Ugh how did I not know this was a work in progress? I’m so sad. I haven’t waited on HP fanfic WIP installments since Cassandra Clare’s Draco Trilogy. Dark times.
All the members of his inner circle betray Harry, and the whole story is based on this. When Harry returns to his first year, he is now assigned to Slytherin and cannot forgive his former friends for this betrayal (Hermione, the Weasleys, Dumbledore, etc.), but surprisingly he can forgive Tom Riddle and almost all the Death Eaters on Earth. Furthermore, this “reborn” Harry in Slytherin is now a kind of genius and bookworm, while Dumbledore is just a silly old man who is almost senile. As for the characterization of the Hogwarts houses, it's the same crap as in the original story, but reversed: here the Slytherins are intelligent, cunning, winners, and good students, while the Gryffindors are dumb (even Hermione) and violent (the Weasleys literally kill Harry). Voldemort no longer exists (supposedly), as Tom Riddle has his original soul intact, and he and his followers are “whitewashed” as mere traditionalists trying to restore ancient magical traditions, but using a “political method.” However, they have no problem applying their own justice by killing those they deem deserving.
I know the work is unfinished, so I don't know how it was going to end. For most of the novel, I had the feeling of this whitewashing I mentioned earlier.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Complete: no (book, last update 2022-03-14), no (AO3 Series) URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/222... Title: The Darkening of Your Soul (The Darkening of Your Soul, #1) Chapters: 51/? Words: 234'775
Caught up to chapter 51 so far, and it’s mostly amazing. Somewhat too romancey though.