Remux

[schmevil]

I'm doing a Remus POV for my remix fic and it's proving to be an interesting challenge. Slight problem though - as far as I'm concerned, Remus is the most boring character in the series and even when he's the central figure of a fic I barely notice his presence.

So kids, pony up with the Remus recs and advice. Direct me to fics that reveal exciting new facets to his character, or really get into his psyche. Tell me what you listen to when you write Remus, or what Remus himself listens to. Who is Remus and why the hell should I care? Got a Remus essay? Link me.

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[swanswan.livejournal.com]

Remus, huh. Well, I suppose that a lot of the fic out there that makes him interesting is Remus/Sirius, which I don't read because it's depressing and gloomy *always* but which you could find loadsa recs for in musesfool's LJ or the usual haunts.

I think Remus is most interesting when you look at his mildness, his difference to James and Sirius in the Marauder days, and think about him that way...

I mean... werewolf. Infected with hideous anti-social, life-destroying disease at young age. Battered monthly. Quiet - but what kind of quiet? If people write Snape stories, Lupin is either weakly complicit in the bullying, or quietly but ineffectually opposed. I think there's a case for a very cool character to grow from that boy, especially after the events around the death of James and Lily. Remus is either a weak man who didn't try to stop bullying and who believed his best friend could murder his other best friend, or he's a strong but silent victim of a huge societal system designed to batter him down.