Countdown to Small Gifts 6/6: Happily ever after

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Hi, folks! If you're just joining us, we're on DAY SIX of six days of discussion before Small Gifts begins posting. Start off by introducing yourself (and meeting fellow participants and watchers) over here!

Today's question: if you could give Remus and Sirius a happily every after, where and when would it be? At what age? In what circumstances? I know our art and fic address this question all the time--in fact, many in our exchange will do so!--but chime in with your thoughts today, right now. Are there parts of their story that are essential to them and their dynamic--parts you'd need to keep despite the tragedy? How would you go about making them happy?

Comments

[sostrata.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh! This is what I'm all about!

I agree with ruinsplume. With apologies to my sweetie James, I keep everything up to the beginning of Book 1. After that, playtime! Harry features in all my ideas, since I think that Harry is as important to Sirius' happiness as Remus. I have a number of scenarios that take place in various time periods- right after the Potters died, after Book 4, after Book 6 (a Bring Back Black, obviously), and at the end of Book 5. These rely on Voldemort getting offed in some way or other. And these guys can do some good offing! I am convinced that JKR killed off Sirius because she knew that, with him around, Voldemort would have been defeated sooner. It totally would have happened. I don't require them to defeat Voldemort, though- in at least one scenario, I had it that Voldemort really did died at the Potters' house. I don't really mind about Sirius being proved innocent or not; I think it would sort itself out as long as Voldemort was gone (without pesky plot things to contend with). And with that out of the way, we have our happily ever after!

[mindabbles.livejournal.com]

See, so many ways to make them happy! Good thing we are all here to do it. I really like some of your ideas there.

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

D'you know, I'd love to see a Voldemort-defeated scenario that *still* brings the wizarding world to the brink of war and/or collapse during Harry's Hogwarts's years. Does it really matter that Voldemort is the antagonist and the force behind the political stability of these years? Hmmm...

I see so many fics brewing in this comment! M.