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The Cadence of Part-time Poets
“They’re… chaos,” Remus said firmly. “And chaos is—”
“Rock and roll.”
He looked at Sirius sharply, and for once, matched his grin. “Yeah.”
“Maybe that’s my excuse then,” Sirius said. “I cause a bit of chaos now, and maybe one day, it’ll turn into rock and roll.”
After losing his mother at age eleven, Remus has spent the better part of the last four years bouncing from school to school or else running around London and pretending as though he wasn't the kind of well-bred boy his father brought him up to be. Now, with his chances all run out, Remus is sent to Hawkings Independent School as a last-ditch effort to clean up his act. There he meets the very people who will set up the rest of his life, and is forced to confront the pieces of himself he'd long thought had been lost.
“Rock and roll.”
He looked at Sirius sharply, and for once, matched his grin. “Yeah.”
“Maybe that’s my excuse then,” Sirius said. “I cause a bit of chaos now, and maybe one day, it’ll turn into rock and roll.”
After losing his mother at age eleven, Remus has spent the better part of the last four years bouncing from school to school or else running around London and pretending as though he wasn't the kind of well-bred boy his father brought him up to be. Now, with his chances all run out, Remus is sent to Hawkings Independent School as a last-ditch effort to clean up his act. There he meets the very people who will set up the rest of his life, and is forced to confront the pieces of himself he'd long thought had been lost.
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Published February 24, 2023
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June 25, 2024
3,200 pages wasn’t enough. I need this injected into my veins.
June 17, 2024
dare i say, better than atyd?
February 23, 2024
Masterpiece. Remus feels like Remus, the complexity of Tonya, Tomny as a big brother to Remus, the friendships they made, even the most unexpected ones, how your family is not always the one you were born with, but the one you make for yourself. 10/10.
January 21, 2025
3200 pages of wolfstar fanfic that everyone should read idc
February 23, 2024
this is peak literature. thanks to this fic my Spotify is filled with 70's music. its absolutely worth the 3200 pages
January 5, 2025
MY SHAYLA 💔💔💔 also one star off for the unrequited jegulus…
February 16, 2024
The tonya epilogue?? fucking masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!
the culture written in this is so insane and the fact that the author wrote whole ass rock songs, INSANE
fell in love with the characters and the relationships and ugh everythingggg this one was a beauty
the culture written in this is so insane and the fact that the author wrote whole ass rock songs, INSANE
fell in love with the characters and the relationships and ugh everythingggg this one was a beauty
March 11, 2024
this has to be the best piece of literature i’ve read in my life. a masterpiece. the characters are all so well written, the best characterization of the marauders i’ve read so far. even the original characters were amazing, tonya, tomny, trish, simeon, lottie... i loved all of them. the slowburn was perfect, the romance between sirius and remus felt so real, their love was everything. the story was so good too, every chapter had me hooked. it made Me want to be a rock star too. 10000/10 so good
March 26, 2024
Someone tell me how I ended a 3,000 page book and my first thought was “where’s the rest of it?”
Everything about this fic is beautiful, even when it was way too chaotic for my poor heart to take. Sirius playing Cherry Bomb while Marlene warmed up for soccer is my favorite moment from possibly any marauders fic ever <333 ahghghhhhhg bury me w COPTP
Everything about this fic is beautiful, even when it was way too chaotic for my poor heart to take. Sirius playing Cherry Bomb while Marlene warmed up for soccer is my favorite moment from possibly any marauders fic ever <333 ahghghhhhhg bury me w COPTP
March 1, 2024
that feeling when you read something literally life changing and it’s an almost one million words long wolfstar fan fiction (i need financial compensation after tonya’s epilogue) (and after reading this fic) (why are all of these characters so much like me)
Want to read
March 20, 2024i swore this was already on my tbr??
February 18, 2024
absolutely beautiful gorgeous amazing
the writing of remus and the marauders over the series makes you feel like youre growing up step by step with them and are included in all their mischief and friendship :,)
and then coming to the end and seeing how much remus has changed and how much he’s learnt is such a bittersweet moment with many full circle call backs
though i love my wizard boys, this au was absolutely everything to me and i will be counting down the days until part 2
special mention: regulus black the man that you are
post note: MARLENE MCKINNON !!!
the writing of remus and the marauders over the series makes you feel like youre growing up step by step with them and are included in all their mischief and friendship :,)
and then coming to the end and seeing how much remus has changed and how much he’s learnt is such a bittersweet moment with many full circle call backs
though i love my wizard boys, this au was absolutely everything to me and i will be counting down the days until part 2
special mention: regulus black the man that you are
post note: MARLENE MCKINNON !!!
October 11, 2024
Ao3 authors never fail
August 18, 2025
"I sort of missed having a poet for a boyfriend."
'I'm far from a poet"
"Part time then"
❤️🩹
'I'm far from a poet"
"Part time then"
❤️🩹
April 10, 2024
best fic ever
SON 3000 PAGINAS
900K DE PALABRAS
OBVIAMENTE LO VOY A PONER EN GOODREADS
SON 3000 PAGINAS
900K DE PALABRAS
OBVIAMENTE LO VOY A PONER EN GOODREADS
March 7, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Todavía estoy tratando de asimilar todo lo que este libro me ha hecho sentir... ¡¡¡Pero ha sido jodidamente maravilloso!!! Y la forma en la que ha logrado capturar las esencias de James, Peter, Sirius y Remus ha sido majestuosa.
De ahora en adelante se queda en el mismo pedestal que ATYD.
Y no voy a mentir, se hace larguísimo con sus +2.000 páginas, peeero cada una de ellas vale la pena y es la definición perfecta de un slow-burn bien hecho, qué bendición para la vista haber leído esto.
🫧🫧🫧Todo ha resonado en mí con una intensidad abrumadora. Me ha dejado con una crisis existencial, cuestionando mi identidad, mis relaciones y mi propósito. Siento que ha marcado un antes y un después en mi vida, como si algo dentro de mí se hubiera roto y reconstruido al mismo tiempo.
Todavía estoy tratando de asimilar todo lo que este libro me ha hecho sentir... ¡¡¡Pero ha sido jodidamente maravilloso!!! Y la forma en la que ha logrado capturar las esencias de James, Peter, Sirius y Remus ha sido majestuosa.
De ahora en adelante se queda en el mismo pedestal que ATYD.
Y no voy a mentir, se hace larguísimo con sus +2.000 páginas, peeero cada una de ellas vale la pena y es la definición perfecta de un slow-burn bien hecho, qué bendición para la vista haber leído esto.
🫧🫧🫧Todo ha resonado en mí con una intensidad abrumadora. Me ha dejado con una crisis existencial, cuestionando mi identidad, mis relaciones y mi propósito. Siento que ha marcado un antes y un después en mi vida, como si algo dentro de mí se hubiera roto y reconstruido al mismo tiempo.
February 8, 2025
there has never been a marauders fanfiction that has not fundamentally changed me as a person and this is not an exception
March 4, 2024
Almost one million words is wild but it was so good. My favourite parts were the OCs obviously like Tonya and Tomny are forever my favourites. I really enjoyed reading this fic although I felt like it could have definitely been a little shorter at times which is why it’s not 5 stars. I really liked the Marauders characterizations and how Peter is actually acknowledged because a lot of the time he’s disregarded. Remus Tomny and Tonya make me emotional I can’t even
August 1, 2024
But no matter how messy things got, Remus couldn't picture ever a world where he was never not completely gone for Sirius Black.
Holy fuck, I can die happy knowing i've read this masterpiece.
Holy fuck, I can die happy knowing i've read this masterpiece.
February 27, 2024
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
March 4, 2025
es lo mejor que he leído en toda mi vida
August 27, 2025
probably my favorite marauders fic so far. remus’ personality was literally perfect and the wolfstar slow burn was AMAZING. also i love tonya and tomny. also the marauders’ pranks made me laugh sm 🤭
June 1, 2024
If it's published it's gonna a bestseller, that's my statement. This story is complex and simple in some ways, the characters are incredibly well-written. I sometimes experienced feeling in stories the same way the MC does, just because it's well written ; but here I was enraged at Lyall, I was confused and pained with Sheila and I admired James and Tomny, but what surprise me the most is that I actually fell in love with Sirius, Tonya, Tomny and was feeling weird stuff with Marlène, I was there, I WAS THERE like it was my own story, it's incredible. I could HEAR the music (not only thanks to mots' playlist). I could FEEL heartbreak over Lee and Tonya. I could feel dopamine and adrenaline with each concert. I was jealous, sad, angry, worried, curious just as Remus was. It's basically one of the best piece of fiction I read for that very reason and I feel so lucky to have had experienced it. I look forward on tcoptp part 2 with which I blindly trust the author. This story is full of rawness, authenticity, love, but really mostly it's about friendship first. Well it's about love. Love for your friends, love for music, love for yourself, love for making art, love for dreams. It's about belonging and it's about meeting people. It's about knowing what you want and making a statement out of it, even tho I'm sure those character will learn more about that in part 2. It's about growing up and understanding that issues you're having at 16 won't last. It's about founding family in more ways than one.
April 10, 2024
best fic ive ever read. i actually dont understand how something can be so good idk call me crazy!! im ngl i think abt the part where they all camp at the field before they leave hawkings all the time… this actually changed my life😭
September 5, 2024
only wolfstar can make me read a million word long fanfiction OOF (i understand why this is some sort of bible in the fandom, so beautiful)
Want to read
July 14, 2025putting this on pause/back on WTR bc i fell out of momentum over a month ago and im tired of it taunting me on my CR 😭 making it 42% into a 3200 page fic and not being able to finish is pain 😭 but trust i will be back eventually
July 24, 2024
4.5
3500 páginas de un fanfic wolfstar reaching new lows but ive never felt better dios un besazo remus lupin friendship con marlene mckinnon t amo
cannot wait for part 2
3500 páginas de un fanfic wolfstar reaching new lows but ive never felt better dios un besazo remus lupin friendship con marlene mckinnon t amo
cannot wait for part 2
July 28, 2025
tyle czasu spędziłam czytając te 3200 stron, że teraz ciężko mi uwierzyć, że to już koniec 😭
najlepszy i najwspanialszy fanfic z ery huncwotów jaki dany mi było przeczytać. zawsze jestem wymagająca, co do wolfstar i syriusza, a tutaj zostało to napisane idealnie, więc nie mam słów 😭✋
gdyby tonya była piosenką z pewnością byłaby the bolter
najlepszy i najwspanialszy fanfic z ery huncwotów jaki dany mi było przeczytać. zawsze jestem wymagająca, co do wolfstar i syriusza, a tutaj zostało to napisane idealnie, więc nie mam słów 😭✋
gdyby tonya była piosenką z pewnością byłaby the bolter
May 21, 2025
where to even start?
•firstly, this book was entirely too damn long. there were so many chapters that just seemed to drag on & on for no reason other than to reach a word count. a clear example i can think of of this was orion’s funeral chapter. so much of the content of the chapter could’ve been cut out and wouldn’t have made a difference to the story. a lot of fanfic writers seem to think the more words=a better story but that is the furthest thing from the truth. when writing every word needs to count and if it doesn’t add any value to the story, TAKE IT OUT!
•there were certain elements included in the story that i just feel did not need to be there. what was the point of them being in a catholic school? anytime religion was brought up it just sort off offset the tone of the story and felt like something that was wedged in there. and in the later chapters the wolfstar sex scenes started bordering on gratuitous which i usually dont have a problem with but when your chapters are so long they’re a whole chore to get through im really not in the mood.
•i have never hated sirius black in any fic than i do in this one. every time he opened his mouth i felt like punching him in the face. sirius is my all time favorite marauders era character so for me to dislike him the way i do here is saying a lot. from the beginning of the story he got on my nerves. wdym you have to play your music at full volume blast just because you have mommy issues. remus has mommy issues but you didnt see him going around inconveniencing his friends at the slightest turn. this fic made me realize how insufferable the marauders probably were and if i had them in my school i would’ve probably hated their guts
•speaking of cringe nicknames all the nicknames in this were actually SHITE. daisy, cherry, snatchy-WTF WAS THAT ONE?!?! it made me wanna throw my phone across the room anytime anybody used them. also the origin of moony was sooo icky
•this is the biggest issue in the book in my opinion: lottie & roger’s relationship WTF WAS THAT??!?! they started dating when lottie was SEVENTEEN and roger was like TWENTY SEVEN and nobody said anything about it. they were all weirdly in support of it and peter was demonized for calling out the weird age gap LIKE WHAT?!?! i thought i was losing my fucking mind reading anything that concerned them
•speaking of people being villainized lets talk about the shit way moira was treated in the book compared to the rest of the female characters. firstly none of the female characters were given any sort of character development or were made to be fleshed out, which is usually a pattern in marauders era fanfics but it has never been so prevalent as in this one. wdym lily evans passed up on an opportunity to go to OXFORD to play housemaid for them?!?! and at the end where they said she was going on tour with them?!?! what about her school?? her education?? we never even learnt what it was she was majoring in. lily was basically a glorified groupie and moira was made to be villainized because she had dreams and aspirations for herself that didnt just involve being a marauders fangirl. like why was she getting shitted on cause she wanted her bf to have better friends?? and the way sirius spoke to/about her most times?? peter & moira ought to have double tagged him and jump his ass.
•last issue i dont like how giles is basically erased from the book after he graduates from school. remus remembers he exists in the last chapter and we get some half assed closure for him. hopefully the author does better on this in part 2.
•tonya & tomny were icons and were very easily the highlight of this book
all in all the book was fine. i was expecting this life-altering piece of literature with the way marauders fans talk about it and the only thing i really got from it was muggle au marauders fan fic dont really work case it always seems to be trying to work in some of the magical elements and it throws the whole book off.
3.5⭐️⭐️⭐️
•firstly, this book was entirely too damn long. there were so many chapters that just seemed to drag on & on for no reason other than to reach a word count. a clear example i can think of of this was orion’s funeral chapter. so much of the content of the chapter could’ve been cut out and wouldn’t have made a difference to the story. a lot of fanfic writers seem to think the more words=a better story but that is the furthest thing from the truth. when writing every word needs to count and if it doesn’t add any value to the story, TAKE IT OUT!
•there were certain elements included in the story that i just feel did not need to be there. what was the point of them being in a catholic school? anytime religion was brought up it just sort off offset the tone of the story and felt like something that was wedged in there. and in the later chapters the wolfstar sex scenes started bordering on gratuitous which i usually dont have a problem with but when your chapters are so long they’re a whole chore to get through im really not in the mood.
•i have never hated sirius black in any fic than i do in this one. every time he opened his mouth i felt like punching him in the face. sirius is my all time favorite marauders era character so for me to dislike him the way i do here is saying a lot. from the beginning of the story he got on my nerves. wdym you have to play your music at full volume blast just because you have mommy issues. remus has mommy issues but you didnt see him going around inconveniencing his friends at the slightest turn. this fic made me realize how insufferable the marauders probably were and if i had them in my school i would’ve probably hated their guts
•speaking of cringe nicknames all the nicknames in this were actually SHITE. daisy, cherry, snatchy-WTF WAS THAT ONE?!?! it made me wanna throw my phone across the room anytime anybody used them. also the origin of moony was sooo icky
•this is the biggest issue in the book in my opinion: lottie & roger’s relationship WTF WAS THAT??!?! they started dating when lottie was SEVENTEEN and roger was like TWENTY SEVEN and nobody said anything about it. they were all weirdly in support of it and peter was demonized for calling out the weird age gap LIKE WHAT?!?! i thought i was losing my fucking mind reading anything that concerned them
•speaking of people being villainized lets talk about the shit way moira was treated in the book compared to the rest of the female characters. firstly none of the female characters were given any sort of character development or were made to be fleshed out, which is usually a pattern in marauders era fanfics but it has never been so prevalent as in this one. wdym lily evans passed up on an opportunity to go to OXFORD to play housemaid for them?!?! and at the end where they said she was going on tour with them?!?! what about her school?? her education?? we never even learnt what it was she was majoring in. lily was basically a glorified groupie and moira was made to be villainized because she had dreams and aspirations for herself that didnt just involve being a marauders fangirl. like why was she getting shitted on cause she wanted her bf to have better friends?? and the way sirius spoke to/about her most times?? peter & moira ought to have double tagged him and jump his ass.
•last issue i dont like how giles is basically erased from the book after he graduates from school. remus remembers he exists in the last chapter and we get some half assed closure for him. hopefully the author does better on this in part 2.
•tonya & tomny were icons and were very easily the highlight of this book
all in all the book was fine. i was expecting this life-altering piece of literature with the way marauders fans talk about it and the only thing i really got from it was muggle au marauders fan fic dont really work case it always seems to be trying to work in some of the magical elements and it throws the whole book off.
3.5⭐️⭐️⭐️
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