That would be really awful.

Title: Chapter 6: Seeing is Believing 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Hmm. Wonder what Dumbledore knows that Snape doesn't. I guess this is based somewhat around the Severitus challenge, what with Harry's changes?

Title: Chapter 8: Malfoy Manor 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    A bit fast, really. Characterization gets lost when events happen that fast and characters are forced into new roles.

    Still, I like it. I suppose it's a change from all the stories that take a hundred chapters just to reveal that Snape's Harry's father.

Title: Chapter 9: A Trip to The Dursleys 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    I'm not sure it makes sense for Snape to abandon Harry in the middle of a panic attack just to go play with the Dursleys. Not very thoughtful of the Malfoys, either.

    Oh well... Revenge!

Title: Chapter 10: Questions and Lies 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Wait... aren't the Dursleys supposed to be on vacation? :-D

Title: Chapter 11: More Revelations 04 Sep 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    I love this chapter. I'm feeling slightly sorry for Draco. Not used to sharing, eh?

    I wonder what's up with Draco and the house elf.

Harry is 7 years old and treated literally like a dog by the Dursleys. Will he be rescued by the wizarding world? Will he ever be fit to take on the mantle of The Boy Who Lived? Now Complete!

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 27 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Sep 2007 / 18 Jul 2007
Series: A Boy Called Whelp - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 20 Jul 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Really good start! It really sets things up. Poor Harry. If he doesn't get rescued soon....

Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3 20 Jul 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    A nice idea for why Snape is going to go check on Harry.

    Dumbledore is such a slacker. Who exactly did he assign the job of watching Harry? Really, you'd think he'd at least be competent in delegating jobs he doesn't want to do himself.

Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4 20 Jul 2007
Reviewer: Foolish Wishmaker (Signed)
    Finally! It was really maddening, waiting for Snape to get there.

    It's hard to see right now how Harry can recover from this.

    Great explanation for why Snape decides to take him, instead of dropping him off where he could be someone else's problem.


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