Oh, my heart! This first chapter has it gripped tightly, that’s for sure. I adore Remus, and his story is so tragic and to see it written with such detail and emotion is a gift.

Would you believe that I literally saw this chapter in my dreams, months before I started reading this story, or even got back into the Harry Potter fandom? I know it sounds very far-fetched, but it is still the absolute truth.

Regardless of that, I am very much enjoying this story, and it has kept my company on some very late train trips. Of course, it has also kept me awake into the early hours of the morning when I just couldn’t stop myself from reading on even when I knew I had to wake up early, but really, that’s just the mark of an excellent story. I do hope you write more someday, and for now, I’ll keep reading until the end of this, then see what else you’ve written!

I love love love the relationship between Sirius and Remus! It has so much loyalty and power behind it. I think the fandom sometimes focuses only on James and Sirius... and forgets that Remus was also their best friend. The reason they became Animagi was to help him. I think you have developed a perfect relationship between the three Marauders. (And Peter, haha.) And I love that this is from Remus’ point of view! He’s an amazing and beloved character.

Hello, I just finished reading this fic till the last updated chapter and I absolutely had to write and tell you how much I loved it. I’m usually very bad at reviewing fics but this one really touched me in ways that no other fic has. I absolutely adore your Sirius..he’s my favourite character and I’ve never found any story which depicts him so well as you have. His loyalty, his love for his friends, his craziness and enthusiasm for muggles..it’s really wonderfully written and I want to thank you for making him so amazingly real and lovableI found myself in tears over the way he is treated by his mother, somehow I never thought that he would be hurt by his family but now that I’ve read your version, it fits perfectly. I also like your depiction of Regulus, seems to fit in with canon. The dynamic between the marauders is great too, only I always imagined that James and Sirius would have the kind of relationship that your Remus and Sirius have. And I know that it’s kind of ironic that this fic is mainly about Remus but I’m spouting off about Sirius, however Remus is really well written too..he’s totally lovable..and you can’t help but feel awful for him every full moon. I love Dorothy Lupin, she’s an amazing character..the very embodiment of how a mom should be. I can’t wait to read more of this story and I really hope you plan to continue with it. It’s good enough to be J K Rowlings canon..I think it deserves to go to the end.

Wish you all the best and look forward to reading more!

I love this fic so much. I’m rereading it for the first time in years, and I find myself loving it all over again. I can’t help but get into the story; it’s so well-written and emotionally-worded that I can’t help but dive right in. I love the writing style and the way the scenes and characters develop.

Me again :) I just wrote you a couple minutes ago. But I just wanted to say I hope you’re doing well! I know Real Life can be overwhelming sometimes... I hope so much that you will keep writing this story... But even more, I hope that you’re okay and happy!

I stumbled across your story this week and couldn’t stop reading it. You are truly a magnificent writer! Against the Moon has made me inexplicably happy. I really needed this story - it brought so much life back into my own life! Thank you for writing! This story is dear to my heart. It’s all I’ve been able to talk and think about! You have a gift! Truly! This story has made me laugh, cry, and smile so much! Not only is the story itself amazing, but the characters! Everyone is characterized so true and so relatable. I have loved every moment. Sorry, haha, I feel like I’m rambling. I’m not as a gifted at words. But I just want you to know how much this story means to me! And to aknowledge how talented you are! 3

Let me say right from the beginning: I think your fanfiction is not just the best Marauders Fanfiction I have ever read, but the best Fanfiction. Period. I did read the Pottermore biography of Remus, but I read "Against the Moon" first, so that's what I think about when I think about the Marauders.
Let me point out a few things that I especially enjoy about your work.
1. Everyone has flaws, everyone has merits.
Even Lucius Malfoy, who is one of my least favourite characters is shown having good sides; he helps Remus when he breaks down before the full moon (he perfoms his duties not very willingly, but he does it) and I even found myself pitying him in the last few chapters when he and Narcissa fought.
2. The level of detail!
I can always picture perfectly what is going on because you describe it so well!
3. Little hints about plot points that return later
A prime example would be Remus' sister. The first chapter tells us his mum was expecting, but we only get hints for a long while and are left to suspect until it is finally revealed (sadly, but I love how you did it). Also, I thought you dealt very well with the whole "issue" (I could not think of a better word ( ) of losing a child. Which leads me to my next point...
4. You balance dramatic and comedic elements really well.
At different points in your story, I have found myself crying laughing. My favourite funny chapter is definitely "Sirius Black and the Thing that goes Ping". D
5. Your 4 Marauders.
You give each his own character and backstory and in my opinion, they all seem realistic. And I just love Remus' and Sirius' friendship dynamic!

So, in the end, I have to admit the lunar cycle affects me now, too.. as soon as I see a full moon in the sky, I check to see whether there are any new chapter. D I really hope nothing serious (haha) is keeping you from writing and let me just say I guess you would make a lot of people happy by updating. All the Best! )

The way you write these characters is just spot on. You get them. That’s so clear in your writing.

I spent literally a year searching for this fanfiction again just for the frickin asparagus moment. i don't even use anymore. I told my RP group on twitter about it and it became a legend among us. And now I've found it. gOD BLESS YOU, ASPARAGUS PERSON.

Hey. I suddenly missed this sotry a lot today. Just wanted to pop by to say hello and that I'm anxiously awaiting the next chapter. Have you got an estimation of when it'll be ready?
I love love love love love this fic! Have a great weekend.

It's been a while since I've managed to catch up with this story and it's been a delight getting to read so much at once! As always the characterisation is brilliant, and I particularly loved Remus' first foray into teaching. Wonderful work as always, thank you, really looking forward to the next chapter!

Oh my GOD listen I love this SO MUCH! This is seriously one of my favorite pieces of writing of all time. I’m just gonna ramble about it for a bit so bear with me!

The thing that blows me away the most is your empathy for all the characters, the way that you really capture the flaws of all of them without letting it turn into a narrative judgment or condemnation. For example, the way Sirius obviously really cares about Remus but pulls that whole kitten nonsense without permission, or the way James always means well but can be super insensitive, ex. how it doesn’t seem like a bad idea to him to drag Remus to the Shrieking Shack when they visit Hogsmeade, or the way Remus is willing to break into Meyrigg’s office even though he knows he shouldn’t because he’s so desperate for the approval of his friends - these are characters making mistakes in really believable, human ways, and it’s intriguing and wonderful to read. In your writing, it feels like those mistakes exist in peaceful tandem with all the genuinely good things those characters do, and that ALL the good and the bad and the in-between actions of the characters reflect who they are, which is something that I think as a writer is surprisingly hard to do.

Also, oh my god. The way you treat the whole “prejudice-against-werewolves” issue is, like, stunning. So often stuff like this turns into a binary “good characters think the right thing and bad characters think the wrong thing” and instead of going that route you treat the whole thing with such subtlety, it’s amazing. James’ response in particular was really poignant, the way he initially starts to react as society (and his parents) have basically taught him to, but then he thinks about it and he considers the morals he believes in (also mostly taught to him by society and his parents) and finally arrives at the conclusion that Remus has the same rights as anyone else. And his reaction to sounding out his parents’ beliefs was done so well - I think he said something somewhere in there like “But it’s the first time they’ve been wrong about anything”, which is SUCH a natural childhood reaction; and also I really loved that I at least got the sense that his parents would maybe arrive at the same final conclusion James came to, if they only took the time to really think about it and, ya know, learn a bit more about werewolfery and think about the whole issue from the perspective that werewolves are people. But they haven’t put in the time and they’re going with kneejerk reactions based on what their entire society says, and so they’re not really into the whole Werewolf Rights deal. I wanted to tell you that reading this and the nuance that you’ve brought to it has had an actual impact on my life - I work in a field where there are very few people in my demographic category and, because I have a personality that combines a lot of James’ worst traits with a lot of Sirius’ worst traits (and with like six added doses of pettiness), I tend to react with defiance and quiet smug one-upmanship and a lot of bottled-up vicious anger when I run into people who assume I can’t do my job or behave differently towards me because of the demographic boxes I check. Reading this fic helped hammer home to me the fact that many of these people are operating on unintentionally learned assumptions, and that maybe I should be more patient and more forgiving and give them time to adjust their expectations and assumptions and behavior before I switch on my Nightmare Personality.

In a similar vein, the pull of the Bigoted Pureblood Nonsense on characters like Regulus is so well-written. When Regulus uses the word “Mudblood” and can’t understand why it’s so bad - it shows such an understanding of the whole situation and I’m so impressed by your writing.

And you also somehow seamlessly and expertly integrate all these other assorted issues including things like Remus’s poverty and unfounded guilt, the abuse Sirius experiences, Peter’s jailed father, James’ ridiculous wealth, Sirius’ protectiveness of and fear for and anger towards Regulus, Remus’ quiet envy of his friends’ health, Remus’ dad’s frustration and sense of inadequacy both while looking for work and after getting a menial job, Snape’s violent household, etc etc etc in a really realistic and heartfelt way and you do it SO RIDICULOUSLY WELL.

ALSO your OCs are all so wonderful and I love them! Meyrigg was so great & her storyline was so intriguing skldfkjksldj I’m AMAZED. And I absolutely lost it at the tie-dye-wearing hippie divination teacher, oh my god, I can’t even describe to you how much I love him.

ANNNNNND the way that you weave in so many different subplots is so so amazing! That’s one of the things that I think the original HP books do so well, and you capture the exact same feeling, where there are different story threads of all different magnitudes of importance and they all feel like they matter because they all matter to the POV character. Like, Quidditch is there and so is the laundry heist and so is all the horror of the full moon and there’s just so much going on and you write all of it so well!

OH AND ALSO the way you connect everything to the HP book time period and weave in so many different things we know about what happens there! It’s incredible!

I might come back and yell more if I have more time, anyways, I absolutely love this fic, thank you so so so SO much for writing it! Also, absolute best wishes to you in your life outside of FF, I hope things get less tough. And thanks again, you’ve really brightened my week with this story :)

My parents just sold my childhood home to get me and my twin brother through college and are currently skimming the market for cheap, modest housing. Today, my parents and I were touring a little house ten or so minutes from our old neighborhood and it was the strangest, most exciting thing, like stepping into another person's life. And the entire time I was thinking, this family doesn't feel real. They're just characters in my imagination. And I know this is crazy, because of course they're real living people, but your characters, every one of them, feel more lifelike then the people I glimpsed in photographs, in bedrooms, and shelves of books.

Thank you for this story! I am never sure what to say in reviews that would be helpful, but I have read through all of this in the last few days and it is now more cannon in my brain than not, and will keep an eye out for the continuation.