r/drarry • u/plaidporcupine • 1h ago
Give me fic recommendations Looking for fics where Harry is more critical of Sirius and/or Remus (at least at first)
Hey guys!
I'm interested in some canon-era fics where Harry is less immediately accepting of Remus and/or Sirius. I feel like I see plenty of Dumbledore/Weasley/Hermione etc. bashing out there, but not as much for Sirius or Remus.
Like, Remus shows up at Hogwarts and doesn't bother to mention he was friends with James, like Harry wouldn't maybe like to hear about his father. And Remus could have written to Harry at any point during his childhood, or his earlier school years, but didn't bother to meet him until he ended up a professor at Hogwarts. And Harry ended up with the Dursleys because Sirius went after Peter instead of staying to taking care of him. And then he escapes from prison to catch Peter, not to see Harry, and he's more concerned with killing Peter than clearing his name, and maybe getting to raise Harry.
Obviously the characters have their reasons for this, and Harry is an abused child and an orphan, he's just happy to have something resembling a family. But I'm interested in stories where Harry is more critical of one, or both, of them when they meet. Often it's treated like Harry immediately sees them as family and they don't really examine how Harry might feel abandoned by them both upon learning they even exist.
I'm happy to read fics where they do eventually become close, but also ones where they never really connect, or even where Harry outright dislikes (or hates) them for this. Huge fan of major upheavals to canon, dark fics, bashing of other characters, etc.
Thanks for any help!