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Pride of Time
Pride of Time
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationship: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape
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Hermione quite literally crashes her way back through time by roughly twenty years. There is no going back; the only way is to go forward. And when one unwittingly interferes with time, what one expects may not be what time finds...
Relationship: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape
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Hermione quite literally crashes her way back through time by roughly twenty years. There is no going back; the only way is to go forward. And when one unwittingly interferes with time, what one expects may not be what time finds...
1220 pages, ebook
First published March 16, 2012
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February 6, 2018
One of the best SS/HG fics I have ever read.
Also, with 1000+ pages it gives you plenty of time to immerse yourself in the story
Also, with 1000+ pages it gives you plenty of time to immerse yourself in the story
September 26, 2025
God this was such a ride!! Definitely one of the best time turner HGxSS fanfics so far!
I do have to say the length of this fanfic almost broke me my neck lol
I do have to say the length of this fanfic almost broke me my neck lol
June 6, 2021
I wish I could read this again for the first time. This story has perfect characterization and great pacing. I didn’t put it down for three days! I’d recommend this to anyone looking for a perfectly written time travel fic that will tug at your heart strings.
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January 19, 2024Dnf at about 33%
March 25, 2026
It’s pretty well written, but there are some very vexing plot and characterization choices made.
Their child, Selenius. His first five years are stuffed into one chapter before he’s shipped off to stay with Hermione’s unsuspecting relatives (whose child had died, so she modified their memory… but not that of everyone else they know…). Severus isn’t at the birth and is basically absentee. Once H drops the kid off? They’re just happy they can fuck again.
S remains a pretty detached father throughout, which believe can track given his childhood and circumstances. However, it’s never really presented as such. H inexplicably thinks and assures him that he’s an amazing father. Which brings me closer to my next point…
This might be a more poignant story (in the first half) if it were a Hermione/Sirius story. They have a solid friendship (opinions may vary on if he deserves that…), and Selenius lives with him for a good portion of the story. It might be less bothersome had that been the choice made from the beginning. And could’ve also been grounds for some angst with Sirius raising S’s son (which is only glancingly brought up later when Selenius lives at Grimmauld).
There are also much discussed (well as much as can be, because god forbid you even slightly critique fanfic) concerns with how little is changed by H throughout the 2 decades. What I found most perplexing though is the fact that “shhh no one can know I exist!!!” Yet 1) Albus has her use her birth name (“everyone will forget anyways!” Albus, my dude… the least amount of foresight that man has ever had), and 2) pretty much every wizarding adult knows she in fact exists in two timelines—Order, Ministry, and Death Eaters alike. V and his DEs (especially Lucius…!) have some weird strict, unspoken honor code not to tip off Harry or use it to their benefit at all really.
Again, the prose itself is well-written and the author clearly has talent. It’s just another frustrating example where having a strong beta to challenge the storyline could have really tightened up the plot and characterizations.
Their child, Selenius. His first five years are stuffed into one chapter before he’s shipped off to stay with Hermione’s unsuspecting relatives (whose child had died, so she modified their memory… but not that of everyone else they know…). Severus isn’t at the birth and is basically absentee. Once H drops the kid off? They’re just happy they can fuck again.
S remains a pretty detached father throughout, which believe can track given his childhood and circumstances. However, it’s never really presented as such. H inexplicably thinks and assures him that he’s an amazing father. Which brings me closer to my next point…
This might be a more poignant story (in the first half) if it were a Hermione/Sirius story. They have a solid friendship (opinions may vary on if he deserves that…), and Selenius lives with him for a good portion of the story. It might be less bothersome had that been the choice made from the beginning. And could’ve also been grounds for some angst with Sirius raising S’s son (which is only glancingly brought up later when Selenius lives at Grimmauld).
There are also much discussed (well as much as can be, because god forbid you even slightly critique fanfic) concerns with how little is changed by H throughout the 2 decades. What I found most perplexing though is the fact that “shhh no one can know I exist!!!” Yet 1) Albus has her use her birth name (“everyone will forget anyways!” Albus, my dude… the least amount of foresight that man has ever had), and 2) pretty much every wizarding adult knows she in fact exists in two timelines—Order, Ministry, and Death Eaters alike. V and his DEs (especially Lucius…!) have some weird strict, unspoken honor code not to tip off Harry or use it to their benefit at all really.
Again, the prose itself is well-written and the author clearly has talent. It’s just another frustrating example where having a strong beta to challenge the storyline could have really tightened up the plot and characterizations.
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July 6, 2022
This just sucked me right in and wouldn’t let go. I was meant to be working on other books and just couldn’t 🤣
October 17, 2023
Fan-Fucking-Tastic time travel Sevmione.
January 31, 2024
At first I was a bit sceptical bcs Snape and Hermione. But then I got dragged in and in the end I loved it. And couldn‘t out it down anymore!
March 10, 2024
Omg what was this because this was sooooo good I need more 😭😭😭
March 19, 2024
Kinda getting boring and putting me into a slump so ahhhh.
I'll continue it again later this year tho
I'll continue it again later this year tho
September 23, 2025
3.5 ⭐️, it did start to get a bit tedious to get through when it finally caught back up to 5th-6th year timelines tbh. cute ending though.
March 10, 2023
dropped 30%, just letting things happen, she may as well join the death eaters. And making friends with people she knows shes going to let die is sickening. This is the complete opposite of a fix-it story. It's well written though.
December 8, 2024
First SS/HG fic and this is god tier. This just began an obsession with this pairing.
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