Notes on a new story idea.

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+[[!meta title="Contingency"]]
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+Near the end of the war, Hermione was worried that Harry wouldn't be able to
+fulfill his destiny. She performed a ritual giving him a second chance should he
+fail.
+
+Now, it's over a hundred years later. Harry is alive, having defeated Voldemort
+and saved the world, but unhappy. Hermione married Ron and wasted her potential,
+Harry was never really in love with Ginny, and wizarding society hasn't really
+improved since his childhood. Harry dies in his sleep, and the forgotten ritual
+kicks in.
+
+Harry awakens as a child once again, and decides to change the future.
+
+* The return-to point could be either the time of the ritual (for a lame
+  nothing-really-changes redo fic) or much earlier. Personally, I prefer the
+  pre-Hogwarts period, like age 7.
+* Need some excuse for why it can't be done more than once.
+* Should Hermione come along for the ride? It'd probably make more sense than
+  some arbitrary limitation of the ritual to only work for Harry.
+* How to excuse the age 7 arrival date? "I made a mistake building the ritual; I
+  was aiming for year 7 of school."
+* State of the Horcrux in Harry? Probably there when he arrives, and easily
+  removed with future knowledge.
+* This is clearly a manipulative!Dumbledore and possibly love potion fic. Harry
+  is out to change the whole wizarding world.
+* If they're arriving at age seven, then Hermione arrives almost a year early.
+  She's got time to set the groundwork for rescuing Harry.