#but so juicy

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Just to add on to my last post:

As someone who lost their father before I could form lasting memories of him, I am fucking starving for stories about him.

I beg to hear the same ones over and over and over again because it’s the only way he’s alive for me. I have no memories of my own—snippets, images—but that’s it. Maybe that’s why Harry was so relatable to me growing up. I felt like I was just as hungry for stories about James and Lily as Harry was because there is something powerful about learning about the people who loved you.

People are so afraid of upsetting you when you’re a child; they think that talking about a dead parent is going to make you sad, and you have to practically beg people to tell you stories. And the people who knew your parent die and take the stories with them, and you’re left with nothing. People treat you like you’re glass when you’ve suffered a tragedy. My friends would apologize whenever they talked about their dads, and I would roll my eyes and have to comfort THEM. “It’s okay!” I would say. “It’s okay you have a dad! You’re allowed to talk about him!”

I think that’s what is so sad to me about Remus and Harry. Remus didn’t have to adopt Harry or send him presents or anything. He could have told Harry stories about his parents and that would have been enough for Harry. But Remus was terrified of being rejected, so he never let Harry get close. It’s actually decent storytelling and characterization!

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