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Ahhhhhhh! Honestly, I don’t think Remus would have raised Harry alone without Sirius. However, if it did happen…

-Remus brings Harry to live with his father in Wales. Since he’s got Harry to look after, he is able to stay more grounded. He can’t stress out about how shitty his life is, because Harry needs him to remain focused.

-Since Dumbledore can’t convince Remus to give Harry up to the Dursleys, he makes more of an effort to find research and editing work for Remus, work that he can do from home without being beholden to the moon. People are more than willing to hire the guardian of the Boy Who Lived.

-Remus makes sure Harry knows all the quidditch stats and takes him to games. Harry’s pyjamas have snitches on them. Remus dgaf about the sport personally, but he wants Harry to have a connection with his dad.

-Similarly, he buys Harry a child’s potions kit one birthday. He pretends not to be amused when the Weasley twins explode it during a visit, but once he and Harry are alone, he explodes a few more items in the garden, just for funsies, and tells Harry about the time his mum exploded one of James’ potions in class and Sirius got the blame.

-He doesn’t mention Sirius by name though. He just says “another student.” He never mentions Sirius by name.

-Lyall is That Grandpa who gives Harry sweets for breakfast and lets him stay up til 2am on a Wednesday.

-There are pictures of Lily and James everywhere in the house. There are no pictures of Sirius. Those are in a box under Remus’ bed.

-When Harry finds the box and tries to open it at age seven, it’s the first time Remus ever raises his voice at him.

-Remus apologises immediately after, scooping Harry up into his arms and walking him down the road the the local muggle ice cream shop.

-Harry searches for the box a few times after that, but never finds it.

-Remus takes Harry to the Dursley house every Boxing Day for an awkward brunch. Petunia is able to maintain her best behavior since it’s only a once-a-year thing. Harry and Dudley aren’t friendly, exactly, but they are able to sit on opposite ends of the room and ignore each other for one day to appease the adults.

-McG visits during the summers quite frequently. She pops in to help Remus with Harry’s pre-Hogwarts curriculum, but stays for tea and quidditch chat.

-One day while picking Harry up from a visit to the Weasley’s, Remus notices for the first time that one of the kids has a pet rat. Strange, really… he almost looks familiar…

James, thinking: Wait, is she into me? Quick, make a bad joke and see if she laughs.
James: Did you hear the one about the skeleton who couldn’t go to the party? He had NO BODY to go with!
Lily, laughing: That’s really funny!
James, thinking: Well, that’s not a fair test. That joke’s hilarious.

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( before you all hate me for this I just want to say it was @slytheroutofmybed who put me in an angsty mood, okay ? )

“Please try to focus more ! The Patronus Charm is one of those you will very probably be tested on for your N.E.W.T.s !” shouted Mrs. Han, the tall woman who taught Defense Against The Dark Arts in Hogwarts.

All the students groaned. It was the third lesson they spent desperately trying to produce something else than blue-ish sparkles, and yet no one in the group of seventh-years had managed it. Their frustration was more than obvious, and a few of them seemed like they had already given up.

The Marauders and Lily were seated in the back on the room, Sirius pouting while waving his wand.

“But when will Peter, James and I be allowed to perform the spell ? We already know how to do it !”

Remus rolled his eyes and explained : “Whenever it won’t be fishy. McGonagall probably guessed you are Animagi already, and we don’t want anyone else to. We don’t want you in Azkaban Sirius.”

Sirius pouted again, but nodded. Then his eyes lightened as if he just had an idea, and he grinned. “I’m disappointed Moony. Will you kiss me better ?”

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looking back i’m actually pretty proud of this piece of writing. i think im gonna beta it a bit and then post it on ao3

I would pay a lot of money to see a tv show about those few weeks after the weasley twins ran off of hogwarts where pranks dominated the school and umbridge turned mad

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marauders era : 4 friends

lightning era : 3 friends

next gen era : 2 friends

WATCH OUT IT’S A FUCKING COUNTDOWN

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you know what ? let’s imagine the marauders in afterlife.

afterlife is supposed to be forever, right ?

james is here. sirius is here. lily is here. remus is here.

you know who else is here ?

peter.

peter is stucked forever in the same place as the people he betrayed.

who used to be his best friends.

how do you think that would go ?

do they just stay in different corners of afterlife forever ?

do they come in contact after like, 2134 years of afterlife ?

do they at some point forgive him ?

and i know you’re all saying “whaaaaaat no he betrayed them” and maybe you’re right who knows BUT

remus forgave sirius for betraying his secret to severus snape of all people

so after a lot and a lot and a lot of time and apologies and explainations, why not peter ?

( @jilylicious it seemed like this would interest you. also sorry i’m writing this really fast and am bad at explaining but you have the main idea )

tarranzeiguane:

@jk-destroyed-our-best-gay-ships is just the best mum friend ever, srlsy, may this platypace be blessed

I LOVE YOU SO MUUUUCH THX FOR BEEING YOUUUU 💛💛💛💛💛

I LOVE YOU MORE AND YOU DESERVE ONLY THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE

okay but the marauders’ first year must have been such a mess

you have james potter, who’s biggest concern as a child was probably whether or not his mum would let him have a third cookie…

sirius black, who had all the triggers and mental issues of an abused kid and probably got in defense mode really easily…

peter pettigrew, who was too awkward to speak much to anyone and probably got bullied…

and remus lupin, who was, well, remus lupin. dont really feel the need to elaborate on this.

imagine these four boys having to find a way to actually understand each other o_o it’s a miracle no one died