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#im convinced remus was everyone's gay awakening
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James: The stars are beautiful tonight, isn't it?
Regulus: Yeah... You know what else is beautiful?
Sirius: *pops out of nowhere*
James, Regulus and Sirius simultaneously : Remus Lupin.
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esorxy · 24 days
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Reading ATYD Sirius POV after i saw this tiktok which was said "remus is barbie and sirius is ken" with the audio like "barbie has a good day everyday, but ken only has a good day if barbie looks at him" - and ive only read 20% so far but they could not be more correct!! Sirius is down so bad from the very beginning without even realising it
its actually quite good that i finished atyd months ago and can't really remember it because this is like rereading an old fanfiction without the bore of re-reading the same paragraphs.
and i can't really list out the highlights like i do with other fanfics (mostly jegulus) but it's just enjoyably well written with thorough developments for Sirius' characterisation and coming of age experience.
i was like 50k words in when i realised that atyd entails astronomical amounts of miscommunication which i hated the first time around. its too painfully canon... i missed when jegulus would solve everything. watching sirius and regulus' relationship fall apart so far was devastating, and i know sirius is the protagonist but like really, he totally could have still had his brother somewhat on his side. and i love regulus so that makes me sad and want to read jegulus fanfiction.
tldr; pros: so well written and developed, nostalgic; cons: miscommunication as a theme, canon = PAIN & SAD
generalised highlights
- Sirius being so annoyed at peter everyday lmfao
- the way he tried so hard to get through to remus
- i mentioned this last time that Sirius was such a sweet boyfriend to remus once they started dating, but from the very start, he was always considerate and protective of his more so than towards his other friends
- i love this author and i think it must have been fun writing this because the plot is set, and all the dialogue and chapters are set, but they still manage to come up with a full story and somewhat separate plots. I think this is an excellent example of "everyone is the main character of their own life." but secondly, they knew very well what they were doing. sirius was subconsciously head over heels for remus, and the omniscient reader (me) enjoys every second of it.
- sirius' thoughts towards mary so far are so funny i cant. hes like 'i should be feeling something but its just not happening'. boy is so confused. all her flirting and hes just *panics*. meanwhile remus puts a hand on his shoulder and hes like "ive never experienced something so good ever". oblivious gay awakening
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i FORGOT this was the fic where sirius hit regulus with a bludger and gave him head trauma, and then sped all the way down to the ground to him. and IM DISTRAUGHT theres no comfort for regulus in canon. im going to have to read CR or OTB again after this...
the toast bit <3333 actually so adorable.
sirius' life is just confusion, anger, confusion again, denial, convince me otherwise
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- "actually, im always sirius" 🙄🙄🙄
- jily indifference club
- lowkey bored of wolfstar, sue me
- need to read MC regulus fics rn tbh
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IM done!!!
final thoughts
- why was that so fucking sad
- Every fanfic author has a soft spot for regulus you can't convince me otherwise
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