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I recently read Darkly Dreaming Harry by LineApe and enjoyed its unique take on Harry as a genuine psychopath-cold, calculating, and utterly detached from normal human emotion, much like Dexter from the TV series.

The fic’s blend of horror, dark humor, and psychological insight is fascinating, especially the way Harry manipulates those around him and views the world through such an alien lens.

Unfortunately, the Fic was last updated (if I am reading this right) 11-29-2010.

What I’m Looking For:

• Fics where Harry is a true psychopath, sociopath, or otherwise emotionally detached, and uses his intelligence to manipulate or control others.
• Bonus points for stories where he collects “minions” from among his classmates (especially Hermione, Ron, or even Slytherins), brainwashes them, or treats them as pawns/pets.
• I especially enjoy fics where Harry is condescending, treats others as tools, or explores power dynamics in twisted, creative ways.
• Any genre welcome: time travel, possession, AU, or canon divergence.
• Dark humor or a chilling, introspective narrative style is a huge plus.

Examples of What I Like:

• The way "Darkly Dreaming Harry" explores Harry’s internal monologue and his cold logic.
• Scenes where Harry manipulates or “collects” people (like the Luna scene with true names, or potential for making Hermione his “pet”).
• Fics where Harry’s relationships with Ron, Hermione, and others are fundamentally altered by his lack of empathy.

Questions for Discussion:

• Do you know of any other fics that capture this kind of dark, psychological Harry?
• Are there stories where Harry actively builds a network of minions or “pets” among the students, especially Hermione or Ron?
• What are your favorite portrayals of manipulative, condescending, or sociopathic Harry?
• Have you seen any fics that blend this with time travel, possession, or other twists?

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Tbh i rlly just love the trickster episodes in general- this one was so funny oml actually had me giggling the whole time

I loved these types of episodes, they were a nice break from the soul crushing pain that comes with this show 😭

Interested to know your favourite "channel" in this episode ahahah

Voldemort has just risen from the cauldron, given his wand and robe by Pettigrew. He spots Harry still tied to the Reaper stone and hisses triumphantly, "Harry Potter... It's been a long time since I've laid eyes on you. You did well at the room with the mirror."

Harry cracked a grin, "Thanks, Phil."

Voldemort turned to the teen and regarded him curiously, "Phil?"

Harry shrugged apologetically, "Well, you know all of those hyphenated names people like to come up with for us? I'm 'The-Boy-Who-Lived' and you're 'You-Know-Who' amongst others. It's gotten so bad that Draco Malfoy, Lucius' son, came up with the new name of Phil for you since there are dozens of people who we might know which just makes it all so confusing."

Voldemort couldn't help the oily smirk that crossed his face, "There are worse things to be called besides 'Phil,' I suppose."

Harry chuckled ruefully, "Yeah, and that was one of the tamer names that have been making the rounds at school. The students in Slytherin have gotten good at coming up with them. They say that they've got the right to come up with the names because of who their parents are. Heck, some of their parents were coming up with some doozies!"

A dark fire lit Voldemort’s eyes as he hissed dangerously, "Do tell..."

"why, one of those names was Hadrian" Harry said "Pansy Parkinson came up with that idea".

"maybe you could take that name" Voldemort said.

"no, that would make me sound as pretentious as Draco Malfoy".

"hmm, what a good point, any others" Voldemort said.

"Crab has been calling you luscious".

"Lucius Malfoys middle name?" Voldemort asked "really?".

"didn't know that was his middle name but yeah, Goyle calls you Ronald McDonald"

"what?"

"yes, Luna Lovegood has been calling you Albus Severus Potter" Harry said "and i have no idea why, she claims i will name my second son after Dumbledore and Snape"

"does she claim that you have another son called Gilderoy Tom Potter? id say you must have been drunk or something to come up with that name, unless you weren't the one to choose the name" Voldemort said, "but enough about weird names for hypothetical great grand children...i mean children".

"what?" Harry asked.

"its a long story" Voldemort said "anyway back to names ive been called".

"well Lavender brown has been calling you the Lich King, Dumbledore has been calling you Tom without jerry, Flitwick has been calling you Sir Noseless, Minister Fudge has been calling you the thing that is not alive, Hermione has been calling you Moldy Voldy, Ron Weasley has been calling you. Ginny Weasley has been calling you Dragon Food, Delores Umbridge has been calling you her Rival".

"eww, i remember that toad" Voldemort said "and why the dragon food one"

"well she did one up her brother Charlie by taming a three wild dragons that are larger than whales, but that is besides the point" Harry said.

"i suppose it is" Voldemort said.

"i call you Mr Wizard" Avery said, bringing Harry and Voldemort out of the odd conversation they had been having with all the death eaters standing in a circle still.
"i call you Mr Burns" Crabs said.

"i thought that was what we called Lucius" Goyle said.

"no you fool, we call him Loony luscious" Crab said, before grabbing his wand and pointing it at Goyle, before casting a spell, but the wand was backwards, and Crab Launched himself into the sun.

"Mr Crabs, where are you going" Goyle said to the rapidly vanishing Crab.

"not this again, i am surrounded by Idiots" Voldemort.

"Hey" Harry yelled.

"i call the Dark lord the Dancing Queen" a random death eater said out of nowhere.

Hey ya'll, looking for a fic where James and Lily (plus Remus & Sirius probably) take Harry to Australia to hide in a cave/bunker.

Harry is a multi-animagus and has some type of souldbond with Ginny from the other side of the planet when they're very young.

Thanks!

"Wait, what?" Harry said. "Earlier today, me and Ron got into an argument about Quidditch. At first, I thought he was just being ignorant, but the longer we talked, the more I realized that he really knows his stuff. I admit, I was captivated." Cho blushed. "In the end, he blurted something out about not having a date to the Yule Ball, so I offered to go with him."

Harry wanted to say something, but he honestly didn't know what. He was utterly stunned by this revelation. "Anyway, I have to go, Harry! Please tell Ron we have to talk more about Quidditch sometime!" Cho said right before she left.

Harry himself was speechless. The girl he had a crush on was going to the Yule Ball with his best friend. And somehow, he had a feeling that Hermione wasn't going to be happy about this either.

I remember watching s1 for the first time and all the theorizing.

Who is who but also who knows what?

We began to realize that Regina still had her memories when she squashed Graham's heart.

(Poor, poor Graham.)

But Mr Gold was always so enigmatic.

He never acted like anything other than a creepy land owner.

But then Regina confronted him in "Skin Deep" while he was in a cell.

For the first time we heard her verbally reference the truth and the Enchanted Forest, when she asked him his true name.

"I am Mr Gold. Every day I've spent on the earth that's been my name."

"What about the time you spent... elsewhere!"

And then his mask drops with a sly little smile and he gnarls breathlessly:

"Rumplestiltskin!"

Boom! Chills!

Man, Robert Carlyle is such a fantastic actor!