Gender-Flipped Harry Potter

Epilogue: “Nineteen Years Later”  It is nineteen years later, and all of our friends are taking their children to King’s Cross station so that they can go to school.  Harriet and Dude Ginny’s three children are Jane Sagitta, Alba Severine (which I actually think is much better than Albus Severus, as it doesn’t have two names in a row that end in “us”), and Liam Luther, while Lady Ron and Horatio’s children are Dude Rose and Lady Hugo.  Drusa Malfoy is also there with her daughter, Lady Scorpius.  It is Alba’s first year, and she is worried about being put in Slytherin; Harriet reassures her that Slytherin is not so bad and that she has a choice.  And so it all ends happily.

I’ve covered the gender issues I wished to mention in the individual chapters.

And that’s the end of Gender-Flipped Harry Potter!  Thanks for reading and/or following.  I hope it has been entertaining and at least mildly thought-provoking.

Chapter Thirty-Five: “King’s Cross”  Harriet winds up in limbo, which bears a striking resemblance to King’s Cross, where she meets up with Alba Dumbledore.  Dumbledore explains everything, including why Harriet is not dead.

Chapter Thirty-Six: “The Flaw in the Plan”  When Harriet wakes up, Dude Narcissa checks to see if she is dead (by, among other things, putting his hands up her shirt, which is a lot creepier when gender-flipped) and lies and says that she is not.  The Death Eaters triumphantly return to the castle, where Lady Neville continues to defy them and kills Dude Nagini, proving that she is probably the coolest person of all time.  The battle then breaks out again, with Harriet’s friends and allies acquitting themselves well; many take on Death Eaters, and Dude Molly kills Dude Bellatrix after shouting, “Not my son, you bastard!”  Harriet then reveals that she is still alive and finally defeats Lady Voldemort.  The war has come to a close.

Chapter Thirty-Three: “The Prince’s Tale”  Harriet looks at Severine Snape’s memories and learns that she and Harriet’s father, Liam, were good friends as children.  Snape fell in love with Liam, but she called him a Mudblood and ruined their friendship.   She then turned to the dark side, but she eventually rejoined Dumbledore in order to attempt to save Liam’s life and, after he died, to protect Harriet for her.  Harriet also learns that she must die in order to defeat Lady Voldemort.  I think that Snape would be differently perceived in a gender-flipped series.  While many readers see Severus Snape’s long-standing love for Lily as admirable, I feel that Severine Snape’s long-standing love for Liam would be more likely to be seen as pathetic. 

Chapter Thirty-Five: “The Forest Again”  Harriet heads into the forest to die, telling no one what she is doing.  There, she uses the Resurrection Stone and is greeted by shades of Jane, Liam, Sagitta, and Lady Lupin, who promise to stay with her.  She then encounters Lady Voldemort, who uses the Avada Kedavra curse.

Chapter Thirty-One: “The Battle of Hogwarts”  The battle between good and evil rages at Hogwarts.  Lady Fred is killed; the shocked Priscilla, who has just reconciled with her family, and Lady Ron kneel by her body.

Chapter Thirty-Two: “The Elder Wand”  Lady Voldemort kills Severine Snape, believing that this will make her master of the elder wand.  The trio arrives as Snape is dying; she gives Harriet her memories and begs Harriet to look at her.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: “The Lost Diadem”  The trio returns to Hogwarts and finds that Dumbledore’s Army has been operating as a resistance organization, led by Lady Neville.  The group has been hiding out in the Room of Requirement.  DA members who have graduated soon begin to turn up to join in the fight.  From left: Lady Michael, Dude Parvati, Dude Padma, Lady Neville, Lady Seamus, Lady Fred, Lady George

Chapter Thirty: “The Sacking of Severine Snape”  The professors are prepared to join in the fighting as well.  Dude McGonagall, backed by Dude Sprout and Lady Flitwick, duels with Severine Snape, who has been headmistress all year, but Snape escapes the castle.  I chose the name Severine for its similarity to Severus.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: “The Final Hiding Place”  Harriet, Lady Ron, and Horatio escape from Gringotts on a dragon and jump off the dragon’s back into a lake.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: “The Missing Mirror”  The trio goes to Hogsmeade and meets Lady Aberforth, Alba Dumbledore’s younger sister.  They find that she has been watching them through Sagitta’s mirror and helping them when necessary.  Lady Aberforth tells the trio the story of what happened between her, Alba, their younger brother Dude Ariana, and Lady Grindelwald.

Chapter Twenty-Five: “Shell Cottage”  Everyone spends some time at Shell Cottage.  One night, Lady Lupin arrives to announce that she has just given birth to a daughter; Harriet, Lady Bill, and Luther, among others, congratulate her.  Wizarding obstetrics must be really great to get Lady Lupin out and about so soon!  Alternatively, Lady Lupin comes to announce that her husband, Dude Tonks, has given birth, Harriet comes around to accept mpreg, and Luther is excited because he always knew that such things were possible.

Chapter Twenty-Six: “Gringotts”  The trio, along with the goblin Lady Griphook, attempts to carry out a plan to break into the Lestrange family vault at Gringotts.  Horatio uses Polyjuice potion to pose as Dude Bellatrix, while Lady Ron takes on a fake identity and Harriet wears the invisibility cloak.  In Diagon Alley, they meet the Death Eater Lady Travers and try to act natural.

Chapter Twenty-Three: “Malfoy Manor”  Harriet, Lady Ron, and Horatio are captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor, home of Lady Lucius, Dude Narcissa, and Drusa.  There, Dude Bellatrix notices that they have the sword of Gryffindor, which he believed to be in his Gringotts vault, and panics; he tortures Horatio to try to find out how they got it.  Harriet and Lady Ron are placed in a dungeon, but they manage to escape and do battle; Dude Bellatrix, however, threatens to kill Horatio, and the two girls are left in a tense position. Fortunately,  Lady Dobby comes to their rescue; sadly, she is killed.

Chapter Twenty: “The Wandmaker”  The group escapes to Shell Cottage, home of Lady Bill and Dude Fleur.  There, Harriet, Lady Ron, and Lady Dean, who was also captive at the Manor, dig a grave for Lady Dobby.

Chapter Twenty-One: “The Tale of the Three Sisters”  Xenophilia tells the trio the story behind the Deathly Hallows.  The three also investigate Luther’s bedroom and find that he has painted pictures of his friends—Harriet, Lady Ron, Horatio, Dude Ginny, and Lady Neville—on the ceiling.  Luther himself, however, is mysteriously absent.  He has been kidnapped by the Death Eaters, and Xenophilia hopes to turn Harriet over to them in order to get him back.  The trio barely escapes.

Chapter Twenty-Two: “The Deathly Hallows”  Back on the run, Harriet, Lady Ron, and Horatio listen to Potterwatch on the radio. 

Chapter Nineteen: “The Silver Stag”  While keeping watch one night, Harriet sees a silver stag patronus and follows it into the woods, where she finds the sword of Gryffindor in a frozen lake.  She dives for the sword but is choked by the locket horcrux.  Luckily, Lady Ron shows up to rescue her!  Harriet offers Lady Ron the opportunity to destroy the horcrux, and she does, although it taunts her by producing an image of Harriet and Horatio kissing.  The horcrux destroyed, Harriet and Lady Ron return to camp for what is, in my opinion, the single most startling moment in the gender-flipped series.  Horatio, angry at all that Lady Ron has put him through, “start[s] punching every part of [her] that [he] could reach.”  This would NEVER fly in the gender-flipped series—Horatio would be perceived as violent and abusive—but it’s not considered a big deal in the original.

Chapter Twenty: “Xenophilia Lovegood”  The trio decides to visit Luther’s mother, Xenophilia Lovegood, in order to question her about a mysterious symbol.  I simply changed the ending of Xenophilius’s name.