The Games They Play

by DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan

Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationships: Blake Slytherin/Severus Snape, Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, Young Harry Potter/???
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Thirty-Four year old Harry Potter travels back in time, adopting the name of Blake Slytherin - he interferes with his own trial and messes with Dumbledore's perfectly laid plans. What happens afterwards? will Blake have bitten off more than he can chew? Will it be left to Harry to do what needs to be done?

Genres: Fan Fiction, Fantasy

345 pages, ebook

First published March 23, 2020

Reviews

[Deeze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started out well but started to drag. Was not a fan of the pairing and to be honest if I had realised going in I probably would of skipped this one.

That said the author certainly has a good imagination. An entertaining story if little to much going on. A few inconsistencies and grammar/spelling errors that if picked up on would of tightened the story up.

While I appreciated the tidying up the epilogue did, I was easily able to skim as again it just went on too long.

[Belle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Harry being a gray wizard and a professor at Hogwarts are one of my favorite tropes. I loved the relationship between Harry and Blake, I liked the time travel plot too.
But the misogyny in this fic made me roll my eyes and cringe so hard so I can't give it more than 3 stars.

[Cali · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of liberties taken with characters and their personalities. It was an interesting idea but the execution was lacking and not really what I was hoping it would be.

[Joanne Minna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good plot for a time travel fanfic, whit the premise explained in the other half of the story.
Harry Potter returns in time for his trial for the use of Patronus charm and taking the identity of Blake Slytherin becomes his own guardian. With careful planning to stop his past (current future) from unfolding, being one step in front of both insane Voldemort and scheming Dumbledore, he takes strides in changing the wizarding world.
Blake might be dark, but it was his life that made him such. We see the cannon story as the beginning of his future through his memories and ignoring the HEA ending of the last book, the story progresses darkly from there. We do not see a lot of that future, only snippets, but it gives us enough backstory to reason with his actions.
Blake and Severus' relationship progresses very slowly and we only see the everyday life events revolving around them, nothing overly physical.
All in all, a good read and a well rounded story.

[Gaby | read.onrepeat]

And I fell in the trap again. Started reading the fic without paying attention to who wrote it. My bad lol
I was already invested so I finished it. It was a different time travel plot. Normally, Harry goes back in time to his school years and tries to make things better. In this one, Harry goes back 19 years to when he is 15, but then we have the 2 Harry’s there. The 15yo and the 34yo.
Choosing not to say anything bad about the fic, because we need to learn to respect and appreciate the work these authors do, even if we don’t like it.

[mirabilos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unfortunately still unfinished (but last update only two months ago), but a brilliant story so far.

[manxacc · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

first half was good (4.5)
second half.. (2)

[fayre]

Snape x Blake
Harry x twins

Harry goes back in time and takes guardianship of Harry before 5th year