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Prompt 16 - Assassin AU
@wolfstarmicrofic April 16, word count 508
Sirius was one of the best. He never missed. He’d been trained by the elite and taken out some of the worst people in the country. McNair, Mulciber, Pettigrew, Avery. The list went on and on. He couldn’t even remember how many there were.
His latest assignment was for some bookish man by the name of Lupin. He read the file sent to him with all the vital information he would need. It didn’t say why he needed to be taken out, but the files never did. If his boss deemed them a threat, it was his job as an assassin to deal with them.
He sat waiting in the empty flat that overlooked the park Lupin frequented daily at 15:40 every day.
He kept his eyes trained on the main entrance. Then, at precisely 15:40, a tall, sandy-haired man walked through his eye-line. He couldn’t see a face, though. He needed a positive I.D.
He followed the man to the duck pond. It didn’t help that half of him was obscured by hedges. The man turned his head. It was definitely Lupin. His finger inched towards the trigger. He was a hairs-breadth away from setting the trigger off when Lupin bent down. Sirius paused his shot, waiting for him to rise again.
Lupin straightened he’d turned away from Sirius’s direction, but that didn’t matter. Sirius lined up the shot again and prepared to shoot. When Lupin spun around in a circle, his nose pressed to the nose of the little boy in his arms. They giggled and laughed together as they spun around.
Sirius immediately aborted the mission. He refused to shoot someone holding a child.
He pulled his phone out and dialled the only number on it.
“You didn’t tell me he had a child!” He growled into the phone. “It does matter. I won’t kill someone holding a child.” He listened to his boss berating him for not doing his job. “What’s he even done? He doesn’t look dangerous.” He listened again. “No, I really think it is my business when there’s a child involved.” He waited. “What information?… And why does that require me to eliminate him?… That’s ridiculous. Why don’t you protect him?… It’s a human life, Albus, and he’s done nothing wrong!… No, I refuse to do it on those grounds… Then I’ll protect him… Then I resign… Either I protect him on your orders or consider me your enemy… Good, I’m glad you’ve seen sense… Yes, I’ll make contact in the morning… I’ll need further information on him and who else knows he had information… Good, thank you, Albus.” He hung up and began packing his equipment away.
It was going to be interesting. He’d never protected anyone before, nor did he know much about kids, but he was about to learn.
He left the flat without a trace, as though he’d never been there. He took a leisurely stroll through the park and watched the luckiest man alive push the little black-haired, green-eyed boy on the swings.
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I saw this post and agreed. 🩵
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Dance AU
Tendu right. One, two, three, four
Tendu left. Five, six, seven, eight.
Plie and up, releve and down.
Again.
The teacher wove in and out of the identically dressed boys, lined up at the barre. She stopped to fix Remus’s turnout as usual. Sirius couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Some people hadn’t learned technique when they were three and four years old, barely able to reach the barre like him. His mother wouldn’t have stood for anything else.
She nodded approvingly at Sirius as he went through the combination on the other side.
Later, they were rehearsing for their showcase. He and Remus has a pas de deux together in the middle. He couldn’t help but stare at Remus’s long lines and sharp pointed foot. What Remus lacke din technique, he made up in grace on the floor. Even Sirius could see that. Clearly Remus loved ballet and had worked hard to get where he was.
He’d heard his cousins whisper derisively about “scholarship students” and turning up their noses at anyone not from their insular circle. But Remus was a breath of fresh air. He didn’t care about any of that. He just wanted to dance.
And dance he did. Sirius tried not to be too distracted watching Remus as he danced his own part. Remus brought out the playfulness in his dancing that he’d thought he’d lost as a little kid. With Remus as his dance partner, he could rediscover the whimsy he was afraid he’d lost.
When they were done, they bowed to each other and ran off, making room for the next pair.
“Nice job,” Sirius said, bumping Remus’s fist.
“I didn’t land that double pirouette like I wanted,” Remus said.
“Just say ‘thank you,’” Sirius said.
Remus’s face softened and he looked away shyly. “Thank you.”
Word Count: 302
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Father and son.
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Five more minutes, please. 🐾✨🌕
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Last Line Tag
Thank you, @danceswithdarkspawn for the tag.
I'm working on the last chapter of Both Alike in Dignity, which is hopefully coming soon. Clearly I can't follow directions, but the last line needs a little bit of context.
On their way back to the chorus room, he spotted Coach Hooch, waiting outside the auditorium.
“Hi Coach,” James said. “You’re here for the play?”
“I wanted to see what you’ve been up to,” Coach said, grinning at him.
“I - really? Thanks,” James said, his cheek reddening.
“We need you back, though…playoffs are coming up,” she said pointedly.
“I wouldn’t miss it,” James said, heading backstage. “Enjoy the show.
No pressure tags for @theresthesnitch, @acanadianmuggle, @udaberriwrites, @mikaharuka
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Saying it out loud
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husbands 🌙⭐️
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somewhere in the south downs there's an old lesbian couple learning what it's like to hold each other for the first time (and learning that the wait was worth it)
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So you know if we had an IRL sleepover, we'd be hanging out in our PJs, drinking coffee (or wine, depending whether it was morning or night) and singing badly to You Give Love A Bad Name, right?
But anyway... My sleepover question is...
What are your top 3 canon HP scenes?
Yes, we absolutely would!
Hmm, ok this was difficult, but:
The scene in the Shrieking Shack in POA (book, NOT movie).
Fred and George's escape from Hogwarts (OOTP)
When Harry first sees Hogwarts (PS)
Honorable mentions to:
Gryffindor winning the Quidditch Cup
The Christmas scene in PS, when Harry enjoys Christmas for the first time
Visiting Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in HBP
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Sirius Black was the best adult in Harry's life and I'm forever salty that we didn't get to see more of him
So, I love Sirius Black. He's a complex and interesting character that I love dearly. He's handsome, smart, brave, not as reckless as some fanon make him out to be, and above all else, he tried his best to be a good godfather to Harry.
I truly believe Sirius could've been an amazing father figure (more than he already was) to Harry if given the proper chance. And he's a much better parent to Harry than Arthur and Molly Weasley.
Here are some quotes along with my ramblings to prove it.
So, what I'm going to cover here are some quotes from Sirius and Harry that show their dynamic and how much Sirius cared and tried to be there for Harry. Also, I think Molyl and Hermione are wrong about Sirius seeing Harry as a James replacement.
“He came back to the country just because my scar twinged. He’ll probably come bursting right into the castle if I tell him someone’s entered me in the Triwizard Tournament —”
(GoF, page 290)
Harry wrote to Sirius at the beginning of GoF about his dream with Voldemort and his scar's reaction to it. Sirius left everything immediately to return to Britain — a place where he is hunted down and is a wanted man. All because he wants to be close to Harry, so he can spring up to protect him if the need arises.
Harry is correct in his assessment here.
“Poor old Snuffles,” said Ron, breathing deeply. “He must really like you, Harry. . . . Imagine having to live off rats.”
(GoF, page 534)
Ron is absolutely right. Sirius loves Harry more than pretty much anything. He would and does go incredibly far for Harry. I don't think Molly and Hermione are right about how Sirius sees Harry as James. He just doesn't.
He doesn't treat Harry as an equal to him, but as someone he needs to protect. Someone he is responsible to protect.
He stays around Hogwarts, eating rats in GoF so he can better protect Harry. He wouldn't have done the same with James because he treated James as an equal, not as someone he needed to protect.
“It’s not my fault you haven’t been told what the Order’s doing,” said Sirius calmly. “That’s your parents’ decision. Harry, on the other hand —”
“It’s not down to you to decide what’s good for Harry!” said Mrs. Weasley sharply. Her normally kindly face looked dangerous. “You haven’t forgotten what Dumbledore said, I suppose?”
“Which bit?” Sirius asked politely, but with an air as though readying himself for a fight.
“The bit about not telling Harry more than he needs to know,” said Mrs. Weasley, placing a heavy emphasis on the last three words. Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George’s heads turned from Sirius to Mrs. Weasley as though following a tennis rally. Ginny was kneeling amid a pile of abandoned butterbeer corks, watching the conversation with her mouth slightly open. Lupin’s eyes were fixed on Sirius.
“I don’t intend to tell him more than he needs to know, Molly,” said Sirius. “But as he was the one who saw Voldemort come back” (again, there was a collective shudder around the table at the name), “he has more right than most to —”
“He’s not a member of the Order of the Phoenix!” said Mrs. Weasley. “He’s only fifteen and —”
“— and he’s dealt with as much as most in the Order,” said Sirius, “and more than some —”
“No one’s denying what he’s done!” said Mrs. Weasley, her voice rising, her fists trembling on the arms of her chair. “But he’s still —”
“He’s not a child!” said Sirius impatiently.
“He’s not an adult either!” said Mrs. Weasley, the color rising in her cheeks. “He’s not James, Sirius!”
“I’m perfectly clear who he is, thanks, Molly,” said Sirius coldly.
“I’m not sure you are!” said Mrs. Weasley. “Sometimes, the way you talk about him, it’s as though you think you’ve got your best friend back!”
“What’s wrong with that?” said Harry.
“What’s wrong, Harry, is that you are not your father, however much you might look like him!” said Mrs. Weasley, her eyes still boring into Sirius. “You are still at school and adults responsible for you should not forget it!”
“Meaning I’m an irresponsible godfather?” demanded Sirius, his voice rising.
“Meaning you’ve been known to act rashly, Sirius, which is why Dumbledore keeps reminding you to stay at home and —”
“We’ll leave my instructions from Dumbledore out of this, if you please!” said Sirius loudly.
(OotP, page 88-89)
This above quote is a long one, but I love it. I mean, this shows a big contrast between Sirius' approach to parenting and Molly's. Sirius, while not seeing Harry as his equal, does see Harry as a capable wizard who deserves to know the full picture. Sirius knows Harry would be in more danger when ignorant and wants him as safe as possible. He thinks Harry deserves to know things that pertain to him, and I have to agree with him here. Keeping Harry in the dark is what eventually cost Sirius his life.
Molly, on the other hand, is intent on keeping Harry, Hermione, and her kids ignorant. She has the same intention as Sirius: to keep them safe. But she tries to keep them safe emotionally, even when this ignorance can and does place them in physical harm's way.
And Sirius is right. Harry is capable. And a 15-year-old shouldn't be treated the same as an 11-year-old child. And let's be real, Harry was never a regular child with how he grew up, and I think Sirius sees his maturity and treats him accordingly. Sirius actually gave Harry advice to not approach danger in GOF and Harry listened to him because Sirius treated him with respect, which works best with Harry who never really had parental figures.
“I don’t know,” said Sirius slowly, “I just don’t know . . . Karkaroff doesn’t strike me as the type who’d go back to Voldemort unless he knew Voldemort was powerful enough to protect him. But whoever put your name in that goblet did it for a reason, and I can’t help thinking the tournament would be a very good way to attack you and make it look like an accident.”
(GoF, page 334)
This is an expert from the Fireplace conversation Haryr had with Sirius before the first task. Sirius shares his theories with Harry because he needs him to know who to watch out for. Because everything he does is to keep Harry safe. And this is the same approach Sirius wishes he could take with Harry in OOTP. Because he knows it works. Keeping Harry informed means that if he does put himself in danger, at least he would inform Sirius about it; Which would allow Sirius to protect him.
I'm not copying all of them, but Sirius' letters to Harry throughout GOF are so caring and sweet. Harry deserved to have more of his godfather in his life:
Nice try, Harry.
I'm back in the country and well hidden. I want you to keep me posted on everything that's going on at Hogwarts. Don't use Hedwig, keep changing owls, and don't worry about me, just watch out for yourself. Don't forget what I said about your scar.
Sirius
(Gof, page 240)
This treatment encourages Harry to actually share everything with him and ask him for advice. Something he doesn't do with Dumbledore ever. (Harry actually doesn't like or trust Dumbledore all that much until book 6, it's usually Hermione who trusts Dumbledore fully)
“Sirius — how’re you doing?”
...
“Never mind me, how are you?” said Sirius seriously.
(GoF, page 331)
Sirius again, shows his responsibility towards Harry's well-being over his own (both here and in the above letter).
Sirius is the only adult who actually talks to Harry about the Dursleys with sympathy:
“But if they do expel me,” said Harry, quietly, “can I come back here and live with you?” Sirius smiled sadly.
“We’ll see.”
“I’d feel a lot better about the hearing if I knew I didn’t have to go back to the Dursleys,” Harry pressed him.
“They must be bad if you prefer this place,” said Sirius gloomily.
(OotP, page 116)
We know Sirius would love nothing more than for Harry to stay with him. He's lonely and bored at Grimmauld and would love to have Harry there. But at the same time, he doesn't want Harry expelled from Hogwarts and is trying not to be hopeful for it.
Sirius understands the Dursleys are awful, he just know the full scope, but it's more of a reaction than we get from most adults in this series. To me, it looks like Sirius is annoyed by how limited he is in helping Harry. He can't really do much about the Dursleys or their status as Harry's guardians.
“So you want me to say I’m not going to take part in the defense group?” he muttered finally.
“Me? Certainly not!” said Sirius, looking surprised. “I think it’s an excellent idea!”
“You do?” said Harry, his heart lifting.
“Of course I do!” said Sirius. “D’you think your father and I would’ve lain down and taken orders from an old hag like Umbridge?”
“But — last term all you did was tell me to be careful and not take risks —”
“Last year all the evidence was that someone inside Hogwarts was trying to kill you, Harry!” said Sirius impatiently. “This year we know that there’s someone outside Hogwarts who’d like to kill us all, so I think learning to defend yourselves properly is a very good idea!”
“And if we do get expelled?” Hermione asked, a quizzical look on her face.
“Hermione, this whole thing was your idea!” said Harry, staring at her.
“I know it was. . . . I just wondered what Sirius thought,” she said, shrugging.
“Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue,” said Sirius.
(OotP, page 371)
I love this scene as well. Sirius cares for Harry's safety first and foremost. Harry being safe is his top priority at every given point. And he's reasonable and logical and treats Harry like someone to protect, not like a friend.
Like, Harry when he has a problem and needs advice throughout books 4 and 5, he calls Sirius. He's Harry's go-to parental figure for advice, and Sirius takes his rule seriously. He gives the advice he honestly thinks is best and ensures Harry's safety and continued survival to the best of his ability.
“It matters because we don’t want to draw attention to the fact that Harry is having visions of things that are happening hundreds of miles away!” said Sirius angrily. “Have you any idea what the Ministry would make of that information?”
Fred and George looked as though they could not care less what the Ministry made of anything. Ron was still white-faced and silent. Ginny said, “Somebody else could have told us. . . . We could have heard it somewhere other than Harry. . . .”
(OotP, pages 476-477)
Again, Harry's safety is Sirius' first priority above everyone else. Harry's happiness and privacy also take precedence over most other things. He doesn't want Harry under even more scrutiny from the ministry and the Wizarding World and protecting him from that is just as important to him.
To me, it feels like people who say he treats Harry like a James replacement didn't read the books....
“It must have been the aftermath of the vision, that’s all,” said Sirius. “You were still thinking of the dream or whatever it was and —”
“It wasn’t that,” said Harry, shaking his head. “It was like something rose up inside me, like there’s a snake inside me —”
“You need to sleep,” said Sirius firmly. “You’re going to have breakfast and then go upstairs to bed, and then you can go and see Arthur after lunch with the others. You’re in shock, Harry; you’re blaming yourself for something you only witnessed, and it’s lucky you did witness it or Arthur might have died. Just stop worrying. . . .”
He clapped Harry on the shoulder and left the pantry, leaving Harry standing alone in the dark.
(OotP, pages 480-481)
And I love this too. How he tries to comfort Harry and make everything easier for him. When the rest of the Order were gossiping about how dangerous his connection to Voldemort is, Sirius is honestly trying to get Harry to worry about it less.
He might be lying here, but he is right about sending Harry to sleep after a sleepless night like they had. And he is right about Harry being in shock and needing the rest. I just, really like how much Sirius cares. Harry just doesn't have other adults in his life who care for him like Sirius does.
But some part of him realized, even as he fought to break free from Lupin, that Sirius had never kept him waiting before. . . . Sirius had risked everything, always, to see Harry, to help him. . . . If Sirius was not reappearing out of that archway when Harry was yelling for him as though his life depended on it, the only possible explanation was that he could not come back. . . . That he really was . . .
(OotP, page 808)
This. Scene. Just kills me.
Like, Harry understands how much Sirius cares about him, and how Sirius always puts him first. He knows the only way Sirius won't drop everything to come and when Harry calls for him is if he can't.
Because Sirius escaped Azkaban when he realized Harry might be in danger from Peter, not for his own safety, but for Harry’s. Sirius dropped everything and moved to live in a cave and eat rats when Harry's scar hurt. He stuck around Hogwarts and Hogsmead during the Triwizard Tournament, when it was crawling with ministry officials because Harry might need him. He was willing to do so much for Harry. And Harry knew this.
I think, given time, they could've had an amazing dynamic, and I wish we had more of Sirius and his care for Harry. That we saw more of his approach to parenting Harry.
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friendly reminder that sirius chased his own tail and jumped at pigeons as padfoot because it made harry laugh
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Yesss, all of this! Someone has the nerve to ask me "Why do you like Ron?" Excuse me. Why wouldn't you like Ron??
I always hear 'Ron wasn't intelligent enough for hermione' this post is not about the couple's compatibility. This post is about Ron's intelligence. So bear with me.
Ron defeated Mcgonagall at chess when he was 12.
He casted a nonverbal spell *almost* successfully at the age of 12 when malfoy called Hermione a mudblood. That too with a broken second hand wand. Yes. 'Eat slugs' was a nonverbal spell in the books.
He got more O.W.Ls than Fred George combined without studying properly.
He got 7 O.w.Ls. and 6 exceed expectations in top 6 subjects and he didn't study like Hermione.
He could produce a corporeal patronus at the age of 15 when many grown up wizards and witches struggled with it. Even Hermione the brightest witch of her age struggled with this charm.
He fought the deatheaters in the 5th year and 6th year.
He saved Tonks' life during the 7 potters scene. Even Tonks, a qualified auror was impressed with his skills.
He deceived the snatchers in the DH and survived WITHOUT HERMIONE for many weeks
He disarmed bellatrix at malfoy manor. He took down greyback with the help of Neville. He fought in the battle of hogwarts.
He became a successful auror after the war.
Also he came up with the idea that tom riddle killed moaning myrtle, he told Harry to use Felix felicis, he discovered how to get back to Harry Hermione even though they had strong protection spells around their tent, He mimicked harry's parsletongue successfully, he came up with the idea(in the DH) that the basilisk's fangs could destroy horcruxes, He told Hermione to use her wand when she was panicking under pressure, he was the best liar among them. He easily fooled lucius and other deatheaters at the manor by mimicking Peter.
Not to mention his wit!! His one liners were unmatchable. Many times he was even funnier/wittier than Fred George.
Dear Hp fandom, academic intelligence is not the only form of intelligence. Try to understand it. Don't dismiss someone's intelligence just because he is not studious.
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would you ship:
bellatrix + hermione
bellatrix + lily
bill + tonks
fleur + ginny
oliver + cedric
bellatrix + hermione - Umm, no, I don't think so. It might depend on the AU, but Bellatrix torturing Hermione puts me off that ship.
bellatrix + lily - Now that could be interesting...Lily might be drawn to Bellatrix's chaotic energy and it would definitely piss off Bellatrix's parents.
bill + tonks - I often ship Tonks and Fleur, so why not Tonks and Bill? I think they could bond over being some of the younger members of the Order and such (and Fleur could join them too XD)
fleur + ginny - That could work...maybe Ginny didn't like her in HBP because she was covering up her crush.
oliver + cedric - two pretty Quidditch players? I think this is the one of this list I'd have the easiest time seeing.
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Hot or not?
Hugh Jackman
Christian Bale
Helena Bonham Carter
Judy Dench
Hugh Jackman - yes, definitely hot.
Christian Bale - see, how did you kow he was one of my favs? I've loved him since Newsies back in the 90's. SO yes, hot.
Helena Bonham Carter - she's so expressive and watching her is such a treat, so I'd say yes, hot.
Judy Dench - I was going to say no, but my main image of her is as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, and that isn't exactly a hot role. So I Googled images of her and she is very beautiful. So yes, hot.
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Sleepover Sunday time!
Send me celebrities for hot or not: My go-to celeb....Tom Holland.
Tell me stories about you or your day, please!
Ask me for advice: Advice on how to write Wolfstar and the Weasely twins?
Tom Holland...kinda neutral. Doesn't totally do it for me, but not ooposed.
A story about my day...well. I took my daughters for pizza after ballet and we saw the bus at a stop light. We managed to dodge a bunch of people run for it. We made it literally in the nick of time. The bus driver was like "Oh you guys made it!" Lol. Sorry if that's a boring story.
Cracks knuckles.
So Wolfstar and the Weasley twins. I think it depends on a few things.
How close to canon do you want to stick?
Is time travel involved or are you going to play with their ages at all, assuming they're all in the same story.
It's easy to get into long banter with both pairs, and even all four of them.
I'd say Remus' sense of humor is dryer than the others.
In some ways Fred and George look up to Sirius and Remus, because the they made the Marauder's Map, but in some ways they want to outdo them (if Fred and George are written as teens when Wolfstar are adults)
I hope this is helpful - I'm trying to keep it general and not too prescriptive. I'm here if you have ore questions <3
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fuck, marry, kill
Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa
(Okay, that's too obvious, so another round)
Sirius, Remus, James
Eh, obvious is fine lol:
Fuck: Narcissa
Marry: Andromeda
Kill: Bellatrix (as long as she doesn't kill me first)
You're going to make me choose between my boys?? I think probably change so don't hold me to it..
Fuck: Sirius
Marry: James
Kill: (my whole thing is that I didn't want them to die) I guess for this round Remus? But I'm really not solid on that. It could work in any configuration.
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