#Remus: HIV/AIDS

[wolfstarshipping]

Discards (76.032 words) by @picascribit

Rating: Mature

modern AU

Summary:

When 21-year-old assistant librarian Sirius spots a cute hipster college student at the Seattle Public Library, he just needs to figure out a subtle way of determining whether he's into guys. But Remus's life is more complicated than Sirius knows.

Comment:

This is one of my all-time favorite wolfstar fics so I just had to make a post about it even though it's quite popular and not really new to anyone probably. It's such a beautiful modern AU, I love everything about it, there's a good amount of angst and pining and a lot of cute scenes and strong chosen family vibes.

[spooky-albi-bumblebee]

if “Remus is gay coded” because “werewolves are a metaphor for people with aids/hiv”(ignoring the bi erasure in that kind of statement)(and how bigoted that is considered how werewolves are portrayed in hp)(and ignoring how awful that is to say because Remus was a child when he was bitten) then you will also have to think that all of the death eaters were trans and Snape and Regulus were detrans because JKR said the death eaters were a metaphor for trans people(i think the terf worms have eaten the entirety of her brain) last year(i think? maybe it was two years ago i’m bad with time) but nobody is arguing that. maybe just maybe because it’s bigoted and dumb ;o; who knew

[broomsticks]

posted a two-part pride rec list over at dreamwidth (follow the links for full reccer’s notes). various queer themes including identity exploration, coming out, and related social/societal issues. there’s light to heavy angst in most of these, but all have a happy/hopeful ending. 🌈

Modern Muggle AUs

Time and Love by justtoarguewithyou // Hermione/Oliver // 6.8k, G. College/University AU, Self-Discovery, Getting Together

Love & Blowjobs & Other Sacred Things by BrujaBanter // Wolfstar & Jily // 77k, E. Preacher Remus, Priest Sirius, Former LDS/Mormon James, Hijabi Lily, Explicit Sexual Content, Priest Kink, Catholicism Is Inherently Kinky Fight Me

Discards by @picascribit // Wolfstar & Jily // 76k, M. Librarian AU, Trans Sirius Black, Latino!Remus, Japanese-American!Sirius, Black!James, Jewish!Lily, Homelessness, HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, Sex Work

Dragons Don't Know Paradise by @teacup-tai // Drarry & Wolfstar // 51k, E. Falling In Love, they meet online, Wolfstar raising Harry, HIV+ Remus, Angst and Hurt/Comfort.

Have Time To Grow by Queer_and_trashy // Wolfstar // 31k, E. Professor Remus, Poet Sirius, Trans Sirius, Dom Remus/Sub Sirius, deeply deeply queer, because fuck jkr

Midday Train to London by xinasvoice // Wolfstar, Prongsfoot, Jily // 24k, E. Muggle AU, introduction to the BDSM/kink community, introduction to polyamory

Magical Queerness

Play Me Like A Love Song by @writcraft // Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank/Minerva McGonagall // 68k, E. Queer Awakening, Stone Butch, Coming Out, Families of Choice, Drag King, Self-Discovery

Rosmerta's Special Brew by @lumosatnight // Rosmerta/Andromeda // 6k, T. Queer Themes, Queer Characters (so many), 5+1 Things, Coming Out, Fluff

burning brightly by malapropism // Rolfluna // 15k, NR. Parent-Child Relationship, Family Dynamics, Character Study, Aromantic Luna Lovegood

Knotweed by @turanga4 // Poppy/Pomona // 2.3k, T. Canon compliant, missing moment, older lesbians, past relationship

Dating the System Isn't Very Punk Rock by flibbertygigget // Kingsley/Snape // 7k, M. post-DH canon divergence, Community Organizing, Anarchism, Punk, Transfem Snape, Genderfluid Kingsley

Smoke and Mirrors by RuinsPlume // Remadora, endgame Tonks/Ginny // 38k, E. Butch Tonks, nonbinary Tonks, bisexual Remus, polyamory negotiations, Remadora raising Teddy, queer het

The Bent by @ebparentheses // Wolfstar & F/F Jily // 40k, E. No-Voldemort canon divergence, Friends to Lovers, Queer History, Queer Art, obscenity laws, queer solidarity

The Mirror Lied by tryslora // F/F Draco/Hermione // 1.8k, M. Post-Hogwarts, EWE, Transfem Draco Malfoy, Gender Exploration

[sn4pe]

"waa waa snape outed remus as a werewolf"

ok i think the reason the fandom reacts to this the way they do is that they think werewolfism is an allegory for being gay (this is why so many hate remus/tonks, and ship remus/sirius) rather than an allegory for hiv - a devastating virus that will kill the patient but which is only spread under very specific conditions. the aids epidemic didn't reach its peak until 2004, and there wasn't even any treatment for slow the progression of hiv to aids until 1997, but it was well known before that time that you couldn't catch hiv just be being around seropositive people - even if bigots acted like you could. THAT is what remus is meant to represent (this was a very important lesson for children to learn at the time the books were being written, i remember having countless assemblies and lessons about hiv in the 90s). the majority of people with hiv are heterosexual, and most are women. only white anti-gay bigots think hiv is a ~gay disease~ and that therefore remus must be gay and any anti-remus character must be homophobic.

it's not "remus is gay and needs to lose his job", it's "remus has hiv and it was fine up until he negligently exposed children to his bodily fluids, so now he needs to lose his job".

(the way this fandom assigns incorrect meanings to very obvious allegories drives me insane. like people thinking house elves are meant to represent slavery when it's very obvious they're meant to represent battered housewives doing constant unthanked and unpaid domestic labour, with everyone ignoring their bruises and injuries, and when someone does try to help they get told off for being a busybody and not minding their own business. like, their liberation movement is the same acronym as the feminist movement! it's so on the nose a child is supposed to be able to pick up on it. and yet this fandom is like "hurr durr it's slavery and you're meant to think hermione is wrong for trying to end it!!!".)

!!!!! this !!!! all this !!!!

[dufferpuffer]

Adding up to that Severus has a not-so-secret daughter au! Some good nasty drama

Since the lycanthropy is based on the AIDs and they can be passed down to offspring, let me introduce you to:

After the Prank, Severus did get infected but never went through the actual transformation, so he just carries it in his blood with some side effects (maybe he eats raw meat now and has sharper senses, who knows). But even if he's not a werewolf as such, he still has the infection in him...and his daughter is born with it, turning into a full werewolf each moon and overall suffering all the regular effects of the curse.

Just one more reason for them to dislike lupin (and the marauders in general)

I REALLY hate Lycanthropy being tied to HIV/AIDs. I know the author said so, but she says alot of things that suck, and that's one of them. It's a real stinker.

In any case, Lycanthropy isn't actually passed down from parent to child - that's a myth, perpetuated by the fact so few Werewolves ever have children. Remus was worried - but its just another point on his list of "things he is anxious about that aren't real/don't matter as much as he thinks they do" He has nothing to fear about sex. He would have more to fear about kissing - but even then, that isn't how Lycanthropy works.

It doesn't change your genes. Its a magical disease - you don't become a non-human, your DNA isn't changed. You're only contagious at the Full Moon, about 12 hours a month and ONLY via saliva, not blood or sexual fluids. Even if Severus was partially infected with cursed wounds, like Bill Weasley - as he doesn't transform he cannot pass it on.

Same with HIV/AIDs. A father doesn't pass it to their child. The DNA/RNA in his sperm does not have HIV - just the fluids it is carried in. A mother can pass it down through the pregnancy, childbirth fluids or breastfeeding - but not necessarily.

In order to have a child infected with Lycanthropy Severus would need to be fully bitten by Remus and then also bite his own child - or pick up a child from somewhere that has already been bitten.

And that's cute. Why is Severus so good at brewing Wolfsbane...? He's been doing it for his daughter for years already. But I don't really see how, even if you HC that Lycanthropy can be passed down to children via the fathers DNA, that it is something to 'dislike Remus' about...? Remus wasn't a part of that prank. He was a sick boy who did everything right. He wasn't wandering around, he wasn't being reckless - he was hiding in the shack. He was as much a victim of the prank as much as Severus was.

The Ministry has shifted whether they consider Werewolves as 'Beings' or 'Creatures' for years - and in either case, whether they are considered 'people' or 'animals' - they don't have human rights. Just being found out is a danger to Remus' life.

Remus would be mortified to know he had even partially infected Severus... even more so that his Lycanthropy had been fully passed onto a child. He would be DEVASTATED. He would be torn between feeling some responsibility over the child, to teach them how to manage their condition... and wanting to run as far away as possible, hide in a hole - and die from shame.

[teacup-tai]

Dragons Don't Know Paradise (Drarry 50k)

Today is World AIDS Day. It also is my fic Dragons Don't Know Paradise 2nd birthday. My fic about HIV+ characters, about hope and love and found family. I didin't realise in December 2020 about the massive coincidence of posting the first chapter of my 25 days of Harry and Draco fic that the 1st of December was the most perfect day to start this story. Dragons is my first long Drarry fic, and it's probably my best story. I love it so much and I'm so grateful to everyone who read, gave me kudos, love and comments.

To everyone out there living with HIV, I send you my love, my support and my respect. You will always find in me an ally against the hardship of world and prejudice. <3

Dragons Don't Know Paradise (50k, Drarry + Wolfstar)

Summary: In 2004, when Remus spends two scary weeks in the ITU due to complications of pneumonia and his HIV condition, Sirius walks around the house like a ghost and Harry finds comfort and strength in Draco through a chat in an online LGBT forum. Harry falls for him, but Draco has a lot of secrets and, before long, will need to come clean—even if he believes that no one is able to understand a dragon. This is a story about falling in love online and about facing the reality of death, but above all, this is a story about hope, finding love and acceptance.

love, tai

[salted-caramel-tea]

i’ve seen a lot of talk about the misinformation regarding harry potter and one thing that’s worth mentioning is that it’s important to remember the discussions she’s had on the metaphors within her works . namely lycanthropy as a stand in for the hiv / aids epidemic . yea ywah remember that when she said lupin was a metaphor for men with hiv and aids . the guy who was attacked as a child by a male predator in a community that is made to be a major threat towards the end of the book series . her argument there wasn’t anything to do with humanising werewolves - she humanised remus, but the rest of the werewolf community were on the dark side. they WERE child predators. they DID target innocent people they DID kill people and all the other fear mongering fabrications that were spread about gay men during the epidemic . it’s true there can be truth to the bigotry in the fact that werewolves as mythical creatures are inherently dangerous but it was her decision to align that danger with the experiences of gay men and she knew how she was portraying the werewolf community . she knew that she made remus to be an OUTLIER in the werewolf community . an innocent person that was preyed upon by an evil (the evil being the people with the disease she aligned with hiv) . and she chose to align that with gay men

[dandyshucks]

if Wardell somehow broke containment from this little blog, my biggest fear is that the marauders girlies would be like "OMG IS THAT REMUS??? IS THAT REMUS MARAUDERS??? OMG MARAUDERS FANART??? THIS LOOKS LIKE REMUS!!!" bro keep your nasty HP shit away from me and my creations :[ keep that distasteful offensive AIDS/HIV allegory character away from me jfc

[phosphorusab]

The Thing About Remus Lupin Being Queercoded (And How Bizarre it is in Hindsight that JK Rowling Ever Wrote Him)

I loved Remus Lupin as an undiagnosed Neurodivergent and unrealized queer kid. Not only was he the most competent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in the Harry Potter series, but genuinely cared about his pupils and was committed to their safety and education.

I remember being very comforted as a little anxious kid by watching the scene where he taught the class on how to face their fears through a boggart or privately teaching Harry how to use the Patronus.

He was an example of a genuinely good and helpful teacher, which I didn’t have in abundance throughout my K-12 education.

What I find extremely bizarre is that Remus Lupin had an explicitly queer allegory in his character, that JK Rowling retconned and killed off. Seeing her true colors and her politics, what was to be expected?

One thing that Rowling explicitly stated that ties Lupin to queerness is the lycanthropy. Werewolves, vampires, etc have had a queer history before Harry Potter, but in Rowling’s universe lycanthropy was a metaphor for the HIV/AIDS virus.

Lycanthropy is an incurable magical condition which causes the sufferer to turn into a uncontrollable violent wolf monster during a full moon. It can be alleviated with a Wolfsbane potion, much like the early cocktails of pills in the 80’s and 90’s were the first medication to prevent the worsening of HIV/AIDS.

The problem is how Remus contracted lycanthropy. The only other known lycanthrope in the series, Fenrir Greyback, intentionally infected Remus Lupin as a child. Fenrir explicitly enjoys preying on children and infecting as many people as he can with lycanthropy.

Explicitly linking HIV/AIDS as a metaphor for lycanthropy, and the only lycanthropes in the series is a literal child predator intentionally spreading magic HIV/AIDS and his victim, is extremely disgusting, thoughtless and poor taste- especially since gay/bisexual men being demonized as diseased sexual predators in the media.

The Prisoner of Azkaban came out in 1997, and Sorcerer’s Stone came out 2 years prior. HIV/AIDS was (and still is) a big issue in the LGBT+ community. Our community lost so many people and we will probably never shake off the stigma HIV/AIDS left on us, I honestly don’t expect it in my lifetime. Rowling couldn’t possibly not have known all of this, but intentionally used lycanthropy as an allegory for HIV/AIDS.

And the consequence of Remus Lupin being outed as a werewolf was being removed from his teaching position at Hogwarts, because parents complained that he would be a threat to their kids- despite most of Lupin’s students loving him, and had it not been for the events in Prisoner of Azkaban, his lycanthropy would still have been a decades long, well guarded Hogwarts secret.

How is this not parallel to the concern of kids having gay/lesbian teachers (closeted or not) that started in the what, the 50’s? And continues under a new scapegoat, that being openly transgender educators? Openly or not, transgender people being anywhere near children? But what would JK Rowling care, right?

Other evidence that the early Harry Potter fandom had in their arsenal that proved Lupin’s queerness was that he was a bachelor and seemed to have chemistry with another bachelor, being his childhood friend Sirius Black. Apparently, even the actors on set of the movies intentionally portrayed them as such.

Rowling did not appreciate constructive criticism, fans theories, attention to canonical details that she wrote that she had forgotten, or attention to plot holes. For whatever reason, she randomly stuck Remus with Tonks at the tail end of the books, having them get married and have a son in the middle of a war.

They never seemed to have any chemistry prior to this random last minute pairing. What I also find insidious in hindsight was that before Tonks got with Lupin, she was a pretty beloved character for her gender fluidity, having been born as a rare shape shifting Metamorphmagus. She was very spunky, independent, and expressed herself with alternative hair styles that would still make a few people clutch their pearls. She also rejected stereotypical womanhood, and explicitly preferred being referred to her surname “Tonks” instead of her birth name “Nymphadora” or “Dora” for short. But after she gets with Lupin and has Teddy, these traits are all erased.

And then they die, for no reason other than shock and to traumatize their child that doesn’t matter to the plot, because they were originally supposed to survive the ending.

I just find it really odd that Rowling decided to put the two most headcannoned queer characters in her books, who have historically “queer” magical abilities like the lycanthropic and shape shifting characteristics, and forced them into what she thinks will make everyone happy- a nuclear family.

I think she wrote Remus, and by extension Tonks, as queer completely by mistake and she had to correct that for whatever reason.

Because JK Rowling doesn’t have the guts or the capability to actually empathetically and delicately write a character like Lupin as queer- someone who isn’t evil or morally grey (like Dumbledore, confirmed in everything except canon) but an educator, a good one at that, who was run out of Hogwarts on a rail because of people just. like. her.

[hchollym]

What are your thoughts on all the deaths in deathly hallows?

Short Version: I hate them, thanks. 👎

Long Version: Get ready for a rant...

I get that JKR wanted to show the cruelty of war and how innocents suffer. However, her choice of characters that suffered was suspicious and problematic (to put it mildly).

Remus = A werewolf (which JKR said was a metaphor for HIV/AIDS)

Tonks = A Metamorphmagus (a pretty obvious example of a nonbinary character, whether JKR admits it or not)

Dobby = A house-elf (which quite literally represents slaves, and he died protecting the white savior of the book)

Lavender = A traditionally feminine woman (who JKR made sure was repeatedly insulted for that throughout the books)

Alastor Moody = A disabled character (who likely had a mental illness as well)

Severus = The character who grew up in a household with a low socioeconomic status & was abused as a child

Don't get me wrong; I fully understand that marginalized people do tend to suffer more during times of crisis (like war), but it was highly unnecessary in this setting.

JKR claims to have killed off Remus & Tonks so that Teddy would be an orphan and the story would come full circle, but that's BS. She only added Tonk's pregnancy into Book 7 for that reason, and she could have easily made Fleur pregnant instead.

The readers had a strong connection to Bill & Fleur (after seeing their engagement and wedding), and they would have represented the tragedy & randomness of war - these were two young, talented, powerful people (who are still not immune to death) who were well-loved and had their whole lives ahead of them. This also would have killed off one of the Weasleys (which JKR was determined to do).

She also could have stayed with her original idea to kill off Arthur & Molly instead. They could have died during the battle (also representing the randomness of war & effectively killing two of the Weasleys), and if Molly died protecting Ginny from Bellatrix, then the books would have come full circle from Lily dying to protect Harry (since a mother's sacrifice was a huge focus in the series). It also would have given Harry & Ginny yet another thing to bond over.

But no, she chose Remus & Tonks instead - one of which was a character that had suffered (physically and emotionally) for most of his life, yet when he finally had the chance at happiness, he was killed. That's not a satisfying end to his character arc; it's cruel.

I understand some of her choices (like Fred), whether I like them or not, but I also hate the way she killed them off. Percy literally just reconnected with his family, and JKR made it so that he has to live the rest of his life riddled with survivor's guilt, blaming himself because he feels like Fred died because Percy distracted him.

Some people find this scene in the books to be "touching" because Percy made Fred laugh, so at least they had one last good moment before Fred died smiling, but I totally disagree. Percy will always be traumatized by this (way more than if Fred had died when he wasn't around Percy). On top of that, there's no way that the thought didn't at least cross George's mind (and probably others) that it was Percy's fault & should have been him instead (which Percy likely agrees with).

Percy was being punished for his past choices, and having a character grow and apologize for their mistakes just to make them suffer mentally for the rest of their life is also not a satisfying ending to their arc; yet again, it's just cruel.

The point is that some characters needed to die (that's a commentary on war), but it didn't need to be - and shouldn't have been - the ones that JKR chose.

Thanks for the ask! 😊

[severussnapeconfessions]

I often wonder what it would have been like if Lily had lived, and she and Snape raised Harry. Would he have been an only child? Would he have been as reckless? Would he have taken to potions? I’m pretty sure he would have made fast friends with Hermione at least, since I can’t see either Lily or Snape totally giving up their muggle ties. I can see Harry being raised Muggle, to hide him from the world until he turns eleven.

Lupin as a fun uncle that comes round once in a while.

thoughts?

Hi!

I will assume you are saying that Snape would raise Harry with Lily, considering that James Potter was the only one who died that night? So instead of having Harry surviving alone to the killing curse, we'd add Lily. I don't know if this is what you mean, but I will continue with this supposition.

I have some considerations in first place. Snape would still have been one of the culprits of his death then. What would make Lily consider Snape as her companion knowing that it was him who had gotten James killed?

But then, and now I am only thinking to myself, she did have a baby with a man who practically blackmailed her to date him.

Perhaps Lily's judgement is not the best one. Although I still think she wouldn't be the right one for our dear Severus. But moving on to your topics and assuming they get together immediately:

Snape would still have a permanent reminder that Harry was not his biological son, because the resemblance to older Potter would still be screaming at him everyday. So I believe he would like to have a child of his own with Lily, even if the child ended up to be Lily's hardcopy.

However, not only Severus would be out of depth with all the parenthood stuff but also Lily would still be fragile about losing a husband. So my guess is that they would probably try to have another child after Lily's proper grief time and having a 6 or 8 year old Harry already probably.

Canon Harry was a good kid with his heart in the right place, and he grew up in a hostile environment. Severus certainly wouldn't be the one to spoil him, so I don't think there would be much of a change in Harry's behaviour. I can see that the relationship with his parents would be based on profound respect. Eventually he'd know about what transpired in the night of Voldemort's fall and got James killed, would have an enormous fight with Severus, but in the end love wins.

Now, inclination towards potions? Perhaps... but mechanically. Lily was good with Potions as far as we know, and we don't need to talk about Severus. I can imagine that they would still do it occasionally at home or be private brewers or have an apothecary of their own... So Harry would know very well how to do it, but his passion would lie somewhere else.

You mention that he'd befriend Hermione - I don't think he'd change any of his friendships. Again, Harry is a good kid. Despite Snape's canon opinion 😅

Lily and Snape would very much be in touch with their muggle ties, I absolutely adore the idea of a muggle Severus casually forgetting to use magic to do tedious tasks at home... and Harry would certainly know how to live like one, and survive perfectly well.

About keeping him hidden until he was 11 : he'd still be the boy who lived... so I get your point. They'd have to move somewhere where they'd be completely anonymous. That's thrilling.

Lupin would totally be the fun uncle, I can see Severus and Remus letting go of the past and respect each other. They did it while Remus was a teacher after all.

Now, off topic, but of all the marauders, Remus is the only one who I don't disfavour. I don't know where, and who, but someone mentioned that lycanthropy was being compared to having HIV/AIDS, so I believe that in the end the people who surrounded him were compassionate enough to protect him (but their compassion was declared extinct after that particular accomplishment), and he felt compelled to do the same in order to not be ostracised.

He'd be present in Harry's life, and unfortunately so would Sirius because Lily and Remus would have tried to clear his name.

I don't know if this was the sort of "thoughts" you were expecting! Thank you for the message!

[roseandremus]

Werewolf Questions

Hello hello!

I have recently become engrossed in the Marauders Era of Harry Potter fanfiction for the first time in over 5 years, and I need help (because I'm maybe trying to write fanfiction). So, in regards to Remus becoming a werewolf "on the full moon", I have questions that I am unsure about how to answer.

Also, I don't support TERFs!

This is longer than I thought so here's a scroll break :)

How accurate do you all usually go in this regard?

I know "accuracy" and specificity is generally to each author's desires, but like, I get stuck in the minutiae and would appreciate any and all help! I've been looking up when the full moon was during his years at Hogwarts (1971-8) and have been finding sources which actually give me the times, which I thought was great until I saw times like 14:20:45 or 06:03:58. I understand that, practically, the moon would be made "full" at any time of the day, but how would this impact werewolves, which leads into my next question(s).

2. How does the moon impact werewolves, and how many days are these transformations supposed to take effect? If the moon is full at midday, do werewolves still transform at night or would that be considered a "pass" month because the sun overpowers the moon (or whatever)?

Maybe this is the skeptic in me but I don't understand the practicality(?) of werewolf transformations. How does the moon force out the wolf? Or is it more like the sun keeps the wolf in? If it is the later, then how come werewolves don't become wolves every night except maybe solar eclipses?

In HP, werewolves become one because of a bite from a werewolf, but how does work? Is it supposed to be a magical effect (because I don't think it is because of the presence of non-magical werewolves)? And, if it were a magical effect, wouldn't that mean the possibility of disspelling that effect, similar to disspelling a jinx or hex? Is it supposed to be a physical effect, like AIDS/HIV? If so, what does that say about the magical community and their medical community? Are we supposed to believe that werewolves have been part of the magical history for centuries, and the medical community has not done shit about it until the early 1980s? I'm supposed to believe they have potions/elixirs that can regrow bones or potions that can literally transform your body into that of someone elses or potions that are quite literally liquid luck but they haven't helped werewolves stop unwanted shifts? Not one person?

3. Last question, I promise! What is considered the full moon for werewolves? The day the moon becomes full and only that day, or would it be the night closest to the time of the full moon? For example, if the full moon is at 06:03:58 on September 5th, does that mean the full moon would be the night of the 4th going into the 5th, the night of the 5th going into the 6th, or something else?

Anyway, how werewolves work is, I suppose, the question I'm really trying to find the answer to. Thank you to any and all that respond!

[ao3feed-snape]

Memories

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/DwcKp7n

by islandsmoke

It's National AIDS Day. Remus takes Severus to view the AIDS Quilt.

Words: 323, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Severus Snape, Remus Lupin

Relationships: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape

Additional Tags: Memories, HIV/AIDS, Loss, Friendship

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/DwcKp7n

[ax3-e0ns]

Headcannon: Remus also likes Disney but for sorta similar reasons as Virgil, except on an entirely different level. 

Roman, Virgil, and Remus could all sit down and watch Beauty and the Beast but while Roman watches with the focus on the romance and Virgil on the Stolkhome syndrome takes, Remus would sit and watch it under the lens that the movie is one whole dissection of the aids epidemic. And because Roman and Virgil wouldn’t have the background understanding, Remus would need to explain how the major director for that movie was not only a gay man but also a gay man who was severely sick with aids and HIV related complications during the aids epidemic and how that information actively molds the very narrative and message of the movie in his eyes.

[baltholomewstheworstbrother]

the trope of remus lupin being HIV positive in muggle au fanfiction is homophobia

[teacup-tai]

Dragons Don't Know Paradise Update

I've just finished watching HBO's It's A Sin. My god, my heart. I cannot breathe properly with all these feelings overwhelming me. Blessed be those who we lost and those who survived.

If you've been there waiting for the Wolfstar backstory of Dragons Don't Know Paradise, well... buckle up, I'm finally ready to start writing.

Lá! 🎶