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Stealing Harry 'Verse #1-12
The Stealing Harry 'Verse Collection
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Relationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Andromeda Black Tonks/Ted Tonks, Severus Snape/Nymphadora Tonks
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On a dark night long ago, Sirius Black took a wrong turn and never found Peter Pettigrew. Instead of Azkaban, Sirius settled down in Little Whinging to keep an eye on his godson, and hired Remus Lupin to run his bookshop for him. Then one day when Harry was eight, Sirius found out how the Dursleys treated him, and stole him away.
Stealing Harry is an alternate universe version of Harry Potter's life before his time at Hogwarts. It is the story of Harry's family: Sirius and Remus, Ted and Andromeda, Nymphadora, Neville Longbottom, and even Severus Snape, all banded together against a newly powerful Peter Pettigrew who is still searching for a way to resurrect Voldemort.
Laocoon's Children follows Harry through his time at Hogwarts as he develops a very different group of friends: Hufflepuff Draco Malfoy, Ravenclaw Padma Patil, and Gryffindor Neville Longbottom, strange companions for a Harry who was sorted into Slytherin -- the house of his beloved Professor Snape.
This universe ends in Harry's third year, and is partially incomplete. As it is not likely to be finished, the last story in the series is a group of notes I made on where the story would have gone and how it would have ended.
EPUB Compiled by Chandri MacLeod here.
Alternatively found here and on Ao3 by copperbadge.
Words: 443,300 Works: 12
Relationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Andromeda Black Tonks/Ted Tonks, Severus Snape/Nymphadora Tonks
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On a dark night long ago, Sirius Black took a wrong turn and never found Peter Pettigrew. Instead of Azkaban, Sirius settled down in Little Whinging to keep an eye on his godson, and hired Remus Lupin to run his bookshop for him. Then one day when Harry was eight, Sirius found out how the Dursleys treated him, and stole him away.
Stealing Harry is an alternate universe version of Harry Potter's life before his time at Hogwarts. It is the story of Harry's family: Sirius and Remus, Ted and Andromeda, Nymphadora, Neville Longbottom, and even Severus Snape, all banded together against a newly powerful Peter Pettigrew who is still searching for a way to resurrect Voldemort.
Laocoon's Children follows Harry through his time at Hogwarts as he develops a very different group of friends: Hufflepuff Draco Malfoy, Ravenclaw Padma Patil, and Gryffindor Neville Longbottom, strange companions for a Harry who was sorted into Slytherin -- the house of his beloved Professor Snape.
This universe ends in Harry's third year, and is partially incomplete. As it is not likely to be finished, the last story in the series is a group of notes I made on where the story would have gone and how it would have ended.
EPUB Compiled by Chandri MacLeod here.
Alternatively found here and on Ao3 by copperbadge.
Words: 443,300 Works: 12
1331 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Sam Starbuck
25 books117 followersSam is a nonprofit researcher, blogger, and former theatre punk who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
Secretly, he is a Time Lord.
He writes romance and light SFF, literary fiction, and sometimes even fanfic.
Secretly, he is a Time Lord.
He writes romance and light SFF, literary fiction, and sometimes even fanfic.
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March 23, 2024
This healed my inner child. Dumbledore is the villain of the canon Harry Potter story bc literally who would treat a child like that???
January 21, 2017
At the risk of being an awkward fangirl, I'm re-posting this from Tumblr because there aren't enough reviews here, and they're well-deserved.
I’m a big fan of Wolfstar, so I naturally gravitate toward them when I’m looking for Harry Potter fanfiction. I saw a post (which I now can’t find, I’m sorry–-I’m a terrible person) recommending Stealing Harry and Casting Moonshadows in the same breath as The Shoebox Project. That’s a hell of a compliment, so I decided to give it a try. You can find it on AO3.
Stealing Harry is an alternate universe fic that spans several novels where Lucius Malfoy gets to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius Black and is sent to Azkaban in his place. Sirius, a free man, buys a house near the Dursleys to keep an eye on Harry and runs a bookshop with Remus Lupin. They have no contact with him until Harry is eight, when they discover that he’s being mistreated. Sirius Black may not be an escaped outlaw, but he’s still, well… Sirius Black. The obvious solution is to steal Harry from the Dursleys and raise him themselves.
There are plenty of things to love about this fic, but I want to begin with the writing, which is exquisite. This reads as well as a novel (and rather better than some novels). Copperbadge captures both men’s voices in a way that feels like canon. Can I grant more than one Cath Avery “Tastes Like Canon” award? I think I can; it’s well-deserved. The tone is completely different from The Shoebox Project, but I think that’s a credit to both fics. Stealing Harry centers primarily on characters who are grown men, and the fic itself is subsequently darker and more mature. Copperbadge’s manipulation of the universe is really spot on, and it shows what would happen in a slightly kinder Wizarding World–-where Harry and Neville have guardians who love and protect them, Draco is not simply a spoiled pureblood brat, and Snape learns to care for Harry as Harry and not just James Potter’s son.
It’s also very well-plotted. The lovely, domestic scenes of Sirius and Remus raising Harry are contrasted with the threat of a Peter Pettigrew who was never captured and then with Harry’s school years. I didn’t realize how vehemently I objected to Harry being in Slytherin until it happened (who wants a world without the Weasleys and Hermione?), but the plot advantages are significant. It gives Copperbadge more room to tell the story his own way without simply re-hashing the first three books. There’s also some pretty great House unity, since Harry’s best friends are Neville Longbottom (Gryffindor), Draco Malfoy (Hufflepuff), and Padma Patil (Ravenclaw).
Copperbadge brings some of the rather neglected characters into the spotlight. Neville Longbottom is raised by Ted and Andromeda Tonks (a force of nature-–I love her), and Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy get the redemption they probably should have gotten in canon. There’s a budding romance between Snape and Nymphadora Tonks, but again, Wolfstar steals the show. Sirius and Remus’s relationship is more of a slow burn, built on years of friendship and loss, which is basically what I love most about Wolfstar. The two of them running a bookshop is my new favorite headcanon (right alongside Sirius as an inventor), and there’s an interesting peek into canon when Remus dreams glimpses of Rowling’s Prisoner of Azkaban. There are some pretty explicit sex scenes, which felt a little odd next to eleven-year-old Harry’s school adventures, but the romance drifts off later in the fic in place of other plots.
Stealing Harry isn’t technically finished (nor will it be), and it stops sort of abruptly near the end of Prisoner of Azkaban. Copperbadge kindly gives us an overview of what he’d been planning for the rest of the novels, and it’s worth reading the scattering of scenes he had planned. I laughed until I cried when Sirius took down Rita Skeeter. I’m surprised that few people have taken up the idea of Harry Potter with Oliver Wood, since that seems like a sweet ship I could easily get on board with. I was sorry to let the universe go, but the truth is that I probably won’t. Not really. So much of Copperbadge’s universe has worked its way into my headcanon. I'm so excited to hear that he's writing novels now, and I may have to check one out in the future.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
I’m a big fan of Wolfstar, so I naturally gravitate toward them when I’m looking for Harry Potter fanfiction. I saw a post (which I now can’t find, I’m sorry–-I’m a terrible person) recommending Stealing Harry and Casting Moonshadows in the same breath as The Shoebox Project. That’s a hell of a compliment, so I decided to give it a try. You can find it on AO3.
Stealing Harry is an alternate universe fic that spans several novels where Lucius Malfoy gets to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius Black and is sent to Azkaban in his place. Sirius, a free man, buys a house near the Dursleys to keep an eye on Harry and runs a bookshop with Remus Lupin. They have no contact with him until Harry is eight, when they discover that he’s being mistreated. Sirius Black may not be an escaped outlaw, but he’s still, well… Sirius Black. The obvious solution is to steal Harry from the Dursleys and raise him themselves.
There are plenty of things to love about this fic, but I want to begin with the writing, which is exquisite. This reads as well as a novel (and rather better than some novels). Copperbadge captures both men’s voices in a way that feels like canon. Can I grant more than one Cath Avery “Tastes Like Canon” award? I think I can; it’s well-deserved. The tone is completely different from The Shoebox Project, but I think that’s a credit to both fics. Stealing Harry centers primarily on characters who are grown men, and the fic itself is subsequently darker and more mature. Copperbadge’s manipulation of the universe is really spot on, and it shows what would happen in a slightly kinder Wizarding World–-where Harry and Neville have guardians who love and protect them, Draco is not simply a spoiled pureblood brat, and Snape learns to care for Harry as Harry and not just James Potter’s son.
It’s also very well-plotted. The lovely, domestic scenes of Sirius and Remus raising Harry are contrasted with the threat of a Peter Pettigrew who was never captured and then with Harry’s school years. I didn’t realize how vehemently I objected to Harry being in Slytherin until it happened (who wants a world without the Weasleys and Hermione?), but the plot advantages are significant. It gives Copperbadge more room to tell the story his own way without simply re-hashing the first three books. There’s also some pretty great House unity, since Harry’s best friends are Neville Longbottom (Gryffindor), Draco Malfoy (Hufflepuff), and Padma Patil (Ravenclaw).
Copperbadge brings some of the rather neglected characters into the spotlight. Neville Longbottom is raised by Ted and Andromeda Tonks (a force of nature-–I love her), and Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy get the redemption they probably should have gotten in canon. There’s a budding romance between Snape and Nymphadora Tonks, but again, Wolfstar steals the show. Sirius and Remus’s relationship is more of a slow burn, built on years of friendship and loss, which is basically what I love most about Wolfstar. The two of them running a bookshop is my new favorite headcanon (right alongside Sirius as an inventor), and there’s an interesting peek into canon when Remus dreams glimpses of Rowling’s Prisoner of Azkaban. There are some pretty explicit sex scenes, which felt a little odd next to eleven-year-old Harry’s school adventures, but the romance drifts off later in the fic in place of other plots.
Stealing Harry isn’t technically finished (nor will it be), and it stops sort of abruptly near the end of Prisoner of Azkaban. Copperbadge kindly gives us an overview of what he’d been planning for the rest of the novels, and it’s worth reading the scattering of scenes he had planned. I laughed until I cried when Sirius took down Rita Skeeter. I’m surprised that few people have taken up the idea of Harry Potter with Oliver Wood, since that seems like a sweet ship I could easily get on board with. I was sorry to let the universe go, but the truth is that I probably won’t. Not really. So much of Copperbadge’s universe has worked its way into my headcanon. I'm so excited to hear that he's writing novels now, and I may have to check one out in the future.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
August 7, 2014
i read this every few months....when im missing my harry potter, and im done with the canon books =)
there are no words to describe how much i love stealing harry~
i wish it was completed, but i also 100% understand why sam chose to stop, and am super grateful that any of this lovely story exists at all =)
there are no words to describe how much i love stealing harry~
i wish it was completed, but i also 100% understand why sam chose to stop, and am super grateful that any of this lovely story exists at all =)
May 19, 2014
The utterly awesome (if unfinished) Stealing Harry alternate Harry Potter universe fic compiled into a kindle book. Just, so, so canon that it hurts to never be able to finish it. Read it!
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April 19, 2017It was a good read, a fun AU and I liked it. But it got to a little bit into Harry's first year and I lost interest. Maybe I'll pick it up again later.
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January 4, 2016The single most amazing HP fanfiction ever written. Absolutely and utterly brilliant!!
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