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* CovertPervert: Lucius Malfoy, of all people. He is mentioned appreciating pretty women a few times (though he is always faithful to his wife and by all appearances loves her) and wants to hire raunchy entertainment for [[spoiler:Snape's bachelor party.]] In a lesser sense, he implores Narcissa to let Draco enjoy his youth before trying to matchmake him with a witch of pedigree, implying that she should give Draco a chance to pursue girls while he's young.
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* PlotHole: In ''Time of the Basilisk'' Pomona doesn't know that Harry is a horcrux until she finds out he's a Parselmouth; but back in the first fic, Snape tell her, Flitwick, and [=McGonagall=] that Harry is a horcrux.
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* DreadedKidsTable: When Snape and Harry meet Charity's extended family, Harry is "rather put out" at having to sit with the younger boys. They all end up getting on well when they start talking about Quidditch.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Sirius Black, upon being cleared of his crimes and released from Azkaban, takes significantly longer to recover from the horrors he endured there, especially the effect the Dementors had on him, than in canon. When Dumbledore first visits him, Sirius barely understands what is going on and stays huddled in a corner of his room, and he displays behavior such as hoarding food in his pockets for some time afterwards, after going without proper nourishment for so long.]]
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* PyrrhicVillainy: PyrrhicVictory:
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Weasley twins are shown [[spoiler:looking over the Marauders' Map and discovering that Peter Pettigrew is somehow alive and well in the Gryffindor common room. While Ron is away with the other first-years on a field trip, the twins begin performing experiments on Scabbers and do indeed confirm that it is a transformed Pettigrew somehow. This is only related to the other characters after the fact by Dumbledore, so it's not known exactly how they did it.]]
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* PapaWolf: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with James Potter, who squandered the family fortune to pay for the war against Voldemort. The characters are divided with one camp, including the [[WordOfGod Author]] claiming that James and Lily would have preferred that Harry be poor than [[FateWorseThanDeath what would happened if Voldemort won]]. Others, mostly [[UnreliableNarrator Snape]] believe that James was simply an idiot who squandered the family fortune and left his only son with just barely enough to get a proper wizarding education.
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** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with James Potter, who squandered the family fortune to pay for the war against Voldemort. The characters are divided with one camp, including the [[WordOfGod Author]] claiming that James and Lily would have preferred that Harry be poor than [[FateWorseThanDeath what would happened if Voldemort won]]. Others, mostly [[UnreliableNarrator Snape]] believe that James was simply an idiot who squandered the family fortune and left his only son with just barely enough to get a proper wizardingeducation.education.
** Played very much straight with Snape after he develops real affection for Harry. He is more than ready to meet many threats to Harry with lethal force, [[spoiler:as the troll that Quirrel sets loose on Halloween finds out the hard way.]]
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with James Potter, who squandered the family fortune to pay for the war against Voldemort. The characters are divided with one camp, including the [[WordOfGod Author]] claiming that James and Lily would have preferred that Harry be poor than [[FateWorseThanDeath what would happened if Voldemort won]]. Others, mostly [[UnreliableNarrator Snape]] believe that James was simply an idiot who squandered the family fortune and left his only son with just barely enough to get a proper wizarding
** Played very much straight with Snape after he develops real affection for Harry. He is more than ready to meet many threats to Harry with lethal force, [[spoiler:as the troll that Quirrel sets loose on Halloween finds out the hard way.]]
* TitleDrop: Early on in the first story, Minerva quotes the proverb that "The best revenge is living well" to Harry and Snape, in reference to Harry's desire to live peacefully rather than getting back at the Dursleys for what they put him through. It is quoted a second time at the end of the second story by [[spoiler:Merlin Gaunt, AKA Tom Riddle, as a summary of his new plan: to make the most of his education, become well-respected and famous, and remain good-looking and powerful all his life so that he can enjoy his experiences, instead of chasing immortality again.]]
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* TreasureRoom: More specifically a drawer protected by powerful wards inside the ruins of the Potter's hideout at Godric Hollows.
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* TreasureRoom: More specifically TreasureRoom:
** The Potters kept adrawer protected by bedroom at Godric's Hollow with several expensive items sealed away in drawers that make up part of Harry's remaining inheritance, as well as a rare and powerful wards inside book of witch-exclusive magic that Lily was hiding, which somehow ties into how she was able to shield Harry from the ruins Killing Curse.
** The Room of Lost Things in Hogwarts is exactly as the name says: a room of items that people have lost in the castle over the years, many of which are old, rare, and valuable. [[spoiler:Among them is Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, which is also one of Voldemort's horcruxes. Tom Riddle also makes off with some of thePotter's hideout at Godric Hollows.treasures there to fund his new life after his resurrection.]]
** The Potters kept a
** The Room of Lost Things in Hogwarts is exactly as the name says: a room of items that people have lost in the castle over the years, many of which are old, rare, and valuable. [[spoiler:Among them is Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, which is also one of Voldemort's horcruxes. Tom Riddle also makes off with some of the
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* BodyHorror: A passage from Voldemort's point of view while he is attached to Quirrel states that [[spoiler:the face on the back of Quirrel's head has not just appeared but has physically ''grown'' there and apparently causes Quirrel a great deal of pain. Explicit mention is given to the fact to the eyes and optic nerves putting pressure on Quirrel's brain tissues as they grew, causing him terrible headaches.]]
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* BodyHorror: A passage from Voldemort's point of view while he is attached to Quirrel states that [[spoiler:the face on the back of Quirrel's head has not just appeared but has physically ''grown'' there and apparently causes Quirrel a great deal of pain. Explicit mention is given to the fact to the eyes and optic nerves putting pressure on Quirrel's brain tissues as they grew, causing him terrible headaches.]]
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* DepravedDentist: When Harry and Hermione explain to Draco what dentistry is, he gets very sick.
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** There was a seperate occasion that Snape refuses to speak of: [[spoiler:During Snape's school days, he regaled the school by singing The Wintersday Carol with Dumbledore and Elphias Doge. Apparently, his singing voice was lovely.]]
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** There was a seperate separate occasion that Snape refuses to speak of: [[spoiler:During Snape's school days, he regaled the school by singing The Wintersday Carol with Dumbledore and Elphias Doge. Apparently, his singing voice was lovely.]]
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* PyrrhicVillainy: While rifling through Petunia's mind, Snape discovers that she basically sabotaged her own life in a misplaced obsession to show up Lily by marrying the first suitor that came along and having a child before her sister did. When all was said and done, she was stuck in a loveless marriage with a man she couldn't stand, and a son she didn't know how to raise properly.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: PyrrhicVillainy:
** While rifling through Petunia's mind, Snape discovers that she basically sabotaged her own life in a misplaced obsession to show up Lily by marrying the first suitor that came along and having a child before her sister did. When all was said and done, she was stuck in a loveless marriage with a man she couldn't stand, and a son she didn't know how to raiseproperly.properly.
** It is pointed out a few times how Voldemort's actions were ultimately self-defeating. In creating horcruxes, he constantly rendered himself less capable of rational thought and twisted his own body into something horrific and inhuman, leading him further in a downward spiral of choices that ultimately were his undoing. [[spoiler:Even the fragment of Tom Riddle in his original horcrux is disgusted at what Voldemort became, and while not more ''moral'' than his alternate self, he does regard Voldemort's ambitions of dominating the wizarding world as foolish and resolve to not repeat the same mistakes.]]
** While rifling through Petunia's mind, Snape discovers that she basically sabotaged her own life in a misplaced obsession to show up Lily by marrying the first suitor that came along and having a child before her sister did. When all was said and done, she was stuck in a loveless marriage with a man she couldn't stand, and a son she didn't know how to raise
** It is pointed out a few times how Voldemort's actions were ultimately self-defeating. In creating horcruxes, he constantly rendered himself less capable of rational thought and twisted his own body into something horrific and inhuman, leading him further in a downward spiral of choices that ultimately were his undoing. [[spoiler:Even the fragment of Tom Riddle in his original horcrux is disgusted at what Voldemort became, and while not more ''moral'' than his alternate self, he does regard Voldemort's ambitions of dominating the wizarding world as foolish and resolve to not repeat the same mistakes.]]
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Snape finds romance with Charity Burbage, the Muggle Studies professor, after she agrees to sponsor a club for the first-year students to introduce them to the customs of the wizarding world. She later reveals that Snape is also her second love, as she was previously married to a muggle man when she lived in New Zealand.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Sirius Black, upon being cleared of his crimes and released from Azkaban, takes significantly longer to recover from the horrors he endured there, especially the effect the Dementors had on him. When Dumbledore first visits him, Sirius barely understands what is going on and stays huddled in a corner of his room, and he displays behavior such as hoarding food in his pockets for some time afterwards, after going without proper nourishment for so long.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Sirius Black, upon being cleared of his crimes and released from Azkaban, takes significantly longer to recover from the horrors he endured there, especially the effect the Dementors had on him.him, than in canon. When Dumbledore first visits him, Sirius barely understands what is going on and stays huddled in a corner of his room, and he displays behavior such as hoarding food in his pockets for some time afterwards, after going without proper nourishment for so long.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Petunia and Vernon. They view their treatment of Harry as so natural that Snape has to magically manipulate them to get them to develop a sense of conscience.
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* AbusiveParents: A number of cases are mentioned and shown:
** Most prominently, Petunia and Vernon. They view their treatment of Harry as so natural that Snape has to magically manipulate them to get them to develop a sense ofconscience.conscience, and its effects on Harry are not as glossed over as in canon. The story also goes to show that people outside of the Dursley household ''did'' notice the way Harry was treated and were concerned by it but were unable or unwilling to fully intervene for one reason or another.
** Snape reflects on his own abusive upbringing when discovering Harry's situation. He's especially incensed by the cupboard under the stairs, in part because he recalls being locked in a closet as a child and how it left him with a dislike of small spaces.
** Abraxus Malfoy, though he is never seen, is said to have terrified and controlled everyone in his family, including Lucius. By the time Harry meets the Malfoys, Abraxus has gone senile and lives in a sealed-off ward of the Malfoy manor, and everyone agrees that it is better that they do not have to see or hear him.
** Neville's grandmother and Uncle Algy apparently kept him isolated at home out of embarrassment for the lack of magical talent that he displayed, worried that he was a squib. When he runs into Harry in Diagon Alley before school starts, Neville states that it is the first time he has ever gotten to talk to a boy his age. [[spoiler:His grandmother does soften towards him after Neville takes part in thwarting Quirrelmort, likely helped by Neville growing a spine along the way.]]
** Most prominently, Petunia and Vernon. They view their treatment of Harry as so natural that Snape has to magically manipulate them to get them to develop a sense of
** Snape reflects on his own abusive upbringing when discovering Harry's situation. He's especially incensed by the cupboard under the stairs, in part because he recalls being locked in a closet as a child and how it left him with a dislike of small spaces.
** Abraxus Malfoy, though he is never seen, is said to have terrified and controlled everyone in his family, including Lucius. By the time Harry meets the Malfoys, Abraxus has gone senile and lives in a sealed-off ward of the Malfoy manor, and everyone agrees that it is better that they do not have to see or hear him.
** Neville's grandmother and Uncle Algy apparently kept him isolated at home out of embarrassment for the lack of magical talent that he displayed, worried that he was a squib. When he runs into Harry in Diagon Alley before school starts, Neville states that it is the first time he has ever gotten to talk to a boy his age. [[spoiler:His grandmother does soften towards him after Neville takes part in thwarting Quirrelmort, likely helped by Neville growing a spine along the way.]]
* BodyHorror: A passage from Voldemort's point of view while he is attached to Quirrel states that [[spoiler:the face on the back of Quirrel's head has not just appeared but has physically ''grown'' there and apparently causes Quirrel a great deal of pain. Explicit mention is given to the fact to the eyes and optic nerves putting pressure on Quirrel's brain tissues as they grew, causing him terrible headaches.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Snape.Snape starts off very bitter as he was in canon and mostly persuades himself to help Harry by thinking of him as "Lily's child" rather than his own person, though he is also shown to care for the wellbeing of his Slytherin students, whom Dumbledore often neglects. Child abusers in particular throw him into a rage, as Petunia finds out. Over the course of the story, Snape's better inclinations become more pronounced as he begins to let go of the pain and anger he has been holding onto over the years, grows to genuinely care for Harry as a surrogate son, and finds his own happiness in the present.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Harry, when due to Quirrelmort's actions he ends up bleeding from his nose and ear. The other Hufflepuffs, Snape, and Hogwarts teachers do not have such reaction.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Harry, Harry tends to downplay his own injuries unless they are so severe that they incapacitate him. This especially shows when due to Quirrelmort's actions he ends up bleeding from his nose and ear. The ear, due to Quirrelmort using him as a target in class for others to throw harmful spells at and putting a knife in Harry's hand during the demonstration. This is sharply contrasted with the reactions of Snape, the other Hufflepuffs, Snape, and Hogwarts the rest of his teachers do not have such reaction.and friends, who show appropriate shock and concern.
* MamaBear: While Lucius is concerned with power and appearances, and Narcissa does share the sentiment, she is also motivated to act against what remains of Voldemort by the danger that his actions and followers might pose to Draco. [[spoiler:The discovery that one of the horcruxes is stored in her sister Bellatrix's Gringotts vault especially angers her; Bellatrix bequeathed everything to Draco in her will, so it was entirely possible that if the horcruxes had not been discovered, he would have fallen victim to the curses surrounding the item when he went to clean out Bellatrix's effects after her death.]]
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* NoodleIncident: Once Minerva borrowed her precious copy of Ogham Book of Ballymore to Dumbledore then she got it back with its pages stuck together by melted [[TrademarkFavoriteFood lemon sherbets]]. Since then she refuses to borrow books to Dumbledore.
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** Once Minerva borrowed her precious copy of Ogham Book of Ballymore to Dumbledore then she got it back with its pages stuck together by melted [[TrademarkFavoriteFood lemon sherbets]]. Since then she refuses to borrow books to Dumbledore.
** Once Minerva borrowed her precious copy of Ogham Book of Ballymore to Dumbledore then she got it back with its pages stuck together by melted [[TrademarkFavoriteFood lemon sherbets]]. Since then she refuses to borrow books to Dumbledore.
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* OddFriendship: Hufflepuff Harry Potter, Slytherin Draco Malfoy, Ravenclaw Hermione Granger, and Gryffindor Neville Longbottom become a tight-knit foursome throughout the story.
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* OddFriendship: Hufflepuff Harry Potter, Slytherin Draco Malfoy, Ravenclaw Hermione Granger, and Gryffindor Neville Longbottom become a tight-knit foursome throughout the story. Cheerful Charity Burbage also strikes up a friendship with the recalcitrant Snape, [[spoiler:which later becomes romantic.]]
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* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Voldemort's spirit is trapped in the Mirror Of Erised, as a reflection of himself holding the Philosopher's Stone]].
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* TomeOfEldritchLore / WomensMysteries: The ''Mysteria Bonea Dea''[[note]]''Mysteries of the Good Goddess'' [[IHaveManyNames or]] ''Secrets of the Great Mother''[[/note]], a magical tome that is passed down to witches and cannot be touched by men without horrible pain. Lily had it in her possession when she died.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore / WomensMysteries: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Sirius Black, upon being cleared of his crimes and released from Azkaban, takes significantly longer to recover from the horrors he endured there, especially the effect the Dementors had on him. When Dumbledore first visits him, Sirius barely understands what is going on and stays huddled in a corner of his room, and he displays behavior such as hoarding food in his pockets for some time afterwards, after going without proper nourishment for so long.]]
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The ''Mysteria Bonea Dea''[[note]]''Mysteries of the Good Goddess'' [[IHaveManyNames or]] ''Secrets of the Great Mother''[[/note]], a magical tome that is passed down to witches and cannot be touched by men without horrible pain. Lily had it in her possession when she died.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The ''Mysteria Bonea Dea''[[note]]''Mysteries of the Good Goddess'' [[IHaveManyNames or]] ''Secrets of the Great Mother''[[/note]], a magical tome that is passed down to witches and cannot be touched by men without horrible pain. Lily had it in her possession when she died.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An In-Universe example, as Snape thinks of many theories regarding [[spoiler: Zacharias Smith's disappearance]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An In-Universe example, as Snape thinks of many theories regarding [[spoiler: Zacharias Smith's disappearance]].disappearance. Smith's vanishing is stated to have become a famous unsolved mystery in the wizarding world and the subject of several books.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Lucius and Narcissa, though they still retain their pureblood supremacy. And, shockingly enough, [[spoiler: Professor Quirrell]].
** The Malfoys do retain elements of PragmaticVillainy. As Snape notes early on, at the end of the day the Malfoys are on their side and no one else's. Narcissa especially states that she can bite her tongue and downplay her prejudices (and advises her son to do the same) so that they can get Harry on their side: a large asset to securing their power.
** The Malfoys do retain elements of PragmaticVillainy. As Snape notes early on, at the end of the day the Malfoys are on their side and no one else's. Narcissa especially states that she can bite her tongue and downplay her prejudices (and advises her son to do the same) so that they can get Harry on their side: a large asset to securing their power.
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** Lucius and Narcissa, though they still retain their pureblood supremacy.And, shockingly enough, [[spoiler: Professor Quirrell]].
** The Malfoys do retain elements of PragmaticVillainy.As Snape notes early on, at the end of the day [[WildCard the Malfoys are on their own side and no one else's.else's]]. Narcissa especially states that she can bite her tongue and downplay her prejudices (and advises her son to do the same) so that they can get Harry on their side: a large asset to securing their power.
** [[spoiler: Professor Quirrell]] of all people, who in this fic [[spoiler:absolutely ''hates'' being shackled to Voldemort and desperately wants to get out of the arrangement]].
** Lucius and Narcissa, though they still retain their pureblood supremacy.
** The Malfoys do retain elements of PragmaticVillainy.
** [[spoiler: Professor Quirrell]] of all people, who in this fic [[spoiler:absolutely ''hates'' being shackled to Voldemort and desperately wants to get out of the arrangement]].
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Unlike canon where Quirrel is a willing follower, here he hates Voldemort's possession and during the climax in the first story talks about what a living nightmare it is to forcibly share his mind with a Dark Lord]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Unlike canon where Quirrel Quirrell is a willing follower, here he hates Voldemort's possession and during the climax in the first story talks about what a living nightmare it is to forcibly share his mind with a Dark Lord]]Lord]].
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Pureblood wizards believe that certain remarkable individuals, called [[TheChosenOne Child of Destiny]] are above the rules of normal society because they've a destiny to fullfil.
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Pureblood wizards believe that certain remarkable individuals, called [[TheChosenOne Child of Destiny]] are above the rules of normal society because they've a destiny to fullfil.fulfill.
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