#SBAOVSOWVEISVSJ

[klarolinexluv]

My favourite “what if” in the marauders fandom is “What if Regulus Black survived the cave?”

There are so many ways this could have impacted the story, for the better or for the worse.

For the better, Regulus manages to destroy the horcrux, for example.

For the worse, Regulus fails to destroy the horcrux, for example.

So many lives would be different if Regulus Black had survived but so many lives would also still have been lost, maybe even characters who wouldn’t have died if he had in the first place.

Like, Regulus Black, as much as it pains me to say, had NO impact on the story for the better, because in the end, he made it harder for Harry to do what needed to be done.

Thing is, had Regulus survived, maybe Harry would never of had to fight a war he didn’t start, a war he had no part in.

Maybe Lily and James wouldn’t have died.

Sirius, Remus, Tonks.

Maybe a lot of good would have come from it.

Maybe a lot of bad would have come from it.

WE DONT KNOW AND IT KILLS ME.

I enjoy reading fics like this. I enjoy making them too. It’s so interesting because Regulus goes from being a nobody death eater who died trying to spite Voldemort and destroy his horcrux to Regulus who could have been so much more if only circumstances were different.

the golden king by maladaptivewriting

Hide Your Fires by bizarrestars

anti-hero by rweoutofthewoods

ALL OF THESE FICS!!! And so many more!

WHAT IF HE LIVED??? WHAT IF HE SURVIVED?? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN???

It just… it’s my favourite what if and I will read every single fic I find because they are the best thing to me.