History Fanfic / TheBlackSheepDogSeries

* StayInTheKitchen: This attitude is shown to be so prevalent within pureblood culture that in Chapter 10 the normally astute Orion fails to comprehend and then refuses to believe Sirius' implications that Bellatrix is a Death Eater. Their [[DiscussedTrope discussion]] about it is then PlayedForLaugh:

* {{Foil}}: Sirius and Colette Bettancourt. Both are heirs to noble families who are feels out-of-place among their clan due to their "unorthodox" views about the world, but while Sirius is openly rebellious and tries to reject everything his family stands for, Colette is still TheDutifulDaughter who tries to preserve her family's honour even though she doesn't necessarily enjoy what she must do to accomplish it. Personality-wise, Colette is also more similar to Regulus, being an introvert who is frequently outshined by the louder personalities around her, and this allows her to understand Regulus's jealousy towards Sirius, even though Sirius complains that he's often compared unfavourably to his brother.

* SelectiveObliviousness: Orion appears to have been wilfully blind when it came to Regulus becoming a Death Eater, something that Dumbledore calls him out on.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Black family issues are depicted in

* {{Foil}}: Sirius and Colette Bettancourt. Both are heirs to noble families who are feels out-of-place among their clan due to their "unorthodox" views about the world, but while Sirius is openly rebellious and tries to reject everything his family stands for, Colette is still TheDutifulDaughter who tries to preserve her family's honour even though she doesn't necessarily enjoy what she must do to accomplish it. Personality-wise, Colette is also more similar to Regulus, being an introvert who is frequently outshined by the louder personalities around her, and this allows her to understand Regulus's jealousy towards Sirius despite the fact that Sirius believes himself to be TheUnfavourite compared to his brother.

It is a [[Main/ForWantOfANail Regulus Black Lives AU]] set in 1979 (during the first war with Voldemort) where, through a series of insanely improbable events, Sirius Black ends up managing his parents and little brother in witness protection and getting strong-armed back into the family.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Blacks have enough issues to rival the ''National Digest'''s publication cadence, and that's only the main family.

* CoolUncle: Alphard is this to Sirius.
* CountryMouse: Colette Battancourt, whi*ch despairs Narcissa.

* GuiltyPleasures: While Regulus initially refuses to even consider watching television, in later chapters he's found secretly watching shows when no one else is in the room.

* VillainTeamUp: As of chapter 18, [[spoiler:Orion and Walburga seem to have resolved some of their issues and teamed up, which bodes ill for Sirius's chances of escaping his (not entirely) villainous parents]].

* BigBrotherBully: Sirius has hints of this with Regulus, although he also has moments of guilt for the way he treated Regulus.

* MyBelovedSmother: Walburga with Sirius and, to a lesser extent, Regulus.

* ThickerThanWater: Despite their protests, Sirius and his parents are far from indifferent to each other.
* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Sirius is the [[Main/WhiteSheep White Sheep]] in his family of blood purist bigots. Of course, because [[Main/ThickerThanWater blood is thicker than water]], Sirius still isn't totally indifferent to them.

* TheDutifulSon: Regulus, but also Orion.

* GentlemanSnarker: Orion, in spades.
* MeddlingParents: Orion and Walburga with Sirius.

* BeneathNotice: Walburga blatantly states a house-elf is this. She's completely beffuddled by her sons granting Kreacher some attention - Sirius by antagonizing him, Regulus by doting on him.

* SlippingAMickey: Walburga tricks Sirius into drinking water laced with sleeping draught. As Orion later points out, it really is one of [[Main/TheOldestTricksInTheBook The Oldest Tricks in the Book]].

* BadassMustache: Barty Crouch sr. has one, and according to Main/WordOfGod, so does Orion.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Although they're not exactly the big bad, with Orion and Walburga seemingly joining forces in chapter 18 to conceal Walburga's plot from Sirius, they seem to have become this trope.

** In Chapter 3, Sirius has to pretend not to speak English when he [[spoiler:poses as the Norwegian Svensson]]. Colette finds him out pretty quickly when he fails her [[Main/ImpostorExposingTest Imposter Exposing Test]] by [[spoiler:speaking French with an English accent]].
** In Chapter 22, Colette tries only speaking in French [[spoiler:to [=McGonagall=]]] to avoid getting in trouble for trespassing. Unfortunately they quickly ran into [[spoiler:Slughorn]] who knows Colette speaks English and [[Main/ThoughtTheyKnewAlready doesn't realize she's trying to hide it]].

* ParentalFashionVeto: Sirius is a [[Main/GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]] of this. Sirius' parents, especially Walburga, disapprove of his preference for Muggle clothing. Walburga even [[spoiler: purges Sirius' closet]], much to his chagrin.

* SittingOnTheRoof: During their talk in chapter 11, Sirius and [[Main/OriginalCharacter Colette]] sit on the roof of [[Main/RealPlaceBackground Kenwood House]] watching out over London.

* StayInTheKitchen: This attitude is shown to be so prevalent within pureblood culture that in Chapter 10 the normally astute Orion fails to comprehend and then refuses to believe Sirius' implications that Bellatrix is a Death Eater. Their [[Main/DiscussedTrope discussion]] about it is then [[Main/PlayedForLaughs Played For Laughs]]:

* WellDoneSonGuy: Orion with Arcturus.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sirius enjoys implying he has relationships with Muggle women. Walburga does ''not'' appreciate.

* OriginalCharacter: There's a few, but the most prominent ones are Colette Battancourt, Belgravius Burke, and Martin Bletchley.

* SoIHaveThisFriend: Sirius lets Colette believe that he's a friend of Sirius Black while they are talking on the rooftop in chapter 11.

* IWantGrandkids: In chapter 18, Walburga brings up the topic of grandchildren to Orion as a way to get him to agree to her plan to spoiler:get Sirius married.

--> He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—" Every night for four years—!" —and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was them.

--> He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—" Every night for four years—!" —and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was /them/.

--> He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—" Every night for four years—!" —and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was *them*.

--> He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—" <i>Every night for four years—!"</i> —and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was **them**.

--> He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—"**Every night for four years—!"**—and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was **them**.

** He suddenly remembered what Lucretia had implied the night before about his parents' bedroom habits—"**Every night for four years—!"**—and Sirius felt his face burn red hot at the very thought of it. It couldn't be true, I mean—this was **them**.

It is a [[Main/ForWantOfANail Regulus Black Lives AU]] set in 1979, during the first war with Voldemort where, through a series of insanely improbable events, Sirius Black ends up managing his parents and little brother in witness protection and getting strong-armed back into the family.