Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness: Difference between revisions

The concluding novel of the trilogy, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4914208/1/A_Peccatis A Peccatis]'',<ref>Translated as "Without Redemption" by the author, though it actually means "From Sins", as in the Catholic formula: "I absolve you ''from'' [your] ''sins'' in the name of..." ("''ego te absolvo '''a peccatis''' tuis in nomine Patris et filii et spiritus sancti''"). [[Artistic License]] comes into play because "Sine Absolutione" (the correct Latin phrase) lacks the religious connotations, and both it and "From Sins" are terrible titles.</ref> picks up in 2008. Strapped for money (the recession rippled into the wizarding world too), Neville is finally talked into joining the Wizarding legislature just as a vote on officially breaking the masquerade is pending. All the while, Dumbledore's darkest secrets are coming to light. Posting of chapters recently (Jan 2012) restarted after a three year hiatus, only to be halted again.

 

 

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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Of ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]''. Pretty much the whole point.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: In the Battle of Hogwarts, the brutal deaths of {{spoiler|Dennis, Michael, Cho, Parvati and too many others}} come as shocks. Continued with alarming enthusiasm in the sequels. Basically, anyone who did not get an explicit name check '''as being alive and well''' in Rowling's epilogue can be presumed to be dead by the time the trilogy has run its course.

* [[Babies Ever After]]: A recurring theme in Neville and Hannah's relationship.

* [[Badass Bookworm|Badass Bookworms]]: Terry Boot and Michael Corner. For that matter, all of the [[Minored in Asskicking|D.A. Ravenclaws]]. Also Icarus Utterson, who worked as [[The Smart Guy]] for Seamus' group in ''Sluagh'', and Anthony Goldstein in ''A Peccatis''.

* [[National Stereotypes]]: Seamus and the other Irish characters pretty much cover ''all'' of the major Irish stereotypes, and by ''Sluagh'', Thanfiction starts to resurrect some of the [[Stock Characters|stock Irish characters]] from the Victorian era.

** The stereotyping covers the spectrum: starting with Cho, a Chinese girl who is indistinguishable from her English neighbour; to Parvati and Padma, who are attracted to some superficial trappings of their Indian heritage (e.g. the cooking and Yoga); to Ernie, a fully-rounded character who is just happens to be quite Scottish; to Seamus, who looks like he wandered in from an Irish epic and the author spends '''every other chapter''' making sure you get that.

* [[Oireland]]: This fic's version of Seamus Finnegan reeks of this trope. JK Rowling has said that naming the character "Seamus Finnegan" was pushing it a bit, but Thanfiction takes the Irish stereotype [[Up to Eleven]]:

{{quote| "Tell you what. You say one word, and I'll make it worth your while. I've smuggled in a bit of the real good stuff – Muggle-made Irish pure – and I'll slip you a tot. Or if you'd rather, I'll work my charms and score you a kiss from that lovely Miss MacDonald you've been castin' eyes at all year. What say you?" (''DAYD'', Chapter 11)}}

=== Tropes applying specifically to ''Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness'': ===

* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]] / [[Yandere]]: Hannah Abbot (Neville's future wife) tries to set him on fire and then throws several potted plants at him (one of which suffocates him to unconsciousness, while she does nothing to stop it). All this because of a bad case of [[Poor Communication Kills]] leading her to believe he was making out with Ginny--even though Hannah and Neville aren't even ''dating''. Either [[Values Dissonance|this is supposed to be justified by the "fact" that]] [[Unfortunate Implications|girls are just crazy like that]] or [[Early Installment Weirdness|a bit of comic SlapStick horribly clashing with the deadly seriousness that violence is portrayed in the rest of the fic]]. It is possible that this is a [[Continuity Nod]] of sorts to the scene where Hermione sets a flock of conjured birds on Ron, albeit a ridiculously over the top one.

** Terry Boot and Michael Corner (in various short stories)

** Ernie Macmillan and Susan Bones (in ''Bittersweet'' and other works by Ceirdwenfc)

** Ernie: ''"That’s my wife, you BITCH!"''

** Neville: ''I know my BLOODY plants!''

* [[Real Person Cameo]]: Natalie McDonald, a real girl that Rowling cameo'd in ''[[Goblet of Fire]]''. So, basically, she is here as a cameo of a cameo.

* [[Reality Ensues]]: Let's face it--those kids never really stood a chance of doing anything but keeping the Death Eaters busy while Harry dealt with Voldemort. Teenagers against adults who have spent the better parts of their lives learning to use magic ''designed'' to inflict pain, suffering, and death? The D.A. is lucky they lasted as long as they did.

* [[War Is Hell]]: The main message of the story.

* [[Wartime Wedding]]: Susan and Ernie. It's also part of Professor McGonagall's backstory (DAYDverse only).

 

=== Tropes applying specifically to ''Sluagh'': ===