#fanon remus lupin

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Canon vs Fanon Remus Lupin

[witchygfsgf]

oh cool some remus headcanons-

homophobic stereotype

a popular headcanon 12 years ago that is somehow a hot take now

doesn't work without shipping wolfstar

hc about his atyd characterisation but with him still raised like he was in canon (?????)

homophobic stereotype 2

that's just greyback

who tf is grant

fundamental misunderstanding of his character

objectively true, in fact mentioned in canon

no, sirius did that this time

another sirius headcanon in disguise

homophobic stereotype 3

stereotype about werewolves

he wouldn't do that, he's welsh

that's fully a jegulus headcanon, he's not even in that ship!!

you're talking about literally any other character

yk he's not conventionally attractive right, bc of his scars and premature aging which are a sign of his lycanthropy, and he hates himself for any reminder of it, you know that right???

oh they don't know that..that explains a lot

homophobic stereotype 4

[starrylayle]

To all those shippers that depict Sirius as a self-absorbed, short, fem twink with a flare for dramatics -- and Remus as a tall, angry, buff, dom werewolf daddy -- go ahead, it's a fully rounded dynamic! You're actually shipping Gilderoy Lockhart x Fenrir Greyback though! Remember to tag correctly folks! Hope this helps 🥰 🥰 

[enbysiriusblack]

remus thinks sirius is the smartest, most handsome, strongest, talented, prettiest, funniest person ever

[acewitch-writes]

The Marauders fandom really underestimates just how fucking weird Remus has the potential to be, especially during his first few years at Hogwarts. He was an only child, and thanks to his Lycanthropy, he was basically raised in isolation. So already, he's severely lacking in social skills, not to mention the mental effects of isolation on a child. He probably had vivid imaginary friends and spent a large chunk of his time daydreaming and reading to soothe the loneliness.

I imagine his school nickname "Loopy" was well-earned. Just imagine how awkward and strange he would have been, this 11 year old only child who has never interacted with another child in his life and whose only friends were his (arguably ALSO weird/quirky) parents, attending school for the first time?

[expectopatronum18]

Canon Remus does not get enough love, like imagine if ur teacher set up a whole obstacle course for ur final exam, tht was soo fucking cool lmao

[pukopukopowpow]

when I'm reading a fanfic and the characters decide to act canon compliant:

[siriuslynettey]

Sirius asks Lily to come to the boys’ dormitory to give him advice about a dream he had…

Lily: So why exactly are you so worried?

Sirius: I don’t know, I had a dream where I cheated on Remus, and it’s freaking me out.

Lily: They’re just dreams Sirius, maybe it’s your subconscious telling you that you need to spend more time together.

James: Or, maybe we need to take these dreams literally…have you found yourself sleep walking recently? Waking up in places you didn’t fall asleep in?

Lily: *cackles* Are you suggesting Sirius has been sleep-cheating?

James: …I don’t know…just asking the questions no one else seems to be asking…*slowly walks a circle around Sirius*

Sirius: *scoffs* "I don’t sleepwalk, and I’ve never cheated—nor would I."

James: Well dream-Sirius seems to be a cheater…

Lily: Okay, no more input from James. Again Sirius, they’re probably just reflections of real life stress. Have you and Remus been fighting at all?

Sirius: No, our relationship is better than ever!

James: So then WHY did you CHEAT on him!?!?!

Sirius: I DON’T KNOW!!

Lily: NOBODY CHEATED ON ANYBODY!!!

[neverenoughmarauders]

I am trying to imagine fanon Sirius Black living on rats in a cave to stay close to James Potter’s son during GOF… I am trying… I can’t see it.

[calc1fers]

peter: eating lunch is so tastypilled. i was hungrycore but now i'm satiated for real

james, tears in his eyes: c-can you please speak normally

[lilacella]

Remus Lupin does not have a "sculpted physique", unless you mean sculpted by a five year old. With clay.

[loserboyfriendrjl]

sick and tired and sick and tired and sick and tired and sick and tired of casanova cool as fuck six-pack abs bulging biceps ripped charmer everyone-wants-to-fuck-him most intelligent out of the marauders remus lupin

[noh07]

so true (not my picture)

[starrylayle]

Fanon marauders fans really heard 'long hair' and 'werewolf' and decided to make sirius and remus' entire personality revolve around these singular traits

[caslyra]

May I interest you in Marauders fandom

Please don't take this too seriously. I'm guilty of a few of those myself.

[acewitch-writes]

I love Canon Remus and all of his flaws. Enough of this "Casanova of Gryffindor Tower" BS, Remus is the cowardly lion of Gryffindor tower. He values bravery because it is something that he lacks and yet still strives to be. He has an ingrained sense of shame and self-loathing and an inferiority complex that stems from society's contempt and marginalization towards Lycanthropy, a condition he was cursed with from a very young age. He wasn't a leader, he was a follower. A blind follower who believed to his core that he was unworthy of love and respect because of what he was.

Which opens the door to what I believe to be Remus' greatest flaw: His unwavering, unquestioning devotion to Albus Dumbledore.

I think Remus saw Dumbledore as the perfect encapsulation of Good. He was everything that Remus desperately wanted to be, everything that society was determined to believe a werewolf could never be. And maybe, if Remus could earn (and cling to) Dumbledore's favor and make him proud, he would prove to the world and himself that he is Good, too, in spite of his lifelong curse.

Remus felt that he owed Dumbledore a debt he could never hope to repay for allowing this chronically ill little boy into his school when no werewolf before him had ever been given such an opportunity. So many of Remus' choices in canon stem directly from this imagined debt that he had dedicated his life to paying. Hell, he didn't even hold a grudge against Snape for OUTING HIM to the entire wizarding world simply because Dumbledore trusted him.

Remus trusted Dumbledore wholeheartedly. And Dumbledore personally saw to Harry's placement with the Dursleys. Why should Remus have considered, for even a moment, that Harry wasn't safe? Certainly far safer than he would have been with a monster in close proximity, as Remus believed himself to be. In his mind, staying away from Harry was what was best for Harry. Until Dumbledore needed a favor, that is.

It's reductive to suggest that Remus failed Harry (and by extension, James) for putting his trust in Dumbledore to do right by Harry. James and Sirius trusted Dumbledore, too. They all did. Stripping away all of the nuance and blaming the abuse Harry suffered on Remus is simply unfair. NO ONE helped Harry, not even those who were fully equipped to do so, and Remus was the farthest thing from being equipped to take that on, what with being an impoverished werewolf living in a society that reviles his very existence. The only person who could have saved Harry from the abuse was the very man that placed him in that home, the very man that Remus revered with blind conviction.