#tall sirius black

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

Sirius Black Appreciation Post

Time to celebrate Sirius Black's birthday by highlighting my favorite canon facts 🥳

Sirius is tall. We're talking at least 6'.

He's intelligent AF. He became an Animagus at 15. He charmed a Muggle motorbike to fly (Arthur couldn't do that with a car, Sirius did it in his late teens, latest at age 20). He escaped from Azkaban. He got a cat to order a racing broom. My man is brilliant, no doubt about it.

Sirius has a complicated relationship with his mother and it is *not* merely hatred. Note that he did not destroy his mother's portrait, or slash it as he did with the Fat Lady's. I'm confident that he could've figured out a way to destroy it or otherwise get rid of it, but he doesn't. His refuge is in his mother's old room with Buckbeak. There's something very complicated in his relationship with his family that can't be labeled as simple loathing. Sirius may have run away from home at 15/16, but his background 100% shaped him and left its mark on his personality and psyche.

Sirius was good friends with Lily. The letter from Lily to Sirius is great proof of that - it wasn't James who wrote that letter, but LILY. Sirius was smiling and genuinely happy at Jily's wedding.

Sirius is emotionally driven, and lashes out *with good reason.* When he goes after Wormtail the night the Potters died, it's because Harry is taken away from him. He has nothing to hold him down - and even gives his motorbike to Hagrid. When he tries to get to Wormtail in PoA, he slashes the portrait but doesn't harm a single boy in his search for the rat. When he goes to the Department of Mysteries, his focus is on Harry. These are good reasons, even if it puts him in danger.

Sirius has a great sense of humor. He puts little Santa hats on the decapitated elf heads. He chases pigeons as Padfoot just to make Harry smile. He sends a good luck note with a muddy paw print. He is scathingly funny, when he derides Peter's hero worship of James in Snape's Worst Memory. He's bitter and sarcastic. We love to see it.

Sirius is a baby boomer. He was born in 1959. "Ok, boomer," is an applicable retort.

Sirius is not misogynistic. He does not hate women. He is often kinder to women than men. He helps Ginny up in OoTP. No matter how angry he gets at Molly, he is never, ever physical with her (unlike the way Sirius is with snape, who he does get physically aggressive with). He is kind to Hermione. He had a great relationship with Lily. Even in the end, his last words to Bellatrix are 'you can do better than that.'

Sirius does not have a canonical love interest.

Sirius is willing to challenge Dumbledore. This is an important point - with so many people deferring to Dumbledore's judgment, including Remus, the Weasleys, and Harry - Sirius will challenge him and his decisions. He may not get his way, but Sirius has the personal strength and confidence to challenge one of the greatest wizards of all time.

Sirius was great with animals. Crookshanks and Buckbeak are prime examples of this.

Sirius is deeply flawed: he can get very intense. He can be rash, even if he has good reasons. He can be bitter to the point of hurting others ('the risk would've made it fun for James'). He can be cruel and condescending (my robes have enough filth without you touching them/wormail will piss himself with excitement). He can be callous (wishing it was the full moon, sending Snape on a potentially deadly adventure). He's a hurricane of deep, complex emotions.

Canon Sirius would obliterate fanon Sirius.

Happy birthday, Sirius. You would've loved James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. You'd have had the time of your life at Hinny's wedding. You are an absolute king.

#sirius black #sirius orion black #happy birthday sirius #tall sirius black #the marauders #marauders era #james potter #peter pettigrew #remus lupin #harry potter

[cinnamonic-thoughts]

no ok dont get me wrong i do love feminine short sirius black but. did we forget that sirius is canonically the tallest marauder. like obviously fuck jkr so canon is less important but also where are the fics where he towers over everyone. mr. flair for the dramatics would Love it. here are my contributions:

sirius will walk up to remus and just plant his face in his hair. when remus asks what hes doing he goes "mind your business" and walks away after a few minutes. the smell calms him and his hair is so soft that sirius cant help it

constantly makes fun of james for being oh so short despite the fact that the difference is like. an inch

despite being the tallest marauder, he can Always find and squeeze into the smallest hiding spaces when theyre pulling pranks, and the rest of them just cant figure out how he does it

until he makes an offhand comment about how he had to teach reggie how to hide so he could go and distract walburga, so reggie wouldnt get hurt when she was in one of her Moods

while im at it, sirius is taller than walburga by a lot, so looking at them next to each other, people find it harder to believe she could ever Really hurt him because after all, "youre so much bigger than she is, cant you just fight back or run away?"

big, loud, Bold sirius with legs a mile long + remus Dying when he wears any kind of shorts or, god forbid, Skirts

tall!sirius is so unexplored guys

#marauders #marauders era #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar #tall sirius black #black brothers angst #sirius black angst #im obsessed with these stupid little gay people

[controversialhpmemes]

#sirius black #anti marauders fandom #anti marauderstok #anti wolfstar #dead straight wizards #tall sirius black #sirius is intelligent #sirius is not a drama queen #sirius is not stupid #hp marauders #harry potter fandom #the marauders era #marauders era #the marauders

[saintchaser]

i’m sorry towards anyone who believes of me otherwise but i am a tall sirius black truther and no one can change my mind

#dare i say he’s taller than remus #because dare i say remus is so average heighted #(in my head remus is about 175-180 and sirius about 185-190) #(if i do have to give numbers though i’d say 176 and 188-189) #sirius black #tall sirius black #also if you headcanon sirius as short good for you! keep doing that! each to their own! <3

[whatthebleep]

how many times do i have to scream out THE BLACK BROTHERS ARE TALL before i am taken siriusly

TALL

TALL BOYS

#sirius black #regulus black #regulus black deserves to be tall #but in my head he is tall and broody and judgy #tall regulus black #tall sirius black #he gives good top of head kisses #fight me

[acewitch-writes]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't see Sirius Black as a big eyed uwu fem

I don't even know how this happened?? He wasn't even feminine in ATYD. Are people so desperate that they self-insert through Sirius??

Also you're so right to not read anymore fics. A thing I do is set the date for fics published before 2020 ( when atyd got popular)

That's the confusing part! Sirius wasn't overly feminized in ATYD, he was actually pretty misogynistic and struggled with internalized homophobia throughout MOST of the fic. Like he almost called Remus a poof right to his face, he made comments about the girls' bodies, and even declared quite proudly that he only respected Mary because she had "the best tits in their year." He was mean to all of his girlfriends and had a nasty temper and was overall nothing like how he is portrayed in fics today.

...HOWEVER!! and this is just my theory

I still think this new damaged porcelain doll characterization for Sirius started with atyd. Because it brought a ton of new fans into the fandom, and many of them use ATYD as their canon source as a "HA, GOTCHA!" in a well-intentioned but flawed attempt to oppose JKR and her disgusting views.

These new fans loved the way Remus was portrayed, but were understandably put off by Sirius. He was hard to like at times, I get it. So the new fans and fanfic authors that were brought here by ATYD took it upon themselves to alter him to make him more palatable, and it would appear that they MASSIVELY overcorrected and now he bears very little resemblance to his canon counterpart right alongside Remus.

At the risk of sounding super redundant, I think it all comes down to internalized misogyny and heteronormativity, and fanfic writers normalizing their lived experiences by projecting them onto their favorite mlm ships (which is typical, honestly, in pretty much every fandom).

Fem Sirius is not BAD, that is absolutely not what we are saying. This whole "tall Sirius" debate isn't just some of us stamping our feet going "SIRIUS MUST BE TALL, GRR >:("

But for the love of Merlin, people, please examine your own internal biases next time you read a post like this and your first instinct is to get defensive or lash out. Why does Sirius have to be small, dainty, dramatic, emotional, always bottom, always submissive, and anything outside of that realm is unacceptable? Why do you attach "femininity" to these traits?

#sirius black #remus lupin #mwpp #marauders #wolfstar #tall sirius black #short sirius black #fem sirius black

[starrylayle]

Guys fanon wolfstar annoys me so much so I’ve started saving snowbaz fanart to my wolfstar board and it is actually life changing /hj

#wolfstar #snowbaz #tall sirius black #my beloved

[jamesunderwater]

Why Short Sirius Black Mattered to Me

So I'm having some feelings about the whole "sirius black is tall" discussion that's circling my dash right now, and I don't want to comment on anyone else's posts with my *feelings* because it really doesn't relate to the actual factual information they're sharing, but I did want to put them out there.

At first I felt pretty defensive about how angry people seem over people headcanoning Sirius as shorter than Remus, and I am still taken aback by the level of anger/frustration being felt about this whole thing by some. But I am also a very logical person so I read the posts and I mean, the "sirius black is tall" people are not wrong. It is canon that Sirius is tall, I just read @pommedeplume's post about it that really laid it all out well and with the canon sources (thank you for doing that, btw), and yeah, it's just true. Sirius Black is canonically tall.

But I'm still finding that I feel hurt by the discourse around it (namely, the animosity toward the "short sirius black" idea), and I wanted to flesh that out a bit -- not because I'm trying to tell someone to change their thoughts/opinions/feelings, but just because, maybe this will offer some insight into why short Sirius Black is fanon and means something to some people.

I didn't always imagine Sirius as shorter than Remus, but personally, since returning to the fandom after transitioning to a trans man, I started imagining him as 5'10" (~178cm) or so and Remus as 6'1 (~185cm) or so, mainly because I started reading fics about Trans Sirius Black and they were just so...validating. Trans men try to make ourselves feel better about being shorter and not having dicks by calling ourselves "short king" or "tiny dick solidarity" or whatever, but frankly, it's incredibly dysphoric, especially as a gay trans man. It's intimidating and sucks to know that most of the guys I am attracted to and want to be with will be 5-7 inches (13-18cm) taller than me.

So there was something about picturing Sirius Black, who I already relate to as a person, being able to contain all of his big personality, all of his attractiveness, all of the things about him that make him so Sirius Black in a body that was simply an average height for a man. Not even my height! Just a height that didn't make him feel cosmically out of reach from me. And, really, that's often the driving force behind something that becomes fanon -- a thing that makes the character more relatable to the readers. Because 6'2" (188cm) Sirius Black is not a trans man (I mean, obviously some trans men are that tall, but...clearly that is VERY rare), and doesn't feel like he could be a trans man. And as someone who is a minority and doesn't get that representation ever, it's nice to feel like there are small things about the characters you love that mean that maybe they could be like you, too.

What I'm trying to say is - I think that short Sirius Black came from the queering of the marauder fandom, which as an older queer person who only recently came out, is really cool to see. I definitely don't agree with all of the fandom interpretations of characters that have come from this queering (i.e. femme sirius), but I'm also just...not gonna tell people how to view this character who might be helping them feel more safe and proud about their own identity. Short Sirius Black makes me feel less shitty about being a short guy. And seeing everyone be really pissed at the idea that Sirius Black is imagined by some people as short...hurts. At the end of the day, I know it's about just wanting to stick to canon, and I get that. I am that way about a lot of things. I just wonder if we can be more understanding of why people might be clinging onto what they want to believe is canon. Because I'll be honest, I'm disappointed to have read that it really is canon that he's a tall guy. I'm gonna change how I picture him and Remus (flip their heights basically), and I'll live. But I wonder, at what point can we say that sticking to canon is less important than letting people feel represented by their interpretation of a character?

#this isn't all of my thoughts but it was getting long and i'm hoping i got my point across #also pretty sure no one is on here right now so i'll probably just rb this later or st idk #tall sirius black #short sirius black #sirius black #queer marauders #the marauders #trans sirius black #wolfstar #sirius black meta #hp meta #marauders headcanon #charlie chats

[noahmullariii]

the most average-looking utterly pathetic man and some fucking extraterrestrial personality trapped in a majestic human body

#this dynamic oh boy #pathetic men (lovingly) #the bride and the ugly ass groom #kind of relationships #wolfstar #sirius the brightest star #remus just some guy #oh and btw #tall sirius black #average height remus lupin #hannigram #i don't think this needs an explanation #have you seen mads?? #he's an otherworldly experience #milo x kida #kida's literally an alien princess #milo is a remus lupin variant #joel x clementine #aka the blueprint for toxic love #so dysfunctional my beloved #they're from eternal sunshine btw

[boredbook]

the wolfstar height debate is so interesting to me. like idk how to explain it but...its so fasinating.

my opinion on it? genuienly i do not give a fuck.

i love it when sirius is tall and scary but when it comes to remus hes just an overgrown puppy. i love it when remus is tall and lanky and is just an absolute mess when it comes to sirius.

recently ive leaned towards liking tall sirius better, just because i find it funnier to have this tall scary motorcycle riding person just turn out to be a goofball who uses the gloves his bf knitted.

i feel like i do need to give a disclaimer, if you are someone who sends death threats over a character's height, block me. if you treat fanfic writers like they're content creators and owe it to you to write fanfics, BLOCK ME.

(also a thank you to @pinklume for introducing me to tall sirius black, lets go lesbians!! lesbians r my ride or die !! )

#maurders era #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #tall sirius black #tall remus lupin #short remus lupin #short sirius black #im versatile bitch

[controversialhpmemes]

#tall sirius black #anti marauderstok #anti marauders fanon #sirius black

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

that poll had promising results at first and then it reached the wrong crowd again and i'm forced to see how 60% of the responses hc him as under 6'0 😭😭😭

you should make one where there's no options under 6'1 at all and let us fight the real fight out

ahahahahaha I think we're just going to have to be more aggressive with reblogs and peer pressuring our fandom friends to vote in the right direction.

VOTE HERE TO PROVE SIRIUS IS A TALL MF.

DON'T LET THE SHORT SIRIUS FOLKS WIN.

it's true though, let's fight it out with another poll:

#sirius black #sirius is tall #tall sirius black #tall sirius black supremacy #it is canon #don't disappoint me

[nocturnal-phantoms-fandoms]

im reading about wolves' behaviour on this one website (x) so here are some random thoughts about the marauders and their pack

the pack is a family but with a strict hierarchy. remus is the wolf but from the canon description of Sirius i would say he is the alpha of the pack (high social status as a pureblood even after running away; casually confident and aloof; James (another pack member) caters to his smallest whims like he is bored after the exam, yada yada. next point)

read this excerpt about the lone wolf "A lone wolf is a wolf that is searching, and what it seeks is another wolf. Everything in a wolf’s nature tells it to belong to something greater than itself: a pack." now think about Remus during The Lost Years. now you can cry. now think about him reuniting with Sirius after PoA. cry some more?

regarding communication - a (submissive) wolf may lick (dominant) wolf's nose to diffuse tension. i know i said sirius is the alpha of the pack and this is about asserting dominance but. wolfstar nose kisses :(( sirius kisses remus's nose when he notices he's worried or stressed :((

cont. my alpha sirius agenda and adding onto tall sirius agenda "High-ranking wolves (...) may place their heads on top of a subordinate wolf’s neck or back". sirius is tall and he places his chin on top of other people's heads, especially members of his pack

#the marauders #wolfstar #its 1am why am i not sleeping #tall sirius black #the tags are for my own convenience actually

[saintchaser]

hear me out. tall sirius. ok bye

#enbysiriusblack my friend we're going to war over this 🤺 joke tone #sirius black #tall sirius black

[lexithwrites]

@whoisflattery brought my babies to life, I can’t wait to write them💕

#tall Remus is life #eeeeeee I freaked out when I saw the final product #the marauders #sirius black #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius x remus #remus x sirius #sirius black x remus lupin #remus lupin x sirius black #wolfstar fanart #sirius black fanart #remus lupin fanart #fic: sowk #art commisions

[marsberryart]

Wolfstar 🌙✨

#wolfstar #wolfstar fanart #sirius black #remus lupin #sirius black fanart #remus lupin fanart #marauders #the marauders #marauders fanart #digital fanart #fanart #god i love these two #sirius x remus #remus x sirius #they’re so soulmates #Sirius is on his tiptoes in that first one btw #because my Remus is 6’5��’ #because why not #Sirius is tall but Remus is TALLER #anyways #shoutout to remus’s hat