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** Also very common in these fics is to have Ron, and often Hermione or Molly (but ''always'' [[Ron the Death Eater|Ron]]) revealed to only have been friends with Harry on Dumbledore's request. The idea of an eleven year old child pulling off this kind of long-term deception is laughable, and if Hermione is included it reaches the far side of the [[Xanatos Roulette]], given how her actual friendship with Harry began. Finally, it's not uncommon for Dumbledore to be paying Ron (and any others involved) with money embezzled from Harry's own Gringott's account, which would only increase the odds of Harry finding out the truth.
*** Sometimes Manipulative!Dumbledore just plays on Hermione's authority-worship to convince her to "keep him informed -- for Harry's own good, of course". Sometimes Harry will renounce their friendship over it; more often he will forgive her after she realizes just how she's betrayed him and expresses her remorse. (Sometimes Manipulative!Dumbledore wants to sabotage their friendship because she improves his survival chances too much, or is likely to recognize his manipulations for what they are, so he deliberately uses this tactic in order to turn Harry against her when it is "accidentally" revealed.)
** Played with in ''[[A Metter of Law]]'' by "YMaxwell39", where Dumbledore has good intentions, but he just can't conceive that the Dursleys could actually be abusive. His actions, while not exactly legal, are sincerely intended for Harry's benefit -- but when combined with this and certain other realities of Harry's life they appear, from the point of view of anyone further along the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] (such as a solicitor), to be a criminal plan to turn Harry into
* Someone (usually Snape) is [[Fountain of Youth|turned back into a baby or a small child]]. He then must be cared for by the other characters or, in some cases, one character in particular. All in an effort to make Snape cuddly.
* In the course of the second task of the Triwizard Tournament, Gabrielle Delacour bonds to Harry and becomes for all magical and legal purposes his wife. Fortunately, due to the vagaries of Veela biology she is not actually the eight-year-old she appears to be, and shortly thereafter undergoes a perfectly normal delayed and accelerated puberty that leaves her physically at her real age of 14 or so. Can be found in both Harry/Gabrielle shipping stories ''and'' Harry/Harem stories.
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