Remus Lupin headcanons
because I can:
contrary to popular belief, Remus was not the sweet and shy nerd everyone thought he was
in reality, he was the mastermind behind their pranks
although, at first, Remus was shy and sweet
but the more you got to know him, the louder he became
until he was basically screaming and you had to shove chocolate in his mouth to shut him up
it was funny because all the professors would automatically blame James or Sirius for something Remus would do
for example: Remus once swore very loudly during exams and James got in trouble for it
none of the teachers would believe that Remus was capable of doing something wrong so it came as a shock when he returned to Hogwarts fifteen years later and admitted to charming the toilet seats to sing the national anthem
Professor Flitwick was actually quite impressed
he didn’t usually swear but when he did swear, it was a never-ending string of curse words
he was a Grammar Whore™ and always corrected the others just to tease them
he was also one of the only students who actually read Hogwarts, A History so that he could find loopholes in the school rules
Remus had the softest collection of sweaters and they all smelt like chocolate and cinnamon
speaking of chocolate, Remus always carried it around so that he could offer it to someone who looked a little down
you would also find random chocolates in his pockets and littered around their dormitory from his never-ending stash that the other marauders wouldn’t touch because there was also some sort of booby trap set up to catch them in the act
Peter once turned green for a whole week for attempting to steal a mint chocolate bar from Remus’s stash
Madam Pomfrey was not impressed
whenever the Marauders had study sessions in the library, Remus brought a thermos of hot chocolate for everyone to share
but that usually ended in James and Sirius blowing bubbles with make-shift straws and making obnoxious slurping noises
until Sirius accidentally spilled hot chocolate over their books
they were banned from the library for a month
again, James and Sirius got detention
but this time, Remus elected to go with them
he also used to visit Moaning Myrtle because he, too, felt like a loner before the Marauders came along
His senses were always razor sharp due to being a werewolf
it always used to annoy him because he’d be able to hear everything that was happening in other classrooms and it took a great deal of attention to focus on what everyone was saying in the Great Hall
it also kept him up at night because he’d be able to hear all the creatures in the Forbidden Forest
he’d also be able to smell things, so whenever someone lost their pet or their belongings, Remus would just sniff whatever it was out and anonymously return it to their owner
after a full moon, he liked to read poetry
he found peace in those words, and peace was what he needed, it was all he ever wanted
basically, remus was a smol ray of sunshine and he deserved better