more smart sirius black headcanons because we need content of him being intelligent <3
people come to him for help on essays. he asks to be paid in cigarettes (when he runs out of the stash he made before starting school) for writing essays
two of his best subjects are charms and defence against the dark arts; he pleasantly surprised both of his teachers when he proved to be good at both nonverbal and wandless magic
finds boring things that don’t stimulate his intellect — however, if things pique his interest, he can spend days researching the topic, and therefore has a wide range of knowledge that he doesn’t need in day to day life
although he’s not particularly active in class (unless the topic/subject is something he enjoys), his essays and particular work are never less than flawlessly executed
all of his essays are always a few good centimetres above the required length, and they always are interesting and insightful, coming with more information than asked for
(writes essays and creative writing for fun)
kept a small, leather notebook and a ball pan on him around at all times, in case he needed to jot down any kind of ideas
has a wide-ranged vocabulary, and likes discussing the various wordings and the words’ meaning in classic and post-classic literature alike
was the first person in their year to apparate, and it only took him a few lessons to get it right; however, he never splinched himself
