do yourself a favor and read âOh God, Not Again!â by Sarah1281
it is a harry potter fanfic from like 2009, 160k words, 50 chapters
basically, adult Harry accidentally goes back in time and wakes up on his 11th birthday again, but with all his memories of the future intact
(the way he travels back makes no sense whatsoever but it doesnât really matter)
harry decides upon 3 goals:
fuck up as much shit as possible
save some lives or whatever
his go-to explanation for how he knows whatâs going to happen?
(hermione is SO PISSED about this)
(nevilleâs like âeither heâs psychic, or heâs the greatest conman aliveâ)
everyone just sort of assumes harryâs insane and he doesnât do much to dispute this
harry also decides to make it his mission in life to LOSE the house cup every year
âsnape is my sole allyâ
he also goes out of his way to befriend neville, ginny, and luna earlier this time, so theyâre part of the gang throughout and itâs great
(when harryâs not spreading a rumor that dracoâs the lovechild of narcissa and snape, anyway)
harryâs motivation for everything he does in this story is basically, âoh, this will be hilariousâ
either that or, âitâs probably a tax deductibleâ
because the way lockhart is written in this story is also amazing and harry ends up teaming up with him to merchandise The Boy Who Lived so he can have cash to burn
(so he gets a LOT of shit done via bribes)
it gets to the point where harry is able to convince everyone that heâs not the heir of slytherinâŚ. because if he was, heâd have found a way to make money off of it
and everyoneâs like âyeah ok that checks outâ
in this timeline, nevilleâs boggart isnât snapeâŚ. itâs harry as the minister of magic
harry also decides to make sure cedric lives by quizzing him constantly on what to do if he ends up in a graveyard
harry: by the way, that reminds me â cedric. graveyard.
cedric, not even really listening: run like hell.
the sheer magnitude to which harry does not give a fuck in this timeline is truly awe-inspiring
he mouths off to everyone, and i mean everyone. lockhart, snape, the dursleys, malfoy, frigginâ voldemort
everyone is like âwhat⌠what the fuck, harryâ
(though by the end of first year itâs more like â⌠*deep sigh* ⌠fine.
itâs fucking hysterical and just about everyone ends up better off