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Uh oh! When Voldemort hit Harry with the killing curse in the forest, it created a life instead of taking one.

#harrymort #harry potter #voldemort

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What is your rationale for disagreeing with the fanon that the horcruxes affected Voldemort's sanity?

that it's literally canon that they don't!

i obviously don't have an actual problem with people using the idea that the horcruxes affect voldemort's sanity as a trope, if that's what works for their story, but what irks me is that this idea is often repeated by voldemort enjoyers as canon fact, when the impact of horcruxes on cognitive function is spelled out clearly in half-blood prince:

Harry sat in thought for a moment, then asked, “So if all of his Horcruxes are destroyed, Voldemort could be killed?”  “Yes, I think so,” said Dumbledore. “Without his Horcruxes, Voldemort will be a mortal man with a maimed and diminished soul. Never forget, though, that while his soul may be damaged beyond repair, his brain and his magical powers remain intact. It will take uncommon skill and power to kill a wizard like Voldemort even without his Horcruxes.”

in half-blood prince - as in every book prior to deathly hallows - dumbledore functions as the "word of god" character, which is to say that the information he provides us - as long as it relates neither to harry nor himself - isn't up for interpretation, it's understood within the narrative as correct. we can also be sure that he's done his research on horcruxes, knows exactly how they work, and is speaking as an expert when it comes to their impact on the mind - and we can also note that slughorn [who also seems to know what he's talking about when it comes to horcruxes and their function] doesn't mention them causing any cognitive damage when discussing them with the teenage tom riddle.

but nobody has ever made as many horcruxes as voldemort! maybe one doesn't affect the mind, but seven certainly could.

except this doesn't align at all with how the series understands the relationship between the soul and the will.

one of the central themes of the harry potter series is the value of choice. all of its main characters have narrative arcs which hinge - in some way or other - on them making a choice, very often the choice between what is right and what is easy. ron chooses to leave and then chooses to come back; hermione chooses to stay. sirius chooses to take a stand against the life his family expect of him. snape chooses to repent of his sins and work forever to atone for them. harry chooses to walk into the forest and die. lily chooses to ignore voldemort's request for her to stand aside.

all of these choices are made of the character in question's own free will - and the same applies to everything voldemort does in the series. he chooses to kill and to keep killing of his own free will, with the full capacity to understand his actions, and he refuses, right until the very end, to show the slightest bit of remorse for what he's done - and it is this, in the narrative's view, which makes his behaviour so heinous and which causes his behaviour to have such an impact on the state of his soul.

if we assume that voldemort's grasp on rationality declines with the number of horcruxes he makes, we are also assuming that his capacity to understand the full wickedness of his actions also declines - but his motivation for killing myrtle to make a horcrux and his motivation for killing frank bryce to make a horcrux are exactly the same: he wants to, and he doesn't give a solitary fuck about the life he's just taken.

and this stands in contrast to something else we see in canon - the idea that killing does not automatically have an impact on the soul:

“And my soul, Dumbledore? Mine?” “You alone know whether it will harm your soul to help an old man avoid pain and humiliation,” said Dumbledore.

this - the set-up to snape's mercy-killing of dumbledore - suggests that your soul is not harmed if you know without question that the death you cause is justified.

snape kills dumbledore of his own free will, but this suggestion also implies that it would be perfectly possible for the soul to remain unharmed if a killer was understood to be non compos mentis. that is, if someone lacked the capacity to understand their actions were not justified, then their soul would see them as "not guilty by reason of insanity" and not splinter.

voldemort's ability to make so many horcruxes in the first place, then, must depend on his capacity to understand exactly what he's doing - to know he could choose not to kill and then still do it anyway.

and we do actually see in canon that - while he's shown to be someone who kills with the slightest provocation in the films - the voldemort of the books is clinical and methodical in his violence:

“Nice costume, mister!” He saw the small boy’s smile falter as he ran near enough to see beneath the hood of the cloak, saw the fear cloud his painted face: Then the child turned and ran away... Beneath the robe he fingered the handle of his wand... One simple movement and the child would never reach his mother... but unnecessary, quite unnecessary...

the canonical voldemort's known kill count is actually surprisingly low, and each of his victims is clearly selected with a rational [in the "does he have a disorder of thought?" sense, not in the "is this morally justifiable?" sense] motivation driving his decision to attack them - even if his actions are also affected by an emotional trigger [he does not, for example, kill his father or massacre the goblins who tell him that the cup was stolen for reasons which are irrational or delusional - incandescent fury or fear that your secret is out are not insanity].

voldemort kills and makes his horcruxes out of choice, and the series is clear that his capacity to understand that choice does not degrade across the course of his life.

ok, but you have to admit that he's definitely not... all there, personality wise...

sure. but i don't think this has anything to do with the horcruxes...

the idea that voldemort runs around shrieking and cackling to himself is an invention of the films. the canonical voldemort is shown to be lucid and thoughtful even in deathly hallows, he remains a formidable strategist right up until the end - and i think it's also worth noting that the films really gloss over just how successful his takeover of the government is - and his prodigious intellect and magical talent are acknowledged by the order throughout the series.

his more volatile personality traits - his fondness for monologuing, his rapid switching between being superficially charming and feral, his tendency to get lost in his own obsessions, his emotional brittleness - are all ones the eleven-year-old riddle is shown to possess, and i think it's much more interesting to explore the idea that they remain aspects of the person he once was which the adult voldemort cannot hide behind the mask he has constructed.

but - yes - its certainly true that the resurrected voldemort of order of the phoenix onwards is more paranoid, harder to soothe, crueller to his death eaters, more inflexible in his thinking and so on than he is implied to have been in the 1970s, and so i understand why many readers interpret this as evidence that his last two horcruxes [harry and nagini] - plus the arcane horror of his resurrection ritual - might have sent him round the bend.

but i think that the implication of canon is that this behaviour has much more mundane causes.

in october 1981, all the evidence we have is that voldemort is about to win. he is an unassailable terrorist kingpin with an army of highly-trained, highly loyal minions and - we can assume - widespread popular support.

and then only four of these supporters try to find him.

it's clear - as we can tell from the fact that barty crouch jr. is so shocked to discover that he didn't massacre the reassembled death eaters where they stood - that voldemort is livid that none of his "loyal" servants came to rescue him from the tree in albania his soul piece was hiding in, choosing instead to pretend they were under the imperius curse and that they'd never have been seen dead supporting him had they been in their right minds. it's also clear that he has no choice but to welcome these death eaters back to the fold once he's resurrected because he'd have no core supporters otherwise.

but it's also clear that he doesn't trust any of them one single bit once their commitment is proven to be so fragile - and that it is this, this evidence that he's just a human being with human feelings, rather than a creature of pure magic whose mind has been warped by that magic, which provides a much, much more interesting explanation for his increasing volatility as the war draws to its conclusion.

voldemort is at his most interesting - in my opinion - when his humanity [and his failure to outrun it] is foregrounded. this isn't incompatible with his creation of the horcruxes at all. but it is, i think, incompatible with the idea that they warp his mind.

#tom riddle #voldemort #meta

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The second part of the trade for @shelter-maki0 💖

Tom is returning from Hogwarts. He has grown considerably over the year and shows Harry his perfect grades ✨

I think Harry would have surrounded Tom with the same things that delighted him as a child. So even an owl would be very similar to Hedwig 😭

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Tom's first year in Slytherin.

#tom riddle

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Credit to chikuk0n on Twitter ! Imagine Killing Stalking was scripted the entire time 😭

#killing stalking

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for today's @hprecfest... it couldn't be anything else, could it?

day thirteen: a fic with over 100,000 words

almagest by eldritcher harry potter/lord voldemort mature | 134k words

why i recommend it:

let me be clear, if eldritcher has nobody willing to go into battle for them, then i am dead. they are one of the most talented writers i have ever encountered - and, surely, are the only person who could make me cry at james bond slash fic or think snape/giant squid is an entirely plausible ship - and they manage to combine a masterful prose style, woven through with references to classics, poetry, and history, with an emotional dexterity which is breathtaking. i would recommend all their work, but this is - i think - their main masterpiece.

its premise - in one sentence - is that harry, voldemort, and dumbledore hijack a space-shuttle and go to the moon to save the world. outside of that, it is a meditation on sacrifice, love in all its forms, the entwining of grief and love, and the pain of rebuilding after loss.

it is also a love story, as voldemort is shattered by the weight of it all, and harry puts him back together, which treats love very differently from the canon series - and all the better for it. here, we see the choice, duty, and sorrow in love, but also its capacity to break open, heal, restore, and pleasure. that eldritcher shows this beauty in decidedly non-vanilla smut - and, an increasing rarity in slash, in gay sex which actually feels gay - is all the more indication of their talent.

i have spoken elsewhere about how eldritcher’s voldemort is a major influence on my own - particularly their writing of him as someone lonely, bound by a code of honour, and a creature of sensation - and the voldemort of almagest is one of their most impressive versions, but harry and dumbledore also stand out in this story as very real, very human characters thrust into a celestial landscape and profoundly changed by what they encounter there.

#tomarry #fic recs

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You and I, we're alike.

Been in tomarry brainrot and i'm still waiting for full circle to update (i might be delulu)

#tomarry

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Thank you for the art trade!! for @belphi 🌹 ▶️Dark Harry Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity! [Short plot for this pic] Harry intends to destroy the dark forces from within and finally destroy Voldemort. But things are not going well. Harry's resolve seems to be crumbling at any moment in the face of so many deaths. And worse, through his obsession with Harry, Voldemort's madness grows worse. Harry must fight this monster, even if what himself becomes in the end...

#harrymort

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Tomarrymort sketch dump part 4

#tomarrymort

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Hi! Do you have any Tom Riddle fic recs (other than your own excellent stories)?

Well, depends what you mean by Tom Riddle? Tom Riddle tends to come in all shapes and sizes in this large world of fanfiction. Personally, I’ll take pretty much any Tom Riddle so long as he’s well written. Very few authors line up with the way I write him, if that’s what you’re asking.

And, as usual, I’ve been on fanfiction longer so have more links over there. I’m sure some of these are cross posted. Most, also, are incomplete because that’s the world we live in. 

With that, let’s get this Tom Riddle show on the road:

Stepbrother (in which Tom is an evil gremlin orphan in a Nabokov style relationship with his adopted sister)

Cat Among the Pigeons (Psycho Pass style detective AU, probably the closest we get to the Tom Riddle I write)

Til Death Do Us Part (Voldemort wins AU, in which Tom is ultimately a sad and miserable immortal being)

Immortality (a young Harry Potter and the Diary become friends, because I’m a sucker for tea time in purgatory)

Anima, Animus (Harry is sent back in time and lives in Tom Riddle’s brain, turns out everything that ever happened is his own damn fault)

Addendum: He is Also a Liar (Tom is a scrappy, angry, gremlin orphan who can travel to the future under very limited circumstances)

Framed & Fractured (Harry winds up trapped in the past in a painting. Tom is an evil, creepy, school student)

Trying for Eden (Harry shows up mysteriously in the past to give Tom sporadic morality lectures. Tom is an evil gremlin orphan.)

Of Lies Most Beautiful (Tom in a Hunger Games AU, he kills everybody)

In Wonderland (Harry ends up mysteriously back in the past raising Tom, Tom is an evil creepy little gremlin)

You Will Be The Death Of Me (Despicable Me style canon divergence, Tom Riddle is the dark lord we all know and love who through scheming and ridiculousness is forced to interact with a young orphan Harry)

In Death, Standby (Tom Riddle raises Harry Potter, in which Tom is a believable father because he has got to be the worst parent in the universe. Until the age of three, Harry thinks he’s a deformed snake.)

Tom Riddle’s Diary: on keeping devils in the summer (Tom Riddle’s antichrist orphan adventures)

Blind Faith (mostly Bellatrix centric, but Tom Riddle is a dark lord and such an evil bastard)

Broken Toys (very short drabble about Tom being a miserable angry orphan)

Babylon (part of Tom survives in Harry after the end of canon, this leads to misery)

Blue (Tom Riddle in a crazy dystopic future where he’s equally crazy pays homage to Bellatrix’s dead body.)

Ouroboros (Harry ends up becoming essentially Tom, an evil Tom Riddle Nelson laughs) 

Smashing Mirrors (one-shot of Tom Riddle growing up in WWII)

What He Grows to Be (Tom Riddle is an evil, creepy, orphan gremlin. Harry goes to the past and tries and fails to raise him).

Being Cassandra (Tom is mostly angry, not inherently evil, and terrible at trying to make friends for realz)

The Girl (Tom is a creepy gremlin orphan who gets shown up by a little girl)

Corruption (Tom wins AU in which he is an evil bastard, and Harry slowly becomes corrupt)

One Night Stand (One of my favorite series if not currently my favorite. Tom is an overdramatic, ridiculoud, diva who has no idea he’s hilarious)

Harry Potter and the mountain of pure diamond (A more MOD style Harry raises Tom, I like the fic for its Harry but Tom is also a delightful brat)

Rock Bottom (Tom is a miserable professor, trapped in Hogwarts and unable to become a dark lord, and he’s being molested by his students.)

#tom riddle #tomarry #fic recs

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Acnara´s super long Harrymort/tomarry archive

Ok so, I´ve been wanting to do a harrymort rec list since probably forever. As a Harrymort shipper, I´ve always had a lot of trouble finding long lists of recommendations -or fics at all. You feel me. And, even if at the beginning I was planing in making this a single post, the recent amount of new stories on AO3 about my OTP (Guys, thank you so much), made me decide to make this more of an interactive thing. So, I´ll keep editing this every time i find anything worth tagging.

And here we get to the tricky part. This is full of recommendations, but, in order to make this fair to new authors/not so well known authors, instead of making this a “you must read” list I´m making it an “everything i´ve ever favorited/followed in ff.net and everything I´ve bookmarked/marked for later on AO3″ kind of list. I personally thing everything here is worth your time, either WIP or complete or one-shot. BUT: lots of the WIPs are old, so they are unofficially descontinued. If you have read everything here, I´m sorry :( I´ll try to update it soon, fear not!

The favorites will have a *, and my personal favorites will have ** and probably fangirl comments, sorry about that. I´d also recommend checking out anything written by this authors. 

Ok, enough talking. Take a sit, this is huge.

JUNE 2017 EDIT IS UP :D

Keep reading

#harrymort #tomarry #fic recs

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Resources For Harry/Voldemort and Tom/Harry Shippers

For those of you into the slash (yaoi, homosexual) pairing of Lord Voldemort (or Tom Riddle) and Harry Potter, especially those of you who are new to the pairing or have trouble finding HPLV slash content; this post is for you!~

Contents of this Post

How to find Harry/Voldemort or Harry/Tom content online. (Common and uncommon terms for these ships.)

The Best Places To Go For Loads of HPLV and/or HPTR   ….and some shameless self-promoting.

The Most Well-Known and Skilled HPLV and HPTR Fanfic Authors and Artists

About Our Official Harrymort FB Group (and website) – what makes us unique from your typical pairing groups.~

There are several terms people use for the Harry/Voldemort pairing. The most common are:

Harrymort

HPLV or LVHP

Voldemort/Harry or Harry/Voldemort

A few other, more uncommon terms people use are: Pottermort, HPLVTMR, Voldepotter, Voldeharry – however it’s pretty uncommon for these to be used (you’ll still occasionally see stuff tagged with this, though).

We also have the Tom Riddle / Harry Potter pairing, however those of us into either or both of these pairings often view the pairings as two completely separate ships – so if you want the stereotypical handsome young Tom slashed with Harry, it’s better not to search for ‘Voldemort/Harry’ (the term used for Voldemort, in his lovely, hairless, serpentine form). 

These are the terms used For Tom Riddle / Harry Potter slash:

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TRHP or HPTR

Tom/Harry or Harry/Tom (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter)

I have also seen a couple people use the terms “Piddle” and “Rotter” (However, for obvious reasons, these are not popularly used outside of describing what your dog did on the livingroom floor.)

~Places you can go to find loads of Voldemort/Harry content:~

www.harrymort.com - Official website and community for all those interested in the slash pairing of Voldemort and Harry or Tom/Harry. (As of Jan 2014, we’ve been having some tech issues, so come to our FB group instead, for now.)

Official Harrymort Facebook Group - This group is associated with the Harrymort site mentioned above (and owned by me, by the way!). We are the largest and most active online community of Voldemort/Harry and Tom/Harry shippers. We are proud to have some of the most well known and skilled Voldemort/Harry related artists, authors and cosplayers around in our group. If you are looking for an extremely active community with loads of content - this is the place to be. 

The Voldemort/Harry and Tom/Harry categories on AO3 (for Voldemort/Harry fanfiction - lots of it!). Click on any of the following to see each category: Voldemort/Harry, Voldemort | Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Tom/Harry

My own personal Voldemort/Harry fanfic recommendations (If you are into serpentine Lord Voldemort with Harry, this is all you’ll find in here.)

The Mature-Rated Harry/Voldemort relationship tag on FFnet

The Mature-Rated Harry/Voldemort tag on FFnet (Has both pairings and other. Use the 'Filter’ option in order to find better results.)

The Mature-Rated Tom/Harry tag on FFnet and M-Rated Tom/Harry relationship tag on FFnet (Again, use the 'Filter’ option to find better results)

The Harrymort Tag on DeviantArt (For Artwork related to the pairing)

The Potter-Voldemort Group on DeviantArt

Harrymort.com’s Official Tumblr Blogs: [Current] and [Old Blog]

That’s all for now, but I can try and make an even larger post of this kind if there is a demand for it. I’m always happy if I can help fellow Harrymort shippers out, as I’ve been into this pairing for almost 15 years now (as long as it’s existed) and am very familiar with everything out there.~

I also do fanfiction of my own, under the name LordVoldemort777 on FFnet and LordVoldemort on AO3 (however most of my works are not posted publicly - you have a much better chance of seeing my stuff if you are a friend of mine on Facebook or a member of our Harrymort FB group).

As well, I do cosplaying and roleplaying as Lord Voldemort (you can find my stuff over on DeviantArt, however I don’t have much of it up there).

Like with my fanfiction, you can find most of my stuff over on my personal Facebook account, as I feel more comfortable posting somewhere that is friends only. Feel free to send me a friend request if you’d like access to view my content, but just make sure you send me a message with your request, telling me how you found me, why you’d like to add me and, perhaps, let me know a little bit about yourself. It’s highly unlikely that I will refuse your request if you do this. ^_^

My fiancee also cosplays (as Harry – so together we make a real life version of Harrymort~). He also creates amazing Harrymort artwork, which I post on my FB and occasionally in the Harrymort FB group, now and then.

~The Most Well Known Authors & Artists for the HPLV/HPTR Fandom~

The following individuals are all well known in the HPLV fandom. What you will find here is the best of the best, when it comes to artwork and fanfiction. If you’ve made this list - you are considered Legend in this fandom. (Note: These are not my own recommendations - however I do link to my Recs in this post. Some of my favorite authors and artists are in here, however, and I have marked them with asterisks**.)

~Artists~

Flayu (creates both HPLV and HPTR artwork, however sadly, a lot of her work is no longer available because of the ungrateful people who kept stealing it and posting it against her wishes. Thanks, guys… Respect the great people who make content for us!)**

Wasserspiegel (both HPLV and HPTR artwork)**

Just1414 (HPLV)**

Misstress-D (HPLV)

Sadademort (HPLV)** (Sadly, a lot of her LVHP work is no longer available.)

Ansketil (HPLV)**

Fultnamn (HPLV)**

A most honorable mention goes to YumeNoTsuzuki and Possim - however, their artwork is normally only ever available for viewing within our Harrymort FB Group, so if you aren’t a member, you are not able to fully witness the awesome LVHP-related talent and skill of these lovely people.~

Because their HPLV work is only available on our group, I’ve simply linked to their pages to you can check out other stuff related to them, if you wish.

~Fanfiction Authors~

I had to get some help from fellow members of the Harrymort FB Group, when it comes to authors of HPTR or non-serpentine Voldemort/Harry fanfic authors, because I never read any of these fics. If you see stars on here, you can be guaranteed that these authors write HPLV with a serpentine Voldemort (non-altered body).

(I only ever read HPLV fanfiction with Voldemort in all his serpentine glory. So, if you like that kind of thing, too, check out my Recs - you won’t be disappointed.~)

LadyOfLilacs (writes HPLV fanfiction)**

IsisLestrange (HPLV)**

SkeletalChild (HPLV)**

brainstorm1001 (HPLV) (**For their fic 'Mirrored)

Paimpoint (HPLV)

AislingSiobhan (Both HPLV and HPTR)

Meikouhaikitsune (HPLV)**

Cheryl Bites (HPLV) (**For their fic 'Death In Love)

underxmyxumbrella (HPTR and LVHP)

Jade_Tatsu (both HPLV and HPTR)

Athey (HPLV) 

FirePhoenix8 (HPLV / HPTR)

Epic_Solemnity (HPLV / HPTR)

Dark Cyan Star (HPLV / HPTR)

Alas, I know I’ve missed some amazing people, but now I am strapped for time. Perhaps, if there’s a demand for it, I can create a massive list of everyone out there with a good reputation for their LVHP or HPTR fics.

About Our Harrymort Facebook Group (and community in general)

http://facebook.com/groups/harrymort/  (If you want to join, please be sure to read the rules!)

Like I mentioned above, we are the largest and most active Voldemort/Harry and Tom/Harry community on the net, receiving new posts and content daily.

We have some of the most skilled and gifted fanfiction authors, artists, roleplayers and cosplayers found in the LVHP and HPTR fandoms in our group.

We have a live chatroom with optional audio/video capabilities, giveaway contests, snail mail exchanges, forums, file sharing, weekly fanfic prompts, polls and much more.~

We hold fanfiction and art lessons, from time to time, and offer various other forms of help, constructive criticism, fanfic BETA-ing and advice for anyone (artists, writers, cosplayers, roleplayers, etc.) who wish to better themselves.

Our members frequently share their own HPLV (or HPTR) fanfiction, artwork or cosplays in the group, so we have HPLV content that you will not find anywhere else online.

Members of the group are also allowed to make art, fanfic or cosplay requests. Many of us are more than happy to fill requests. 

We have a special off-topic area for our members to discuss and share anything they wish that is outside of the fandom, anywhere from just sharing some random photos they took at a convention, crafts they made, right down to seeking counselling or support for serious psych issues (we have a few members who work in medicine who are glad to offer an ear or advice/resources, as we know a lot of people who are drawn to this pairing tend to have had hard times and find the pairing to be an escape from this).

We are a very close-knit community – several of our members have actually ended up meeting each other offline, after some time (I met my fiancee, who now lives with me, through this pairing and with the help of being in the group together) and many of us phone, text and snail-mail each other. However, as close-knit as we are – we are still very open and welcoming to new members. ^_^

We hope to see you there!~

~Vee (Morokei777 on Tumblr)

#harrymort #fic recs

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doodle/Similar composition, different impressions.

#tomarry

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HP Rec Fest, Day 30 ❄️

Happy new year!! This is the last post for the @hprecfest daily prompts for which I'll be reccing fic, so the complete list of Tomarrymort daily recs for this month is listed in its entirety below! The 31st prompt is "a fav amongst favs", which I am physically incapable of narrowing down to a handful of fics, so I'll just end on Day 30 🤍

Thank you to the fest mods for suggesting such lovely prompts and running such a well-organized fest — what a great idea to celebrate the fantastic writing found in this fandom, and I found myself with tons of great new fics to read, particularly in other ships and rarepairs that I would have never come across otherwise!

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Day 30: A Pre-Canon Fic

Reconciling with Death by Madame_Psychosis (M, 26k, complete)

Summary: Featuring a dead girl in a forest, little-soldier-boys, some tenuous grasps on reality, straw mothers, a ghost in a bathroom and, slowly and sadly, kindness from a boy who’s just passing through time. Why I rec it for this prompt: A really unique take on Harry travelling back in time to 1941 to Tom's school days. I love the non-linear style that this fic is written in, which really enhances the build-up of the murder mystery and all the psychological suspense.

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Animus, Anima by @maiathoustra (M, 145k, complete)

Summary: In limbo, Harry doesn't choose to go back to the Forbidden Forest to face Voldemort. He makes another decision and finds himself in a baby's body: little Tom Riddle. Years pass that intimately bind the orphan and his imaginary friend into a hopeless and incestuous relationship. Indeed, all the odd events of Tom Riddle's life happen in spite of Harry's presence: could he be the one who provokes them? Why I rec it for this prompt: Another unique take on Harry being sent back in time, this time as a disembodied voice in Tom's head as the most important part of his journey from childhood to when he becomes Lord Voldemort. An incredible exploration on what it means for two souls to love each other so intensely, and the ending is absolutely gutting in a beautiful way. Definitely have tissues on hand for this long, beautiful, angsty read!

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HP rec fest December recs:

Day 1: Favorite under 5k | Such a Noble Villain Day 2: Comfort Fic | In Somno Veritas | Ouroboros Day 3: Podfic | a taste so good (i'd die for it) Day 4: Fic with Art | A Soulmate Like You Day 5: A Non-AO3 Fic | The Anti-Midas Day 6: Unreliable Narrator Fic | Anabiosis Day 7: A Canon-Compliant Fic | In Your Soul is Sealed a Pleasure Day 8: A Canon-Divergence Fic | Thirst Day 9: A Rare Pair Fic | dust in your pocket | A Breed Apart Day 10: A Fest Fic | In Your Image Day 11: A Dark Fic | As Portioned from a Whole Day 12: A WIP Rec | Lover's Spit | Revolution of Configured Stars Day 13: A Fic >100k Words | One Year In Every Ten | if we were lovers Day 14: A Favorite Series | The Immortal Duties of Lord Voldemort Day 15: The Most Recent Bookmark | Creatures of the Dark we are Day 16: A Fic that Made You Laugh | Make a Wish | Do You Want Fries with That? Day 17: A Fic that Made You Cry | We Still Have Time Day 18: A Fairy Tale-Inspired Fic | Until Midnight Comes  Day 19: Fic with the Hottest Smut | Prison Blues Day 20: A Fic Rated 'G' | Fingers Crossed Day 21: A Thought-Provoking Fic | on the other side Day 22: An Unfinished Fic | In Death, Standby Day 23: A Soulmate Fic | the demiurge, the leontoeides Day 24: A Holiday Fic | A Sky Full of Stars Day 25: A Fic Rated 'T' | Accidents happen Day 26: A Fic with a Memorable Ending | i’ve missed you, my boy Day 27: A Muggle AU Fic | found Day 28: An Underrated Fic | your love is like rhinestones (falling from the sky) Day 29: A Post-Canon Fic | The Other Path Day 30: A Pre-Canon Fic | Reconciling with Death | Animus, Anima

#tomarry recs

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23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 (One-Shot Edition)

Happy birthday to Tom! 🤍 Here's a round-up of some of the most interesting one-shots that I came across in 2023. I tried to include a broad range of tropes and themes and ratings, but I haven't read everything published on AO3 in the past year, so feel free to suggest any others in the comment section or in my ask box!

Criteria for this list: one- (or two-) shot, complete, published in 2023. Can be read in 1 sitting. The 2nd part of this list (23 longfics updated in 2023) coming soon. Happy reading!

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23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 — One-Shots

A Deathly Visit by @purplewitch156 (E, 7k, complete)

There once was a wizard who feared Death more than anything.

a dream is a wish by @funkyatheart (E, 5k, complete)

Harry is no stranger to wet dreams. Nightmares too, of course. They mingle, and blend together in all the wrong and most alluring ways.

A Total Absence of Light by @crowcrowcrowthing (E, 8k, complete)

My name is Tom Riddle, and I am the Boy Who Lived. Something happened to turn Harry Potter into the Dark Lord, and I will do whatever it takes to learn his secrets. I don’t care that he killed my parents. I don't care that he stole my childhood. All I want is to earn the right to call myself his apprentice.

and you'll forget who i have been by @apodius (M, 3k, complete)

Tom hugs you, and for a second you relax. And then you feel a sting on your bicep through your shirt, and the world goes fuzzy.

Anniversary by @vdoshu (E, 4k, complete)

There’s a feather-light touch to Harry’s scar, one that lingers before trailing around the side of his face, coming to rest over his lower lip and tugging it slightly. Harry steels himself, then opens his eyes. “Hello, husband,” he says, facing Voldemort’s hungry gaze. “Happy anniversary.”

Apotheosis by @duplicitywrites (M, 7k, complete)

Growing up side by side with Harry Potter, beloved prophecy child, Draco learned two very important things: One, Voldemort was a god, terrifyingly monstrous and more powerful than any wizard on the planet. And two, Harry Potter was his.

Banish Me to the Garden of Eden by @contrarywiseizybel (M, 7k, complete)

Harry Potter had expected the green of the killing curse, not the red of a stunning spell. He couldn't have guessed that Voldemort would discover the truth first, and chose to trap his wayward horcrux. And in his new cage there is a very simple rule: behave and be rewarded, act out and be punished. He had been asked to die, never told to live.

Cicatrize by @noumena-writes (T, 5k, complete)

When hit with Voldemort's killing curse, Harry awakens in King's Cross. Only thing is, Dumbledore is not the one waiting for him there.

Frigid by @mrviran (E, 3k, complete)

In which one of Voldemort's Horcruxes is broken, and needs to be fixed.

Game On by penn_and_paige (T, 13k, complete)

Tom Riddle didn't pay attention to Harry Evans — that is, of course, until Evans tried to kill him.

haunt me, then by i_am_a_tree (M, 5k, complete)

"Death," Potter says, an inexplicable expression on his face that Voldemort instinctively does not like, “is quicker and easier than falling asleep."  Voldemort does not deign that statement with a reply.

Honeyguide by @cannibalinc (E, 7k, complete)

“I need an Alpha," Tom states. "Someone older. Someone already established within the Ministry with strong connections. Someone kind, a bit stupid, and rich. A Pureblood, ideally. Someone who will soften my image.”

I'm Starving, Darling (Let me put my lips to something) by @winterdeath81 (E, 1k, complete)

Harry thought for a long time he didn't like kissing until he finds that he doesn't mind doing it with Voldemort.

Insatiate by @vdoshu (E, 2k, complete)

Voldemort stole both Harry and the Philosopher’s Stone, and doomed Harry to live a half-life. That was ten years ago.

it's kind of tripping me up babe, i've got it bad for you by @limonium-anemos (E, 3k, complete)

This could've been prevented if they were paying attention, Voldemort thinks. In which they get isekai'd into a cursed erotica book.

liquid luck by @toast-ranger-to-a-stranger (E, 12k, complete)

Harry is a mermaid who happens upon sea monster Voldemort, who has nefarious plans for her.

Love, Murder, Horcrux by @moontearpensfic (E, 8k, complete)

Tom makes Harry his Horcrux on the night of their wedding anniversary.

Ouroboros by @loneamaryllis (E, 5k, complete)

Red eyes followed Harrie wherever she was, in his class, in the Great Hall, walking down the corridors, out on the grounds. She could feel the weight of his gaze upon her, like scales sliding across her skin, cold, smooth, and prickling every defensive instinct she had.

Research and Development by @cannibalinc (E, 6k, complete)

Primary Objective: Establish with certainty that Subject IS or IS NOT a living Horcrux. Captured audio sample from Subject: You can’t keep me in here forever, Voldemort! Why don’t you come in here and face me, you COWARD! I’m not scared of you! Dumbledore will find me and—

Right in Front of My Salad? by IceLynx (T, 2k, complete)

In which Draco Malfoy is dead in the kitchen, Harry is regretting moving in with his boyfriend, and Tom has never been more in love.

Plains of oblivion by @milkandmoon-ao3 (E, 3k, complete) 

Trapped in the past with no way home, a disillusioned Harry executes a plan to make an ally of the rising Dark Lord and reshape history.

That's Money, Honey by @dividawrites & @duplicitywrites (E, 10k, complete) 

Tom is a dear friend to many beautiful older women who love to treat him like their beloved son by spoiling him with presents. It is the perfect gateway to the perfect lifestyle—one full of frequent spa days, free holidays abroad, and all of the latest fashions. When Auror Harry Potter claims to be investigating Tom's 'inappropriate' relationships, Tom decides the best course of action is to instigate some 'inappropriate' behaviour of his own.

The Boy With the Green Ribbon by @meles-merrivale (T, 6k, complete)

In another world, what Sirius Black finds when he sprints into Godric’s Hollow that Halloween night is bad enough. In this world, it’s so much worse. It’s James—his best friend, his soulmate, the rest of him—dead in the doorway, and vibrant, warm Lily cold on the carpet, and there, standing in his crib seeing things no infant should see, is little baby Harry. And next to him, lying on the crib mattress, is the baby’s screaming head.

Would You Still Love Me? by @chiocchi (M, comic/artwork, WIP)

"Harry, would you still love me if I was a snake?" Harry knows how this question works. No matter how deranged and unreasonable it is, he has to say yes. A notion he may come to regret once Tom's questions start to get darker and oddly specific.

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23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 (Longfic Edition)

Happy New Year! 🤍 Here is a round-up of some of the most engaging multi-chaptered works/longfics that I came across in this ship in 2023.

I found each of these fics, in their depiction of the ship, to be a fresh or surprising take on our familiar beloved characters of Harry and Tom|Voldemort, truly groundbreaking in some way in their approach to the ship. It's amazing to me that even after 20+ years of this ship existing, there's still new themes / tropes / dynamics to explore, and the authors are all so talented in making me think about the ship in some new way — just incredible examples of what it means to be a transformative work of fanfiction.

Criteria for this list: multi-chaptered, Tomarrymort-centric, with at least 1 update published in 2023. As with a previous longfic rec list, I tried to find longer fics that were relatively under-rated (which is hard to define, but below 2K kudos for the most part).

See here for Part 1 (2023 Tomarrymort one-shots), and hope you lose many many happy hours to the unbridled joy of immersing yourself in one or more of these incredibly addictive, lovely longer fics!

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23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023 — Multi-Chaptered Fics

A Darkness by Any Other Name by river_marrow (M, 30k, WIP) 

Decades after the war ends, Harry is thrown through the Veil, and finds himself in an alternate reality where the leader of the Muggleborn uprising is the Dark Lord Voldemort.

A Dead God's Faith by @selfishrot (M, 35k, WIP)

Blood and spittle rush to follow Riddle’s words that are dragged out through a wrecked throat. “I will consume you.” Harry felt a thrill run up his spine, along with the usual fear and anger that accompanied Voldemort's threats. “Be gentle, I can feel your soul ripping its stitches.”

And the Living Will Envy the Dead by @k-s-morgan (M, 81k, WIP)

When Harry looks at Tom, he feels overwhelmed. There is a spark that makes him hopeful, the fear that nothing he does will save Tom from himself, and the horror at what his lies might lead to. When Tom looks at Harry, he feels nothing. Until he does, and then Harry’s world starts drowning in blood.

At the expense of the world by @itsevanffs (E, 24k, WIP)

"He had a lover, you know," Jenkins says to Remus once Harry's behind a wall and out of sight again. "A boy, and a gorgeous one at that. Nobody really knew where he came from, and Tom didn't seem to favour him either, at first, but by the end, he was besotted."

Bitumen by @crowcrowcrowthing (E, 32k, WIP)

Harry finds out the hard way that Dementors can’t digest Horcruxes. Now separated from his body, his best option is to seek out a similar soul for help. A love story about immortals with too much time to kill.

Creatures of the Dark we are by @hikarimeroperiddle (M, 25k, WIP)

Banished to his cupboard at age 4, Harry learns to listen only to the Voice in his head. Its teachings wrap all around Harry until no more than dark magic and devotion remains, along with visions of a wraith with red eyes.

Exceeding Expectations by @mosiva (E, 56k, complete)

Harry Potter’s life ran along very different lines than Tom Riddle’s. He knew nothing more of the man than he read in the Daily Prophet. Then they get stuck in a lift together.

Exegesis by liquoricepantomime (M, 38k, WIP)

In exchange for peace, Voldemort asks for Harry Potter. And so, there is a new legacy that forms — of The-Boy-Who-Was-Sold, and his childhood spent in a castle, with a man who has killed his parents. A man who is mad, and whose ire reigns fiery hell. A man he will marry, and yet knows nothing about.

found by @honbug (E, 112k, WIP)

Tom knows from the beginning that he is destined for greatness. Nothing and no one will stop him from achieving his goals. (And then, of course, there are the dreams.)

hook, line, and sinker by @purplemineralwater (E, 21k, WIP)

Harry asks Professor Riddle for help in killing Voldemort. Riddle is endlessly amused.

if we were lovers by @reggieblk (E, 277k, complete)

When Harry arrives at the most prestigious theatrical school in the country, he doesn't have many expectations. The most unexpected thing he encounters is Tom Riddle, and subsequently, falling in love with the only other person who deals with feelings as well as him. But maybe, just maybe, he and Tom will find out that not all love stories have to end in tragedy.

Lover's Spit by @pinktom & @k3uuu (E, 123k, WIP)

Following his father's arrest on a dull hot Sunday in North Yorkshire, 10-year-old Tom Riddle becomes a dark internet sensation.  If Harry Potter listened to his father, he would never speak to Riddle again. But eight years after the arrest, an unexpected and painful encounter leads Harry to reconsider events — and arrive at a conclusion all his own. 

One Year In Every Ten by @saintsenara (E, 189k, WIP)

A decade after the final battle, a serial killer emerges, with a message that proclaims the Dark Lord has risen again. Harry is assigned to the case.

Oversight by @dividawrites (E, 21k, WIP)

Voldemort’s resurrection ritual doesn’t go as smoothly as he’d planned. He requires assistance and there’s only one person he can ask—the boy tied to his father’s gravestone.

Paved With the Best Intentions by @perhaps-sunlight (M, 113k, WIP)

Instead of dying during the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort de-ages into an infant. Until he becomes old enough to be legally executed, he will be magically bound to Harry.

Prison Blues by @metalomagnetic (E, 68k, WIP) 

Harry and Voldemort find themselves locked up in a mysterious prison in an A/B/O alternate universe setting.

Revolution of Configured Stars by @tollingreminiscentbells (E, 110k, WIP)

In a Voldemort Wins AU, Harry Potter was spared, and enters his seventh year at Hogwarts wanting to do Arithmancy research and keep his head down. However, after a chance encounter, it looks like it may not be so simple. Marvolo Gaunt seems to have his eye on Harry. The trouble is, Harry has no idea why. 

Tender Reigns Our Night by @noumena-writes (M, 93k, WIP)

Sent on a Ministry mission to fight for magic's survival, Harry goes back in time with two simple objectives: find and destroy any existing Horcruxes, and stop Tom Riddle ever evolving into Voldemort — using any means necessary. Harry thus finds himself working alongside Riddle at Borgin and Burke's, examining dark artefacts and desperately trying to fulfil his orders.

the demiurge, the leontoeides by @ramabear (E, 125k, WIP)

Thomas Gaunt reaches through the dimensions and plucks an eleven-year-old Harry Potter from his world and brings him home again.

the eternal flame by @duplicitywrites (E, 25k, WIP) 

There’s a well-dressed older man who enters the orphanage asking after Tom Riddle. The man’s green eyes fix on Tom’s face, searching and searching.  “My name is Harry Gaunt,” the man says, the tenor of his voice soft and faltering, a reflection of Tom's deepest, most secret anxieties, “and I’m here to adopt you.”

the righteous dead by @aspengray (T, 23k, WIP)

Harry is resurrected, sewn together with thread and magic. He remembers nothing except that he loves his savior, a man named Voldemort.

The Longing by @aglassroseneverfades (M, 33k, WIP)

Harry is not thinking of his parents right now as he trudges up to Voldemort’s eerie castle. He is thinking instead, as he often does, of a name that burns too brightly on his wrist in the pre-dawn light. He is wondering if somehow the fruitless tugging on his heart means that somewhere, some way, Tom is watching over him. 

With a resolute heart by Act_Naturally (M, 157k, WIP)

A Hunger Games-AU featuring Harry and Tom as competing champions.  Harry has a saving people thing. It’s not conducive to surviving a battle royale. He doesn’t fancy his chances. Especially against Tom Riddle.

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Tomarrymort Recs by aethon 🐍

Hi! Thank you for your interest in this blog 🤍 This is a rec blog focused exclusively on Tomarrymort recs.

If you're looking for Tomarrymort rec lists, keep reading! I will keep this master list of links updated as I post more rec lists to this blog.

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My standard list of rec list disclaimers:

• Please mind all tags and warnings on AO3 before reading (including CCNTW, explanation here). I strive to include a diverse range of fic genres and ratings in my rec lists, so you'll come across lighter fare such as fluff and crack fics, along with fics that may cover darker themes. • Recs are always listed in alphabetical order by title. • Because I'm reccing Tomarrymort ship fics (all ratings from G through E) rather than gen fics, I aim to find fics where both characters in the ship are a meaningful part of the story; there isn't significant focus dedicated to side ships for Harry or Tom before getting to the endgame ship; and the Tomarrymort ship is central to the story. • Finally, this blog is not a fic-finding blog, but please visit our friends at @findingtomarrymort if you're having trouble locating a specific fic!

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Tomarrymort Recs Master List

I. Longfic Recs

Part 1 — Tomarrymort Beginner Pack (10 fics) Part 2 — Intermediate Pack (16 fics) Part 3 — Advanced Pack (12 fics)

II. Themed Rec Lists

Harry-Raises-Tom Riddle recs (14 fics) Voldemort-Raises-Harry recs (13 fics) Omega Tom Riddle | Voldemort recs (9 fics) Fem Tomarrymort (F/F) recs (15 fics) Part 1 — Dead Dove Tomarrymort recs — Non-Con/Dub-Con (30 fics) Part 2 — Dead Dove Tomarrymort recs — Incest / Chan (25 fics)

III. Answered Asks

Professor Potter recs (13 fics) Professor Riddle recs (12 fics) Tom & Harry Co-parenting recs (8 fics) Creature Fic (naga, vampire, mermaid, werewolf, veela) recs (25 fics) Unhinged/Dark Harry recs (13 fics) Independent/Strong-Willed Harry recs (10 fics) 1940s-era Tomarrymort recs (23 fics) Tomarrymort crack recs (34 fics) Tomarrymort casefic/mystery recs (15 fics) (coming soon) Snake-Like Voldemort recs

IV. Recs by Publication Date

24 Tomarrymort Recs for 2022 (24 fics) Jan 2023 recs (10 fics) Feb 2023 recs (30 fics) (work in progress) December 2023 HP Rec Fest (coming soon) 23 Tomarrymort Recs for 2023

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