History FanFic / TheShoeboxProject

* {{Adorkable}}: Remus. So very, very much. James also tends to get like this around Lily.

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

* BiTheWay: Sirius.

* AscendedExtra: The Prewett brothers, who were mentioned maybe a couple of times in the canon. Here they become legendary Hogwarts pranksters turned glamorous Aurors, whom James and Sirius absolutely worship.

--->'''Sirius's Letter:''' He played that one I like though! The Glen Miller one. The dah-nah-nah dah! dah! dah! dah! da dunnah dunnah, doodle oodle doodley doo, doo doo doo! dah nahnuh doodle oodle doo doodle oodle doo, doot doodle oodle doo doodle oodle doo, and then the same three notes over and over.

* ContinuityNod: SBP stays mostly canon in terms of plot, which means that things like Sirius and Snape's rivalry and the creation of the Marauder's Map get interestingly fleshed out.

* {{Gayngst}}: Remus and Sirius, obviously, as the story is about them, but also [[spoiler:Caradoc "Man Panther" Dearborn and Fabian Prewett]]
** However, all things considered, there really is relatively little {{Gayngst}}, especially between Remus and Sirius. The story goes to great lengths to keep the plot and the characters' interactions lighthearted and funny, even when more serious aspects of the story come into play. The authors even admitted that one of the main reasons they wrote the fic was to challenge themselves to write a Remus/Sirius story with relatively little angst. Many would say they succeeded.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: James and Sirius.
** Except that Sirius isn't heterosexual. Doesn't mean he has a crush on James, though.

* StartOfDarkness: for Peter Pettigrew, who UsedToBeASweetKid. Slow, realistic, and heartbreaking.
** For Snape, too, although it's more subtle.

* HoYay: James and Sirius' hero-worship of the Prewett Brothers reeks of this, to the extent that Sirius seriously considered wearing a pink shirt reading 'Mrs. Fabian Prewett' in public.
** Also, the spells Dumbledore casts in part 16 to make the school act out a horror movie invokes this in the Slytherin girls.
** And Sirius and Remus are very touchy-feely before it becomes clear that they're an item.

[[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/11/eveningnews/main20078549.shtml Was recently featured]] on the CBS news, with co-author Jaida Jones available for comment.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Chocolate for Remus.

* 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.

[[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/11/eveningnews/main20078549.shtml Was recently featured]] on the CBS news, with co-author Jaida Jones available for comment on the work itself.

For a while it seemed like the fic was abandoned, after the writers's Livejournal [[http://community.livejournal.com/shoebox_project/ the Livejournal page]] got hacked in 2008, however it is now finished. You can read it in full PDF version [[http://www.lomara.org/sbp/ here]].

* SeinfeldianConversation: A lot of them, usually combined with WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome. And frequently started by [[LargeHam Sirius]]. They're quite hilarious, too.

* BeachEpisode: Part 21 has the Mauraders on holiday at the beach.

Sadly, the Shoebox Project is now a DeadFic -- it hasn't been updated in years, and it didn't exactly help when [[http://community.livejournal.com/shoebox_project/ the Livejournal page]] got hacked in 2008. You can read it in full PDF version [[http://www.lomara.org/sbp/ here]].

Sadly, the Shoebox Project is now a DeadFic -- it hasn't been updated in over two years, and it didn't exactly help when [[http://community.livejournal.com/shoebox_project/ the Livejournal page]] got hacked in 2008. You can read it in full PDF version [[http://www.lomara.org/sbp/ here]].

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.)

* WolfMan: Remus is a shy bookworm most of the time, except when he turns into a huge monster on the full moon.

* DidISayThatOutLoud: Although he doesn't say the line itself, Sirius' little...''slip'' while kissing Sophie in part 14 definitely evokes this.

* HomoeroticDream: After Sirius kisses Remus, the latter starts dreaming about them acting out [[ShoutOut various works of literature]], sometimes causing something [[RagingStiffie Perfectly]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean 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.