Drabble: A Matter of Appearances

[attackfish]

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A Matter of Appearances

Black Sentenced to Azkaban The newspaper headline proclaimed, and Walburga scanned the first line, chest fluttering.  Notorious mass murderer Sirius Black was sentenced to life in the Wizarding prison yesterday evening...

Her firstborn was a credit to the family after all.

She pulled out a peace of parchment and wrote the letter needed to re-inherit her son.

With both her sons disgraced, for the right reasons, she could bear her own disgrace and wile away her remaining years knowing she raised them well.

And even if Sirius couldn't touch a knut of it in Azkaban, it was the appearances that mattered.

Comments

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

I'm of two minds about that, actually. I'll use Doria and Charlus that way in Children of Mars, and they're probably supposed to be James' parents (which would make James Sirius' first cousin once removed) but they helped Sirius after he ran away and was disinherited, and the only other relative who helped Sirius, Alphard, was blasted off for helping him, so why are they still on the tapestry?

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That's another good point. I guess maybe because she married a Potter, she became a Potter for tapestry purposes?

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Yes, but when Andromeda and Cedrella were both blasted off after their marriages (more specifically because of their marriages). Maybe Alphard didn't just help Sirius but gave his sister hell over him? Or maybe Dorea kept quiet about helping him or tried to keep in her niece's good graces some other way, like saying she was trying to convince him to go back?