Sirius Black
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sirius Black |
| Occupation: | fugitive, Order member |
| Relationships: | Harry Potter (godson) James Potter (best friend) Remus Lupin (friend) Peter Pettigrew (friend) Regulus Black (brother) |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
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Sirius Black is a character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is Harry's godfather.
Canon
Sirius Black was born to a pure-blood family. His parents, Walburga and Orion Black, were firm believers in blood status and tradition. When Sirius was sorted into Gryffindor and became friends with James Potter and the other Marauders, he quickly became an outcast of his family. He, James, and Peter secretly became Animagi while at Hogwarts. Sirius could take the form of a large, black dog. His nickname was Padfoot.
After leaving school, he joined the Order of the Phoenix. When James and Lily Evans got pregnant, they named him the godfather to their son, Harry Potter.
Sirius was falsely accused of murder and was sent to Azkaban, where he spent the next twelve years until his escape in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He later rejoined the Order of the Phoenix.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sirius was killed by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange.
Fandom
Sirius Black is a very popular character in the Harry Potter fandom.
Sirius-centric fanworks are often set in the Marauders era, while he was a student at Hogwarts, as well as post-graduation. Stories set after his escape from Azkaban as also popular, especially the Remus/Sirius "Lie Low at Lupin's" trope. Following Sirius's death in Order of the Phoenix, "Bring Back Black" fics, including fix-its and denialfic, were extremely popular.
In the Spanish translation of the book, "Padfoot" was translated as "Canuto". The reasons for this specific translation are unknown and subject to speculation, mockery and memes, as "canuto" is also slang for "joint" in Spanish. The word Canuto is also the name the Spanish translation gave to one of the dogs in Hanna Barbera sixties cartoon "Augie Doggy and Doggy Daddy". Fans have also speculated that Canuto is simply a given medieval name (Cnut in English) that contains means dog in a synonym of "dog". Other theories include "it was the translator's dog name". The reasons why Sirius is nicknamed Canuto just because he is able to transform into a dog remain obscure to a lot of readers, who see more logic in the fact that this nickname was given to him because he liked to smoke weed.[1]
Common Tropes
- Bring Back Black
- denialfic
- Beyond the Veil (trope)
- Lie Low at Lupin's
- Hurt/Comfort
- Gryffinwhore!Sirius, the trope (or fanon) that Sirius sleeps around a lot, especially with women. Usually Hogwarts Era.
Pairings
Slash
Het
Threesomes
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Deny Thy Father by LupinsLittleSister. The story of how Sirius Black came to leave home. PG-13, Gen; sequels are Remus/Sirius.
- Text talk by merlywhirls. Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number. Remus/Sirius
- Harry Potter and the Ten Years of All Hallow’s Eve by TheRogueHungtress. What if Lily and Snape reconciled before she died? What if both Sirius and Severus were Harry's Godfathers? And what if both were chosen to look after baby Harry once his parents had been murdered? Sirius/Severus
- Force Balance by ignipes (2005). They live happily ever after. Sirius is nerdy about magical physics. Remus/Sirius
- The Dog Pound by appalachian_fireflies (2016). Collar, Remus thought suddenly. “Have you checked the Muggle pound?” T, Remus/Sirius
- the dogfather by hollimichele (2018). "“I’m not a reverse werewolf either,” says the man. “I’m your godfather.”"
- Stealing Harry by copperbadge (2004)
- A Marauder's Plan by CatsAreCool (Rachel500) (2016) What if Sirius decided to stay in England and deliver on his promise to raise Harry instead of hiding somewhere sunny? Changes abound with that one decision...
Fanart
- Sirius by a-lise
- Sirius Black: Convicts by Kabudragon
- Sirius Black by Lyvyan
- Sirius Black by kleinmeli
Essays and Meta
- Saint or Sinner? - All Things Characterisation - "A Sirius Matter" by JK Ashavah
- "Have You Seen This Wizard?" by gaeta at idol_reflections
- I Blame the Parents by shaggydogstail
Doujinshi
Archives and Communities
- Sirius News (on LJ) - a Sirius Black newsletter community
- black_family - for fanfic and fanart featuring the Black family
- padfootparadise - for Sirius-centric fic and art
- padfootremains - for Sirius-centric fanfiction
- sirius_100 - a Sirius-centric drabble community
- sirius_centric - for anything Sirius related
- siriuslyshipp3d - for fics with Sirius pairings
- _toujours__pur_ - for anything Black family related
- Sirius Black works on Ao3
- Sirius Black works on ff.net
Fests and Challenges
- Big Bang Blackout - Sirius-centric Big Bang challenge
- House of Black - a Black family-centric fic and art exchange
- Padfoot-a-thon (on LJ) - a Sirius-as-Padfoot ficathon
- Sirius Black Fest on tumblr
Resources
- Immeritus - Sirius Black fansite and recipient of J. K. Rowling's first Fan Site Award
- Toujours Pur (Wayback) - a Black family fanfiction archive
- Sirius Black Tumblr tag
- Sirius Black at Harry Potter Wiki