Remus/Sirius

The Remus/Sirius pairing became popular with the characters' introduction in Prisoner of Azkaban (PoA) and remains one of the Harry Potter fandom's most popular slash ships.
== Background ==
After the release of Goblet of Fire (GoF), one common trope of Remus/Sirius fanfic was Lie Low At Lupin's fic, in which Sirius goes to stay with Remus as Dumbledore suggests he do at the end of GoF. After this, Remus/Sirius was so popular as a secondary pairing in e.g. Harry/Draco fics that it was sometimes taken as a given, and wasn't always listed in the header.
With the release of PoA, many fans were worried that JKR would develop the two with female romantic interests and even cast them as half-siblings rather than potential lovers.
With Sirius's death in Order of the Phoenix (OotP), the pairing became canonically doomed, but, if anything, only gained in fannish popularity. The pairing developed two main genres, one centering on Remus and Sirius as students at Hogwarts or shortly after leaving school (often called Marauders-era fic), the other on their reunion and time together before Sirius's death. Remus/Sirius denialfic AUs in which Sirius survives were also common in the wake of OotP, as were "Bring Back Black" stories in which Sirius somehow returns from the dead. 
Some fans hoped Remus and Sirius would be revealed to be canonically gay. While suggestions that Remus/Sirius was a canon pairing were often meant jokingly, some fans argued that the Remus/Sirius subtext, especially in OotP, might be deliberate (their joint Christmas present to Harry was often mentioned).
The article Harry Potter and the Secret Gay Love Story, which contains reflections on this period in the fandom, says:
The revelation of a romantic relationship between Remus and Nymphadora Tonks in Half-Blood Prince (HBP) caused a great deal of controversy in Remus/Sirius fandom. Some fans argued that this new canon made the Remus/Sirius pairing impossible,Nistelle. comment thread in Spoiler Discussion for Book 6 post in the remusxsirius LiveJournal community, 16 July 2005, accessed 14 October 2008 some felt that both pairings were possible,Selecasharp. Calm down! in the remusxsirius LiveJournal community, 16 July 2005, accessed 14 October 2008 and some denied or hated the Remus/Tonks relationship.Cobalt_Violet. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt , 16 July 2005, accessed 14 October 2008 After Remus/Tonks became canon, it became more common (but not universal) for Remus/Sirius fans to depict Remus as bisexual rather than gay.
==Ship and Fandom Name==
Initially, Remus/Sirius did not have a predefined ship name or fandom. As with other pairings, abbreviations were used, later smushnames were thought, as well as nautical names -- due to the FictionAlley Park's SCUSA. 
Fans who sent the pairing under the nautical name H.M.S Wolfstar had roles, as if it really were a ship -- vessel -- as seen in the signing of Tribble Tater in 2010.
With the creation of the ship name Puppies and its ramifications, the term puppylovers was formed to briefly designate fandom. With the fall of the ship name puppylove in favor of others, so fandom seems to have followed the path of naming itself as shipper preceded by one name like Sirem or another.
The popularity of these names and their period of use varies with different fandom groups, for example in Brazil there seems to be a slight predilection for portmanteau names, in particular Wolfstar.
==Fanworks==
===Example fanworks===
* Three Card Monte by enjambament. Ocean's 11 AU (2010).
* These Four Kings by escribo. Growing Up Together fic (2012-2018).
* We Build Our Own Unfolding by imochan (2015).
* 500 Miles (I'm Coming Home To You by museme87. Band AU (2011).
* Affection Falling Just Short of Love by grandilloquism. Non-magic AU (2013). 
* The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever by whitmans_kiss also on Ao3. Soulmate AU (2013).
* This is not a love song (comic) by epithalamium. Band AU (2011).
* Of Dragons, Love and Compromises by dogsunderfoot. Dragon slayer Sirius and dragon conservationist Remus (2011).
* When You Wake Up You Will Find Me by on_wax (2011). 
* The Cadence of Part-time Poets by motswolo Band AU (2021-2023).
===Classics===
* The Shoebox Project by Lady Jaida and Rave
* Stealing Harry by Sam Starbuck
* Beyond the Veil by Helene
*Casting Moonshadows by Moonsign
*Long Live Living (If Living Can Be This by excaliburned
*No Expectations by bluepeony Alternative link: No Expectations (LJ)
*Time is a Fine Invention by bluepeony
*All The Young Dudes by MsKingBean89
=== Doujinshi ===
* Fullmoon Fever (2001)
* The Star of Darkness (2001)
* Synodic Month (2001)
* The Moon Is Made of Green Cheese (2001-2003)
* Ao no Kiseki (2002)
* Back to Avalon (2002)
* Ban Ban Ban (2002)
* Dounimo Tomaranai (2002)
* Happy Valley (2002)
* Kagerou (2002)
* Lagrangian Points (2002)
* Mahou no Te (2002)
* The Night Dream When There Is No Moon (2002)
* Reminiscence (2002)
* Triangle Dance (2002)
* Days (2003)
* The Liar's Heavenly Bodies (2003-2006)
* Everyday life (2003)
* Night of the Dead (2003)
* Memento Mori Vol. 3 (2004)
* Prayer of the Soft Arms (2004)
* Soratobu Kemono (2004)
* Tomato (2004)
* Yawa Ame (2004)
* Fuufu no Itonami (2005)
* Hide and Kiss (2005)
* Moonless Stroll (2005)
* Terminal (2005)
* Rakuen no Zanzou (2006)
===Fanvids===
Wolfstar has had resurgence on TikTok after the popularity of All The Young Dudes and with that has come numerous fan edits of this pairing. For the majority of editors, Andrew Garfield and Ben Barnes are the Face Claims for Remus and Sirius respectively. 
Some creators in this space are:
*searchingforplanesArchived
*moonyandtoastsArchived
Example Edits
* "this song is so them stop" by @vlrsx.aep - an example of a fanart edit
* International Wolfstar Day (cardigan) by @livvymoons - popular, often called "the wolfstar edit"
* wolfstarwolfstarwolfstar by @deermoony - uses only clips from the official movies
* them always <3 (The World We Knew) by @avadd.kedavra - a popular editing trend which contrasts canon era (official movie clips) and marauders era (fancasted actors), and the inverse;
** Happy Wolfstar Edit (Still Into You) by @dream_pink3
* Fake-Out Intro by @annbvrnes
* put me back in it (Francesca) by @frgtfull.edits
* remus is happy to see his husband by @iamremuskinnie - a POA movie edit
==Fannish Tropes==
*Lie Low at Lupin's, fics which depict what really happened during the months Sirius lay low at Remus' (usually set between GoF and OotP).
*Bring Back Black, in which Sirius is brought back from the dead in some fashion or other
*Beyond the Veil (trope), about Sirius in the afterlife
*werewolves mate for life (used in other Remus pairings, but common especially in early Remus/Sirius fic)
*Raising Harry, in which Remus and Sirius adopt Harry or otherwise become his surrogate family
==Fan Communities==
The SBRL mailing list was started in October 2000, and is still active; its associated archive is Wolf and Hound. Other Remus/Sirius archives included Azkaban's Lair, which closed November, 2008.
The primary Remus/Sirius community on LiveJournal is remusxsirus, founded in 2003, but there are numerous others, including packmates, shacking_up, two_boys, justpuppylove, starcrossedmoon, hbpandrxs, and the_kennel. 
In 2005, possibly in response to the events of Half-Blood Prince, there was a surge in fannish activity, leading to the creation of Dog Days of Summer. It provided daily prompts during the month of August. Later it was followed by sibling communities Scarves and Hats (October), Blanket Forts (January) and Welly Muck (April).
shacking_up ran a Secret Santa exchange in 2004 and 2005, archived at shackinup_sesa. From 2006, RS Small Gifts, founded by magnetic_pole and busaikko, has held winter art and fiction exchanges. The masterlist for 2006 is Winter 2006, for 2007 is Winter 2007, and for 2008 is Winter 2008.
== Fests, Challenges and Exchanges ==
See also List of Harry Potter Fests & Exchanges and The R/S Library 
* MoonStar (2004-2008) (on LJ)
* Remus/Sirius Games (2008-2017) (on LJ) (on DW)
* Remus/Sirius Small Gifts (2006-) (on LJ)
* Remus/Sirius Career Fest (2010) (on LJ)
* Moony and Padfoot Last Drabble Writer Standing (2011) (on LJ)
* Remus/Sirius Big Bang (2011) (on LJ)
* Remus/Sirius Remix (2011) (on LJ)
* Shaggy Dog Swap (2011) (on LJ)
* Remus/Sirius Collaboration Fest (2016-) (on LJ)
* Wolfstar Big Bang (2018) (on DW)
* Wolfstar Writing Challenges on tumblr
==Resources==
*Sirius_Black_and_Remus_Lupin, a SBRL Yahoo!Groups 
* Remus/Sirius ship manifesto (posted 2004)
* Accio Remus/Sirius Fics is the fic-finding and genre-search community, with an extensive collection of tags. (opened 2005)
* Sirius/Remus fanworks at Archive of Our Own (opened 2009)
* Sirius/Remus podfics at the Audiofic Archive (opened 2006)
* The R/S Library (opened 2013) a directory of R/S fests and communities, last updated in 2014.
* Wolfstar in Color a tumblr "dedicated to highlighting the diversity in the Wolfstar fandom" (created 2021). 
===Reclists===
*Remus/Sirius Favorites by semielliptical
*Marauder fic recs by lisew
*Unfit for Society Recs
* by Victoria P (posted 2004)
* by rynne (posted 2004)
* by boundbooks (posted 2011)
* by acidbathory (last updated 2014)
* The Wolfstar Yearbook Project by BillsFangEarring on tumblr (2021) and Ao3 Collection
==Further Reading/Meta==
* The Case for R/S by elwing_alcyone (August 2003)
* (2016)
* Harry Potter and the Secret Gay Love Story (2018)
* Siriusly. It's about Wolfstar, we swear! (Remus Lupin/Sirius Black) Care of Magical Shippers Podcast Episode (2021)
* Early Wolfstar Fandom vs Today by billsfangearring (2022)
*Wolfstar (Remus & Sirius) Deep Dive! by Coffeekoe (2024)
==References==
Category:Slash Pairings
Category:Harry Potter Relationships
Category:Marauders Relationships