Countdown to small gifts 3/7: Head canon

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Day 3: Head canon

What are your favorite bits of head canon related to Remus and Sirius? Tell us in the comments below!

Comments

[jepierre]

It isn't so much a headcanon but how I view them when I write.

Echoing what others are saying about introvert Sirius, I love that. I always imagine them being exactly who the other person needed at that point. During their school years, Sirius brought Remus out of his shell, turning him into the more-confident (but not cocky) sarcastic boy that I love. When Sirius was broken after prison, Remus was the calming voice, the person who settled him above anyone else. While he never forgets the invisible scars, Remus tries to heal them just as Sirius did for Remus at school.

Sirius always knew he was gay, and the posters of women were out of fear his mother would find out but also riling her up. Whereas Remus was conflicted, not knowing that he could like both boys and girls, because all he had been told is how dangerous being a werewolf is.

Sirius is fluent in french, but despises it where as Remus adores it. Remus self-teaches himself latin, but after fifth year and finding that both chocolate and Sirius are a huge distraction, doesn't continue with it.

Remus is a heavy sleeper who needs a lot of sleep, Sirius is a night owl who runs off very little sleep.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Aahhh!Remus self-teaching for fun is just so charming somehow.Of course as a teen he got distracted! I also am liking this opposites theory of them, that was always there but the introvert thing I haven't thought of before. It's so much more complicated than the usual picture we see.
Like even after years, I don't know if I'd consider myself an intro or extrovert!

[jepierre]

I love the idea that he self-teaches himself things. I also have this headcanon that he teaches himself lots of self-help medical things and while making potions upsets his senses, the charms and Muggle methods he has perfected incase he’s ever alone and injured — just because Remus strikes me as someone who thinks of the worst possible situation.

[sostrata.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree about gay Sirius. I don't see the posters as proof that Sirius likes girls. I have posters of puppies and Italian scenery on my wall, and I don't want to shag them! My own head canon about the posters is that Remus gave them to him as a joke.

[mindabbles]

My favorite here is how they are the perfect counterpoint to each other. There are so many little hints of this in the books and it’s a lot of fun to explore in fic. I also see Sirius as always knowing he was gay, while Remus only knows he needs Sirius and little else matters. :)