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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort, which really says something. While he attacked the Potters because he saw Harry as a threat, in this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort, which really says something. While he attacked the Potters because he saw Harry as a threat, threat in canon, in this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.

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%%** Xenophilius Lovegood; see HeKnowsTooMuch below.

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%%** ** Xenophilius Lovegood; see HeKnowsTooMuch below.Lovegood is [[HeKnowsTooMuch killed for publishing details on Voldemort]].



* PlotTriggeringDeath: Severus Snape's fatal mauling by a transformed Lupin [[ForWantOfANail causes all sorts of ripples]].

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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Severus Snape's fatal mauling by a transformed Lupin [[ForWantOfANail [[ButterflyOfDoom causes all sorts of ripples]].ripples]].
* PointOfDivergence: Snape casts a spell on James that prevents the latter from saving his life.



%%* SecondLove: Alice and James are a mutual version.

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%%* * SecondLove: Alice and James are a mutual version.version, after their spouses are killed.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: The jinx Snape uses to incapacitate James is lifted when Snape is killed.

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* NoOntologicalInertia: The jinx Snape uses to incapacitate James is lifted when Snape is killed.killed by Lupin.



* PunishmentDetail: James has to scrub floors at Hogwarts the summer between fifth and sixth year after Snape is killed.

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* PunishmentDetail: James has to scrub floors at Hogwarts the summer between fifth and sixth and seventh year after Snape is killed.



* WouldHurtAChild: Voldemort, as per canon, attacks a five-year-old Harry, torturing him and attempting to kill him.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Voldemort, as per canon, attacks a five-year-old Harry, torturing him and attempting to kill him. Dumbledore kept the prophecy to himself until Voldemort's first "death" because he believed that if Voldemort were to hear the prophecy, he'd kill both Harry and Neville just to cover his bases.
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* FateWorseThanDead: James views sending Harry to the Dursleys as such and threatens Dumbledore with killing Harry should he try.

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* FateWorseThanDead: FateWorseThanDeath: James views sending Harry to the Dursleys as such and threatens Dumbledore with killing Harry should he try.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort, which really says something. In this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort, which really says something. In While he attacked the Potters because he saw Harry as a threat, in this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.



** The story's inciting incident is when Severus Snape is killed by Remus Lupin.

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** The story's inciting incident is when Severus Snape is killed by Remus Lupin.Lupin while the latter is transformed.


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* FateWorseThanDead: James views sending Harry to the Dursleys as such and threatens Dumbledore with killing Harry should he try.


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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In this version, Harry and Neville become stepbrothers after James and Alice marry.
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* DeadGuyJunior: James and Alice have a daughter they name Lily.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lucius Malfoy's murder of Frank Bryce not only gets him imprisoned but leads to a policy that causes a bunch of other Death Eaters to be found and arrested, preventing them from infiltrating the Ministry of Magic.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lucius Malfoy's murder of Frank Bryce Longbottom not only gets him imprisoned but leads to a policy that causes a bunch of other Death Eaters to be found and arrested, preventing them from infiltrating the Ministry of Magic.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Augusta Longbottom outlives her son Frank after he's murdered by Lucius Malfoy.

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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dumbledore notes sadly that after Snape's death, no werewolves will likely be allowed at Hogwarts from that point onward.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lucius Malfoy's murder of Frank Bryce not only gets him imprisoned but leads to a policy that causes a bunch of other Death Eaters to be found and arrested, preventing them from infiltrating the Ministry of Magic.
* NoOntologicalInertia: The jinx Snape uses to incapacitate James is lifted when Snape is killed.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dumbledore notes sadly that after Snape's death, no werewolves will likely be allowed at barred from Hogwarts from that point onward.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort. In this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort.Voldemort, which really says something. In this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.



* BodyguardBetrayal: Reversed; Cornelius Fudge assigned Frank Longbottom to guard Lucius Malfoy on his way home, but Malfoy, being a Death Eater, seized the opportunity to kill Frank.

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* BodyguardBetrayal: Reversed; Cornelius Fudge assigned Frank Longbottom to guard Lucius Malfoy on his way home, home from the Ministry of Magic, but Malfoy, being a Death Eater, seized the opportunity to kill Frank.


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%%** Xenophilius Lovegood; see HeKnowsTooMuch below.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Weasleys appear much earlier than in canon, with Harry meeting them when he's about five years old.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Weasleys appear much earlier than in canon, with Harry meeting them when he's about five years old.old, with Hermione meeting Harry shortly afterwards.



* InSpiteOfANail: Lily sacrifices herself for Harry as in canon; when Voldemort tries to kill Harry again, the curse backfires and Voldemort is broken.

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* InSpiteOfANail: Even though the timeline is pushed back five years, Lily sacrifices herself for Harry as in canon; when Voldemort tries to kill Harry again, the curse backfires and Voldemort is broken.
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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Outside of the prophecy, the Longbottoms had little personal connection with the Potters in canon. Here, it's mentioned that Alice and Lily were close friends at Hogwarts.

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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Outside of the prophecy, prophecy and being members of the Order of the Phoenix, the Longbottoms had little personal connection with the Potters in canon. Here, it's mentioned that Alice and Lily were close friends at Hogwarts.
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* AgeLift: Harry is five years old instead of one when Voldemort makes his fateful attack on his family.


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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dumbledore notes sadly that after Snape's death, no werewolves will likely be allowed at Hogwarts from that point onward.
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* BodyguardBetrayal: Reversed; Cornelius Fudge assigned Frank to guard Lucius Malfoy on his way home, but Malfoy, being a Death Eater, seized the opportunity to kill Frank.

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* BodyguardBetrayal: Reversed; Cornelius Fudge assigned Frank Longbottom to guard Lucius Malfoy on his way home, but Malfoy, being a Death Eater, seized the opportunity to kill Frank.
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* InternalReveal: Dumbledore reveals the prophecy to James after Voldemort is killed the first time.



* ProperlyParanoid: Fudge takes Lucius Malfoy's outing as a Death Eater very personally, issuing a law that requires all Ministry employees to roll up their sleeves when starting work. The policy actually works since a dozen Death Eaters are found, including Barty Crouch Jr.



** James Potter outright survives.

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** James Potter outright survives.survives.
* WouldHurtAChild: Voldemort, as per canon, attacks a five-year-old Harry, torturing him and attempting to kill him.

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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What If Snape Died?]]" (sic) is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: in which James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.

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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What If Snape Died?]]" (sic) is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, in which James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.


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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Weasleys appear much earlier than in canon, with Harry meeting them when he's about five years old.


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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: In this story, Voldemort doesn't know about the prophecy since Dumbledore kept it quiet, so his attack on the Potters in Diagon Alley is more along the lines of ForTheEvulz.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Severus Snape's fatal mauling by a transformed Lupin [[ForWantOfANail causes all sorts of ripples]].
* PunishmentDetail: James has to scrub floors at Hogwarts the summer between fifth and sixth year after Snape is killed.

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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Outside of the prophecy, the Longbottoms had little personal connection with the Potters. Here, it's mentioned that Alice and Lily were close friends at Hogwarts.

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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Outside of the prophecy, the Longbottoms had little personal connection with the Potters.Potters in canon. Here, it's mentioned that Alice and Lily were close friends at Hogwarts.


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%%* SecondLove: Alice and James are a mutual version.
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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What if Snape Died?]]" is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: in which James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.

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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What if If Snape Died?]]" (sic) is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: in which James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Voldemort. In this story he's unaware of the prophecy and attacks James, Lily, and Harry just because they number among his opponents.


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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Xenophilius Lovegood is murdered by Death Eaters for publishing information about Voldemort's past.

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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Outside of the prophecy, the Longbottoms had little personal connection with the Potters. Here, it's mentioned that Alice and Lily were close friends at Hogwarts.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Reversed; Cornelius Fudge assigned Frank to guard Lucius Malfoy on his way home, but Malfoy, being a Death Eater, seized the opportunity to kill Frank.



** Frank Longbottom is murdered by Lucius Malfoy instead of being rendered insane.

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** Frank Longbottom is murdered by Lucius Malfoy instead of being rendered insane.insane by torture.

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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What if Snape Died?]]" is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: when in which James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.



** Frank Longbottom is murdered by Death Eaters instead of being rendered insane.

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** Peter Pettigrew is killed along with other Death Eaters the day before James and Lily's wedding.
** Frank Longbottom is murdered by Death Eaters Lucius Malfoy instead of being rendered insane.
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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2968636/1/What-If-Snape-Died What if Snape Died?]]" is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic where the premise is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: when James Potter fails to save Severus Snape from a transformed Remus Lupin during their years at Hogwarts.

!!Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
* AbledInTheAdaptation: Alice Longbottom isn't rendered insane as in canon.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** The story's inciting incident is when Severus Snape is killed by Remus Lupin.
** Frank Longbottom is murdered by Death Eaters instead of being rendered insane.
* InSpiteOfANail: Lily sacrifices herself for Harry as in canon; when Voldemort tries to kill Harry again, the curse backfires and Voldemort is broken.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Lily Potter lives for a few years longer than in canon.
** James Potter outright survives.

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