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The Leaky Cauldron

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 56 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think a sequel to Harry Potter where he wakes up one day to find wands nailed to each hand and he has to fight off hordes of badguys to get to the final boss so he can save his redhead girlfriend would be sweet, they could call it Wands Akimbo and it would make a billion kagillion dollarbucks at the box office

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We held a small writing contest on this discussion forums about 15-20 years back. The prompt was to rewrite the Epilogue of Book 7.

One of the entries was pretty much this, except that the nurse gives Harry his pills and wheels him away to his room for the night.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's that scene at the empty white train station, and Dumbledore is there. "My boy", he whispers, stroking his hair sadly, "my dear boy".

A packed train comes, disgruntled passengers file out and filter around them, bit by bit robbing them of their possessions and clothing.

Harry stands naked and hairy in front of the now empty train, and with Dumbledore's nod of approval, he steps in through the doors where his parents are waiting.

The door closes, and Harry's train departs leaving Dumbledore alone at the station once more. Dumbledore reaches into the depths of his robes and procures a massive spliff, plods it easily between his lips, raises his lighter to it and - POOF - all the lights go out.

Fin.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

After his brutal splattering on the pavement below, a giant grim faced grizzled man looked on the scene and sighed, "shame he ended up a muggle"

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Harry would be a squib raised by muggles, not a muggle.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

Harry wakes up in a goo tank, like so:

Neo from the Matrix waking up in a goo tank

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

Would explain a lot of the plot holes anyway

[–] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The children of Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione arrive at Hogwarts for their first day. They shuffle into the big hall along with all the other new students, where they are welcomed by the headmaster - Gandalf.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Phoebe, Prue and Piper show up as substitute teachers. Buffy kills everyone in Hogwarts.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That reminds me, theres an episode of Buffy, season six I think, where she’s a normal person in a psych ward being treated for her vampire delusions.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

Piss me off? Mate this would have been fucking epic

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago

The "and then he woke up and nothing that happened actually happened"-ending is kind lame, it's not even pissing me off, it's just boring, has been done too often. This is the kind of stuff I used to write when we had to write stories in school. To piss me off she'd have to - I don't know - turn Umbridge good for some reason and save everyone by giving detention to Voldemort who has to write "I may not kill muggles" with her creepy quill, some shit like that.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If anyone enjoys this sort of concept but hasn't seen The Magicians, I recommend the show.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Especially if you’re a young adult, horny and into musicals.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Fuck that lead character, whiny bitch. Couldn't stand him, stopped watch after like three episodes.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

This, but it's set in the Twilight Universe.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The official ending was already quite kind of meh in my opinion.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

If that's the worst ending you can think of, your imagination is lacking.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Y'all need Jesús, smh

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

The animorphs ending, with nothing changed but character names.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Apparently there are people so desperate to be angry about something, they make up hypothetical shit that would piss them off if it happened.

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm failing to see how this is worse than the post credits transphobe ending.