Penname: ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor [Contact]
Real name: Jessica
Member Since: 08/29/09
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Beta-reader: Yes
Status: Administrator
Bio:

I am a recent member of the Harry Potter fandom, but I have always had a passion for the written word, and I hope to fulfill it here. I live in a relatively boring corner of Idaho, and I like Kokanee and a good book!

So, I suppose you're wondering what's up with my username. Even if you're not, this is how that happened. No, I was not aspiring to be a Gryffindor. I can't think of any house to which I would belong less than Gryffindor, in fact. It was a moment of clarity that I got while I was battling with myself about whether I should want to be Sorted into Gryffindor to be like Harry or to be Sorted elsewhere and follow my own path. I thought it to be much like the contemplative scene in Hamlet when he weighed taking his own life. I'm not trying to be melodramatic. That's simply is what popped into my head when I was trying to sign up to leave a review. :D

Any questions or comments about my work? Please shoot me an email at: tobeornottobeagryffindor@mugglenet.com — I'd love to hear from you!


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Stories by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor

Stars Above by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 2]

Summary: Severus Snape's guilty conscience is magnified with scrutiny, and every star stares at him and what he has done.



Categories: Poetry Genre: Warnings: None

Word count: 150 Chapters: 1 Completed: No
Published:
04/10/13 Updated: 04/10/13


Laid to Rest by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 4]

Summary:

Michael Corner thought that, after ten years, he was finally free of the Battle of Hogwarts and the emotional toll the events of that day had taken. But when he was summoned to the will reading of a late family member, all of Michael's carefully built composure started to crumble, and nothing could prepare him for the intrigues of dangerous family politics.


This is the final instalment of the Hollow Soldiers series.



Categories: Post-Hogwarts Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Mild Profanity, Violence

Word count: 16094 Chapters: 4 Completed: No
Published:
03/04/13 Updated: 03/25/13


Summary: Past Featured Story

On the day that Teddy Lupin begins his new life with Victoire Weasley, his bride, Lily Potter's heart breaks.



Categories: Milestone Celebrations Genre: Warnings: Mild Profanity

Word count: 3264 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
03/20/13 Updated: 03/20/13


A Letter for Hugo by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 5]

Summary:

Hugo Weasley waited for a Hogwarts letter that never came.




Categories: Next Generation Genre: Warnings: Mild Profanity

Word count: 1002 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/28/13 Updated: 02/28/13


Stop and Stare by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 3]

Summary: Victoire Weasley was his muse, his love, his everything, so when Teddy Lupin found himself alone with nothing but a goodbye and an insult of a Dear John letter, he was lost. Songs didn't sound like they used to, and nothing but getting that back mattered.

Would Teddy find his beat again, either in the strings of his guitar or inside himself?



Categories: Other Pairing Genre: Warnings: Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations

Word count: 2432 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/24/13 Updated: 02/24/13


Black Swan Song by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 2]

Summary: Harry Potter's life began in strife -- alone and unloved in a closet. But the fire inside him never burnt out, and it guided his path through trial and tribulation in the years to come. First an orphan, then a hero, and finally a saviour.



Categories: Poetry Genre: Warnings: None

Word count: 120 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/23/13 Updated: 02/23/13


Summary: Past Featured StoryEveryone gets picked on at school here and there; Albus Potter knew that. But when the situation with his own personal bully took a nasty turn, Albus found himself in a situation that was spiralling out of his control. Did his desperate effort to regain his peace of mind bring his world down around his ears?




Categories: Next Generation Genre: Warnings: Mental Disorders, Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations, Slash, Substance Abuse

Word count: 5753 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/21/13 Updated: 02/21/13


Penumbra by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 2]

Summary: What promises could a cursed Ring possibly offer that could convince Dumbledore to put it on his finger, even knowing the consequences?



Categories: Poetry Genre: Warnings: None

Word count: 106 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/16/13 Updated: 02/16/13


Baby Boy by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 7]

Summary:

Andromeda Tonks lost everything after the war except her infant grandson, but when he approaches adulthood, is she afraid of letting him go, of being alone, or that she didn't do enough to steer him in the right direction?

Of course, children are always full of surprises.

This is a (slightly late) present of birthday-ness for the wonderful Sophie/the owl. She's a great writer, supreme beta, fabulous reviewer, and wonderful friend. I'm so glad we bonded over fic, because it would just be wrong to never get to know you. ♥



Categories: Post-Hogwarts Genre: Warnings: Mild Profanity

Word count: 2884 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
02/12/13 Updated: 02/12/13


Summary:

“Let it be known that at Noon on the Twenty-Fifth Day of December in the Year 1998, the war criminal Harry James Potter, Undesirable No. 1, shall be put to Death for crimes against the Empire. This Execution will henceforth take place in Diagon Alley as a reminder to all Citizens of the unrest that the Dark Lord has so generously ended on their behalf.”

He had harboured his secret for years, but time was running out for him to act on them. So, what would Draco Malfoy have to say to Harry Potter the night before the execution?




Categories: Harry/Draco Genre: Warnings: Alternate Universe, Character Death, Epilogue? What Epilogue?, Mild Profanity, Violence

Word count: 3879 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
12/27/12 Updated: 12/27/12


Cause and Effect by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 12]

Summary:

Katie Bell fought hard to build a relationship with a difficult and reclusive Draco Malfoy, despite their dire past, but she felt like she was losing him more the closer they came to their wedding date. However, when Draco manages to strand himself far in the past with his newly-discovered Temporal Displacement Potion, Katie follows him back, only to find more than she bargained for.

She found the truth.

This is ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor of Ravenclaw, writing for the Ninth Round of the Gauntlet.



Categories: General Fics Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Epilogue? What Epilogue?, Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations

Word count: 14832 Chapters: 3 Completed: Yes
Published:
11/17/12 Updated: 11/22/12


Lights Go Out by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]

Summary: And such is the madness of the woman who so craves the approval of her Lord.


A Bellatrix Lestrange poem.




Categories: Poetry Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Mental Disorders, Violence

Word count: 118 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
11/03/12 Updated: 11/03/12


The Good Fight by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 6]

Summary: On their first Halloween as husband and wife, James and Lily spent it apart but had very similar nights. But when the war began to creep between them, they reminded themselves of the reason they were fighting. And nine months later, they knew it for certain.



Categories: James/Lily Genre: Warnings: Violence

Word count: 1282 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
11/01/12 Updated: 11/01/12


Through the Ghost by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]

Summary: While in Azkaban, Sirius has a lot of time to think about things best forgotten. And then he leaves, and he is confronted with these things head-on. They even follow him to death.

Categories: Dark/Angsty Fics Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Slash, Violence

Word count: 4112 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
10/18/12 Updated: 10/18/12


Dust to Dust by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: Professors [Reviews - 17]

Summary: Past Featured StoryAdrian Pucey has always had a tumultuous relationship with Miles Bletchley, but as the years tread on, 'tumultuous' is just the beginning. And when Miles is found dead at the Battle of Hogwarts -- and as a Death Eater -- Adrian's sense of loss pales in comparison to what he finds at the funeral.



Categories: Dark/Angsty Fics Genre: Warnings: Abuse, Character Death, Dubious Consent, Mental Disorders, Non-Consensual Sex, Sexual Situations, Slash, Strong Profanity, Substance Abuse, Violence

Word count: 13220 Chapters: 3 Completed: Yes
Published:
09/03/12 Updated: 09/07/12


In Bloom by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 5]

Summary:

It figures that he ignores the other side of roses. Thorns fit to draw blood are what remain after the flowers die off, far overshadowing the few months when they splay their gaudy plumage to the summer sun. They’re nice sometimes; for the most part, though, they are sharp and vindictive and unworthy of the attention they receive.

No, Rose thinks. Roses are ugly.

Albus/Rose




Categories: Next Generation Genre: Warnings: Sexual Situations

Word count: 1206 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
09/04/12 Updated: 09/04/12


Shivers by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]

Summary:

When a Dementor approaches, one feels cold in places that the nerves of the skin can only dream of approaching.

Those places, for Harry, were dark, indeed.



Categories: Poetry Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Violence

Word count: 119 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
06/16/12 Updated: 06/16/12


Summary:

Daphne Greengrass had until her twenty-first birthday to pick a husband, or her parents would choose one for her. With only months to go before the deadline, she found herself with a perfect suitor in Theodore Nott.

But when a freak pregnancy landed her in the care of cranky Healer-in-Training Michael Corner, Daphne started to realise that things she thought she knew were slowly being turned upside-down. And what she thought she knew about Michael Corner began to dissolve into something different entirely.


This story has been nominated for two 2012 Quicksilver Quill Awards: Best Non-Canon Romance and Best Post-Hogwarts Story.




Categories: Other Pairing Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Mental Disorders, Sexual Situations, Slash, Strong Profanity, Suicide

Word count: 41545 Chapters: 11 Completed: Yes
Published:
05/12/12 Updated: 06/12/12


In the Ashes by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: Professors [Reviews - 84]

Summary:

In her seventh year, Katie Bell knew what it was like to fear death. A year later, she learnt what it was like to see it in front of her. Nothing she had ever experienced had prepared her to deal with the aftermath of that. And then he came.

Caught in a whirlwind of Quidditch, heartbreak, and a rivalry, Katie struggled with her jumbled mess of feelings, one of which she hadn't expected but was growing certain that she could never live without.

 

Katie/Oliver

 

Oh my freaking Salazar! This story WON TWO 2011 Quicksilver Quill Awards: Best Post-Hogwarts Story and Best Non-Canon Romance Story. *flail*


 

 

This (late) update was brought to you by the (belated) birthday of the ever-lovely Hannah / h_vic. She is a star and an excellent friend!




Categories: Post-Hogwarts Genre: Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Situations, Strong Profanity, Violence

Word count: 80503 Chapters: 12 Completed: No
Published:
09/20/10 Updated: 06/01/12


In the Dark by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 5]

Summary:

Draco Malfoy didn't know what he was looking for with Michael Corner, but he found a lot of something in the dark.

But things look different in the light.


This story has been nominated for a 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award: Best Same-Sex Pairing.




Categories: Same-Sex Pairings Genre: Warnings: Mild Profanity, Sexual Situations

Word count: 1420 Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Published:
04/19/12 Updated: 04/19/12


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