The friendship between Remus and Sirius absolutely fascinates me. By the time Harry sees them together in OotP, things seem fine between them, but before that point they must have had to deal with whatever went wrong in 1981, plus the stark difference in experiences they've had over the twelve years Remus was alone and Sirius was in prison.
In my ficverse, Sirius does have real empathy for what Remus has gone through. But unfortunately this point in the timeline is the most stable he'll ever be. Now that he's back in the family house, his own boredom and despair are gradually (not fully within the scope of this one story) going to start clouding his judgment and making him less dependable of a friend to Remus than he wants to be.
It just shows how deeply ingrained such prejudices can become, that someone as generous as Molly would have that reaction -- I like the way you've put that; it's exactly the kind of idea I've been going for.
Now I just hope I can get Ch 4 finished before the year-end holidays, heh.
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Date: 2008-11-06 10:50 pm (UTC)The friendship between Remus and Sirius absolutely fascinates me. By the time Harry sees them together in OotP, things seem fine between them, but before that point they must have had to deal with whatever went wrong in 1981, plus the stark difference in experiences they've had over the twelve years Remus was alone and Sirius was in prison.
In my ficverse, Sirius does have real empathy for what Remus has gone through. But unfortunately this point in the timeline is the most stable he'll ever be. Now that he's back in the family house, his own boredom and despair are gradually (not fully within the scope of this one story) going to start clouding his judgment and making him less dependable of a friend to Remus than he wants to be.
It just shows how deeply ingrained such prejudices can become, that someone as generous as Molly would have that reaction -- I like the way you've put that; it's exactly the kind of idea I've been going for.
Now I just hope I can get Ch 4 finished before the year-end holidays, heh.