Greetings followers and anyone else who finds this post. It is time for another fic from my eclectic collection of fandoms.
Every week I’ll share a crossover, one-shot, series, or general fic that caught my fancy in my history of reading thousands of fics from dozens of fandoms. If you like this week’s fic please let me know and don’t forget to thank the author.
This week’s fic: The Ever Upwards Series by stranglerfig
Fic Link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1555645
Author Link: https://archiveofourown.org/users/stranglerfig/pseuds/stranglerfig
Fic summary:
Harry finds a better life with the basilisk, but that doesn't mean it's easy. From inter-being feuds, to bloody prophecies, to elven unrest, Harry is in the eye of a hurricane that will change the wizarding world forever.
Involving thestrals, merfolk, house elves, centaurs, acromantulae, and various other friends, denizens, and allies.
This series is: Queer in a multitude of ways. Morally complex. A massively canon-divergent AU. Filled with oc's and non-oc's. A story about relationships, love, trust, friendship, healing ... and revolution.
There are seven novel-length fics, plus a prologue (to leap and love the fall) and two longer stories (with courage unyielding and the gentle sunlight). The short story collection to journey on contains shorter stories set within the main timeline.
My review: This is just so perfect. It fills in all the worldbuilding plot holes you could ever want in a Harry Potter fic, it frees the house elves, it gives Harry a massive loving found family, it explores the foundations of magic, it's big and beautiful and wholesome. All sorts of characters get good arcs, there is representation of every sort of LGBTQ+ identity you could ask for, it's one of the most inclusive and rich Harry Potter AUs you could imagine.
