https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlHz0wF0Ig kind of forgot yep

[astounding]

We keep having this problem. It's really got to stop. You can't just "volunteer" me as a mentor figure because I served as that for several back home. Do I need to remind you of how that turned out? You never like that part very much.

The last time you thought about "playing" me for any real length of time, you took over a month to do your "canon review" because you couldn't be motivated. That makes me feel very special, that you want to do things with me but you're not motivated enough to go through the entire series.

At least you do your homework, I can say that much. Why don't you purchase the books that you are missing and we can speak at a later date? Perhaps a month from now, if you can find the motivation.

For me.

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[slyest]

A mentor of what, precisely?

[astounding]

[If Loki thinks Remus should be commenting on his clothing and hair, he might be surprised. Not so abnormal.

And, also, Remus doesn't have the opportunity to shower as often as most people; the greasy look is totally one he's sported himself before a time or two.

...or over a few years. Maybe.]

Life in general, I would hope.

[slyest]

[ Loki appreciates the lack of criticism on his less than illustrious appearance. He gets enough of it in certain quarters as it is. ]

And you are an expert of life in general, why?

[astounding]

[Don't talk about his shabbily patched coat and the lack of proper shave and they will be a-okay.]

You don't have to be an expert to mentor. The mantle sort of fell on me, actually; it's not something I sought, it's something that happened and happened rather well, I believe. I'm proud of my students, at least.

[slyest]

[ Deal. ]

Are these actual students? Or is this a figurative use of the term?

[astounding]

Actual students. I used to teach at a school by the name of Hogwarts, founded over a thousand years ago for students of witchcraft and wizardry.

I was only there for a year, however.

[inspiration]

Yeah, okay, at least yours actually does this whole "review" thing. Mine's like "hey there's an idea!" and just runs with it.

[astounding]

[That face is quickly overtaking everything, Remus has noticed.]

Oh, mine does that as well. I simply try my hardest for her to not do that with me.

[inspiration]

[ That's because he's an actor, man. Granted, okay, currently unemployed actor. But still. ]

So what's your secret?

[astounding]

[Cockwell.]

Seniority, I think. I've been around since...for over a decade now. As I am, not with her or however you'd term it.

[inspiration]

[ Just because he's naked in a lot of movies... ]

The older you are, the less they'll screw with you? That's what you're saying?

[astounding]

[Boogie Cockwell?]

The longer you've been around, I believe.

[Wait, what?]

I'm not as old as I look.

[crux_ofmylife]

Well, given how long the canon itself is...

[astounding]

[Best pupil ever.

Well, so is Neville, but Remus is a bit biased. Don't ask, he won't tell.]

I'm in maybe half of it, Harry. Theoretically, she could get away with skipping large chunks; I just dislike poorly done homework.

[Pointed look at you, sir.]

[crux_ofmylife]

And depending on where she takes you from, she could skip more.[He grins.] Although I'm sure you wouldn't let her just do that.

[astounding]

Oh no, she takes me from the very end of it all.

[The end for Remus, at least. The story continues, and Harry? De te fabula—it's all about you, buddy.]

And no, no I would not. Even before I took on professor duties, one of the few things I couldn't deal with was shoddily done research.

[crux_ofmylife]

[He nods a bit. The Lupins he's encountered have been from there or Marauder era.] Seems like a popular spot.

Maybe if she finds a game she really is interested in, it'll help motivate her. It works on mine.

[astounding]

[Don't remind of him of the younger hims. He has conflicting "feels" about them all.

But what's new with that and Lupin, right?]

It's easy, in some ways. Not so easy in others. [Like remembering being not quite a ghost and listening to Harry talk about his son, and having to be his mentor self instead of falling apart and asking forgiveness for saddling him with the responsibilities of a godfather while a war was going on. That's not so easy.] And games? I haven't been in one for so long now, it seems to be one of the most unlikely things to happen.

How about you?

[courageous_wit]

Your mun is missing books? [what madness is this]

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[astounding]

The fourth and fifth, to be exact.

Rather surprising considering she has two bookshelves crammed nearly to the point of bending the shelves.

[It is terrible madness!]

[courageous_wit]

Although my mun says she doesn't particularly blame yours for not having those around, it seems a shame to have an incomplete collection.

[astounding]

Oh, no. It's not that she dislikes them—the fourth may be her favorite, actually, though how I feel about that is nothing of merit—but a matter of...what is available. She shops at a thrift store and they haven't had them lately.

[Cheap books are the best books?]

[courageous_wit]

Ah, I see. That does explain it.

Have a Harry who was raised as Dick Grayson.

[dickandharry]

[Dick is doing a handstand. Why? Because he can.]

It's entirely your fault, y'know. If you weren't so good at being a mentor figure they wouldn't volunteer you for it.

[He says this with a grin. Also an American accent.]

[leviohhhhsa]

[A HERMIONE APPEARS, looking distinctly older than Remus ever saw her (YES I WENT THERE).]

They will absolutely cross oceans to avoid work, you know.

Mine claims that because my universe differs after the sixth book, she doesn't have to reread the seventh—completely ignoring the fact that she's missing out on some vital characterisation in favour of doing the bare minimum. Naturally.