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** Both parents, especially [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Lily]], attempt to reach out to Jen afterwards, only to be rejected. Lily eventually gets the hint, but James doesn't,[[SelectiveObliviousness despite all evidence pointing towards the fact that Jen rejected her birth family]].
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!!''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks''
The story serves to deconstruct several archetypes in Harry Potter fanfiction.
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* Harry/Fem!Harry's childhood abuse being brought UpToEleven? WordOfGod states that the reason Jen went through ''worse'' abuse opposed to canon was because the Dursleys were [[ResentfulGuardian angry that she was dumped on their doorstep despite the Potters being alive, seeing that as a sign of laziness]], combined with the fact that Jen ''wasn't'' a Squib like the Potters believed her to be and still had outburst of accidental magic.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop also comes into play and picked apart. In the final book, [[spoiler:Jen tells Hermione's parents more about the current war than their daughter did. When Hermione tries to justify not telling them anything, that they wouldn't understand, Jen simply asks what is so hard to understand about a race war, which is essentially what the situation is. Because Hermione decided not to tell her parents anything about the Wizardry World "for their own good", she is unable to persuade her parents of anything after Jen talks to them since Jen told them more in a few conversations than Hermione did in her entire time at Hogwarts.]]
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!!''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks''
The story serves to deconstruct several archetypes in Harry Potter fanfiction.
* Sexually active at a young age? The protagonist, Jen, is revealed [[RapeAsBackstory to have been raped at the age of 6]] and WordOfGod states that [[PromiscuityAfterRape becoming sexually active was simply her way of trying to maintain a level of control after the trauma]]. Being sexually active at a young age is not only considered disgusting and disturbing by plenty of people, by characters both good and bad (as opposed to some fics where it isn't even touched upon or even accepted without question by the [[DesignatedHero "good guys"]]), the only use for it would be for prostitution, which Jen was doing prior to the start of the series. In fact, when Sirius meets her in the beginning of the series and tells her that he is her godfather, she expected that he simply wanted her to "entertain" him and other people, much to his disgust and horror. And when Narcissa Malfoy is revealed to have been a former client of Jen's, [[PapaWolf Sirius flips out on her]] while Tonks and her mother are creeped out before it [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns out that Tonks altered her sexual organs during sex and Sirius practiced bestiality]].
** This also gets Jen in trouble in the second book, where she has begun a relationship with Luna, but didn't achieve the sexual aspect at that point. Growing frustrated with Luna's chastity, Jen ends up having sex with someone else while she waited...right as Luna walked in on the act. First off, it nearly destroys their new relationship. Second, because she's unaccustomed to mutual romantic relationships, it [[BlueAndOrangeMorality never occurred to Jen that sleeping with someone else was considered cheating on your boyfriend/girlfriend]]. Thirdly, it takes a talk from Flickwick and another one with Luna for both parties to come to an understanding on the situation.
* "The Potters Giving Up Harry/Fem!Harry despite surviving Voldemort's attack" is shredded to pieces as well. Lily states that she and James believed that Jen was a Squib and thought that she would have been better off living with Muggles like the Dursleys. Not only were [[OhCrap they proven wrong when they meet Jen many years later]], Jen also states that the reasons they gave were particularly flimsy and no better than the mindset of a Pureblood supremacist in the Wizardry World.
** Both parents, especially [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Lily]], attempt to reach out to Jen afterwards, only to be rejected. Lily eventually gets the hint, but James doesn't,[[SelectiveObliviousness despite all evidence pointing towards the fact that Jen rejected her birth family]].
* Harry/Fem!Harry taking on awesome new name after DarkAndTroubledPast? Jen's real name was Jennifer. Her no longer identifying herself as that or [[BerserkButton Jenny]] isn't a sign of badassness, but of ThatManIsDead and BrokenBird. She doesn't even declare herself as Jen outright; her mentor prior to the series, Elsie, declared that was her new name after Jen enacted revenge on her rapists.
* Harry/Fem!Harry getting awesome powers? Jen sacrificed her Magical Core (which was already weakened [[spoiler:due to Dumbledore sealing off her magic]]) in exchange for unlimited connection to the Earth's energy. While it means she is capable of magic impossible for wizards or witches her age, it also comes at [[PowerAtAPrice the cost of making her even]] ''[[GlassCannon more]]'' [[SquishyWizard vulnerable to other spells or curses directed at her.]] It is later revealed that ''no one'' other than her could have survived the ritual she had to go through to attain her new power, as [[spoiler:Death specifically made that possible for his own purposes]].
* Harry/Fem!Harry's childhood abuse being brought UpToEleven? WordOfGod states that the reason Jen went through ''worse'' abuse opposed to canon was because the Dursleys were [[ResentfulGuardian angry that she was dumped on their doorstep despite the Potters being alive, seeing that as a sign of laziness]], combined with the fact that Jen ''wasn't'' a Squib like the Potters believed her to be and still had outburst of accidental magic.
* The Wrong Boy Who Lived trope also comes into play. And... Danny isn't exactly a JerkAss like stories would portray him. While he is InnocentlyInsensitive, Danny is essentially what Harry would have most likely been like if the Potters weren't killed on Halloween when he was a baby. He's skilled in magic... but only better than the average 4th year and is completely outclassed in the Triwizard Tournament in each Task by the older, more experienced Champions. In fact, he isn't even a real AttentionWhore, as Jen finds out from reading his mind. After the experience of discovering Peter Pettigrew was Scabbers and a Death Eater in his third year, Danny reacted as any rational person would and sought to ''avoid'' any more adventures for the time being, seeing as he was practically within arm's reach of a potential killer for three years. It doesn't change the fact that most of the school ''still'' see him as an AttentionWhore due to his standoffish behavior and offer NoSympathy when he is selected for the Tournament.
* It also deconstructs Ron's JerkassBall from ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' when he gives Danny the same cold shoulder he did with Harry in canon. While it is implied that Ron and Danny ''do'' reconcile after the First Task per canon, Danny doesn't [[spoiler:choose him as his ally in the Fourth Task due to his lingering distrust of his best friend's actions and selects Neville instead, wanting to use the Task as an opportunity to try reconnecting with his godbrother.]] EasilyForgiven is hardly in play.
* StupidGood is also tackled. Many of the members of the Order of the Phoenix have qualms against killing Death Eaters, seeing it as "Dark", which infuriates the likes of [[GoodIsNotSoft Mad-Eye Moody]], who ''had'' to kill Death Eaters to prevent more disaster. Not only that, but the Order actually makes things ''worse'' for the Ministry of Magic with their clashing beliefs and interference. It also goes the other way, too. With the example above, Danny is also an example of StupidGood in that he follows the same beliefs, but isn't above being rational at times, as demonstrated with his legitimate anger and distrust of [[spoiler:Ron for getting jealous of him at the worst possible time and for the dumbest of reasons]].
* Hermione's AwesomeByAnalysis in determining that [[spoiler:Jen murdered the Dursleys]] with only a few clues is impressive, but according to Jen, Hermione needs ''actual'' proof if she is going to go around accusing a member of a respected Pureblood family of any crimes, especially when Hermione is considered second class due to being Muggleborn.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop also comes into play and picked apart. In the final book, [[spoiler:Jen tells Hermione's parents more about the current war than their daughter did. When Hermione tries to justify not telling them anything, that they wouldn't understand, Jen simply asks what is so hard to understand about a race war, which is essentially what the situation is. Because Hermione decided not to tell her parents anything about the Wizardry World "for their own good", she is unable to persuade her parents of anything after Jen talks to them since Jen told them more in a few conversations than Hermione did in her entire time at Hogwarts.]]
The story serves to deconstruct several archetypes in Harry Potter fanfiction.
* Sexually active at a young age? The protagonist, Jen, is revealed [[RapeAsBackstory to have been raped at the age of 6]] and WordOfGod states that [[PromiscuityAfterRape becoming sexually active was simply her way of trying to maintain a level of control after the trauma]]. Being sexually active at a young age is not only considered disgusting and disturbing by plenty of people, by characters both good and bad (as opposed to some fics where it isn't even touched upon or even accepted without question by the [[DesignatedHero "good guys"]]), the only use for it would be for prostitution, which Jen was doing prior to the start of the series. In fact, when Sirius meets her in the beginning of the series and tells her that he is her godfather, she expected that he simply wanted her to "entertain" him and other people, much to his disgust and horror. And when Narcissa Malfoy is revealed to have been a former client of Jen's, [[PapaWolf Sirius flips out on her]] while Tonks and her mother are creeped out before it [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns out that Tonks altered her sexual organs during sex and Sirius practiced bestiality]].
** This also gets Jen in trouble in the second book, where she has begun a relationship with Luna, but didn't achieve the sexual aspect at that point. Growing frustrated with Luna's chastity, Jen ends up having sex with someone else while she waited...right as Luna walked in on the act. First off, it nearly destroys their new relationship. Second, because she's unaccustomed to mutual romantic relationships, it [[BlueAndOrangeMorality never occurred to Jen that sleeping with someone else was considered cheating on your boyfriend/girlfriend]]. Thirdly, it takes a talk from Flickwick and another one with Luna for both parties to come to an understanding on the situation.
* "The Potters Giving Up Harry/Fem!Harry despite surviving Voldemort's attack" is shredded to pieces as well. Lily states that she and James believed that Jen was a Squib and thought that she would have been better off living with Muggles like the Dursleys. Not only were [[OhCrap they proven wrong when they meet Jen many years later]], Jen also states that the reasons they gave were particularly flimsy and no better than the mindset of a Pureblood supremacist in the Wizardry World.
** Both parents, especially [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Lily]], attempt to reach out to Jen afterwards, only to be rejected. Lily eventually gets the hint, but James doesn't,[[SelectiveObliviousness despite all evidence pointing towards the fact that Jen rejected her birth family]].
* Harry/Fem!Harry taking on awesome new name after DarkAndTroubledPast? Jen's real name was Jennifer. Her no longer identifying herself as that or [[BerserkButton Jenny]] isn't a sign of badassness, but of ThatManIsDead and BrokenBird. She doesn't even declare herself as Jen outright; her mentor prior to the series, Elsie, declared that was her new name after Jen enacted revenge on her rapists.
* Harry/Fem!Harry getting awesome powers? Jen sacrificed her Magical Core (which was already weakened [[spoiler:due to Dumbledore sealing off her magic]]) in exchange for unlimited connection to the Earth's energy. While it means she is capable of magic impossible for wizards or witches her age, it also comes at [[PowerAtAPrice the cost of making her even]] ''[[GlassCannon more]]'' [[SquishyWizard vulnerable to other spells or curses directed at her.]] It is later revealed that ''no one'' other than her could have survived the ritual she had to go through to attain her new power, as [[spoiler:Death specifically made that possible for his own purposes]].
* Harry/Fem!Harry's childhood abuse being brought UpToEleven? WordOfGod states that the reason Jen went through ''worse'' abuse opposed to canon was because the Dursleys were [[ResentfulGuardian angry that she was dumped on their doorstep despite the Potters being alive, seeing that as a sign of laziness]], combined with the fact that Jen ''wasn't'' a Squib like the Potters believed her to be and still had outburst of accidental magic.
* The Wrong Boy Who Lived trope also comes into play. And... Danny isn't exactly a JerkAss like stories would portray him. While he is InnocentlyInsensitive, Danny is essentially what Harry would have most likely been like if the Potters weren't killed on Halloween when he was a baby. He's skilled in magic... but only better than the average 4th year and is completely outclassed in the Triwizard Tournament in each Task by the older, more experienced Champions. In fact, he isn't even a real AttentionWhore, as Jen finds out from reading his mind. After the experience of discovering Peter Pettigrew was Scabbers and a Death Eater in his third year, Danny reacted as any rational person would and sought to ''avoid'' any more adventures for the time being, seeing as he was practically within arm's reach of a potential killer for three years. It doesn't change the fact that most of the school ''still'' see him as an AttentionWhore due to his standoffish behavior and offer NoSympathy when he is selected for the Tournament.
* It also deconstructs Ron's JerkassBall from ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' when he gives Danny the same cold shoulder he did with Harry in canon. While it is implied that Ron and Danny ''do'' reconcile after the First Task per canon, Danny doesn't [[spoiler:choose him as his ally in the Fourth Task due to his lingering distrust of his best friend's actions and selects Neville instead, wanting to use the Task as an opportunity to try reconnecting with his godbrother.]] EasilyForgiven is hardly in play.
* StupidGood is also tackled. Many of the members of the Order of the Phoenix have qualms against killing Death Eaters, seeing it as "Dark", which infuriates the likes of [[GoodIsNotSoft Mad-Eye Moody]], who ''had'' to kill Death Eaters to prevent more disaster. Not only that, but the Order actually makes things ''worse'' for the Ministry of Magic with their clashing beliefs and interference. It also goes the other way, too. With the example above, Danny is also an example of StupidGood in that he follows the same beliefs, but isn't above being rational at times, as demonstrated with his legitimate anger and distrust of [[spoiler:Ron for getting jealous of him at the worst possible time and for the dumbest of reasons]].
* Hermione's AwesomeByAnalysis in determining that [[spoiler:Jen murdered the Dursleys]] with only a few clues is impressive, but according to Jen, Hermione needs ''actual'' proof if she is going to go around accusing a member of a respected Pureblood family of any crimes, especially when Hermione is considered second class due to being Muggleborn.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop also comes into play and picked apart. In the final book, [[spoiler:Jen tells Hermione's parents more about the current war than their daughter did. When Hermione tries to justify not telling them anything, that they wouldn't understand, Jen simply asks what is so hard to understand about a race war, which is essentially what the situation is. Because Hermione decided not to tell her parents anything about the Wizardry World "for their own good", she is unable to persuade her parents of anything after Jen talks to them since Jen told them more in a few conversations than Hermione did in her entire time at Hogwarts.]]
