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[apk02]

Okay okay hear me out. I need someone to write this because I'm a pathetic writer and I really really need this to be written and if this is already written, I need someone to point me in the right direction.

When Sirius is in Azkaban, he learns things. Things about Voldemort. Things about the Ministry. Things about every vile thing every Death Eater did, known and unknown, before they were sent to Azkaban. The bribes, the imperius', the murders - he knew them all. And the day he escaped, he used this information for getting Harry's custody, for destroying Voldemort once and for all, to make every single person pay. He became the New Dark Lord.

So, obviously cunning, powerful, a little insane, unforgiving, morally grey Sirius. But he's not cruel and I can't explain this well - but he's not mad, he has all his faculties, he still respects Dumbledore, he understands the choices he made in the last war, he is not unnecessarily cruel. He is still forgiving and loyal, but he stands up more for himself and he has no qualms of killing or torturing people who crossed him or hurt someone he loves. He is politically astute and he uses every resource he has to win.

[apk02]

Just putting it out there again because I still really need this!

[zoemillinwrites]

just thinking about how sirius was literally there when hagrid took baby harry from the house right after james and lily died & how he said, “give him to me, hagrid i’m his godfather, i’ll look after him.” sirius was Ready to be a father at 21😭

[apk02]

I don't think the Prank was as big a deal for the Marauders as the fandom makes it out to be

[artemisia-black]

My top twenty Sirius moments

1. When he manages to seem bored in Azkaban and says he misses doing the crossword.

2. When he takes time out of his busy murder plot to buy Harry a new broom, via his finance manager/personal assistant Crookshanks.

3. His friendship with Crookshanks #squadgoals

4. When he thinks it’s a good idea to break into a dorm full of sleeping teenagers and try and stab a rat in the dark. Homeboy is verrry confident about his knife skills .

5. “There’s enough filth on my robes without you touching them Peter.” Ahh Sirius you sassy icon.

6. Also ‘If you made a better Rat then Human that’s nothing to boast about Peter.’ Le sass is strong.

7. Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 perfection

8. When he sends post via tropical birds, for dramatic effect.

9. When he really leans into the criminal thing and breaks into someone’s house to use the fire ( I hope he stole some food).

10. When he basically figures out the entire GoF plot using scrounged newspapers. He’s an incredibly astute person and it’s tragic he never got to hunt Horcruxes (it would have taken him a few days).

11. The chapter Padfoot returns should be renamed ‘Wizarding world tea with Sirius Black.’ He legit had the receipts on everyone.

12. When he sends Harry a muddy pawprint as a good luck gift (be still my beating heart).

13. When Padfoot growls at Fudge while in the hospital wing. Despite being a wanted criminal who is front of the man that could have him arrested, no one insults Harry in front of Sirius.

14. When he gets bitten by something in Grimmauld place and spends a moment studying his hand in an interested way. Ahhhh he had such a sharp mind that clearly loved working things out.

15. Padfoot chasing pigeons on the way to King’s Cross.

16. God rest ye Merry Hippogriffs. I need a Sirius Black Christmas carol remix album in my life.

17. How he still looks hot while taking an exam. Trust me this is a special gift- I normally look like I haven’t slept in a week and have caffeine shakes.

18. ‘ Reading between the lines, I’d say she thinks you’re a bit conceited, mate.’ The books needed more sassy/sarcastic Sirius.

19. When he put santa hats on the elf heads, and singlehandly created the ultimate emo xmas decor.

20. His room being covered in motorcycle pictures. I’d like to think that muggle Sirius would definitely have a motorcycle themed tumblr.

[questionsofmuggles]

So, Sirius swam from Azkaban (which is somewhere in the middle of the North Sea), to Surrey, and then to the Scottish Highlands? Instead of going straight from Azkaban to Scotland, and catching a glimpse of Harry at Hogwarts? All on paw as a dog?

Sirius is the most devoted godfather ever.

[artemisia-black]

People get medals for swimming the narrowest part of the channel and Sirius was out here braving the entire north sea…..

[sorenphelps]

I looked up some quotes in PoA, and it's actually hilarious how afraid everyone is of Sirius, like he's just mentioned and everyone basically shits their pants. I know it's part of the Ministry propaganda, but still. Here are some examples:

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are scared of him, because if he's clever enough to escape from the inescapable prison, who knows what else he's capable of.

It is reinforced by Fudge himself, he seems especially scared of him (I know it's at least partly because he's losing popularity as MM because of Sirius' escape from Azkaban). He even says that Sirius can do things that the freaking dementors are a better option!

Or look at this part of Fudge's monologue about when Sirius was captured, I mean TWENTY Aurors were sent to take him in, and that was probably decided before he supposedly killed all those people. It's probably still just the propaganda, but McGonagall also says that [Peter] should have left it to the Ministry, so there must be some truth to Fudge's statement of "Nobody but trained Hit Wizards from the Magical Law Enforcement Squad would have stood a chance against Black once he was cornered."

Also, the "of course, Black was quicker" comment, or this one where Fudge immediately jumps to the conclusion that Sirius caused Snape's injury and that it's a miracle none of them died.

The guy must have had a reputation or sth, no wonder his animagus form is literally the omen of death.

[metalomagnetic]

After seeing about 50 'Dumbledore is evil' and 'everything is Dumbledore's fault' and 'but why didn't Dumbledore did this or the other' posts in a row, I find myself wishing Dumbledore just fucked off to somewhere nice and sunny in '81, early retirement (or is it early if he's already 100?) and washed his hands off magical Britain entirely.

Some of y'all sound like Fudge with your Dumbledore bashing. I wish, at least, Dumbledore would have left when Fudge and that corrupt as hell Ministry did their best to ruin his name and his image.

Pack up his ancient shit and move to a nice beach somewhere, with his pet bird and a huge bag of candy.

This way, my man Voldemort could have won in like five minutes, and Harry would be dead, Voldemort would rule supreme, Bella would keep being the queen she is, and my little Voldemort shaped heart would be happy.

But no, Dumbledore stayed, orchestrated Voldemort's downfall by giving Harry step by step instructions, gave up his own life in the process, made sure Harry would keep his, because apparently that's what 'evil men' do instead of retiring in comfort.

Not only Harry wouldn't have survived without Dumbledore, but he most likely wouldn't even exist without Dumbledore. Because, you know, this evil man is also the one that took down another dark lord back in the day; if Grindelwald would have won, there would be no Lily, most likely. Thus no Harry.

But yes, go get your 'Dumbledore is evil' badges- I hear Fudge and Umbridge are leaders of the hate club, I'm sure they'll receive new followers with open arms. Draco is probably the secretary, because he hates Dumbledore, too, and he likes making badges.

Also, can someone explain to me how Dumbledore, the only gay man in canon, became the fandom's resident homophobe? That's just weird, my friends. Very weird, to say the least. It gets even nastier when you say he 'groomed' students. That's an awful thing to throw around about a gay dude, you know?

There are so many reasons one can dislike Dumbledore for, but you do have the option to not like a flawed character without turning them into a ridiculous caricature of themselves.

P.S: I am not talking about fics. Write your fics and your characters however you want, whatever makes you happy. Your fic is your domain, and you do whatever you want in there, hopefully with no asshole to attack you in the comments. Same with reading- read what you want, bashing or no bashing. Have the best of fun!

I am talking about these 'meta' type posts on social media, tagged with "Albus Dumbledore", where they act as if canon Dumbledore was legit evil, incompetent or homophobic.

[metalomagnetic]

Canon Sirius 'we've all got light and dark inside us' Black:

"Both very bright, of course- exceptionally bright, in fact." (McGonagall speaking of Sirius and James.)

"Your father and Sirius were the cleverest students in the school.” (Remus talking to Harry.)"

“I’ll be surprised if I don’t get an Outstanding on it at least. (Sirius speaking about his DADA OWL.)

"I don’t need to look at that rubbish, I know it all.” (Sirius speaking about his Transfiguration OWL.)

"An extraordinary achievement." (Dumbledore speaking about Sirius and the other becoming Animagi.)

"Black was a tall, full-grown man." (Prisoner of Azkaban)

“He (Sirius) was rather taller than Snape.” (Order of the Phoenix)

"To Sirius’s right stood Pettigrew, more than a head shorter." -"Sirius was tall and handsome." (Deathly Hallows)

Fanon Sirius: "Mooooony, I broke a nail and I am depressed! Lift me up so I can reach the bed, because I'm too short to reach it myself! I am generally helpless. Oh, what's that thing on the desk, with the leather cover and- is that writing on it? Is that a *book*? Take it away from me, I'm allergic to books!"

[plecotusauritus]

Why the fuck are people constantly writing Sirius respond to slightest upset by SCREAMING like have you even read the books that man was quite calm and collected even after getting his nervous system fried by depression demons and isolation for twelve years

[plecotusauritus]

Sirius in fanon: screams and runs to Remus for safety after seeing a spider

Sirius in canon: gets bitten by a magical creature, calmly studies his hand and then heals it without making a fuss

[artemisia-black]

Also his anger and ‘dramatics’ over Peter was perfectly justified. I would also want to kill somebody who did that to me and then posed a threat to a person I loved.

And him seeming unbothered in Azkaban actually freaked Fudge out.

[in-flvx]

I love Rita skeeter. She tells lies for fun. She talks to the greatest celebrities of her time and goes 'nah, you're boring I have a wayyy better story to tell'. She single handedly drives the propaganda of the Wizarding world in whichever direction she sees fit. She becomes an illegal animagus, presumably on her own. She spies on people with a beetle brain and is able to perfectly transcribe quotes after.

She survives several months of complete isolation, and nobody looks for her. She goes right back to writing stories, good enough to convince a good amount of people of the truth

[plecotusauritus]

No amount of "fuck canon everything is just vibes" will ever be as interesting to me as being able to piece together charactarisation and theories from the information we get in the books

[heartfeltletters-written]

Sirius Black saying he hates his mother but then going to her room when he's feeling down and trapped in that house and Walburga burning Sirius off the wall but never legally disinheriting him and leaving his room just as he left it is much MUCH better than "sirius black is a rebel uwu and his family tortured him"

[arliedraws]

Slytherin Sirius vs. Canon Sirius

Mostly for my reference more than anything.

[arliedraws]

Oh and here's a PoA Sirius I was working on but was like ehhhh not feeling it and didn't finish. Still kinda not feeling it but y'know, I spent 45 minutes on it lol so here i guess you can look at it

[rainmaketh]

A little cover art for one of my favourite fics because I got too carried away with the beauty of it.

If you haven't read it and you want some good Black Family, BAMF Sirius and a Sane-ish (as sane as he can ever be) dangerous simp Voldemort, what are you waiting for?

Fic:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[metalomagnetic]

I love it!! ❤️

[kazuza-art]

I really wanted to draw Sirius James Harry situation from It runs from @metalomagnetic

It feels to me as such a pivotal moment for Sirius at that point and my heart breaks since the last chapter IT BREAKS MY FEELS ARGG

[hariwaifu]

He’s so obvious HDJKFNF

[arliedraws]

Auror Potter receives an anonymous tip that the slippery Sirius Black is hiding a weapon in his house and decides to check out the situation himself.

[arliedraws]

tags from @impishtubist

[artemisia-black]

Crookshanks is ready to throw paws when the trio are slandering Sirius’s name

“I’ll never know what they’d have wanted, because thanks to Black, I’ve never spoken to them,” said Harry shortly

There was a silence in which Crookshanks stretched luxuriously, flexing his claws. Ron’s pocket quivered.

Flexing his claws- he is ready

[artemisia-black]

The BroTP is so real:

“This cat isn’t mad,” said Black hoarsely. He reached out a bony hand and stroked Crookshanks’s fluffy head. “He’s the most intelligent of his kind I’ve ever met

The way they defend each other is so cute.