According to JKR one of Sirius ancestors thought the building was pretty and therefore bought it. However this makes no sense considering the ugly thing in the movies

I mean if we scratch the movies but still consider it as a terrace building in a part of London that quickly became a working class neighborhood it could have been nice when it was new in the 1800s? And if Black relatives lived in Grimmauld Place 11 and 13 also, they would have had a good place to practice their pure blood pride. And then of course Walburga drew the relatives in number 11 and 13 mad, and when they moved away, they sold the properties to muggles as a last insult to her and Orion.

I’ve come to the conclusion that Walburga and Orion was forced to move into number 12 for some reason – either if this was because they lost all their money or their previous mansion burned down -or both idk.
But because the little house now was the only place Walburga had to put her pride in, she continued to live as she used to and showed no sign of poverty to others. But Sirius apparently has quite the amount of money – hence the Firebolt to Harry – and the house is also filled with silverware, jewelry, and snobby attitudes so they can’t have been completely poor. And why wouldn’t they use the little amount of money they had to leave the poor muggle neighborhood?

I’ve also concluded that much of the fake pride in the house is being enhanced by Kreacher who only want to keep the house in a state that would impress his masters.

((Someone explain to me why The Ancient And Most Noble Pure Blood Fuckers Family Black lived in a muggle neighborhood surrounded by muggles???))

((OOC: Got tagged in the Sunday Selfie thingy by @localbeeking but my phone won’t let me add a photo to the thread so here’s my Sunday-roadtrip-snapchat-isthatyourglasses?-greasyhair-selfie from the middle of Oregon.

I love these things so I’ll tag @dorathemetamorphmagus @acciocauldroncakes @asktheboywholived and @asklilyluna))

((OOC: I. Was. Just. About. To. Make. A. Post. When. The. Struggle. Got. Real.))

@dorathemetamorphmagus

((OOC: Distract me.

Instagram: @askwhathasthiscometo))

((OOC: Heyo, so btw if you happen to spot my cosplay instagram (askwhathasthiscometo) feel free to follow – it’s only hidden because not all of the world needs to see that much of my face but if you’re okay with that then welcome!))

((OOC: Road trip update: I have basically been out of human reach since there is no reception whatsoever in national parks. So we’ve now fled to Canada – of you do not hear from me by the end of this month I have either been eaten by a bear or been taken by a wildfire *shrug*))

asktheboywholived:

siriussly-serious:

I was tagged my @theveilinthedeathchamber to do the last line of a WIP.

I’m gonna do, the last couple of lines because it literally makes me cackle.

Gryffindor: Must you always have such a sharp tongue?
Slytherin: It’s my best trait.

I tag @asktheboywholived @sirussly @llaeyro @captofthesswolfstar @jencala

(( OOC: Aaaand I’ma do the same. Here’s the last few lines, lol. *shrugs* ))

Sirius had just started to drift off again when the screaming started anew. His eyes flew open and he snarled, hurling the nearest pillow across the room in one smooth motion.

There was a soft thump as the pillow collided with its target and the screaming stopped, Remus’ ragged breathing taking its place.

Sirius took a deep, calming breath. He had not signed up for this.

I’ma tag @sirussly @askwhathasthiscometo @dorathemetamorphmagus