Further thoughts on the "raised by a regenerator" Harry... well, your current version is sadly tainted by the obvious strong hostility you have towards most of the main canon characters - making it really pretty hard to write anything that isn't either a bash fic or hopelessly dark or both (or possibly super-short and super-cracky). However... well, what if we sneak harry some sort of an ameliorating influence somehow? Luna, perhaps? You'd need something a bit cracky to have them meet up, but it could be shoehorned in. Have him happily join in with his adopted dad on little bonding expeditions to destroy vampires of various sorts (the regenerator treatments took but good), have him agree wholeheartedly on opinions about the Hellsings, but perhaps have a parting of the ways on that whole "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" thing, and have Harry feel that non-Catholics... well, they're *weird*, and they're obviously *wrong*, but it's possible that they're simply misguided, rather than purely evil. Have a couple of bits of accidental magic - which they both see as a potential Mighty Weapon for the Church, but have a dickens of a time reproducing consistently. Then the letter shows up, and Harry manages to convince dear old Father Anderson that while there may be serious concerns about these people, it's finally his opportunity to learn and channel these powers... and it's not like they can *hurt* him, right? Maybe he'll even find others that can be converted to the True Faith, and perhaps *they* will work out as Regenerators *too*.
Results: Harry has a few upgrades, and a few downgrades.
upgrades:
- Harry is a Regenerator, with all that that entails.
- He's learned to fight through the pain, and developed a viciously effective, extremely goal-oriented fighting styles that basically assume that his enemies are vicious superhuman creatures that need to die.
- He's really not going to be scared of any physical threats at all.
- He has a warm and loving home life (he's a bit at odds with dear old dad, but they are quite fond of one another) with kill-squads on call as necessary
- He is intensely interested in learning any magic that he sees as having practical applications, and is fairly good at coming up with said practical applications in many things others might not consider.
downgrades:
- the whole Regenerator thing has basically claimed much of the output of his magical core, leaving him about three shades above Squib in power.
- the whole "well-trained kill reflex" thing... kinda creepy to a lot of people. The fact that his habit will be to bring fists to wand-fights (and, often, win) is another such creepy thing.
- He may be toning down his prejudices and religious opinions a bit, but they're still pretty intense - and fairly off-putting to a lot of people.
- He knows who Dumbledore is... and he already knows that he doesn't like the man. (He'll be gritting his teeth to stay even remotely civil - and this Harry is no good at being subtle about such things) Say what you will about him, the support of the Dumbledore faction was a significant resource for Harry pretty much throughout the books.
Finally, this Harry doesn't really care about much other than destroying monsters, his adopted father, the Iscariots, and the wellbeing of Catholics in general (also Luna, though he's pretty confused about that one. He really wishes she'd convert. It would make the boxes he puts people in come out so much more *neatly*). Of course, he'll very quickly start lumping Voldemort in the "monster what needs to be destroyed" column, and getting proactive on that pretty much from the beginning - but it might be interesting to see who goes with him. "Would you convert to Catholicism to be with Harry Potter?" "Would you hunt demons to be with Harry Potter?" "Would you trade in most of your magical ability for a funky regenerating power to be with Harry Potter?" Ginny starts looking like a serious possibility in terms of battle-partner (playing in her role as "The girl who's utterly obsessed with him.") After all, if you *are* willing to convert and let yourself agree with his odder ideas, this Harry is *very* approachable - and not nearly so surrounded by admirers.
...and after they finish with Voldemort, Father Anderson, leading a small *squad* of weakly wizarding Regenerators (each outfitted with a variety of potions - as Harry very quickly identifies potions as an area where lack of magical power doesn't really matter, and finds Snape's teaching style actually fairly mild) proceeds to do *bad* *bad* things to Hellsing and its pet vampire.
Results: Harry has a few upgrades, and a few downgrades.
upgrades:
- Harry is a Regenerator, with all that that entails.
- He's learned to fight through the pain, and developed a viciously effective, extremely goal-oriented fighting styles that basically assume that his enemies are vicious superhuman creatures that need to die.
- He's really not going to be scared of any physical threats at all.
- He has a warm and loving home life (he's a bit at odds with dear old dad, but they are quite fond of one another) with kill-squads on call as necessary
- He is intensely interested in learning any magic that he sees as having practical applications, and is fairly good at coming up with said practical applications in many things others might not consider.
downgrades:
- the whole Regenerator thing has basically claimed much of the output of his magical core, leaving him about three shades above Squib in power.
- the whole "well-trained kill reflex" thing... kinda creepy to a lot of people. The fact that his habit will be to bring fists to wand-fights (and, often, win) is another such creepy thing.
- He may be toning down his prejudices and religious opinions a bit, but they're still pretty intense - and fairly off-putting to a lot of people.
- He knows who Dumbledore is... and he already knows that he doesn't like the man. (He'll be gritting his teeth to stay even remotely civil - and this Harry is no good at being subtle about such things) Say what you will about him, the support of the Dumbledore faction was a significant resource for Harry pretty much throughout the books.
Finally, this Harry doesn't really care about much other than destroying monsters, his adopted father, the Iscariots, and the wellbeing of Catholics in general (also Luna, though he's pretty confused about that one. He really wishes she'd convert. It would make the boxes he puts people in come out so much more *neatly*). Of course, he'll very quickly start lumping Voldemort in the "monster what needs to be destroyed" column, and getting proactive on that pretty much from the beginning - but it might be interesting to see who goes with him. "Would you convert to Catholicism to be with Harry Potter?" "Would you hunt demons to be with Harry Potter?" "Would you trade in most of your magical ability for a funky regenerating power to be with Harry Potter?" Ginny starts looking like a serious possibility in terms of battle-partner (playing in her role as "The girl who's utterly obsessed with him.") After all, if you *are* willing to convert and let yourself agree with his odder ideas, this Harry is *very* approachable - and not nearly so surrounded by admirers.
...and after they finish with Voldemort, Father Anderson, leading a small *squad* of weakly wizarding Regenerators (each outfitted with a variety of potions - as Harry very quickly identifies potions as an area where lack of magical power doesn't really matter, and finds Snape's teaching style actually fairly mild) proceeds to do *bad* *bad* things to Hellsing and its pet vampire.