So ever since July I've been thinking about this story line.
I'm debating on actually writing it, because of what it is going to contain. See I saw the movie
Black Snake Moan (totally go see this movie) and I've been thinking of a doing a fic kinda based on it but not within the fandom (if there is one, out there).
Then the thing with LJ exploded around the same time and stuff, and now I really want to do this fic. I also want to dedicate it to the Livejournal Abuse Team (and General Counsel Chris Vail), Perveted Justice, and Warriors for Innocence...
See, people who know me, might get what that means.
I get a bit...radical at times, my family calls it my drama queenism. I just take things and run with them...
My idea, currently at the moment (since I had originally planned for it to be different), is a post GOF fic. In Rowling's world, the worst of the worst is always skimmed, it still has that childish aspect of the world, sure people die and torture happens, but she never goes into details.
I've read a ton of HP fics, a good majority of them havin to be about the Dursely's abuse and some fics going above and behind the scope torture and makes it just plain grotesque... I think the authors had in mind about it being an h/c fic...
Me on the other hand, I know a good portion about abuse and living in abusive relationships and being bullied to extremes. I don't think the Dursley's got it in them to cross that line that they've set for themselves. The line that allows for the mistreatment of the boy but not out right abuse.
And since LJ is basically calling us all pedos... I decided I might as well show them what a real pedo is.
So I keep hashing this idea and going over it. I really really really want to write this...but I'm not sure a) if I should (considering how senstive this will be) b) if I can actually write it as well as I hope to god I can and c) it's going to be long, and I haven't written long fics before.
So I'm wondering if I actually try this (I've also debated posting this on my lj and getting myself reported to see what they think about it (I told ya, I'm a bit radical :D)).
Anyways, the story is basically taking place before the happenings of OOTP. I want Harry to be snatched about a few days after being dumped off at the Dursley's. I keep changing my mind how long Harry will be in this captivity...I was thinking from a week to when Umbrige let loose the Dementors.
I also keep changing my mind how Harry gets out of the situation. It has changed from him killing the guy, to Snape/Order finding him, Harry running away, to the police cracking down on this pedo ring and finding the victims...
What I do know what I want is for Harry to be dealing with this abuse by himself...and that the Order thinks Harry is perfectly fine at the Dursley's until they get a reading that the wards are crashing. Turns out Harry tried to kill himself...and that's when the Order takes Harry away and to Grimmauld Place, it's also when the Order finds out about the abuse.
I also want Harry to bond with Snape...originally I wanted it to be Snarry...but to fit in with the healing aspect of the relationship, I know it can't ever cross that line. So for the moment I'm thinking it Drarry, or gen.
I'm debating on including the Dementor's thing with the Ministry or not.
I'm also trying to think how I shall represent the abuse, how graphic, in what details, what tense I should use (it happening at the moment, rememberance (flashblacks), Harry talking about it, or a combination).
I'm also trying to figure out if I should the fic start from Harry being snatched, Harry escaping (being resuced), Harry facing the Dementors, Harry's thoughts before he tries to kill himself, the Order rushing to the house, or when Harry wakes up from his attempt...
The reason why the Order thinks Harry is fine is because Mundungus was the one who was supposed to guard Harry. When the next Order person arrives they think Harry is in the house, as does all other members when they do their shift (they think him sulking or being grounded in the house and is no longer wondering around the neighborhood like he was the first few days). The Dursley's think Harry took off like he did at POA, or that he just plain ran off leaving both them and the Wizarding World (since he left his stuff) and don't think it any of their business to inform the freaks of Harry's decision, nor do they really know how to inform them.
Harry's suicide attempt I already know how it's going to go. Typical listening to music, slits wrists in bath kind of thing.
The snatching, I think will take place in the tunnel where in the movie Harry met with the Dementors... I got it as two guys who have been stalking Harry, knowing where Harry goes and so forth and how vunerable he is. (Like how real bad guys target, gather information, then move in for the snatch of their prey).
I originally planned to not have the Dementors, but now I'm thinking that it will add just the little push to send Harry over the edge into his suicide attempt.
I'm also worried that since I don't know British law and customs...that I might make a mess of things in how the take down (if I decide for it to happen) will go down.
So any ideas, suggestions?
Or should I scrap the fic idea?