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Thematic list - Defeat Voldie 101
THIS LIST IS NO LONGER UPDATED! THE NEW VERSION IS AT MY SITE, HERE. Please update your bookmarks!

This is a very spoilery list. Even the fact that a fic is put here may be a spoiler, let alone the way of Voldemort's defeat, which sometimes sells out the main plot twist. Be warned!

I'd like to express my gratitude to Dita P., a kind angel, for her help in collecting fics for this list! Thank you, dear!

Previous lists in the Voldemort arc are "Voldemort won" scenario and Voldemort possesses somebody else's body.

Today here is a manual Defeat Voldie 101, where we review original ways of defeating him. Please, pay very close attention to what is accepted and what is not!

Conditions:

- Since Voldemort is defeated in every third HP fic, ONLY the fics that show really original ways of defeating Voldemort are accepted. It means that even if something may be considered original within a certain fic, but similar things were done in HP fiction several (many) times, I won't accept it.
- The way of killing/defeating Voldemort must be shown in a very detailed way, either with a wide and deep theoretical base, or showing us the spell/potion/combat tactics development and how it works, or both.

King Draco's code:

- no fairy tale or some-other-(non-HP)-verse AU fics. But I'll take an AU fic of "Severitus' type", of "Harry's parents survived" type, etc. In other words, I'll accept AUs that don't incorporate strange details in HP-verse.
- no fics where the defeat of Voldemort is mentioned in passing. If we don't see how it was done in detail, the fic doesn't qualify.
- no fics where the means of destroying Voldemort look like Deus ex machina. As in, Harry and his new friend Miranda find a super-hyper-powerful sword/ amulet/ ring/ book and voila, all the problems are solved. I'm well acquainted with the ways the minds of many young fanfic writers from FF net work, i.e. without any consideration of canon but with the wildest flights of fantasy. So I will take such a fic ONLY if it's exceptionally well-written and plausible. And NOT if the author in her unrestrained fancy made up something so original that it better be called ridiculous.

- here are the sub-types of the scenario that aren't considered original:
a) the duel Harry vs Voldemort, unless the spells Harry uses are developed by the author with great creativity and in the tiniest details.
b) the same about Harry duelling/ spellcasting with somebody else's help, unless we can see the detailed development of an original spell.
c) Occlumency/Legilimency, unless the author shows us the mechanics in a very detailed way, or if there are some unusual aspects of it involved.
d) bonds that amplify the combatants' power (as in, Snape and Harry (Draco and Harry etc) form a soul/ mind/ blood bond that allows them to combine their powers to defeat V, etc.).
e) since defeating Voldemort "Muggle way" is a rather frequent plot, I'll accept ONLY the fics where this way is very well-grounded and well-written or where it's really unusual.
- no possession scenarios even if the way Voldemort is killed is original. They all go to the possession list.
- no time-travel scenarios where somebody goes back in time to undo or change something to help defeating V, they all go to the time-travel list.

- no WIPs that have only a chapter or two written.
- do not bring fics you haven't read;
- do not bring fics you didn't like;
- do me a courtesy, please, do not leave only a link. I'd appreciate the following info: author, title, pairing, rating, WIP status; how Voldemort is defeated and why it's original. But if you are certain about some fic but don't remember whose it was or where to find it, just tell me, I'll try and find it on my own.

Fics are sorted by TITLE in alphabetical order (articles excluded, i.e. A Thousand Beautiful Things is placed under 'T'

These are NOT my recs, it's just a collection of thematic links.

Special marks:

# - liked
## - loved
NR - have not read
new - added in the last month or so




new 1001 Deaths of Lord Voldermort, by Crys
PG-13, WIP. Summary: Lots of ways for ol' Voldy to lose.

Accidents Happen, by [info]thistlerose #
Gen (some H/G mentioned), PG, short. Summary: Trelawney's first prophecy is complete tosh, and when Voldemort is finally killed, it's not by Harry. Not even by a Gryffindor.

All I have Left, by CreativeAngel
HP/DM; R, one-shot. Summary: "The memory of you is all that I have left now, isn't it? Just you..." Sword used as a wand.

And Then The Dark Lord Went Blam, by [info]mousapelli
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 for exploding lubricant. Summary:I think the title says it all, really. HP/LV, humour, one-shot.

Another Beautiful Day, by [info]incapricious #
HP/DM; NC-17; ca 9000 words. Summary: "The months following the end of the war are perfect for Draco until Harry comes along, demanding to know the truth about how Voldemort died. Draco would rather not tell, but Harry is very persistent. They eventually come to a mutually beneficial arrangement." Draco accidentally kills Voldemort with a Bat Bogey Hex. Voldemort doesn't have a nose, so he suffocates.

Arcadia / Gloria, by Abaddon ([info]nothingbutfic) #
HP/DM; PG-13/R. Short. Omitting as device. Harry puts on a trilby, and enters a hut. He emerges 65 minutes later, "a little shaky and a little scuffed around the edges". That's it. It's not about battle tactics at all, just a novel take on the inevitable "final battle" scene.

The Balance of Power trilogy, by KrysRoz ([info]montana_dan)
PG; gen with some het background pairing; novel-length. The arc consists of 4 stories: Harry Potter and the Slytherin Connection, Harry Potter and the Unexpected Inheiritance, Harry Potter and the Trelawney Prophesy and the sequel to the trilogy, Harry Potter and Salazar's Talisman. Summary to the 1st story: "It's Harry's fifth year and he's finally able to escape the Dursleys only to find that Voldemort has other plans. After numberous failed attempts to rid himself of the Gryffindor brat, Lord Voldemort now knows he must change tactics. But how does a Dark Lord convince a fifteen-year-old boy, orphaned by his own hand, to join him? Give him what he's always wanted, of course. Read on to discover how Voldemort manipulates Harry's life for three years to achieve the balance of power and reclaim the wizarding for his own." Voldemort dies (in book 3) to save Harry.

The Beast, by Sushi ([info]wikdsushi) ##
HP/SS, SS/HP/LV; SS/OMC, HP/DT in the past. NC-17; novel-length. Warnings: Rape; self-mutilation; gore; implied bestiality. Summary: "Months after the fall of the Dark Lord - and, with him, Harry Potter - Severus Snape finds himself trapped in an oppressed world lost to time." This fic has been put on the possession list, but I must make an exception for it because it's most original in all respects, Voldemort's death not the least! He (while still posessing Harry) was blown into the water by renegade house-elves and had his soul sucked out by a ginormous worm-thing.

Beneath You, by Cinnamon ([info]starflowers) #
HP/DM; R; novel-length. In a moment of desperation, Voldemort is killed the muggle way, doused with petrol and set on fire. The author explains how and why it could be done.

Beyond This Point Lie Monsters, by Hijja ([info]kennahijja) (or here) #
HP/LM/TR; NC-17; chaptered novella. Summary: "When Harry sneaks into Hogwarts nether regions to spy on a visiting Lucius Malfoy, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. A different kind of showdown, in the Chamber of Secrets and beyond, between Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter and Tom Riddle." Spoiler white on white: Harry and Tom defeat Voldemort.

Biology, by ShivaniBlue
HP/BZ; R. Summary: "It wasn't just power and ability that Tom Riddle transferred to Harry that night. He made him the son he never had, and that changes everything." Harry sort of gives Voldemort the Dementor's Kiss.

A Boy, Lost, by Tangledhair NR
HP/DM; R, novel-length. Summary: "Things are heating up with the Order, and Harry is growing in power. Harry starts a dangerous romance with Malfoy just so he can feel like a "real" teenage boy." The battle scene goes on for a couple chapters, and Harry finally defeats Voldemort by possessing a Dementor and sucking out his soul, and then killing his body with Avada Kedavra.

Caged, by Sparrowhawk ([info]sparrohawk) #
SS/HP; NC-17; novella. Voldemort is trapped in the body of a small bird (the fic was put on the possession list as an exception) and closed in a hidden house with Snape and Harry. They can't just kill the bird because he will use one of their bodies instead. Get to know what they do by reading the fic.

Care Of Magical Creatures, by [info]arsenicjade (link to the main page where you can read it chaptered, or here in one file) ##
Het/Slash - RL/HG/SS (HG/HP/RW, GW/NT), NC-17; novel-length. Summary: "Hermione stumbles onto her path." Although the fic is post-war, in ch.1 the author describes in detail what spell was used to kill Voldemort and how it was developed.

A Choriambic Progression, by Mairead Triste and Aristide ##
SS/HP; NC-17; novel-length. Harry has Merlin's Gift that allows him to connect his magic to the Earth and drain power from it. There's a really original description of Harry's battle with Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

Clay, by Kass ([info]kassrachel) #
SS/HP; R; medium-length novella. Ancient Hebrew mysticism combined with modern magic. Very creative, very detailed.

Containment, by [info]florahart #
SS/HP; NC-17, 2 chapters.

Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger, by Kai / Kali ([info]kaiz) (or here) #
SS/HP; PG-13; medium-length novella. Summary: "The difference between History and What Really Happened." The action takes place several years *after* Voldemort was defeated. In this story Harry and Snape fight the remaining Death Eaters. The way they do it is original, but the most creative is the device the author uses to tell us the story!

Corruption sequence, by Beren ([info]beren_writes) (Corruption, Distortion, Alteration) #
HP/DM; NC-17; novella. Summary: "Voldemort has captured Harry and for his own twisted reasons has chosen not to kill him outright. Revenge in the Dark Lord's mind requires a fate worse than death and Harry is about to find out what that is." Harry was transformed (forcibly, as Voldemort's idea of revenge) into an entity of mixed dark creatures (werewolf, vampire, banshee.. etc.) and he killed Voldemort by draining him of his blood and wrenching his heart out of his chest.

Crumbling Pedestal, by ShivaniBlue (or here)
HP/SS; NC-17. Novel-length. Summary: "[AU] When Voldemort tries to force Harry to duel in the graveyard at the conclusion of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, things take an entirely different direction as Fate steps in to meddle." White on white 'cos contains huge spoilers: Voldemort has been kept alive after Halloween 1981 because he had poured part of his soul into the diary. When the diary was destroyed, Voldemort remained half-souled. Heru (Harry, read to learn how he aquired this name) then proceeds to bleed Voldemort to rid him of Harry's blood. Except that Harry's blood, although it was poisoning Voldemort, was also helping him to keep himself and his magic together. So then Heru simply takes Voldemort's magic away, in effect killing him, as he only has half a soul.

new Crumpets Aren't My Style, by Marz1 NR
HP/SG1 crossover, PG-13. "General O'Neill is sent on a nice relaxing dipolmatic mission in the U.K. Of course there's bound to be trouble when he runs into a murderous cult called the Death Eaters, who've some how gotten their hands on alien technology." White on white, highlight to read: Voldemort is teleported into space and blown to bits with a nuclear bomb.

A Disturbing Development, by [info]sheepybunbuns #
HP/various; NC-17; one-shot, humour. Summary: "Harry Potter tells the story of an unwelcome connection between him and Voldemort, and how it helped in Voldemort s demise." The scar link between Harry and LV opens during sex and works both ways. Harry uses it.

Draco Malfoy and the Chamber of Passions, by Amory (web archive link) NR
HP/DM; LM/DM; NC-17; novel-length. Voldemort is killed by a doxy-venom type potion that is activated by the pure passion Harry and Draco have together and that "pure love" burns Voldie to a crisp. The power of love and some poison, each taken separately, wouldn't qualify, but this combination is really bizarre!

Draco Malfoy and the Heart of Slytherin (PG-13), by Saber ShadowKitten ([info]sabershadowkat) #
HP/DM; PG-13. Summary: "At the heart of every Slytherin..." Instead of describing the way of killing Voldemort, I'll send you to the chapter where it happens. Don't forget to start reading from the beginning, though.

Elegy by Mariner ([info]marinarusalka)
Implied SB/RL in the past; RL/JP; NC-17; one-shot. Summary: "Sometimes, you just need somebody who really understands." Challenges: "8. AU: it wasn't James who died protecting Harry; 7. James wouldn't ever cheat on Lily... or would he? and 19. a mission for the Order goes badly wrong." Sirius kills Voldemort.

Falling into You, by Starkindler ([info]nufaciel)
HP/LM; HP/SS; HP/LM/SS; NC-17. Novel-length. There's an original potion used to defeat Voldemort, complete with details on how to make it and what it's used for defeating him.

Hall of the Mountain Kings, by Tara Tory ##
SS/HP; R; novella. Summary: "It's another Snape saves Harry from the Dursleys story but goes in another direction almost at once. Voldemort gets killed somewhere in the middle. Ha. Serves him right." Earth Magic, very detailed and plausible.
Sequel: Hall of the Mountain Kings: The Holly and the Ivy (PG).

new Happy Father's Day, Harry Potter! by cragarrows
PG-13; Pre-OotP; One-shot; "Summary: Harry learns that he is the last surviving Heir of Griffyndor, and that Prophecy says an Heir of Griffyndor will destroy Voldemort. This is why Voldemort wants Harry dead. Harry has a cunning plan to exploit Voldemort's faith in the Prophecy -- or did Dumbledore think of it first?" Harry's plan involves producing hundreds of offspring through Muggle sperm banks, causing Voldemort to spread thin his resources.

Harry Potter & The Daughter of Malfoy, by Fyre ([info]fyrie) #
Gen; PG-13; chaptered fic; parody, MPreg. Summary: "Lucius Malfoy is a clumsy git. A pregnancy potion made by Snape for Malfoy's wife ends up spilt on our seventeen year old hero. Harry Potter ends up knocked up. He's really not best pleased. After all, how is he meant to save the world if he has to go on maternity leave?" Voldemort is defeated by bitch-slapping.

Harry Potter and the Improbable Uses of Chaos Theory, by [info]debchan NR; site is temporarily down
PG-13. Cross-over with Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Voldemort is defeated by headology and Nanny Ogg's self-interest.

Harry Potter and the Jealous Husband and the sequel, Lord Voldemort and the Shrewish Spouse, by Lady K. d'Azrael #
HP/LV; PG-13. Humour; novellas. Summary: "Voldemort has problems: The Death Eaters are incompetent, his underpants have turned a funny colour in the wash and he suspects his husband still has a thing for his ex..." Quote: "Harry had survived the final battle because Voldemort had a mind to keep him as a catamite. Somehow Harry had gotten revenge in a bizarre and spectacular way by becoming a nag." A fate far worse than death for Voldemort? Being domesticated, nagged & humiliated by his ("mad as a bag of wire hangers") spouse Harry. This fic is also on the Voldemort won list. No, I don't have split personality. It does fit in both.

Harry Potter and the Polka Dot Plague by Mariner ([info]marinarusalka) (or here) #
Gen; PG; chaptered novella. Summary: "Harry Potter discovers why polka dots are evil. Severus Snape discovers why it's a bad idea to forge your medical records. Lucius Malfoy discovers why you shouldn't give surprise gifts to your boss." Harry Potter's got the magical Skittles, the desease that messes with wizards' magic. Further white on white: He infects Snape 'cos he hasn't been immunized. But the old Voldie hasn't been either

I Have a Rendezvous with Death, by Paracelsus NR
Gen; PG. Summary: "How is it that you - a skinny boy with no extraordinary magical talent - managed to defeat the greatest wizard of all time?" (CoS) Through careful advance preparation, that's how... and by deceiving those he loved. This prequel to And Miles to Go Before I Sleep is set four years post-Hogwarts." Details white on white: Harry faces down Voldemort in a warded circle surrounded by Death Eaters; Voldemort tries to AK Harry, but is unsuccessful... because he's made himself a "flak jacket" of basilisk hide, and while the curse bounces back onto Voldemort, Voldemort tries to escape his body again, but can't because Harry's enlisted Moaning Myrtle to help contain Voldemort's incorporeal body. And much more. Read to find out.

Induction, by ShivaniBlue (or here) # (recced here)
HP/SS; R/NC-17, depends on where you read it; novel-length. Mindfuck; dubious consent. Summary: "A perhaps disturbing look at what one bitter man's obsession could lead to, and the unexpected results - but for whom?" Harry uses Legilimency to kill Voldemort, but it's more complicated than just that, and the process is decribed in many details.

The Istfy's Curse, by [info]ptyx
SS/HP; NC-17. Summary: "Voldemort has found an Egyptian curse to transform Harry Potter into his sexual slave. Snape is assigned a difficult mission. (Bond fic. Mild BDSM.)" Harry defeats Voldie seducing him! Intrigued? Read to find out how it works!

The Last Dance, by Sushi ([info]wikdsushi) #
SS/HP; NC-17; chaptered novella. Summary: "Once upon a time, there was a boy named Harry Potter. He died..." Well, let my summary be white on white because otherwise it will be an ueber-spoiler: To kill Voldemort, Harry has to die. But Snape can't put up with his death. So he resurrects his lover. But Voldemort is resurrected too. To kill Voldemort...

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent, by [info]cluegirl (or here) ##
HP/SS, HP/LM, HP/PP, HP/Other; NC-17; novella; Warnings: BSDM, Violence, Slavery, Breathplay, Bloodplay, Character Death. I really don't want to describe the way Harry finds to kill Voldemort. Even the fact that I'm putting this fic here is a huge spoiler. Read it, then you'll find it out.

Like Them, by [info]lunalelle #
Het: HrG/LV; PG-13; WIP. Summary: The last battle with a twist - "Harry pointed his wand down at the Dark Lord." LV is stripped of his magic and left to live as a Muggle.

The Lodger, by [info]mad_martha ##
HP/DM; chaptered novella. Summary: "Years after Voldemort's death and the end of the war, a lonely and alienated Harry Potter decides to take in a lodger. The result isn't quite what he anticipated. He has more in common with his new housemate than he expected, and together they learn to look life and the wizarding world - in the face again." Dumbledore concocts a giant multiperson ritual... which is all just a massive distraction for Harry to shoot him with a gun. So, for the sake of the distraction tactics, let it be here. "It was just a distraction. The spell didn't do anything, it just looked like it might. It made Voldemort concentrate on the spell instead of one person in particular." You can find more details in ch.3.

new The Long Road Home, by Flamata NR
Complete; PG-13. Het: HP/GW, RW/HrG. Summary: "Harry, Ron and Hermione travelto a different dimension in order to find a way to destroy thehorcruxes. They disguise themselves as teachers at Hogwarts, whereNeville is the boy who lived and Lily and James are still alive." Spoiler ahead, highlight to read: Harry destroys the last Horocrux (himself) by allowing himself to be kissed by a dementor. He kills Voldemort by catching a killing curse with an incorporeal hand (the result of reaching into the afterlife to retrieve his own soul) and inserting said hand directly into Voldemort.


The Maddest House, by [info]busaikko (link to the tag; you'll have to scroll) ##
SB/RL; NC-17, 17 parts, complete. AU, HBP-compliant. Summary: "In the aftermath of Halloween 1981, Sirius Black finds himself in a safe house with baby Harry." It's very complicated, but the way Voldemort is killed here is like I never saw anywhere else.

Magpie, by AbstractConcept ([info]the_con_cept) #
SS/HP; PG-13, one-shot. Sequel to End of the World, which you should read first. Summary: "Harry watches over himself, but he isn’t the only one." Voldemort took away Harry's magic. Harry steals his, together with his life, in turn.

The Man Who Lived, by Beth H. ([info]bethbethbeth) #
Gen; PG-13; short. Snape is about to be Avada Kedavra'd by Voldemort, only Dumbledore stands in front of him and reflects the curse back onto Voldemort. That's not what one would call unique, but the way it's written is, and some details are, too, particularly the very last line.

Mandala-Verse, by [info]ptyx #
HP/SS; NC-17. In the story Winter Thunder, Voldemort is defeated by a potion based on a Navajo ceremony: he drinks a Navajo potion whose effect is that every time he uses his magic in a dark way, he loses more power. He becomes a Squib when he tries to AK Neville Longbottom. Don't forget to read the whole Mandala-verse and not only the related story.

The Mathematician's Premise, by Vasaris, the Fuzzy Dragon
SS/HP, R, short. Summary: Ten years after the defeat of Voldemort, Severus Snape needs to bring Harry Potter back to Hogwarts. One would think it would be easier. Preslash.

Merry Christmas, Voldemort!, by Alaranth-88
G; gen; humour; short. Summary: "Voldemort awakens one morning to find - a package? What is it? Who sent it? And what does it mean for the most feared Dark Lord in the World?" Harry gives Voldemort this box that follows him around and plays Darth Vader's theme then Can't Stop the Music whenever anyone tries to destroy it.

A Moment in Time, by the Shadow Bandit
HP/DM; R; novel-length. Summary: "AU: During his seventh year, Harry learns that his life can change forever in a single moment in time." Voldemort is destroyed by Harry changing into his animagus form, a phoenix, and embracing Voldemort as he goes through his burning cycle.

Möbius, by Mandy ([info]geneticallydead) (or here; adult-locked post in [info]snape_potter) ##
HP/SS; NC-17, four-chapter fic. Post-HBP. Summary: "Ten years after the fall of Voldermort, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, celebrated as the saviour of the wizarding world. In the history books, Harry Potter stood over the hollow corpse of Lord Voldermort, vibrant and triumphant, and incinerated that withered old body to the depths of hell. The real truth was, Severus Snape killed Voldermort. Not Harry Potter." It's more complicated than that; read to find out.

More Than Words (Or, Four Announcements and One Defining Moment. Maybe Two.) by [info]treewishes
SS/HP implied, PG, one-shot. Team Angst entry in [info]snarry_games. Summary: "No one should have to make choices like that. Ever."

A Mug of Warm Milk, by Molly Morrison
Gen; K, one-shot, humour. Summary: "Harry develops powerful new abilities that surprise even Dumbledore. And what does a mug of warm milk have to do with anything?"

A Necessary Evil, by Kai ([info]kaiz) (or here) ##
SS/HP, also implied HP/DM; SS/LM; some SS/LV; NC-17; novella. MPreg. Summary: "After the Final Battle, Albus is pregnant (!) and Lord Voldemort is almost-dead yet again." The very idea of Voldemort inhabiting Albus' body after he "was killed" lets me put it here.

Nemo Me Impune Lacessit, by Priestess of Avalon (Grey-Eyed Athena at ffnet) NR
PG-13. Gen. Chaptered fic, finished. Summary: "Voldemort wants Draco as a Death Eater, but Lucius disagrees, wanting his son's first loyalty to be to him. They then spend Draco's entire fifth year fighting to control his future. A very Slytherin-heavy fic." Voldemort is defeated by means of vampirism.

Night-blooming Heartsease, by [info]julad ##
SS/NL; R; novella. Prequel to Transfigurations (HP/DM; NC-17), by Resonant ([info]resonant8). Dementors fight at the side of Dark, and to kill them Neville and Snape develope a special potion, based on the Night-blooming Heartsease. There's more to it then that, but you'll find it out when reading the fic.

The Nightmare Before Bedtime, by Shivani / [info]grazhir (or at FFN) NR
HP/OC, PG-13/T. Complete in 4 chapters. Summary: "In which the author parodies herself in a self-insertion masterpiece after spending too much time reading over at Live Journal's [info]babb_chronicles, [info]deleterius, and [info]pottersues." Method: The main character (not Harry) uses one of "the most horrifying and devastating weapons known to man" -- that is to say, Voldemort is defeated thanks to the soul-sucking qualities of Muzak and a 100-floor elevator ride.

No Place Like, by Tara Tory ##
SS/HP; R; novella. Summary: "Snape gets to deal with one of the least magical places on earth when Voldemort's clever plan takes a wrong turn. Kansas, it turns out, handles magic pretty well." There's an urn of Fesarius that draws magic into itself, magical cyclone and many other interesting things.

Once More With Feeling by [info]obsessed1 at the SS/HP Fuh-Q Fest. For the password join kardasi-security y!group #
HP/SS; R; short. Summary: "Have you ever had the feeling you've done something before? Have you ever had the feeling you've done something before? Have you ever had the feeling you've done something before?" The author freezes Voldemort in time: Harry and Severus got into a time-loop until they figure a way to kill him.

Oubliette, by Kate Bolin #
Gen; PG-ish; short. White on white 'cos spoils everything (you better just read the fic, and then, if necessary, hit the 'back' button to read this summary): The implication is that Harry Portkeyed himself and Voldemort to a room in Hogwarts with no doors, then broke the Portkey and broke his wand so that he and Voldemort would be imprisoned there forever (since there's no Apparation at Hogwarts)

Pending, by Seraphtrevs NR
HP/DM; R; humour/parody; MPreg; WIP. Voldemort ends up electrocuting himself while singing karaoke. NB: I'm putting it here on people's insistence but no way I'll add another ridiculous version of V's death!

Plan B, by [info]gehayi
Gen; PG, one-shot. Summary: "Tom manages to find a way of defeating Harry that Voldemort never thought of."

Precious, by [info]ladyvader
HP/DM; Summary: "On the battlefield, surrounded by the death toll of the war, Harry seems to be the only survivor." It's mix of the potion, curse and altered animagus form. There is described last battle in the story.

The Power Snivellus Knows Not, by Nonjon
Gen, M. One-Shot, parody. Summary: "Harry and Tonks discover the power to overcome the most horrible evil ever to grace Hogwarts halls. And Voldemort too."

Requiem, by Lux ([info]escapisms) #
Some SS/HP but I'd call it gen; war-fic; dark, novella. Summary: "It was supposed to be over now. That's the way it always went in the stories. The Good Side won and now the story ended because nothing mattered after that, everything was perfect after that. But it wasn't." The way of killing Voldemort in this fic isn't most original, but what happens right *after* is. I've never read anything like this!

Resolution's Ease, by [info]nimori #
HP/LV, HP/SS; PG. Summary: "No war ends in complete victory. Compromises must be made among the survivors." After the long and hard war a resolution was found: Harry should marry Voldemort, and then peace will reign. Harry/Voldemort marriage isn't a unique plot, but this is the only fic where I've seen it used specifically to end the war.

The Return of the Prodigal, by ClothoLachesisAtropo / Lachesis #
SS/HP; R; time-travel fic; novel-length. I'm putting it here as an exception because, although it's a time-travel fic, the travel isn't used to send a hero in the past so that he undoes/changes something there. In this fic adult Harry is glamoured as his young self to deceive Voldemort and lower his defenses, and this idea is original.

Ruses, by Empress of the Eclipse ([info]lycoris) #
HP/DM, some LM/HP; R; novel-length (or is it still WIP?). Summary: "After his father challenges him, Draco ends up inviting Harry to his house for the summer. But what SHOULD have been a fairly harmless visit goes horribly wrong and leads to tragedy." Harry throws a basket of friendly Runespoors at Voldemort, ordering them to bite him all at once.

S is for Slytherin: the Master, by [info]draegyn #
HP/SS; PG; one-shot; follows H is for Helga and S is for Slytherin: the Apprentice, which you should read first for the third to make sense. Voldemort is enthralled to Harry, and then transfigured into a house-elf.

Saving the World, by [info]cruisedirector #
SS/RL; NC-17. Summary: "Before the world ends, Snape has one more thing to prove to himself and Lupin." Voldemort is killed with a giant comet.

Scratch, by [info]auctasinistra (or here) #
SS/HP; NC-17. Voldemort is killed by a spell that Harry and Severus develop: Inanoterrapotens, which drains Voldemort from his magic and lets it pass through Harry into the ground.
Sequels: The Holly and the Ivy, This Thing of Darkness.

Shadow of our Forefathers, by [info]hasaidreamer #
HP/SS, PG-13, novelette. Part of [info]snarry_games, Team Angst. Summary: "Severus Snape rejoins the Order of the Phoenix after five months at Voldemort’s side - only to discover that the Order is not quite as he left it, Harry Potter is no longer the naïve boy Snape knew, and the final battle will not be the one either man expects."

Slowly, But Exceeding Fine, by Ellen Fremedon ([info]ellen_fremedon) (also at the Thin Line; search by author or title) ##
SS/SB; NC-17; long novella. Summary: "How to kill a dementor, live under a curse, and let go of an old grudge. Written for the Snape Fuh-q Fest, Wave 1, Scenario 140: Snape has a personal health problem he wants to keep quiet." The author uses elements of Scandinavian mythology. Snape and Black travel to the Giants to acquire a sampo fragment (old artifact the history of which is told in detail in the fic), with the help of which they create very strong weather magic.

Spellbound, by [info]djin7
HP/SS; NC-17, one-shot. No-one tried to kill Voldie, it somehow happened. It is not explained why Voldemort died, only the activities that lead to it and speculations.

A Taste of Liberty, by [info]lamardeuse #
SS/HP; NC-17; AU: QaF x-over; novel-length. Although it's more of a QaF-verse most of the time, I'm putting it here because for defeating Voldemort the guys use dream magic, which has more HP origin (relatively).

A Thousand Beautiful Things (NC-17), by Duinn Fionn ([info]geoviki) ##
HP/DM; R; novel-length. Summary: "Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shifted alliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of a concerned professor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend." The fighters for the side of the Light all polyjuice themselves into Harry to confuse the Death Eaters in a battle. They write numbers on their stomachs, for identification purposes in case they get injured. In the end, it's Dumbledore Polyjuiced as Harry who kills the Dark Lord, because prophecies are formal like this.
Sequel: Delicate Sound of Thunder.

To the Victor by [info]simmysim #
HP/DM/RW; NC-17, one-shot. Summary: Voldemort makes a last ditch at buying Harry's mercy. Not quite an original way to defeat V but somehow I think it fits here.

'Twas Brillig, by [info]mary_re
Gen; PG-13; short. Summary: "Based on The Jabberwocky, a poem by Lewis Carroll. For the Classic Canon Challenge." Voldemort's Avada Kedavra is reflected off of the Gryffindor sword that Harry draws out of his mind, bouncing back to hit him.

Underwater Light, by Maya ([info]sarahtales) #
HP/DM; R, novel-length. Summary: "Featuring an extremely depressed Harry, in a war-torn wizarding world, about to get the shock of his life when he discovers that Draco Malfoy is slightly more important to him than he would have ever guessed. Including a very odd friendship, lots of angst, suspicions, conflicted loyalties, clueless Ron, on-the-warpath Hermione and two very messed-up boys." Harry Accios an entire wall to him and buries V underneath it.

Unnatural by [info]lexin and Tidmag (requires password) (or here) #
HP/SS; Summary: "Far far away in an alternate universe, hermaphrodite Harry Potter gets into trouble. That's not ordinary trouble, but Trouble." Voldemort is removed from the world by being sucked down a vortex when he tries to call the Elder Gods and Harry dismisses them.

Victory Without Battle, by [info]keikokin
HP/LM; NC-17, one-shot. Summary: "TSS Contest #3 Winner!! Harry is captured. Lucius reveals himself as a spy and portkeys Harry away from a Death Eater meeting. A relationship ensues." By saving Harry from Death Eaters Lucius Malfoy calls forth a new prophecy, and by fulfilling its conditions Harry and him make Voldemort crumble to dust.

Welcome to Wherever You Are, by [info]furiosity #
HP/DM, R, novelette. Warning(s): Gore. Summary: It surprises everyone but Draco Malfoy when he destroys Voldemort. As time goes on and the world doesn't stop, Harry begins to realise that maybe he's in for a few surprises himself. Features an unhealthy obsession with a famous TV line, a haunted house and too many drunk people..

When Love Calls, by [info]sev1970 NR
HP/SS; NC-17; novel-length. Summary: "The summer before his seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, Harry Potter is preparing himself for another miserable summer with his muggle relatives when events happen that will change his plans." In Chapter 35, Harry is about to be killed by The Dark Lord and wishes that Voldemort would die, and he does. That is, Harry simply wishes Voldemort dead and it happens. Quite unique.


Many thanks to everybody who helped with the search!

Know other fics where Voldemort is defeated in a truly original way? Please, share!



If you are interested in HP fiction featuring Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort as a main character, check Dystopia, the TMR archive and these lots of links to Riddle fics compied by [info]mctabby here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Riddlefics/links. You don't have to join the group to see them.



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