History Fanfic / TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Gilderoy Lockhart. He still acts like canon Lockhart. [[spoiler: Only, he's secretly a spy for the magical American government, and he acts like a {{Ditz}} to throw off suspicion.]]

* BrokenSystemDogmatist: The extreme corruption and inefficiency of the British Ministry in the late 20th century is supported because it shields the nobility from the majority of legal consequences from domestic and international pressure . [[spoiler: As a result the blackmail files of House Black are more than enough to collapse its leadership when the Statute breaks.]]

* BrokenSystemDogmatist: By the end of the 20th century, the majority of the British government (light or dark) refuses to meaningfully reform even as multiple factions openly challenge their sovereignty. [[spoiler: As a result they are completely unprepared when the Statute breaks and the non-magical government begins dictating terms.]]

* BrokenSystemDogmatist: By the end of the 20th century, the majority of the British government (light of dark) refuses to meaningfully reform. [[spoiler: As a result they are completed unprepared for the non-magical world learning of their existence and de-facto choosing their leadership.]]

* Broken-SystemDogmatist: By the end of the 20th century, the majority of the British government (light of dark) refuses to meaningfully reform. [[spoiler: As a result they are completed unprepared for the non-magical world learning of their existence and de-facto choosing their leadership.]]

* TheDreadedDreadnought: [[spoiler: Alexandra raises a German WWI era dreadnought from Scapa Flow with the intention of eventually utilizing it as a mobile base.]]

* LifeSavingMisfortune: [[spoiler:Montague]] bungles the second task of the Triwizard Tournament in an EpicFail manner that makes him a laughingstock and earns him no points. However, if he'd lasted longer, he'd have faced Alexandra (who's infinitely more powerful) in a duel. That being said, everyone is convinced that a CheatedDeathDiedAnyway fate awaits him once the third task starts... until he gets disqualified ten minutes in. Now everybody is wondering if he'll do a threepeat in task four or just finally get himself killed.

** Multiple characters imply this will be the eventual fate of Leo Black, as no member of his immediate family has anything to gain from him become the Lord of House Black. As of the end of third year, the main thing holding them back is the possibility that his status as a Reserve Champion in the European Magical Tournament will place him in close contact with wizards far stronger than him in circumstances where they could potentially off him legally, so they're willing to wait and see if Leo's behavior will inspire someone else to kill him for them.

** The end of chapter 57 and 58 shows us that [[spoiler:Morgana Le Fay is alive, is the Queen of the Exchequer and was the former champion of the Morrigan. She has also been disfigured by taking Excalibur in the face. Knight Recruiter is also revealed to be Angelica Sforza, the headmistress of the Scuola Regina and who apprenticed Lilly in Enchanting]].

** The moderates of House Slytherin encourage junior Death Eater Warrington and other (largely talentless) undesirables who've been dragging the house down to sign up for the European Magical Tournament out of the hopes that they won't come home from it.
** At least half of House Black considers Leo being a Reserve Champion in the tournament to be one for the same reason, even if Leo signed up well before they knew he needed to be eliminated quickly.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11517506/1/The-odds-were-never-in-my-favour The Odds Were Never In My Favour]]'' by Creator/{{Antony444}}

** [[spoiler:Leo Black has the form of a Griffin.]]
** [[Spoiler: Ra has the Animagus form of white phoenix.]]

* SuccessionCrisis: The war between Light and Dark started out as a feud for the throne of Keter between Ra, the future Archmage of Light, and Osiris, the future King of the Exchequer, which has never stopped despite the fact that Keter ceased to exist thousands of years ago because of their fighting.

* {{Doorstopper}}: After 100 chapters and 953K words, the story has only reached February of Year 4. However, the author wrote it so that each year is its own distinct arc, so it could alternatively be considered a series of fanfiction novels, ''Alexandra Potter and the Exchequer's Shadow'' (20 Chapters), ''Alexandra Potter and the Blood of Slytherin'' (23 Chapters), ''Alexandra Potter and the Wars of Futures Past'' (34 Chapters), and ''Alexandra Potter and the European Magical Tournament'' (23+ Chapters, ongoing), that are all linked to the same story title on Fanfiction.net.