So I’ve been avoiding Harry Potter since I was little, for reasons even I couldn’t come up with. There was no reason, I just wanted to avoid it. But HP is important to my partner (who I discovered is Neville) and they sat me down and we watched all 8 movies together. At the end of the first movie, Harry returns to the Dursleys and I asked my SO ‘when does he move in with the Weasleys?’ They said ‘he doesnt’ which made me very confused because i had vivid memories of harry living with them. (1/2)

Vivid like, I could’ve -sworn- that he moved in with them during his second or third year. SO says no, I drop it despite knowing it was wrong, that they must have misremembered despite them watching every movie at least 3 times each. When the Sorting Hat did his thing, I was just as confused as before. ‘Isnt Neville a hufflepuff?’ ‘No’ Movies pass and I’m left in a confusion because this wasn’t at all how it was supposed to go. I had -very- intense feelings for certain characters and mems (2/3)

(3/3 sorry) that weren’t at all canon. I was always -very- proud of being classified as a Slytherin in this life even though I wanted to avoid HP. I once got sorted into Gryffindor and felt such disgust and rage that I had to walk it off. I had very… Discriminatory (?) views of the other houses as well. Except Slytherin of course. And when I walked past the mirror I expected my reflection to be Harry. So… I’m Slytherin Harry from -quite- the AU. Sorry, I just really wanted to vent about this

Seems like quite the emotional journey, anon. Honestly, I was getting worried half way through that you were going to ask me ‘Could I be kin with an AU Harry Potter?’ and normally I don’t just answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to those questions, but I would have been very tempted to in your case.

Anyway, happy to help you get it off your chest. ^^

(slytherin pride!)