| abstract | - Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past is a Peggy Sue fic written by S'Tar'Kan / Viridian / Evil Author Lord, who also authored the equally-excellent Naruto AU Team 8. The two stories are regarded by some as sister fics, as they both have large followings and are highly-regarded in each of their respective fandoms. The story opens with an adult Harry finally defeating Voldemort after fighting him and his Death Eaters for about thirteen years. The victory is extremely hollow, however; the war has directly or indirectly claimed the lives of virtually every named character in the series and Harry has lost everyone he ever loved and then some. As a potentially fatal case of depression begins to settle in, however, Harry uncovers theoretical texts in the ruins of Hogwarts that suggest a means by which to travel backwards in time. With literally nothing left to lose, Harry gambles his life on a second chance and hits the jackpot when his spirit merges with his younger self partway through the summer before his first year at Hogwarts. In classic Peggy Sue fashion, "young" Harry then begins subtly altering the timeline to make things better... with mixed results. The story is regarded by many as a textbook example of how to do a Peggy Sue fic; Harry's efforts to change the future create as many problems as they solve, for one thing, and the multiple layers of conflict in the story prevent Harry's advanced skills and greater power from making things too easy for him. As of 12/15/2009, the story has been updated after nearly a year, and then put down again. Partly because of the fairly long time between updates (several months, typically), and partly because Viridian decided to break from his usual schedule of alternating between stories in order to focus on the next Team 8 chapter. Now that that has been posted (as of 1/19/2011), it may or may not go back to normal again. His blog status has him working on the next chapter, which as of May 8th, 2012 is 54% complete. Viridian maintains a blog and a forum where he posts occasional word count updates. Viridian Dreams Quests are run out of his forum.
- Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past is a redo fanfiction set in the Harry Potter books. The story was written by Matthew Schocke who has stated in a podcast interview that he felt that a central factor in the plot of the original books was the knowledge that Harry did not have in order to make informed decisions. He therefore wrote the story to explore what would happen if Harry did in fact have actual foreknowledge of events. The premise of Nightmares of Futures Past is that the war between Harry Potter and Voldemort lasted for more than a decade and that although victorious, Harry was left friendless and alone, all his friends having fallen during the conflict. As a result he attempts a daring experiment to project himself back in time to merge with his childhood self and hopefully defeat Voldemort without the terrible costs of his own history.
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