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Sons of House Black: Marius Black
Marius Black was the third child of Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode, and brother of Pollux Black, Cassiopeia Black, and Dorea Black. Marius was disowned and removed from the Black family tree tapestry
for being born a Squib.
The Blacks were ashamed of his status, as Squibs are considered
second-class citizens in the wizarding world and disregarded.
Experimenting with a new style/shading method, among other things. Not sure I like the shading, but this is one of the first pieces in memory I’ve liked better finished than as a sketch.
And also having the Black Family invade my brain. Because they are largely terrible, terrible, fascinating people. And they may be how I start writing again.
This is not one of the terrible ones. This is Marius, Phineas Nigellus’s grandson and the Black Family Squib (not that the Blacks only produced one Sqiub, but he’s the one on the 150 years of Black Family Tree we’ve got). And his cat – I really like the idea that cat/kneazle hybrids can function as a sort of magical seeing eye dog for Squibs, even though it’s not Rowling’s canon, hence Isla’s appearance here.
Still debating some of the character points if I’m actually going to write him, except for the Black’s tendency to produce geniuses who are a few cards short of a full deck. Still debating when he left home, for that matter – I have a feeling it was around 11, just because I can’t see the Black family keeping him around, but eeeeeeh. He’d have turned 11 around 1927-1929, to judge from birth order, so it’s possible.
And seriously, if you have concrit, pleease.
The thing about Sirius Black is, it would have been so easy for him to become bitter towards Harry and he never did.
He was bitter about so many things in his life, but his love for Harry never wavered.
And just think about it, James and Lily had died for Harry. And we all know Harry had a lot of faults, and he wasn’t an exact replica of his father, which is how Sirius sometimes wanted him to be.
Yet Sirius never took out his resentment, his unhappiness, his suffering on Harry. He was never bitter towards him. He jumped right back into Harry’s life after 12 years in depression prison just as ready and willing to be a parent-figure has he had been the night at Godric’s Hollow when he found his best friend’s body lying cold and motionless in the front hall.
And Sirius’ love for Harry is really quite amazing, when you think about it.
Gryffindor: my house will be represented by a lion, a worldwide symbol for bravery
Hufflepuff: my house will be represented by a badger, which is representative of loyalty and security
Slytherin: my house will be represented by a snake, which is a symbol of cunning and deeply rooted in the heritage of students descended from my own noble line
Ravenclaw: my house will be represented by an eagle, not a raven, just to fuck with people
I love how Ron and Hermione exhibit certain traits of Lily and James. You have Ron, a pureblood who can be a bit of a git sometimes but would lay down his life for the people he cares about and is almost more offended by the treatment of muggle-borns than the muggle-borns themselves (not unlike James). And then there’s Hermione, a brilliantly talented muggle-born who isn’t afraid to stand up for herself (remember when she slapped Malfoy?) or to stick up for people she thinks are being treated unfairly (remember S.P.E.W.? Remember how Lily stuck up for Snape when James picked on him?)
And really, when you think about it, Ron and Hermione were the ones who raised Harry, in a way. They are the ones who are there with him from the beginning of his Hogwarts journey, until the very end. They’re there for him through his successes and through his failures and they are the ones who truly teach him what it means to be loyal, to be brave, to be good. Yes, Harry had other role models, but just think for a second what it would have been like if he didn’t have Ron to exemplify loyalty, the value of friendship, and the importance of admitting you fucked up and saying sorry. What it would have been like if he didn’t have Hermione to constantly nag him into doing his school work and reminding him (when he needed it) that the world didn’t revolve around him. Harry lost Lily and James, but he found Hermione and Ron, who unknowingly stepped into the role of Harry’s guardians.
“Remus, always the underdog’s friend, was kind to short and rather slow Peter Pettigrew, a fellow Gryffindor, whom James and Sirius might not have thought worthy of their attention without Remus’s persuasion. Soon, these four became inseparable.” —via Pottermore
Just a reminder that Remus was the one who initially befriended Peter, because he knew what it felt like to be the underdog and didn’t want anyone else to suffer like he did.
Just a reminder that when Peter sold out to Voldemort, not only did he betray James and Lily and their son, and Sirius,who everyone believed to be their secret keeper, he also deprived Remus, the one person who thought to befriend him at Hogwarts, of the only people in the world he cared about.
Just a reminder that Remus probably blamed himself for Lily and James’ death just as much, if not more than Sirius did.
Ok this paragraph fucks me up every single time. Here’s a boy who knows so little about his parents and who has had so little exposure to stable, loving relationships that when he sees proof that his parents didn’t always get along one of his first thoughts was that his dad forced his mum into marriage. How heartbreaking is that? Harry doesn’t know his parents well enough to understand how they came to be together. He has never seen his parents be in a loving relationship and so all it takes is a five minute glimpse for him to question EVERYTHING. Excuse me while I go cry for three years.
friendly reminder that REMUS LUPIN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE ORDER OF MERLIN, FIRST CLASS, THE FIRST WEREWOLF EVER TO BE ACCORDED THIS HONOUR.
- REMUS LUPIN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE ORDER OF MERLIN, FIRST CLASS, THE FIRST WEREWOLF EVER TO BE ACCORDED THIS HONOUR.
- REMUS LUPIN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE ORDER OF MERLIN, FIRST CLASS, THE FIRST WEREWOLF EVER TO BE ACCORDED THIS HONOUR.
tiny small bisexual harry having a crush on oliver wood and 100% not realising it cause he never really consider himself bi at the age of 11, but many years later he runs into oliver somewhere just to realise “jesus fuck is that what that was??”
Thank you Cursed Child for confirming what we knew all along: that Draco was acting out for years because he was angry, hurt and jealous of the friendship Harry had with other people.
Thank you Cursed Child for having Draco and Harry finally sit down and grow up and realise that they actually can be friends now, that it isn’t too late for them to make amends.
Thank you Cursed Child for having Draco smile gratefully at Harry, show concern for him and finally call Harry a hero.
Just thank you Cursed Child for developing this relationship. I’m not saying you were perfect but you did a good job on this.
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