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* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. Harry isn't an outright villain, but she certainly does some rather... disturbing things.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. Harry Downplayed with Harry. She isn't an outright villain, but she certainly does some rather... disturbing things.

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* AbusiveParents: The Dursleys for Harry and the people at the orphanage for Tom.

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* AbusiveParents: The Dursleys for Harry Harry, even worse than how they were in canon, and the people at the orphanage for Tom.



** The Dursleys were never good people to begin with, but in this fic they are FAR worse.



* BecomingTheMask: Harry originally puts up the façade of being a "good girl", seeing her friends only as potential allies and having aspirations of being a bad girl. However, as the years pass, she does become a warmer and kinder person who genuinely cares about her friends and relationships (though she still has no qualms about her more morally dubious actions).

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* BecomingTheMask: Harry originally puts up the façade of being a "good girl", seeing her friends only as potential allies and having aspirations of being a bad girl.the next great Dark Witch. However, as the years pass, she does become a warmer and kinder person who genuinely cares about her friends and relationships (though she still has no qualms about her more morally dubious actions).


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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Moratorium sacrifices himself to allow Tom to become the new anchor for the Horcruxes instead of Voldemort to stop himself from causing a SplitPersonalityTakeover on Harry.]]


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* UndyingLoyalty: Moratorium for Harry, Maewyn and Efface for Moratorium, Harry, and Tom.
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* BecomingTheMask: Harry originally puts up the façade of being a "good girl", seeing her friends only as potential allies and having aspirations of being a bad girl. But once she finds parental figures in Lupin and Sirius and realizes that her friends do genuinely care about her, she openly begins to consider them as friends and regard them with genuine warmth in return.

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* BecomingTheMask: Harry originally puts up the façade of being a "good girl", seeing her friends only as potential allies and having aspirations of being a bad girl. But once However, as the years pass, she finds parental figures in Lupin does become a warmer and Sirius and realizes that kinder person who genuinely cares about her friends do genuinely care and relationships (though she still has no qualms about her, she openly begins to consider them as friends and regard them with genuine warmth in return.her more morally dubious actions).
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* BecomingTheMask: Harry originally puts up the façade of being a "good girl", seeing her friends only as potential allies and having aspirations of being a bad girl. But once she finds parental figures in Lupin and Sirius and realizes that her friends do genuinely care about her, she openly begins to consider them as friends and regard them with genuine warmth in return.

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** Tom Riddle, unwillingly.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Harry isn't an outright villain, but she certainly does some rather... disturbing things.

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** Tom Riddle, though at first unwillingly.
** The Basilisk.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. Harry isn't an outright villain, but she certainly does some rather... disturbing things.


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* NobleDemon: Moratorium. While he is fully willing to do some illegal and morally questionable actions to the point that he has his own Assassin's guild, he is genuinely dedicated to strengthening/improving the Wizarding government, creating a tolerant environment for magical creatures that once suffered prejudice at the hands of wizards and witches, and Harry's well-being is his first and foremost concern.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: While most of Tom's objections to Voldemort Pre-HeelFaceTurn are more along the lines of PragmaticVillainy or DoWrongRight, he is genuinely disgusted and horrified to see Voldemort torture one of his own Death Eaters with the Cruciatus Curse at the graveyard after said Death Eater begged for forgiveness.


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* HeelFaceTurn: After seeing just how low he would have fallen at the graveyard scene and Voldemort's resurrection, Tom fully shares his knowledge of Horcruxes with Harry and Moratorium and becomes fully determined to defeat Voldemort once and for all.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tom is utterly ''horrified'' to see what he has become in the future.


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* PragmaticVillainy: Pre-HeelFaceTurn, Tom is not pleased with what he sees as Voldemort's ForTheEvulz and StupidEvil tendencies.

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--> '''Harry:''' ''[afterwards]'' I don't see any Death Eaters. Who'd I knock out the window?
--> '''Tom:''' Toad lady from the Ministry.
--> '''Harry:''' Oh. She's an idiot. I don't mind taking out an idiot.

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--> '''Harry:''' ''[afterwards]'' I don't see any Death Eaters. Who'd I knock out the window?
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'''Tom:''' Toad lady from the Ministry.
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'''Harry:''' Oh. She's an idiot. I don't mind taking out an idiot.



* FirstKiss: Harry and Tom have theirs right after [[spoiler: Harry kills Voldemort]].

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* FirstKiss: Harry and Tom have theirs their's right after [[spoiler: Harry [[spoiler:Harry kills Voldemort]].



* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Harry insists she and Tom are JustFriends. Hermione's not fooled.

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* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Boyfriend: Harry insists she and Tom are JustFriends. Hermione's not fooled.


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* StealthParody: Is very likely this towards the "Dark!Harry" and "Girl!Harry" subgenres of fanfic. It ''is'' a Humor fic, after all.
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* {{Badass}}: Harry. She befriends a basilisk, [[spoiler: takes over the Ministry]], and frees herself from a dungeon, all while she's still at school.
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** Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. She calls him "eye-candy" and she's one of the few people he trusts enough to tell about his past. They eventually end up together.

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** Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough.years). She calls him "eye-candy" and she's one of the few people he trusts enough to tell about his past. They eventually end up together.
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--> '''Harry:''' Oh, She's an idiot. I don't mind taking out an idiot.

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--> '''Harry:''' Oh, Oh. She's an idiot. I don't mind taking out an idiot.
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* BetaCouple: Draco and Hermione.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: It happens off-screen, sadly, but Draco calls Lucius out when the latter objects to him marrying Hermione.



** Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. She calls him "eye-candy" and she's one of the few people he trusts enough to tell about his past. [[spoiler: They eventually end up together]].
** Draco and Hermione. Despite their different personalities and opinions, they have a lot in common. And Hermione blushes when Draco calls her a "young woman". [[spoiler: They also end up together]].

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** Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. She calls him "eye-candy" and she's one of the few people he trusts enough to tell about his past. [[spoiler: They eventually end up together]].
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** Draco and Hermione. Despite their different personalities and opinions, they have a lot in common. And Hermione blushes when Draco calls her a "young woman". [[spoiler: They also end up together]].together.


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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Voldemort and the Dursleys are dead; magical creatures are accepted into Wizarding society; the twins set up a joke shop and Sirius helps out part-time; Remus marries Tonks and becomes an Auror; Dumbledore retires and Neville becomes Headmaster; Luna becomes Transfiguration teacher and marries Neville; Snape stays at Hogwarts; Hermione and Draco get married; Harry and Tom get married and [[spoiler: find a portal to another world]].

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* FriendToAllLivingThings [=/=] FluffyTamer: Harry's pets include a Basilisk, a Hippogriff, and a Cerberus pup. Tom even calls her an animal-lover.

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* FriendToAllLivingThings FirstKiss: Harry and Tom have theirs right after [[spoiler: Harry kills Voldemort]].
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[=/=] FluffyTamer: FriendToAllLivingThings: Harry's pets include a Basilisk, a Hippogriff, and a Cerberus pup. Tom even calls her an animal-lover.animal-lover.
* GroinAttack: Harry hits Voldemort with a ''Diffindo'' in a very painful place. Ouch.
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* {{Badass}}: Harry. She befriends a basilisk, [[spoiler: takes over the Ministry]], and frees herself from a dungeon, all while she's still at school.


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* DamselOutOfDistress: Harry again when she's kidnapped again.
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* BigDamnHeroes: L and Dagonet when they rescue Harry.


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* DamselInDistress: Harry when [[spoiler: kidnapped by Gage]].


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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: We don't know much about them, but they can turn any other magical creature into a vampire (though very few survive). and a wizard turned into a vampire can still use magic.

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* InsistentTerminology: Harry doesn't have friends, she has ''alliances''.

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* InsistentTerminology: InsistentTerminology:
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Harry doesn't have friends, she has ''alliances''.''alliances''.
** And Voldemort is now known as "Voldewhore".


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* TheReveal: Moratorium [[spoiler: isn't a split personality. He's Voldemort's accidental Horcrux]].
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* ShipperOnDeck: Hermione for Harry and Tom and Tom for Hermione and Draco.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Hermione for Harry and Tom and Tom for Hermione and Draco.Tom. She can see what's going on long before Harry does.



** Draco and Hermione. Despite their different personalities and opinions, they have a lot in common. And Hermione blushes when Draco calls her a "young woman".

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** Draco and Hermione. Despite their different personalities and opinions, they have a lot in common. And Hermione blushes when Draco calls her a "young woman". [[spoiler: They also end up together]].
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* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Harry insists she and Tom are JustFriends. Hermione's not fooled.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Pansy for Draco.



* ShipTease: Between Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. [[spoiler: They eventually end up together]].

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* ShipTease: Between ShipperOnDeck: Hermione for Harry and Tom and Tom for Hermione and Draco.
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Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. She calls him "eye-candy" and she's one of the few people he trusts enough to tell about his past. [[spoiler: They eventually end up together]].together]].
** Draco and Hermione. Despite their different personalities and opinions, they have a lot in common. And Hermione blushes when Draco calls her a "young woman".

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* DestinationDefenestration: Dolores Umbridge gets knocked out a window by Harry, who thought she was a Death Eater. It's a long story.
--> '''Harry:''' ''[afterwards]'' I don't see any Death Eaters. Who'd I knock out the window?
--> '''Tom:''' Toad lady from the Ministry.
--> '''Harry:''' Oh, She's an idiot. I don't mind taking out an idiot.



* OverprotectiveDad: Sirius for Harry, at least where boys are concerned. He gives Ron a "talk" that leaves Ron terrified and threatens to do the same to Draco and Oliver.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Sirius for Harry, at least where boys are concerned. He gives Ron and Neville a "talk" that leaves Ron terrified and threatens to do the same to Draco and Oliver.Oliver.
* RefugeInAudacity: The vast majority of things Harry does. For example, [=McGonagall=] tries to deduct points after she knocked Umbridge out a window. Harry abuses her new status as a prefect to award herself as many points as [=McGonagall=] deducts.


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* WakeUpFighting: Harry has a habit of throwing Stunners around when woken up. Just ask Karkaroff and Umbridge.
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* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: After Krum asks Hermione to the ball, Harry gives him this speech.


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* OnlySaneMan: Hermione and Remus. Tom has some moments too.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings [=/=] FluffyTamer: Harry's pets include a Basilisk, a Hippogriff, and a Cerberus pup. Tom even calls her an animal-lover.
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* AnimalStereotypes: Harry's Animagus is a fox, Fred's is a hyena and George's is a coyote.


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* CunningLikeAFox: Harry's Animagus form is a fox. It suits her.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: It's seven chapters, which might not sound like much, but it's over 225,000 words long.

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* {{Doorstopper}}: It's It has seven chapters, which might not sound like much, but it's over 225,000 words long.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: It's seven chapters, which might not sound like much, but it's over 225,000 words long.
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* ShipTease: Between Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough.

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* ShipTease: Between Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough. [[spoiler: They eventually end up together]].

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* DeadpanSnarker: Harry and Tom, usually at each other.



* EntertaininglyWrong: Harry comes to the conclusion Professor Quirrell is a pedophile. The truth is something rather different.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Tom Riddle and the Basilisk.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: SnarkToSnarkCombat: Harry and Tom occasionally engage in it.
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Tom Riddle and the Basilisk.Basilisk.
** Gilderoy Lockhart gets out of second year with both his memories and reputation intact.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9486886/1/Moratorium Moratorium]]'' is an [[AlternateUniverse AU]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2697189/Darkpetal16 Darkpetal16]].

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9486886/1/Moratorium Moratorium]]'' is an [[AlternateUniverse AU]] RuleSixtyThree ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2697189/Darkpetal16 Darkpetal16]].



* AdaptationalHeroism: Tom Riddle, unwillingly.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: AdaptationalHeroism:
** Draco Malfoy.
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Tom Riddle, unwillingly.


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* InsistentTerminology: Harry doesn't have friends, she has ''alliances''.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9486886/1/Moratorium Moratorium]]'' is an [[AlternateUniverse AU]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2697189/Darkpetal16 Darkpetal16]].

Harriett "Harry" Potter realises from watching her cousin Dudley that good children never win. So, she decides she won't be a good girl any more. With the help of her split personality Moratorium, she sets about taking over the Wizarding world. Now, if only her friends - ''[[InsistentTerminology alliances]]'', damn it! - and a certain diary would stop getting in the way...

! Contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: The Dursleys for Harry and the people at the orphanage for Tom.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Tom Riddle, unwillingly.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Harry isn't an outright villain, but she certainly does some rather... disturbing things.
* AntiHero: Harry. Good god, Harry.
* DistractedByTheSexy: All the men (except Tom) when the Veelas appear. Harry has a mild case when she sees the Beauxbatons boys.
* MrFanservice: Harry thinks Tom and the Beauxbatons boys are this.
* OverprotectiveDad: Sirius for Harry, at least where boys are concerned. He gives Ron a "talk" that leaves Ron terrified and threatens to do the same to Draco and Oliver.
* ShipTease: Between Harry and Tom. It starts when she's twelve and he's sixteen (give or take fifty years), disturbingly enough.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Tom Riddle and the Basilisk.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Harry and Tom.
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