History Fanfic / ASadStory

* EvilGloating: Vernon's immortal line, "It's too late, my dear".

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: By the text itself, Uncle Vernon must have been holding Hedwig's cage with one of his hands after Harry gave it to him, and then pulled out the shotgun with the other and shot her inside the cage. This is thee same cage ''he's still holding with his hand'', while he is wielding a (presumably) heavy shotgun with the other without blowng his cage-holding hand off or missing and hitting Harry. He also manages to do all this in [[SuperSpeed less than a second]].

* HollywoodSilencer: Said shotgun has one. [[AluminumChristmasTrees There really are silencers for shotguns]], but they only reduce the sound to the point where one can be fired without damaging peoples' hearing; the sound of the gunshot is still very loud.

* CrazyPrepared: Uncle Vernon, with a huge number of spare padlocks. Not to mention a silenced one-handed shotgun.

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Poor [[spoiler:Hedwig]].

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: By the text itself, Uncle Vernon must have been holding Hedwig's cage with one of his hands after Harry gave it to him, and then pulled out the shotgun with the other and shot her inside the cage. The same cage ''he's still holding with his hand'', while he is wielding a (presumably) heavy shotgun with the other. Somehow, he didn't blow his cage-holding hand off or miss and hit Harry. Oh, and he does all this in [[SuperSpeed less than a second]].
* JustInTime: Subverted. [[spoiler:May not have been if the (five!) Weasleys didn't just stand there crying in shock.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: Harry and Maria, naturally.
-->He took her to the garden shed where he first laid eyes on her. Her face was bruised and bleeding, like the rest of her body. She was the most beautiful thing that Harry had ever seen.

* AbusiveParents: The entire premise depends on this.

* GRatedSex: There is no clear indication that Maria and Harry were having sex until the ending, when Maria [[spoiler: [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy reveals that she is pregnant]]]].

* {{Hammerspace}}: Where Uncle Vernon seems to keep his shotgun, and padlocks.

* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: The last line: "The chaos erupted and the world crashed around the two." What does this mean? We never find out.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler: Harry dies just after Maria reveals that she is pregnant.]] This is unintentionally hilarious in light of the author's username.
* SpoilerTitle: A fic called "a sad story" is hardly going to end with Harry and his girlfriend running off into the sunset, is it?
* StealthParody: Most likely.

-->''Harry was once again lying in a pool of blood, his own blood. Who would have thought that Harry would die this way?''

* AbusiveParents - The entire premise depends on this.

* BigBadDuumvirate - Uncle Vernon and Maria's father. Voldemort only gets [[DemotedToExtra one casual mention and doesn't appear at all]].
* BloodierAndGorier - Harry and Maria both wind up in a pool of their own blood on multiple occasions.
* CrazyPrepared - Uncle Vernon, with a huge number of spare padlocks. Not to mention a silenced one-handed shotgun.
* DownerEnding - Harry is [[spoiler:beaten to death by Uncle Vernon and falls "lifeless in his lovers arms"]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHer - Poor [[spoiler:Hedwig]].

* {{Flashback}} - To when Hedwig was killed and Uncle Vernon started beating Harry, only hours after he arrived back from school.
* GRatedSex - There is no clear indication that Maria and Harry were having sex until the ending, when Maria [[spoiler: [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy reveals that she is pregnant]]]].
* GrayRainOfDepression - Maria knew there was something wrong with Harry, and it immediately starts raining very hard as soon as she leaves her house to go to him. [[spoiler:And then he quickly dies, of course.]]
* {{Hammerspace}} - Where Uncle Vernon seems to keep his shotgun, and padlocks.
* HollywoodSilencer - Said shotgun has one. [[AluminumChristmasTrees There really are silencers for shotguns]], but they only reduce the sound to the point where one can be fired without damaging peoples' hearing; the sound of the gunshot is still very loud.
* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon - By the text itself, Uncle Vernon must have been holding Hedwig's cage with one of his hands after Harry gave it to him, and then pulled out the shotgun with the other and shot her inside the cage. The same cage ''he's still holding with his hand'', while he is wielding a (presumably) heavy shotgun with the other. Somehow, he didn't blow his cage-holding hand off or miss and hit Harry. Oh, and he does all this in [[SuperSpeed less than a second]].
* JustInTime - Subverted. [[spoiler:May not have been if the (five!) Weasleys didn't just stand there crying in shock.]]
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown - Uncle Vernon beats Harry for not responding to his calls, and orders him to respond when he speaks to him. When Harry does, he cuts him off in mid-sentence and kicks him again, and tells him that he didn't say that he could speak...''even though he just told him to do so''.
* LoveAtFirstSight - Harry and Maria, naturally.

* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords - The last line: "The chaos erupted and the world crashed around the two." What does this mean? We never find out.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy - [[spoiler: Harry dies just after Maria reveals that she is pregnant.]] This is unintentionally hilarious in light of the author's username.
* SpoilerTitle - A fic called "a sad story" is hardly going to end with Harry and his girlfriend running off into the sunset, is it?
* StealthParody - Most likely.

* TooDumbToLive - Harry doesn't even try to ''do anything'' about his (or his girlfriend's) abuse, even though (at least earlier on) he was free to go as he pleased and could have easily said something to someone. [[spoiler:He ultimately dies.]]

* SpoilerTitle - A fic called "a sad story" is hardly going to end with Harry and Mary Sue running off into the sunset, is it?

* SpoilerTitle - A fic called "a sad story" is hardly going to end with Harry and MarySue running off into the sunset, is it?

* HollywoodSilencer - Said shotgun has one.

Authored by "not-prgnant-thnk-GOD", ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2101998/1/a_sad_story A Sad Story]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' FanFic in which Harry is severely abused by Uncle Vernon and meets a girl in a similar situation. It is not clear exactly at what point in the timeline it takes place. (Probably post-''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' given the time it was written, but it's hard to tell.)

Authored by "not-prgnant-thnk-GOD", ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2101998/1/a_sad_story A Sad Story]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' FanFic in which Harry is severely abused by Uncle Vernon and meets a girl in a similar situation. It is not clear exactly at what point of time it takes place. (Probably post-''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' given the time it was written, but it's hard to tell.)

* BigBad - Uncle Vernon. Voldemort only gets [[DemotedToExtra one casual mention and doesn't appear at all]].

* ISuckAtSummaries: "i suk at summaries mainly about Harry being abused by Uncle Vernon."

* GRatedSex - There is no clear indication that Maria and Harry were having sex until the ending, when Maria [[spoiler: [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy reveals that she is pregnant]].

* CrazyPrepared - Uncle Vernon, with a huge number of spare padlocks.

* DeathByOriginStory - Poor [[spoiler:Hedwig]].

Authored by "not-prgnant-thnk-GOD", ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2101998/1/a_sad_story A Sad Story]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' FanFic in which Harry is severely abused by Uncle Vernon and meets a girl in a similar situation. It is not clear exactly at what point of time it takes place. (Probably post-''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' given the time it was written, but it's hard to tell.)

-->''Harry was once again lying in a pool of blood, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment his own blood]]. Who would have thought that Harry would die this way?''

Authored by "not-prgnant-thnk-GOD", ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2101998/1/a_sad_story A Sad Story]]'' is a ''HarryPotter'' FanFic in which Harry is severely abused by Uncle Vernon and meets a girl in a similar situation. It is not clear exactly at what point of time it takes place. (Probably post-''OrderOfThePhoenix'' given the time it was written, but it's hard to tell.)

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