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Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
17 Dec 2020
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When Harry fails to keep his anger at bay and Voldemort possesses his mind, the events that follow lead him down a long road to realizing the world isn't as black and white as it seems.
Chaos, hilarity, and tragedy ensue with a Dark Lord being honest all the time, a rival becoming something else, and a world demanding to be saved. Featuring frightened Death Eaters, deep conversations with a monster, Pureblood traditions being ridiculous, and the fight to do the right thing with no true options.
Harry's life just gets more and more bizarre with each passing moment.
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Or, the one where Harry's life gets split in half, and he has to figure out how to bring it back together.
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- Part 1 of Absence of Simplicity
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- English
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- 456,640
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- 30/30
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24 Mar 2025
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No one, it turns out, really knows one another.
(OR: all it takes is a summer-long holiday in Italy, James Potter's teetering mental stability, a secret relationship, friends with benefits, Marlene’s secret, and enough stupidity and insecurity to go around for everything to come crashing down around them.)
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- English
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- 114,435
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- 19/19
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06 Mar 2025
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That's Just Wasteland, Baby! by lovefromsunlight for suckerforstars
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Sep 2024
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They say every villain is the hero of their own story.
Regulus Black believes this to be false. He is an anomaly to this rule, he is an outlier, because not only is he a villain to everyone around him, he’s also a villain to himself. When Regulus finds a bright, burning reminder of his past in his estranged brother, Sirius Black, he decides to chase this star from within the shadows. There's only one way to do this, however. He shamelessly uses his replacement, James Potter.
But what starts as a means to an end, turns into an entanglement of romance between the most unlikely of matches; the boy who seeks refuge in shadow, and the boy who glitters in the sunlight. It's no surprise that Regulus can’t help but root himself further into tragedy, corroding everything his touch meets.
Why?
Because his life is a wasteland. And, "That's just wasteland, baby."
Or: Barista Regulus meets Florist James.
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- English
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- 158,661
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- 32/32
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25 Feb 2025
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There’s a war in the Magical world, and James should really be focusing on his work for the Order and keeping his friends safe. But his thoughts won’t stop spinning, and he’s charged with a restless and destructive energy that he just can’t shake. At least not until he runs into a known Death Eater at a Muggle bar. Regulus Black is off limits and bad news, and the knowledge that he shouldn’t is the only thing James needs to follow Regulus home. What starts out as a reckless way to release tension quickly turns into a romance with the potential to alter the course of the war.
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- English
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- 213,827
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- 45/45
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23 Feb 2025
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When Harry’s wand gets stolen at the Quidditch World Cup, things go just a little different. A matter of chance. He loses sight of the Weasleys and Hermione and instead runs into Theodore Nott. This is what happens when two abused boys form an unlikely friendship that will, eventually, turn into more. A small chance encounter that would alter plans years in the making and disturb the course of wizarding history.
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- Part 1 of A Matter of Chance
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- English
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- 111,703
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- 23/23
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Bookmarked by paolasbookcase
02 Jan 2025