OK, I asked if there was a topic like this--etphonehome checked (sweet of her!) and there isn't, so here it is.

I am wondering this:

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.

(Deep breath) This is my secret HP persona:

See, I am grown-up, so I wouldn't be a student. I love Boston Terriers. And the funny thing is, I kinda look like a Boston Terrier--lol. Short face, red-brown hair (brindle color), not really very tall, etc. So, if I were a part of Harry's world, I would be an animagus who could turn into a Boston Terrier. I had this idea that I would be a distant relative of Harry's from America. That perhaps I had been in a spot of trouble, or off having adventures and I really didn't understand what had happened to him.

I think part of what brought this little fantasy to life was that I despise Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon! I want to kick their behinds! I want to be a help to Harry, because it's so awful that he's had to live with them and their neglect and abuse. It just ticks me off no end when kids are mistreated! So, I envision a scene where I appear as a Boston Terrier to Harry--perhaps in the park by Privet Drive, and he is kind to me. I follow him home, but he explains that I can't come in (he just thinks I'm a dog). I sneak into the Dursley's back garden anyway, and watch them through the windows--ordering Harry around, being jerks, then I come in the house and start barking at them. Petunia starts having a fit, and Uncle Vernon is chasing me all over with a newspaper. But then I spin around, and I'm me! And I tell Aunt Petunia off. She knows of me--I'm a distant cousin. But she never knew that more than one person in the family was a witch! I was just that weird American cousin who acts like a lunatic and she never speaks of me. She just thinks Americans are weird in general, and I was really bad because I just kinda disappeared for a long time and no one knew what I was up to.

But Harry is blown away that there's someone from the Evans side who is actually pretty cool. So he packs his trunk and we take off for the Leaky Cauldron, where we hang out for about a month, goofing off, and talking about everything.

OK...silly, huh? Because it's not like I have this huge plot all worked out or anything--there's just this snippet of me basically kicking the Dursleys in the behind and taking Harry under my wing. Maybe I'd get to meet Sirius and we'd really get on well. They say some people write themselves into their fanfics, but I never have. But if I did, I'd be a distant cousin/Boston Terrier animagus, who did some secret work for the American version of the Ministry of Magic. But the mom in me wants to be a nurturing influence for a kid who hasn't ever really had that, except from Molly Weasley, who can be as irritating as she is kind.

That's it--my secret HP persona. I have now bared my soul of a true secret. The weird thing for me is that I really like the character of Draco, but my mind did not think of a scenario with him...not sure why. I want to help Harry!

So....who would you be in Harry's world? I'd love to know!

Nice topic! AHAH I like your ideas!

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.

Umm well I would like to be myself in Harry's world, at first I thought...'oooh being Hermione would be awsome but to be honest because my Snape obsession..interest would be a sin! I think I would like to be older, well maybe in my fianl year at Hogwarts ( in reality I would be in the 6th year) but if I was about to leave it would be more exciting, and it would be ok to have an interest in Snape and be a morphimagus(sp?) I would like to have my own invisiblity cloak and marauders map and I would love to come top in all my classes tehehe. I guess I would like to help Harry but I wouldn't worship him as I'm not that fond of him due to his constant moaning and martyr like attidute. I wouldn't be a close friend, just a supporter and maybe become and aura so I could kill as many death eaters as possible!
I would like to have a close relationship with Severus, just friends and if we got on well then mabye ungrade it to a romantic relationship . I wouldn't care what my friends/family said. Even though I wouldn't know if he was evil or not I would always believe in his innocence and then he would maybe confide in me. I would also be good friends with Hermione and the Weasley's they are my favourite magical family! Lupin seems pretty cool too

Thanks for sharing that, HP number one Fan! It does sound like fun! I would think that to get past Snape's defenses would be an amazing feat, and probably well worth the reward! It would be fun to have those 'toys' of Harry's, too. I still don't find it too off-center that Snape could fall for someone much younger, since honestly, he's not really that old, what, about 39 or so by the end of the books? I don't think he'd allow himself to fall for a student, so I can see where you'd want to place yourself as older when that happens.

That's pretty cool! I think you'd be someone my animagus self would like to know! What havoc could you and I wreak if we managed to create a Marauder's Map of the Ministry of Magic?

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.

I don't think I'd be me.....well not me as I am. I think I'd have some other persona than a student or teacher. I like to think 'd be someone like Tonks...but less of a clutz! Yes some sharp witted, skilled and stunningly beautiful auror.

I do have a bit of a secret dream to put myself in as this sort of cross between Bellatrix, you know, her coolness not her coldness and strength, with the cool beaty of Narcissa but with the art of Tonks, being able to disguise myself as whomever I wanted.

Love interest, well ofcourse I would be part of the Harry world that pre dates the end of Order of the Phoenix because my love interest would have to be Sirius

Ofcourse Harry would be totally in awe of me and maybe just a little bit in love, and even more so because I would stop Bella from throwing that curse at Sirius and therefore save his life. THis would result in a big change in how the battle for Hogwarts is fought, the search for the Horcruxes and the fate of Snape, Lupin and the rest......and all because I was there!

I don't want to be any character that's already mentioned in the books because a little bit or most of them is already set and drawn out. I'd be myself.

I'd wan't to be more social because at 11, i was still shy. now i'm 14 and i've really evolved from that. With that done, I'd be a bit crazy at times, slightly random. Basically, I'd be exactly how i am now.

I'd want to be part of the real DA. The part that actually fought Voldemort/Death Eaters. Part of me is action-y and feels like being in the battles. I'd really like that. it'd be so cool.

Currently, I'm not into love so I don't know about any relationships.

Ok, if I was a part of Harry Potter's world, I would deffinitely be a Death Eater! But not a submissive Death Eater to Voldemort (like Bellatrix), I see myself more like Severus Snape, a stand alone who's loyalties are a real mystery.

I would be a intuned with the Dark Arts and I wouldn't mind having a pet dragon (like Hagrid). But since I am young, I would be in my seventh year of school where I would be in Slytherin and be the top student in all of my classes.

As for Harry, I don't think I would be helping him much especially if I was a amateur Death Eater, sorry Harry! I really wouldn't want to kill him either, I also wouldn't mind if he did kill Voldemort (I never like the idea of bowing to someone else). I'd prefer to be my own boss.

I know who I would have a love interest in, Draco Malfoy. He may not be the bravest Death Eater, but I wouldn't mind helping him out a little!

Well i would be a character that people admire ,look up to for advice, sure i dont always set a good example or give good advice but anyway,.Harry would have romantic thing with me and boys well have an interest in me for every reason.I would be a good friend that fights with her brothers alot.I wuld have 11 brothers and i am a school kid.I would be born in sydney australia,moved around alot and then went to hogwarts when i was 11 like normal.I would have friends from everywhere and speak heaps of languages.I would be smart but not quite hermione p[lus i would be sort of good looking.

And that is my character

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.
If I was myself but in the Wizarding World then:
I would be like…
I would be like Snape in the sense that I would be mysterious to a lot of people, quite and I would keep myself to myself because I am like that.
My secret dream…
My secret dream would be to secret friends with Draco
I would be able to…
I would be able to perform great magic and I would be the only student in Hogwarts who doesn’t need a wand because I am to powerful for one.
Helping Harry and how…
I would help Harry if he asked me too otherwise I would keep myself to myself and probably take no notice of him.
Relationship to specific character…
I would be great friends with Hermione; she needs a friend who is a girl because she only really has Harry and Ron.
Love interest…
Possibly Draco Malfoy but I doubt that I would be put in Slytherin, I’m too good.

Great thread

Just for the record, I think this is an awesome topic. Here goes:

I wouldn't be related to any of the main characters. But, living in Liverpool, I'd go to Hogwarts. So, naturally, i'd know some of them. I think I'd be in Ravenclaw. I'm a know-it-all, and have a bit of a quick wit, so it's a pretty obvious choice.

As far as subjects and powers go, I'd like to be really good at Transfiguration, charms, and Care of Magical Creatures. Personally, I think it would be really cool to study stuff like dragons, hippogriffs, and centaurs. Although I could deal without the skrewts.

I'd like to be friends with Luna Lovegood. She seems like a really nice and interesting person, one who has few friends. So some of her ideas are slightly far-fetched, I've heard weirder ones. (Like one involving aliens controling people through hamburgers... Don't ask.)

I'm not sure I'd have a crush on anyone.

After school, I'd love to go work in Romania, with Charlie. That's a slightly crazy dream, I know, but an accomplishable one. I can do anything I set my mind to.

This is a nice topic! I never really thought of this before....

Well, I think I'd be a cross between Hermione and Ginny... I'm the study kind of girl, so I must probably throw my hand in the air if I knew the right answer in the middle of a class, but then again, I would jinx people in the hallways for bullying others...

But the thing is, I'm a little old to be in school, and even though I love Hogwarts, I'm not the able-to-teach kind of person... I just don't have the patience... So I guess the suitable place for me to work at would probably be the Ministry, and I took the test and it said I'd be in the International Magical Cooperation Department which is more than perfect for me!

So I guess that would be it... with my big bushy auburn hair, my bangs and probably getting the hold of some potions to tame it. Extremelly beautiful, doing remarkable assignments in International cooperation, bringing the nations closer in the magical area, getting awards by the Ministers of the different countries (hey, it's a dream, isn't it? Hahaha!), and my secret crush: Sirius or James... Watch out Lily! Hahaha!

This is a great topic, Aethonon!

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? When I first thought about this, I figured I'd peg myself as some kind of professor of magical theory. But when I really got down to thinking about it, I decided I would be an ace reporter for the Daily Prophet - with more ethics and more guts that Rita Skeeter whose sole desire to sell a story was based on sensationalism. I would be a passionate reporter willing to speak the truth in my articles while convincing the readers that they, too, should always strive for the truth. Of course, I would be widely sought after for my writing styles to follow any event, and that would make me one of the most powerful people in the wizarding world. (Go, Slytherins!)

However, slight snag: The truth gets ugly. The ministry gets infiltrated and the DP starts printing only propaganda focusing on how horrible Harry and Muggles are. My passion for the truth, however, means that I have to go underground and begin my own resistance news publication titled: The Voice. My paper would be key in helping the people who have to go into hiding. Of course, with this there is a risk of being discovered, so there would be a charm placed on the paper where the reader must speak an incantation in order for it to reveal the actual contents. To anyone not speaking the incantation, the paper would appear like a Muggle Classifieds papers titled "The Choice."

If there were any character that I would have had a relationship with from the series, it would have been Sirius, but I think my drive and my independence would peg me as sort of a loner. I have several friends, though, so I would be in contact with Dumbledore (until he snuffed it), and Lupin (until he snuffed it), as well as the Minister of Magic (until they all snuffed it), and I'd keep a pretty close tie with Kingsley - who didn't snuff it!

After the war, my paper would take over the Daily Prophet because of how important it was to the masses during the war. I still want to get out there to the people, so even though I would be Editor In Chief, I would also remain a stimulating reporter out there on the scene!

Watch out, Malfoy - You can't hide your dodgy involvement while a part of the Death Eaters for long!

Rita who?

Intriguing idea, Aethonon!

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.

I would be a slightly eccentric witch with a bookshop in Hogsmeade. Not a bookshop for textbooks, but one of those cozy bookshops with squashy couches and chairs and a cafe for beverages and homemade pastries. (Of course, this means I would end up as round and squashy as the furniture after a few years because I would have to sample the baking to make sure it was fit for human consumption. ) The shop would be crammed with lots of tiny nooks with books shelved by topic of interest, and I would have extensive knowledge about them all so I could serve my customers. My cats and I would run the shop, and one of them would have to be a kneazle. I would have a benevolent-bestower-of-books relationship with Hermione and several Ravenclaws who enjoy reading, but can't see myself in a romantic relationship with any of the known characters. I'd probably end up marrying some wizarding advertisment artist. Perhaps he'd work for passerby!

Well, I'd be in Ravenclaw. I'd be somewhere between Luna and Hermione. I mean, I'm a good student and love studying and stuff, but I'm more of a dreamer than Hermione is. And I don't discourage someone or and idea just because they're a little different.

I'd like to be friends with Hermione. She needs a girl friend really badly.

I would be good at charms, potions, herbology, ancient runes, and care of magical creatures. I'd kind of be annoyed with Divination because there's no defenite anything. And Trelawny would bug me to complete and total insanity with all the 'Together we shall cast ourselves into the future!!!!!!!!' junk.

When I left school, I'd like to do something like Charlie does. Not dragons, for instance, but I'd like to study magical creatures of some kind. Might write a book on magical creatures like Newt Scamander, too.

Od course I would help Harry. But I wouldn't be one of the ones out there getting slaughtered. (Sorry, chivalry isn't my cup of tea.) I'd probably be one of the DA members. Or maybe I'd be writing for the Quibler before it went weird. Then maybe I'd write for passerby.

(I wouldn't be related to any of the main characters. The people who are all 'Oh I'm Harry's long lost twin' need to keep dreaming. Come on. There may be some lucky folks in this world, but no one on this earth is that ridiculously blessed. )

If you, yourself, were a part of Harry Potter's world, what would you be like? What is your secret dream? What would like to be able to do? Would you want to help him? How? Would you have a specific relationship with a character other than Harry? Be a love interest to one of them, perhaps? This would take into consideration that you would be yourself, with your own quirks and individual characteristics, only you would be a witch or wizard in Harry's world.

If I were a part of Harry Potter's world, I would be very lucky....no really, I think if I were/could be like one of the character's I'd probably lean toward Dumbledore(boy) or McGonagall(girl) not for age purposes; but because both of them posses characteristics that I find quite similar to my own. Their wisdom, courage, and maturity is of a very high level of course, and I guess I could describe myself more or less the same way(except for the courage part ) Oh yeah and I cats.

My secret dream...hmm....I think that's probably to fly, like on a broom you know. If I could fly I would be able to go places I've always wished to see/visit.
I would like to have been able to assist Harry in defeating L.V. or...help Draco with the whole 'kill Dumbledore' deal.

Love Interest, that's one I might have trouble thinking of, but not really: However, if I did have a choice between the many HP *mancandy* I'd probably choose Draco.

Great Topic By The Way

~Veritaserum14

Ultimately I would want to be Harry himself but since it's a question of what I'd be like.. well:

I would definately be on Harry's side and want to help him find horcruxes, defeat Voldemort and so forth. I think I would be quite like Sirius in the respect that I would want to be out there doing something, I doubt I could sit at home twiddling my thumbs when I could be doing something to help instead.
Sometimes I feel quite like Harry, for instance I got a lot of negative attention at school for a number of reasons and I am really bad at ... *whispers* girls....

My secret dream is to go through it all. To receive a Hogwarts letter aged 11 and to complete 7 years magical education, then going on to join the Auror Office, maybe even becoming Head of the Auror Office itself. I would just love to be a part of this magical world.