You are one of many to ask me about this. My work is not big enough for Ao3 (as in a personal word count) They are short, but I do admit it's getting hard to not lose it with my personal blog.
I made a separate blog that will now be only DC x DP content. I'll be reblogging my work onto it and updating it to make it easier to keep track of.
If you like to head over to @dcxdpdabbles that's where you can find my work and future work on this fun crossover :)
If it wasnt a Jack/Harry ship, who do you consider pairing Jack up with?
ooh, interesting question!
my very first instinct reading this is to say luna. i’m already semi-interested in a few ships with her that have similar-ish dynamics to what i imagine a romantic jack and luna pairing would look like. a fic with that pairing would be a bit different though. jack’s perceived antagonism towards harry & co is a big part of the current and future dynamic, and jack just wouldn’t act the way he acts towards harry towards luna. plus, she wouldn’t interpret his actions and words quite the same way the golden trio do. similarly to the current status of harry/jack in the fic, it would be mostly one-sided slowburn until Things happen later on.
this one is a bit strange, so hear me out - moving on from that first instinct thought of “luna,” i think that if this fic somehow took the shape of jack becoming conscious in the diary in the 1970s, jack/snape could be a lot of fun. current adult snape literally can not stand jack and jack doesn’t like snape at all either, but in an AU set in a different time i think this could be an interesting premise. i think the only way snape would ever be able to meet jack and not want to punch him in the face is if snape was his teenage self. it would also give me an excuse to write for lily, who is one of my top 5 favorite characters!!
^^ the current premise of the fic, at least in terms of everyone and everyone thinking jack is either some plotting evil mastermind or at least a teenager with a dark legacy and questionable intentions, is largely derived from that primary dynamic of “harry thinking voldemort has a son who wants to kill him," and while that would still be present in a fic with a different pairing, it’s really bolstered by it being a harry/jack fic. when i write, relationship dynamics really affect the overall concept of the work as a whole, so a fic with a different relationship is just going to look different!
finally, a short bonus list of some other names that popped into mind:
fleur
remus (this one would begin developing specifically around the OOTP segment of this fic. i would explain my thoughts about this one more, but i can’t because of spoilers!)
hii! just wanted to say that i love ur fic and jack and ginny soo much ^_^
how did the idea of creating the fic come to mind? and what’s happening after jacks seventh year?
hi! thank you so much for reading, and i’m so glad you’re enjoying it!! incredibly long info dump below the cut….
HDEGH in its final form is essentially an amalgamation of tropes i really like and always find myself looking for in harry potter fics. when i went into the initial planning stage for this fic, i was basically setting out to write a very, very self indulgent fic where the target audience was me.
there were a few proto-HDEGH fics that i half-heartedly planned before i landed on the ideas and premise you see in the final product. i ended up writing first chapters for two of them as pilots for myself to see how i felt about them - but HDEGH was the one that really struck all of those chords i loved, and that was when i really dove into planning!
in general, i really enjoy fics where the premise is essentially “character goes undercover/is not entirely honest about their identity and, in trying to connect the dots, other characters come to the conclusion that they are evil and/or specifically a death eater.” it’s very specific, but this was veryyyy common in the HP crossover fics i was reading on fanfic dot net as a kid - for years, i wouldn’t read any other kind of fanfiction!
nowadays i really like tropes such as identity porn, time travel, and reincarnation. many of the situations and dynamics you’ll find in fics with those tags are pretty similar to many of the things you can find in HDEGH. if i like it, it’s in there! the “character assumed to be voldemort’s child and treated accordingly” thing is something i loveeeee but is a little more obscure, and that obscurity is part of the reason i wanted to write this fic.
jack’s character in particular was inspired by a certain genre of vapid male reality TV personality. i knew i wanted a “voldemort’s child” misunderstanding, and while planning HDEGH i naturally settled on a bitchy protagonist because it felt like the best way to ensure someone who, to children assuming the worst of him, could consistently behave antagonistic in a way that fits their preconceptions and reinforces the misunderstanding. i think a meeker protagonist just anxiously fumbling themselves into situations where they seem like the bad guy could be an interesting and funny premise, but it just wasn’t what i wanted to go for in terms of the humor for this fic. plus, it’s just a lot of fun to write a character like jack!
i can’t exactlyyyy answer your question about what’s happening after jack’s seventh year as to avoid Spoilers with a capital S. however, i can assure you that jack will remain directly involved with our canon cast in the story moving forward!
finally, i will also tap the sign in the tags that says “alternate universe - canon divergence” so take that as you will :^)
I cannot express the immense amount of joy that has been bringing this project to life. Words to describe how I feel escape me, hence why I
IT'S FINISHED! I cannot express the immense amount of joy that has been bringing this project to life. Words to describe how I feel escape me, hence why I read books instead of write them. All I can say is thank you and feel free to check it out on my Insta or my YouTube. Thank you @sararaasch. I impatiently await for my copy of The Fake Divination Offense to arrive later this month.
PS There are some easter egg characters/people in there. Let me know if you recognize them.
