Raising Harry

Raising Harry

I’ve read all these cute raising Harry fics where Remus and Sirius have no issues bringing him up. There’s never arguments. They always see eye to eye and Harry is this perfect angel of a child. And it’s cute, really. But also unrealistic.

Show me a fic where Remus and Sirius have disagreements on how to handle certain situations. Have them argue behind close doors. Have them get annoyed with each other or angry and one of them has to leave for a few hours to calm down.

Have Harry be a little shit. No kid is perfect. And let’s be honest, kids can be assholes. Even the best behaved child has a bad day. Show me that. Show me Harry having a tantrum because he didn’t get a cookie before dinner. Harry being placed in timeout and being petulant about it the entire time. Toddler Harry holding a grudge over the fact that Remus told him “No”. Harry knowingly doing things he’s not supposed to. Because he’s a child and that’s what children do.

On top of that, if he were raised by his Godfather he’d be a spoiled child. He’d be used to getting lavished in attention and love. He’d have these two men over-compensating because his biological parents are dead. So they’d feel like they’d have to go the extra mile for Harry.

Sirius grew up in an abusive home, and he’s gonna want to be the opposite of that. But he’s also gonna end up doing some things his parents did. He’s gonna say things and he’s gonna hear his mother’s voice. He’s gonna try his best, and show that. Show that it’s a struggle.

I want to see how both Sirius and Remus lose patience. How they have to tag team because the other can’t handle Harry screaming or crying. Have them need some space from it all. I want to see them feel guilty for feeling this way too.

Being a parent is hard. It is the most difficult thing that a person will do on their life. It’s rewarding, yes, but it’s not easy. And in both fic and canon, Sirius and Remus are so young. They’re barely out of childhood. They don’t know what the hell they’re doing. Be realistic about it.

Damn

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my favourite headcanon is pureblood wizarding society being 110% okay with queerness. like, nobody talks about it or bothers to come out, because it’s just assumed you’re probably some shade of bisexual. the slytherin dorms don’t stop boys going into the girl’s rooms like in gryffindor because bruh, as if that’s going to do anything about the amount of sex anybody’s having. homophobia is just another reason why muggles suck.

my other favourite headcanon is draco’s giant ass crush on harry potter being the the longest-standing form of entertainment in the slytherin common room. drinking games (”take a shot every time malfoy mentions potter” “do I look like I want alcohol poisoning”). bets (“a galleon says malfoy’s up that tree so he can jump down dramatically when potter walks past” “no way, but I’ll bet the same he’ll mention his father while trying to flirt” “deal”). continued exasperation (“potter’s ass on that broom is going to cost us the quidditch cup. I don’t think malfoy’s even tried looking for the snitch yet.” “every fucking year this shit”).

my third favourite headcanon is a gay muggleborn from a loving-but-homophobic family walking in on this giant gay-loving mess. maybe they’re sorted into slytherin, maybe they just befriend the one slytherin who’s not a douchebag to muggleborns, but either way they end up spending time around them and their total lack of heterosexuality. girls publicly making out on the first day back after hols and everyone telling them they’re gross because merlin, we all know you saw her like two days ago, daphne. neverending ending jokes about potter’s dick and draco malfoy’s desire to sit on it. slytherins who don’t even like each other holding hands in the corridor when they go past homophobic muggleborns.

one day this poor muggleborn is hanging out with the slytherins and finally realises their sexuality is totally a-ok here, and they’re thrilled to the point where they interrupt the elaborate planning of a snape-centric shampoo intervention to blurt, I’M GAY. and the slytherins just look at them, totally unimpressed and kinda confused. one says, “yeah, and do you want a medal or something?” because they really don’t get how big a deal this is. another yells, “that reminds me! I heard parkinson fucked malfoy and guess whose name he moaned as he came” and everyone just simultaneously groans cos their quidditch chances against gryffindor are so fucked this year