#Caradoc Dearborn

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marauders era fan census:

please rb this for a bigger sample size!! im genuinely curious

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Marauders era characters’s social media handles

(Regulus not included bcuz I don’t think he’d have any socials)

James: @/prongedbastard69

Sirius: @/grimdog-baredteeth

Remus: @/r-full-of-wanderlust

Peter: @/rattack-the-cheese

Lily: @/ungilded-lily

Severus: @/halfbloodprince666

Mulciber: @/butcheredtongue44

Kingsley: @/roundtableofaurum

Mary: @/rosyquarts59

Hestia: @/jone-of-archs

Marlene: @/firecracking-beats

Dorcas: @/disciple-of-sappho

Caradoc: @/darnedwitches-55

Emmeline: @/monarch-o-valor

Pandora: @/mysterious-wench1111

Xenophilius: @/stranger-of-the-stars1111

Barty Jr: @/controlofthemind420

Rabastan: @/bjc-s-boy

(I included way too many characters in this)

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fic rec (not) friday

Ghosts

by @chlobliviate on Ao3

The Marauders/Ghosts TV show AU that you didn't know you needed.

Sirius accidentally overdoses and becomes a ghost and realises that there have been other ghosts in his home the entire time.

James and Lily mourn Sirius' death, then Lily falls down the stairs and hits her head, and she can see Sirius again, and he has company.

Please please please read this! It's genuinely so good! Two chapters in and I'm already obsessed.

favourite tropes included:

ghost!sirius

ghost!remus

aka supernatural romance <3

some ghost!dorlene (I love them :3)

some good hurt/comfort

fun side characters (the whole gang is here)

found family

lily and james are good friends

angst

as always, leave lots of love and kudos to the author and have an amazing rest of the week <3

[crookedpainting]

if the marauders fandom is gonna do anything it’s make sure benjy fenwick and caradoc dearborn catch strays

[darlingstarbby]

waiting for the clouds to break

wip | benjy fenwick x caradoc dearborn |

During the annual end-of-the-year party, best friends Benjy and Caradoc shared an enlightening kiss, which led to the two of them not speaking all summer.

Now, they're starting their seventh year at Hogwarts and discovering how to maintain their rocky friendship while also getting ready to graduate and begin their lives as adults in the real world.

character moodboards

[atlasdoe]

hi i love the power rangers and the marauders so these are my power ranger teams made up of marauders characters

ik that most core power ranger teams are of five but we're ignoring that for my sanity

Gryffindors (class of 1978)

James Potter - Red Ranger

Sirius Black - Black Ranger

Remus Lupin - Green Ranger

Peter Pettigrew - Blue Ranger

Lily Evans - Yellow Ranger

Mary MacDonald - Pink Ranger

Snapes Gang

Severus Snape - Green Ranger

Bruce Mulciber - Black Ranger

Edmund Avery Jr - Red Ranger

Juliette Wilkes - Pink Ranger

Charity Burbage - Yellow Ranger

Aurora Sinistra - Purple Ranger (she was a late addition to the team)

Blackbirds (and co)

Edgar Bones - Blue Ranger

Amelia Bones - Yellow Ranger

Fabian Prewett - Black Ranger

Gideon Prewett - Red Ranger

Pandora Lovegood - Pink Ranger

Benjy Fenwick - Green Ranger

Caradoc Dearborn - Whit Ranger

I tried to do the Skittles but I genuiallg cannot see Evan, Barty and Regulus as Power Rangers. They're definitely villains in my mind

[moldywheatbread]

would anyone be interested in an emmary/amethyst centric texting fic? I'm not sure if I should continue writing it loll

[the-most-faithful]

Snape Gang Fanfiction

Ok I've decided, I'll start publishing a fanfiction about the Marauders Era but which focuses on the Snape Gang. (there will also be parts with the marauders of course, a multi pov)

I really want there to be a fair story, showing the real classism of that period and the bullying of the Marauders towards Snape and other students. Let's put it this way, this is my way of fighting ATYD.

I'll post it on Wattpad and Ao3 In Italian and if you are interested also translated into English Let's fight ATYD

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i was bored so you get moodboard from my caradoc dearborn Pinterest section <33

[enbysiriusblack]

underrated characters headcanons? :3

sybill trelawney:

ravenclaw in marauders year

dated remus for a bit (pisces twins and very childhood sweetheart vibes but their relationship was mostly remus letting her practice tarot and palm reading on him all the time and sybill helping him revise)

was in love with pandora and emmeline but broke up due to her dream of living up to her family legacy as a seer (so broke away from society and lived in her great great grandmother's old cottage)

was always getting high behind the greenhouses

thinks the only thing that matters about her is her ability as a seer, and she lives her life thinking she failed

kingsley (changed last name to mcintosh):

gryffindor, best friends with frank and alice (dated frank)

gay gay homosexual gay

was friends with narcissa during school. they bitched about people's outfits to each other and started school gossip all the time

took peter under his wing when he saw him upset in first year about james and sirius leaving him out of a game, so he took him back to the common room and taught him how to play the guitar

flitwick's favourite student

davey gudgeon:

slytherin in regulus' year (so his and evan's roommate)

huge fan of sirius & james and their pranks and was very confused and upset when they both suddenly turned cold and mean to him after he got injured by the whomping willow

loves talking. about anything and everyone. will continuously talk forever

isn't liked by his roommates (regulus and evan) so becomes friends with the ravenclaws and hufflepuffs in the years above (ie. caradoc, amos, benjy, hestia, edgar, etc.)

has never been serious about anything ever in his life

hestia jones:

hufflepuff and on the quidditch team as a chaser

all her closest friends are guys (would be called a 'pick me girl' nowadays), but does get on okay with mary, emmeline, and florence

nicknamed 'jonesy' by pretty much everyone

straight but sometimes snogs marlene when she's drunk

very straightforward and wise, whilst also empathetic

caradoc dearborn:

also hufflepuff and chaser/captain on the quidditch team

in love with benjy fenwick, his best friend, but has no desire to ever come out and still plans on dating a girl instead

very much gives off privileged, white, rugby lad vibes

after benjy's gruesome death, he ran away and left england, moving to the other side of the world (australia), and sunk into a deep depression because of his grief (he never went back and was assumed dead)

emma vanity:

slytherin in the same year as narcissa

best friends with narcissa

quidditch captain and thinks of dorcas meadowes as her protege

remains neutral in the war for self preservation (was disappointed when narcissa married lucius, who she knew was a death eater, but still kept in touch with narcissa and met up with her for cocktails and brunch often)

[rewritingcanon]

twerkability of marauder characters:

lily: 3/10 she tries her best….

sirius: 9/10 bro practiced 💀

james: 7/10 hes a natural but he actually gets quite shy with it lolll

peter: 6/10 hes ok

remus: 0/10 he wont even try smh

marlene: 5/10 she doesnt pack much but she works with what she has

mary: 10/10 twerk god

regulus: 2/10 skinny ass

severus: 0/10 would rather die then ever attempt that

dorcas: 8/10 they’re good at everything for some reason

xenophilius: 7/10 surprisingly twerkable

pandora: 9/10 absolutely shocks everyone

benjy: 10/10 has been shaking it since forever

caradoc: 2/10 but he can hip dance for some reason

lucius: 4/10 on a normal day but 7/10 when he actually tries

narcissa: 5/10 very average

alice: 9/10 minus point because shes too polite about it

frank: 10/10 bro doesnt hold back whatsoever

emmeline: 1/10 will throw it back once but then become immediately aware about how embarrassing it is to twerk and will suddenly stand up straight mid-shake

evan: 4/10 he thinks he’s good but nooooo

barty: 7/10 what he lacks in skill he makes up for in energy

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marauders era sexuality headcanons

james potter: unlabeled. he had a crush on frank but it didn't compare to his crush on lily. he can't be bothered to label himself.

remus lupin: gay gay gay

sirius black: bi. can pull every gender and does. him and marlene were each others' first kisses.

peter pettigrew: demiro + demisexual :3

hestia jones: she loves her nerd boyfriend

amos diggory: he loves his strong quidditch girlfriend

lily evans: bi. dated emmeline vance (for like 3 days before they broke out in a screaming match. enemies to lovers speedrun)

marlene mckinnon: lesbianest lesbian to ever live. her, emmeline, and sirius combined have probably flirted with everyone in gryffindor.

mary macdonald: bi (and married dean thomas' dad rahhh)

dorcas meadows: bi/ace :3

emmeline vance: lesbian. or alternatively, sapphic enemies to lovers plot point.

regulus black: thought he was aroace. turns out he's demiro + ace

barty crouch (jr): evan. / evan: barty.

davey gudgeon: straight, acts gay w his friends

sybill trelawney: bi w a HEAVY preference for women.

xenophilius lovegood: straight. #1 ally

pandora: ace + straight but made out w sybill when they were high.

frank longbottom: bi + the crush of every new first year coming in

alice fortescue: straight + the crush of every other new first year.

caradoc dearborn: benjy. in love w him but not out :(

benjy fenwick: bi. he's out.

[olivers-cocoapuffs]

I need someone to sit down and explain who Caradoc Dearborn and Benjy Fenwick are like I’m a toddler

[engie-ivy]

For @goodboylupin's Candy Hearts Challenge. My candy heart prompt was "UM HI"

Benjy has fallen head over heels. Again. But he swears this time it's different! Again. However, it turns out his new love interest is already dating this Remus guy, and he's just using Benjy to cheat on him. Somehow, Remus himself seems to be more interested in Sirius Black's reaction to the whole situation than in his actual cheating boyfriend.

There's Always Something

Benjy has never felt like this before.

Sure, he’s been in love before. Benjy is quite a sucker for love, actually. He falls fast and always immediately jumps in head-first, which has never had any good results in the past.

But then again, it has never felt like this in the past. The eruption of butterflies at just the meeting of their eyes, the light-headedness that has nothing to do with the wine he’s been drinking, the excitement that for once doesn’t resemble anxiety. It makes him think that all those times before weren’t even crushes, if this is what it’s supposed to feel like.

Benjy has always considered himself a hopeless romantic, but in retrospect, he might have been just hopeless. Like when he claimed the charming man from the coffeeshop who once made his latte art resemble a heart was the love of his life, or when he swore he was going to marry his handsome neighbour who had helped him carry in some heavy boxes when he was moving in, even after he met guy’s girlfriend, or when he was so sure that his friendly trainer in the gym was the one for him, or even way back in high school, when he didn’t stop talking about how smitten he was with the very fit, very broad-shouldered, and very straight jock who was one class above him.

Over a week ago, Benjy ran into said jock again, who was still very fit, still very broad-shouldered, but, as it turned out, not quite so straight anymore.

Benjy had blushed when he entered the deli and suddenly stood face-to-face with the man he still vividly remembered from his school days, Caradoc Dearborn. While Benjy immediately recognized him, he truly didn’t expect Caradoc Dearborn to even know who Benjy was, so he had stammered a quick hello and walked away, expecting that to be the end of it. However, when Benjy was about to leave, Caradoc Dearborn suddenly approached him. He gave Benjy his number, saying it was nice to see him again, and that it would be nice to catch up some time. They texted for about a week before deciding to meet up for coffee. Coffee turned into dinner, and dinner turned into drinks.

And that’s were they are now, sitting together in a cosy bar, so close that there legs are pressed together, just talking and talking and talking. Talking to Caradoc is easy, listening to Caradoc is captivating, and hearing Caradoc laugh is mesmerizing.

From the moment they started talking, Benjy doesn’t ever want it to stop.

Somewhere during their conversation, Caradoc’s hand has ended up on Benjy’s thigh, and Benjy is trailing his hand up over Caradoc’s very impressive biceps. Caradoc reaches out to brush a strand of hair from Benjy’s face, Benjy leans into the touch, Caradoc leans in too, their faces suddenly very close, and almost simultaneously, both of them move in further, slowly closing that last bit of distance between them, and...

Caradoc is abruptly jerked backwards, pulled from his barstool and shoved up against the wall.

Benjy nearly face-plants into the empty bar stool in front of him, and can barely catch himself. “What the-?”

Benjy looks up at the man who has grabbed Caradoc by his collar and is currently glaring at him furiously. He knows that man. Well, he doesn’t know him, but he knows who he is. Everyone does. He’s the kind of guy who walks into the room and you immediately say ‘who is that?’

Sirius Black unfairly handsome, like he’s designed for the sole purpose of making the rest of mankind feel inadequate. Too intimidating for Benjy to ever even dare to talk to, but that’s not to say he hasn’t enjoyed the view from time to time.

One more reason why everyone has had Sirius Black’s name on their lips lately is because of his notorious, high profile family, whom he recently dramatically cut ties with. Everyone loves to speculate about what happened, and Benjy has heard the wildest stories flying around about the fallout between Black and his family.

Benjy most certainly isn’t enjoying the view now, now that Black is pushing the latest Love of His Life up against the wall.

“Um, hi,” Caradoc says, blinking at Black.

“Don’t ‘hi’ me,” Black snaps. “What the hell, Dearborn? How could you?”

“It... It’s not what it looks like!”

“What ‘it looks like’,” Black snarls. “Is that you were about to stick your tongue down that guy’s throat!”

Oh, Benjy really hopes that it is what it looks like!

“Yeah, okay,” Caradoc says. “I suppose that is what it looks like, but I’m not cheating!”

“Oh, right, no, of course,” Black says, rolling his eyes. “Because surely your boyfriend would be absolutely fine with you snogging some other guy!”

Boyfriend? Benjy’s heart drops. Of course, there’s always something, isn’t there? It’s only the first date and it shouldn’t hurt this much, but god, it bloody does!

Caradoc shakes his head. “Sirius, please, it’s something between Remus and I.”

“Oh no,” Black says. “I’m not going to keep this from Remus! You can forget about that! You know what? I knew from the very start you weren’t good enough for him! I should’ve just spoken up back then.”

“Yes, that would’ve saved us both a lot of trouble,” Caradoc mutters.

“I just hope Remus will realise-”

“Remus will realise what?” A guy with floppy, honey-coloured hair and matching honey-coloured eyes comes walking up to them. He looks curiously from Caradoc to Black, his expression strangely... hopeful?

“Remus!” Black says, sounding way too pleased for the current situation, as he turns to the guy, apparently Remus, apparently Caradoc’s boyfriend. “Excellent timing. I think your boyfriend has something to say?” He looks at Caradoc with a slightly smug smile on his face.

Caradoc sighs. “Sirius seems to be under the impression-”

“Sirius isn’t under any impression!” Black interrupts sharply, glaring at Caradoc. “Sirius saw with his own eyes!” He turns back to Remus. “Dearborn was about to snog this random guy here!”

Benjy opens his mouth to protest, because Black may have a good reason to be angry, it’s not Benjy’s fault and Black doesn’t need to talk about him like that, but Caradoc beats him to it.

“Don’t talk about him like that!”

Benjy feels a tingle in his stomach at hearing Caradoc defend him, he’s just so... No, Benjy, no! He’s a liar and a cheater and you deserve better!

Remus presses a hand against his chest and gasps dramatically. “Caradoc! How could you!” He says, rather theatrically, Benjy thinks.

“That’s exactly what I said,” Black says triumphantly.

The way Remus is studying his face makes Benjy think he’s more interested in Black’s reaction to the situation than in his actual cheating boyfriend.

“And I said that it wasn’t like that!” Caradoc exclaims, looking more fed up than guilty or ashamed.

“Caradoc!” Remus hisses, giving him a pointed look.

“I mean, yes, I suppose it is, but...”

“Caradoc!” Benjy says, aiming to sound angry, but it comes out more like heartbroken.

“I mean, no, it’s not...” Caradoc rubs his temples. “Oh, fuck this.” He looks at Remus. “Sorry, Remus. I’m done with this.” He turns to Black. “Remus and I aren’t dating.”

Remus lets out another one of those overly dramatic gasps.

Black’s eyes narrow. “You dare deny it?” He asks in a dangerous tone. “You would just dismiss your relationship with Remus like that, while there are so many people who would die to be with Remus, who would want nothing more than to have him to themselves?”

“I know at least one,” Caradoc mutters under his breath, at the same time as Remus asks “You really think so?” while beaming at Sirius.

“Of course!” Sirius says wholeheartedly. “You deserve someone who knows how lucky they are.” The last part is said with sideways glance in Caradoc’s direction.

Caradoc rolls his eyes. “Remus and I were only pretending to date to make you jealous,” he plainly states.

Sirius blinks at him. “Why... Why would you want to make me jealous?”

Benjy crosses his arms over his chest. “Were you just using me to make him jealous too?” He demands. For some reason, he feels especially hurt that he isn’t even the only one Caradoc was using to make Black jealous. Maybe his friends did have a point when saying he needs to work on his self-esteem...

“Not me!” Caradoc exclaims. “Remus wants to make you jealous.”

Remus lifts his chin. “Why, I do not know of what you speak,” he says airily.

“Oh, Remus, let it off!” Caradoc snaps.

“Fine!” Remus throws his hands up in the air. “Fine! It’s true! It was me!” He turns to Black looking almost defiantly. “I asked Caradoc to pretend to be my boyfriend to help me make you jealous.”

Benjy’s previously sunken heart perks up a little. Caradoc isn’t a cheater! He’s just a loyal friend!

Black stares. “You... What? Why?”

“Because!” Remus exclaims, poking his finger against Black’s chest. “Because I like you, and I know you like me too, but you never bloody say it!”

“And you thought pretending you were happy with someone else would make me more inclined to say it?” Black asks incredulously.

“Every time something seemed to happen between us, you drew back! I thought that maybe the possibility of losing me to someone else would finally give you the push you needed to speak up.”

“Really?” Black crosses his arms over his chest. “The person who thought it a better plan to fake an entire relationship rather than just have a conversation with me is lecturing me about speaking up?”

Benjy must admit he makes a fair point.

Remus places his hands on his hips. “You’re damn right I am! If you like me, you would fight for me!” He averts his gaze. “But you didn’t. So maybe I was wrong. Maybe you don’t like me.”

“I don’t like you,” Black says. “I bloody love you, Remus!”

Remus spreads his arms. “Then why didn’t you fight for me?”

“Because loving you means wanting you to be happy,” Black says. “And believe me, Remus, wanting you to be happy and wanting you to be with me are two very different things.”

There’s a beat of silence.

“What... what’s that supposed to mean?” Remus asks, but his tone is much softer now.

Black runs a hand through his hair. “Look, Remus. You’ve got your shite figured out. You’ve got your own place, you work as a teaching assistant, from where you can get your accreditation and grow into becoming an actual teacher, and you love your job and are damned good at it. You’ve had a rough time, and now you’ve got your life on track. But me? I just got kicked out of my parents’ house, am crashing on my best friend’s couch, and just dropped out of my Business and Accounting studies my parents forced me to do. I never applied for any scholarships, because, you know, rich parents, and now I’m disinherited, so I’ve got no idea how I’m ever going to afford any type of education ever again. In short, I’ve got no place to live, no money, and no idea what I’m going to do with the rest of my life. Why would I let you be a part of that? Why would you want to be a part of that?”

“That makes sense,” Remus says.

Black drops his gaze, but then Remus continues. “Or rather, that would’ve made sense, had it been anywhere near the full story.”

Black looks up again.

Remus takes a step forward. “You forgot to mention how strong and brave you are for defying your family, no matter how much it’ll cost you, or how a fiercely loyal you are to your friends and how you’ve always been there for me, but find it so difficult to ask for help yourself, or just how clever and talented you are, and how you can now finally use that drive and passion to follow your own path, and I can’t wait to see where it’ll take you, but Sirius, there’s no rush. You’re allowed to take your time to figure things out, and while you do, I want to be there with you. So please, let me be there with you.” Remus takes another step towards Black and places a hand on his cheek. “Please, let me be with you.”

Black responds by moving in and kissing Remus, his arms coming around Remus’ waist to pull him even closer, and Remus’ hands sliding into Black’s hair.

Benjy starts to clap.

Remus and Black pull apart and give Benjy a puzzled look.

Benjy awkwardly scrapes his throat. “Um, sorry. It... It seemed like a clapping-moment?” He scratches his head. “I’m sorry. Please, um, don’t mind me. Sorry.”

Remus shakes his head and seems to want to continue the kiss, but at that point, a young man with hazel eyes, messy, dark hair sticking up in all directions, and a calm, easy-going manner about him has wandered up to the group, casually sipping his beer.

“Everything settled here?” He asks, looking from Remus and Black to Benjy and Caradoc. “Everyone got the respective man of their choice?”

Remus holds on to Black’s arm. “I’ve got mine!” He beams.

Black smiles at him completely besotted. “And I mine.”

They’re actually cute together. Benjy can’t help it. Besides the fact that Black ruined his moment with Caradoc and insulted Benjy, and Remus nearly ruined things between him and Caradoc all together by not fessing up about his scheming, Benjy finds himself rooting for them.

His thoughts are interrupted by Caradoc gently tapping him on the shoulder. “What about me?” He asks softly. “Have I got the respective man of my choice?”

Benjy can’t help the smile spreading over his face. “Who knows, if you play your cards right.”

Two years later

“And I pronounce you now husband and husband! You may kiss the groom.”

“And now you may clap,” Caradoc whispers in Benjy’s ear.

Benjy glares at him as the room bursts out in applause as Remus throws himself at Sirius, who is all too happy to catch him and pull him into a passionate kiss.

Caradoc chuckles and kisses Benjy’s cheek. “I’m sorry, love. I’m just teasing.”

Benjy doesn’t reply, but he lets Caradoc wrap his strong arms around him and pull him close, and he rests his head on Caradoc’s shoulder with a content sigh as Caradoc starts gently treading his fingers through his hair.

They watch as Remus and Sirius, Mr and Mr Lupin, make their way back down the aisle, towards the exit, Remus holding on to Sirius’ arm and Sirius smiling at him completely besotted, both of them beaming more brightly than Benjy has ever seen anyone beam.

“They really are cute together,” Benjy says.

“Hmmm,” Caradoc hums.

“And it was such a beautiful ceremony,” Benjy sighs.

Caradoc moves a bit closer to whisper in his ear. “Do you think that’ll be us someday?”

Benjy’s stomach erupts in flutters, like it still does every time he’s reminded that Caradoc is actually his. He can’t help the smile spreading over his face. “Who knows, if you play your cards right.”

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My thoughts on Caradoc in Braving the Ocean SPOILERS below

If I were to rank my favorite characters in bto it would be 1. Remus/Sirius, 2. Sirius/Remus (obviously I cannot and will never decide) and then 3. Caradoc. I am in love with him. He is my favorite character I have ever written and for several personal reasons I think he’s just made my writing better

But in the story he is introduced as Sirius’s fuck buddy and a drug dealer. I was talking to my friend about it and at a surface level glance his character is very “come on baby, take some drugs and fuck yourself on my cock.” But that’s not who he is, he’s Sirius’s friend and he loves him. As we learn in chapter 25, their relationship runs much deeper.

The whole thing about them is that although they both think that they don’t have expectations for each other, they do. Sort of. One of the expectations that they have is that they count on each other. Sirius especially, it’s not just the drugs or the sex, he uses Caradoc as a sounding board, he values his opinion so much because Caradoc doesn’t coddle him. James coddles him. And although Marlene pokes at him, she still doesn’t push him. Caradoc pushes him—and Sirius might’ve left because he doesn’t like being pushed because he’s complacent but he stays because he “needs” the drugs. Caradoc knows he can push because Sirius will come back.

Their relationship is an unusual one, are they friends, are they fuck buddies, are they dealer and client, are they subject and photographer? They are all and they transition between it because that is one expectation they don’t have. And it works, when Remus and Sirius get together, they don’t cheat because that was never an issue, Caradoc may be a cheater, but Sirius wasn’t—so their relationship lost the sexual aspect, until everything went to shit at least.

I think that Caradoc and Sirius needed each other, but I don’t think that their relationship was healthy or good. Sirius needed someone outside of the band, someone who he could express his sexuality with—Kingsley and Fabian were both dangerous in their own respects, and I’m not saying drugs aren’t, but Caradoc was a tad bit safer. Caradoc cared more. Caradoc wasn’t just there for rockstar Sirius, the sexual being, he was there for Sirius. Sirius needed someone who he could ask questions with, talk to about Remus, and just be around that wasn’t tied to his fame.

But their relationship obviously wasn’t healthy. It was tied to drugs. Every part from the beginning was intrinsically tied to drugs, I don’t know if anyone caught this, but every memory with Caradoc was one where Sirius was high. Sirius isn’t the type of person who can do drugs occasionally, and Caradoc thinks he can. Caradoc thinks being sober is bullshit and Sirius needs to be sober (from drugs). They don’t work well. They aren’t compatible. Caradoc wants to support him, but he simply doesn’t understand that Sirius isn’t the same as him.

But back to Caradoc specifically, we don’t get much of his background because simply Sirius doesn’t care. He cares about Caradoc, of course, but he sees him for what he is, useful. So now, I will add details:

I always pictured him coming from a modest background, but with a family that knew that they had to work

He went to college for photography and worked as an assistant and in his final year, that’s when he met Sirius

He got involved in drugs pretty early on, when he was twenty or so his addiction got serious, but it was never exactly hardcore, especially when you looked at someone like Sirius, he hid it so much better, and would often try and quit but then be like “fuck it sobrieties a joke anyway”

Knew his sexuality since he was fifteen, but only admitted it when he was seventeen, never told his family, confident when he goes out, but still doesn’t tell many people, and this surprises Sirius

And a funny one: when Sirius got the NEVER MIND tattoo on his knees Caradoc got a tattoo too, and that was Ralph from Ninja Turtles (cough cough aka the worst one, according to my cousins)

Ending thoughts: I was surprised that people didn’t like Caradoc as much as they did—I understand that he got in the way of wolfstar (SORT OF) and is not a healthy person for Sirius, but still?? I love him so so much. Is it because he’s a drug dealer?? Do people not like drug dealers?? Regardless, that sort of surprised me. He’s probably my favorite character in this story excluding wolfstar, so I suppose that’s good that people couldn’t tell that I favored him. And I think he and Sirius will be friends forever, even if Remus doesn’t like it, Caradoc has helped Sirius so much, that’s not just something you forget.

Anyway, my Caradoc analysis — above all, he’s a very crucial character to the story.

[mydarlingdearestdead]

funny how I've attached myself to Benjy Fenwick for absolutely no reason (?) and now I'm here alone at my table for one making him up a whole backstory and personality, plus Caradoc's. anyone wanna help?