Harry/Voldemort

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Pairing
Pairing: Harry Potter/Voldemort
Alternative name(s): Tomarry, Harrymort, Pottermort, Voldarry, Tomarrymort, Tom/Harry, Voldemort/Harry, HP/TMR, LV/HP, S.S. Ssssssssss, S.S. Intertwining Philosophies
Gender category: m/m, slash
Fandom: Harry Potter
Canonical?: no
Prevalence: popular
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Harry/Voldemort or Harry/Tom Riddle is a slash pairing in the Harry Potter fandom. Although unconventional, it is surprisingly popular: as of 24 August 2020, there are 4327 Harry/Voldemort fanworks at Archive of Our Own.

In 27 December 2021, there are 9167 works.

Painless_j writes:

Surprisingly (or not), there are dozens of ways to write this pairing, from darkfic to crack and from romance to angst.[1]

Common Tropes in Fanworks

There are a lot of variations, a few of which are:

  • Harry is Voldemort's slave in a Voldemort Wins! dystopia
  • Harry travels back in time to meet Tom Riddle as a child and prevent him becoming evil
  • Voldemort is de-aged
  • Harry has a relationship with a horcrux form of Voldemort, including AUs in which it's Harry that ends up with the diary
  • Voldemort possesses someone, often after his supposed final death
  • Forced marriage
  • Dark!Harry

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