Avada Kadavra, You Dolt

by Blaziken837

They think he's cracked, now that the responsibility isn't there to hold his sanity in place. But really, he just finds it funny that he never noticed. Just a quick drabble. No pairings, no real occurrences, just the musings of a savior no longer needed.

It's only when Harry stops to think about everything that he notices.

Everything is always jumbled up until you take the time to sort things out. But even then, there are things you overlook, things that have been there so long you don't notice them long enough to analyze them.

Things that you didn't have time to look at before it got to that point because everything was too dire to contemplate something so insignificant by comparison.

Things like words.

Avada Kadavra.

Avada Kadavra. Abra Kadabra.

The freaking Killing Curse was Abra Freaking Kadabra.

How did he miss that for nearly seven years? How could something so serious be so ridiculous?

How did muggles ever mistake those two words for something as harmless as an illusionist's tricks?

He briefly wonders if Voldemort ever once noticed it in his frequent use of the illegal spell.

The idea is enough to make him burst into insane laughter.

Everyone glances at him. But they shake their heads and go about their business. Harry Potter saved the world. He's entitled to a little crazy. So they turn from the hero with the lightning-crested forehead. The planet continues revolving, and that's victory enough for them.