Artist Sirius Means The World To Me.

artist sirius means the world to me.

i think a lot about wizard portraits and how these pieces of art are given life, human characteristics, they talk and they move - and it does nothing but cause harm. memories, that's what they are. not a whole person, just the memories of whoever paints them and the vision they had of them.

and i think of sirius who grew up hearing stories of those in the frames, not because his mother believed in telling kids stories, no. he simply needed to know what there is to live up, what legacies he has to fill.

sirius who comes to hogwarts and gets a completely different perspective on portraits. who talks them into pranks, who asks them about their day, who befriends the Fat Lady and checks in on her everyday, who goes and sits with them after The Prank and listens to their advice.

and then i think of post-azkaban sirius with his mother's portrait. how he doesn't have memories of the hogwarts ones anymore and this? this screaming and yelling portrait? this is art? fuck that. fuck that.

sirius who starts art with a jagged claw (worn down from years of scrapping at azkaban's floors as if it would save him) in the garden, tracing lines in mud - maybe he's trying to map out memories. maybe he's trying to make them real again. sirius who then starts getting the bravery to spend time as a human again and finds his fingers tracing on the table the same way. who starts drawing little doodles at the bottom of letters to harry to try and cheer him up throughout the tournament. sirius who eventually graduates to ink and parchment, to canvas and paint and he creates art that tells stories without the movement. it's not needed, stories should be what we make them and if life has taught him anything, it's that it changes too much to imprint a small part of it into a wizarding portrait. so he goes traditional muggle.

sirius, who starts his biggest project. sirius who wants to show harry what james looked like to him. there's photographs, of course there is, but a lens doesn't come anywhere close to the love in his memories - so he paints. and he paints, and he paints, and he-

sirius, who started muggle art to bring things to life, and harry who sits infront of an unfinished portrait after the department of mysteries, wishing for nothing more than it to Move. to do Something. because it's incomplete. either way, muggle or magic, it would be incomplete. he had no time to finish the muggle painting before his death, and a wizarding one would be full of azkaban/shaped holes.

sirius who gets into art as a means of feeling complete again, and who never heard the muggle saying that art imitates life. who didn't know that his art would never be complete, even if finished. half a portrait and half a life, and half of james sitting and staring at still-drying paint.

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7 months ago

sirius with an enchanted moon phase tattoo. he doesn't really need it, he memorised the cycles ages ago and even if he hadn't, the smallest tell from remus gives it away. a certain scrunch of his eyebrows and sirius knows that the full is six days away, the pop of his back and sirius knows they're at the middle point now - just as far to the next as they are from the last.

he doesn't need the tattoo, but he got it.

sirius in azkaban with an enchanted moon tattoo, clinging to it in the first few weeks as he waits for remus to come and get him out. mourning, the first time it turns to full. mourning the fact that he isn't there with remus, mourning himself becaue remus hasn't come to get him.

sirius, years into azkaban, looking at a moon on his wrist that hasn't changed in a while. his magic barely working, the ink still and for some reason, it makes his chest ache. if he were given water, maybe he'd cry. maybe he'd shed a tear about the fact he doesn't remember why he has it, or maybe he'll look out the window and see the moon. full. and he'll remember that one full moon in fifth year, one of the only ones left.

and then he's dragging nails along the tattoo to get rid of it and UGH SIRIUS WITH AN ENCHANTED MOON TATTOO IN AZKABAN

7 months ago

Remus on his first day as personal assistant to CEO Sirius Black, fumbling his way around the office as he grabs coffees and client files and organises his meetings, accidentally bumping into him as he comes out of his office and blushing so hard Sirius grins, he finds it adorable, and the two get on so well which pisses the other employees off bc Sirius is pretty hard on them but soft on Remus, but Remus doesn’t notice it at first. Eventually, Sirius starts getting HIM coffee, and buys his lunch for him by telling Remus to order delivery on his personal card, they spent their breaks together chatting and sometimes Sirius’ touches Remus’ arm but it’s professional, he swears, and maybe after some company drinks at a bar Remus gets a little too drunk, and his mouth starts running, and maybe he’s told Sirius how handsome and successful and funny and brilliant he is and Sirius takes him home bc his penthouse is closer, and Remus wakes up the next morning to find himself in a giant, silk sheet bed, hungover and confused, before wandering into the kitchen to see Sirius’ shirtless back as he makes breakfast and Remus has to try not to stare at his pecs and biceps as they eat and and AND—

9 months ago

I'm watching a devil wears Prada and the only thing I can think is Andrea and Miranda are so lily and narcissa coded!!! My mind is screaming it at me

Do you see the vision? Please tell me you see the vision?

I will need to write a fic about this immediately

Alsoooo um Andrea and Emily were actually gfs!! They told me themselves

(Real quick what is lily/narcissa ship name?I haven't reading anything about them but seen edits of them soooo)


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6 months ago

basic fandom etiquette rules if some of y'all forgot

1. don't put ship tags in your hate/anti posts

2. if u hate someone opinion/hc just block or mute them and move on

3. never leave a criticue under people's work, it's not a published book, juts close the fic and find something for your taste

4. always ask artist for permission to repost their art and always use credits

5. if u don't like something click the button mute

6. if u like a art or fic please leave something nice in comments, it will inspire creators and keeps them motivated

7 months ago

it’s never too late to realise you aren’t the gender you were born as.

You aren’t “not trans”* if you figured it out after puberty.

You aren’t “not trans” if you figured it out during puberty.

You aren’t “not trans” if you were raised with transphobic ideations.

You aren’t “not trans” if you used to be okay with your assigned pronouns and now aren’t.

Not everyone “knew they were in the wrong body” when they were a kid.

If you have a suspicion, do research and DON’T take ‘am i trans’ quizzes, they often ask you invasive questions or questions that don’t make any sense.

My pms are always open for people with questions :)

*I’m using the word trans as a blanket term for all people who aren’t the gender they were assigned at birth, anyone is free to ask questions.

7 months ago

Remus: *eating a cinnamon roll*

James: Cannibalism.

Remus: *confused chewing noises*

7 months ago

to say that politics doesn’t belong in fandom spaces means you don’t consider the creators you follow or the accounts you interact with real people, I’m sorry

7 months ago

Whilst we're talking about the new HP show and the authors evident involvement, it's important to remember that the marketing team and likely others will know that Wolfstar and Drarry are the most popular aspects of this fandom.

They'll probably know about All the Young Dudes [David Thewlis and Andrew Garfield have been asked about it in random interviews, so any marketing team capable of basic research will know about it]. They will know that there is an entire community surrounding the Marauders (because there has been for like 20 years, it's not new)

And this information can be used in marketing. The focus has been so much on the author won't make them Canon (true), people are missing that that's not the only way to manipulate an audience into watching.

And it really wouldn't take much.

Just the idea of casting Andrew Garfield, or Ben Barnes posting a filter, or Aaron Taylor Johnson introducing the pet shop boys cover of All The Young Dudes has people who previously had "fuck jkr" in their bio foaming at the mouth for the show. It's already working without them having to do anything

They might queer bait, they might not. But the thing with queer baiting is

you can choose not to bite.

7 months ago

when people are like “oh so you’re just gonna judge someone for their political beliefs?” yes actually. I think someone’s values and opinions is a pretty reasonable thing to judge them for.

7 months ago

remus lupin with social anxiety who everytime his friends talk to someone else he just stands there like 🧍‍♂️

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