Or the sequel could just be a series of vignettes, which could be titled "How I did it." Basically, each chapter is the assassination of a DE, (as told after the fact, as sort of a debrief) Harry's reaction, and a bit of what it means in the big picture. Keep it simple, keep it short, and keep it episodic, and it could stay interesting.
You could spin it several ways, even. One, Harry gets used to making his opponents disappear. Another, he uses the assassins to clean house, and drops it after that. Still another, one or two revenge killings, and then drop it. If you were really good, present them in sequence- start with the limited revenge plotline, mention some deaths in the background, and then reveal that Harry lied about his motives, and the (previously background) deaths of DEs X, Y, and Z were hits, too- not for revenge (he says), but to break the pureblood supremacists' power. Then take it a step further, and reveal how the death of J. Random Opposition Wizengamot Member was also a hit, put out because the guy was a threat to Political!Harry's power. You could get a lot of mileage out of it, especially by playing up the unreliable narration, and the sort of deceptive ruthlessness that that version of Harry would have to have.
It sounded better in my head, honestly, but I was going for sort of a Rashomon plot, sort of a Joker-style multiple-choice past, and a dash of Harry tragically being corrupted by power.
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You could spin it several ways, even. One, Harry gets used to making his opponents disappear. Another, he uses the assassins to clean house, and drops it after that. Still another, one or two revenge killings, and then drop it. If you were really good, present them in sequence- start with the limited revenge plotline, mention some deaths in the background, and then reveal that Harry lied about his motives, and the (previously background) deaths of DEs X, Y, and Z were hits, too- not for revenge (he says), but to break the pureblood supremacists' power. Then take it a step further, and reveal how the death of J. Random Opposition Wizengamot Member was also a hit, put out because the guy was a threat to Political!Harry's power. You could get a lot of mileage out of it, especially by playing up the unreliable narration, and the sort of deceptive ruthlessness that that version of Harry would have to have.
It sounded better in my head, honestly, but I was going for sort of a Rashomon plot, sort of a Joker-style multiple-choice past, and a dash of Harry tragically being corrupted by power.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.