A Note On Pronouns

A Note on Pronouns

I write Wolfstar fanfiction. (What? Really? No way! Shocking! I had no idea!)

It usually goes unnoticed, but I’m very particular with the way that I write. I’ll use different words and different writing styles depending on which character’s perspective a story is written from. I also try to pay close attention to the language that I use and how I use it.

This is my take on pronouns, specifically in regards to Remus’ lycanthropy:

James and Peter always refer to the Wolf as “you”. They see the Wolf as being a part of Remus, an extension of Remus. The Wolf is as much Remus as the human version of him is.

James: You were great last night. You were actually really easy to handle!

Peter: …You ate a rabbit.

Sirius always refers to the Wolf as “him”. He knows that Remus hates when he’s associated with the wolf inside, so Sirius tries his best to respect Remus’ wishes and avoid talking about the Wolf as if he is the same thing as Moony.

Sirius: Yeah, he kind of chased the rabbit around for a while and… well… that’s why you’re not hungry this morning.

Remus always refers to the Wolf as “it”. He hates humanizing it, giving it person-like qualities like gender and emotions. In Remus’ eyes, the wolf is nothing but a monster; a vile creature that has no rhyme or reason, no personality, no real motive for its actions, nothing except blood lust and hunger. Remus doesn’t consider the Wolf and himself to be the same thing. He doesn’t even consider the Wolf to be a real animal. It’s just a beast.

Remus: Well, I’m just glad it didn’t hurt any of you guys…

And I’ve been fairly consistent with my pronoun use, making sure that the way the boys talk about the Wolf also reflects their views on what it is relative to Moony.

Just some MES musings! (MES= MaurauderEraSmut! That’s me!)

This is a stupid headcanon I fixated way to long on:

What if Draco had a diary which he called Father, like he made it when he was young to compensate for his dad being to busy with work to listen to him.

So everytime he said “wait till my father hears about it.” He’s actually running to his dorm to pull out his diary and write his feelings into it.

Like probably something like:

“Dear Father, Potter did not pay attention to me today and it’s all that stupid Weasley’s fault. I hate him and I hate all Potter’s friends because if they never existed me and Potter would be snogging by now and he’d love me and I’d be happy. And gosh, I hate my life!! Signed Draco Potter-Malfoy “

Pansy knows about the Diary and reads it daily because she’s bored. She sometimes corrects his grammatical errors to piss him off.