History Fanfic / LikeARedHeadedStepchild

The brainchild of an ImageMacro that circulated the Website/{{Reddit}} Literature/HarryPotter Fanfiction board, the story posses the very important question of what would happen if Harry was born with red hair instead of black? The answer? HilarityEnsues. Quite a few reddit memes and suggestions have made their way into the story, from the basilisk speaking in snek tongue to [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} someone realizing he's surrounded by Weasleys]]. The story toes the line between humor and an out and out CrackFic, though a strong narrative of family being important and Harry overcoming challenges through the aid of the Weasley clan.

* MistakenIdentity: Thanks to the fact that Harry and Ron look rather similar from a distance, [=McGonagall=] believes that it was Ron, not Harry, who caught Neville's Remembrall and makes Ron the youngest Seeker in a century. Harry finds the entire situation hilarious, especially since he and Ron swap places on the team several times with the majority of the school none the wiser.

* ActionGirl: Every girl who gets drawn into the Weasley clan ends up being a part of their BadassFamily, especially Hermione who ends being much more adventurous and willing to bend the rules than in canon. In fact, due to some rather poor journalistic practices and a series of unlikely events, it's looking as though [[spoiler: Voldemort has decided that Hermione is his real archnemesis instead of Harry, which of course only forces Hermione into more and more heroic situations.]]

* CargoShip: InUniverse; Fred is pretty sure that Olliver wants to marry the Quidditch Cup and projects this desire onto whatever team mate manages to win the game. Olliver admits that he ''does'', but was told it "wasn't strictly legal".

[[caption-width-right:350:BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor there, Draco]]

The brainchild of an image macro that circulated the Reddit Literature/HarryPotter Fanfiction board, the story posses the very important question of what would happen if Harry was born with red hair instead of black? The answer? HilarityEnsues. Quite a few reddit memes and suggestions have made their way into the story, from the basilisk speaking in snek tongue to [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} someone realizing he's surrounded by Weasleys]]. The story toes the line between humor and an out and out CrackFic, though a strong narrative of family being important and Harry overcoming challenges through the aid of the Weasley clan.

* RealityEnsues: Hermione isn't allowed to take every elective available as the sheer amount of work would quite possibly kill her. Also, it seems time travel magic doesn't exist.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12382425/1/Like-a-Red-Headed-Stepchild Like a Red Headed Stepchild]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Fanfiction by mugglesftw.

The brainchild of an image macro that circulated the Reddit Literature/HarryPotter Fanfiction board, the story posses the very important question of what would happen if Harry was born with red hair instead of black? The answer? HilarityEnsues. Quite a few reddit memes and suggestions have made their way into the story, from the basilisk speaking in snek tongue to [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} someone realizing he's surrounded by Weasleys]]. The story toes the line between humor and an out and out CrackFic, though a strong narrative of family being important and Harry overcoming challenges through the aide of the Weasley Clan.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Lockhart by way of MindRape becomes the skilled HunterOfMonsters he's always claimed to be]].

* Mooning: Sirius does it to the Dementors that try to attack the Weasleys and Penelope during a Quidditch match.

* ThePasswordIsSwordfish: "Swordfish" is the first thing Sirius guesses as the password to get past the Fat Lady, followed by "Horsefeathers", "Password", "Slytherin sucks" and "Snivellus drools".

* BecomingTheMask: Discussed for laughs after [[spoiler:Sirius]], acting as Voldemort's spy for Dumbledore, manages to [[spoiler:break out all of his followers from Azkaban [[GoneHorriblyWrong (he only wanted to free Bellatrix at first)]] to get out of a Christmas date with Voldemort.]]

* ActionGirl: Every girl who gets drawn into the Weasley clan, especially Hermione who ends being much more adventurous and willing to bend the rules than in canon.
** In fact, due to some rather poor journalistic practices and a series of unlikely events, it's looking as though [[spoiler: Voldemort has decided that Hermione is his real archnemesis instead of Harry, which of course only forces Hermione into more and more heroic situations.]]