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All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective #1-4
All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume One: Years 1-4
The first 4 years of the Marauders time at Hogwarts, based on MsKingBean89’s ‘All the Young Dudes’ from Sirius’ perspective.
640 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2021
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February 11, 2023
rip sirius black you would have loved champagne problems by taylor swift
December 8, 2023
[Highlights: The Gays, peter is annoying idc, euphemia and fleamont are my favourites, walburga needs to die, sirius black needs a hug, remus lupin needs a hug]
First of all, I know there’s a lot of debate in the fanfiction community about this, but it only hit me after I’d started and marked this as currently reading on here that the author said not to post to Goodreads/Storygraph. Now, I figure they meant the act of adding it to the library in the first place, and I hope I’m not considered an accomplice for this, I meant no disrespect to the writer’s choices at all. It’s my mistake, and the person who added it to Goodreads probably should’ve also paid more heed to Rollercoasterworlds’ preferences.
However.
I physically need to write a review for this fic. It’s clawing at my chest and I’ll be bothered all day if I don’t do it write this second at 1:27AM, even though I’ve got to be up at 5.
Heavy TWs for child abuse, homophobia, internalised homophobia, thoughts of self-harm. Also, generally just make sure you know what you're getting into if you're having a sucky day. This is very angsty when it wants to be.
I often struggle to enjoy retellings or rewritings because the storyline is not original to the author and a lot of the time it feels like it was chore. Something written for the sake of writing with no passion or love behind it.
This is not that.
This fanfic has yet to lose its sense of heart and you can practically feel the love the author has for this story, this world, these characters, buzzing through their raw words.
I love works that can read smart without feeling like the author bought a thesaurus and went crazy with it.
And I don’t know if it’s just because I’ve got an affinity for all things Noble House of Black, but I daresay I prefer this perspective to MsKingBean89’s, through Remus.
Very excited for Year 5.
PS. I just wanted to mention how Walburga (and I guess Orion, by extension, but mainly Walburga) is written as truly terrifying. She’s unpredictable and I’m sure on the inside very messy, and even if you know what she’s going to do next it’s still terrifying to wait in anticipation, cause it always hurts someone involved.
First of all, I know there’s a lot of debate in the fanfiction community about this, but it only hit me after I’d started and marked this as currently reading on here that the author said not to post to Goodreads/Storygraph. Now, I figure they meant the act of adding it to the library in the first place, and I hope I’m not considered an accomplice for this, I meant no disrespect to the writer’s choices at all. It’s my mistake, and the person who added it to Goodreads probably should’ve also paid more heed to Rollercoasterworlds’ preferences.
However.
I physically need to write a review for this fic. It’s clawing at my chest and I’ll be bothered all day if I don’t do it write this second at 1:27AM, even though I’ve got to be up at 5.
Heavy TWs for child abuse, homophobia, internalised homophobia, thoughts of self-harm. Also, generally just make sure you know what you're getting into if you're having a sucky day. This is very angsty when it wants to be.
I often struggle to enjoy retellings or rewritings because the storyline is not original to the author and a lot of the time it feels like it was chore. Something written for the sake of writing with no passion or love behind it.
This is not that.
This fanfic has yet to lose its sense of heart and you can practically feel the love the author has for this story, this world, these characters, buzzing through their raw words.
I love works that can read smart without feeling like the author bought a thesaurus and went crazy with it.
And I don’t know if it’s just because I’ve got an affinity for all things Noble House of Black, but I daresay I prefer this perspective to MsKingBean89’s, through Remus.
Very excited for Year 5.
PS. I just wanted to mention how Walburga (and I guess Orion, by extension, but mainly Walburga) is written as truly terrifying. She’s unpredictable and I’m sure on the inside very messy, and even if you know what she’s going to do next it’s still terrifying to wait in anticipation, cause it always hurts someone involved.
February 3, 2023
This next volume is gonna hurt me in ways I won't be able to predict, isn't it?
April 4, 2023
ahhh i love it when they’re not dead 🤭🤭
September 3, 2023
My tears ricochet is so Sirius and Regulus coded. That's a fact.
August 18, 2023
I love the marauders so much if I think about it too much I’ll kill myself
February 11, 2023
“you bring me home”
— me to these books
i love atyd with all of my heart. while i certainly feel like i am remus (dark academia, struggled with reading, then loved it, very much brooding and depressed, impeccable taste in music, sarcastic little bitch); at the same time i feel for sirius so, so, so much. the family struggles, wanting to protect his little brother, figuring out stuff. dead wizards from the seventies you will always have my heart <3
— me to these books
i love atyd with all of my heart. while i certainly feel like i am remus (dark academia, struggled with reading, then loved it, very much brooding and depressed, impeccable taste in music, sarcastic little bitch); at the same time i feel for sirius so, so, so much. the family struggles, wanting to protect his little brother, figuring out stuff. dead wizards from the seventies you will always have my heart <3
January 3, 2023
Better than atyd — I can’t believe how little I understood Sirius black until I read this
February 1, 2023
first book:
already have cried like 10 times 3
reading this from sirius’ perspective makes this so much more heartbreaking, i cant :(
already have cried like 10 times 3
reading this from sirius’ perspective makes this so much more heartbreaking, i cant :(
January 26, 2024
I want to live in this world forever.
December 3, 2025
in no way inferior to ATYD. I’m completely blown away.
February 20, 2023
Man it was just so good to see what goes on inside of Sirius mind and like seeing all the little hints on what’s gonna come 🥹
November 4, 2025
Hogwarts escapism 🤝 (queer) coming of age 🤝 not written by JK Rowling
I read All The Young Dudes about a year ago and was absolutely obsessed with it. There's just something about the innocent, daily lives of the marauders at Hogwarts, combined with the 70s vibes and just enough teenage angst and trauma to keep things interesting I guess :').
This first part is really just fun escapism to be honest, in a way that I would call "cosy academia". I really look forward to the next part with all the ✨queer confusion✨ but I'm not sure how I'll bear reading through the final parts again...
I was curious about this version, which is Sirius' perspective instead of the original with Remus's, but the writing quality is similar and since it's a chapter by chapter remake it feels like a reread with an extra dimension to it.
If you have any Harry Potter cravings but hate JK Rowling and want something new, please read (first the original) All The Young Dudes as it will change something in your brain chemistry!!!
I read All The Young Dudes about a year ago and was absolutely obsessed with it. There's just something about the innocent, daily lives of the marauders at Hogwarts, combined with the 70s vibes and just enough teenage angst and trauma to keep things interesting I guess :').
This first part is really just fun escapism to be honest, in a way that I would call "cosy academia". I really look forward to the next part with all the ✨queer confusion✨ but I'm not sure how I'll bear reading through the final parts again...
I was curious about this version, which is Sirius' perspective instead of the original with Remus's, but the writing quality is similar and since it's a chapter by chapter remake it feels like a reread with an extra dimension to it.
If you have any Harry Potter cravings but hate JK Rowling and want something new, please read (first the original) All The Young Dudes as it will change something in your brain chemistry!!!
January 29, 2023
do i love this book?
read it over my grave and watch how it brings me back to life.
read it over my grave and watch how it brings me back to life.
September 1, 2023
congratulations, you're perfect
October 28, 2024
rip sirius black you would have loved “who’s afraid of little old me?”
March 31, 2025
little sirius is adorable i just want to protect him with everything i have.
also, he totally fell first with remus and no one can tell me otherwise
also, he totally fell first with remus and no one can tell me otherwise
November 21, 2025
Es macht sehr viel Spaß Sirius' und Remus' Perspektive parallel zu lesen 🥰 ich liebe diese slow burn Story wirklich sehr und auch Sirius Perspektive ist hervorragend geschrieben. Ich freue mich auf die nächsten drei Bände!
March 2, 2023
5⭐️
i may be enjoying this more than remus’ pov
—onto year 5!
i may be enjoying this more than remus’ pov
—onto year 5!
September 4, 2024
j’aurais du m’arrêter là (C’EST LE TRUC LE PLUS DOULOUREUX QUE J’AI LU DE MA VIE)
July 12, 2022
Oh god. My heart. This is too much. Too much. What do I do with my life now?
Honestly I loved the extra chapters. They gave me so much love that I needed. I can’t even write a proper review.
Honestly I loved the extra chapters. They gave me so much love that I needed. I can’t even write a proper review.
April 2, 2023
i absolutely ADORE sirius' perspectives OMG. you’d think this would get repetitive after 2 re-reads of mkb’s atyd, but NOPE. JUST INCREDIBLE I LOVE THE MAURADERS SO SO MUCH.
January 9, 2024
Ojalà hubiese versión de Regulus
November 21, 2024
I swear I’m fine (I’m not fine).
November 25, 2024
I love fan fiction, of course someone rewrote the entire fic from another pov
December 31, 2025
I’m so scared right now for the next volume
March 5, 2025
“He wanted to show James—he needed to prove himself—this was normal, wasn’t it? Posters of girls—did he like them? Did he feel the right things? It wast. strange, the softness where he was used to flat planes, he didn’t get it—they were quite pretty, he could see that, was this what the older boys meant? How was he supposed to know?
Sirius cringed, mortified, but she only dug in deeper.
Peter’s voice: some of us actually like spending time with girls—Mary smiling—you could just snog one of them, you know—the wet-popcorn taste of the muggle girl’s mouth—the way James looked at Lily—the way Peter looked at Desdemona—Remus and his fan club—David Bowie with his wild hair—the Banshee Blues, the feather boa—the strange, secret fumbling in the middle of the night, hot under the covers—Remus, licking crumbs off his fingers—the dreams he didn’t like to think about, the burning shame they left behind—”
Quiero empezar recalcándooslo todo el daño que me hizo este libro, porque ese final ESE FINAL. me lastimo de mil maneras, y es de lo primero que quiero hablar porque es que. HOLA. la negación de Sirius alcanza niveles exorbitantes, aparte me duele demasiado que su homofobia internalizada sea tan fuerte y que un comentario de Peter la allá catalizado más. ME DUELE. Aparte de eso me gustó demasiado que le autore haya tomado un detalle tan hp de parte de jk (lo de los postres de mujeres en el cuarto de Sirius) y lo haya transformado en algo tan lindo y especialmente doloroso. Por eso quiero recalcar que lo que más me gusto de este libro es como exploran la psiquis de Sirius (pues siento que ese es el punto de su pov) y es especial entender como lo ha afectado su dinámica familiar en todos los aspectos de su vida.
Aparte de eso, hay algo simplemente tan poético en la escena de la bludger (accidente de reggie) pues es un metáfora muy clara del maltrato que recibían en su hogar los hermanos black. Primero sirius se le acerca el peligro y hace todo lo posible para que la bludger no lo lastime, y lo logra pero esta termina redirigida a su hermano, sin quererlo. A su hermano lo afecta mucho mas pues es el que termina mas herido (casi muerto) por este golpe. No es culpa de sirius claramente, pero si el no se hubiera querido proteger, reggie no se habría lastimado. Aun asi sirius termina herido e involucrado por intentar salvar a su hermano pero no importa lo que haga, al final su madre se lo lleva. ES DECIR, This is just a simple way to explain black brother’s relationship. Me encanta, me hizo llorar. Y lo peor que reggie nunca se entera del cariño de su hermano porque estaba inconsciente y posteriormente arrastrado por sus padres. 🥺. Luego me rompió por completo el corazón que Sirius confesara necesita que reg este vivo para que el pueda ser el heredero. MUERO. la relacional de los black Brothers siempre me lastima profundamente el corazón y especialmente cuando se que es canon compilan entonces al final se que regia se va a volver death mater y morirse sin que Sirius sepa que al final optó el buen camino. Es que what do you mena with "-They are not your Family- he Mai, quietly, after a moment. -What, and you are?-" MATENMEEEE. Aparte me mataban más cuando me mostraban los lindos momentos de la infancia entere ambos. ME ROMPE EL CORAZÓn.
Ya llegando a aspectos un poco más generales, creo que la perspectiva de Remus me gusta más (PERDOÓN) pero es que nadie puede entender a Remus Lupin como yo, entonces siento que lo sentía aún mas doloroso y personal. Aún así me gistó este libro. Tengo que aceptar que el primer año tiene su encanto especialmente por lo misterioso que se ve Remus y luego cuando Sirius lo ayuda con su dislexia para que luego Remus se vuelva un completo book worm. ME MUERO. siento que es un detalle de atad que siempre me ha robado el corazón. El segundo y tercer año pasaron sin mucha gracia ni gloria, obviamente me gustaron pero siento que quedan bastante opacados por los otros años. HASTA que llegamos a mi broma favoritaaaaa, la de los relojes, siento que es algo tan wowwww es decir no se como se le ocurrió a el autor y aparte es como muy hilarious que Sirius y Remus empiezan a jugar a adelantar y retroceder intentando dañar el plan del otro, es una dinámica muy wolfstar, me encanta.
Y llegamos al cuarto año que siento que es el puentéela entre la infancia de Marauders y la tragedia que se avecina desde el quinto año, pero aún más importante, LOS INICIOS DE WOLFSTAR. Bueno aunque en realidad todo es los inicios de wolfstar porque Sirius estaba super obsesionado desde que lo vio por primera vez. PERO EL CUARTO AÑO EL CUARTO AÑO, we all know Sirius mas down BAAAAD
es que
"His skin was dotted with freckles and a few shades darker, signs of long hours spent out in the sun—there was a rosy flush across his cheekbones that appeared the be the final remnants of a sunburn. And his clothes—a smart button-down that made him look older, somehow, bright blue drainpipe jeans, and chunky black boots that Sirius immediately fell in love with. It was the coolest thing he’d ever seen.His palms felt sweaty.”
“It was hypnotizing, watching the fire catch the paper of the cigarette, turning it crumbly and red as Remus inhaled. The smell was awful, bitter, like a handful of ash—but Sirius could hardly bring himself to care. Remus’s lips parted as he exhaled, and the smoke spilled from his mouth to dance teasingly in the air before dissipating. It was like magic”
this is loveeeeee, después claaaro que risa como Sirius sueña con Remus pero está tan en negación para fucking aceptarlo.
Y APARTEEE DE MIS MOMENTOS FAVORITOS el cumpleaños 15 de Remus (un año antes de la tragedia) es decir, que cosa tan hermosa, me hace SUFRIRRRRRRRRRRR. WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"You’re so good at stuff, Moony,” he slurred, nudging his head a bit further onto Remus’s shoulder, trying to get comfortable.“Yeah,” Remus said wryly, “Picking locks and holding my drink.”Exactly, Sirius thought, and school and talking to girls and thinking of pranks and throwing a punch...“And magic,” he mumbled, half-asleep, feeling as though he existed in that strange, murky, in-between world that straddled consciousness and dreams. He wasn’t dreaming, was he?“Yeah, we’re wizards, idiot.”No, not dreaming—Remus would probably be nicer if this was a dream. Sirius sighed.“I’m good at magic,” he explained to Moony’s shoulder, “But you, like....are magic, y’know?”
ME MATARON CON ESO. es que que cosa tan preciosa.
Yo simplemente amodemasiado atyd y los marauders son una parte muy grande de mi corazón, no estoy lista psicológicamente para el segundo PERO, pues se que igual voy a amarlo.
Sirius cringed, mortified, but she only dug in deeper.
Peter’s voice: some of us actually like spending time with girls—Mary smiling—you could just snog one of them, you know—the wet-popcorn taste of the muggle girl’s mouth—the way James looked at Lily—the way Peter looked at Desdemona—Remus and his fan club—David Bowie with his wild hair—the Banshee Blues, the feather boa—the strange, secret fumbling in the middle of the night, hot under the covers—Remus, licking crumbs off his fingers—the dreams he didn’t like to think about, the burning shame they left behind—”
Quiero empezar recalcándooslo todo el daño que me hizo este libro, porque ese final ESE FINAL. me lastimo de mil maneras, y es de lo primero que quiero hablar porque es que. HOLA. la negación de Sirius alcanza niveles exorbitantes, aparte me duele demasiado que su homofobia internalizada sea tan fuerte y que un comentario de Peter la allá catalizado más. ME DUELE. Aparte de eso me gustó demasiado que le autore haya tomado un detalle tan hp de parte de jk (lo de los postres de mujeres en el cuarto de Sirius) y lo haya transformado en algo tan lindo y especialmente doloroso. Por eso quiero recalcar que lo que más me gusto de este libro es como exploran la psiquis de Sirius (pues siento que ese es el punto de su pov) y es especial entender como lo ha afectado su dinámica familiar en todos los aspectos de su vida.
Aparte de eso, hay algo simplemente tan poético en la escena de la bludger (accidente de reggie) pues es un metáfora muy clara del maltrato que recibían en su hogar los hermanos black. Primero sirius se le acerca el peligro y hace todo lo posible para que la bludger no lo lastime, y lo logra pero esta termina redirigida a su hermano, sin quererlo. A su hermano lo afecta mucho mas pues es el que termina mas herido (casi muerto) por este golpe. No es culpa de sirius claramente, pero si el no se hubiera querido proteger, reggie no se habría lastimado. Aun asi sirius termina herido e involucrado por intentar salvar a su hermano pero no importa lo que haga, al final su madre se lo lleva. ES DECIR, This is just a simple way to explain black brother’s relationship. Me encanta, me hizo llorar. Y lo peor que reggie nunca se entera del cariño de su hermano porque estaba inconsciente y posteriormente arrastrado por sus padres. 🥺. Luego me rompió por completo el corazón que Sirius confesara necesita que reg este vivo para que el pueda ser el heredero. MUERO. la relacional de los black Brothers siempre me lastima profundamente el corazón y especialmente cuando se que es canon compilan entonces al final se que regia se va a volver death mater y morirse sin que Sirius sepa que al final optó el buen camino. Es que what do you mena with "-They are not your Family- he Mai, quietly, after a moment. -What, and you are?-" MATENMEEEE. Aparte me mataban más cuando me mostraban los lindos momentos de la infancia entere ambos. ME ROMPE EL CORAZÓn.
Ya llegando a aspectos un poco más generales, creo que la perspectiva de Remus me gusta más (PERDOÓN) pero es que nadie puede entender a Remus Lupin como yo, entonces siento que lo sentía aún mas doloroso y personal. Aún así me gistó este libro. Tengo que aceptar que el primer año tiene su encanto especialmente por lo misterioso que se ve Remus y luego cuando Sirius lo ayuda con su dislexia para que luego Remus se vuelva un completo book worm. ME MUERO. siento que es un detalle de atad que siempre me ha robado el corazón. El segundo y tercer año pasaron sin mucha gracia ni gloria, obviamente me gustaron pero siento que quedan bastante opacados por los otros años. HASTA que llegamos a mi broma favoritaaaaa, la de los relojes, siento que es algo tan wowwww es decir no se como se le ocurrió a el autor y aparte es como muy hilarious que Sirius y Remus empiezan a jugar a adelantar y retroceder intentando dañar el plan del otro, es una dinámica muy wolfstar, me encanta.
Y llegamos al cuarto año que siento que es el puentéela entre la infancia de Marauders y la tragedia que se avecina desde el quinto año, pero aún más importante, LOS INICIOS DE WOLFSTAR. Bueno aunque en realidad todo es los inicios de wolfstar porque Sirius estaba super obsesionado desde que lo vio por primera vez. PERO EL CUARTO AÑO EL CUARTO AÑO, we all know Sirius mas down BAAAAD
es que
"His skin was dotted with freckles and a few shades darker, signs of long hours spent out in the sun—there was a rosy flush across his cheekbones that appeared the be the final remnants of a sunburn. And his clothes—a smart button-down that made him look older, somehow, bright blue drainpipe jeans, and chunky black boots that Sirius immediately fell in love with. It was the coolest thing he’d ever seen.His palms felt sweaty.”
“It was hypnotizing, watching the fire catch the paper of the cigarette, turning it crumbly and red as Remus inhaled. The smell was awful, bitter, like a handful of ash—but Sirius could hardly bring himself to care. Remus’s lips parted as he exhaled, and the smoke spilled from his mouth to dance teasingly in the air before dissipating. It was like magic”
this is loveeeeee, después claaaro que risa como Sirius sueña con Remus pero está tan en negación para fucking aceptarlo.
Y APARTEEE DE MIS MOMENTOS FAVORITOS el cumpleaños 15 de Remus (un año antes de la tragedia) es decir, que cosa tan hermosa, me hace SUFRIRRRRRRRRRRR. WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"You’re so good at stuff, Moony,” he slurred, nudging his head a bit further onto Remus’s shoulder, trying to get comfortable.“Yeah,” Remus said wryly, “Picking locks and holding my drink.”Exactly, Sirius thought, and school and talking to girls and thinking of pranks and throwing a punch...“And magic,” he mumbled, half-asleep, feeling as though he existed in that strange, murky, in-between world that straddled consciousness and dreams. He wasn’t dreaming, was he?“Yeah, we’re wizards, idiot.”No, not dreaming—Remus would probably be nicer if this was a dream. Sirius sighed.“I’m good at magic,” he explained to Moony’s shoulder, “But you, like....are magic, y’know?”
ME MATARON CON ESO. es que que cosa tan preciosa.
Yo simplemente amodemasiado atyd y los marauders son una parte muy grande de mi corazón, no estoy lista psicológicamente para el segundo PERO, pues se que igual voy a amarlo.
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January 6, 2024
I love ATYD with my whole heart, so I thought rereading it from a different pov instead of the same chapters over again would be interesting for once. I've always been curious about what happened in the Black home and between Sirius and Regulus. As much as the chapters at home and the conversations between the brothers are painful, I quite enjoy them because they give depth to the characters.
I was happily kicking my feet when Sirius started feeling confused about Remus and what he was feeling when he was around him (and less happy with what his mother did when she found out). Looking forward to the next volume :))
I was happily kicking my feet when Sirius started feeling confused about Remus and what he was feeling when he was around him (and less happy with what his mother did when she found out). Looking forward to the next volume :))
February 5, 2026
Original so good I'm reading the entire thing again but fan-written from another character's perspective.... this is still great but the writing is simply not quite as good as the OG and a lot of the plot you've obviously already seen before. That being said, I love getting in Sirius' head he's so tragic. Somehow he's found a way to out emo the king himself (Remus). It's so funny seeing how Remus is perceived by others when he himself is just crashing out on the daily
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