Line #14 Fanfic/TheBoyWhoDiedALot


1	''The Boy Who Died A Lot'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' alternate universe fanfiction.
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3	Harry's always been known as The Boy Who Lived. Only Severus knows that this is a lie. After Harry Potter dies in his first year during his detention in the Forbidden Forest, Severus Snape is given the time-turner to prevent his death. But messing with time and death has its price and the universe seeks to correct it. In the meanwhile Snape has to deal with Harry's adventures and somehow keep him alive.
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5	Found [[http://snape-potter.dreamwidth.org/312641.html here]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/670548 here]].
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8	!! Tropes:
9	* AcquiredPoisonImmunity:
10	** Snape basically mind-rapes Harry with a Dark spell to make Harry immune to the Imperius curse.
11	** Snape grows immune to the Lust-Dampening Potion.
12	* ActionSurvivor: Both Snape and Harry.
13	* AdultsAreUseless: Played with, as Snape is the only thing ensuring that Harry survives into adulthood and basically cleans up Harry's mistakes. It's played straight for the rest of the faculty because neither Snape nor Harry would willingly involve them.
14	* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Averted; when Harry got too close to Buckbeak the first time, he was attacked and killed. Snape drugs Buckbeak to be more docile.
15	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Snape never got over Lily's rejection and death [[spoiler:and later develops feelings for an older Harry]], while Harry didn't realize he had a crush on Cedric before it was too late.
16	* AnxietyDreams: Snape gets continuous dreams of Lily dying, which later change to Harry dying in them.
17	* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
18	-->'''Snape:''' Three hours from now, the Dark Lord will kill Harry Potter and rise again! Is that a future you wish to protect?\
19	'''Firenze:''' Mars is unusually bright tonight. It is written.\
20	'''Snape:''' You don't believe that. You never have and you never will. You're not like the rest of your kind, or you would never have assisted me last year. Mark my words, now: I will keep this from happening, with or without your help.
21	* BalancingDeathsBooks: Because Snape prevented Harry's death in the Forbidden Forest, the universe tries to correct itself by killing Harry in many {{Undignified Death}}s that Snape undoes each time with the Time-Turner. Firenze warned Snape that this would happen before he saved Harry the first time.
22	* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Snape asks Voldemort to give him Draco after he kills Dumbledore to spare Draco from getting killed for his failure. He regrets this when he finds a terrified Draco in his bed and he earns the ire of the Malfoys.
23	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Harry's absurd luck throughout the books is actually Snape manipulating events behind the scenes so Harry would live. The first being when Severus convinces Firenze to perform his BigDamnHeroes.
24	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: After Harry nearly kills Draco with Sectumsempra, Snape fears that Harry is slowly turning Dark due to Severus mind-raping him with Legilimency.
25	* BlackComedy: The first half of story is darkly comic with Snape complaining and undoing Harry's various deaths.
26	* BlessedWithSuck: Snape is given the power to undo any mistake, but it is only centered around one person and he has to live with the emotional fallout of watching someone die constantly.
27	* BloodMagic: Through Harry's blood, Snape can track Harry. It is also very Dark magic.
28	* BodyguardCrush: Snape ends up slowly falling in love with Harry after the fifth year.
29	* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Played with; while the brainwashing of Harry helps him move past his grief and suicidal thoughts, Snape only did it so Harry would forget that he came out and confessed his feelings for ''Snape.''
30	* BrokenPedestal: Snape is so horrified that Dumbledore [[spoiler:is willing to let Harry die to get rid of the Horcrux]] that Snape ''kills'' him in anger.
31	* CallingTheOldManOut: See BrokenPedestal.
32	* CassandraTruth: After Ron accidentally kills Harry by exploding his lungs, Snape tries to convince the faculty to replace Ron's wand as he tells them it is dangerous and likely to get others killed. They don't believe him or think he's over-exaggerating. Or when he tries to find out who sabotages the bludger, he gets accused of being the saboteur.
33	* CelibateHero: Enforced by Severus himself; he gives himself the Lust-Dampening Potion to mute his libido.
34	* CerebusSyndrome: After the Goblet of Fire arc, the fic becomes less funny and more dramatic.
35	* CharacterDevelopment: Slowly, Snape slowly begins to develop empathy.
36	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Subverted, Snape does not believe in this in the least.
37	%%* ClusterFBomb
38	* ComingOutStory: Harry comes out to Snape in fifth year after the man had been counseling him for awhile. Only for Snape to take it really, really badly.
39	* CooldownHug: After convincing Harry to not commit suicide, Harry grabs on to Snape and breaks down. Snape awkwardly consoles him since he doesn't understand physical affection.
40	* CrackFic: The story's basis was a crack fic, only developing CerebusSyndrome during 4th year when the author decided to expand the concept.
41	* CrazyPrepared:
42	-->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' I don't suppose you'd care to explain to me how you came by Mr Potter's blood?
43	* CureYourGays: Snape oblivates Harry after Harry kisses him and confesses his love for him. He makes Harry forget that he came out to Snape and rewrites his mind for the latter to become attracted to girls.
44	* DarkHumor: Very dark, as the first half of the story plays Harry's death as comedy.
45	* DarkestHour: After Harry dies for the first time, while everyone is mourning or traumatized over his death, [[JerkassHasAPoint Snape points out]] that this means Voldemort's back and now they're screwed because the only person that can stop him is dead.
46	* DeathByFallingOver: Harry dies several times because of this: the first time was because the stairs moved right before he reached the top step. The second time was when he trips over his shoelaces after kissing Ginny.
47	* DeathIsCheap: With the time-turner, Snape enforces this trope for Harry.
48	* DefrostingIceQueen: Snape slowly defrosts for Harry.
49	* DespairEventHorizon: Harry crosses this in the summer after the Triwizard tournament, without Snape's interference, the trauma over Cedric's death, the defamation of his reputation by the Ministry, his torture under Umbridge, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking missing Quiddich tryouts]] become too much for Harry and he takes his own life.
50	** Snape himself starts to cross this when he Oblivates Harry into forgetting his coming out and fully crosses it when Harry goes on the run and Snape alienates all his allies.
51	* DiabolusExMachina: The universe literally wants Harry dead.
52	* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: In fourth year, Draco cast the Imperius curse on Harry and ordered him to give him oral sex as a joke. Draco is terrified when Harry complies and accidentally kills him to get away. Snape is horrified at Draco and when he undoes it, he gives the Slytherins a lecture on consent.
53	* DownerBeginning: "The first time Harry Potter died, he was eleven years old."
54	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Snape notices Harry's eyes are dull and lifeless after Cedric's death.
55	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Snape has to cross the DespairEventHorizon and the alienation of his allies in order to fulfill Dumbledore's wishes and to protect Harry before he finally gets to live.]]
56	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Snape is horrified when he realizes that Harry [[SheIsAllGrownUp is all grown up]] and is actually quite good looking.
57	%%* EveryoneHasStandards
58	* EvilIsNotAToy: Snape is horrified that Draco would use an Unforgivable as a joke.
59	%%* TheFourLoves
60	* {{Gayngst}}: Harry starts to have this when he realizes that he had feelings for Cedric but didn't understand until it was too late.
61	* GoneHorriblyRight:
62	** Snape, against his nature, lends a helping hand and a shoulder to cry on when Harry was suicidal and protects him from Umbridge by reassigning the detentions. Harry [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe ends up falling in love with him]], to Snape's horror.
63	** Snape ''thinks'' he did this when Harry casts the Sectumsempra curse on Draco due to deliberately tampering with Harry's mind during his Occulmency training.
64	* GoodIsNotNice: Snape.
65	%%* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold
66	%%* HarmfulToMinors
67	%%* HeroicBSOD
68	%%* HeroWithBadPublicity
69	* TheHeroDies: A lot. It's kinda the premise.
70	%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard
71	%%* HugAndComment
72	%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo
73	%%* IHatePastMe
74	* IJustWantToBeFree: The Ford Anglia.
75	* IneptMage: Ron's status as one becomes lethal, as his casting through his broken wand kills Harry multiple times.
76	* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Defied, as Harry dies numerous times starting when he was eleven.
77	%%* IntergenerationalFriendship
78	%%* InternalReveal
79	%%* InterruptedIntimacy
80	%%* InterruptedSuicide
81	* ItsProbablyNothing: When Snape tries to go forth with Madam Hooch with his suspicions that the balls were sabotaged, [[FailedASpotCheck she says nothing can get past her wards]].
82	%%* JustFriends
83	%%* KickTheDog
84	%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
85	%%* LaserGuidedKarma
86	* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Snape started out viewing Harry as this when he's not being a trouble-maker and doesn't forget to remind Dumbledore of this.
87	%%* LetsWaitAwhile
88	%%* LikeFatherLikeSon
89	%%* LiteralGenie
90	%%* LockedOutOfTheLoop
91	%%* LoveHurts
92	* TheManyDeathsOfYou:
93	** AccidentalMurder: Ron killed Harry several times with his broken wand, first by exploding his lungs.
94	%%** DeathByDespair
95	%%** DiedInYourArmsTonight:
96	** DrivenToSuicide: Harry throws himself off the Astronomy tower.
97	** PlotAllergy: Harry died twice due to an incense Trelawney bought.
98	** SlashedThroat: Harry's first death was due to Quirellmort slashing his throat after the former spotted him drinking unicorn's blood.
99	** UndignifiedDeath: Many, many of Harry's deaths.
100	** WhenTreesAttack: How Harry dies the second time, the Whomping Willow caves in the roof of the Ford Anglia, killing both Ron and Harry.
101	%%* MayDecemberRomance
102	%%* MindRape
103	* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Up to a point, Snape's constant misery and later heartbreak slowly gain empathy. Subverted with Harry, due to untreated PTSD from Cedric's death and torture under Umbridge drive him to take his life.
104	%%* MiseryPoker
105	%%* MoralityPet
106	%%* MistakenForPedophile
107	%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
108	%%* NearRapeExperience
109	%%* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet
110	%%* NotSoStoic
111	%%* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
112	%%* OhCrap
113	%%* OnlyMostlyDead
114	* OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow: When Snape time-travels, he exists independently of the other Snape until the loop closes with both Snapes merging into one Snape.
115	%%* OnlySaneEmployee
116	* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Since the Time-Turner is out of commission, it allows for more flexibility and actually allows for timeline changes as opposed to causing a StableTimeLoop.
117	* OutWithABang: A nonsexual variant in which Harry trips on his shoelaces and fall down the stairs after kissing Ginny.
118	* PeggySue: Snape.
119	* PlotArmor: Played with; to Snape's annoyance, the only time Harry is the ''least'' likely to die is when he's fighting Voldemort.
120	%%* ProperlyParanoid
121	%%* ProphecyTwist
122	%%* RetroactivePreparation
123	* RippleEffectProofMemory: While Firenze doesn't have this, due to his gifts, he can tell right away Snape is from the future.
124	%%* SaveScumming
125	* SentientVehicle: Snape turns the Weasley Ford Anglia into this so it would back away from the Whomping Willow on time to spare Ron and Harry. It was angry after Snape dumped it into the lake afterwards, but forgave him when Snape promised it to take it to the Arctic tundra in exchange for saving Ron and Harry from the Acromantulas.
126	* SilentScapegoat
127	* ScrewDestiny: By continuing Harry's survival, Snape is screwing with destiny.
128	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
129	* ScrewYourself: Snape hate-snogs himself in the Forest of Dean.
130	* ScyllaAndCharybdis
131	* [[spoiler:SecondLove: Harry for Snape.]]
132	* SecretDiary: Snape kept a log detailing how Harry dies in the various timelines; he eventually burns it.
133	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The reason Snape has the Time-Turner in the first place.
134	%%* SlashFic
135	* StableTimeLoop: DiscussedTrope, what Snape feared what would happen at first, but the other time-turner does let him change time.
136	%% * SuicideIsPainless
137	* SuppressedRage: Snape has oodles of it.
138	* StepfordSnarker: The more things go wrong and as Snape begins to care, Snape's snark becomes a defense mechanism and a mask so he won't fall apart from despair.
139	* StupidSexyFlanders: Harry grows up very nicely, much to Snape's ire.
140	* SympathyForTheHero: Snape initially hated Harry and no sympathy for him the first three years. It isn't until Voldemort's revival during the maze challenge that Snape develops a sense of empathy.
141	* TheTalk: After stumbling upon to the aftermath of Draco attempting the Imperius on Harry, Snape rewinds time and makes sure that the Slytherins know that it's not ambitious to use mind-control or trickery for sex.
142	* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Snape successfully stops Harry from jumping off the Astronomy Tower by talking him down and threatening to jump off with him.
143	* [[spoiler:TeacherStudentRomance: Snape and Harry decide to give each other a chance after they both survive the Battle of Hogwarts and after Harry graduated.]]
144	* TemptingFate: Snape thought after Harry survives his confrontation with Quirrelmort without his assistance that he was done and he wasn't going to be needed again.
145	%% * ThatDidntHappen
146	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Snape tries to help Harry by counseling him himself, but it doesn't really help in the long run as Snape ends up undoing his own efforts.
147	* TraumaCongaLine: The years were not kind to Snape.
148	* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Harry falls in love with Snape after he started counseling him for his suicidal tendencies and protected him from Umbridge. After Snape oblivates Harry to forget his feelings, Snape begins to fall for Harry, much to his ire.
149	* UnscrupulousHero: While Snape's goal of preventing Harry's death is noble, he did it only because he initially saw Harry as a valuable pawn and does many unethical things to ensure his desired outcome. As he grows to care for Harry as a person, he slowly comes to realize the severity of his actions.
150	* WasTooHardOnHim: Snape regrets how he treated Harry after he commits suicide.
151	* WeakWilled: Before Snape's intervention, it is actually extremely easy for Harry to fall under the control of the Imperius.
152	%%* WhamLine
153	%%* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
154	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Snape admits to himself and to Harry that Harry is a better person than he gives him credit for.
155	* YouAreNotAlone: Snape goes against his nature to help and support Harry when the latter was suicidal. He even makes sure that Harry gets counseling and doesn't get detention from Umbridge.
156	* YouCantFightFate: The entire fic is about Snape trying to prevent Harry's fated death and the universe's attempts to correct it.
157	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Snape [[spoiler:nearly]] meets his end when Voldemort attempts to kill him to gain ownership of the Elder Wand.
158	%%* YouShallNotPass

Context Fanfic / TheBoyWhoDiedALot