whoops i tripped and fell back into 2003
I've been struck by a fit of...something, and I've spent the past few days re-reading a lot of Remus/Sirius fic.
As I explained to brilligspoons when we went to get breakfast this morning, Remus/Sirius is my Forever OTP. I only have a few of them. The way I used to describe it, in high school, is that it's the ship that, were it a person, I would jump in front of a moving train to protect. I only have a couple--in fact, the only other one I could think of was Charles/Erik, though my brain's been making a good case for John/Rodney.
But Remus/Sirius...that's a forever ship. That's like...my heart, in fictional couple form. When those text posts go around that are like, "The ship you forget about until you read a fic and then all the feelings come back!" I can't reblog them re: Remus/Sirius because my brain will neeeevvvveeerrrr forget those feelings. The three year summer and the deluge of Lie Low at Lupin's fic! The post-OotP Bring Back Black stories and all the angsty "Remus mourns Sirius and no one notices or cares" stories! All of the little bits of subtext from the books that I literally still remember word for word, like, "Lupin, who was staying in the house with Sirius" and the forty-line stare and the hug and Christmas present and all of it. I can't remember how old my brother is, half the time, but I remember all these stupid things about Remus and Sirius XD
(It's also led to memories of HP fandom and the book release parties in particular and going to get OoTP with my then-girlfriend and being shocked that she would dare sleep before she'd read it through and taking phone calls over the next day from quatredeathlady, who'd had to go out for Project Graduation the night before and was reading it with her then-boyfriend, who was a bit behind her. I talked her through Sirius' death in whipsered conversation over the phone, so he wouldn't hear.)
IT'S BEEN A WEIRD COUPLE DAYS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. And I really need to wrench my head back into this stupid fic I'm trying to write if I want it done by Halloween.
As I explained to brilligspoons when we went to get breakfast this morning, Remus/Sirius is my Forever OTP. I only have a few of them. The way I used to describe it, in high school, is that it's the ship that, were it a person, I would jump in front of a moving train to protect. I only have a couple--in fact, the only other one I could think of was Charles/Erik, though my brain's been making a good case for John/Rodney.
But Remus/Sirius...that's a forever ship. That's like...my heart, in fictional couple form. When those text posts go around that are like, "The ship you forget about until you read a fic and then all the feelings come back!" I can't reblog them re: Remus/Sirius because my brain will neeeevvvveeerrrr forget those feelings. The three year summer and the deluge of Lie Low at Lupin's fic! The post-OotP Bring Back Black stories and all the angsty "Remus mourns Sirius and no one notices or cares" stories! All of the little bits of subtext from the books that I literally still remember word for word, like, "Lupin, who was staying in the house with Sirius" and the forty-line stare and the hug and Christmas present and all of it. I can't remember how old my brother is, half the time, but I remember all these stupid things about Remus and Sirius XD
(It's also led to memories of HP fandom and the book release parties in particular and going to get OoTP with my then-girlfriend and being shocked that she would dare sleep before she'd read it through and taking phone calls over the next day from quatredeathlady, who'd had to go out for Project Graduation the night before and was reading it with her then-boyfriend, who was a bit behind her. I talked her through Sirius' death in whipsered conversation over the phone, so he wouldn't hear.)
IT'S BEEN A WEIRD COUPLE DAYS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. And I really need to wrench my head back into this stupid fic I'm trying to write if I want it done by Halloween.