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

[mindabbles]

Here are a few of mine.
1. Sirius has known he was gay since he was very young. It increased his feelings of separation from his family, which were already strong enough. James figured it out pretty early on in their friendship, and Sirius never fully admitted to James how much James’ lack of reaction meant to him. Remus on the other hand, did have a reaction.
2. Remus had other relationships when Sirius was in Azkaban. Some were short and one was longer. He never let himself fall in love again. (This can be fixed by an AU where Sirius never goes to Azkaban).
3. When Remus first saw Harry on the train, he was at a complete loss for words and he thought his heart would break. Soon, looking out for and teaching James and Lily’s son became the easiest and most natural thing in the world.
4. Sirius befriended Lily before James’ charms became apparent to her. Once he got to know her, Sirius knew she and James would end up together.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Ack!The 3rd one!I really like thinking of how Remus might have felt proud and happy every time Harry excelled at something but kinda sad that he had to hold back on showing his happiness as someone close to him.

And I can see the 2nd one happening too, so much.

[mindabbles]

Yes! I think Remus is someone who doesn’t allow himself to dwell too much on regret. And I think that being with Harry and seeing James and Lily in him, while also getting to know him as himself, must have made that stoicism difficult to maintain sometimes.

[shaggydogstail]

#4 is my favourite. Sirius and Lily's friendship never got much page space but they were clearly very close - he was the only person in the whole world she trusted with her child! That's massive! I'll never understand why it's so underrated in fic. (Mind you, I have a whole heap of issues with how Lily is treated in MWPP fic, but that's a whole other story...)

[luminousgloom]

Yes! Same here, completely agree with Shaggy's entire comment.

[mindabbles]

:) I love Lily and Sirius friendship fic and art. I can totally see them being foils for each other.

[mindabbles]

Yes!! Lily is clearly awesome and I love when fics give her the space and credit she is due. If the fact that she trusted Sirius with her child wasn’t enough, there’s that letter. I so loved the letter for the window it gave us into their relationship. That misogyny discussed in another thread is really apparent in many MWPP fics — it often feels like people see her as getting in the way of their boys.