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Marauders: reactions to The Prank

(I was asked for my thoughts, so here you are! I’m basing this off canon, not the more fanon based characterisation of the marauders, especially Remus!)

Part 1: Remus

Part 2: Sirius

He doesn’t just randomly one day tell that bastard Snape about how to get past the Whomping Willow. FFS there’s a reason for it. Or rather, lots of reasons (relating to Snape & his gang, to his parents, to his idiot too-soft brother, to his protectiveness towards his friends and most especially towards Remus who has enough problems already). Did he talk to anyone about what was going on for him and how he was feeling??? *scoffs in stiff upper lip*
TL; DR - That fucker will rue the day he tried to ruin Remus John Lupin’s life.
Exact details of why it happened and how it happened here: Boys Don’t Cry
It takes him some time to fully appreciate that Snape has actually, genuinely, decided to prove Remus is a werewolf immediately, and fuck it, he’s so angry at Snape in that moment he may have wished him dead, might have goaded him into… well, that’s hardly a surprise: he’s a Black, after all. He was always going to go down the wrong path, fuck things up, prove his mother right…
He drinks a bottle of firewhisky in one go. He tells James. He collapses in a corner of the Common Room while James springs into action to save the fucking day. He has fucked everything up.
He manages to access Dumbledore’s sleeping quarters later that night (pretty hard for a student to achieve, let alone a completely sozzled one) and wakes him up to tell him. “It was I, Sirius Orion Black, who told that ~~wanker Sniv” (That’s how Reg would have put it, because he’s a snooty idiot)~~
He tells Dumbledore it was all his fault, only because Prongs is a fool and might try to take the fall for him.
He was right. He knows Prongs better than he knows himself.
He has a very uncomfortable meeting with Dumbledore the next day where he has to sit and listen to the headmaster pretending to be concerned for his wellbeing. Frankly, he doesn’t give a shit about being expelled, or ruining his friendships, or anything, really.
Weirdly, Dumbledore (who he’s pretty sure doesn’t like him, because unlike most students who worship the Headmaster, ~~he’s not into licking arses, well not that ar~~ oh forget it) decides that what’s done is done and he’s not expelled. His parents aren’t even told. Very odd (thank fuck, what a massive relief. He deserved an Orion Special Punishment though. He almost wishes Dumbles told them). He’s to do detention every Friday for most of next year though, with Minnie M Gonagall. ~~He secretly thinks that could be ok, nice even, but fucked if he’ll ever admit that!~~
He doesn’t talk to the others because why would they want him now? They’ll definitely disown him, and he deserves it, so…
On the last day of school, Prongs manages to give him a pep talk without actually saying a single word. *stares ahead and blinks in Boys Don’t Cry*
He goes home for the summer. Walburga monitors all his mail, so even in the unlikely event that anyone DID try to contact him, he won’t get the owl. He’s pretty certain nobody tries.
It’s not exactly a roaring success of a summer (ask his father, his mother, Reggie or Bella for details).
To cut a long story short - he gets disowned and blasted off the Black Family Tree. He doesn’t care. He refuses to care. He runs away to James’ house because he didn’t have time to make a good/better plan, and then it was too late cause he blacked out, and whatever. He’s completely fine.
He wakes up to find James being a ponce and, well, Babbitty Rabbiting on about how great it’ll be to have him living there, how he was really worried about him etc etc. Prongs thinks he’s still unconscious so he keeps his mouth shut. It’s quite ~~heartwarming~~ hilarious actually. He decides he better stay to monitor James’ mental state (also the Potters are implacable af in the rare case when they put their foot down and refuse to be moved) …
He’s dreading the train journey back to school on 1st September. He doesn’t see Remus. Unfortunately, he does see his parents (who are spitting fire at Mia Potter - FYI: unwise, but they learn that the hard way) and Reg (who ignores him because he’s not family any more). He doesn’t care though. He’s completely fine. He refuses to care.
He knows he needs to apologise to Remus but he’s really awful at apologising because ~~what if Remus refuses his apology, not that he’d be that devastated but~~ nobody ever apologised in his house so he’s not used to it.
He isn’t a coward though.
He eventually apologises.
Remus calls the whole thing a silly prank, soon James is referring to it, offhand, as The Prank. He’s pretty astute at figuring out people’s feelings, he can see Remus tensing any time it’s brought up.
But if anyone were to ask him about it? “It served him right. Sneaking around, trying to find out what we were up to …hoping to get us expelled…” *clears throat in pureblood*
Regret it???? “Je ne regrette rien.”
I try to laugh about it/ Cover it all up with lies/I try to laugh about it/ Hiding the tears in my eyes/ Cause boys don't cry

[My version of the prank and the canon marauders story afterwards including Halloween 1981 and what actually happened, in case anyone is interested]

#sirius deserved better #sirius black is complicated #love Sirius despite and because of his faults #james potter is the best friend ever #sirius black headcanon #the prank headcanons #the prank #reblog #James is next

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Marauders: reactions to The Prank

(I was asked for my thoughts, so here you are! I’m basing this off canon, not the more fanon based characterisation of the marauders, especially Remus!)

Part 1: Remus

Part 2: Sirius

He doesn’t just randomly one day tell that bastard Snape about how to get past the Whomping Willow. FFS there’s a reason for it. Or rather, lots of reasons (relating to Snape & his gang, to his parents, to his idiot too-soft brother, to his protectiveness towards his friends and most especially towards Remus who has enough problems already). Did he talk to anyone about what was going on for him and how he was feeling??? *scoffs in stiff upper lip*
TL; DR - That fucker will rue the day he tried to ruin Remus John Lupin’s life.
Exact details of why it happened and how it happened here: Boys Don’t Cry
It takes him some time to fully appreciate that Snape has actually, genuinely, decided to prove Remus is a werewolf immediately, and fuck it, he’s so angry at Snape in that moment he may have wished him dead, might have goaded him into… well, that’s hardly a surprise: he’s a Black, after all. He was always going to go down the wrong path, fuck things up, prove his mother right…
He drinks a bottle of firewhisky in one go. He tells James. He collapses in a corner of the Common Room while James springs into action to save the fucking day. He has fucked everything up.
He manages to access Dumbledore’s sleeping quarters later that night (pretty hard for a student to achieve, let alone a completely sozzled one) and wakes him up to tell him. “It was I, Sirius Orion Black, who told that ~~wanker Sniv” (That’s how Reg would have put it, because he’s a snooty idiot)~~
He tells Dumbledore it was all his fault, only because Prongs is a fool and might try to take the fall for him.
He was right. He knows Prongs better than he knows himself.
He has a very uncomfortable meeting with Dumbledore the next day where he has to sit and listen to the headmaster pretending to be concerned for his wellbeing. Frankly, he doesn’t give a shit about being expelled, or ruining his friendships, or anything, really.
Weirdly, Dumbledore (who he’s pretty sure doesn’t like him, because unlike most students who worship the Headmaster, ~~he’s not into licking arses, well not that ar~~ oh forget it) decides that what’s done is done and he’s not expelled. His parents aren’t even told. Very odd (thank fuck, what a massive relief. He deserved an Orion Special Punishment though. He almost wishes Dumbles told them). He’s to do detention every Friday for most of next year though, with Minnie M Gonagall. ~~He secretly thinks that could be ok, nice even, but fucked if he’ll ever admit that!~~
He doesn’t talk to the others because why would they want him now? They’ll definitely disown him, and he deserves it, so…
On the last day of school, Prongs manages to give him a pep talk without actually saying a single word. *stares ahead and blinks in Boys Don’t Cry*
He goes home for the summer. Walburga monitors all his mail, so even in the unlikely event that anyone DID try to contact him, he won’t get the owl. He’s pretty certain nobody tries.
It’s not exactly a roaring success of a summer (ask his father, his mother, Reggie or Bella for details).
To cut a long story short - he gets disowned and blasted off the Black Family Tree. He doesn’t care. He refuses to care. He runs away to James’ house because he didn’t have time to make a good/better plan, and then it was too late cause he blacked out, and whatever. He’s completely fine.
He wakes up to find James being a ponce and, well, Babbitty Rabbiting on about how great it’ll be to have him living there, how he was really worried about him etc etc. Prongs thinks he’s still unconscious so he keeps his mouth shut. It’s quite ~~heartwarming~~ hilarious actually. He decides he better stay to monitor James’ mental state (also the Potters are implacable af in the rare case when they put their foot down and refuse to be moved) …
He’s dreading the train journey back to school on 1st September. He doesn’t see Remus. Unfortunately, he does see his parents (who are spitting fire at Mia Potter - FYI: unwise, but they learn that the hard way) and Reg (who ignores him because he’s not family any more). He doesn’t care though. He’s completely fine. He refuses to care.
He knows he needs to apologise to Remus but he’s really awful at apologising because ~~what if Remus refuses his apology, not that he’d be that devastated but~~ nobody ever apologised in his house so he’s not used to it.
He isn’t a coward though.
He eventually apologises.
Remus calls the whole thing a silly prank, soon James is referring to it, offhand, as The Prank. He’s pretty astute at figuring out people’s feelings, he can see Remus tensing any time it’s brought up.
But if anyone were to ask him about it? “It served him right. Sneaking around, trying to find out what we were up to …hoping to get us expelled…” *clears throat in pureblood*
Regret it???? “Je ne regrette rien.”
I try to laugh about it/ Cover it all up with lies/I try to laugh about it/ Hiding the tears in my eyes/ Cause boys don't cry

[My version of the prank and the canon marauders story afterwards including Halloween 1981 and what actually happened, in case anyone is interested]

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Marauders reactions to The Prank

(I was asked for my thoughts, so here you are! I’m basing this off canon, not the more fanon based characterisation of the marauders, especially Remus!)

Remus

Angry at Snape for being a dick and trying to expose his secret, to get him expelled (or worse?!) and his friends in huge trouble too.
Can’t express his anger at Snape because the git now knows his secret and could expose him, which is a terrible situation to find yourself - beholden to your enemy who may ruin your life on a whim (even more aggravating that Remus wasn’t even the one antagonising Snape - that was James & Sirius - and I mean it was mutual, not one sided - it was Marauders versus Snape & the Mini Death Eaters: yes Snape canonically HAD friends who were into the dark arts etc etc; v unlikely Remus got involved as he was too busy trying to blend in and avoid getting into trouble - canonically he was the good boy who “got the badge” - and trying hard to avoid being noticed as a dark creature himself - his words not mine)
Realises Dumbledore has somehow managed to get Snape to keep his mouth shut (why? Who knows: in case he’d be in trouble for allowing a werewolf into Hogwarts, or to make Remus even more beholden to the Headmaster, turn him into Dumbledore’s man, through and through? How? He probably knew Snape’s dirty little secrets, his proclivity for the dark arts, details about illegal unsavoury company - blackmail). This over time eases his worry.
Sirius - he’s very ~~hurt~~ unimpressed with Sirius for telling Snape how to get past the Willow. He gets that, as James put it, only a complete fool would try to get into a shack with a werewolf on a full moon, but turns out Snape is that stupid/that vengeful (take your pick). His way of dealing with this ~~hurt~~ is to stop hanging out with the others. I headcanon this happened quite close to summer holidays (actually think that’s canon), so he goes home and ignores all owls/letters from the marauders. I think Lily does write to him and that’s where the film line “your mother was there for me at a time when bla bla” originates from.
He manages this avoidance as a favourite coping strategy (he does this a lot - for example he avoids trying to find Harry for years due to his stupid ideas about himself being too poor too dangerous yada yada; he avoids telling Dumbledore Sirius is an Animagus because *insert your pick: his “pathetic” love of Sirius/ his promise to never reveal their secret etc*; he avoids trying to keep in touch with Harry after he is sacked from his post as professor (thanks Snape); he avoids dealing with the scariness of being a werewolf dad in the middle of a war by running away from his responsibilities; he tells Harry he “always managed to forget my guilty feelings” when planning another escapade with his friends in the Forbidden Forest or town for the next full moon etc etc, you get me?)
That’s not to say when he comes to the next morning and finds out what happened, he might not in the heat of the moment let the mask slip for a second and scream ~~his hurt~~ at Sirius or even punch him once - his very careful/ always in control/mild mannered persona disappearing momentarily when he’s emotionally dysregulated after such a stressful event. But it’s back in place quickly.
He refuses to respond to James’ attempts to contact him that summer because he’s frankly sick of James having everything/being the Golden Boy (saving Snape from the evil monster aka Remus J Lupin; being great at everything you could imagine - sports, academics, flirting - ~~omg he’s useless but Remus doesn’t see it because he thinks James is wonderful~~). It’s small-minded and pathetic and unfair and petty and embarrassing and horrible - his words - but he can’t help it.
He refuses to talk to Peter that summer too cause that’d be unfair to him - it would put him in the unenviable position of choosing between him and the other two. Because of course James will always choose Sirius… Peter doesn’t try to contact him though, so that’s easy enough.
He eventually makes up with James when they are back in school because James is impossible to ignore when he’s on a mission and impossible to stay angry at (obviously Peter immediately follows) and then lastly Sirius. Details in canon fics…
Afterwards? Well, if James and the others can call his horrific lycanthropy a “furry little problem”, he can refer to that horrible incident as a silly little prank, can’t he? It’s nothing. It didn’t really bother him. It’s totally fine. It was funny actually. No, really. Ha ha ha ha. Can we stop talking about it now, please?

[My version of the prank and the canon marauders story afterwards including Halloween 1981 and what actually happened, in case anyone is interested]

#the prank #remus lupin #headcanons #marauders #i love how complicated remus is #remus lupin headcanons #the prank headcanons #i love this stuff 😂😂!#sirius and james versions to follow #reblog

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Marauders reactions to The Prank

(I was asked for my thoughts, so here you are! I’m basing this off canon, not the more fanon based characterisation of the marauders, especially Remus!)

Remus

Angry at Snape for being a dick and trying to expose his secret, to get him expelled (or worse?!) and his friends in huge trouble too.
Can’t express his anger at Snape because the git now knows his secret and could expose him, which is a terrible situation to find yourself - beholden to your enemy who may ruin your life on a whim (even more aggravating that Remus wasn’t even the one antagonising Snape - that was James & Sirius - and I mean it was mutual, not one sided - it was Marauders versus Snape & the Mini Death Eaters: yes Snape canonically HAD friends who were into the dark arts etc etc; v unlikely Remus got involved as he was too busy trying to blend in and avoid getting into trouble - canonically he was the good boy who “got the badge” - and trying hard to avoid being noticed as a dark creature himself - his words not mine)
Realises Dumbledore has somehow managed to get Snape to keep his mouth shut (why? Who knows: in case he’d be in trouble for allowing a werewolf into Hogwarts, or to make Remus even more beholden to the Headmaster, turn him into Dumbledore’s man, through and through? How? He probably knew Snape’s dirty little secrets, his proclivity for the dark arts, details about illegal unsavoury company - blackmail). This over time eases his worry.
Sirius - he’s very ~~hurt~~ unimpressed with Sirius for telling Snape how to get past the Willow. He gets that, as James put it, only a complete fool would try to get into a shack with a werewolf on a full moon, but turns out Snape is that stupid/that vengeful (take your pick). His way of dealing with this ~~hurt~~ is to stop hanging out with the others. I headcanon this happened quite close to summer holidays (actually think that’s canon), so he goes home and ignores all owls/letters from the marauders. I think Lily does write to him and that’s where the film line “your mother was there for me at a time when bla bla” originates from.
He manages this avoidance as a favourite coping strategy (he does this a lot - for example he avoids trying to find Harry for years due to his stupid ideas about himself being too poor too dangerous yada yada; he avoids telling Dumbledore Sirius is an Animagus because *insert your pick: his “pathetic” love of Sirius/ his promise to never reveal their secret etc*; he avoids trying to keep in touch with Harry after he is sacked from his post as professor (thanks Snape); he avoids dealing with the scariness of being a werewolf dad in the middle of a war by running away from his responsibilities; he tells Harry he “always managed to forget my guilty feelings” when planning another escapade with his friends in the Forbidden Forest or town for the next full moon etc etc, you get me?)
That’s not to say when he comes to the next morning and finds out what happened, he might not in the heat of the moment let the mask slip for a second and scream ~~his hurt~~ at Sirius or even punch him once - his very careful/ always in control/mild mannered persona disappearing momentarily when he’s emotionally dysregulated after such a stressful event. But it’s back in place quickly.
He refuses to respond to James’ attempts to contact him that summer because he’s frankly sick of James having everything/being the Golden Boy (saving Snape from the evil monster aka Remus J Lupin; being great at everything you could imagine - sports, academics, flirting - ~~omg he’s useless but Remus doesn’t see it because he thinks James is wonderful~~). It’s small-minded and pathetic and unfair and petty and embarrassing and horrible - his words - but he can’t help it.
He refuses to talk to Peter that summer too cause that’d be unfair to him - it would put him in the unenviable position of choosing between him and the other two. Because of course James will always choose Sirius… Peter doesn’t try to contact him though, so that’s easy enough.
He eventually makes up with James when they are back in school because James is impossible to ignore when he’s on a mission and impossible to stay angry at (obviously Peter immediately follows) and then lastly Sirius. Details in canon fics…
Afterwards? Well, if James and the others can call his horrific lycanthropy a “furry little problem”, he can refer to that horrible incident as a silly little prank, can’t he? It’s nothing. It didn’t really bother him. It’s totally fine. It was funny actually. No, really. Ha ha ha ha. Can we stop talking about it now, please?

[My version of the prank and the canon marauders story afterwards including Halloween 1981 and what actually happened, in case anyone is interested]

#headcanons #the prank #I love how complicated Remus is #Remus Lupin #marauders #Remus Lupin headcanons #the prank headcanons #I love this stuff 😂😂!#Sirius and James versions to follow