A Sirius Change

Fanfiction
Title:	A Sirius Change
Author(s):	Carole Estes
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Genre(s):	het
Fandom(s):	Harry Potter
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A Sirius Change is a Harry Potter story by Carole Estes.

It is the sequel to A Sirius Affair. Both fics were serialized on the mailing list ParadigmOfUncertainty, and both fics were sequels to Lori Summers' fic Paradigm of Uncertainty.

Summary

Five years after their marriage, something sinister is happening to the Blacks. Is Sirius really attacking his own family, or is someone setting him up? A mysterious organization is making demands and Cordelia is caught in the middle. Can Sirius and Cordelia come to grips with the changes that result from this nefarious alliance, or will these changes be too much.Draco is working for Sirius in an attempt to help unravel the mystery and Ginny and her business are caught up in the intrigue as well. Takes place simultaneous to Lori's Show That Never Ends, in the Paradigm of Uncertainty Universe. Ships include Ginny/Draco and of course Sirius/Cordelia.

Some Author Comments

In 2008, the author wrote:

FYI, Lori was always very supportive of us and the story.

Also just want to add my experience in finishing "A Sirius Change" I completed it at a time in my life that I was losing interest in the whole HP thing (JKR killed off Sirius after all) and my responsibilities had increased exponentially (3 kids, full time job, 4 differnt moves of that family and increasing kids activities). I didn't have room in my brain for the completion of this story. I did finish it, but I always felt that the ending was forced and not up to the caliber of the earlier parts of the work. What I'm saying is that each author has to decide whether to just finish the damn thing at the risk of ruining the ending by forcing it. Or waiting for it to happen organically.

For me I knew it was never going to happen organically, but felt I needed to finish it to close out the project. But I fully understand why Lori wants to take the other approach, understanding that forcing an ending could well screw up the payoff of the ending.

This Story in Context: Some Powerhouse Harry Potter Fics of Early 2000s

In the early 2000s, Harry Potter fandom was still quite new, and fans were clustering and swarming in many ways that would define much of the fandom later. One of these gathering points were a group of highly admired stories by a group of well-known Harry Potter writers. These stories, posted as serials, had many fans at the edge of their seats waiting for installments.

A fan wrote in 2001:

... I went and read through the files and I found one that has all these posts that our Idols, the Goddesses Lori, Cassie,Penny, Carole and Queen Ebony wrote early in their FanFiction Careers. It was so cool. I've been feeling a bit inferior because I have major writer's block and I just read all this wonderful stuff by our pantheon so.... But Like it has a message that Cassie wrote about posting her first story and she was worried that it wasn't that good or something (never think that Cassie, you're wonderful) And I realized (sorry Goddesses) that they're all human too. I just had to laugh at some of the original ship preferences and ideas and the ideas that were born and then incorperated into their stories.

The Fics

• The Paradigm of Uncertainty Trilogy by Lori Summers
  • Paradigm of Uncertainty (April 2000-September 2000)
  • The Show That Never Ends (October 2000-March 2002)
  • The Hero with a Thousand Faces (May 2002-May 2005, chapters 1-12, March 2008, summary for chapter 13)
• The Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Claire
  • Draco Dormiens (c. August 2000)
  • Draco Sinister (September 2000-July 2001)
  • Draco Veritas (August 2001- August 2006)
• The Trouble in Paradise Series by Ebony Thomas
  • Trouble in Paradise (December 2000-July 2001)
  • Paradise Lost (August 2001-August 2004)
  • ficlets and cookies: Eres Todo En Mí (December 2001), Indecision (August 2001), Rules Of Engagement(September 2001)
• The Sirius Stories
  • A Sirius Affair by Carole Estes and Penny Linsenmayer (July 2000-August 2002)
  • A Sirius Change by Carole Estes (February 2002-March 2004)