#{ answered ask: sirius black }

[managone16]

Sirius: So James, are you a shirt-lifter or a skirt-lifter? James: James: Sorry what- Sirius: You know. Which team you playing? James: Uhh- Sirius: For fucks sake James! Do you likes boys or girls? James: OH!! James: Umm- James, shrugging: Shkirt-lifter?

[fafodill]

Here's my question. What do you think would change, if Snape was female?

Because... like... I don't think it would change much? His family trauma doesn't seem to have a specifically *gendered* component... his bullying from James - maybe does? Like James might bully a Fem!Severus differently? (Or then again, maybe not.) Fem! Severus would still be weird, poor, dark arts/slytherin aligned, not attractive (to James)... but also a big draw on Lily's time and affection in a way that James wouldn't like.

I don't think it would changed his relationship with - Dumbledore, the Malfoys, Lupin. Bellatrix might... possibly hate a Fem!Severus more? Like see her as more of a rival? But she already does seem his as a rival, so. I'm not even sure a Fem!Severus would dress or wear her hair any differently.

Very interesting ask. 👁️👁️ I agree that not much would have changed but I do see a few little things here and there which, once you addition them, could make her act a little differently...

Childhood

She would still experience a pretty miserable life at Spinner's End, but she might have felt a bit less awkward with wearing her mother's clothes, thus making her maybe a bit less socially stunned.

She would still meet Lily and not get along with Petunia.

Hogwarts

You pointed out the most important and obvious point already: the bullying. Not that it would have not taken place - guys can absolutely bully women - but considering the time period I suspect Sirius and James's pureblood upbringing would have influenced the way they interacted with Fem!Severus.

First, their first encounter on the Hogwarts Express might have been less aggressive. I think James and Sirius would have been taken aback and super weirded out by this poor, unpleasant and ugly girl, but I don't think they'd have insulted her as harshly/tried to make her trip or nicknamed her. Maybe some things would have been salvageable then - not talking about friendship here (pretty impossible) but just... being civil?

It's pretty certain James would have still been jealous of Fem!Severus for hanging around Lily but he wouldn't have needed to prove he had the bigger pair - which was a good chunk of what it was in canon imo. He would still tease her and ridicule her verbally in front of Lily but maybe less viciously. Fem!Severus would still fight back so this could escalate to jinxes but still, it has the potential to be way tamer overall.

As for Sirius, I think he could have seen some of his mother in Fem!Severus, which could have resulted in either: wanting to bully her even more OR unconsciously trying to avoid her. I can see her making him super uncomfortable. I'm personally leaning toward the latter option. A man he could be violent with - no problem - but a woman? Hm. I'm unsure.

If the bullying was lessened, then I don't think it would go as far as the Prank or SWM, because pantsing a girl, even one you really don't like, even one who might be interested in the Dark Arts, seems super extreme coming from two pureblood boys. The 'boys will be boys' excuse functions better between all boys in this instance. I think this would have felt ickier for everybody around them. Tho if the Prank did happen, Dumbledore wouldn't move a finger either, that's for sure.

No SWM means no 'mudblood' incident. This being said, I don't think her relationship with Lily would have changed much. What drove them apart isn't related to gender and it's pretty clear Lily wanted to distance herself anyway. SWM was an excuse so she would find another one.

Also less bullying doesn't mean she wouldn't become a DE because she would still crave a place and be susceptible to Riddles' promises.

First War

I do wonder how it would have changed her relationship with Lucius Malfoy tho? As a young man he may have kept a bit more distance between them as to not start rumors? So maybe she would have gotten less support from him? But maybe she could have become friends with Narcissa and it would have been the same (I like that idea).

Dumbledore would have maybe been less harsh with her when she first came to him or when the Potter died, since he would maybe project less of himself and Gellert in her... but he would definitely have still manipulated her the same way. Dumbledore is a lot of things, but he's not sexist.

Harry

Later in life, since she wouldn't be as traumatized, she would have been less triggered by Harry's resemblance to James, thus making their relationship less disastrous. She would be cold and distant but less cruel. She would also have been able to teach him Occlumency more successfully, which could have changed quite a few things plot-wise...

Second War

I also agree with the idea of Bellatrix being jealous. I really see it. She would certainly try to slander her/hex her viciously in order to get rid of her. This would have maybe made Fem!Severus' work way harder. Maybe this would have resulted in her trying to get rid of Bellatrix.

I wouldn't be surprised if during the Second War many DE thought Voldemort and Fem!Severus were somewhat of an item. He was pretty fond of Severus after all... and if Bellatrix proved to be too annoying and Voldemort ended up getting rid of her it would rightfully start some rumors. Maybe Dumbledore would have tried to encourage it even? I don't know if that's really his style but I wouldn't get it past him to suggest it at the very least.

Conclusion

So... yeah. I don't see this many changes (I may have overlooked some things). Severus is already pretty female coded in many ways (his writing, the way he talks, moves, his interest in potions, the way his (very valid) feelings are dismissed etc.) and in a Fem!AU, many interesting things could be explored in the way people would interact with her.

But I do think she could be less traumatized and more self-assured. Maybe she would have enough mental energy as an adult to create spells and potions. She wouldn't dislike Harry as much and maybe have a bit more self-preservation in regard of Dumbledore's plans for her. I don't see her being ready to sacrifice herself as fully as canon!Severus. She'd have a few backups.

But she would still wear a grey nightshirt.

And have pretty perky little boobs.

[iamthedamndonutdrawcat]

Fugly cowboy remus lupi- *gets shot*

well yes!!!!!!!!

[pangaeaseas]

Hi! I’ve been reading some “Sirius Lives” AUs lately and they got me thinking about how his response to trauma is characterized in canon/fanon.

From what I’ve seen, Sirius in fanon is generally portrayed as someone who finds it very difficult to recover from trauma and who takes a long time to adjust to life post-Azkaban or post-OotP (in AUs where he survives the book). A lot of it is based off his behaviour in OotP, where his depression persists across the year and includes “fits of sullens”, retreats to Buckbeak’s room, etc.

But I find it pretty ridiculous (not to mention unfair) when Sirius’s depression in OotP is used to generalize his “typical” behaviour + coping methods. Sirius can’t recover in Grimmauld Place, because being stuck in Grimmauld Place is exactly the source of his trauma in the first place – it’s the house itself which is a living trigger for him (literally, given his mother’s portrait and Kreacher). It’s like asking him to heal from Azkaban while still being imprisoned in Azkaban, or asking Harry to heal from his experience with the Dursleys while being actively stuck with the Dursleys at Privet Drive.

I think a better example of how Sirius copes with trauma is his state after PoA. He was in a human rights violation prison for twelve years after losing his best friends and being wrongly framed for murder. After he escaped, his year-long murder plot culminated in an explosive night where he was severely injured, nearly got the Dementor’s Kiss twice, had multiple emotionally charged interactions, and was then forced to flee for his life after losing his shot at freedom. That’s…terrifying to even think about, tbh.

And yet, in less than a month’s time, we see that Sirius had not only managed to successfully go into hiding with Buckbeak, he had also staged a sighting to draw security away from Hogwarts, updated himself on the wizarding world, and begun a “cheerful” correspondence with his godson. It’s also implied that he was enjoying himself in tropical paradise.

A few more months after that, this is how Harry describes him:

“Sirius looked different from Harry’s memory of him. When they had said good-bye, Sirius’s face had been gaunt and sunken, surrounded by a quantity of long, black, matted hair — but the hair was short and clean now, Sirius’s face was fuller, and he looked younger, much more like the only photograph Harry had of him, which had been taken at the Potters’ wedding.”

He seems to have been doing really well? It seems that Sirius was able to move on with his life very quickly and with relative ease. And this is despite the fact that he was a hunted fugitive who had to cope with the knowledge that almost the entire wizarding community hated him. He didn’t even seem to have had a wand.

Later on in the book, when Sirius comes back to Hogsmeade, he lives in a cave and has barely any human-to-human interactions (apart from the trio) for months. But again, he seems extraordinarily well-adjusted. He converses with the trio, sends Harry regular letters, gives him advice and comfort, etc.

I think fanon wants Sirius to be, or assume that he was, a lot more affected by Azkaban than he seems to have been in canon. He is absolutely haunted and embittered by it, anyone would be, but a major plot point in PoA that he is astonishingly functional despite it. (Even in prison, he’s described as “rational”, “bored”, “cool as you please”). So if he’d lived past OotP, I don’t think it would have taken Sirius much time at all to adjust to exoneration and a life outside Grimmauld Place – I actually think it would have been a pretty swift and smooth process for him. It's like how people assume he automatically wouldn't have been equipped to be a godfather to Harry because of trauma from Azkaban ... except we see in Goblet of Fire, despite being on the run and living in caves, he actually IS perfectly equipped for the role. It’s circumstances in OotP that are the main problem, not Sirius’s own personality/capabilities (and even then, he is the adult Harry trusts the most and goes to first).

The impression I get is that Sirius has an exceptional and almost surreal level of endurance (I mean, this is explicitly canon), as well as the ability to bounce back from trauma remarkably quickly. And if he’s like this after Azkaban of all places, I think his composure would have been even better as a teenager. I often see him characterized as acting/lashing out at Hogwarts or to his friends as a response to family issues, but I really don’t think he’d do that at all. Even in Azkaban, he appears bored and unaffected by his predicament; in OotP, he retreats to the room with Buckbeak. Which doesn’t mean that people around him would be unaware of what he was going on (the wizarding community was clearly well-informed about each other, and the way Slughorn spoke of the Black family indicates that they were very well-known – I think their heir running away would been a major source of scandal/gossip), but I don’t think Sirius would seem outwardly affected by it. I see him acting cavalier/dismissive, maybe joking about it, either dealing with it privately and/or properly discussing it with only James, Remus, Peter, and later Lily. I also feel like sometimes there’s too much focus on Angst™ after his break from his family, but I mean…Sirius ran away from his abusive, prejudiced home, I think he would have felt a significant degree of relief/freedom/happiness as well, akin to Harry after he left the Dursleys.

Sorry, ik this got way too long, but what do you think??

thank you for the ask and for taking the time to write all this! no need to apologize :)

I think I at least partially agree with you in identifying the main source of Sirius's troubles in OOTP as being trapped in one of the main sources of his trauma, and in seeing him as someone who has a lot of endurance and resilience. And I think the idea that he's too affected by Azkaban to raise Harry is wrong-headed. Like, come on, he's clearly the best person for the job. I also think he can sometimes be shown as too outwardly affected by running away or whatever in marauders era fics--I think he tends to bottle things up, so I can see him lashing out when it finally gets too much. And he deflects a lot and acts like he's fine. He's not going to be having deep emotional heart to hearts, I don't think. Also you didn't mention this but one thing that stands out is that he's really not super angry about his wrongful imprisonment, and doesn't blame Remus or Dumbledore or anyone who might have prevented it, though I think he would bring up the 'remus you left me in azkaban' card when trying to wound him in an argument, but doesn't actually believe that. I think Sirius doesn't get too upset at injustices done to himself in general, he gets upset at wrongs done to other people. I do think that he would be--and is--affected by Azkaban, he just doesn't show it in 'obvious' ways. I think Sirius copes best when he has a goal to focus on. in fact, that's how he copes: finding something to focus on--he'd probably do this after running away, too, for instance maybe it's fixing up the motorbike. So in POA his goal is to capture Peter. And he's extremely single-minded in that to the point where his judgement isn't great, which is where I see Azkaban shining through--the knife incident wasn't a great idea and ended up counterproductive, or injuring Ron to get to Peter. I also think that at this point Sirius didn't have much to live for, thinking Harry hated him, and so didn't care what risks he had to take to get the task done.A and then the Srieing Shack happens, and now he has a new goal and hope for the future which he didn't have before, and so he focuses on raising Harry and avoiding arrest and he's doing a lot better with a purpose that doesn't end with someone (and probably himself too) dead. And then OOTP comes and he loses his purpose because he feels like he can't do anything for Harry and he can't do anything for the war, and also he's stuck in Grimmauld, and everything he's been pushing down comes back with a vengeance since his coping mechanism of focusing on something concrete he can do and staying active is no longer possible, and so he turns to other coping mechanisms (like alcohol).

[loonyloopylupin96]

"Does it hurt?" asks Harry.

"Easier than falling asleep," says Sirius never-experienced-the-killing-curse Black.

[elmodoescrimes]

Marauders Era Characters and their eating habits

definetely not inspired by that one post about the marauders waterbottles by @idont-havea-name

JAMES: pretty good eating habits. the man eats healthy. mostly meat.

SIRIUS: sirius is okay at eating. they forget sometimes, and still have very fancy tastes (despite how much he tries to hide it) but they eat reasonably well. cannot handle spice. pesketarian?

REMUS: no. doesnt feel hunger sometimes, and other times feels only hunger. eats mainly meat (werewolf), and oftej runs of solely coffee.

PETER: eats like a french person. very heavy foods. lots of cheese and bread. doesnt really like meat. eats plants and shit he grows himself.

REGULUS: runs off of coffe and fancy shit lile caviar.

LILY: mostly vegetables. big lover of warm drinks and cold foods.

MARY: barely eats. actually enjoys salad. loves fruits and shit.

MARLENE: eats only meat. literally just meat and snacks.

DORCAS: caffine and pastries. cannot eat stonefruit for the life of her (literally. she will die. its a bad allergy.)

EVAN: does not eat. has never been seen eating. no idea where he gets his nutrients from.

BARTY: the type of guy to chew on coins. doesnt actually have his own food, he steals from others. eats rocks and other inedible shit. eats cigarettes.

PANDORA: vegetarian. eats fruit and veggies from nature and/or her garden.

ALICE: healthy eater. she eats balanced meals and shit.

FRANK: massive peanut allergy. eats reasonably healthy otherwise.

NARCISSA: so picky. and fancy as fuck.

SYBILL: basically only eats seafood. literally just chewing on fucking prawns or some shit.

BELLATRIX: runs on black coffee and spite.

RITA: vegan. no more will be said.

GILDEROY: allergic to fucking everything.

XENO: survives on drugs and drugs alone.

[konstantynowitz]

More on Renissa Lestrange?

I believe you permitted me and @jegulustragedy to use her for our Marauders AU?

Yes she is yours to use! I can’t wait to see what you and our friend have in store for this AU. I’m sure it’ll be exciting to see whenever you start posting about it.

Renissa Lestrange info + headcanons:

Renissa was born within the year 1962 as the youngest child and only daughter of Lord Radolphus Lestrange (II) and his wife, Lady Tasoula Shafiq.

Her birth severely weakened her mother who was already suffering from a blood curse that ran rampant through the women in her family, usually leading them to an early death.

Tasoula was very insistent on having one last child and with this final, unfaltering decision, she convinced Radolphus to try for another baby, ultimately giving them Renissa.

She was twelve years younger than Rodolphus and nine years younger than Rabastan, so there was quite an age gap between Renissa and her brothers.

Unlike her mother, Renissa did not inherit the blood curse and fortunately only ever took after Tasoula in appearance + personality.

Radolphus passed on his foresight abilities to his eldest son and youngest child, the prophetic gift having been something that the Lestrange family was notoriously known for possessing.

Tasoula died in October 1973, only a month after Renissa enrolled at Hogwarts. After this, the family was utterly devastated, especially Radolphus.

Lord Lestrange was usually found locked up in his office in the aftermath of his wife’s death, drowning his sorrows in alcohol and work to keep his mind occupied.

Renissa was still only a child, while both her brothers were now grown adults. It was mostly up to them and the household staff to take care of their little sister.

The Lestrange family weren’t exactly known for the typical pure-blood family lovelessness displayed by a lot of other Houses within their inner circle. Instead, they were much more hands-on when it came to the upbringing of their children and had rarely been neglectful.

Rodolphus and Rabastan were raised in a loving home, which is something a lot of pure-blooded children couldn’t say for themselves. They cared for Renissa deeply and wanted to make her feel the same stability she felt when Tasoula was alive.

Rabastan spent the most time with his sister because Rodolphus was too busy standing in his father’s stead as Lord Lestrange.

When Tasoula died, Rodolphus became a bit colder and distant as he rose through the Death Eaters’ ranks arm-in-arm with Bellatrix, whilst also trying to keep his family afloat.

Renissa actually didn’t like Bella that much because she was somewhat of a bully to the little witch when she was younger.

She grew up as best friends with Regulus and Evan. Since youth, Renissa’s father considered them as potential suitors for her and likely wanted Evan to become her husband once they were old enough.

Walburga Black was Renissa’s godmother. Wally and Tasoula were friends during their school years together so it was only natural that she’d become a godparent to one of the Lestrange children.

Around the time Renissa was born, Walburga gave birth to a stillborn daughter. Knowing that her friend craved the presence of a daughter in her life, Tasoula was willing to make Wally her child’s godmother.

In a way, Renissa parallels her father’s cousin Lysistrata because they were both little reminders of deceased babies; Lysistrata with her cousin Feichín, Renissa with Walburga’s stillborn daughter Lilii Borea.

Lilii Borea Black is an original character of @theblackswan-and-thewhiterose.

At Hogwarts, Renissa was very quiet and timid, oftentimes hiding behind Regulus, Evan, or Barty when they were in the corridors together. She didn’t talk much after the death of her mother and only interacted with people she trusted.

Ev, Reg, and Barty acted almost as if they were her bodyguards or knights in shining armor. They were protective of her, even though Renissa was still capable of speaking up herself.

I would say that she had the same experience at Hogwarts as her distant cousin Leta. Renissa had the tendency of impulsively hexing a student for talking bad about her family and spreading rumors about her.

Because of these rumors and the things that she did to the people who spread them, Renissa considered herself inherently evil and believed that she was undeserving of kindness from others.

The Knights of Walpurgis of the time (really just wanna-be Death Eaters like their dads) were really pushy in trying to get Renissa to hang around them more, especially once she becomes friends with the Marauders.

Avery, Mulciber, and Nott were the most pushy because they wanted Renissa to “be around her own kind” and stop “hanging around mudbloods and blood traitors”.

It is speculated that Mulciber had an unhealthy infatuation with her, but Renissa always tried to steer clear from him.

She actually became close with Mary and Remus. Renissa had always been interested in the Muggle world, even if her family strongly believed in pure-blood supremacy.

Sometimes in secret, Mary and Remus would take her out to London for little shopping sprees so that she could get some Muggle clothes and try out different foods/drinks.

Remus got Renissa into The Beatles and taught her how to use a telephone.

Sirius taught Renissa how to hide CDs underneath her floorboards and how to cast a silencing spell around her room so that she could listen to music without her brothers finding out about it.

Renissa had a HUGE crush on James and he knew it, but her feelings about him were never addressed between the two of them.

She felt somewhat out of place when with the Marauders group, mostly because they were either labeled as blood traitors, or bore lower blood statuses than her own. Renissa was kind of an outsider in her eyes because she was still affiliated with supremacists and purist extremists allied with Voldemort.

I have a feeling that in canon the “Slytherin Skittles” (Barty, Evan, and Regulus) didn’t actually associate themselves with the Marauders group often because of how Sirius speaks of his estrangement between him and his brother.

But I think that Renissa would’ve managed to become part of that group because of her neutrality and indecision on which path she was going to follow once she graduated from Hogwarts.

Renissa was the only one who knew about Andromeda’s plans to run away with Ted and she never told anyone about it.

Before she left, Andromeda tried to persuade Renissa that this wasn’t the life she [Renissa] wanted for herself and that if she ever found an opportunity to escape, there would always be room for her at the Tonks home.

When Voldemort found out that she was acting as a mole for the Order, he wanted Rabastan to kill her because the younger Lestrange brother was showing signs of “weakness” which he most likely got from his mother’s more egalitarian perspective towards blood purity.

Bellatrix actually volunteered to do it herself because she was so eager to please the Dark Lord, but Voldemort was adamant that Renissa’s closest brother did it.

When Rabastan told Rodolphus about Voldemort’s desire for their sister to be killed, the brothers acted quickly and obliviated Renissa so that she wouldn’t remember anything about her family or the Death Eaters.

Afterward, they brought Renissa to St. Mungo’s Hospital where she was listed under a fake name so that Voldemort wouldn’t find her. Both Rabastan and Rodolphus were unwilling to betray their sister, nor would they ever kill her.

Renissa lived the rest of her life not remembering who she was or where she came from. Her siblings never visited her because they were afraid that they’d be risking their sister’s safety if Voldemort had ever found out where they had gone.

I am conflicted as to whether or not I want Rabastan to live through the Battle of Hogwarts, especially since Rodolphus is already assumed to have survived.

Maybe before the war started Rabastan secretly went to Andromeda’s home (I headcanon as them once being engaged before Andy ran away, so there was a history between the two) and telling her about Renissa’s survival.

Rabastan did this so that just in case both he and Rodolphus died, someone would know that she was still alive, because a part of him felt that there was a chance he might not live to see the future the Death Eaters were trying to create.

Once the war was over, Andromeda went to see Renissa and discharged her from the hospital so that she could live at the Tonks home just like Andy had wanted when they were younger.

[poolpvrty]

Sirius Black as Dionysus; the god of wine, insanity, fertility, festivity, and theatre!

[fafodill]

The wolfstarprince ask reminded me- I know a guy who ships Greyback/Snape (they call it Grape),,,

I've drawn it once actually lmfao. I think the appeal came from the fact that apparently Fenrir was terrified of Severus

So first of all it's called Snolfstar.

Second... Grape. I just-

Ship names are such delicacies I swear.

Don't be shy, drop the link to your drawing! 👁️👁️

And also, I cannot imagine Severus topping Fenrir so.. what? Fenrir is like a terrified top in this context? I have so many questions dude.

[iamthedamndonutdrawcat]

Berlin maradures au????

now listen! berlin hipster modern marauders band au. (i'm sorry this is brutally self-indulgent and may be incomprehensible to anyone outside berlin but i need to put it somewhere) this is a long post, so i put it under the cut. please excuse the word vomit :)

they all go to a grammar school that's a bit too shitty to call itself elite but does anyway. many children of bureaucrats, diplomats etc. that think they're ghetto f.e. James, Sirius and Remus. (Peter is the only normal one tyvm)

the marauders met as classmates in year 5. Remus and Sirius are forced into the school choir. all marauders learn acoustic tradtional instruments but their "band" is actually a soundcloud rap project. James and Peter build BAD beats and Sirius fixes them. they all do enjoy indie/rock and sometimes have jam sessions and do covers. artistic duo Remus & Sirius. intense homoerotic friendship James & Sirius. wolfstar endgame. Sirius curates a spotify account with only extremely niche melancholic rap to impress Remus; actually knows german trash rap by heart. serenades Remus with Ski Aggu "love" songs during Remus' depressive phases.

Sirius and James are third generation immigrants; Sirius turkish on his mother's side, James indian. Sirius family is not necessarily evil, just conservative diplomats with a big pride in tradition & well behaviour; far removed from their own cultural & religious roots in order to integrate into german political structures. however they are homophobic/unaccepting towards Sirius. Sirius grows up in a very german environment, gets misjudged by racist teachers. extremely smart yet often lazy. at school they're permitted to use ipads and chatgpt does his entire course work; he spends his time gaming during class. vape enthusiast although he gets horrible coughing attacks.

Remus's background is very international, somewhat french on Lyall's side and arab roots on mom's side, they met in england and moved to berlin with child Remus. Rip Remus' mom. Remus & Lyall live in a nice old apartment (Altbauwohnung) in berlins Pankow district (lots of families, settled down hipsters, sligh shift into suburban terrain), Lyall is either a lawyer or diplomat, 50/50 works or spends time with his girlfriend. crunchy distant father-son-relationship. but because no ones ever home, Remus constantly has friends (and Sirius) over. Remus has BPD, is in therapy and doing pretty well in his later adolesence. Remus spends lots of time outside, drinking in parks, chilling at friends', or smokes too much weed in his room. unapologetic chain smoker, even in front of Lyall. quiet and shy, makes him seem either rude or mysterious. bookworm & music nerd. nokia + ipod combo instead of smartphone because he doesn't want screen addiction or be too reachable. vape hater, point of argument with sirius.

accidental wolfstar public outing after Sirius drunkenly performs an Ikkimel song at a party and then throws himself at Remus (they don't really gaf anymore). For Halloween they dress up as a Cigarette and a Beer (Sternburger Export).

James watches german meme compilations every night and knows them by heart. Footie enthusiast with Sirius, drags the marauders to big games where they almost get trampled. extreme alman energy (aka white german energy, upstuck, snobbish and happily embarassing, taking part in typical german shenanigans) just like Sirius, except Sirius tries to hide it and James can deal with the jokes at his expense. James was a tv addict as a child. James & Sirius friendship began over a shared interest in anime.

Peter is the token german kid. Fridays for future gave him a bad conscience and all the marauders joined him in the demonstrations to get out of class. Extreme stoner, at least bi-weekly sessions with Remus. also i like the art kid peter hc so i'm stealing it. art kid peter who draws cartoons of his friends.

Lily & Severus live in the inner city Wedding district, rougher than the outer parts where Sirius & James live. Lily & Remus bff duo. (ik this is very boy centric, i have yet to dig deeper into my headcanons for the girls)

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i have a lot of music associations, but they actually are nice songs so idc here they are...

songs to illustrate the vibes: Nachts wach by makko, Rasenschach by Filow, FUSSBALLMÄNNER by Ikkimel, Wenn du tanzt by Von Wegen Lisbeth

Remus coded songs: Marlboro Mann by Romano, Goldener Reiter by Joachim Witt, Ziemlich Verplant by Skinny Dazed (!!!), Alt sein by Pisse

Sirius coded songs: BIKINI GRELL by Ikkimel, Immer nur da by Fynn Kliemann, Klebstoff by Mine (extreme black brother angst vibes), Findelkind by Mine (i could make a whole seperate post on how wolfstar-coded Mine's & Fynn Kliemann's discographies are)

James coded songs: Haus am See by Peter Fox, Verschwende deine Zeit by Edwin Rosen (prongsfoot vibes imo)

Peter coded songs: Alles Gute by Faber, Bongzimmer by SXTN

[pangaeaseas]

I love that Sirius has an effortlessly contagious personality in canon

“Sirius’s delight at having the house full again, and especially at having Harry back, was infectious.”

“His gloom seeped through the house, oozing under doorways like some noxious gas, so that all of them became infected by it.”

His duality <3

yep! sirius is someone who feels things strongly, be it sadness or joy, and he's also someone who is able to spread his emotions around. when he's happy everyone around him gets cheered up, when he's depressed everyone feels it.

[lilithofpenandbook]

I heard someone say that the Malfoys were the best parents, what are your thoughts on this? And could you make a rank from the best parents to the worst?

Hmm, I'd actually say yes. There's a difference between being a good parent and being a good person. Someone could be incredibly accepting of those with impure blood yet be absolutely terrible parents, and vice versa.

When it comes to the Malfoys, yes, Lucius did influence Draco in the wrong way, yes, he did raise Draco to be a Death Eater, and we don't know how Draco would have been treated if he rejected Lucius's ideology. However, there is no indication that Draco was forced into believing what he did. He just was a product of his environment- not forced into believing it but also not wanting to not believe in it. In a way, it was Draco's normal. Additionally, while Draco was forced to be a Death Eater (I believe), it wasn't because he didn't want to be one, it's because Voldemort wanted to use him despite being too young, primarily to punish Lucius (and that to me speaks volumes about Lucius's love for his son- if Voldemort recognised it enough to know it would hurt Lucius then it must have been clear Lucius put Draco before Voldemort deep inside). I also believe Draco, once exposed to the actual reality of his beliefs and what they do to people, regretted believing them and hated it all, and wanted out, and ended up a good person, but that's another topic.

As for the ranking, in no particular order (aside from me remembering them):

The Riddles/ The Gaunts. As parents, I can't talk about Merope or Tom, however as people all I can say is that Tom is a victim of SA by Merope and that action of hers was absolutely horrific. However, I can also empathise with Merope because her father? The worst. Actually, I'm going to put him as the ultimate worst parent, simply because his actions are what led to Merope being so unstable that she seriously thought love potioning a man was a good idea. I am not condoning Merope's actions, however I do understand that she was very unwell and unstable as a result of the abuse she suffered, and if not for that then she probably would not have married Tom 1 and conceived her son under a love potion, which is the canonical reason for Tom being Voldemort, and therefore the reason for almost everything wrong. Almost.

I say almost because regardless of Voldemort, both Tobias Snape and the Black parents would have absolutely sucked and so regardless of Voldemort, both Severus Snape and Sirius Black would have experienced trauma (although not as horrifically as it was due to the war).

Tobias is worse than Walburga and Orion Black in my opinion, as it's heavily implied at least that he physically beat Snape and definitely beat Eileen. He's only above Merope's dad because I do think he wasn't as bad as him, and because part of Snape's childhood struggles is due to poverty. Him wearing ill-fitting old clothes and being bullied and ostracized has less to do with Tobias's treatment and more to the inherit poverty, however Tobias did nothing to help Snape, and was definitely an abusive husband. As a parent, he was neglectful and abrasive at best.

The Black parents are better than him, as parents. Yes, this is separate to their morals- I am judging them based on their treatment of their children. And when it comes to them, firstly there was Regulus, who was favoured and loved by them, even if they didn't raise him correctly. Then there's Sirius. And here's the thing, while I don't deny Walburga at least was abusive, the abusive itself was only confirmed to be abusive, which is horrible, yes, but not as horrible as the previously mentioned parents (wow, the bar is low). And another key element is the fact that Sirius was the one who left, rather than he being kicked out too. So while verbally abusive, I don't believe Walburga and Orion completely neglected Sirius.

However, a very similar set of parents yet miles worse are Petunia and Vernon. One of their kids was incredibly spoilt to the point of being incredibly stupid, the other was completely and fully abused. They beat the Blacks but are still only a little better than Tobias and the Gaunts.

As for Harry's actual parents, James and Lily Potter, they both loved Harry, but they didn't live long enough to decide whether they would be good at actual parenting or if they'd spoil Harry.

And I'm gonna mention the Evans parents too. I don't think they were good parents. Not as bad as a lot of these people, but not good. How else do you raise someone like Petunia, so jealous of her sister she abused a little boy? Yeah, no.

Now, Molly and Arthur Weasley are rather polarising. Some say they're good, some say they were bad. I'm going to say that they weren't perfect, but not bad at all. Yes, Ron wasn't always given the best treatment, yes, Molly favoured certain children, but at the same time she was the mother to seven very strong minded individuals, and still took care of Harry despite their poverty. And I do count them as "poor". Although they aren't as poor as some of the others, they're still not rich at all. The reason they don't struggle is because they save money with the hand me downs and everything. So I'd say that actually, they weren't bad at all. I personally don't like how much Molly yells, however that's probably because of my own issues, not because she's actually being harsh. Her family is loud. She had to be louder.

I'm also gonna mention the Dumbledore parents. The father definitely made a bad decision, however it was to protect his daughter. That doesn't however change how bad that idea was. As for the mother, again, maybe not the best decision at the time to isolate Ariana, especially because it resulted in her boys suffering. However I will cut them some slack because they weren't in any normal situation and that would affect their judgement. So not abusive by any means, but not the best parents either.

Hermione's parents. Where were they and why didn't they seem concerned over their only child? That's all I can say (perhaps they figured her being magical made her invulnerable?)

The last parents I can think of are Andromeda and Ted Tonks. And actually they're probably the best parents in the series. Nymphadora grows up to be a good, happy young woman, and they clearly love her even if they don't agree with her choices. I honestly can't remember anything wrong with them.

That's my "ranking" of the worst to best parents, out of all the people I can remember. Honestly, there's a very high number of bad parents here (the bar is so low that Not Smacking Your Child is enough to give Walburga a higher ranking, dear god).

Oh, actually I forgot!

James Potter's parents. Maybe one of the WORST up there with the Gaunts because how do you raise such a little psychopath? I can see where Sirius gets it but his family is known to be bad, so what was with the Potters? James was well cared for and adored (the words used in the book!) yet he spent 7 years bullying Snape. Just how? What kind of parents were his?

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this! Thanks for the ask!

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What are your top HP fics based on writing? Like things that are just beautiful to read

Wow I think I’m answering this 3 months late sorry aghh. Again, I don’t read as many fics as I would like to, but I’ve been changing that recently and these are 4 that have really stood out to me in terms of writing!

Savour the Moment by - @evesaintyves

This fic made me both sad and hungry

This is a truly beautiful portrait of Molly and her relationship with Ginny. I really love how effortlessly this weaves in the food and cooking imagery with the emotions of the characters. The descriptions are so detailed and vivid that you can practically taste the cakes and pies off of the words alone.

Grief is hanging over this fic heavy, grief from Molly with her brothers and grief yet to come from Ginny. These two very different women, who also feel things very differently, have an extremely engaging back and forth of attempted connections. Both of them want it but aren’t able to easily get there with each other, and that struggle was very compelling to me.

Really such a great fic, I always find myself coming back to it

Favorite quotes:

“Molly has always tasted her memories. Perhaps that's why she's always been a bit thick round the middle: food relishes the good times, is the physical stuff of love. Ever since she was a little girl: plum pudding was Christmas and summers were cherry ice cream and chocolate flake. The time she broke her ankle jumping down from a tree, to this day, is the chalk flavor of Skele-Gro and a limp cucumber sandwich from the St Mungo's cafeteria. Her mother is sweet milky tea and her father is cottage pie with mushrooms, his favourite, flavoured with the smoke of his pipe in the air.”

“She learned to cook at her own mother's elbow and she is full of warm, creamy, ginger-flavoured memories of it. But Ginny's never liked being in the kitchen with her mum. She wants to be out with the boys, flying on broomsticks, getting jostled and scraped and braying coarse laughter through a mouthful of blood. That's why, when she thinks about Ginny, it's not the cream tea and swiss roll flavours she expected when she learned she was finally having a girl. It's rain-drenched popcorn at the Quidditch match and the salt of a kiss on Ginny's sweaty, gritty forehead.”

Sparkling Cyanide - @saintsenara

The house elf plot-line in the hp books leaves MUCH to be desired when it comes to fully and unequivocally condemning slavery. Due to this, you might find that me and my black ass are, shockingly, not its biggest fans.

However this fic is a brilliant look into elves’ oppression and enslavement AND their culture and agency.

This fic focuses on the death of Hepzibah Smith and the conditions surrounding and leading up to it. Specifically the subjugation of Elves and how that system encourages the idea of them as docile, unintelligent, and submissive (And how this perception can be wielded against the wizards that enslave them).

What I find so striking about this fic is how language is centered as a tool to illustrate the functions of colonial mindsets. I think this does a fantastic job at subverting the trope of “improper English = stupidity” that HP uses so frequently.

This was an extremely satisfying and moving read!

Favorite quotes:

“Come quickly and stop faffing,’ Mes Ebhsebbá says to Eokhí. She is clicking her fingers at Eokhí, like there is magic in her fingers. There is magic in Eokhí’s fingers. She is able to make the whole house fall to the ground if she is wanting to.”

“They is not knowing that we is knowing how to take the lives we is wanting from them. And that is why they is not thinking about how many weapons they is putting in kitchens.”

The Seven names of Mrs Zabini - @artemisia-black

And if I said that she did nothing wrong then what?

I’ve mentioned this fic several times before but I don’t think I’ll ever be over it. The way this is written is actually masterful; the attention to details, the poetic language, the characterization. I’m going to scream.

There is just something about this fic that entrances me. This is actually my favorite genre of story, the “good for her!” category, and whenever I read/watch these I go temporarily insane.

Because this is in first person we’re really getting into Mrs. Zabini’s mindset and the traumas that inform it, and this is extremely effective/convincing in making you stay on her side even while she is committing cold blooded murder.

Another thing I love about this is how the actual murders are so casually placed in the story, in comparison with how rich the rest of the imagery that Mrs. Zabini is describing. It’s almost like an afterthought. It makes her sound so much colder and more calculating than if there was a long depiction of each individual killing, so I thought that was a really brilliant writing choice.

If you love Gone Girl definitely give this a read!

Favorite quotes:

“There is a reason that Venus herself emerges from her half shell as a fully formed woman, blinking naively into existence. This is what men actually desire, a goddess who knows nothing of the world and so is more easily amused by the trinkets he throws at her. A divine being who is blissfully unaware of her own divinity. A being who had no thought but him and who cannot function outside of him.”

“I had gone to my wedding bed expecting a transformative experience where his penis would alchemise me from a girl into a woman. An expectation I had imbibed from a society that exalts the wonder of the male member. Instead, as I lay there shivering with his rotten seed running down my leg, I felt used and disgusted at the man I had been condemned to spend the rest of my life servicing”

“And as I rattled around our isolated country house, I believed him. Hiding myself from mirrors, starving my body in order to obtain the concave stomach and taut thighs that he so desired. But when I corrected one perceived flaw, he would find another. Peppering his insults with crumbs of tenderness that lured and trapped me in reality of his making.”

The Secret in the Heart of the Forest by @myrskytuuli

This one has it all: accidental cannibalism, ancient rituals, Snape sass, feral Lily, elf politics, generational trauma, fairy induced psychosis, and most importantly the Marauders + Sev and Lily + Regulus and Narcissa all teamed up. Oh yeah I’m eating this up

This one is longer than the others so I’m really going to try to make this as brief as I can but this fic is actually insane because it’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a hp fic and I think I could talk about it forever.

I was genuinely so giddy reading this. There were so many twists and turns and it remained gripping the whole time. This is a psychedelic fever dream, introspective character study, horror adventure and a beautiful tale of friendship all wrapped in one. I absolutely loved everyone’s characterization here, they’re all so beautifully flawed and you can really understand where they are coming from on a personal level but also on a sociological level, I think the author did a MASTERFUL job at this.

The worldbuilding is INSANELY good (the interlude chapters revolving around each of their mothers made me cry repeatedly. And Elieens chapter is just incredible, I have no words). And the pacing is just excellent, I never felt like any of the growth was forced or unearned.

This storytelling is also amazing, whenever there was a theme or reference brought up before in the story that got tied back in again, my mouth would physically drop because it was so seamless yet so meaningful and impactful.

(Sorry but I just need to talk about characterization for a brief minute because this has some of my favorite characterizations that I’ve ever read of some of these characters:

This is my absolute favorite Lily. Like ever. She feels so real here with her anger and flaws and quirks. She is neither villainized nor deified but a full fleshed out character. I just love her!

This is also my favorite James! James is usually a tough character for me to stay engaged with but this fic does an excellent job at balancing his strengths and flaws while keeping him compelling.

This Snape is PERFECT!!! I actually don’t think I can describe how much I love this depiction, all I can say is if you’re a Snape lover who enjoys him being a lil shit you should read this.

Also Peter is just incredible here, too often is he forgotten but this fic really does him justice.

Ok I’ll stop but just know that I could go on and on about all of these characters)

And seeing these characters who would normally hate each other come together to build meaningful bonds while they grow with their own issues is actually cathartic.

If you are a Marauder and Snape fan this is required reading, I really can’t recommend this enough!

Favorite quotes (there were way too many omg):

“Sirius had been angry for a long time now. Sometimes Sirius wondered if he had been born angry, if his first cry had never truly ended”

“Remus had said nothing after that. He was becoming a champion of saying nothing.”

“‘I’m sorry,’ he said.

‘I won’t forgive what you did to me.’ Severus said back with conviction.

‘Good.’ Sirius said with equal conviction.”

“At this point, Lily had arrived like the loyal shadow she tended to be around Snape, spitting out an angry ‘What the fuck?’”

“Sometimes he burned with the need to yank himself free of Lily and the blade of love hanging between them. To hurt her when she stepped over Severus' abused body like an avenging angel that looked down at him and made him look small, dirty, used and worthless. A worm crawling in the mud.”

Ok that’s all for now! I definitely think you should give all these a read!!

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Which Marauders era ship would you prefer to go on a double date with and why ?

this is soo good ok hmm first answer would be wolfstar just bc i love them soooo much and i think my gf and i would get along with them but an even better answer is Dorlene… like the lesbian power of all of us hanging out together NEED THAT!!!!! They would be our besties fr 🫶

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Okay for headcannon! No hate but….

I had an idea such a long time ago where it would be so sad if Remus (when he knew he was gay but was trying to get over Sirius (he isn’t out yet)) starts dating Snape. But it becomes/ is really toxic (think of That guy and Charlie from heartstopper). This idea was made when I literally couldn’t think of Snape as anything other than evil so yeah. But Snape is always telling Remus how awful he is and how he is ‘useless’ so when they eventually break up Remus gets with Siri and realizes what a relationship should be. So this fuels the hate by 100 fold. I haven’t really spread this idea but I can’t stop thinking about this. If you wanted to ask more questions or add on to it that’s cool!!

oh my gosh i just saw this and ouch did you just stab me??? in my very own ask box???? OUCH.

okay no but imagine how heartbreaking that wouldve been for sirius too like the guy theyve all never liked gets to be with remus, and hes like am i.... worse than snape?

my poor baby.

and remus during the entire relationshop doesnt even realise that somethings wrong because his dad doesnt even like him and hes a 'monster' anyways so why would ANYONE like him and severus is just continuously adding onto that insecurity.

and then when wolfstar get together, remus is so scared to take up space and hes just waiting for the final ball to drop and for sirius to tell him that hes too worthless for sirius.

and then for sirius, he sees how reserved remus is and hes like maybe remus doesnt even want this reltionship, maybe hes forcung himself into this relationship to get over severus. maybe hell just leave once he finds someone who actually deserves him.

and then the open up to eachother and remus wants to kill walburga, and sirius wants to kill snape.

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How can just Harry name his son after Snape and Dumbledore is beyond me??? I really don't get it , he could have named him after Hagrid, Hedwig or Cedric , so many and better options .

I will so disagree with you about that. I think it was actually Ginny's suggestion. Hear me out 🫷🙂‍↕️🫸

The Weasley Children are taught to be self-sacrificing for the greater good from the beginning. Arthur and Molly raised little Order-Soldiers. All of the kids were taught to be courageous and competitive. Ron was brave enough (or insane) to sacrifice himself at 11. Little Ginny thought a baby that defeated the dark lord must be the greatest boy on earth. Charlie went on to tame dragons.

I believe that all the people that died protecting Harry (her husband mind you) are in very high value. Ginny would definitely want her children of the man that ended the second wizard war to have very meaningful names dedicated to people that were lost, while trying to end that war.

It's a way to honour them and give them a second chance of a peaceful life. I don't believe it was Harry who dictated what their kids will be named.

I do however agree that Albus Severus was Harry's Idea. It's his way to say "thank you for looking out, in your own odd way ,even if you didn't have to" since he never could in person.He was never able to say thank you or talk it out with either of them. Ginny trusts her Husband's Intuition and never had issues with them personally.

About your suggestions:

Hagrid: still alive

Hedwig: an owl.

Cedric: if they had a 4th kid yes

Fred: George's son

Remus: middle name of Teddy

Alastor: not close