#Remus never asked

[heartfeltletters-written]

my headcanon on the little incident with snape and remus and the whole werewolf thing is that Sirius didn't actually tell Snape how to get past the tree. As we know Snape was extremelly talented in legimency, so he was goating Sirius to tell him something and read his mind, Sirius was distracted so he had his defences down. When he tells James he claims it's his fault and that he told Snape because Sirius blames himself for letting Snape read his mind and not being cautious enough and protecting his mind, but he never says what really happened to anyone so Remus always thinks he willingly shared the secret when that is just not true.

James knows because he and Sirius share one brain even tho Sirius never told him, he just knows.

[calamitoustide]

everyone always says James was the one who had the little crush on Remus but no Remus was the one who had a massive crush on James for years it was killing him

[rosamariaa]

Helloooo

Feeling bored so I'm sending asks!!! What kinds of physical touch hcs do you have about wolfstar??

I've always felt that Remus is kinda iffy about pda, but in private loves to be snuggled like a teddy bear lol

Sirius is trickier for me so I'd love to know what you think!!

Hellooo!! This is my very first wolfstar ask actually 🥹

Well to me wolfstar doesn’t really do great gestures of pda. I think that, if you’re an outsider, at first glance you couldn’t even tell they are a couple. But if you stop and pay a bit of attention you’ll see that they are subtly touching at all times, like shoulder to shoulder or their thighs pressed together when they are sitting.

I especially think sirius isn’t into pda but at the same time he can’t not touch Remus so it results in “hidden” touches.

He doesn’t actively tries to hide them, it just happens. so it’s his hand inappropriately high on Remus thigh bellow the table, it’s him playing with Remus fingers when they are talking, it’s him stroking gently Remus neck.

And also he does this thing where he strokes softly remus’ back with his nails under his shirt, like up and down his spine, or across his shoulders, just veryy featherlike touches, it makes Remus shiver from head to toe!! That man is weak he can not take this, especially in public!!

Sometimes when their friends catches those intimate moments they get a bit embarrassed, not because it’s too explicit but because it’s just so tender it feels like you’re seeing something you shouldn’t.

And when they are alone, those two are always in each other’s business lmao they are always snuggling somewhere and Remus loves ittt he loves being held. I think the only time they don’t is when they are sleeping on the bed (they get sweaty it’s not nice) but my fav scenario it’s a lazy afternoon, remus would lay his head on sirius lap at the sofa while reading a book and sirius would be reading or just smoking and listening to good music while stroking remus hair… eventually remus would sleep (he is a sleepy guy) and his book would fall of his hands and it’s all just very tender

[padfootastic]

if you’re writing james & sirius in a way that atleast one person doesn’t ask ‘are those two dating’ then sorry but that’s actually two random OCs with familiar names

[ezkel]

After spending years being rejected at every turn, James isn’t sure he’ll ever be loved the way he craves. Even now that he’s gotten over his crush on Lily and they’re now close friends, he understands why she never liked him back, he’s too much. She tells him it's nothing to do with him and that she had spent those years pining after her best friend, now girlfriend, Mary. Still James feels as if he's too much and that if he wants to eventually be truly loved romantically then he needs to tone himself down, he needs to be less James in his approach with those he wants a relationship with. 

Especially when his current crush is none other than cold and distant Regulus Black. He told Sirius about his crush as soon as he was aware that it wasn’t going away. He cried to Sirius saying that he knows that Regulus would never accept him for his all in attitude and his love for PDA. Sirius at first warned James that Regulus would never go against his parents for anyone, not even if he did feel the same for James. But as Sirius watched James sulk about his crush, he softened and told James stories of Regulus from their childhood, which only made James’s crush worse, the knowledge that Regulus used to read sickly sweet romance books when their parents weren’t looking, telling Sirius with wide eyes that one day he’d have a love that moved the stars like in the books.

However, James didn’t just develop this crush out of nowhere. Sometimes when James gets up early in the morning to get some quidditch practice in, Regulus was already there and they would spend those mornings practicing together, Regulus’s snark working better to wake him up than the cold air flowing around them. Regulus’s appearance on the field was never consistent and whenever James asked about it Regulus just leaves with a slight flush to practice his seeker skills on the other side of the field before leaving way earlier than he would have, had James not asked. 

James tried not to flirt, he didn’t want to get his heart broken but every time Regulus looked at him with that half smile smirk, James’s heart only grew in size. He tried desperately to not let his heart out, to not scare Regulus away. But the first time James accidentally flirted, Regulus didn’t even hesitate to tease him, not in the cruel way that he had expected but in a playful way. For a moment James thought that maybe that was Regulus flirting back. Slowly James became less guarded and started accidentally flirting with Regulus, but it always ended the same, playful teases and joking degeneration. 

Eventually it even spread to off the quidditch pitch, they’d flirt? In the hallways, in the astronomy tower, in the great hall, James couldn’t help but find Regulus everywhere, their conversations didn't even change tone in front of people. Sirius looked surprised every time Regulus would tease James, Remus would mutter about public indecency, Peter would laugh at how flushed James got every time Regulus responds with a cutting remark, Lily would joke about speaking at their wedding after Regulus leaves. James told them repeatedly that nothing was going to happen and that Regulus couldn’t possibly like him the way James does for him, this was only received with a disbelieving look from all of them. 

One morning it all changed. James was too tired to keep himself in check and his flirting came out unfiltered, fully James. Regulus went silent, James who hadn’t been looking at Regulus had frozen, terrified to look at Regulus and face the inevitable rejection. But when James did look, unable to help himself, all he saw was a deep red flush and a look of wonder on Regulus’s face. It caused James to fly towards Regulus, watching his face closely as Regulus slowly regained control. 

“Potter, you just- i thought it was all a game for you, I thought you were just being playful” Regulus spoke, voice full of shock, eyes full of hope. 

“I tried not to flirt with you, I thought you’d never let me, but I couldn't help myself, you're just so… you're just so you” James admitted, eyes drifting to the side awkwardly. He hears Regulus snort and feels Regulus's broom brush against his as he moves closer to James. 

“why would you even think I wouldn't let you flirt with me.” Regulus asks softly, hand moving up to James’s cheek to make James face towards him.

“Because I'm too much, I didn't want to ruin our mornings with my overbearing feelings” James mumbled, not wanting Regulus to know how deeply he already feels for him, but not having any other way to explain.

Regulus sighs, looking at James like he’s an idiot, “James, i hate waking up before 9am, surely Sirius has told you this. Do you think I would willingly wake up at FIVE in the morning to fly around aimlessly if I didn’t also have ‘overbearing’ feelings and just wanted to spend some time with you.” 

“But-” 

Regulus interrupts, his fingers on James’s face tightening, pulling his face closer to his. “James, you're not too much, I want you to be you. No holding yourself back. Be all in, be overbearing, I want you, not some held back version where you pretend to not be as insane as you are.”

“...oh..., Reg I- fuck, you're so amazing” James breathed out, finally letting his barriers drop.

“I know” he says, his open expression being replaced by his usual smirk, “so what do you say Potter, are you finally going to be yourself or do I need to keep telling you what literally everyone other than you seems to already know.” 

…

When James told Sirius what happened and that they were together now, Sirius only gaped 

“James you didn’t tell me he got up to join your morning practices, Regulus tried to kill me once for daring to talk to him before 8am, you've been talking to him before 6???? And he hasn't killed you???? Hes in love with you what the fuck”

[where-are-the-spooky-gays-2]

I don't think we've seen Remus genuinely cry before.

Also,I miss Virgil's bangs.���

We have not... Y E T 👀 /half joking Also the Emo most likely misses his bangs too </3

[soup-of-the-daisies]

remus and peter are both cowards, the only difference is that they chose opposite sides of the war (and one, ironically, had the balls to betray his friends)

oh I LOVE this idea so much. they’re still gryffindors and belong in gryffindor because they value bravery, not because they themselves already possess it. they want to be brave. they’re the two being shielded by james’ and sirius’ shadows: intrinsically part of the group (i don’t like teen marauders without peter), so loved and valued, but they’re hiding behind people bigger and better than them. remus, in contrast with peter, simply valued his loyalty over his life. remus would’ve died for sirius and james and peter. peter canonically refuses to die for them.

it’s SO delicious, anon. when peter finally chooses bravery it’s to protect himself, which is inherently cowardly as well. when remus finally (actively!) chooses bravery, it’s for love… for his family, for his son, for the future of the world. remus’ death replicates the deaths of james and sirius, by jumping into battle and fighting to the death for his loved ones; peter dies hesitating, strangled by his own hand—by the physical proof of his betrayal.

peter had the balls to betray his friends and try to save himself. remus had the balls to remain loyal until he died, brave in his cowardice. remus is the neville of the marauders here, not peter.

[rewritingcanon]

Can you give us more info about wolfstar being a queerbait, i cannot go there but i am SO CURIOUS

ok so i may have over exaggerated a teeny weeny bit. this ask is in regards to a post i made about how delusional tiktok wolfstar shippers are and how they think them not being canon was a personal slight from jkr. the commenter didnt say explicitly they thought it was queerbait but oh was it implied. they were going on about how remus and sirius were “meant to be together” and how jkr was “too much of a coward” for not making it canon and comparing wolfstar to other hp-unrelated ships that i won’t name because we will be here all day.

but i have heard this from tiktok marauders fans a lot so here’s my take: they don’t know what queerbait is. they interpret wolfstar as a gay couple and then they get sad they aren’t canon, but that isn’t queerbait. queerbait is purposefully trying to hint at a possible queer romance to appeal to queer audiences whilst still keeping the homophobic audiences by never making it canon— thus leading their queer audience on and on without committing to the bit fully. its a marketing strategy and it was all the rage in the early 2010s. god im shivering just thinking about that era, twas a dark time.

either way, wolfstar was not written like a couple at all. jkr may have tried to pander to queer audiences by throwing dumbledore at them, but looking at her track record, she’s not very good at that.

and maybe this sounds harsh (i say this as a wolfstar shipper so i hope no one eats me for this), but remus and sirius are so clearly not gay in the books 😭 like there are some dynamics you can argue have evidence of a queer reading without the creators having the mindset to make them queer, but wolfstar is not one of them. no matter what the actors have joked about.

[serendipitouslyyyyyy]

ok so around a year ago i came up with maybe the best marauders modern au ever and then i just like drifted from the fandom and never wrote it so now im offering it up for whoever may wish to use it. so basically it was about a high school music department and it worked so so well in my mind

so like the og marauders were solidly the jazz band kids. james played sax and got all the solos, sirius played drums, remus played bass (wolfstar rhythm section!!!), peter played the tuba, marlene played the trombone. they also were in like the normal band tho where sirius being a percussionist and having to learn like the xylophone is objectively funny. also mary played the clarinet in concert band and frank was the trumpet player that everyone looked up to.

remus also played bass in the orchestra, as did lily, but she's classically trained and doesn't do jazz band (they're still stand partner besties tho). regulus was 1st violin and really stressed about it and snape was 2nd violin because of course they're both orchestra kids and if course they have beef. pandora played the viola, but was also a soprano in choir.

dorcas was THE choir alto, alice was the senior soprano that everybody loves, and evan was that tenor that is a jock and nobody expected to join choir. barty was a tech crew kid, and of course evan does the school musical and rosekiller ensues

anyways i completely forgot this au was so fleshed out i have like even more about the minor characters that i haven't even put here if someone wants to write it please do because you know i never will

[quillkiller]

You’re so right on the lily and remus not being best friends bc some people are so insistent that they were bffs in canon …. 😭😭😭 like u do u ig

!!!!!! its you and me sude and kara against the world…

listen. i’ve enjoyed fics where they’re close friends and i’m not saying it can’t be well done!! i just can’t, in my version of the marauders, do my girl lily like that. as if she hasn’t suffered enough at the hands of men…. and then we’re making her best friend in the world… a man. genuinely upsets me. GIVE MY GIRL SOME GIRLFRIENDS !!! and yeah she does, in fanon, have a lot of girlfriends… but please i personally need her bestfriend, her confidante, to be a girl. i cant.

and it also upsets me that remus would be willing to be best friends with someone who literally hates two of his closest friends. LIKE WHAT !!!! that, to me, undermines his relationship with the marauders so much. everything it was built on. everything they’ve done for each other. everything they MEAN to each other and you mean to tell me remus and lily are best friends before she even starts liking james or sirius even a little bit.. with the way my remus is forever unhinged and not normal about sirius ever .. not even during the prank era .. i know my mans wouldn’t want to spend more than 5min with someone who hates sirius . even when he hates sirius .

and you’re RIGHT !! there’s nothing alluding to the fact that remus and lily had a close personal friendship between them outside of her relationship/interest with james. he talks kindly of lily because she was kind and accepting !!!! i am NOT doubting they liked each other in canon !!! im not even doubting that they were friends !! but that friendship is dependant of lilys involvement with james…. which is why, to me, there’s no reason to make them best friends when there’s no jily .. lily deserves more than that

get these men AWAY from her ..

[musicoftheheart]

Listen, Remus Lupin is one of my all-time favourite characters in the Marauders Era fandom. That said, I do not require him to be attractive. I just need him to be 6'3" and up, gangly, and constantly smelling of cigarettes, chocolate and books , is that okay with you?

ahahaha i love that <3

[messrsrarchives]

Okay I'm intruiged to know ur thoughts on ATYD remus

Because as much as I like ATYD I think that, a lot because of the changes to his back story and formative childhood years, he's a very different character to canon remus

And that's not like a bad thing because this fandom has almost no canon but out of the marauder remus has one of the most canon personalities and ATYD version I feel is very different?

Idk Just wondered if you had thoughts on it? :3

i fw all remus'. there is not a single characterisation of remus i will dislike, he's SO interesting and so layered.

i LOVE atyd remus and yeah,,, different character because it is, yk? 🤷‍♂️ he's not canon remus and his backstory is changed and i loved it sm. i know a lot of people call him overly aggressive etc but i think it works so well and it's such a fun take on him AND he is so soft. he's so soft. "His hip doesn't hurt. He has to tell Sirius." UGH. i love them.

NOT YOU !! this isn't you but whenever i post about atyd and use the term "canon-compliant" people get really annoyed because of those changes but to me,,, idk. canon compliant doesn't mean that everything is the same to me but rather that the key plot points (werewolf, prank, war, etc) play out the same way no matter what changes are made. and yeah he's different to canon remus because fanon and also,,, we see him at different points in life in those two areas.

and also the fandom is horrible about atyd anyway because they seem to think bigger fics mean fandom etiquette don't apply which,,, ugh. stfu. go write it in your notes app not a comment section.

idk. i don't really care about how well stuff matches canon actually. she-who-must-not-be-name doesn't know the marauders like i do 😕↔️ atyd remus ily and your grouchiness

[moonlightdancer26]

And even Sirius loved Lily more than Lupin.

When I first read this I thought you meant “And even Sirius loved Lily more than Remus loved Lily” and I was about to write a whole ass essay on why the “Lily and Remus friendship” headcanon is the opposite of what we actually see in canon because neither of them have ever talked about each other in canon and the only time we see Lily positively interacting with a Marauder is when she writes a letter to Sirius (who she also agreed to be her secret keeper, aka trusting him with her life) and she even mentions Peter (who she ALSO agreed to be her secretkeeper and trusted with her life) and calls him “Wormy” but never ever mentions Remus in the letter, and when Remus talked to Harry about the past, it was ALWAYS about James and never about Lily and he never said her name in canon (the closest thing we get is him saying “she (he didn’t even call her by her name) started going out with James in 7th year”) and when during Harry’s private lessons Harry mentioned seeing his PARENTS, Remus immediately asks “You heard James?” without even giving Lily a thought (even though her son literally just said that he saw a memory of her DEATH 💀) and that Marauder stans pretty much use Remus as a replacement for Severus and try to erase Lily’s friendship with Severus by giving Remus Snape’s canon traits and trying to create a bond that never existed in canon (Remus and Lily). But then I realised that anon meant “Sirius loved Lily more than he loved Remus” and I got upset that I could’ve had a chance to rant about this very specific topic that I happen to have a lot of thoughts on, but oh well :D

[enbysiriusblack]

remus and marlene both having italian dads and they speak italian to each other all the time. but sirius can also speak italian, and remus loves it. but marlene absolutely hates it, especially when sirius only learnt it for remus and managed to become fluent in just a few months, when it took marlene years of having her father teach her.

[padfootastic]

He probably can't hold a job down because he is constantly ill - the frequency of his absences would definitely cause suspicion after a while as well, especially if he wasn't willing to say what was wrong. I don't think wizarding Britain has any concept of employment law or employess rights.

nah you’re probably right and @acupofsolace mentioned the same as well. it’s also the no. 1 reason given in fics too. but idk, just…something about it doesn’t sit right w me ykno? like, i would get it if this wasn’t set in such a magical, fantastical world. but that it is, my mind just would not let me accept such a mundane, boring, reason for it haha like, when magic is capable of so much, it just seems like a lazy way out, at best ykno?

but i do agree that there probably wouldn’t be anything like labor laws (which takes me to an absolutely fascinating experiment of communism/socialism in the WW?!?). and that would definitely have adverse consequences for the most vulnerable in society, bc others can deal w those barriers. but werewolves can’t. so they’ll end up being the first line of defence. but i do wonder how much the average employer would know about moon cycles and lycanthropic behaviour (it’s kinda like smokers and their habits; i always have deodorant, gum, and sanitiser with me which is v telling but my parents have never found out that i smoke, put me in front of another smoker or ally, tho? they catch me at first sight. i think the average wixen might be more like my parents than the other side but that could be me haha)

if i do take this seriously, though, i can think of many jobs that do not have to be affected by his lycanthropy. in fact, the ones where ‘regular leaves on the full moon look suspicious’ would even be possible would be like a. storefront type job, or a 9-5. but if you take some of the more eccentric options, like say a potions maker, enchanter, arithmancer etc etc (basically anything w freelancing potential) OR something like, gringotts that canonically takes non-humans, then i feel like this reason starts to fall apart a bit

which takes me right back to my confusion about his condition lol like his secrecy was most probably like a double edged sword but it did give him the freedom to sort of navigate society & choose life on his own terms, to a very large extent, but he never seems to do that. just. baffling.

[impishtubist]

There need to be more post-POA fics where Sirius doesn’t grovel for Remus’s forgiveness (because he didn’t do anything wrong!), and where he actually gets to be properly angry at everyone who left him to rot (Remus, McGonagall, Andromeda, Dumbledore, etc.)