Whether in this dark or canon world poor kid's bad luck is constant variable of his life :D
Btw I was expecting a case from Spinner's end thinking that it's an AU though surprised from comments stating how it made all sense,probably published when James bashing was a thing but definitely nicely written(however horrific it may be).

Poor Harry.

Unfortunately with what we know of the two, it's plausible. The real question is how many join Voldemort because they have lost a child, a cousin, an aunt, an uncle or even a friend to Sirius Black and James Potter ?
The idiots always think that by using this kind of violence they can "help" but for every person you will scare away with your gruesome methods you will also create one ready to take his or her revenge on you.

Wow, this was a brilliant, brilliant read!

So beautiful and so haunting. Thank you.

There's war crimes in Muggle wars, and then there's wizarding war crimes.

Interesting dark take.

:WOW:

Thanks for sharing this. It was haunting, and believable.

Dark chuckle.

that aint murder. No its vigilantism. Hardcore vigilantism sure but nonetheless.

Considering the death eaters where worse than the nazis and the fact im certain several ppl would do that to nazis its not as harsh as it seems.

'Never' is a long time, but he certainly wasn't by the end.

I read this a while ago, and I honestly thought and think this would be plausible. James and Sirius never seemed like great and kind people. Did great things for the right side of the war? Yes. Good? No. Also, waiting a few months for the DNA to be identified was great. Most idiots would put it for the next day instead of something even slightly accurate. Good job.

Fighting fire with fire.
You go after the muggleborns/muggles we go after the people who support you, be it wives, children, yourself or extended family. War isn't fair and now it's entirely indiscriminate but at least some people thought twice about joining voldemort, maybe. They left a calling card, a distasteful one but a calling card nonetheless. Countering scare tactics with scare tactics would have escalated the conflict but they were losing anyway. As Voldemort had almost won turning the tactics that gave him the win on him would maybe turn the tide...

I can see the reasoning and honestly, it is sound.

Wow, great story! I've never come across this premise before. I felt the reveal was very well done.

oh nicely evil, such a wicked story..james...james james you naughty man

Wow!

Oooh I hadn't read that one before and that was eerily chilling and telling. If he could get away with nearly killing Snape what else could he get away with? What else would he think it was 'ok' to do. A look at just how dark and twisted Sirius and James could easily have been. Thank you.