You know you enjoy them. What are your favorite R/S tropes and cliches? Chocolate-loving Remus? Bad-boy leather jacket Sirius? Getting together while Lying Low at Lupin's? Drop by and tell us!

What are some classic R/S fics or classic R/S art for you? Fanworks that influenced you when you first discovered the pairing? Fanworks that helped form your image of the characters? Or fanworks that you return to frequently?

So much fun reading about everyone's fannish journeys yesterday! We're going to keep all discussion questions open, but you should visit this one especially if you're just joining us: Countdown to small gifts 1/7: Introductions. Tell us how you became an R/S fan!

Today: tell us about your head canon for Remus and Sirius. What's one thing (or more ( Read more... )

Welcome to Small Gifts! Every year as we count down to December 1, we post some discussion questions so that you can get to know your fellow participants and watchers--and talk about R/S, of course! We'll have one question a day through next Monday, and the festivities begin on Tuesday, December 1!

Today: introductions. Tell us how you became an R ( Read more... )

What aspects of Sirius' or Remus' characters do you yourself identify with? Are you attracted to the characters or the pairing because you see something in their lives or their relationship that reminds you of your own?

Anyone up for an end-of-the-week challenge? Can you tell a Remus/Sirius story in only three sentences?

Prompts: secret smile; siblings; Lily Evans; splinched; homesick; second kiss; cauldrons explode (unprompted three-sentence stories welcome as well)

What are some classic R/S fics or classic R/S art for you? Fanworks that influenced you when you first discovered the pairing? Fanworks that helped form your image of the characters? Or fanworks that you return to frequently?

First off, before you do anything else, head on over to yesterday's discussion post to introduce yourself! We've got both newcomers and long-time readers and participants this year, and we'd like to catch up and get to know you all.

Today: Tell us something about the version of Remus and Sirius that you enjoy reading, writing, or drawing. What's ( Read more... )

Welcome to Small Gifts! Every year as we count down to December 1, we post some discussion questions so that you can get to know your fellow participants and watchers (and talk about R/S, of course!). We'll have one question a day through Sunday, and the festivities begin on Monday ( Read more... )

There's a reason cliches stick around, right? Sometimes, done right, cliches work, and familiar tropes help us get at something important about these characters.

1) Tell us which cliches and tropes work for you! Start with the poll below, finish in comments.

2) And an added challenge for those of us feeling creative today: tell us a three- ( Read more... )