#october 1981

[loonyloopylupin96]

"Black lost everything the night Harry stopped you-know-who and he's had twelve years alone in Azkaban to brood on that."

You don't know how right you are, Arthur 😭

[niceonejames7]

"Slipping through my fingers" by ABBA was released June 1981.

Remus Lupin sat in his dingy house, last cigarette from his pack that he had lasted for two weeks because he no more had money to spend on luxuries. Rent unpaid for months, his days go by searching for something to do. It's hard to secure a job when you cannot guarantee your presence. He awoke at 12pm to avoid breakfast, but it was evening now, and he had no reason to skip lunch.

There's a single picture ripped in half where Sirius' face can be seen. He had done that in a fit of rage, no one was around to stop him. That had become a disgusting habit of his, the expectance that someone will come console him. No one did.

Every time the song spoke of "She" he was reminded of red hair, and her bright smile. An unfinished book with a bookmark sat beside him. Lily was at this page, he thought. He didn't have the courage to continue anymore. He hadn't read a book in a while.

No food, or chocolate milkshakes, or any leftover to take home everyday. Nothing to wake up to. No calls from a familiar number, asking to come over. No one called to say, Baby Harry misses Uncle Moons, to entice him into coming.

A pot from James' house sat on his kitchen counter. He cleaned it a week ago, removing all the mold that had grown in it. Last thing he ever gave me, Remus kept thinking. He thinks it will haunt him forever.

An expired bar of chocolate was kept beside the book he hadn't completed. Peter, always the sweet tooth. It was an early 'trick or treat', just a day before Halloween. Remus thought if the action was because he felt guilty, they had fought about Peter's frequent absences. But it was too simple, Peter always gave him chocolates.

He had heard the song back in June, it had made him sad then. He had thought of his allies, and their fast-paced youth, and how quickly it had all been slipping way.

It's June 1982 now, Sirius' record plays itself in loops, his hands now empty as ever. He has nothing that can slip away from him.

[chicinsilk]

Harper's Bazaar October, 1981

Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Fall/Winter 1981-82 Collection. Sylvia Kristel in a hot pink silk taffeta dress by Guillaud. Its gathered body ends in a festive double ruffle that stops just above the knee. Shoes and jewelry, Yves Saint Laurent. Hair Bruno for Jean-Louis Desforges; makeup, Edith Remy.

Yves Saint Laurent Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1981-82. Sylvia Kristel dans une robe habillée en taffetas de soie rose vif de Guillaud. Son corps froncé se termine par un double volant festif qui s'arrête juste au-dessus du genou. Chaussures et bijoux, Yves Saint Laurent. Coiffure Bruno pour Jean-Louis Desforges ; maquillage, Edith Remy.

Photo Dick Ballarian

[youdrewstarsxaroundmyscars]

happy jily death day <3

[evanzrosier]

voldemort did a double kill back in 1981.

[simply-cooler]

domestic wolfstar makes me so happy. yes, please share a bed. please cook meals for each other. please, live the typical domestic life before October 19891.

[lavendarhearts]

all fun and games until it's suddenly Halloween and the marauders edit come rolling in from left and right

[thee-bat-boys]

okay but I just found two gifs that work perfectly together (at least I think so) for that dreaded night in 1981...

sophie skelton and aaron taylor johnson as lily and james potter; godrics hollow 1981.

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

Happy Halloween, guys! No one died and nothing happened on this day.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔓𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 - ℑ´𝔪 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫

[goldrushenthusiast]

YOU’VE NEVER DONE ME WRONG EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE TIME THAT WE DON’T TALK ABOUT

-remus lupin (ballparking around early october 1981), trying to remind himself who sirius actually is

[loonyloopylupin96]

Was Remus' boggart always the moon, or did it only become that when he no longer had to fear losing everyone he loved?

[syrcinus]

October 31st, 1981.

[toorumlk]

a beautiful little family.

He was about to go home, about to return to the place where he had had a family […] The life he had lost had hardly ever seemed so real to him as at this moment, when he knew he was about to see the place where it had been taken from him. (chapter 16, dh)

[erectomyjunko]

hey! lily evans carries a muggle camera with her everywhere she goes and is solely responsible for the documentation of the marauders school years! also also also every single one of those pictures was lost after October 31st 1981 because sirius black flipped through the albums with bloody hands and they were taken away as evidence!

[lilyslark]

oh nothing just thinking about sirius black finding james potter’s body on this night 43 years ago and being haunted by his ghost for the rest of his life with nothing but rage and grief and guilt to fuel him.

you know. the usual.