#pascal

This is somewhat based on another headcanon I’ve seen, but I’d like to envisage that Remus, being the lovely geek he is, is quite a talented linguist, and often tries to pick apart texts in Latin or teach himself French through the rendition of short stories in his free time, and laments his lack of a conversation partner to the other Marauders much of the time.

“Well Latin’s a dead language - you can’t bloody well expect someone to speak it,” Peter quipped.

“Merlin’s Beard, Wormtail, I’m not expecting to causally be able speak Latin to someone. It’s just that: all of our spells are based on Latin, and it wasn’t so long ago that the ruling classes were required to learn it-”

“Is there anyone you can practise French or Italian with, though?” asked James.

Sirius often bit his tongue during such discussions; though the traditional native tongue of the Black family, Sirius hadn’t actually spoken any French in years. Since he was quite young, he would defiantly respond in English to the annoyance of his parents; the only people who spoke French with him growing up. Even small proverbs or phrases would thrust him back into his tumultuous home life - recalling the many occasions where his parents used to dig at him in public, suddenly feeling the tightness of his chest as his heart pounded, shrinking into a powerless little boy again.

He never mentioned his skills to anyone: not to his friends, not to his teachers, not even when Beauxbatons visited the school, because he knew that feeling would rise in his chest again. But, it was Remus’ love of the language that prompted Sirius to reclaim his native tongue.

Suddenly, something had shifted - when he heard French, it no longer reminded him of his mother’s scalding tone or father’s icy anger - but instead of Remus’ soft demeanour, his measured pronunciation, the gentle lilt in his voice as he read books out loud to practise his accent. He could recall the happy days of laying out on the grass, the crest of Remus’ head reflecting the gentle warmth of the sunlight as he recited poems hundreds of years older than themselves. Remus was reshaping a part of himself that he had hidden away for so long, he felt could barely remember it.

So one day, when the morning was still breaking outside, Sirius awoke to Remus sitting upright, clenching a copy of Pensées - his brow furrowed and eyes squinted. He shuffled towards Remus on the bed, trying to catch where his eyeline was resting - stuck - for a short while, “I’m just finding this impossible to translate.” Remus murmured huffily, noticing his boyfriend’s movement in the corner of his eye.

A cheeky smile marked Sirius’ face as he said, “Ce n’est pas la mer à boire” which prompted Remus’ eyes to widen in shock. However, Sirius continued, proceeding to point his index finger at the line, “L’homme est également incapable: man is incapable all the same,” he muttered, “de voir le néant d’où il est tiré et l’infini où est englouti: to behold the nothingness from which he is drawn and the infinity which is engulfed?” and then chuckled at himself, “jE nE sAiS pAs.”

Remus playfully hit him with the paperback, “YouknowFrench?!” Sirius could only smirk, “… This isn’t the most interesting book you know, it ends up feeling like a muggle author having an existential crisis as he juggles religion and science - there are some wizard authors that I like in particular…”

And Remus just stared, sweetly dumbfounded and impressed by this newfound insight - not necessarily of Pensées, but of Sirius.

(Full disclosure, feel free to correct any/all of the French used in this post!)

I drew my favorite moment from Tangled, to give to my friend for her birthday. I really like what Claire Keane designed for Rapunzel’s mural.

So I found this video which I can only describe as TS2 music video softcore porn?? Of Pascal and Nervous. Watch at your own risk:

Then I showed it to my friend, @buddydollysims2 , and she was like “have you looked at the comments??”

You did NOT put your real name on this sims 2 porn and show it to a family member!! NO. Absolutely not.

Lazy day in Corona