#Canis Major

[metalomagnetic]

Snippet Canis Major

Voldemort remembers the other Sirius. Also, a little glimpse at Orion/Walburga, because I never tire of this toxic couple.

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Usually, it was Arcturus or Pollux that showed up when their children got in trouble. Cygnus, especially, was often in trouble, so Pollux’ face was the most familiar to the students.

In Voldemort’s sixth year at Hogwarts, Atticus Bulstrode, the Head Boy, invited Walburga to Hogsmeade, the last in a lengthy string of boys asking her out. Only this time, she accepted.

When he heard, Orion challenged him to a formal duel. Atticus laughed, rolled his eyes at his fourteen years old opponent.

“Quick!” He was shaken awake by Abraxas, in the middle of the night.“Orion is killing Bulstrode in the trophy room! You have to stop him!”

He reached them just in time, he disarmed Orion, and rushed Bulstrode to the Hospital Wing, where they found Dumbledore asking the Matron for a sleeping potion.

Atticus was lucky- Dumbledore was more often than not away from Hogwarts, chasing Grindelwald, rumour went, but he was there that night, apparently suffering with insomnia.

The professor kept Atticus alive until the Healers from St Mungo arrived and took the boy with them.

“It wasn’t me,” he said, hurriedly, stained in Bulstrode’s blood, lingering in the Hospital Wing. Dumbledore peered at him from under his half-moon glasses. Dumbledore always liked to blame everything on him. “I only brought him here after-”

“I know,” Dumbledore assured him.

The next morning Atticus’ father came thundering, his yells easily heard from where Voldemort was spying, near the Headmaster office.

He wondered if maybe this will be the time when a Black actually suffers consequences. After all, Bulstrode’s name was ancient, they were a rich, influential family, and surely, at least on account of that, Dippet would do something more than detention and points taken, which was the usual punishment for Blacks.

Only, this time it wasn't Arcturus that came to fix his son's issues.

It was the infamous Sirius Black. A tall man, with wide shoulders, long black hair hanging around his face, deep circle under his too intense eyes, mouth twisted in a snarl. Orion walked behind him, his gaze fixed on his older relative. Voldemort watched them, hidden by a pillar. Orion never seemed small; he carried himself with such arrogance and pride, his head held so high he seemed a foot taller than he was. Yet right then, Orion looked small, trailing after his grandfather, quietly, as Voldemort observed them disappear up the stairwell leading to the Headmaster's chambers.

They left Dippet’s office not even a quarter of an hour after they entered it.

As soon as they emerged from it, the gargoyles closing the door behind them, old Black slapped Orion, the noise echoing down the hallway.

“Next time you pull something like this, do it on a weekday, you fool! If I’m woken up again at this ungodly hour on your account on a Sunday, you will be very sorry for it.”

“Yes, Grandfather,” Orion answers, in that unfazed tone of his.

The old man narrows his eyes. “What was it about, anyway? How did he provoke your ire?”

A second worth of silence. “He tried stealing from me.”

Orion gets hit again, harder this time. The heavy family ring rips the skin at the corner of his left eye, and that pure blood of theirs makes an appearance.

“Then why does he still have hands?” the old man hisses, enraged. “If someone attempts to take what is yours, you cut off their hands, boy!”

He slaps Orion again, just as harshly.

“Yes, Grandfather.” Orion doesn't take his eyes off his grandfather, doesn't wipe away the blood running down his cheek, his hands held behind his back.

Sirius Blacks huffs in displeasure, before turning on his heels and marching down the hallway. “Weakling,” he mutters.

Nothing happened to Orion. Not even the usual detention. No points taken.

Sirius Black insisted it was a formal duel, that the challenge had been accepted, and it was all done honourably, Slughorn told Voldemort, when he called him into his office to give him the Head Boy badge, temporarily, until Atticus recovered and would be able to return to Hogwarts and his duties.

“When Armando reminded him duels are illegal at Hogwarts, formal or not, Mr Black said rules are just words on parchment; that he’s a wizard, and he follows laws of magic, not of men.” Slughorn sighs, rubs at his temples, and then he takes a caramel out of his newest bribe-sweets bag that Abraxas gave him. “He told Mr Bulstrode that if he wants justice, then he should challenge him to a duel, and solve it like wizards ought to. Of course, Mr Bulstrode has more than one brain cell, so he refused and let it go.” He sighs again, points a sugar coated finger at Tom. “This is why I always told you not to seek trouble with Blacks. We’re lucky he’s apparently taken to drinking lately, locked up in his Manor, that he lets Arcturus handle most of their affairs, who is much milder and reasonable. But, once in a while, he gets out and you do not wish to run afoul of him.”

No one in the common room talked of it; only Walburga complained she was looking forward to going to the newly opened teashop in Hogsmeade, and demanded to know what was Orion’s problem with Atticus.

“A Quidditch thing,” Orion told her, with a shrug. “Don’t worry, Waly. I’ll take you to Madam Puddifoot’s.”

“I don’t want to go with my baby cousin, don’t be ridiculous! Malfoy, you will take me!”

Abraxas backs away, slowly. “I can’t, Walburga. I’m busy, I have to study,” he says, hastily, when Orion glares at him from behind Walburga.

It was the only time mild-tempered, well behaved Orion did something so outrageous that his unhinged grandfather had to come and solve it, so it was the only time Voldemort saw the man.

#my writing #it runs in the blood #canis major #black family insanity #Orion would commit murder for the chance to take Walburga on a date #wizarding world corruption #Blacks should stop naming boys Sirius because they all turn out insane

[quiltofstars]

The Dolphin Head Nebula, Sh2-308 // TRE

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #wolf-rayet #wolf rayet #dolphin head nebula #Sh2-308 #canis major

[reggies-fake-horcrux]

the Sirius star is meant to always orbit around regulus, every year it gets so close to regulus that it looks like they will collide, but they don't. if sirius and regulus collided they would merge and then explode.

#marauders fandom #hp marauders #sirius black deserved better #the noble and most ancient house of black #the black brothers #sirius orion black #regulus black #black brothers #regulus arcturus black #sirius black #canis major #leo #regulus and sirius #remus and regulus #james x regulus #sirius and regulus #james and regulus #regulus deserved better #regulus x james #sirius x lupin #sirius and remus #remus and sirius #remus x sirius

[wxnter-rain]

"Canis Major was described by Manilius as “the dog with the blazing face” because the dog appears to hold Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, in its jaws." Via Constellation-guide.com

#Canis Major #illustration #illustrator #digital illustration #character design #original character #drawing #digital art #digital drawing #New beast just dropped #woof 🐶

[tistheblackraven]

New walpaper drop

#marauders #harry potter #sirius black #fictional characters #padfoot #james potter #remus lupin #moony #dead gay wizards #reading #padfoodblackdog #canis major #moon #sirius #sirius and remus #sirius and harry #order of the phoenix

[begemotthedog]

[𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅...]

commission for acutelurker on twitter!

#digital #art #furry #artwork #drawing #furry art #anthro #furry anthro #sfw #space #raccoon #stars #butterfly #constellations #libra #canis major

[daughter-of-sapph0]

Cardtober: Constellations

all constellations from my cardtober pixel art project

#dostxt #my art #dospics #pixel art #maebhdos #cardtober #ursa major #orion #cassiopeia #hercules #lupus #octans #canis major #pegasus

[alexandriabelle]

#marauders #marauders era #jegulus #regulus black #sirius black #sirius #dead gay wizards #marauders fandom #fanart #constellations #Leo #canis major #timothee chalamet #ben barnes #fancasts #black brothers #artwork #art #digital art

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Connecting the dots: constellations in the skies of old.

#canis major #constellation #dog #vintage yearbook #vintage illustration #yearbook #illustration

[princehoneytea]

misc oc

#princehoneytart #/ #// #///// #////////// #ocs #viktor #jericho #mephistopheles #canis major

[dzmaylon]

⊹ My artwork for Zorevyr project

"Zorevyr" is a non-commercial charitable art-book consisting of illustrations by Ukrainian artists. All of the artworks are be connected by one theme — the personification of the constellations~

I was working on Canis Major constellation! Finally, most of the pre-ordered art books have been shipped and and I can show my illustration <3

And I’m thankful for being a part of such cool project and I can’t wait to get my copy of it <3

#украрт #укртамблер #ukrainian art #dzmaylon #digital art #fanart #furry #constellations #galaxy #canis major #wolf #canine #galaxy art #magic #fantasy #zorevyr #Зоревир #сузірʼя

[quiltofstars]

The Dolphin Head Nebula, Sh2-308 // Brian Boyle

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #wolf-rayet #wolf rayet #dolphin head nebula #Sh2-308 #canis major

[heliosinwater]

i am unbelievably sleep deprived and sick as a dog but i got a new phone for christmas and this camera is so fucking good i could cry

are you fucking joking.

#these pictures would show up in a wet dream i swear #sirius black #canis major #orion #regulus black #marauders #jegulus #james potter #wolfstar #remus lupin #atyd marauders #barty crouch jr #evan rosier

[illustratedbyjass]

Inspired by the Canis Major and Minor constellation, the mythology tells the tale of a hound that's placed in the heavens and chases a fox for eternity ever hoping to catch it, my interpretation depicts the moment in which they do meet | SHOP PRINTS

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #star constellations #celestial #watercolor art #animal art #canis major

[alltoounwellll]

mmm? my favourite constellation? it’s canis major. why? oh … no reason…..

#it’s because of #sirius black #that’s why #marauders #marauders era #wolfstar #canis major #constellations #the noble and most ancient house of black

[kanismajor]

inktober day 23 / celestial

here spirits of the past dwell, clothed in radiance, etched in history

#inktober #inktober 2023 day 23 celestial #constellations #stars #canis major #illustration #art #artists on tumblr #animals