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All the Young Dudes #4
Out of the Blue
Written as a bit of a bonus/gift for everyone who enjoyed reading All the Young Dudes, but specifically for everyone who wanted to know what happened to Grant, my OC from that fic.
In two parts, because you know what I'm like.
Set in 2016.
In two parts, because you know what I'm like.
Set in 2016.
30 pages, ebook
First published November 20, 2018
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MsKingBean89
12 books3,274 followersMsKingBean89 is the author of a Harry Potter Marauders era fanfiction All the Young Dudes. As of 2021, they have removed all their non-HP works from their AO3 profile, as well as links to social media profiles. The fic summary states they're also not reading comments anymore.
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June 16, 2021
“After all that waiting, they hadn’t had very long at all, at the end”
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February 3, 2021
Grant Chapman you beautiful beautiful man. This was the most perfect ending I could have asked for from the author. While I will defend Wolfstar to my dying breath, the way Grant got left out in the cold like that just never sat right with me. I know he left of his own accord, but still.
Also, bringing Teddy into this? Cruel. Beautifully written, and heartbreakingly fantastic, but cruel to my emotional stability.
Also, bringing Teddy into this? Cruel. Beautifully written, and heartbreakingly fantastic, but cruel to my emotional stability.
January 22, 2021
grant, i love you
March 17, 2022
Grant was everyone's little ball of sunshine and no one can convince me otherwise
December 2, 2021
“I used to be scared of dogs too.”
“Are you still?”
“Nah. I lived with a werewolf, and he cured me.”
“Really?!” Kieron’s eyes went big again, no longer afraid. Grant felt a rush of affection for the sweet little face. He loved kids.
“Really,” he confirmed,
“And let me tell you, he was one of the nicest people you could possibly meet, and not scary at all. He liked chocolate, and eggs for breakfast, and reading books and watching telly, and he never ever but anyone.”
“Are you still?”
“Nah. I lived with a werewolf, and he cured me.”
“Really?!” Kieron’s eyes went big again, no longer afraid. Grant felt a rush of affection for the sweet little face. He loved kids.
“Really,” he confirmed,
“And let me tell you, he was one of the nicest people you could possibly meet, and not scary at all. He liked chocolate, and eggs for breakfast, and reading books and watching telly, and he never ever but anyone.”
January 25, 2021
If u think this is going to give u some sort of emotional healing after finishing atyd, you’re wrong, I am now twice as broken :) Grant mf chapman you are too pure for this world that u don’t even exist in but imma pretend u do just for my own sanity
July 23, 2021
I think these two chapters made me happier and sadder than atyd ever did.
July 7, 2023
How is even possible that I cried 7 times reading this when It has 30 pages
Mskingbean89 ruined my life I swear in every sense
Mskingbean89 ruined my life I swear in every sense
November 10, 2021
grant my baby
i’m so glad he got a happy ending
i’m so glad he got a happy ending
October 12, 2022
i don’t know what to say really
now i have properly finished all the young dudes and my soul is empty
now i have properly finished all the young dudes and my soul is empty
August 20, 2023
(Edit 06.09.24: I just realized I accidentally read this on wolfstar day without noticing?? The universe was telling me something)
NOT TODAY LORD. I CAN'T I JUST CANNOT.
Ahem.
I was just telling my mom about how technically it's possible Sirius and Remus end up together, but...oh well. I guess I sort of knew it wasn't true anyway.
Grant is such a sweetheart, I can't believe he's an OC because this man deserves the world. The ending of this was beautiful and tragic and I'm so in love.
NOT TODAY LORD. I CAN'T I JUST CANNOT.
Ahem.
I was just telling my mom about how technically it's possible Sirius and Remus end up together, but...oh well. I guess I sort of knew it wasn't true anyway.
Grant is such a sweetheart, I can't believe he's an OC because this man deserves the world. The ending of this was beautiful and tragic and I'm so in love.
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July 22, 2021This made me wanna kill myself. I love it
March 17, 2022
a normal day. i go about my routine as always. a small thought about grant chapman crosses my mind. i absolutely break down. there is no saving me. repeat cycle.
August 30, 2022
“oh darling i dont half bloody miss you”
this is why i have issues.
this is why i have issues.
May 17, 2024
Honestly I would love to read 500 more pages about Grant
April 1, 2021
Have I mentioned, that I would die for Grant?
He is so precious and so real, it's incredible. This feels like the perfect ending of his arc.
I also love, that MsKingBean89 again showed that to quote Remus: "there is someone for everyone" even if him and Remus didnt last, even though they both loved each other, he still found the one. He needed Remus and Remus needed him but Sirius was the one for Remus and Marcus was the one for Grant. The fosger care fits perfectly with his character and Teddy. Oh Teddy. I just wanna hug him. Also this quote:
"There wasn’t any excuse for it. This had always been the problem with Remus, too many different faces. If you asked a hundred people who knew Remus to describe him you’d probably come away thinking they were talking about a hundred different people. Sirius had probably had a completely different boyfriend to Grant. And the man who married Teddy's mother… well, who knew? Grant really felt for the kid. He wished there was something he could do. Something to help him feel closer to his father. Remus deserved to be known."
It struck so true.
MsKingBean89, I know you will never read this, but thank you. Thank you so much for all of this. These characters have given me so much comfort it's incredible. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
After my first reread, I just need to leave a few more quotes:
"After all that waiting, they hadn't had very long at all, in the end."
Great, I didn't need my heart anyway.
"Shouldn’t have gone off and died, should ya, ya daft prick."
Was such a Grant thing to say, which put the sweet in the bittersweet of this one.
"Oh my darling. He thought, I don't half bloody miss you."
Yeah, that one fucking shattered me.
~~~
2nd reread:
Much needed catharsis after the devestating war chapters and 'till the end
He is so precious and so real, it's incredible. This feels like the perfect ending of his arc.
I also love, that MsKingBean89 again showed that to quote Remus: "there is someone for everyone" even if him and Remus didnt last, even though they both loved each other, he still found the one. He needed Remus and Remus needed him but Sirius was the one for Remus and Marcus was the one for Grant. The fosger care fits perfectly with his character and Teddy. Oh Teddy. I just wanna hug him. Also this quote:
"There wasn’t any excuse for it. This had always been the problem with Remus, too many different faces. If you asked a hundred people who knew Remus to describe him you’d probably come away thinking they were talking about a hundred different people. Sirius had probably had a completely different boyfriend to Grant. And the man who married Teddy's mother… well, who knew? Grant really felt for the kid. He wished there was something he could do. Something to help him feel closer to his father. Remus deserved to be known."
It struck so true.
MsKingBean89, I know you will never read this, but thank you. Thank you so much for all of this. These characters have given me so much comfort it's incredible. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
After my first reread, I just need to leave a few more quotes:
"After all that waiting, they hadn't had very long at all, in the end."
Great, I didn't need my heart anyway.
"Shouldn’t have gone off and died, should ya, ya daft prick."
Was such a Grant thing to say, which put the sweet in the bittersweet of this one.
"Oh my darling. He thought, I don't half bloody miss you."
Yeah, that one fucking shattered me.
~~~
2nd reread:
Much needed catharsis after the devestating war chapters and 'till the end
April 20, 2022
“In early 1998 the letters stopped, and Grant knew. Sometimes he thought he'd felt it, deep inside, like a thread being cut. Remus was dead.”
“He walked away, and Grant watched him, and for a moment he let himself pretend. Oh my darling. He thought, I don't half bloody miss you.”
Made me cry my eyes out. Justice for Grant I love him so much.
Grant literally wins the Chappell Roan casual trend- was it casual when Grant recognises Remus’ son even though he didn’t even know he existed??
Teddy Lupin is everything to me. My heart is squeezing.
Edit- 3rd reread
“He walked away, and Grant watched him, and for a moment he let himself pretend. Oh my darling. He thought, I don't half bloody miss you.”
Made me cry my eyes out. Justice for Grant I love him so much.
Grant literally wins the Chappell Roan casual trend- was it casual when Grant recognises Remus’ son even though he didn’t even know he existed??
Teddy Lupin is everything to me. My heart is squeezing.
Edit- 3rd reread
August 10, 2022
Ya ni sé de dónde saco tantas lágrimas
November 30, 2025
sobbing at the thought of remus sending teddy to check on grant. sobbing even harder bc i just made that up and these people are not real 💔💔💔
February 26, 2026
Grant ❤️
April 26, 2023
I would never rate something that revolves around Grant less than 5 stars. He’s my baby 💅✨
JUNE 2023 UPDATE:
After reading this I learned that MsKingBean (aka Taylor Swift, you cannot tell me otherwise) based my beloved Grant Chapman off of a real person.
And now I can’t sleep at night 🤠
ANOTHER JUNE 2023 UPDATE:
Did I just reread this to get a good cry?
Abso-fucking-lutely.
AUGUST 2023 UPDATE:
Do I have to read this every other month just to feel something? Yes. Is it also extremely bad for my mental health? Yes.
DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE:
Had to reread this one more time before the end of the year. Aaaaand I cried.
JULY 2024 UPDATE:
Reread this just before august in honour of Grant Chapman 🫶 iykyk
AUGUST 2025 UPDATE:
Oh Grant Chapman you will always be famous to me.
JULY 2026 UPDATE:
Jesus fucking Christ, this never fails to make me cry.
5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
JUNE 2023 UPDATE:
After reading this I learned that MsKingBean (aka Taylor Swift, you cannot tell me otherwise) based my beloved Grant Chapman off of a real person.
And now I can’t sleep at night 🤠
ANOTHER JUNE 2023 UPDATE:
Did I just reread this to get a good cry?
Abso-fucking-lutely.
AUGUST 2023 UPDATE:
Do I have to read this every other month just to feel something? Yes. Is it also extremely bad for my mental health? Yes.
DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE:
Had to reread this one more time before the end of the year. Aaaaand I cried.
JULY 2024 UPDATE:
Reread this just before august in honour of Grant Chapman 🫶 iykyk
AUGUST 2025 UPDATE:
Oh Grant Chapman you will always be famous to me.
JULY 2026 UPDATE:
Jesus fucking Christ, this never fails to make me cry.
5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 8, 2021
killed me
February 16, 2022
Grant Chapman you deserve the world.
April 28, 2021
I LOVE Grant Chapman, and when I noticed I had finished ATYD and there was no other chapter I stared crying even more, because I wanted to what happened to him, if he knew that Remus died, if he had a happy life.
Honestly I don't know how to feel, it's a bittersweet feeling, but I feel in peace knowing that he had everything he once wanted, living in the beach with lots of children, even though it is not with Remus.
I also liked the way the author included Teddy, the pair of Remus and Tonks it's not my favorite (I try to ignore the age difference) but I think they are cute, mainly because they could find a refuge in each other and have a little bit of happiness during the war.
So... quoting Taylor Swift, dear MsKingBean how's your heart after breaking mine?
AMO a Grant Chapman, cuando acabé ATYD y me di cuenta que no había ningún otro capítulo, empecé a llorar todavía más, porque quería saber qué pasó con Grant, si sabía que Remus murió, si tuvo una vida feliz, tenía demasiadas preguntas y ninguna respuesta, entonces me enteré que este libro existía.
Honestamente, no sé cómo sentirme, es un sentimiento agridulce, pero me siento en paz sabiendo que al final si tuvo todo lo que alguna vez quiso, vivir en la playa con muchos niñxs y encontró al amor de su vida.
Me encantó la manera en la que la autora incluyó a Teddy, es tan lindo y la pareja entre Tonks y Remus no es mi favorita, pienso que son lindos juntos (intento ignorar la diferencia de edad la mayoría del tiempo, aunque no siempre puedo), mayormente porque pudieron encontrar un refugio de felicidad en el otro en medio de la guerra.
Entonces, citando a Taylor Swift, Querida MsKingBean ¿Cómo está tu corazón después de romper el mío?
Honestly I don't know how to feel, it's a bittersweet feeling, but I feel in peace knowing that he had everything he once wanted, living in the beach with lots of children, even though it is not with Remus.
I also liked the way the author included Teddy, the pair of Remus and Tonks it's not my favorite (I try to ignore the age difference) but I think they are cute, mainly because they could find a refuge in each other and have a little bit of happiness during the war.
So... quoting Taylor Swift, dear MsKingBean how's your heart after breaking mine?
AMO a Grant Chapman, cuando acabé ATYD y me di cuenta que no había ningún otro capítulo, empecé a llorar todavía más, porque quería saber qué pasó con Grant, si sabía que Remus murió, si tuvo una vida feliz, tenía demasiadas preguntas y ninguna respuesta, entonces me enteré que este libro existía.
Honestamente, no sé cómo sentirme, es un sentimiento agridulce, pero me siento en paz sabiendo que al final si tuvo todo lo que alguna vez quiso, vivir en la playa con muchos niñxs y encontró al amor de su vida.
Me encantó la manera en la que la autora incluyó a Teddy, es tan lindo y la pareja entre Tonks y Remus no es mi favorita, pienso que son lindos juntos (intento ignorar la diferencia de edad la mayoría del tiempo, aunque no siempre puedo), mayormente porque pudieron encontrar un refugio de felicidad en el otro en medio de la guerra.
Entonces, citando a Taylor Swift, Querida MsKingBean ¿Cómo está tu corazón después de romper el mío?
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May 7, 2023
Grant truly deserves the world and more 🥹🫶🏻
Ps: I'm sorry but when he said "Christ on a bike." I could only think of:
Ps: I'm sorry but when he said "Christ on a bike." I could only think of:
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June 16, 2022i cried enough to make myself nauseous
July 14, 2025
“oh my darling. I don’t half bloody miss ya.”
grant my shayla 🥹🥺😭🥹🥺😭
grant my shayla 🥹🥺😭🥹🥺😭
September 20, 2024
aha i po co to czytalam tylko sie poryczalam
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April 17, 2023i wasn’t planning on reading this, but it’s 2 am and i felt that i needed a good cry. mission accomplished.
“yes. grant remembered now. it was always love, in those letters. for the last two years, remus wrote to him every month with love. in early 1998 the letters stopped, and grant knew. sometimes he thought he’d felt it, deep inside, like a thread being cut. remus was dead”.
“how did that happen, my darling? grant thought to himself, she must have been something else”.
“yes. grant remembered now. it was always love, in those letters. for the last two years, remus wrote to him every month with love. in early 1998 the letters stopped, and grant knew. sometimes he thought he’d felt it, deep inside, like a thread being cut. remus was dead”.
“how did that happen, my darling? grant thought to himself, she must have been something else”.
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