(#) koppe 2007-02-15
Snort Great piece, although I would love it be expanded upon by you or others...
It could (and should) be expanded in both ends, both to include the events prior to the final battle with Voldemort, the battle with Voldemort and Harry's subsequent arrest - and perhaps his friends (esp. Hermione?) scrambeling to mount a defence (like invoking the Heritance-right).
Also perhaps Harry (with the help of Hermione - and maybe Ron and Ginny) researching his heritance and finding out more and more - and what specifically it would mean (like being head of family Fudge (eg. levrage), Azkaban (ie. Dementors), Wesley (eg. consequences for his relationship with Ginny) and Malfoy, and decendant of the Founders and Merlin), and what rights and privliges it would give him. As well as Harry's reasons for wanting to hide these facts, despite the Wizarding-world needing to be cleaned-up.
I would also love something about what happens next... Harry is #1 in the Wiz,-world, and the head of most families - including his friend's, girlfriend's, enemy's... he possibly owns Azkaban and Hogwarts (and may be de'facto prinipal/head-of-board) - yet a student(?).
The fact that some of his rightful inheritance had been usurped by others, should also have consequences for some familes.
Finally, it would be very fun to see Lucius and Draco having to bow to him...
Great story, hope you decide to run with this bunny (or let others do); the only thing I didn't like (apart from it being so short) was the "Ming Merciful" joke... I didn't get it (at first), and almost discarded the whole story as a xover-with-an-universe-I-don't-care-for and thus uninteresting.
Keep up the good work,
-Koppe
Author's response
You're right that it can use expanding in both directions. I do plan to run with this bunny at some point, but not sure just when - I've got so damn MANY bunnies nibbling at my ankles already! I occasionally want to shoot the people who pop up bright and cheery about "I have this great idea, now all you have to do it write it!" I've got plenty of ideas of my own! However, votes for the extension of this one do push it up higher in the queue. The story is a bit of a farce, really - I had run up, at the time, on a batch of stories that had Harry as heir to this or that family, and it always seemed to be escalating. I figured I would just jump ahead and take the thing as far as it would go, and make Harry heir to ALL of the families! Still, there's plenty of room to run this one out, and your suggestions will come in handy when I do write it up! Thanks much!