Countdown to small gifts 6/7: Remus vs. Sirius

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

Day 6: Remus vs. Sirius

Do you identify with Remus (or some of his personality characteristics) or Sirius (or some of his personality characteristics?--or both or neither? Has that affected how you prefer to read/write/draw/see the pairing? Does it affect you preference for a POV character? Has your identification with one or the other changed over time?

P.S. Sorry this post is so late today, folks!

Comments

[shaggydogstail]

Sirius has always been my favourite character, although I've tended to write more from Remus' POV in the past. I don't have much in common with either of them, but I've been more anxious about writing from Sirius' POV because he's so much cleverer than me. It's easy to show intelligence from a third-party POV because you can just observe them doing some impressive magic or something, it's harder to convey that mental process.

Still, despite not being much like either in canon, I do read a lot of fiction, overuse sarcasm, and might fight you for chocolate, so my fanon Remus game is A+. I even have a tattoo of Canis Major. ;D

[ruinsplume]

You have a tattoo of Canis major? Is that a fandom inspired tat? Can we see a pic???

[shaggydogstail]

I do and it is. It's on my ankle, though, so I keep falling over when I try to take a pic. It's got a watercolour style background so there's a lot of ink and it hurt like a bastard. Still, worth it.