Title: The chance of a life time and beyond
Author: reighost
Rating: M
Genre: Mystery/Humor
Pairings: None for now
Status: WIP
Summary:Harry goes back in time. Not as a teacher, not as an exchange student but as just your everyday Muggleborn student eagerly starting the first year of seven years of education needed to become a fullyfledged wizard…the only thing is it's going to be 1971
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2725011/1/

Link: http://reighost.livejournal.com/tag/harry potter timetravel
(Seven chapters up, starting at the bottom)

This is another one of those stories where experienced 20 years old Harry travels back in time of Maraurders. Original twists are that he's de-aged so to look 11 years old, he's sorted to Slytherin and he befriends Snape and Blaise (1971 version of one).

I liked this story more than the others for it's lighter tone (no angsting at sight of his parents, nor the bashing) and better than usual plot - Harry's trip actually has some purpose, unlike other similar plots. He's not just another pussy on a vacation, careful not to change the past, 'cuz dat baaaad'...

Downside is general conception of stories like this - there is simply no logical explanation why would someone do a thing like this. Why not simply go and kill Voldemort instead of playing with kids?

Ah well, it's a fair read anyway...



Checked by Minion, Nov. 25, 2012
The author took down his story and reposted it on his lifejournal, see SoS posts: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/showpost.php?p=601353&postcount=16

 

I think it`s quiet interesting. Although I`m not a big fan of the time travel to the 70`s fics. I found this one easier to read a better than some of the stories in this sort of catergory.

So far so good.

Waiting for more

 

I find it pretty well written. Not the best work out there but better than most. Nice pick IP, I agree with most of your comments on these kind of Fics as well. I am a fan of some timetravel fics, 1970's are normally done wrong in my oppinion.

 

I always thought some sort of mesh with the 'Back To The Future' trilogy would be fun. You know the first one, where his mum falls in love with him and he takes his fathers place? I couldn't get into this fic, but ...

 

I was hesitant to read this but if you think it and ok story IP i'll take ya word for it. Read the first few chapters and well it's moderately ok, i thought that there is a lot of room to improve but then again it might just be because the time travel fics i've expirenced are not the easiest plot to think and write up.

 

There's a note from the author posted recently - they are taking a break to fix the story up - good news, as far as I'm concerned. On the plus side, the story also inspired to write this reply about pairings in the past:

"I'd like to throw my hat in the ring with any support of a realistic Harry/Bellatrix ship (wouldn't even have to be permanent), but to wait until the characters are old enough not to know better, if you catch my drift. I will also support the following interesting and/or ridiculous ships (keeping in mind that Arthur and Molly are several years older than the first-years, and Narcissa&Lucius are at least a bit older, etc):
Snape/Molly, Umbridge/one of Aberforth's goats, Arthur/Narcissa, Lucius/A Pickled Beet, Hagrid/some sort of odd dragon-giant hybrid, Fudge/Moaning Myrtle, Remus/Alice (Longbottom), Sirius/Trelawney, James/Cho's parents/Lily
And of course, if Harry/Bellatrix doesn't work, a good old fashioned Harry/Narcissa/Patil twins' mother/Cho's mother/Susan's mother/Angelina's mother love hexagon would be fun - if also completely ridiculous."

 

Eh...I kinda of find it hard to believe he'll update anytime soon, so that fix up might be a good long while. He's a good writer and all and I love his stories. Problem is he keeps making new ones and he has alot of things to update.

 

Would she still be insane? 'Cause that's kinda kinky...

 

While I am sure that the story is at least OK so could I not go past the first chapter after I read redeemed!Snape and redeemed!Draco not to mention that he spells george as gorge

 

I have found that I like this story its easier to read and understand then most others in its class 3/5 stars if I were to rate it

 

I think the answer to that is in the summary.

Hes not capable of killing Voldemort yet.

 

That's no reason. He's as capable as his future self. The only reason to be miniaturisized and go to Hogwarts, while he could be destroying horcruxes etc. full time, would be to have fun he didn't have in his own youth and other such thingies. Not that I don't like those stories.

 

I'm sure Ill get shit for Necro-Posting, But I gotta say that the most recent update Explains alot of that. He's there to change things, Plain and simple. I'm still not sure what the 'Grand Design' is (Obviously) But I thought it made quite a bit of sense to go back like that. Not only is he making it exponentially more difficult for Tom to ever return to his body, but he's taking care of the horcrux's (Horcruxi?) and Possibly even changing the 'Mud-Blood' Hating in slythern house.

Love the interaction with the Maruaders to, though I keep wondering whats so special about pettigrew...

 

hmmm..70's I wonder if he'll get acid wash jeans? ^_^ just kidding. but good overall.

 

3/5 from me. Solid writing, flawed premise, distinctive lack of updates.

 

Deleted everything from ff.net, but the author says they're getting an account at AO3 and the story is supposedly up on their livejournal.

 

Thanx. I updated the first post