#thank u sm for not just reading FoD but sending me this

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I just finished your foundations of decay fic and oh my god I enjoyed it so much. I love the way you write Harry, he's smart and angsty, rightfully so, he explodes on people or either he holds back when he realizes that's not a rational option. The way he's so protective over Sirius is just so ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

And Sirius's characterization too? He's so protective of Harry and the claim he has on him?? I love his bonding moments with Harry. The scene where he tells Harry James and him bought toys for harry?? Omg yuck ew emotions, it had me in the feels. That was such a deep casual prongsfoot moment too?? The implications?? They didn't buy their own forms but eachother??

And their interactions aren't something I usually see, like wow, this is probably how Sirius and Harry would've interacted if he wasn't locked away for years. They are so close and my heart is just so full??

I have nothing to ask but your fic is just literal perfection, you have to know this.

omg i’ve just been sitting on your ask for a couple days bc it’s so overwhelming to hear something so nice and kind and lovely and just!!!!

thank you so much 🥺🥺 every time someone tells me they love FoD, it just makes me SO giddy because i’ve put so much thought and love and intention in it and it gets to me that others enjoy that. and the fact that it’s the sirius & harry bits that really stand out to you means even more because those two and their relationship is essentially the entire reason i started this fic ykno? it might’ve grown a bit out of control but at its core, it is a sirius & harry fic. it’s so incredibly self indulgent. thank you so much, really, for loving it sm.

and yes!!! the prongsfoot implications are strong in this one haha i refuse to believe a universe exists where those two haven’t done….something with each other. and even if they’re not physical, the amount of emotional intimacy they have is reason enough to call it some kind of a relationship lol

once again, i am so so so glad you like it. i absolutely live for comments like yours because it tells me i’m going on the right path 🫡

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The most recent chapter was so fun!!!! Harry (unconsciously) feeling safe enough with Sirius to completely crash after a long tiring day>>> Just the idea of Walburga Black being a beater is hysterical yet strangely fitting in a way... Truly an enigma of a woman. I also need to know if Harry explained to Sirius what a blast-ended skrewt is. I can't imagine Sirius being happy with Hagrids way of teaching (concerning Harry's safety. Otherwise I think he'd love it)

Quick question: why would "the others" not approve of Harry and Sirius going flying in the quidditch room? Just general 'could get injured' or something else? Cause I read it like they were still inside so it's not like they're leaving the house right?

Almost need a little recap on all the times Walburga's portret went off and the others having to deal with her. Can't imagine they'll be pleased whenever Harry and Sirius turn up again.

Those two also really need to figure out how to not spiral at the same time. I think that would be very helpful for them lmao

(I'm also HONOURED my ask send you running to the doc??!!?!! A hot choco scene because of me??!!??!?!)

god ikr?? like with the order, our boy feels like he HAS to be strong and convincing and competent but the minute he’s around sirius, who has the most right to his answers, he’s like soz i’m out. no fear, minimal guilt. i love it. i love them sm.

hahaha maybe we can have a lil snippet in the end notes of the next chapter ab harry explaining hagrid’s lessons to sirius? it is a v amusing mental image i admit.

ahh so i don’t know how to explain it, exactly, but everyone in the order was so WEIRD about grimmauld place? like,,,why are molly and the kids manually cleaning the whole house by hand?? a house that is clearly shown as magically decaying and filled w dangerous items/creatures to boot??? and then theres the sirius aspect of it. even in canon, he was considered reckless and a negative influence, and i can see the order being worried ab harry spending unsupervised time w him. in FoD, they can see how much our boy has changed and are going to possibly be even more wary of him around sirius, esp in places they can’t access. and to some extent, i also don’t think they see harry as like. a person? let alone a child, but just. someone with agency who can do things for the heck of it. i think so many of them fall into the trap of picturing him like a symbol and they hold him to way higher standards. the way they acted around him in third year is the biggest eg of this for me. so yeah, i think that plays in here a bit too

god anon can i just say—i have SO MANY ideas regarding walburga’s portrait bc i honestly really wanna include her on the fic (partly bc we’re gonna have some sirius povs coming up, after harry goes to hogwarts, and i think she’s crucial to his character and partly bc i think she’s a criminally underused plot device) but it fully depends on which characterisation i go with because there’s a few. and it’ll change the trajectory of her presence.

but yeah, that’s still a little bit away haha

and yes!!! i’m seriously not exaggerating; i hadn’t touched FoD in close to a year until that ask and then suddenly it’s like i’m possessed by a manic writer ghost lol so im very very thankful to u haha