All fixed now. I was so tired when I got back from my doctor's appointment and dinner with brother's in-laws that I didn't look over everything like I normally do. Blasted right carat.
Now, on to your lovely comment...
I know both ignoring and naming someone can be powerful, but so too is denying them the ability to inspire fear by tagging them with a nickname. Remus is sick and tired of calling Riddle the You-Know-Who and the Dark Lord, so he's taking his power away, one sly grin at a time. As to the power of love, I'm taking Dumbledore's idea of the power the Dark Lord knows not and letting everyone in on the secret.
I always wanted a house with secret passages. The portrait!sex was just fun to imagine since I've written portrait!Severus with portrait!Remus. Now I'm indulging myself in my guilty pleasures and loving it!.
Now if only my eldest cat wouldn't keep looking at me like I haven't fed her for days, and that's while standing in front of two bowls of kibble.