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Paperwork and Pettiness: A Head Boy’s Guide to Quietly Running a School by menaka
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
13 Sep 2025
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Hogwarts runs on chaos. Percy Weasley runs on rules. Unfortunately for everyone, he just found a way to win. Armed with quills, loopholes, and an alarming enthusiasm for paperwork, Percy quietly takes over the school—one anonymous reform at a time. Secret rebellions have never been so properly documented .
Updates posted as soon as I have free time.
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- Part 1 of Bureaucracy and Other Dark Arts
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Karuṇa (noun)
1. A rasa (aesthetic flavor) in classical Indian art and literature that evokes deep sorrow, compassion, and empathy for suffering.
2. Rooted in loss, separation, or helplessness, Karuṇa moves the observer to mourn what is gone and to feel tenderness toward the fragile beauty of life.
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Harry Potter, standing in the ruined Great Hall, mourns the dead—parents he barely knew, friends lost to war, a future stolen from a child not yet old enough to speak.
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- Part 4 of Navarasa
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“We could raise him,” Bellatrix whispered, eyes gleaming. “Train him. Teach him the family legacy. Hex his teachers. Matching robes again!”
“We agreed,” Tom hissed, “no robes, no rituals, and absolutely no snakes named after exes. No snakes means no kids too. I thought you understood that. I gave up dark lording to write grumpy op eds and do crosswords in peace.”
“But think of it,” she said. “Legacy preservation. Just... smaller. And with snacks.”
Tom sighed like a middle aged man. “Fine. But if he tries to resurrect anything, it's on your head”
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The story of how Harry Potter ended up the legal ward of a semi retired dark academic and his emotionally unstable tax spouse.
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Bhayānaka (noun)
1. A rasa (aesthetic flavor) in classical Indian art and literature that evokes fear, terror, and dread.
2. Often rooted in helplessness, pursuit, or the presence of looming danger, Bhayānaka confronts the fragility of safety and the raw edge of survival.
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Hermione Granger runs for her life in the Dean forest, knowing capture means a fate where death would be a mercy and still, she does not stop.
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- Part 3 of Navarasa
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- English
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- 1,125
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- 1/1
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- 9
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- 61
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Adbhuta (noun)
1. A rasa (aesthetic flavor) in classical Indian art and literature that evokes a sense of wonder, amazement, or marvel.
2. Often inspired by the extraordinary, the magical, or the awe-inspiring, Adbhuta awakens curiosity and the delight of the unexpected in the observer.
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Young Lily Evans experiences the wonder of magic for the very first time.
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- Part 2 of Navarasa
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A collection of introspective, emotionally charged one shots, each exploring a different Rasa—the nine fundamental emotions in Indian aesthetics through the lens of the Harry Potter universe. From love and wonder to fear and sorrow, these stories delve into the unspoken depths of the characters' hearts, capturing the fleeting moments that define them.
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Bureaucracy and Other Dark Arts is a saga of quills, cunning, and quiet revolutions. In a world obsessed with wands and heroics, one man dares to wield the true power of magical society: paperwork. From the halls of Hogwarts to the depths of the Ministry, Percy Weasley takes on the real dark forces—inefficiency, corruption, and a complete lack of standardized forms. No one knows who’s behind the sudden reforms, and that’s exactly how he likes it.
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- 68
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In this world, Harry Potter is not the Boy-Who-Lived. The Dark Lord Voldemort died on Halloween 1981. Harry is just a war orphan, neglected and lonesome, left to raise himself because he had no one to care about him.
In this world, Harry is free to carve the path of his own destiny.
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- 128
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In the aftermath of war, Hermione retreats to the Hogwarts library to repair her sanctuary and herself. Through broken magic, she's given the opportunity to help fix even more when she stumbles across a friendless first year Gryffindor.
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This is a collection of ficlets written in the White Heather for Protection universe that don't fit into the main storyline. Includes stories written in response to tumblr prompts.
Not taking prompts right now.
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- Part 2 of White Heather
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The completely unabridged, totally unbiased, and very important diary of Charlotte Emmaline Potter, aged 10 and three quarters.
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- Part 7 of my father, james weasley
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Regulus Black Lives AU where, through a series of insanely improbable events, Sirius Black ends up managing his parents and little brother in witness protection and getting strong-armed back into the family.
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- 712,474
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