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Name: Harry James Potter; no nicknames he’s fond of, thank you
Age • DOB: 17 • July 31, 1980
School: 7th Year Gryffindor, Quidditch Captain
Sexuality: Straight
Status: Single; Attachment, are you kidding?
Family:

• father: James Potter
• mother: Lily Evans Potter
• aunt: Petunia Dursley
• uncle: Vernon Dursley
• cousin: Dudley Dursley

Bloodline: Half-blood
Wand: 11”, Holly, Phoenix feather
Occupation: Student

Five positive adjectives: adventurous | confident | straightforward | bright | athletic
Five negative adjectives: arrogant | snippy | lazy | impatient | foolhardy
Likes: snogging, pumpkin juice, tartes, quidditch, flying, more quidditch, sneaking into the forbidden forest, shenanigans, marauders’ mapping, hippogriffs
Dislikes: dating, homework, responsibility (except Quidditch), firewhisky, rules, dads who disappear, snakes, centaurs, Indiana Jones (too many snakes)

Boggart: Snake
Mirror of Erised: The family altogether and happy.
Patronus Memory: A day of playing Quidditch with his dad right before leaving for Hogwarts.

History:

• Harry loved life while he was still an adorable naive child. He thought it was wicked cool that his parents were war heroes, and his little baby self survived those times, and believed they were a happy family. As he grew older and saw signs of his dad pulling away, he started to doubt that and it scared him.

• He took to adventuring on his own at a young age. He became comfortable with Flooing on his own around the age of eight (whether his parents liked it or not), and would take off to Diagon Alley for Florean’s and to people watch. He was typically caught by a family friend and escorted home. Didn’t stop him from trying again.

• His mum enjoyed using him as bait for her Muggle Studies lessons. Harry didn’t really know what to make of the Muggle world, but his mum didn’t want him that clueless. As a result, she took him on a number of Muggle outings and even occasionally made him endure an evening with his cousin Dudley. Awkwardness was had by all, but in the end, he could communicate with Muggles properly, which he supposed was the idea.

• Harry knew of the Weasleys before getting on the train, of course, but he didn’t really know any. Oh, on his adventures to Florean’s he’d seen the sea of red from a distance, even spotted one that looked like his age, but they were such a large pack, and so full of red hair, that Harry found them intimidating. It wasn’t until he ended up in a train compartment with Ron that Harry realised this bloke was best friend material. In fact, they hit it right off.

• Harry was sorted into Gryffindor wickedly fast by the sorting hat He's not sure if it was the fastest sort ever, but he likes to think it was.

• Being the youngest seeker in a century is not good for the ego. In fact, Harry was not liked by his fellow teammates much at all; he took his Quidditch too seriously (because it was the most important thing he shared with his dad). He’s turned the tables since becoming Quidditch Captain, though. The Gryffindor team is a well-oiled drum, and he leads with fun and excitement. He feels most at home on the pitch.

• Getting more curious about girls, Harry decided to attempt to date a couple. Cho Chang was a pretty sight, but liked to cry. Harry couldn’t handle cries. He had interest in Ginny Weasley last year, but they both realised it was simply proximity to each other and nothing to do with any real feelings. At least, that’s what Harry said, and he assumes Ginny feels the same way. Maybe. Possibly? Not like he's about to ask her. In reality, Harry probably has no idea what he actually feels, and he refuses to hurt anyone the same way his dad hurt him. That means not getting serious. Ever.

• Harry used to keep the collection of trinkets his dad brought him on his nightstand in the dorm. However, an extended absence this summer made him angry upon his return to Hogwarts, and he chucked them all out the window of Gryffindor Tower. He’s found pieces of them on the lawns since then. He told himself he’d throw them away, but he actually keeps the shattered pieces in a small box in his trunk.

Canon Differences:

HE IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE.

But in all seriousness, that is a major change for Harry. The Harry we meet in canon was a boy who was mesmerized by this magical world he belonged to, with a penchant for trouble but an overriding sense of humility derived from being an orphan. When he come into his own as a 17-year-old, he embraces that no one else can defeat Voldemort, and he embraces it so fully that he’s willing to sacrifice his life for it.

This Harry? He’s none of those things.

Harry knows a world that isn’t perfect, but hey, the war was won! His parents are alive, and they are war heroes. That’s pretty wicked. As a child, all he saw was a loving family, immune to the darkness that was driving his father away and making his mother sad. As his father drew so far away that he started traveling, though, Harry’s intense love of life rechanneled into resentment. And Harry, seeing much of himself in his dad, fears that he could turn out the same way. He doesn’t want to run that risk. It’s made him bitter, shy of commitment, and very much not inclined to think about serious adult-type matters.

He does still have round glasses nearly identical to the ones his dad has worn. However, he doesn't wear all the time, especially now; now that he looks so much like his dad, he's not too fond of the resemblance. He is very fond of the Muggle invention of contacts, and he wears them more than he wears his glasses.

Harry also does not talk to snakes, say the name Voldemort out loud, brush with death annually, or believe in prophecies of any kind.