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The best Harry Potter fanfiction?

2025-08-15 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:49 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Review and recommendation

In a Short, Ali says he has just finished The Debt of Time by the pseudonymous ShayaLonnie, his second Harry Potter fan fiction after Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: about 700,000 words, found through Reddit recommendations, which he calls an emotional rollercoaster with amazing plots and characters.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Ali finishes The Debt of Time, his second Harry Potter fan fiction, and says what it is about

  • ★★ Ali finished his second Harry Potter fan fiction, The Debt of Time by the pseudonymous author ShayaLonnie, on the morning of the video and cried for hours afterwards. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ The Debt of Time is about 700,000 words long, Ali says, while Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is 257,000 words. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ Ali has been reading The Debt of Time since finishing Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, his first Harry Potter fan fiction, and says he is now fully on the fan fiction hype. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ After Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Ali thought nothing could be better fan fiction, then searched Reddit for recommendations and came across The Debt of Time. — 00:00:36 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★★ Ali calls the Harry Potter fan fiction The Debt of Time absolutely incredible: an emotional rollercoaster with amazing plots and characters. — 00:00:36 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ The Debt of Time starts after the events of Half-Blood Prince: with Dumbledore killed by Snape, Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the dead, and the rest follows from that decision. — 00:00:36

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Mentioned

Central: The Debt of Time

Also: People: ShayaLonnie

Works: Harry Potter (book series) · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Organizations: Reddit

Concepts: fan fiction

Characters: Albus Dumbledore · Bellatrix Lestrange · Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Hermione Granger · Sirius Black · Snape

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