You have a point. Not to mention, Washuu doesn't modify anyone else in the house, and Ryoko was built from scratch, something she can't do with Harry. (Although I imagine it might be an interesting option much later in the plot. Perhaps Harry gets all-but-killed in a year 5 or so encounter with Voldie or DEs, and rather than leave him paralyzed or in a coma or something she moves him into a custom-built body. But rather than becoming Superboy overnight, he has to learn how to use its abilities and it takes him a long time just to get the simple ones, like flight.)
I have my own problems with the ping-pong-ball Harry idea, where he bounces back and forth between Dumbledore and Washuu -- I think after the second exchange, Washuu's going to go after Harry with the entire Tenchi cast as help -- especially if any of them have managed to meet Harry. (In fact, I can see Sasami and Harry becoming playmates -- depending on what physical/mental age you see Sasami at; I've seen her pegged at anywhere between 8 and 12.) And I think there's a little fun to be poked at all the fanfic Harries who show up at Hogwarts speaking Japanese, wearing kimono and carrying katana; this Harry may end of speaking Japanese (if he learned it honestly; I can also see Washuu just injecting him with translator nanites or something because it's faster, in which case he can talk to everything, not just snakes), but he'll be as ignorant of Japanese culture as he is of Wizarding -- though he might have a somewhat confused grounding in Juraian culture...
Okay, boiling down this ramble, how's this for a basic concept?
Mihoshi does something Mihoshi-like, and connects Washuu's lab to Harry's closet in a (for the purposes of the story) permanent and undoable way, when Harry's 8 or 9 years old. It's not door-to-door, otherwise the Dursleys would notice; it's more like the Wardrobe to Narnia, in that the back wall simply goes away and Harry can keep walking deeper and deeper in, until he's in the lab proper. Which he does, visiting several times before Washuu notices him. Under the crazy, we know Washuu's a big softy for kids, so while she calls him a minion and keeps him hopping, she's also treating him well and healing what needs healing. etc. She injects him with translator nanites right from the start (for much fun later on, when he's at Hogwarts and finds he can talk to snakes, centaurs, merfolk, house-elves... practically anything that has its own language), and while she doesn't actually teach him a lot of really powerful stuff, she finds he's a polite, attentive and quiet child and talks to him about what she's doing, from which he picks up a mixed bag of information, though little in the way of actual skills. (Said information will make him seem almost as odd as Luna, once he gets to Hogwarts...) The first time he shows up bruised and battered from Dudley, she gives him a personal force field unit.
The rest of the house discovers him when Ayeka comes in one afternoon to inform Washuu that dinner's ready, finds the two of them together, and Washuu drags Harry to the meal when she learns he was sent to his closet without dinner. As a result he ends up with a playmate in Sasami and a big sister in Ryoko, and a stuffy but kinda nice spinster aunt in Ayeka. And Mihoshi thinks he's the cutest thing since Hello Kitty. Oh, and a kinda confused big brother in Tenchi. And he loves the temple. And he learns a little kenjutsu from Tenchi and Grandpa. And of course Sasami and Harry cook together, which is the first time he does it for fun and people who appreciate it. All in all, getting sent to his closet is actually a pleasant refuge for him, and the only problems he has are a growing lack of sleep (because of the time difference between England and Japan), and not letting the Dursleys know.
And when he starts doing accidental magic, well, he goes right to Washuu and tells her about it, because hey, he can do stuff like all the girls can. Why is that, Washuu-oba-chan? "Well, Harry, if you'll just stand here, and hold these two electrodes in your hands, and this third one in your mouth, we'll see what I can find out."
And when he gets back from the shopping trip with Hagrid, he immediately goes to Washuu's lab to tell her about the letter and Hogwarts. Which results in him going to school with a few "gifts" from the household, a couple of cloaked sensor drones. and anything else we can think of that's fun but not overpowering.
Oh, and a door to the Lab materializes somewhere in the Castle...
And from there? Well, we can figure that out next.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
I have my own problems with the ping-pong-ball Harry idea, where he bounces back and forth between Dumbledore and Washuu -- I think after the second exchange, Washuu's going to go after Harry with the entire Tenchi cast as help -- especially if any of them have managed to meet Harry. (In fact, I can see Sasami and Harry becoming playmates -- depending on what physical/mental age you see Sasami at; I've seen her pegged at anywhere between 8 and 12.) And I think there's a little fun to be poked at all the fanfic Harries who show up at Hogwarts speaking Japanese, wearing kimono and carrying katana; this Harry may end of speaking Japanese (if he learned it honestly; I can also see Washuu just injecting him with translator nanites or something because it's faster, in which case he can talk to everything, not just snakes), but he'll be as ignorant of Japanese culture as he is of Wizarding -- though he might have a somewhat confused grounding in Juraian culture...
Okay, boiling down this ramble, how's this for a basic concept?
Mihoshi does something Mihoshi-like, and connects Washuu's lab to Harry's closet in a (for the purposes of the story) permanent and undoable way, when Harry's 8 or 9 years old. It's not door-to-door, otherwise the Dursleys would notice; it's more like the Wardrobe to Narnia, in that the back wall simply goes away and Harry can keep walking deeper and deeper in, until he's in the lab proper. Which he does, visiting several times before Washuu notices him. Under the crazy, we know Washuu's a big softy for kids, so while she calls him a minion and keeps him hopping, she's also treating him well and healing what needs healing. etc. She injects him with translator nanites right from the start (for much fun later on, when he's at Hogwarts and finds he can talk to snakes, centaurs, merfolk, house-elves... practically anything that has its own language), and while she doesn't actually teach him a lot of really powerful stuff, she finds he's a polite, attentive and quiet child and talks to him about what she's doing, from which he picks up a mixed bag of information, though little in the way of actual skills. (Said information will make him seem almost as odd as Luna, once he gets to Hogwarts...) The first time he shows up bruised and battered from Dudley, she gives him a personal force field unit.
The rest of the house discovers him when Ayeka comes in one afternoon to inform Washuu that dinner's ready, finds the two of them together, and Washuu drags Harry to the meal when she learns he was sent to his closet without dinner. As a result he ends up with a playmate in Sasami and a big sister in Ryoko, and a stuffy but kinda nice spinster aunt in Ayeka. And Mihoshi thinks he's the cutest thing since Hello Kitty. Oh, and a kinda confused big brother in Tenchi. And he loves the temple. And he learns a little kenjutsu from Tenchi and Grandpa. And of course Sasami and Harry cook together, which is the first time he does it for fun and people who appreciate it. All in all, getting sent to his closet is actually a pleasant refuge for him, and the only problems he has are a growing lack of sleep (because of the time difference between England and Japan), and not letting the Dursleys know.
And when he starts doing accidental magic, well, he goes right to Washuu and tells her about it, because hey, he can do stuff like all the girls can. Why is that, Washuu-oba-chan? "Well, Harry, if you'll just stand here, and hold these two electrodes in your hands, and this third one in your mouth, we'll see what I can find out."
And when he gets back from the shopping trip with Hagrid, he immediately goes to Washuu's lab to tell her about the letter and Hogwarts. Which results in him going to school with a few "gifts" from the household, a couple of cloaked sensor drones. and anything else we can think of that's fun but not overpowering.
Oh, and a door to the Lab materializes somewhere in the Castle...
And from there? Well, we can figure that out next.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.