History FanFic / TheShoeboxProject

* HeroesWantRedheads: James has an all-consuming crush on the beautiful and redhaired Lily. Interestingly enough, Remus also appreciates Lily's good looks, though he doesn't seem attracted to her and Kingsley ends up dating her briefly.

* RagingStiffie: Remus wakes up to these after his {{Homoerotic Dream}}s.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: After a series of {{Homoerotic Dream}}s involving Sirius, Remus is very relieved that, after talking to him about their kiss, his dreams revert back to the usual nonsense.

* HomoeroticDream: After Sirius kisses Remus, the latter starts dreaming about them acting out [[ShoutOut various works of literature]], sometimes causing something [[RagingStiffie Perfectly]] Natural in his pyjama bottoms. Remus is suitably horrified by the entire thing. Fortunately for him, they stop once he and Sirius actually talk about the whole thing. The tension doesn't go away, however.

* WordSaladHumour: When Remus realises he's accidentally gotten himself on a date, the only way he can manage to respond is by shouting random words [[CheckPlease and then asking for the cheque.]]

* WrongNameOutburst: At one point, while kissing Sophie, Sirius accidentally says [[UnresolvedSexualTension Remus']] name. Needless to say, their relationship does not last long afterwards.

A long-running ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction, featuring the Marauders--James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Other characters such as Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Professors Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=], and the Prewett brothers also make appearances. Cowritten by [[http://www.jonesandbennett.com/ Jaida Jones]] and [[http://sashayed.livejournal.com/ Rave]] (who also drew the illustrations.)

* BadassBaritone: Kingsley Shacklebolt has a voice like 'tectonic plates shifting'

* CasualDangerDialog: Remus' father isn't the slightest bit surprised to find his son wrestling with his two drenched friends in the middle of the night and just mildly asks if it's their motorcycle trying to break down the door and whether they could help him with the rapidly flooding basement.

* DropInCharacter: Sirius is definitely one of these in Part 26.

* CuteBookworm: Remus.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Extremely well avoided for the most part though terms like 'candies' and 'poop' are used when 'sweets' and 'poo' would be far more common, especially back in 1970s Britain.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Remus says this of "the Wet Blankets And One Very Lonely Marauder" in Part 10.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Peter, naturally, but played much more subtly (and heartbreakingly) than most Marauders-era fic: Peter is a perfectly nice boy! He just never quite fits in with the brilliant Remus, Sirius, and James, and he never quite manages to have the same kind of strong relationship that James and Sirius, Sirius and Remus, or even Remus and James has. Unfortunately, it's precisely this disconnection that leaves him feeling weak and useless and so leaves him vulnerable to the Death Eaters.
* TheTalk: In one hilarious chapter, all four boys are separately traumatized by The Talk.

* InVinoVeritas: In part 17 on Sirius' 18th birthday he gets drunk and starts complaining about {{asexual}} Remus is. To the audience, it's clear he's upset about the fact that he's fallen for someone who, from his perspective, doesn't appear to be into anyone. Remus, however, understands none of it.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Remus, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation possibly]]. He never really seems to show sexual attraction to anyone in the fic other than Sirius. So much so that Sirius seems worried that he's {{asexual}} before they get together.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: Inverted. In the first chapter, Remus is vacationing in Latvia, which was part of the Soviet Union during the time period. The story treats it as already being an independent country. [[FridgeBrilliance Possibly because]] TheGreatPoliticsMessUp [[FridgeBrilliance had no counterpart in the wizarding world.]]

The Shoebox Project follows the Marauders from the summer before sixth year through the first year or so of life after Hogwarts. It's a (very realistic) Remus/Sirius and James/Lily ship story, but fans also love it for its wit, style, excellent dialogue, and thoughtful treatment of each character. Hilarious, touching, overall just beautifully done.

-->'''Sirius''': These are not good books! These are evil, evil books, full of — well, evil

--> “Oh my God,” Sirius says. “We’re going to die, aren’t we? This is your way of telling me. You don’t remember anything. Moony, listen, there’s something I’ve got to tell you before we kick it.”
--> “Disgusting,” Remus mutters. “There’s something wet — are you still dripping?”
--> “Remus, listen to me, this is very important—”
--> “Got it!” Remus grasps his wand triumphantly, holding it high above his head. “Lumos!” Weak light flutters from his fist which is, disturbingly, red and sticky. “Hallo, is that blood or cranberry juice?” He turns to face Sirius, wand wavering between them. “Well? What is it?”
--> Sirius falters, squinting. “I got chocolate on your sweater,” he says, averting his eyes. “Your favorite one. That light in front of your face makes your nose look enormous. Like a great big dolphin sticking out of your head.”

--> Hunting down the missing persons is the best possible way to get them both devoured. Not to mention they’ll have to go through the corridors. If Dr. Frankenstein, for example, had just stayed in his common room and eaten crumpets, he would probably have kept a good deal of people out of a good deal of mess.

--> “He makes the fleas flee,” Peter says, mostly to himself, and cackles.

--> “The ceiling,” James sighs. “I like the ceiling. It doesn’t twinkle. It’s not beautiful or far away. It’s not going to up and dump you one day because it thinks you pulled a prank on Severus Bloody Snape. Don’t you like the ceiling, Pete? The ceiling is so lovely.”
--> “Er,” Peter says. “Wait, you’re not talking about the sky anymore. Are you?”

--> “Is that Lupin and Black?” Snape says, sounding delighted. “Are they ''on each other?''”

-->'''Sirius'''': Right. I see none of you are willing to take this mission as seriously as I am. I see that you’re willing to see this day, this great and glorious day, as just another chance to go to class and make fun of Sirius. Very funny, men. Oh yes; you’re very funny. But I hope you’re thinking of the traditions you’re dishonoring: of the generations before us and the generations to come, who will look back on April Fools’ Day 1976 and shake their heads in disappointment and despair, crying: if only they’d pulled through! If only they hadn’t let the side down! Because that’s what you’re doing, soldiers. You’re letting the side down. You’re a disappointment to your God and your country, and frankly, you’re a disappointment to me. Your commander. Who has sweated with you, and toiled along side you, and bled and sweated and — and teared, and I know I said sweated twice so don’t open your mouth Remus Lupin I’m looking at you. I just want you to think about what you’re doing. I want you to examine your attitudes. Maybe you’ll find they need to be readjusted. For England.

--> '''Sirius''': Can you even say the word ‘sex’ without going all British?

-->'''Peter''': Don’t let him hear you call him that, or he’ll smack one of those brotherly Bludgers right into your skull. Brotherly Bludgers. Blutherly brudgers. Blurther—bother..

--> Where does it come from, he pauses to wonder, this love of chocolate, this veritable obsession? Everyone has a favorite food, he supposes, something that tickles an untraceable fingerprint of personality somewhere deep inside their bellies. Chocolate is a comfort. Chocolate is the essence of luxury; silks and satins for the tongue. ''But why chocolate?'' he asks himself. ''The way you are about it — it’s lunatic, you know.''

* {{Dramedy}}

* ScrapbookStory

* TheirFirstTime: James and Lily in Part 21. It doesn't go well.

* WillTheyOrWontThey

A long-running ''Series/HarryPotter'' fanfiction, featuring the Marauders--James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Other characters such as Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Professors Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=], and the Prewett brothers also make appearances. Cowritten by [[http://www.jonesandbennett.com/ Jaida Jones]] and [[http://sashayed.livejournal.com/ Rave]] (who also drew the illustrations.)

A long-running ''[[Series/HarryPotter]]'' fanfiction, featuring the Marauders--James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Other characters such as Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Professors Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=], and the Prewett brothers also make appearances. Cowritten by [[http://www.jonesandbennett.com/ Jaida Jones]] and [[http://sashayed.livejournal.com/ Rave]] (who also drew the illustrations.)

A long running Harry Potter fanfiction, featuring the Marauders--James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Other characters such as Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Professors Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=], and the Prewett brothers also make appearances. Cowritten by [[http://www.jonesandbennett.com/ Jaida Jones]] and [[http://sashayed.livejournal.com/ Rave]] (who also drew the illustrations.)

For a while it seemed as if the fic had been abandoned after the writers's [[http://community.livejournal.com/shoebox_project/ Livejournal page]] was hacked in 2008. However, both Rave and Jaida have now confirmed that the fic is indeed finished. You can read it in full PDF version [[http://www.lomara.org/sbp/ here]].

* AcademyOfAdventure: the WizardingSchool.
* AdaptationExpansion

* BoysLove

* SecretRelationship: Remus and Sirius once they get together. In one chapter they discussed telling the others, but they were both too wary to go through with it, and unfortunately the fic died before they ever found out.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In the beginning Lily was quite taken with Remus, and James only grew on her once she realised that he's actually a really nice guy underneath the arrogance.