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   The Survivor by apolesen

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Aug 2016

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Remus Lupin/Original Male Character(s)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Remus Lupin
   • Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Fenrir Greyback
   • Amelia Bones
   • Original Muggle Character(s)
   • Post-First War with Voldemort
   • Muggle/Wizard Relations
   • Wizarding World
   • Thatcherite Britain
   • aids epidemic
   • 1980s
   • Werewolves
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Anxiety
   • Gay Character
   • Gay Subculture
   • Developing Friendships
   • Plotty
   • The main trigger warnings are as follows:
   • Homophobia
   • Serophobia
   • Scars
   • Suicide Attempt Reference
   • Self-Harm reference
   • Body horror (lycanthropy)
   • Animal Death
   • Full list of trigger warnings found in notes at the beginning

   Summary

   1985. Four years after the death of his friends, Remus decides to break out of the pattern of his post-war life and try living among Muggles. In a sleepy town in southern England and the bustling city of London, he tries to build a new life for himself, piece by piece. The more he sees of the Muggle world, the more Remus wonders if that structure is as stable as he would like to think it is.

   “The Survivor” is set in Thatcherite Britain, in the wake of the Falklands War and the onset of the British AIDS epidemic. It explores themes of disease, stigma, war trauma and grief, reflecting both on the historical context of the 1980s and Rowling’s characterisation of Remus Lupin.

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