i cant get on with the emo-himbo-dumbass barty agenda because it’s just so much more entertaining for him to LOOK like that but actually be the opposite. he’s dressed in his grotty grungy band t-shirts and black ripped jeans with chains and piercings and tattoos, but he’s sat straight upright at his family’s ornate marble kitchen counter with his hands clasped together as he contemplates the best way to enact his 10-year revenge plot like some machiavellian hipster. he’s hitting his vape whilst his correcting your use of the word ‘whom’. he’s throwing popcorn into his mouth (and missing) whilst explaining the meaning of chekov’s gun and how this allows him to predict the ending of any piece of modern media. he’s acting like a drug dealer whilst being the most intellectual person you know.
Something I really struggle to get people to understand is that like. Sometimes there was no intentional homoerotic subtext, the author was just extremely misogynistic. Sometimes the author wasn't "secretly shipping" those two men, the author literally just hates women so much that they see them as being literally incapable of relationships with depth. Like this is kind of a big thing with misogyny actually. A lot of extremely misogynistic people truly believe that a man can only have meaningful and complex relationships with other men because they literally just think women are so inferior they only exist to birth children and clean the house. It's like when people say along the lines of "no one worships exclusively men quite like straight men do". It's just that phenomenon actually. That happens to be manifesting in a raging misogynist's writing. Writing a man character who literally only puts effort into his friendships with other men while completely ignoring his literal girlfriend or wife is actually an extremely straight thing to write. And that doesn't mean you can't ship those men or that there are no stories with actual intentional homoerotic subtext. I just think it's important to be able to recognize extreme misogyny in writing and acknowledge it without brushing it off and assuming good intentions when literally all evidence is screaming that this was a misogynistic writing choice and not a representing gay men choice.
Also would like people to understand. Even if it IS intentional homoerotic subtext. It doesn't make wildly misogynistic writing suddenly ok. Like. "Women are subhuman babymakers" doesn't become less misogynistic if the characters are a clearly gay couple instead of a pair of "confirmed bachelor" roommates.
considering the state of the world in general, the new hbo reboot, and the horrifying anti-trans bills being passed in my state - it feels more important than ever to support fics written by, for and about trans characters.
in no particular order, here is an updated list of my favorite trans sirius and trans remus fic recs! some of these were posted in the last few weeks, some are from over 10 years ago and this is not an exhaustive list! if i've added one from from any author, just assume that i recommend all of their works <3333
honey sweet by @vajazzly
trans sirius. ft. city boy sirus who is down bad for the beekeeper with horrible fashion sense (but he’s good with this hands)
abyss by @titstraction
trans sirius. highschool au, remus & sirius are both on the track team and can’t seem to the same page. this fic is - so good. it’s very much a comfort read for me, but there are some heavy themes and transphobic jokes. this fic will hurt your feelings but it will also make you giggle and kick your feet and scream into your pillow.
the prettiest star ‘verse by raging_queer
trans sirius. tattoo artist sirius meets single dad remus - actually, sirius meets his child, teddy. sweet bonding with teddy looking up to Elder Queer sirius. very fluffy and comforting.
staying strangers by 3amandcounting
trans sirius. the texting fic, my fave of all-time. genderfluid sirius & demisexual remus. if there is one fic out there that will just make you want to open a window and yell about it to the other townsfolk - it’s this one. idek how to explain it, it’s just - it’s perfect.
meet me at the pit by faabyy21
trans remus. sirius & remus meet a show bc remus accidentally elbows him in the head in the pit. ft Confident remus in overalls, sirius who is down so bad he wants to fuck even with a literal concussion. truly incredible.
hazy cosmic jive by @fvckyouimaprophet
t4t <3 - the hottest, most gender-affirming fic that i have read literally a dozen times or more. t4t wolfstar is so special to me :’)
my jokes are my armour, my kindness is my sword by @little-old-rachel
trans remus. when i tell y’all that i think about this fic every gd day. remus opens a plant store and sirius is obsessed with him from the first second. the sweetest, most beautiful little fic full of queer & trans characters. a go-to comfort fic for me!
it’s a new dawn by ilbaritz
trans remus. remus meets healer-in-training lily while in the lycanthropy ward and his life gets flipped inside out. i love fics where sirius is obsessed with remus, and this ticks all of the boxes for me. soooo good!
what’s mine is yours by @achilleslikespeas
trans fem remus. y’all know i go insane for lesbian wolfstar, and this fic is just - it’s everything to me. there are so few fics out there (and honestly so little media in general) where lesbian characters get to just be happy and hot and in love, and this is all of that plus a farmer’s market. literally everything i could ever want.
hypothetically by @halictus-writer
trans remus. a good ol fashioned friends to exes to lovers fic, but this time everyone is a scientist and remus & sirius end up at the same summer program after not seeing each other in the years since their breakup. sirius’s favorite movie is shrek 2, there’s background dorlene, there’s flirting and botany and it’s just - it’s so so good.
sirius black and the great dress code revolution of 1977 by notspicy
trans sirius. in which sirius’s gender is basically the shrug emoji. this one: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and it’s so good. it’s - it’s everything. just read it. it’s conna rock your world.
ocho kandelikas: pomegranates by @spindrifters
trans fem sirius post prank runs away from home to stay with jewish cisfem remus - mildly angsty, completely lovely. this entire series is incredible and you should read all of it tbh - the link goes straight to this specific chapter!
The Archive of a Full-Time Grocery Store Stocker by @verminworship
trans sirius. from ao3: "Grocery store stocker Remus Lupin teaches Sirius Black, a newly-appointed guardian to his deaf godson, how to use American Sign Language." so beautiful, so sweet, such a satisfying slow burn. truly one of the most incredible works i've ever read.
gathering home by @quietlemonhush
trans sirius. - sirius raising regulus & harry after literally burning down his family home, remus is reg’s teacher. heavy themes but overall very funny & sweet & tender.
Supercut of Us by @dearamleo
trans remus. literally the definition of queer joy. drag shows and gender fuckery and found family!! such a sweet read.
sway through the crowd (to our empty space) by @littleoldrachel
trans remus. strictly come dancing au! rachel writes the most dreamy versions of remus, you should honestly just read everything she writes.
labyrinth by moonymoment
trans sirius. lovers to exes to enemies to friends to lovers again. another fic i've read over & over and i find something new & lovely each time.
religions in your lips (the altar is my hips) by our midnights
trans fem remus. from ao3: "Remus is an art student and Sirius has been hired as a model for their figure study and they're obsessed with each other, despite having never spoken." hot & sexy and perfect!
passion by businessirius
trans sirius. a christmas fic if you squint, an almost-meet cute in which everyone is really stupid but you're rooting for them anyway. and when they figure their shit out, it's all the more satisfying for it.
At the Bottom of Everything by purpledeadpeonies
trans sirius, nonbinary remus. getting together in the space grief carves out of you. short & sweet.
Whatever Words I Say by orphan_account
trans sirius. from ao3: "When Remus Lupin is hired to control the antics of famous lead singer of the Marauders, Sirius Black, he knows he has his work cut out for him. Sirius is contrary and has absolutely no chill, and loves pissing off the press. Remus feels up to the challenge, but he certainly does not expect to fall head over heels in love from the moment he meets the charismatic singer."
LAPDOG by @verminworship
trans sirius. from ao3: "The upcoming marriage of his brother, the looming 14th birthday of his godson, and the blinding career successes of his friends are all leaving 33-year-old Sirius Black feeling old, unfulfilled, and listless. Maybe enrolling in college will help. OR - Sirius gets himself into a kinky relationship with Remus Lupin—his professor." perhaps the hottest fic i've ever read, maybe even the hottest fic to ever exist.
Birthday Wish by @brandileigh2003
trans remus. from ao3: "Wolfstar meet-cute on Remus' birthday, in which there was only one cake." the sweetest & cutest lil bit of birthday fluff.
|| I'm falling for you|| by @enbygous
t4t <3 part love-triangle (it's just remus & sirius but they don't know that lol), part text fic, part coffee shop au, everything to me. sooooo fun!!
In the Wings by @madefortherain
trans remus. ballet au ft. remus pining to a degree never before seen by man and so much mutual pining it will literally knock your socks off.
oh, summer child by @lavenderhaze
trans sirius. remus & sirius decide to expand their family, with sirius carrying the baby. a mostly fluffy slice of life!
Trans-figuration by @quietlemonhush
genderfluid/trans fem sirius. Regulus gifts Remus and Sirius an anniversary present with unintended consequences - or, Sirius struggles with gender. i wish i could re-read every one of moss's fics for the first time. this one is so funny and hot and lovely, but all of his works are!
stoners verse by @moon-seas
trans sirius. basically sirius is obsessed with his dirtbag stoner boyfriend and i am obsessed with both of them <3
and a lil self-sec:
you wouldn't like me by @c0ffinrehearsal
trans sirius. It’s 2005 and Sirius Black is trying to figure out his gender, their brother, and his new crush. strangers to lovers, trans joy & y2k aesthetics.
i'll be honest it gets kind of annoying when ppls immediate canned response to an m/f ship is "she deserves better" because over half the people who say that then proceed to hyperfocus on some yaoi with the man involved and never give the woman a second glance. forgive me but i think she deserves better than being girlbossed off screen and never mentioned again
There’s something that struck me today: there’s something really insidiously sexist about the fact that Gilderoy Lockhart is such an obvious fraud. Even thirteen-year-old Ron can see it, and yet he’s still able to deceive his adult fan base, who are mainly women.
And it’s mostly the male characters who call him out as a fraud, apart from McGonagall.
For a moment I lived in a world where someone thought it was insidiously sexy that Gilderoy Lockheart was an obvious fraud that only tricked women
...odd kink... alright...
You're right - that is sexist. The idea that women - not only young girls, not only some dreamy individuals, but masses of grown women - are blinded by one guys pretty smile and good looks is uncomfortable.
The only time we see that with men are with Veela, who are magically alluring. Their magic is a force that manipulates men.
Lockheart is just a dude. He isn't even good at magic.
Women roll their eyes at men falling victim to magical allure - but are so weak willed that a large number are blind to Lockheart.
Also yesssss he is literally just some dude- the fact that nobody questions him (not even the newspapers or witch weekly who keep giving him awards) is very odd and like I said insidiously sexist.
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