Aughhhh I Accidentally Committed A Crime Against Remus And Forgot To Wish Him A Happy Birthday On The

Just saw a post about something Sirius said once:

“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”

And I think I just understood something, after reading this quote so many times before.

Sirius isn’t just trying to say that not all bad people are Death Eaters. He’s also trying to say that not all Death Eaters are bad people.

I wonder if Harry ever realised this, and thought about Draco.

I wonder if Sirius ever realised the meaning of what he had said to Harry that time. If he spent any sleepless nights afterwards, thinking about his little brother…

I wonder if this is something James told Sirius, when he was still alive. If it’s James that Sirius is quoting.

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i have to believe it was james who said this to sirius first.

Give me Peter who sculpts beautiful sculptures, but destroys them because he thinks he will never be as talented as his friends.

Give me Peter who bakes cakes, cookies, and any sweet treats for Remus (who doesn't eat nearly enough), but never bakes for anyone else because it's 'just a hobby'.

Give me Peter who barely scrapes by in his classes, but tells James and Sirius little fun facts while they're waiting for Remus to get better after full moons.

Give me Peter who (at one point) would get revenge on anyone that insulted of his friends. Someone made fun of Remus' scars? Their partner found out they were cheating the next day. Someone says something about Sirius' family? Ended up in the hospital wing with food poisoning. Someone was racist to James (spanish/Arab James not the whitewashed jkr vers.)? Their entire bloodline finds out their deepest darkest secret.

Give me Peter who makes people feel safe. Give me Peter who loves his friends like they're his family. Give me Peter who was a good kid.

Give me Peter. Stop giving me talentless, no personality, forgotten Peter. He was a person too, one who had talent too. I love Remus, Sirius, and James as much as any other marauders fan. But we can't forget Peter, yall. (This is coming from someone who's literally young Peter irl.)

argue with the wall.

they have this routine where sirius reads aloud from whatever absurdly philosophical book remus is currently into, but he does it in the most dramatic voice possible, like it’s Shakespeare.

remus pretends to be annoyed but also refuses to read the book any other way now.

james "i'm growing on you, aren't i?" potter and lily "yeah, like a fungus" evans

The voices are telling me to write a Zombie Apocolypse Marauders AU, but ive literally never written fanfic before soooooo.....

"Why didn't they just communicate?? They're so stupid!" Have you considered that communicating with someone you love and value and don't want to hurt is scary and that vulnerability takes practice and that perfect characters with perfect words make the most boring stories of all

sirius black who drives with one hand on the steering wheel, who helps peter tie his tie, who draws on his arms in class, who always hands in his essays last minute, yet perfectly written and always well over the requested length, who wears huge boots and jeans too large for him and a leather jacket one size too big, who loves the beach and the sea, who pierced his nose in his dorm’s bathroom with a sewing needle, who only listens to james, whose favourite weather is the cold winter because the wind sends shivers through his bones, making him feel something, who leans put the window when he smokes in their dorm because james always complains the smoke, who does crosswords in pen and ink because he knows he’s not wrong, who hurts the people he hates and longs for the people he loves, who is reckless and determined and intelligent and arrogant, who’s loyal as a dog and whose words are as sharp as knives.

Zorro - art by Mike Mayhew (2008)

no matter what happened today, you:

are loved

deserve to eat

are needed & valued

should take care of yourself

have a future

will be okay