History FanFic / DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness

* BiTheWay: Icarus Utterson, as revealed in his ''20 Random Facts...''

* BreatherEpisode:

* NationalStereotypes:

%% * NeverMessWithGranny: Augusta Dorsett Longbottom (Neville's ill-tempered grandmother) and Minerva [=McGonagall=]....
* {{Oireland}}:

* [[POVSequel POV Sequels]]: To ''Deathly Hallows'', presenting the events of the book from Neville's [[=POV=]].

* SecretDiary: ''A Peccatis'' starts with Neville and Harry receiving, and having to figure out the meaning of, isolated pages from Dumbledore's diary.

!!PLEASE NOTE: Thanfiction (also known as Victoria Bitter and Andy Blake) has a backstory that fans should be aware of before participating in any of the [=DAYDverse=] cons or fundraisers. [[http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3414-hobbits-gone-wrong.html The Tentmoot debacle in the Lord of the Rings fandom got him convicted of charity fraud]], and he has a reputation for manipulation and deceit. Fans of the [=DAYDverse=] should be cautious about opening communication with him.

** Colin, an out-and-out PopCulturedBadass who loves ''Film/StarWars'', plays ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and even says he's "living the fantasy." It also explains his hero-worship of Harry and general hyperactivity throughout canon.

PLEASE NOTE: Thanfiction (also known as Victoria Bitter and Andy Blake) has a backstory that fans should be aware of before participating in any of the [=DAYDverse=] cons or fundraisers. [[http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3414-hobbits-gone-wrong.html The Tentmoot debacle in the Lord of the Rings fandom got him convicted of charity fraud]], and he has a reputation for manipulation and deceit. Fans of the [=DAYDverse=] should be cautious about opening communication with him. As of December of 2017, Thanfiction's [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1550595/Deletedaccountnolongeractive account has been deactivated]].

* AltumVidetur: ''A Peccatis'', where all the chapter titles are in Latin.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dennis Creevey is one of the sweetest, nicest boys you could ask for... until the Death Eaters finally push him too far. "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome AVADA KEDAVRA YOU SON OF A BITCH!]]"
%% * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Colin and the younger students]] have one of these, [[RealityEnsues though it]] [[KilledOffForReal doesn't end well]].

* SecretDiary: ''A Peccatis'' starts with Neville and Harry receiving, and having to figure out the meaning of, isolated pages from Dumbledore's diary.


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* TheUnmasquedWorld: [[spoiler:The Masquerade is already seriously cracking in Ireland, where wizards are openly working for the militias. And this is the ultimate goal of Diabhal Dubh, who wants to take over Ireland by building up a united muggle and magical army]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4315906/1/Dumbledores_Army_and_the_Year_of_Darkness Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness]]'' began as a one-shot, 4,000-word Literature/HarryPotter fanfic story entitled ''Dumbledore's Army: Still Recruiting''. According to the author, he soon found himself "up to [his] pointed hat in the most out-of-control one-shot in the history of the wizarding world."

PLEASE NOTE: Thanfiction (also known as Victoria Bitter and Andy Blake) has a backstory that fans should be aware of before participating in any of the [=DAYDverse=] cons or fundraisers. [[http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3414-hobbits-gone-wrong.html The Tentmoot debacle in the Lord of the Rings fandom got him convicted of charity fraud]], and he has a reputation for manipulation and deceit. Fans of the [=DAYDverse=] should be cautious about opening communication with him.

%% * DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: If you speak British or Irish English, be prepared to hit stuff a lot. Thanfiction's ignorance about European languages is painfully obvious.

%% * [[POVSequel POV Sequels]]: To ''Deathly Hallows''.

%% * EvilTeacher: Oh, god. Snape and the Carrow siblings.

%% * {{Flanderisation}}: OK, Snape was always a dick, but he was never THIS much of a dick...

%% * BiTheWay: Icarus Utterson, as revealed in his ''20 Random Facts...''

%% * FunetikAksent: The Irish, in a ridiculously exaggerated way.

%% * DaChief: Harry Potter, as the head of the Auror Office.

%% * CelticMythology: It influences ''Sluagh'' '''enormously'''.

PLEASE NOTE: Thanfiction (also known as Victoria Bitter and Andy Blake) has a backstory that fans should be aware of before participating in any of the [=DAYDverse=] cons or fundraisers. The Tentmoot debacle in the Lord of the Rings fandom got him convicted of charity fraud, and he also has a reputation for manipulation. Fans of the [=DAYDverse=] should be cautious about opening communication with him.

The tale continues in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4384697/1/Sluagh Sluagh]]''.[[note]]Destructive, restless spirits of the dead in Irish mythology.[[/note]] It is now five years later, all the survivors have moved on to civilian life, each nursing his and her own trauma scars. Neville is senior Auror and Simon Wiesenthal-in-residence (so to speak) for the rebuilt Ministry of Magic, tasked with rounding up the remnants of Voldemort's henchmen. For his final assignment, he is dispatched to track down a mysterious serial/vigilante killer in Ireland and ends up fighting an even more sinister and brutal dark lord than Voldemort.

PLEASE NOTE: Thanfiction (also known as Victoria Bitter and Andy Blake) has a backstory that fans should be aware of before participating in any of the [=DAYDverse=] cons or fundraisers. The Tentmoot debacle in the Lord of the Rings fandom [[http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3414-hobbits_gone_wrong.html got him convicted of charity fraud]], and he also has a reputation for manipulation. Fans of the [=DAYDverse=] should be cautious about opening communication with him.

** The author does attempt to put a few comic episodes in between the doom and gloom. Like a FishOutOfWater scene where Neville and co. attempt (with more success than most wizards) to navigate the byzantine mazes that is British Rail and Marks & Spencer to get to a wedding. And a similar episode in 'Sluagh'' where Neville and Utterson try to pump a ''muggle'' cultural anthropologist for information on magical sites in Ireland.

* ResetButton:[[spoiler:Battle of Druim Cett, every good wizard character that died comes back to life due to the intervention of the Celtic Gods(considering Rowling's canonical epilogue is set in 2017 and ''Sluagh'' is set in 2003, there is really not much of a choice for the author)]].

The concluding novel of the trilogy, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4914208/1/A_Peccatis A Peccatis]]'',[[note]]Translated as "Without Redemption" by the author, though it actually means "From Sins", as in the Catholic formula: "I absolve you ''from'' [your] ''sins'' in the name of..." ("''ego te absolvo '''a peccatis''' tuis in nomine Patris et filii et spiritus sancti''"). ArtisticLicense comes into play because "Sine Absolutione" (the correct Latin phrase) lacks the religious connotations, and both it and "From Sins" are terrible titles.[[/note]] picks up in 2008. Strapped for money (the recession rippled into the wizarding world too), Neville is finally talked into joining the Wizarding legislature just as a vote on officially breaking the masquerade is pending. All the while, Dumbledore's darkest secrets are coming to light. Posting of chapters recently (Jan 2012) restarted after a three year hiatus, on an extremely sporadic schedule.

* {{MST}}: The fic [[http://nevssporking.tumblr.com/post/121244839526/dumbledores-army-and-the-year-of-darkness-chapter has]] [[http://uke-nagashi.livejournal.com/28565.html received]] [[http://freya-sacksen.livejournal.com/107932.html several]] [[http://www.projectafterforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4775 sporkings]].

* {{MST}}: The fic [http://nevssporking.tumblr.com/post/121244839526/dumbledores-army-and-the-year-of-darkness-chapter has]] [[http://uke-nagashi.livejournal.com/28565.html received]] [[http://freya-sacksen.livejournal.com/107932.html several]] [[http://www.projectafterforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4775 sporkings]].

* {{MST}}: The fic [[http://www.journalfen.net/tools/memories.bml?user=nevermore&keyword=DAYD+Sporking&filter=all has]] [[http://uke-nagashi.livejournal.com/28565.html received]] [[http://freya-sacksen.livejournal.com/107932.html several]] [[http://www.projectafterforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4775 sporkings]].

* ReadingYourRights: Aurors are saddled with a wonderfully [[WallOfText verbose]] version of the [[YouDoNotHAveToSayAnything British police caution]] in order to plug in the extra legal loopholes that being magical might present. Legal buffs might care to notice that in the Wizarding version, the right to remain silent (which is front and center in the Caution and Miranda) is the ''second-to-last'' thing mentioned. Also please note that unlike the caution, this one is to be recited upon arrest (or when the suspect wakes up from all the stunning spells), not interrogation. For those of you who want to see it:

%% * TheDogWasTheMastermind. [[spoiler:An outline posted by the author "in case" he never got around to finishing it explained that the Nevermore was Elphias Doge, out to preserve the "purity" of Dumbledore's reputation. Aberforth was the one sending the diary pages, trying to expose the AwfulTruth. There were hints that the mayhem would be dialed up ''past'' Eleven and that it would end with the Masquerade completely broken. Of course we'll probably never know now.]]
%% * FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aberforth Dumbledore, who has been sending the diary segments but is not the "Nevermore". And he may not be the only one faking it....]]

%% * SerialKiller: The "Nevermore".
%% * SickbedSlaying: Several so far, most classically [[spoiler: Aberforth]].
%% * TakeThatCritics: [[SarcasmMode Coincidentally]], "Nevermore" is also the handle of a blogger who did an MST of the original DAYD fic.
%% * YankTheDogsChain: ''A Peccatis''. [[spoiler: Someone is going AxCrazy on the Order of the Phoenix, and Neville, Harry AND Ron all lose people who are extremely important to them.]] It's especially blatant when [[spoiler: Neville's parents are killed off immediately after a breakthrough in communicating with his mother.]] And [[spoiler: Hermione is accused of being the serial killer.]]

* TakeThatCritics: [[SarcasmMode Coincidentally]], "Nevermore" is also the handle of a blogger who did an MST of the original DAYD fic.
* YankTheDogsChain: ''A Peccatis''. [[spoiler: Someone is going AxCrazy on the Order of the Phoenix, and Neville, Harry AND Ron all lose people who are extremely important to them.]] It's especially blatant when [[spoiler: Neville's parents are killed off immediately after a breakthrough in communicating with his mother.]] And [[spoiler: Hermione is accused of being the serial killer.]]

%% * TakeThatCritics: [[SarcasmMode Coincidentally]], "Nevermore" is also the handle of a blogger who did an MST of the original DAYD fic.
%% * YankTheDogsChain: ''A Peccatis''. [[spoiler: Someone is going AxCrazy on the Order of the Phoenix, and Neville, Harry AND Ron all lose people who are extremely important to them.]] It's especially blatant when [[spoiler: Neville's parents are killed off immediately after a breakthrough in communicating with his mother.]] And [[spoiler: Hermione is accused of being the serial killer.]]

** Colin, an out-and-out PopCulturedBadass who loves StarWars, plays DungeonsAndDragons, and even says he's "living the fantasy." It also explains his hero-worship of Harry and general hyperactivity throughout canon.

* AdaptationExpansion: Of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''. Pretty much the whole point.
* AlternateUniverse: Implicit in the first novel, increasingly explicit in the second, and right up the reader's nose in the third.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign / HoldYourHippogriffs: The author (in imitation of Rowling) has an occasional tendency to make up "wizarding" idioms, like "witches' instinct" for "women's intuition" .
* BabiesEverAfter: A recurring theme in Neville and Hannah's relationship.
* [[BadassBookworm Badass Bookworms]]: Terry Boot and Michael Corner. For that matter, all of the [[MinoredInAsskicking D.A. Ravenclaws]]. Also Icarus Utterson, who worked as TheSmartGuy for Seamus' group in ''Sluagh'', and Anthony Goldstein in ''A Peccatis''.

* BloodierAndGorier: This fic series has a LOT of very explicitly described violence, rape, gore, and torture. It's based on Literature/HarryPotter, a ''Young Adult series''.
* BreatherEpisode: The author does attempt to put a few comic episodes in between the doom and gloom. Like a FishOutOfWater scene where Neville and co. attempt (with more success than most wizards) to navigate the byzantine mazes that is British Rail and Marks & Spencer to get to a wedding. And a similar episode in the sequel where Neville and Utterson try to pump a ''muggle'' cultural anthropologist for information on magical sites in Ireland.

** So far every such episode in ''A Peccatis'' has ended in tears, bodybags or both.

* CannonFodder: But since every dead character is a person with a name and a backstory, this trope is used to a heartbreakingly sad effect.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Neville, you ARE this trope.

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: If you speak British or Irish English, be prepared to hit stuff a lot. Thanfiction's ignorance about European languages is painfully obvious.
* DoorStopper: Longer than ''Order of the Phoenix'' by quite a bit. The 'verse taken together is already longer than the entire SERIES.
* FanVerse: This POVSequel has spawned POV Sequels of its own.
* FireForgedFriends: The D.A. through all three stories so far, although cracks have shown up from time to time.
* {{Gorn}}: Doesn't even begin to describe the [[WarIsHell Battle of Hogwarts]]. Gory descriptions include [[spoiler: a girl being slashed to bloody shreds by a curse, Lavender having her throat torn and mangled, a giant crushing a student like jelly, and Michael's head smashed open so his exposed brain gleams white]].

* KillEmAll: The Battle of Hogwarts put up a valiant attempt to carry out this trope on the protagonists, while the Battle of Druim Cett in ''Sluagh'' [[spoiler:actually managed it (temporarily)]]. ''A Peccatis'' seems to be doing this to the previous generation.
* NationalStereotypes: Seamus and the other Irish characters pretty much cover ''all'' of the major Irish stereotypes, and by ''Sluagh'', Thanfiction starts to resurrect some of the [[StockCharacters stock Irish characters]] from the Victorian era.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Augusta Dorsett Longbottom (Neville's ill-tempered grandmother) and Minerva [=McGonagall=]....
* {{Oireland}}: This fic's version of Seamus Finnegan reeks of this trope. JK Rowling has said that naming the character "Seamus Finnegan" was pushing it a bit, but Thanfiction takes the Irish stereotype UpToEleven:
-->"Tell you what. You say one word, and I'll make it worth your while. I've smuggled in a bit of the real good stuff – Muggle-made Irish pure – and I'll slip you a tot. Or if you'd rather, I'll work my charms and score you a kiss from that lovely Miss [=MacDonald=] you've been castin' eyes at all year. What say you?" (''DAYD'', Chapter 11)
* [[POVSequel POV Sequels]]: To ''Deathly Hallows''.
* PurpleProse: Goes into this on occasion.
* SelfFanservice: In the books, both Neville and Hannah are a bit pudgy. In DAYD, Hannah's hotness was concealed by the school robes, which made her - but none of the other girls - look fat, and Neville replaces all of his fat with muscle, helped by him being [[TorturePorn starved for weeks as part of a punishment]].
* [[TearJerker/FanFiction Tear Jerkers]]: Of epic magnitude...
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Lampshaded, the students of Hogwarts survived a year of genocidal torture and war, and all they have at the end are each other for comfort. The only thing the wizarding world at large tossed them is a bunch of nosy reporters. Everyone ended up learning to deal with his or her PTSD themselves. Some retreated into domesticity, some became lawmen, one became a [[spoiler:vigilante serial killer]], another [[spoiler: became a drug addict]], and everyone had nightmares.

** '''Everybody''' Takes A Level in Jerkass at some point (or points) in the original books. It's just that this fanfic dials it UpToEleven.
* TrueCompanions: The D.A. turns into one of these.

* AscendedFanboy: Colin, an out-and-out PopCulturedBadass who loves StarWars, plays DungeonsAndDragons, and even says he's "living the fantasy." It also explains his hero-worship of Harry and general hyperactivity throughout canon.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Colin and the younger students]] have one of these, [[RealityEnsues though it]] [[KilledOffForReal doesn't end well]].
* BrokenPedestal: Harry is... confusing, when viewed through Neville's eyes. While Neville and the D.A. had spent the whole year planning, drilling, accepting the likelihood of their wholesale slaughter against the Death Eaters, they've also been relying on each other for friendship, love and support. Harry, on the other hand, has experienced isolation, panic and dread with barely any respite, so when he finally stumbles back into Hogwarts, he has all the disconnect and [=PTSD=] you'd expect. But from the D.A.'s perspective, Harry has none of the spark of revolution or excitement they'd expected.
** It's strongly implied that Neville's summoning of the entire D.A. and allies from the wizarding world for the final battle is less a function of his gee-whiz enthusiasm (as presented in the official canon) and more a tactic to keep the D.A. from imploding out of disappointment.

* TheCasanova: Jack Sloper.
** And apparently, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Colin Creevey]] of all people.

* ChildSoldiers: Used in an almost insulting way. See the trope page for details.

* {{Deconstruction}}: What would the events of DH look like if you think about them [[RealityEnsues in the context of our world?]] (torture in school, child soldiers, etc.)

* DisproportionateRetribution: When [[spoiler:Renny, a young Slytherin]], gets caught with a copy of the Quibbler in his bag, he [[spoiler:gets his arms broken by Crabbe and Goyle for being a "blood traitor." Then his dad pulls him out of the school. Then Voldemort murders him along with his whole family. Renny]]'s story was one of the greatest TearJerker moments in the fic.
** The Death Eaters respond to the the students rebelling by inviting Hans Belsen (a cross between Mengele and Tomás de Torquemada) to make an example out of a few students.

* EvilTeacher: Oh, god. Snape and the Carrow siblings.
* FakeOutMakeOut: An extremely touching example in the short story ''The Perils of Studying Outdoors''.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Neville
** TheLancer: Seamus/Ginny
** TheSmartGuy: Justin
** TheBigGuy: Ernie
** TheChick: Susan
* {{Flanderisation}}: OK, Snape was always a dick, but he was never THIS much of a dick...
* GlamourFailure: At the worst possible moment, leading to Neville and Hannah being dragged before a KangarooCourt then sentenced to death by beheading.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Terry Boot and Michael Corner, since there are more fics written about their relationship by both the original author and others it's almost gotten to the point of IfItsYouItsOkay with the two of them.
* HeroicBSOD and HeroicRROD: Neville goes through both of these when [[spoiler: one of the D.A. is killed by the Death Eaters, and Neville's subsequent removal from command of the D.A. in his pursuit to make sure that it never happens again]].

* LaResistance: Dumbledore's Army.

* LesCollaborateurs: Sometimes, but not always, Slytherin House. Most of them hate the Carrows.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: The Carrows.
* MaleGaze: Just about ALL the time.
* MenActWomenAre: Totally.
* MustNotDieAVirgin: It was noted that both times when Voldemort was in power, nearly half of the Hogwarts graduates got married as soon as they left the school (indeed, some got married before).

* PsychicLink: Terry Boot and Michael Corner have one of these. It's expanded on in their short stories, though by the final battle the DA is aware of it.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Lavender's rape by Crabbe and Goyle]] is primarily used as a KickTheDog moment to further motivate Neville and company. [[spoiler:Lavender]] has very little agency in the RoaringRampageOfRevenge that follows. The reader is left with the feeling that it wasn't as much about the rape victim's feelings, as much as Neville's male honor being sullied. The revenge squad consists only of men, and after their vengeance is over, the rape is barely mentioned at all.
** Addressed in a later fic, from Lavender's POV - "Underpinnings."
* RealPersonCameo: Natalie [=McDonald=], a real girl that Rowling cameo'd in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''. So, basically, she is here as a cameo of a cameo. It's worth noting that she's basically there to die during the final battle... while her namesake died of cancer in real life before ''Goblet'' came out.

* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler: Neville]] to [[spoiler: Draco]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Malcolm Braddock, Renny's Slytherin friend; his only reason for joining Neville was that he is a student of history and understands that Voldemort can't win in the long run.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Neville, and all the kids in the DA by the end of the book.]]
* TortureTechnician: The Carrows regularly try new torture methods on rebellious students.

* {{Understatement}}: "Nah, [the Carrows] make Umbridge look tame."
** Specifically, it's a line from the original Literature/HarryPotter books which, since this fic is a BloodierAndGorier version turned UpToEleven...
* WarIsHell: The main message of the story.
* WartimeWedding: Susan and Ernie. It's also part of Professor [=McGonagall=]'s backstory ([=DAYDverse=] only).

* TheAlcoholic: Seamus, due to untreated PTSD.

* BiTheWay: Icarus Utterson, as revealed in his ''20 Random Facts...''
* CelticMythology: It influences ''Sluagh'' '''enormously'''.

* FunetikAksent: The Irish, in a ridiculously exaggerated way.

* [[spoiler:HumanSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:With Ron and Hermione as the victims.]]
* [[spoiler:HumanoidAbomination]]: [[spoiler:The Diabhal Dubh, who is FAR worse than Voldemort could ever possibly be.]]
* MindScrew: ''Sluagh''.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kennedy]].

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Utterson]], the nicest member of Seamus' group of [[spoiler:vigilante killers]].
* SequelHook: Epilogue of ''Sluagh''. [[spoiler:It leads directly into the opening chapter of ''A Peccatis.'']]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Absolutely ''everyone'', as noted in ''Slaugh''; some had it worse than others.
* UsefulNotes/TheTroubles: hangs rather heavily on the backstory.

* DaChief: Harry Potter, as the head of the Auror Office.
* DeadFic: Has not been updated in over two years, and the author has moved on through at least two or three more fandoms.
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead]]: [[spoiler: Aberforth Dumbledore, who has been sending the diary segments but is not the "Nevermore". And he may not be the only one faking it....]]

* NeverOneMurder: The body count is starting to get ridiculous (again).
* ReadingYourRights: Aurors are saddled with a wonderfully [[WallOfText verbose]] version of the [[YouDoNotHAveToSayAnything British police caution]] in order to plug in the extra legal loopholes that being magical might present. Legal buffs might care to notice that in the Wizarding version, the right to remain silent (which is front and center in the Caution and Miranda) is the ''second-to-last'' thing mentioned. Also please note that unlike the caution, this one is to be recited upon arrest (or when the suspect wakes up from all the stunning spells), not interrogation.
** For those of you who want to see it:

* SerialKiller: The "Nevermore".
* SickbedSlaying: Several so far, most classically [[spoiler: Aberforth]].
* YankTheDogsChain: ''A Peccatis''. [[spoiler: Someone is going AxCrazy on the Order of the Phoenix, and Neville, Harry AND Ron all lose people who are extremely important to them.]] It's especially blatant when [[spoiler: Neville's parents are killed off immediately after a breakthrough in communicating with his mother.]] And [[spoiler: Hermione is accused of being the serial killer.]]
** [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind. An outline posted by the author "in case" he never got around to finishing it explained that the Nevermore was Elphias Doge, out to preserve the "purity" of Dumbledore's reputation. Aberforth was the one sending the diary pages, trying to expose the AwfulTruth. There were hints that the mayhem would be dialed up ''past'' Eleven and that it would end with the Masquerade completely broken. Of course we'll probably never know now.]]