Ask the Author Part the Second: For want of a nail

[attackfish]

Ganked from askerian by way of suzukiblu

Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left:" Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Harry told a knock knock joke instead of a light bulb joke") or big (e.g. "and then June found Koh's spine and ripped it out before he could crush her arm and steal her face") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

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[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, well I would have had to tag it AU... The ladies would have been freed early, they would have busted into the Boiling Rock to rescue Suki, Zuko would be in prison, and Aang would be agonizing over killing Ozai. And Sokka? not agonizing over killing Azula. And Ty Lee wouldn't be a Kyoshi warrior. The hard thing about this one is that Drink it Down isn't AU at all, so, this question prompts off a whole possible AU of canon.

Ginny wouldn't have a crush on Harriet, (or Ron wouldn't have recognized it) which would mean that he wouldn't have the rage at Harriet for that, and Ginny's attempts to get her attention that keep Ginny from catching the snitch. Harriet would have been stuck in a dorm with Pansy, Daphne, Millicent, and Tracy, which would have been all kinds of not fun for her. Oh you mean with Snape? He would have taken less pleasure in the less obvious parallels between himself and Harriet, and he would have been more torn between pleasure that Harriet's troubles hurt her father, and anger that there James Potter is playing protector to the physical reminder that Lily chose him over Snape. Snape probably wouldn't have tried to expel her. Also, her being hung up and stripped naked by a group of boys might have erm, prompted better punishment of out Gryffindors given her gender and the more obvious sexual component.

[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

That Victory!DoBS AU sounds pretty neat. I'd totally take a crack at something like that if I weren't busy on other projects.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

That it does. My brain has a horrible habit of throwing interesting AUs at me while I'm busy with other fic.