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1. The McKinnon Effect: A Case Study in Sirius Black’s Emotional Collapse by anylouze

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Sirius Black/Marlene McKinnon
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • James Potter
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Fabian Prewett
   • Emmeline Vance
   • Faux-Academic Format
   • Diary-Style Narrative
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • POV Sirius Black
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Romantic Idiocy
   • Mutual Pining
   • Slow Burn
   • Idiots in Love
   • Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
   • Remus Lupin Writes Footnotes
   • Sirius Black is So Deep in Denial He Needs a Shovel
   • No One Is Safe From Feelings
   • enemies to lovers-ish
   • thesis fic
   • Academic Bullshit as Romance Language
   • Emotional Damage Disguised as Research
   • sirius black is a disaster
   • He Fell First (And Loudest)
   • Emotional Repression
   • Love Confessions in the Worst Possible Way
   • The Black Theory of Emotional Catastrophe
   • jealousy as a plot device
   • Canon-Compliant Vibes with AU Emotions

   Summary

   The following study aims to examine—and hopefully disprove—the completely unfounded theory that Sirius Black is experiencing romantic feelings for Marlene McKinnon.

   Through rigorous observation, firsthand experience, and frequent peer harassment (thanks, Moony), the author will attempt to demonstrate that what others have mistaken for attraction is, in fact, a combination of external stress, Quidditch-related adrenaline, and Marlene’s deeply suspicious habit of existing within his immediate vicinity.

   This is not a love story.
   It’s a controlled experiment in emotional stability.
   (It’s going very poorly.)

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   English

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