( cis male | he/him | archie renaux ) —— isn’t that REMUS LUPIN? yeah that is them, sitting there at the GRYFFINDOR table with those other SIXTH years. when sybill looks into that crystal ball of hers, she sees silvery skin stretched over limb, waking up in sweat and screams, a primal pull beneath the surface, half smoked cigarettes, bloody knuckles and bruised jaw, ripped jeans covered in grass and blood stains, mischievous grin hiding malice. anyway i’ve heard they’re pretty STOIC, SARCASTIC, and COMMITTED. apparently they’re a FOR THE LIGHT and HALF BLOOD but i’m sure that’s not related. —— [ ay ]
HI FRIENDS. this is like... basic af stuff and not at all finished but I wanted to get something up for you all. hit me up for plots!
BASIC INFORMATION
FULL NAME: REMUS JOHN LUPIN
MEANING: "Lupin" is derived from the Latin "lupinus," which means "of a wolf." Remus is a figure from Roman mythology who was raised by a wolf.
NICKNAME(S): MOONY, REM, LOOP
PREFERRED NAME(S): any
BIRTH DATE: 10 March 1960
AGE: 17
ZODIAC: pieces
GENDER: cismale
PRONOUNS: he/him
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: hetero
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: hetero
NATIONALITY: english / irish
BACKGROUND
BIRTH PLACE: KILKENNY, IRELAND
HOMETOWN: GODRIC’S HOLLOW.
EDUCATION LEVEL: SIXTH YEAR, GRYFFINDOR.
FATHER: LYALL LUPIN - WIZARD ( works at the ministry of magic, in the department for the regulation and control of magical creatures )
MOTHER: HOPE HOWELL - MUGGLE ( used to work in an insurance office in cardiff before she met lyall, now she works as an artist, selling fine art in markets )
THE FIRST AND ONLY CHILD to Hope and Lyall Lupin, a half-blood, and a boy that clearly displays fight and courage. attacked at the tender age of just four and three quarters by notorious werewolf fenrir greyback, remus lupin’s life was from that point cursed and all in the name of revenge. the fued between fenrir and lyall stemmed from hatred comments that were uttered by the wizard, damning those with the lycanthrope gene, labelling them “soulless, evil, and deserving nothing but death”. the boy was lucky to get away from the attack in his own bedroom with his life, his father coming to his aid and attempting from that day forth, to rid the small boy of the curse— but nothing worked. lyall and hope did everything in their power to silence and keep the boy safe during his monthly transformations, but remus grew stronger with every phase. It was only because of Dumbledore that remus was able to actually attend hogwarts. Remus was sorted into gryffindor and was able to keep his werewolf status a secret from everyone at hogwarts bar a few close friends.
POINTS
remus isn’t a fan of his father. he has always felt as though he hated him since remus was in fact one of the creatures he’d spent his life trying to rid the world of. his father never exactly knew how to handle him either, and remus found himself locked away in small spaces, bound so that he couldn’t harm himself or anyone else. deep down, he knew it was for his own safety, but he can’t help but think that his father secretly found small bits of enjoyment in his own sons torture. As such, remus hates small spaces, hates not being in control and rarely let’s people beside his own close friends touch him.
in this divergent version of remus, he isn’t a prefect, in fact, he’s far from it. while he seems to hold a special place in dumbledore’s mind, remus’ pranks quite often have him ending up in detention, unless he can get pulled out of it by someone else.
PERSONALITY
AN ORIGINAL PRANKSTER, harboring little regret for his actions, remus is still a good kid on the surface, if not sarcastic and crass; but there is a side to remus that he hardly shows any, the side that pulls more at the wolf in him than at the human. there is a constant pull within him, maybe a little part of fenrir himself ( or perhaps his lycanthrope ancestors ) that like to pick at him from the inside, like to tempt him toward the darker aspects of life. it’s almost as if he and the wolf are two separate entities.
THE WEREWOLF is honest, and knows right from wrong, but sometimes he feels it may be easier to just be the beast he’s yearning to be. he has a grasp of his mind during transformations now, and with the help of his best mate, sirius, he’s been able to keep his human consciousness during the full moon— but sometimes he doesn’t want to. remus isn’t loud, he isn’t the class clown, and he can be quite quiet, calculated and — when the time calls for it, he can be cruel like the best of the snakes out there.
❛ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 ; figuring out just how much honesty you need to sprinkle in there , ❜ sirius laughs again , head shaking in disbelief of remus’ antics . ❛ see , you get lost in the details , moony . there doesn’t need to have a connection — not beyond both wanting something . ❜ sirius gives a sympathetic pat on his shoulder , but his grin is pure tease , ❛ if you branched out a little i’d suggest going for a bird you’re already friends with — but you’re a bit tragic on even that end , mate . ❜
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‘ — I HATE IT.” he stated, honestly. “ i don’t— I think I’m too much of a fucking disaster to actually try with this.” it wasn’t so much that he didn’t want it or hadn’t done it, it was more that the other side of him was a little too rouge to be able to trust it with someone else. “ oh right, yeah, you know what? fuck you too, mate.” he teased, a laugh leaving his chest before he took a sip of his drink. “ you’re kinda right though, I don’t like anyone enough to consider them... in that way. perhaps my condition doesn’t actually allow me to make those connections, or perhaps i’m just not into anyone, and that is the problem. ”
“Hello, Derek? My name’s Mark. I’m a psychologist working with the CDC. Can you hear me? I was just told that you were under a bit of stress right now, so I wanted to check in on you. Can we talk? Can you tell me how you feel?”
