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* CallingOutTheOldMan: Draco To Lucius in the fifth book, rather spectacularly.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent

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* OurVampiresAreDifferentNoodleIncident: Rufus Scrimgeour had one that involved involved a powerful illusionist, two cats, and green goo which is now the reason why the healers at St. Mungo's will only treat him for purely physical wounds.
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* BackToBackBadasses: [[battleCouple Lucius and Narcissa]], at one point.

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* BackToBackBadasses: [[battleCouple [[BattleCouple Lucius and Narcissa]], at one point.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent - [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]. Lily doesn't exactly believe Harry himself is evil, just his magic [[spoiler: which comes from Voldemort]]. Still, she never gave her son the choice to be good or evil.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent - [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]. Lily doesn't exactly believe Harry himself is evil, just his magic [[spoiler: which comes from Voldemort]]. Still, she never gave her son the choice to be good or evil. evil.
* CloudCuckoolander: Thomas Rhangara, one of Harry's allies and a philospoher who declared Dark because he thought it made more sense than Light magic, and Honoria Pemberly, another of Harry's allies/



** [[CloudCuckooLander]] Honoria is a gull animagus.

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** [[CloudCuckooLander]] Honoria [[CloudCuckooLander Honoria]] is a gull animagus.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation - everyone gets one

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation - AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Just about everyone gets oneone.



* AxeCrazy - Evan Rosier, to the point where he's considered crazy even by other Death Eaters.
* BackToBackBadasses - Lucius and Narcissa, at one point.
* BadassBookworm - Hermione
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Harry, full stop.

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* AxeCrazy - AxeCrazy: [[CrazyAwesome Evan Rosier, Rosier]], to the point where he's considered crazy even by other Death Eaters.
** Bellatrix Lestrange, in a more classical iinterpretation of the trope.
* BackToBackBadasses - BackToBackBadasses: [[battleCouple Lucius and Narcissa, Narcissa]], at one point.
* BadassBookworm - Hermione
BadassBookworm: Hermione, of course, and also [[CloudCuckoolander Thomas Rhangara]], one of Harry's Allies.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
BattleCouple: Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy as mentioned above, are a prominent example. There are apparently pureblood dances that are literal dances designed for [[BattleCouple battle couples]].
** Harry and Draco are another.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Used frequently.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
Harry, full stop.



** One of the defining traits of the ''Puellaris'' witches, who's greatest goal in life is to keep their husband and children safe. They are trained to be quiet, and submissive- in public. [[BeserkButton Threaten her children]], and she literally becomes a lioness and bites off your head.



* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Evan Rosier is a walking CMOA; highlights include him taunting Fenrir Greyback (of all people!) with a ''chew toy'', and cursing Bellatrix Lestrange (who's supposed to be on his side) out of boredom.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Evan Rosier is a walking CMOA; highlights include him taunting Fenrir Greyback (of all people!) with a ''chew toy'', and cursing Bellatrix Lestrange (who's supposed to be on his side) out of boredom.boredom.
** Nearly everyone gets at least one.



** LightIsNotGood - Dumbledore and Falco Parkinson both exemplify this as wizards devoted to the Light...who nevertheless use questionable means to accomplish their ends

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** LightIsNotGood - Dumbledore and Falco Parkinson both exemplify this as wizards devoted to the Light...who nevertheless use questionable means to accomplish their endsends.



** Laura Gloryflower is a ''Puellaris'' who's husband died. In order to continue living -as the trade off for ''Puellaris'' witches' power in the home spehere is that they give up all hope understanding of understanding things outside the home- [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome she convinced herself to treat all the people of the world as her children. She is now head of her family, an old, powerful Light pureblood line.]]
** Narcissa Malfoy would move mountains for Draco.



* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Dumbledore]] creeps closer and closer to crossing it as time passes, until [[spoiler: he casts ''Capto Horrifer,'' a spell that forces people to relive their worst memory and change it into worse and worse visions so that they aren't even allowed the assurance that they survived it once.]]



* ParentalBetrayal - [[spoiler: Lily in the third book]]

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* ParentalBetrayal - [[spoiler: Lily in the third book]]book.]]



* WellIntentionedExtremist - Dumbledore, Lily, Falco Parkinson

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** [[CloudCuckooLander]] Honoria is a gull animagus.
* WellIntentionedExtremist - WellIntentionedExtremist: Dumbledore, Lily, Falco Parkinson Parkinson.



* WillingChanneler - the Smiths can be this for their ancestors.

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* WillingChanneler - the Smiths can be this for their ancestors.ancestors.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The very definition of the ''Puellaris'' witches.
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* WillingChan

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* WillingChanWillingChanneler - the Smiths can be this for their ancestors.

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* CreepyTwins - Sylvan and Oaken Yaxley, to the point where only one of them can exist at a time; the other one stays in an alternate dimension. They can swap in and out of reality. They manage this by taking the blood of unwilling sacrifices.

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* CreepyTwins - Sylvan and Oaken Yaxley, to the point where only one of them can exist at a time; the other one stays in an alternate dimension. They can swap in and out of reality. They manage this by taking the blood of unwilling sacrifices.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Evan Rosier is a walking CMOA; highlights include him taunting Fenrir Greyback (of all people!) with a ''chew toy'', and cursing Bellatrix Lestrange (who's supposed to be on his side) out of boredom.



* Pyrrhic Victory - [[spoiler: although Harry survives, many people he loves, such as Regulus, Narcissa and ''Connor'', do not make it.]]

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* Pyrrhic Victory PyrrhicVictory - [[spoiler: although Harry survives, many people he loves, such as Regulus, Narcissa and ''Connor'', do not make it.]]



* WillingChanneler - The Smiths can be this for their ancestors.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears - Harry, almost ridiculously so.
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* WillingChanneler - The Smiths can be this for their ancestors.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse - Evan Rosier began as a normal Death Eater, but played a pivotal role in [[spoiler: destroying the cup Horcrux]] in the seventh book



* TheScrappy - chances are you'll hate Indigena Yaxley by the end of the series.



* TearJerker - YourMileageMayVary, but some of the deaths count as this. [[spoiler: Regulus Black's]], for example.
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* Pyrrhic Victory - [[spoiler: although Harry survives, many people he loves, such as Regulus, Narcissa and ''Connor'', do not make it.]]
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* MoodWhiplash - Chapter 66 of book 7 [[spoiler: begins with Regulus's funeral, goes through some dramatic moments, and ends with a passionate interlude between Harry and Draco.]]

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* MoodWhiplash - Chapter 66 of book 7 [[spoiler: begins with Regulus's funeral, goes through some dramatic moments, and ends with a passionate interlude between Harry and Draco.]]]] True, it doesn't go from tragedy to comedy, but the latter half of the chapter lacks the gravitas of the first half.
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* BackToBackBadasses - Lucius and Narcissa, at one point.
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* MoodWhiplash - Chapter 66 of book 7 [[spoiler: begins with Regulus's funeral, goes through some dramatic moments, and ends with a passionate interlude between Harry and Draco.]]
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* AltumVidetur - the Apollonis family teaches their children to speak Latin from an early age.

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* AltumVidetur - the Apollonis family teaches their children to speak Latin from an early age. Additionally, [[spoiler: at Connor's funeral, Harry says "Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale," which translates to "And now forever, brother, hail and farewell."]]
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting - multiple Animagi. As well as the ones mentioned in canon, [[spoiler: Harry can turn into a lynx, Draco can turn into a white fox, and Connor can turn into a boar.]]

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* SlashFic - the main pairing (in later books) is Draco/Harry

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* SlashFic - the main pairing (in later books) is Draco/HarryDraco/Harry.
* TagTeamTwins - the Yaxley brothers swap in and out of this reality.


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* ThemeTwinNaming - Oaken and Sylvan Yaxley.


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* WiseBeyondTheirYears - Harry, almost ridiculously so.

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* AltumVidetur - a number of pureblood families have Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).

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* AltumVidetur - a number of pureblood families have the Apollonis family teaches their children to speak Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).from an early age.


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* PretentiousLatinMotto - a number of pureblood families have Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).

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->''""To keep Connor safe. To always protect him. To insure that he lives as untroubled a life as he can, until he has to face Lord Voldemort again. To be his brother and his friend and his guardian. To love him. To never compete with him, never show him up, and never let anyone else know that I'm so close to him. To be ordinary, so that he can be extraordinary.""''

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->''""To ->''"To keep Connor safe. To always protect him. To insure that he lives as untroubled a life as he can, until he has to face Lord Voldemort again. To be his brother and his friend and his guardian. To love him. To never compete with him, never show him up, and never let anyone else know that I'm so close to him. To be ordinary, so that he can be extraordinary.""''"''


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* DyingMomentOfAwesome - [[spoiler: anyone who dies to destroy a Horcrux. Especially Connor, oh so much.]]
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->''""To keep Connor safe. To always protect him. To insure that he lives as untroubled a life as he can, until he has to face Lord Voldemort again. To be his brother and his friend and his guardian. To love him. To never compete with him, never show him up, and never let anyone else know that I'm so close to him. To be ordinary, so that he can be extraordinary.""''
-->--'''Harry Potter's''' vows in regards to his brother, '''Connor Potter'''
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* CreepyTwins - Sylvan and Oaken Yaxley, to the point where only one of them can exist at a time; the other one stays in an alternate dimension. They can swap in and out of reality. They manage this by taking the blood of unwilling sacrifices.

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* AltumVidetur - a number of pureblood families have Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).



* CanisLatinicus - a number of pureblood families have Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).
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* CanisLatinicus - a number of pureblood families have Latin mottos. These include the Bulstrodes (''Duramus'' - we endure), and the Yaxleys (''Vita desinit, decus permanit'' - life is fleeting, glory remains).
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* EnsembleDarkhorse - Evan Rosier began as a normal Death Eater, but played a pivotal role in [[spoiler: destroying the fourth Horcrux]] in the seventh book

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* EnsembleDarkhorse - Evan Rosier began as a normal Death Eater, but played a pivotal role in [[spoiler: destroying the fourth cup Horcrux]] in the seventh book
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* AerithAndBob - besides canon examples, there are original characters who embody this trope. Contrast Connor, Owen and Marian with names such as Honoria, Medusa, and Ignifer.


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** [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily Dark Is Not One Big Happy Family]] - there are Dark purebloods on Harry's side as well as Voldemort's.


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* RelationshipReveal - pulled in-universe, when Harry reveals to a crowd of people that [[spoiler: he and Draco are going through a joining ritual]]. (Of course, the reader and Harry's allies already know this.)


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* ShipperOnDeck - quite a few characters ship Draco/Harry before anything actually happens between them.


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* WhamEpisode - the "Triple-Edged Blade" chapters at the end of ''A Song In Time Of Revolution'' radically change the story's landscape.
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* TheScrappy - chances are you'll hate Indigena Yaxley by the end of the series.
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* TearJerker - YourMileageMayVary, but some of the deaths count as this. [[spoiler: Regulus Black's]], for example.

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A HarryPotter AlternateUniverse in which Harry's not only a Slytherin, but also a twin. That brother, Connor, wears the mantle of the Boy Who Lives, while Harry acts as his protector and guardian. The series is complete, featuring seven parts, each roughly paralleling the canon. It's notable for its story, a series twists and turns, and AlternateCharacterInterpretation. The author's page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/895946/Lightning_on_the_Wave here.]]

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A ''Arc of Sacrifices'', also known as ''Sacrifices Arc'', is a HarryPotter AlternateUniverse in which Harry's not only a Slytherin, but also a twin. That brother, Connor, wears the mantle of the Boy Who Lives, while Harry acts as his protector and guardian. The series is complete, featuring seven parts, each roughly paralleling the canon. It's notable for its story, a series twists and turns, and AlternateCharacterInterpretation. The author's page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/895946/Lightning_on_the_Wave here.]]
The parts are, in order:
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2580283/1/Saving_Connor Saving Connor]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2612486/1/No_Mouth_But_Some_Serpents No Mouth But Some Serpent's]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2655016/1/Comes_Out_of_Darkness_Morn Comes Out Of Darkness Morn]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2721625/1/Freedom_And_Not_Peace Freedom And Not Peace]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2836413/1/Wind_That_Shakes_the_Seas_and_Stars Wind That Shakes The Seas and Stars]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3014337/1/A_Song_In_Time_of_Revolution A Song In Time Of Revolution]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3189131/1/I_Am_Also_Thy_Brother I Am Also Thy Brother]]



* AnyoneCanDie

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* AnyoneCanDieAnyoneCanDie - becomes more pronounced as the series continues.
* AscendedExtra - a couple of notable examples are Evan Rosier and [[spoiler: Regulus Black]], who aren't even alive during canon but both play important roles. Others include Millicent Bulstrode, Pansy Parkinson, and their families.



* EnsembleDarkhorse - Evan Rosier began as a normal Death Eater, but played a pivotal role in [[spoiler: destroying the fourth Horcrux]] in the seventh book



* FaceHeelTurn - [[spoiler: Michael Rosier-Henlin]], fatally.



* HeroicSacrifice - arguably one of the main tropes in the series, both played straight and subverted on several occasions
* HonorBeforeReason - several characters throughout the series

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* HeroicSacrifice - arguably one of the main tropes in the series, both played straight and subverted on several occasions
occasions. Additionally, the entire seventh book is built on this trope.
* HonorBeforeReason - several characters throughout the seriesseries, usually a Yaxley.


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* SacrificialLion - [[spoiler: Sylarana]], at the end of the second book, which is the first truly important death.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters - Dumbledore
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* InfantImmortality - Brutally averted.

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* BadassBookworm - Hermione
* BewareTheNiceOnes - Harry, full stop.

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* AnyoneCanDie
* AxeCrazy - Evan Rosier, to the point where he's considered crazy even by other Death Eaters.
* BadassBookworm - Hermione
Hermione
* BewareTheNiceOnes - BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
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Harry, full stop. stop.
** Helga Hufflepuff made the stones of Hogwarts eat alive [[BerserkButton some people who were attacking students]].


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* GreenThumb - [[PlantPerson Indigena Yaxley]] is very good at this and to a lesser extent, Hawthorne Parkinson.
* HalfHumanHybrid - Acies (though through magical means), Jacinth, and [[spoiler: Augusta Longbottom]].


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* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]] - In a flashback, Evan Rosier is seen eating a child's heel.


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* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent


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* ThemeNaming - Some pureblood families and werewolf packs have this. The Parkinsons and Loki's werewolf pack have FloralThemeNaming, while the Yaxleys have RockThemeNaming.


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* WildMagic - Confined magic can develop a personality, and the Light and the Dark are both sentient.
* WillingChanneler - The Smiths can be this for their ancestors.
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* CharacterDevelopment - Several characters, most prominently Draco, Connor and Harry.


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* HeelFaceTurn - Several former Death Eaters.


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* MamaBear - ''Puellaris'' witches will turn into lionesses to defend their children.

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