#Regulus in particular

[klarolinexluv]

I know the tag said anti jegulus and while I am definitely 100% FOR jegulus. I agree with this assessment.

Let me see Morally Grey/Dark Regulus.

Regulus from what I understand (as I’m still reading the books - don’t judge me) was always and has always been supportive of the pureblood regime.

I don’t mind reading the fics where he never agreed and just played along but I also want to see the fics that Regulus DID agree and then proceeded to agree until confronted with the fact that his beliefs aren’t all correct.

Idk if it’s ever stated in canon about culture but the purebloods are right to want to have their culture preserved, but they go about it the wrong way.

The muggleborns are right to want to share their culture but then they go about (not all, this is mostly what I’ve read in fanon but also sort of backed up with what I’ve read in canon) ignoring most pureblood and wizarding culture because purebloods are mostly seen as evil and hateful and death eaters when like some of them aren’t even close to that rhetoric.

ANYWAY- the pureblood extremists are extremists for a reason. Idk if JKR ever explored this side in her writing and face real backstory for why the wizards are like this but I can understand how after the Salaam witch trails and the witch hunts would have scared the purebloods and the fact that their numbers were decreasing.

Anyway this is off topic.

But I wish this was explored more. The reasons behind their hatred for muggles and muggleborns, the rift between the two cultures and then the merging and how ‘blood traitors’ were helping the influence of muggle culture over wizarding culture. (This is not a bad thing because culture changes over time, I’m just saying that I understand why the purebloods began to resent muggles and muggleborns more fiercely over time and obviously this was all accelerated by wizards like Grindelwald and Riddle).

Like, I wish it was explored, the toxic cycle of hatred and how this affected the characters and their beliefs.

Sirius for exampled, op said that Sirius changed his views the moment he stepped on the train (idk if that’s canon) but that makes very little sense to me because Sirius would have believed the stuff his parents were saying for years and it should be explored how hard Sirius would have had to work to unlearn some of the things that he thought were normal.

And then Regulus. I want to know and explore his POV. Sirius was surrounded by Gryffindors and people who helped him unlearn his parents teachings whilst Regulus was a Slytherin who was only surrounded by other Slytherins who had the same views his parents had because of their parents (at least the majority anyway).

If we talk Jegulus, Regulus would have his beliefs reconstructed sooner because James would not let Regulus go on believing those things and then date him. Honestly, I love Jegulus but Hogwarts aged James was very firm in his own beliefs and he hasn’t personally been affected by the war to understand the world isn’t black and white. James would help Regulus unlearn things.

If we don’t talk Jegulus, Regulus’ beliefs would have been reconstructed by himself when he finds out what Riddle had done to himself.

I also don’t think all of his beliefs would be reconstructed in either scenario.

Let characters be bad. Let characters be evil.

But also let them change. Also let them grow as character (whether that is upwards and downwards).

But if we are being fr.

We couldn’t even handle Bellatrix, Narcissa and Lucius. So…

Since I got back into the Marauders recently, I noticed a huge shift from what the fandom used to be.

(Yeah I am one of those ‘back in the old days’ people.)

Well essentially I noticed a huge shift into focusing on Slytherin canon Death Eater characters and erasing their backgrounds and characters and just making them one dimensional dolls and then making them kiss each other. Essentially there is not character development just new romantic relationships.

I think it is a disservice to ourselves and to writing and fanon for characters to be limited by sexuality and romantic relationships.

Taking Regulus for example (one of the most, imo, fleshed out least fleshed out character). He is a year younger than Sirius (canonically), so where does the difference in ideology between them come from (Sirius was against his family from the train ride). If we are switching canon to make it so that Regulus was only pretending to agree with his family, then what do we reason for him to become a DE (Walburga and Orion weren’t and not all DE’s were marked). If we are taking that away then is that even Regulus anymore or an OC.

What I am trying to say is that Regulus exists as a character, and by changing critical aspects of him (naive, obsessive, possessive and malleable) just to make him fit a ship we effectively change Regulus to Reggie and at that point it would be better to just create an OC so that actual Regulus is there for canon compliant (even tertiary) exploration.

(Before someone says ‘why don’t you just make your own headcanons and let people do what they want’ I want to remind that we work in a community and the popular hcs are what I personally have to interact with even if I don’t want to)

If you disagree please feel free to interact in a calm and civil manner :)

[ecstarry]

just james holding regulus tightly. both of them finally breathing once their hearts are close and their hands are on each other, reg presses soft kisses on james' shoulder while james warm hand settles on reg's thigh and they stay like that until everything feels okay again

[trohpi]

as much as i love a good jegulus fic some of yall forget that if you make regulus harrys biological parent then you cant make drarry happen too. like that is now incest friends 😭

[managone16]

Marauders playing Never have I ever part 4: (With Veritaserum) Lily: Never have I ever—gotten married!! *Dorcas, Marlene, Remus and Sirius all drink* Marlene: Boo you whore. *Regulus and James looking at each other before drinking* Everyone: *dead silent* Suddenly, they explode. Sirius: WHAT. Dorcas: Oh my fucking god. Marlene: Merlin’s saggy tits. Evan: Since WHEN?? Regulus, rolling his eyes: Since like, april month. Regulus: Seriously guys we’ve been dating since 5th year. Regulus: We literally cuddle with eachother in front you guys? Sirius: Well- Regulus: We live together.

[the-sun-is-also-a-star]

I will never understand those people that are like "oh you like x character? yk they would hate you/call you a slur/tell you to kill yourself" because like. its a fucking fictional character. good thing you'll NEVER HAVE TO FIND OUT bc they are FICTIONAL.

[starlenemckinnon]

all members of the back family have to do is twirl their hair around a finger and everyone falls at their feet.

[sugar-tits-and-thunder-thighs]

I think the worst part about being in a popular fandom is when 90% of said fandom ships something you disagree with strongly

[wishchthumblr]

so i like to imagine its kind of like an unspoken tradition at hogwarts to carve or write your name/initials in your bed before you graduate so later students can get a little mystery trying to figure out who slept in their dorm before them

so what if in aus where Harry is sorted into slytherin, instead of JP being scratched into the post of his gryffindor dorm bed, in a slightly hidden part of the frame in his slytherin dorm bed it says R.A.B in nearly carved letters

and what if (especially if this is an au where slytherin harry is an evil little shit (as a treat)) he eventually finds another older carving on his bed that says T.M.R

[spinderella-umbrella]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love! ❤️ (go on I dare u 😈)

Only because it’s you asking am I going to answer this with very little thought and with a bit of honesty.

The following fics are recommended not because I’ve re-read them and can confirm that I am proud of them. I’m recommending them purely on vibes I had writing them.

Fuck Regulus Black - Barty/Regulus : rivals to… sort of lovers. I got the shits with every HC that they’re friends and wrote a fic where they aren’t.

Monster - Remus Fest fic (no pairing) : totally gen. I wrote this for @wanderingdonut to fulfil a prompt they were gutted to not have the time to work on. I think it’s hilarious. I really enjoyed writing this.

Dance Little Liar - Remus/Sirius, Sirius/Barty : I’m fucking long term obsessed with this fic. It’s an FBI AU and it completely went off the rails. It’s on hiatus at the moment but I’ll come back to it when I’m finished with the other nonsense Im working on and it’s gonna be cooked.

Nightmare Summer Camp - I’m not going to lie this is like. The crown jewel of my accomplishments. It was written entirely with randomly generated prompts. It’s absolutely fucked. I was really proud that it came together as a semi cohesive fic. I love it. 10/10 vibes

Made to Bathe in the Light of the Moon - Regulus/James : I actually did re-read this one semi recently. Still slaps. (TW: hurt no comfort- im not sorry)

[solarisburns]

James going on and on for over an hour about how Regulus was definitely flirting with him today. like it was so obvious, i swear he was blushing, heart shaped eyes- the whole nine yards, right guys?

the rest of the marauders just sitting there, remus is reading, sirius is sleeping, and pete is the only one still listening (hes a good bro like that) but they kind just go, uh... james, mate? he told you to fuck off? he barely looked you in the eye? How hard did lily hit you with that textbook?

[flightlessfinch]

here's a jegulily snippet from my new fic:

"You don't know me, so stop acting like you do."

"You think I don't know you by now?" James looked up at him, his expression was distant.

"What do you know about me, Potter?" Regulus turned away from him. He looked at his bedside table. Scribbled notes from his friends were pinned to the wall. There was a family picture in a little frame, perfect Potter's parents, his mother touching his hair, his father smiling. Radiating ease. Radiating love. Of course he kept his family at his bedside. Was there any part of his life that wasn't perfect other than Regulus? Him and his misery casting his dark shadow in a world of nothing but light. Next to it there was a little polaroid of him holding Lily in the sun, both of them laughing and staring into each other's eyes. A messy girlish scrawl on the bottom: Summer '76. Regulus picked up the polaroid, such a flimsy little thing, between two of his long fingers. He held it like a playing card.

"Regulus..." James sighed and covered his face with his hands like he was very very tired.

"Why do you keep this here? Just to torture yourself?" James grasped for the picture and Regulus moved it just out of his reach. "No. Look at her."

"I look at her everyday," he complained. Exhaustion in his bones.

"Look at her, and look at me." Regulus held the picture up beside his face, like Lily was looking right past James, right at him. She saw him everyday in the corridors. Did she suspect? Would she ever know about this? "You can't just have one, can you? You want both." James stared at him, silent as a stone. He wanted this conversation to be over. Too bad. "This is the kind of greed they say is sinful in the bible."

"Are you going to tell me to break up with her again?" Regulus sat cross-legged on the floor at James' feet and traced a fingertip over Lily's pretty, elfin face. Her upturned nose, her red eyelashes. She was everything he was not. How could James stand it? He'd felt the intensity of his hunger for him, for his body, all of its sharp edges, muscle and bone. How could he reach into the softness, the sweetness, of this woman when she was so different from what he truly desired?

"You don't deserve her. You deserve me. It's a bit unfair, isn't it?"

"You think you deserve me?" His incredulity was probably supposed to be insulting. Regulus didn't see it that way.

"No, but you deserve me. I treat you exactly the way I think you deserve to be treated, Potter."

"You're a terrible person."

"So are you." Regulus touched the picture of Lily again, then kissed her pretty face. A gentle kiss, one James had never gotten.

[prettybabybaby]

the feminization of the black brothers should be studied fr

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[olivers-cocoapuffs]

so you know how cats purr when they’re happy right? Regulus hums

[kat-xox]

regulus “you’re not sick of me yet?” black & james “no, i just—i just wanted to be with you” potter.

[theicarusconstellation]

chapter two of gun in my lips, my the secret history jegulily au, is here >:)

[belovedbow]

“You weren't used to someone being so affectionate publicly."