i actually have a long and extended HP fanfic in the back of my head where i massage the timeline a bit to have brothers Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore in the last vestiges of the wild west in America, running after Grindlewald and his pet ne'er-do-wells of the moment to obtain a macguffin named in the title (i am nothing if not respectful of tradition you see)
but honestly
it'll be hard to write as it's v much a vehicle for Albus Dumbledore Kinda Sucks Actually
like the characters do get a bit of an arc in that Aberforth realizes he can cool his jets and only hate his brother, like, 50% power, not 110% power with bonus slurs
but Albus's arc is that he kinda...
....has the moment where he recognizes people are making sacrifices for him to pursue a personal grudge, and
doesn't grow from it
but instead kind of accepts it as how the world goes now and rightly so
so if i ever get around to writing Albus Dumbledore And The Crow-Mother Kachina, please know that most of it is just me going
"hey that dumbledore dude? yeah he sucks, actually"
the rest is, in order of relevance:
- longwinded worldbuilding re: magical foundational theory, and how native americans had that shit worked out nicely until white settlers sabotaged it knowingly and intentionally
- excuse for vampire confederate general henchman to get kersploded with dynamite
- Y E E H A W