#otp: i swear that we're soulmates

[forbescaroline]

235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 134. yousef acar and sana bakkoush - skam

[solitaire-sol]

Prongsfoot Week 2023 - Day 1

This... maybe got away from me a bit, but I'll take any chance to present my Prongsfoot ramblings in a semi-organized fashion!

When and Why did you begin to Ship Prongsfoot? What makes you Ship it? Basically, just gush on this ship.

Somewhat ironically, developing a NOTP led me to this OTP: Back when the books were still coming out, I was a Harmony shipper. (Not a crazy one, I swear!) This led to a lot of "discussions" with people who shipped other pairings, but most relevantly with several Sirius/Remus fans who were both extremely disdainful of my noncanon ship and adamant that their ship was, in fact, canon/eventual canon. This led to little Past Me re-reading the PoA and post-PoA books multiple times, trying and failing to see this "proof" of Wolfstar, but in the process paying a lot more attention to pre-Golden Trio characters. "Actually," I thought, "Sirius seems a lot more attached to Harry's dad than to Lupin. Huh." I found myself fascinated by their dynamic, by the hold Sirius' friendship with (and loss of) James had on Sirius, and how much is implied about James that we don't get to see (the Potter lineage, James "maturing," etc). Imagine my disappointment when not only was Sirius/James not popular, but Wolfstar, which didn't appeal to me, was only gaining steam (see: "Wolfstar is canon/eventual canon!"). Shipping wars were more 'maniacal sports fans' than 'political discourse' at the time, but between being deep into then-fandom and not liking Wolfstar, I found myself shipping Sirius/James almost by accident because… Well, it just made so much more sense.

Yes, James is dead before the series actually starts; yes, James marries a woman and has a son; but I've yet to meet a fandom that lets such paltry things as 'canonical facts' stop a ship, and it's always baffled me that Prongsfoot isn't more widely recognized for its potential, if nothing else. I will always believe this stems from a one-two punch of early HP fandom's obsession with canon vs noncanon, Jily being canon, which led to Wolfstar and the subsequent idea that Sirius "belongs" to Remus With the series completed, we have a surprisingly complex character in James, tantalizingly hinted-at if not explored in-depth, and we're given ample on-page examples of Sirius' exceptional qualities as well as his deep attachment to James, who must be exceptional himself to command this kind of devotion and affection. They're the most interesting characters to me, for what we see and what we don't see, and unlike a lot of other pairings they don't require a hammer and chisel to force them into a romantic mold: They're best friends and platonic soulmates, but they could just as easily be romantic partners and the shift feels completely natural. There's an equality and an authenticity to their partnership that I cherish deeply and don't find in a lot of their other ships, which often require them to be OOC… and if a fic doesn't include them as each other's best friend and Most Important Person, I consider it OOC.

In a way, lack of good James/Sirius friendship nudged me towards actual Prongsfoot because other ships de-emphasize the importance of James and Sirius in each others' lives to make the ship work, including outright giving their roles away, ex. someone else being the only person who can rein James in, Sirius running away to [name here] instead of to James. James and Sirius make each other more themselves, for better and for worse, and I honestly believe that they believe it's always for the better: They embrace each other's strengths and weaknesses, love each other for their flaws instead of despite them, support each other even after death (if the memory of James wasn't instrumental in Sirius surviving Azkaban, I'll eat my nonexistent hat). Sirius has so much devotion to James, enough to eat rats and face death for James' son, his godson, who he had a year of knowing before it all went to hell, that I find it hard to believe he had much room for anyone else; and from what we see, that devotion was absolutely reciprocated. Even after marrying Lily, even after Harry, JamesandSirius were such a thing that James' own wife writes to Sirius to say my husband is down and only you can make him feel better, not his wife or child or other friends. They would have buried bodies for each other, and I'd be surprised if that didn't actually happen off-page. What we see of their past makes it clear that they existed together in some rarefied space that would have absolutely continued regardless of who they dated or who they married or where they wound up. I'll always be a little sad that we didn't get more of these two in canon, and I'll always be equal parts frustrated and bewildered that these two are not the Marauder ship, or at least a much much more popular ship than they are.

Over time, the popular depictions of James and Sirius grew increasingly incompatible with the way I saw them, which is generally closer to canon: James is not an idiot jock or an indiscriminate bully (he's very discriminate, thank you) or an abuser, Sirius is not an idiot sex addict or peer-pressured by James into bullying (he's absolutely an active bully of Snape & Co) or there solely to fawn over Remus. This is also where I started to dislike Remus, sorry Remus fans, neither uwu softboi Remus and uberdom alpha Remus are my jam I eventually fell out of fandom in general and didn't think more than the occasional wistful thought until I re-read the books and had that Prongsfoot flame reignited, enough that I started to read HP fic and even write/post stuff again. I'm endlessly grateful for the authors who put such wonderful work out there, and for people who cultivate this little pocket of a fandom that's otherwise become alien to me, as someone who just doesn't get much of New Marauder Fandom and its ATYD influences.

James and Sirius are soulmates and friends-to-lovers and fluff and angst and boyish exuberance and the uncertainty of growing up, they're knowing you're meant to spend your lives together and struggling to exist when your other half is gone, they're sweet domesticity and the darkness of war and Good vs Evil and all the shades of gray, they're loving someone relentlessly and instinctively and maybe unwisely but knowing it's 100% reciprocated, no-strings-attached, because you can't be any other way and wouldn't change that (or them) if you could. There's just so many ways to explore Prongsfoot and all of it works because these boys contain multitudes, and I just want to gather all of it around me like a nesting squirrel and snuggle down amidst the Prongsfoot goodness.

[saddarkentruths]

I'm feeling a lot, and honestly don't even know where to start, and I just hope I get a therapist soon cuz they know what questions to ask, it feels like I'm holding my breath in, like I'm.on eggshells and I'm trying to get a read on someone I've never met.

Trying to read them through another person who only share the good stuff.

It's like I want to cry but I'm scared she will find out? Which isn't possible, and I shouldn't feel like this, we've been friends for 12 years.

But now it feels like that guy is gonna end up giving her an ultimatum, and I don't know who she'll choose.

And it sucks.

Like we're so close

But now I don't know

Cuz im selfish and I want us to be old together and single and happy, like live in a house with a weird amount of cats, and she'll have a garden and me a painting room

And I'm just so scared she's gonna leave me and go get married and have kids, which she talked about with disgust last year, she hates kids, and didn't want to get married.

Then this dude shows up and tells her they ARE and she says yes???

My other friend is getting married this year, I'm so thrilled for her, I've met her dude, we're all friends, I've met their kids, I love them.

But I already knew she liked and had one kid before meeting him, they're srly otp, soulmates I swear.

But this?

I'm gonna get abandoned

Again

Like she's been with me for so long, nobody knows me like she does, and me her

And she kept the dude a secret

And won't tell me when they met

I'm being slowly removed

I'm just preparing myself emotionally for when this happens, it hurts so much, I'm crying rn, like wtf am I supposed to do?

I'm just

I have to keep quiet, wait it out, watch

And this dude doesn't even want to meet me??

I don't know what she told him but he doesn't want to

That's a red flag imo and how is he supposed to cope with me being with her and him being married? Like?

Obviously an ultimatum is gonna happen, the signs are there, I see it so well, and it's gonna happen cuz it always happen

I just don't know if I could handle losing her

It just fucking hurts me to the core, never felt this deep of an emotional pain over a person, well other than my grandpa, but it's a different feeling.

It's like she's my second personality or something, and she's being pulled away from me

[invisibleraven]

Year of the OTP Masterlist

January: Whenever I look at you... All at once everything is different-Rulie ~1.4k words, Rated G Tumblr/AO3

February: Different I swear I'd be a better man-PeterPatter ~1.4k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

March: Fairy Tale Gotta be larger than life-Sweet Tarts ~1.6k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

April: No, I'm not dating your brother It's not what you lost, it's what you gained-PeterPatterLina ~3.3k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

May: Sunshine When skies are gray-Rulie ~4.5k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

June: Soulmate AU Sommes-nous les jouets du destin-Rulie ~5.1k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

July:Stars Hold my hand and we're halfway there-Rulie ~8.7k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

August: Blind Date/Meet Cute I really wish it was only me and you-Sweet Tarts ~2.6k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

September: I wrote this for you I hope you don't mind that I put down in words-PeterPatter ~2.1k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

October: Couples Costume Loving You is a (Trick Or) Treat-PeterPatterLina ~1.4k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

November: Life Changes What I thought was so permanent fades-PeterPatterLina ~1.7k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

December: That's my favourite thing about you Silver-white winters that melt into spring-Rulie ~1.8k words, Rated T Tumblr/AO3

[anissagraces]

TOP 50 SHIPS (as voted by my followers) : #44. Sana and Yousef. “I met Sana. I think she hates me. I don’t want her to hate me. I swear that we’re soulmates.“

[jackpearscn]

a @yousanaexchange gift 🎁 for @koedder-du 💝✨

[oyprongs]

skam meme: [3/5 relationships] » sana and yousef

i met sana. i think she hates me. i don’t want her to hate me. i swear that we’re soulmates.

[terrilynn88]

Skam Meme: [1/3] Relationships: Sana and Yousef

“Of course I brought food, Sana. I’m not going on a date with a girl who’s been fasting for 19 hours without bringing good. Of course I brought food. I’m Yousef.”

[katmcnamara]

                                                             [You’re kidding? I knew it!]

I think she likes you. Did she say that? She said she didn’t, but she said it in a way that seemed like she did, if you know what I mean?

[camilleprevker]

[forbescaroline]

TOP 100 SHIPS OF ALL TIME: #80. yousef acar and sana bakkoush (skam)

[jackpearscn]

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yousana + incorrect quotes

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yousana + incorrect quotes