Harry Potter and the Paradigm Shift
By Kinsfire
Before you start pointing out that Harry is acting OOC, please remember - this is not just AU, but "extremely AU", and-on-purpose. (Yes, it's a Heinlein Moment (specifically, from "Stranger in a Strange Land"); a six-inch slab of peanut-butter fudge (that is six inches by six inches square), if you name the character that first quoted Harry's eventual reaction to Moira. He quoted the saying to someone else in the story I named, but gets mousetrapped himself later in the same story, and the same way Harry was.)
Exciting. I think it's appropriate that Ginny is the first one pregnant too. Not sure why. But yeah, I love this.
And I still remember that look of triumph that went through Dumbledore’s eyes for just a moment when he heard how Tom and I share a blood link now
YEAH! Finally someone else who noticed that look of triumph...I was plagued for YEARS wondering what it hinted at.
He he Ginny was first! very apropriate and it gave me all sorts of warm fuzzies :oD
I am a great fan of RAH and have been for years. I really like the establishment of the Potter Familly along the lines of the Long Family. I'm a firm believer in children first. Really, REALLY looking forward to the upcoming chapter(s).
Since I got no takers, I'll give up who the original inspiration was for the Heinlein Moment in this chapter: Jubal Harshaw originally made the quote (in "Stranger in a Strange Land") to Ben Caxton, after Ben confessed to getting seduced by Dawn Ardent; "You were trapped. When a gal is gonna, she's gonna; whereupon the best a man can do is settle for a negotiated peace." (Apparently, Jubal is related to either Moira OR Sybil, as that turned out to be Rather Prophetic; a few chapters later, Jubal is trapped himself, in the same way (and by the same Ms. Ardent) and is forced into dealing with it the same way Ben (and Harry) did.)