homeless forever.

[rationality]

No, of course there's nothing wrong with being emotional. People have emotions and that's okay. It would be hypocritical of me to say otherwise, because I'm not a replicant, and I wouldn't say it anyway because I'm not a Dark Lord. It's just that you get emotional over weird things, and - come on, let's be honest, you have a complete tendency to overreact. I don't think there's anything that bad about my situation. I'm well aware that it's not perfect, but I wouldn't want to trade it out for anything else.

And what exactly is so great about Sirius Black, anyway? You're not telling me anything at all, so it sounds to me like you want me to meet the lunatic that murdered my parents. By your own admission, you also want me to meet him for hugs.

Forget everything I've ever said about Dumbledore, you're the crazy one.

~ Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres

P.S. Look, no offence, but if you actually start crying about this, then I'm leaving.

Comments

Yes! I've been wanting to RP my Harry raised as Dick Grayson AU against MoR!Harry

[dickandharry]

Sirius was actually innocent, funnily enough. Pettigrew was the traitor.

And I'm mildly disappointed. From the way my mun went on about you, I thought you'd be a Vulcan.

haha, i am happy to provide!

[rationality]

Based on evidence, or hearsay? Because there's a very, uh - [ notorious? terrible? hilarious? ] - famous story about Peter Pettigrew and it didn't really prove anything except that Bill Weasley was temporarily insane.

Yes, well, I'm unfortunately cursed with humanity. I can only uphold the Vulcan policy of living by logic and reason, with the minimal interference of pesky things like emotions.

Re: haha, i am happy to provide!

[dickandharry]

Does this story have anything to do with Scabbers? Because that's what Pettigrew's been doing since the night everyone thought he died. (And he did in fact confess to it after we caught him and turned him in, at least in my timeline.)

And I know your name, but you don't know mine. Dick Grayson, at your service.

[rationality]

... Obviously there are a lot of differences between my alternate universe and the other ones. It's the Scabbers story, but they tested it and proved it not to be Pettigrew, which is a good thing if you ask me because it would just be stupid to get caught doing that. Hiding with a family that is definitely not on the side of You-Know-Who? Really?

[ unfortunately, his comic book knowledge is meagre at best, so the name is nothing but confusion for him. ]

All right, do you want to explain that one to me? Because you've kind of got my face, so I was expecting "Harry Potter".

[dickandharry]

No-one ever said Pettigrew was smart. In fact everyone pretty much says the exact opposite.

And our Aunt married someone different in my universe. A guy who hated anything not normal, and magic apparently didn't fit his narrow definition of normal. So when Dumbledore dropped me off at their house, they left me at a circus. I... got adopted by a family of acrobats.

{For some reason, his face goes somber when he mentions his family]

[rationality]

Most people around here just say that he's dead.

[ harry can't even comprehend his aunt - his mother - abandoning him like that. he's had such a good childhood, he hates hearing when anyone suffered from a bad one. (and it's kind of horrifying to realise that, if dumbledore could have, he really would have left him with wicked step-parents.) ]

That's... Wow, that's really awful. Sorry to hear that, honest. Did you... Did you still go to Hogwarts?

[dickandharry]

It wasn't really awful. The circus was great. So were my parents. Why else do you think I kept the name they gave me?

[Harry might notice that Dick said that all in the past tense]

And yeah, I go to Hogwarts. I'm in Gryffindor.

[outlive]

Er, Potter-Evans-Verres, is it?

[ blimey that's a mouthful ]

[rationality]

Technically, yes. It didn't feel right to leave out any of my parents. Just Potter's all right, though.

[outlive]

Quicker, at least. [ he is totally entitled to kind of tease younger au himselves. there is definitely no way he was ever that small though. right? maybe. ] So who's the Verres, then?

[rationality]

Adoptive dad. Mum - uh, Aunt Petunia to you, I suppose - she married Dr. Michael Verres. They're my parents. And obviously, James and Lily Potter are my other parents, but honestly, I barely know anything about them.

[sevenofseven]

...Harry?

[rationality]

Different to the one you're thinking of, probably, but yes, I'm a Harry. Do I know you? Or rather, am I supposed to know you?

[sevenofseven]

You look just like...

This place is mad.

[Awkward!]

Yes. I'm Ginny Weasley. We...are dating. I mean, I am dating the other Harry that looks like you but is much older.

[rationality]

... I'm w— Sorry, did you just say— D— Wh—

[ there are too many confusing things about that situation. way too many. he can't even sort through them all, and now his train of thought is stuck in some horrible backlog of confusing information. ]

Dating? [ it comes out sort of high-pitched. ] Are you - dating. You're Ginny W— ah. No, just a - Dating a Weasley? [ ... wait - ] I didn't mean - sorry, bad experience with your brother, he's not exactly my favourite person, and I just— Why. Dating. Really?

[sevenofseven]

[Distinctly unamused, tiny Harry. She arches a brow and gives him one of her patented looks.]

Which one? I have six. [Had six. Now she has five, but there's no way she's opening that wound in front of someone who probably wouldn't understand the weight of the loss.]

I am a year younger than the other you. You...saved me at least once and... We've been seeing each other for a little over a year.

[rationality]

Ronald. He doesn't much like me, and I don't really care about him. [ but wow. that's... ] Ahh... Dating. Okay, that's not - no offence, it's just not a thing that I would fancy doing. Uh, ever. Trying to handle Hermione and Draco and, frankly, my entire life is difficult enough without... girls. And dating them. In fact, dating just sounds complicated and altogether completely unappealing.

[sevenofseven]

But he's your...best friend. [. . .] Your life is very difficult and no one [except maybe Snape] is going to argue with you about that. I'm not some deluded, clingy dunce who doesn't understand what you're going through. If anything, I just want to support you and see you through all of this.

What was that about Hermione and Malfoy?

[Because that just... Deets now, Harry.]

How old are you anyway?

[bibliophile_annex]

Goodness your name has gotten long, Harry. Who are you including into your family?

[She nearly sticks up for Sirius, but... Harry's young and, well, there's plenty of time for him to learn the truth.]

[rationality]

Lily and James Potter, of course. But my other parents are Petunia Evans and Dr. Michael Verres. I didn't want to leave any of them out.

[bibliophile_annex]

They are your adoptive parents. Petunia and... [Hold it.] Who is Dr. Michael Verres? I thought your Uncle's name was Vernon Dursley.

[rationality]

... No? Mum mentioned him once, though. She said they were dating and he was awful, so she left him and married Dad instead.

[bibliophile_annex]

Petunia and Vernon are your adoptive parents. They took you in after... Well, after Voldemort killed Lily and James.

[What is going on?]

And even if she married this...Dr. Verres... Since when do you call anyone but James Potter Dad? Don't get me wrong, I think it's great you have a better relationship with a guardian. It just seems...strange.

[rationality]

Petunia Evans and Michael Verres raised me, and they love me like a son. In my opinion, that makes them my parents. James and Lily Potter are my biological parents. I'm not saying I don't care about them, because I know they loved me and did a lot for me too. It's just not fair of me to choose one pair of parents over the other one.

[dickandharry]

Trust me, he's not the strangest one of us alternate universe Harry's. That'd be me.