For the royal_almost prompt sherbet lemons. Some gifts are not welcome in the Black House. Complete with an attempt to write in the style of the young Sirius Black who has some issues with spelling and sentence-structure.
P.S. Sorry. Things are different here. You’ll see next year.
I love how Sirius is trying to comfort his brother. His knowledge of the vomit-inducing spells his mother would use chilled me.
How strange, he thinks, that redemption should taste of lemons.
I love how that sentence is layered with meaning; the sourness-- the bitterness-- Regulus feels at having lost his brother, and now that he's trying to stop Voldemort he can't do anything to reconcile with Sirius. This is so painful. Never before have I come across a more compelling portrayal of Regulus and Sirius's relationship.
and Andromeda lost twenty points for Slytherin
Just to nitpick-- I believe Andromeda was in Ravenclaw, not Slytherin. :)
Sirius does understand, in his own way, but he's too young to have the right words to express it. I feel so sorry for them - I can't believe they weren't close as children and Sirius' sorting must have ripped the whole family apart.
I believe Andromeda was in Ravenclaw, not Slytherin. :)
I'm pretty certain that's fanon, not canon :) I don't have the books with me here but I've just double-checked against the lexicon and there's no mention of her house there.
Ah - just found a copy of OotP - Sirius doesn't mention her house in the tapestry chapter, just that she married a muggleborn and was his favourite cousin. I like redeeming Slytherins and what hints we've had about her make her sound quite cunning so I sort her into Slytherin.
If you could track it down I'd be interested. I couldn't find anything definite in the books but enough people use it that I'm worried I've missed something.
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P.S. Sorry. Things are different here. You’ll see next year.
I love how Sirius is trying to comfort his brother. His knowledge of the vomit-inducing spells his mother would use chilled me.
How strange, he thinks, that redemption should taste of lemons.
I love how that sentence is layered with meaning; the sourness-- the bitterness-- Regulus feels at having lost his brother, and now that he's trying to stop Voldemort he can't do anything to reconcile with Sirius. This is so painful. Never before have I come across a more compelling portrayal of Regulus and Sirius's relationship.
and Andromeda lost twenty points for Slytherin
Just to nitpick-- I believe Andromeda was in Ravenclaw, not Slytherin. :)
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I believe Andromeda was in Ravenclaw, not Slytherin. :)
I'm pretty certain that's fanon, not canon :) I don't have the books with me here but I've just double-checked against the lexicon and there's no mention of her house there.
Ah - just found a copy of OotP - Sirius doesn't mention her house in the tapestry chapter, just that she married a muggleborn and was his favourite cousin. I like redeeming Slytherins and what hints we've had about her make her sound quite cunning so I sort her into Slytherin.
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That was a funny image.
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