Sirius Black character study I guess.
This is will follow canon to the best of my abilities however, screw you Joanne.
(Content warning, mentions of abuse, though vague, idk if I should add a cw but just in case)
Sirius’ childhood and home life; Contrary to popular belief, Sirius wasn’t heinously abused, in fact, we can assume that Walburga did love him, in her own way of course that’s not to say that she was a good mother, but it is something to keep in mind. His home life was bad, yes, but a common misconception I see in this fandom is that Sirius canonically got cruciatus cursed by his own mother, which is in fact not canon. Sirius had a terribly complicated relationship with his mother, he used all those spells on his room to keep it in that order and pristine, yet when he came back to his home years later, he chose to sleep in his parents bedroom. With Walburga’s painting, he tells them to move it, or cover it up, but he doesn’t tell them to destroy it. Sirius and Walburga had a terribly complex relationship, she wasn’t a good mother by any means, but she wasn’t an overly abusive cruel one.
Sirius’ running away and disownment; Another common misconception is that Sirius got disowned then ran away when it’s actually the opposite, he also did not leave because he was getting horrifically abused, that’s not to say his home life wasn’t awful, it was, but he left because of his parents pureblood beliefs and politics in general. Sirius did not get disowned before he ran away, it was after. We also have no proof that he was beaten the night he left, unlike some people try to point at.
Sirius and The Prank: Sirius did not tell Snape about the whomping willow for a good reason, he did not tell Snape about the tree out of fear of being blackmailed, or hurt, or anything else like that, the very simple and easy explanation for The Prank is that Sirius, was an idiotic teenage boy who did not think about the consequences of his actions, or the effects it would’ve had on both parties. I see the common, “oh Sirius would’ve been so lonely and sad and it’s so unfair how his friends isolated him”, when we can safely say that he did not feel remorseful for it, at all. In fact when he’s later talking about it in the shrieking shack, his exact words and justification are,
“It served him right,” he sneered. “Sneaking around, trying to find out what we were up to … hoping he could get us expelled …”
I could only see Sirius feeling even slightly remorseful for how it caused Remus to feel, but even then, I don’t imagine Remus would’ve brought the issue up all that much. (Which I will get into it you guys want to hear about that :D)
Sirius and arrogance; Sirius’ arrogance has a HUGE part to play in both the marauders and in James and Lily’s deaths, throughout the books we see Sirius and James as the main aggressors in their back and forth bullying with Snape(back and forth from both parties but still). With James and Lily’s death, it was James primarily but Sirius was mentioned that turned down Dumbledore’s offer for him to be the Potters’ secret keeper, insisting that Sirius was the right guy and that he could do it, however Sirius decided that nah that was too obvious, that they’d make “weak talentless” Peter the secret keeper, because no one would expect that, to make this plan even better, they then did not tell Dumbledore of this genius plan, nor Remus because Sirius was so convinced that Remus was the spy, that they just did not feel it was safe to tell him. That is what kept him in Azkaban for so long, theoretically he could’ve broken out anytime he damn pleased but, the guilt of being quite accidentally responsible for Lily and James’ deaths, that is what kept him in there.
Sirius and his loosened grip on his sanity; The man spent twelve years in Azkaban, his sanity definitely had declined by the time he left, we can in fact see this is certain choices that he makes and when he tells Harry “nice one, James”. He wasn’t the best father figure because he was still basically trapped in his twenty one year old mind. We can further point at grief and guilt as another reason for his sanity dwindling, as we know, he felt a good bit responsible for James and Lily’s deaths, add that on top of the grief of losing two of the closest people to him, and bam, you have a guilt ridden twenty one year old to throw into what was basically hell for twelve years.
Anyways that’s the end of my ted talk, I love you Sirius Black.
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The more I get into the Batfamily, the more I learn the canon Batfamily is toxic af.
And the majority of that is Bruce being a massively toxic abusive ahole to his kids.
The more I learn about the canon stuff Bruce has done to his kids, the more appalled I am that this is a character DC presents as a hero.
The amount of times Bruce has punched Duck is absurd. I’ve genuinely lost count. Yes, a few of the times can blamed on mind control or alternate universe shenanigans, but not nearly enough times can be blamed on that. Most of the time, it’s just that Dick disagrees so Bruce hits him.
Or like the time Bruce got mad at Dick and took Robin away and told him there was no place for him in the manor, and kicked him out?
Or let’s talk about my favorite example where Bruce slit Jason’s throat and left him for dead.
Or we can talk about the time Bruce beat the ever loving shit out of Jason when Jason wasn’t even fighting back? Jason even says that Bruce never even hit the Joker that hard, but I guess Bruce’s kids are just the exception to Bruce’s “good guy” rules, huh?
I’m sure he’s done more to the rest of his kids, but I haven’t stumbled over that stuff yet. I just don’t get how Batman can do stuff like that, it never gets acknowledged or resolved on canon, and we’re just supposed to be like “Yep, this guy’s a hero.”
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Horror tropes to make the girls SNAP;
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Calculated Revenge
You have been planning and waiting for all of the pieces to fit together. You didn't want to have to go this far but you've been pushed to the brink. You're ready, you've been ready for so long, and when those who have caused you suffering finally get what's coming to them, they will feel it completely. No holding back. No regrets, you're ready and you're following through.
Unrestrained Violence
It's been building, waiting, festering. You have finally snapped and now you are letting loose. There is no sympathy for the innocent. You no longer distinguish between others. You have been holding pain in your heart for so long and the restraint holding you back has been pushed to its limits. There is nothing you will not tear apart. You will scream and bite and break just for the visceral experience of it. You are pure energy.
Consuming Lunacy
This is it. You have given in, to the voices, to the cries and shouts within, begging and pleading with you to stop obeying, stop being good. Enough! Now you will smile and laugh, and cry and shout and scream! You will laugh at the birds in the skies and shriek at the porridge served too cold. You will pace the corridors and converse with yourself as you please, scaring those who stare and gawk at you.
Stumbling for Freedom
You have always known this day would come and now you see the world around you is wrong, twisted and cruel. You can no longer bare the pain of the world around you and you seek to fight back against it all. You have no idea how to achieve that, or what it even means... you fumble, fighting against your chains. You will find freedom and stumble forward awkwardly, searching. You will no longer be blind.
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