The Paradigm of Uncertainty

For the Yahoo!Group about this story, see ParadigmOfUncertainty.
The Paradigm of Uncertainty is an early Harry/Hermione fanfic by Lori, now known as Madlori.
It is the first story of a trilogy, followed by The Show That Never Ends and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The latter remains unfinished.
"The Paradigm of Uncertainty" is one of the powerhouse Harry Potter fics of early 2000s, written when Harry Potter fandom was still quite new, and fans were clustering and swarming in many ways that would define much of the fandom later. 
A fan wrote: 
The fic was an influence and inspiration for a number of other early classics in Harry Potter fandom, including Cassandra Claire's Draco Trilogy and the Trouble in Paradise series by Ebony Thomas.
"The Paradigm of Uncertainty" had its own Yahoo!Group called ParadigmOfUncertainty which was is a public archive.
== History ==
* The ParadigmOfUncertainty Yahoo! Group, where this fic was posted, started in April 2000
* Posted to FanFiction.net starting in May 2000
* Mentioned in "Harry Potter rumor watch" at Salon.com on July 6, 2000 
* Removed from FF.net in June 2001 as a response to the deletion of Cassandra Claire's account for plagiarism ; posted to FictionAlley when it opened in July 2001 
===Harry Potter Fandom===
The Paradigm of Uncertainty was one among a number of powerhouse Harry Potter fics of the time. In the early 2000s, Harry Potter fandom was still quite new, and fans were clustering and swarming in many ways, creating norms and practices that would define much of the fandom later. One of these gathering points were a group of highly admired stories by a group of well-known Harry Potter writers. These stories, posted as serials, had many fans at the edge of their seats waiting for installments. 
 
A fan wrote in 2001: 
==Reactions and Reviews==
 
 
 
===Discussing the Genre===
===Other Recs & Reviews===
* episode 55 & 56 of PotterFicWeekly, review on poetic
* The Shipper's Manifesto - "probably one of the best-known fics in all of fandom ... generally hailed as the Harry/Hermione fic" 
 
* Fanfic Recommendations: Multifandom - We're only taking turns holding this world - "Most people consider The Paradigm Of Uncertainty to be one of the best H/Hr fics out there. It's epic and well written. My kind of fanfic."
* My favorite H/Hr fics of all times... - "Oh, come on? It's public knowledge, PoU is the H/Hr ultimate fandom classic. If you are a H/Hr shipper and haven't read it yet, you'd better do it to... get the H/Hr spirit"
* Reviews at Know it Alls
* luna_k at LiveJournal
* jenmart01 at LiveJournal
* pstibbons at LiveJournal
* nackered at LiveJournal
* at debbiesfics
* at Dark Lord Potter Forums
* at HPRealm forums
* sarasamoon at GeoCities (Japanese)
* SPOILERS: PoU- Review of the Whole Darned Thing, October 2005 review and discussion, comments by the author, at ParadigmOfUncertainty
* reviews at FictionAlley
=== Fanworks of PoU ===
* Spin-offs also hosted at ParadigmOfUncertainty: A Sirius Affair by Carole Estes & Penny Linsenmayer, and A Sirius Change by Carole Estes
* PoU-Art Yahoo! Group
* pou_art on LiveJournal (deleted as of Jan 2014)Available 28 Dec 2012 (archived by archive.is). Profile as archived by the Wayback Machine.
* cover art by yethro
===Fanfiction Influenced by "The Paradigm of Uncertainty"===
* The Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Claire
** Draco Dormiens (July-September 2000)
**Draco Sinister (September 2000-July 2001)
** Draco Veritas (August 2001-August 2006)
* The Trouble in Paradise Series by Ebony Thomas
** Trouble in Paradise (December 2000-July 2001)
** Paradise Lost (August 2001-August 2004)
** ficlets and cookies: Eres Todo En Mí (December 2001), Indecision (August 2001), Rules Of Engagement (September 2001)
* The Sirius Stories
** A Sirius Affair by Carole Estes and Penny Linsenmayer (July 2000-August 2002)
** A Sirius Change by Carole Estes (February 2002-March 2004)
== External Links ==
* Paradigm Of Uncertainty at TV Tropes
* ParadigmOfUncertainty at Fan History Wiki
== References ==
Category:2019 Featured Articles
Category:2000 Fanfiction‎
Category:Het Fanfiction