#character trait: trans regulus

[regulusficrecs]

L'Astre Noir by Calypte

Words: 39,880 (and counting)

Rating: Mature

Pairings: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin/Peter Pettigrew/James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier, lots of good gen as for Regulus (none of which have been romantic so far)

What's inside: BAMF Regulus, Trans Regulus, Autistic Regulus, Seer Regulus, Animagus Regulus, Regulus Lives, Horcrux Hunting, Sirius and Regulus Both Run Away, Suicide Attempt, PTSD, Magical Theory, Non-Canon Complaint, lots of feelings and magic explained

Author's Summary:

"Sirius Black was six years old when his baby sibling was born. From the moment of their birth, Sirius swore to himself to always look out for them. By the time they're both adults, he might have lapsed in that protection briefly, but he fully intends to resume honoring it now.

Regulus Black doesn't care very much for being protected. If anything, his meddlesome older brother makes accomplishing what he has to do all that much harder, because Sirius actively tries to keep him 'safe', and safe is a rather difficult place from which to achieve much.

Or: A very non-canon compliant horcrux hunt, developing a system of magic, and focusing on the Black brothers."

[marauderseraconfessions]

I don't see Regulus as trans. I don't have anything against trans headcanons, but Regulus in particular is not the character I would've gone with. His main defining trait as a kid was that he did whatever their parents wanted and didn't really question them - and I just can't imagine Orion and Waluburga of all people being supportive of a trans child. So I think that if he had been AFAB, he would have never admitted that he was trans and would have tried to live as a girl. Honestly, I could get on board more with MtF Regulus, staying in the closet until the incident in the cave, coming out of it alive, renaming and reinventing herself and letting her former identity die. But mostly I see him as a cis guy, and it annoys me that writing him that way or disliking the FtM headcanon is assumed to be transphobia rather than just a different interpretation of the character.

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[orbitfalls]

Humbly picking your brain for an analysis on the UV Regulus and Tom Riddle dynamics 🤔

hi em this is the best thing you could possibly ask me on this misty morning ily. watch as i aggressively type while eating my breakfast (sitting in my windowsill. very impractical actually)

TOM RIDDLE AND REGULUS. to me theyre one and the same in a way - i like to think them one another's narrative foils in UV. tom is a rule follower to me, he's very 'clean' and meticulous in his approach of magic, and doesn't like loose ends. he's a control freak, and uses his magic for unnatural purposes in order to maintain control over his surroundings - say, for example, death. (these are all traits that are most prominent before he becomes lord voldemort, after which his character becomes much more impulse driven and less cunning)

regulus, to me, is awfully similar. he's quiet and calculated just like tom, and still, people have a tendency to gravitate towards him, to follow his lead. he keeps his head clean and is always clinically aware of his surroundings. i think he comes off as quite distant and incredibly intimidating because of it - he knows what you're about to say, where you're about to step, how you're about to react. none of it is magic - just paranoia and absolutely brilliant pattern recognition. he's not a show-off about it, and in fact prefers to keep his awareness to himself as to keep the upper hand of his surroundings.

i think that, with tom as a much more socially powerful mirror of regulus, it's no wonder that child regulus would idolize him a lot. especially considering that UV regulus is trans, tom riddle would be the "male version" of everything that regulus wanted to be. i do think regulus became a death eater willingly, but i don't think he actually gave a shit about blood purity - i think he mostly just wanted to fuel his weird little projective crush. suddenly, when regulus becomes a DE, him idolizing tom is no longer the ego-fueling idea that it had been to tom from a distance. with regulus too close all of a sudden, it would begin to feel to tom as if though regulus didn't just want to worship tom, but to be him. even if it was harmless, tom would feel threatened, and i think regulus would be too pragmatic to realize how he was coming off - he would be too focused on completing every task to perfection, on pleasing tom, to realize it. i think it would compel tom to keep regulus as humbled and unimportant in the DE community as possible, and regulus, in return, to grow even more fanatical about all of the things he would do if tom viewed him as an equal (tom does NOT). this, to me, perfectly encapsulates the idea of a teenage boy who had images of the man plastered all over the walls of his bedroom and dedicated his life to a "revenge" that tom didn't even notice lmao😭

[nxcturnals]

— is that [TIMOTHEE CHALAMET]? no, it’s [REGULUS BLACK], but i can see how you would make the mistake. this [TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD] [TRANS MAN] is a [MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BLACK]. word on the street is that they’re [RUTHLESS, INTELLIGENT, AND ALOOF]. i also heard that they’re particularly skilled with [KNIVES AND AGILITY]. they have always reminded me of [RAINY DAYS AND DARK CLOUDS, SHARP BLADES AND A SHARPER SMILE, A BLEEDING HEART HIDDEN BEHIND A LAYER OF ICE]. if you ask me, they’re the kind of person who could change the game for everyone.

character details:

Name: Regulus Black Age: Twenty-Four Birthday: December 31st 1999 Gender: Transgender man Pronouns: he/him Sexuality: gay Relationship Status: single

Positive personality traits: Intelligent, quick-witted, loyal, respectful. Negative personality traits: Vindictive, over-emotional, tempermental, insecure.

Education Level: University (Degree in Business and Philosophy) Education History: Student at the Conservatory — Regulus attended the Conservatory for most of his childhood and still frequents the location to this day. He began dancing ballet when he was five and studied martial arts and blade-work with them. Special skills: ballet, fighting with blades and knives, agility.

Affiliation (Current): The House of Black — Regulus was born into the family and he expects he will die there. He was raised with a sense of duty and always believed that being loyal to his family was the most important thing he could do.

key points/bio:

Regulus is the second son of the House of Black. Regulus was born, too, with a curse: a horrible desire to be perfect, and the horrible knowledge that he would never be able to achieve it. No matter what he did, he would always be flawed. Not the perfect daughter they wanted, never the perfect son either. At least he could try to strive for the latter.

He was a Black, and he behaved as a Black should behave. Sharply intelligent, he excelled in most things he tried. He quietly devoted himself to his studies. He could be sharp. He could be graceful. He could be a beautiful weapon, so beguiling and charming that you never expected it might cut you.

Regulus began attending the conservatory when he was five. He loved it there; it felt like home. He loved the dancing, loved the way he learned to move with such perfect tight control over himself. He liked it when his teachers told him that he was technically perfect, he never faltered, not even for a single step. He liked the knives as well, he liked their glinting edges and the knowledge that he could hurt anyone as badly as they might hurt him.

Regulus always knew he wasn't a girl. He put his foot down about it when he was sixteen. It was another way that he claimed control over his life. He became a much more confident person when he began his transition.

Regulus has a flaw: he is vicious and cold and angry. He keeps the world at arms length, he has armor that is impossible to penetrate.

Regulus has a flaw: he pushes people away because he's afraid they'll leave him if they know him too well, because he's afraid no one will ever love him for what he is.

Regulus has a flaw: He is an angry and vicious thing. But he can’t hold his hate for as long. Oh, it burns so brightly, and he clings to it like it sustains him. But his broken vessel spills it out until all he’s left with is himself. Regulus, alone, and desperate for love.

He made himself a weapon a long time ago. He isn't the sorry sort who hates his job, or the role he has been handed in life. He loves being a member of the House of Black, and he loves his family. He loves feeling like Royalty within their world. He loves the job, too. He likes to scheme and lie and steal things, pretty things. Give him a painting and he'll be happy forever. Tell him where to buy the rarest books and he'll love you for it. Ask him to punch a man bloody and he'll happily say yes, for the right price.

[leonistar]

Marauders Design 💫🐺🐶🐀🦌

Okay.

So.

These are my take of how the marauders are in my head. So if they don't look like what you have in mind, well first sorry, but second I'll gladly listen to what you had imagine ! (my "ask me" is open btw)

More info on my designs !

I made these designs based on fanon, and also some kind of world where voldemort and war doesn't exist (and so where Peter, Barty or Evan aren't some awful asshole death eaters or whatever).

However I think it could fit canon universe or other AU. I would just change the outfits and minor details depending on the context/world.

Most of these are based on fancast and fandom hcs, trying to fit what I have in mind and what the fandom did.

Also, these design fit them between I think 15 to 19 years old, they would maybe change a bit older, and obviously be different if younger. This is approximative, but well.

Let's just say they're around 16/17.

Regarding the clothes and outfits in general

I didn't do all of them in their hogwarts uniform BECAUSE I really love fashion design, costume design so I gave them outfit based on different factors :

It fit their era, even if some are more modern

DARK ACADEMIA OUTFIT

They all fit their personality, color aesthetic, and are very unique to one another (that's also why some are more modern cuz men dark academia fashion can be a bit repetitive sometimes)

Also,

I rlly stopped myself at giving them face piercing.

I love giving piercing to characters I draw. But I thoughts it didn't fit here.

So be prepare, they'll probably have some face piercing who pops up in sketches and other thing.

As well as more extravagant outfit cough men in dress cough

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For a final a note, I'd like to add that they might CHANGE with time.

I wanna do illustration of them, some stupid sketches and other rlly big project like oh me oh my, webcomic

So some traits might change because of new ideas, new inspirations and just becoming more comfortable to draw them the more I draw them.

Lastly .

Regulus is trans .

You're welcome .

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UPDATE : I added Emmeline, Narcissa, Alice and changed Mary's design

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I hope you'll enjoy my designs, fellow Marauders friends 💫🌻🌼

[stonedregulus]

this post just feels so fucking homophobic and transphobic to me.

listen, i get that you want wlw ships raising kids. and you should. i want that too. but acting like we shouldn’t get gay dads raising kids… just what in the fuck is that?

first of all, kids can have two dads and not be adopted either because at least one of their dads is trans OR through surrogacy. there are plenty of women who HAPPILY volunteer to be surrogates for their friends. there are plenty of children born to trans parents (i birthed two children and i am not a woman.) also this whole argument makes it seem like adoptive parents aren’t as much parents as biological parents and that is just absolutely untrue.

also, tonks is literally sirius’ cousin, so acting like teddy’s metamorphmagus traits couldn’t come from him is a stupid argument. also regulus having grey eyes is just fanon, for all we know he actually has green eyes, and harry could have gotten his green eyes from him—or you know, genetics are fucking weird. i have red hair and green-hazel eyes. neither of my parents and none of my grandparents have those things so literally just shut up, your argument is stupid.

also, like i just posted before this post: WOMEN ARE ALLOWED TO BE BAD. some women don’t want to be parents! that doesn’t make them any less of a women. some women are just SHITTY FUCKING MOMS. and just because “canonically” the female character is a good mom (which first of all, fuck canon, second of all we don’t actually have any proof that lily was a good mom, everyone just assumes she was), that doesn’t mean we have to write her as one.

and my last point is IT’S FAN FICTION. if you want to bitch that there are not enough wlw raising kid fics and too many cute loving dad fics, then you better fucking be writing it.

[iamnmbr3]

How is saying that 'girls just liking Draco because they have a crush' dripping in TERF ideology?

so the thing is, rather, ironically TERF ideology actually is super toxic to cis women as well as trans women and is actually based in a lot of really sexist ideas. You see TERFs tend to see biological males and females as inherently different and possessing certain traits specific to their sex. They tend to see biological males as inherently more dangerous and violent and aggressive for example, and biological females as inherently more easily swayed and manipulated and victimized by males.

They may claim to be feminist but this is really just archaic "well boys will be boys" sexist rhetoric dressed up in a new suit. Men who are sexist or doing other bad things are absolutely capable of doing better and should be held accountable. And women btw can be toxic and abusive etc just a like a man can be. Women are not inherently pure and good and nurturing and men are not inherently violent and lust driven. That's just 18th century sexism talking. Subscribing to these beliefs about very strict sex and gender roles isn't liberating. It's sexist and constraining.

Because many TERFs have this world view they fall into a lot of sexist patterns of thinking and thus many TERFs end up spouting really sexist things about men and women, even the cis women they claim to be "protecting." So this gets us back to JKR. In case you've been living under a rock, JKR is a TERF. Separately, JKR also loathes drarry with a passion and also hates how many people (regardless of whether or not this shipped drarry) liked and were interested in Draco's character and also viewed him as grey character like Regulus for example, rather than THE EVILZZZZZ like JKR wanted bc she has a weird double standard about him (how come Regulus and Snape count as redeemed when they knowingly joined Voldemort at the height of his power but Draco doesn't even tho he was immediately horrified by the realities of being a death eater???)

Rather than acknowledge any of the reasons many fans of all different sexual orientations and gender identities liked Draco's character and/or found him interesting, JKR very rudely and patronizing dismissed this and wrote a whole thing on her website about how all of these people were actually just young girls who had a crush on Tom Felton. This is insulting bc not all ppl who like his character are women and not all women who like his character are attracted to men or are attracted to the actor. Furthermore, this is very sexist bc it implies that girls are shallow and ruled by their emotions and are incapable of deep thinking and are just influenced by having a crush on attractive man.

While not all people who spout this type of sexism are TERFs, many TERFs and TERF-leaning people say and believe this sort of thing. And we know JKR is a very rabid TERF so in this case it seems like her TERF viewpoints coloring her perspective on other things as well since this kind of sexist thinking is common in people with her ideology.

[oneluckygoose]

You think we’re reading too much into them because we think there’s more cannon about them that just hasn’t been revealed yet???

Hell no! We’re doing it BECAUSE that bitch was a bitch and didn’t put any effort into them. The beauty of the Marauders fandom is that there is no cannon. We created this fandom for all of the people who were ostracized by JKR’s awful and harmful beliefs, because this is the way to get back at her and simultaneously create stories about well loved characters that we can identify with without being correlated with someone who actively hates us.

We can write a story in a world we grew up loving without that story being based in hatred and harm against us. We aren’t reading into bullshit (well maybe the start of the fandom was reading into Sirius and Remus’ relationship), we’re creating a story that accepts and supports everybody without JKR’s beliefs.

I mean, isn’t it incredible? We loved something born of hate and turned it into something good. We headcannon Regulus as trans not because we think JKR wrote him as trans, hell, JKR didn’t write him at all, that’s all us, but because we realized there are trans members of the community and this was something they could identify with. Same goes for any queer character in the fandom, which is almost every single one.

JKR is a racist, homophobic terf who happened to think of a few names and basic character traits that we learned to love. Now we get to do the rest and create our own story from them. It’s actually one of the most beautiful examples of communicative collaboration I’ve ever seen simply because there is no fact and we still choose to make something inclusive and good (mostly).

We’re definitely reading too much into the Marauders because there’s NO WAY that that bitch put so much effort into those side characters

[please-call-us-useless]

⚠️TW: TRANSPHOBIA, JK ROWLING’S DISCRIMINATION IN GENERAL, SWEARING⚠️

So by now, we know the tweet JK Rowling sent out on the day that the Secrets of Dumbledore trailer was released (picture one down below). This is not okay anymore, it never was. Trans people are valid, no matter whether they’ve had surgery or look like the gender they are. Not to mention her other bullshit, her racism, homophobia, everything. It’s annoying and getting to the point where people everywhere should band together and stop her.

When I started liking Harry Potter in Year 8, Hogwarts was a place where I felt I could belong. I even made my own wand, a replica of my wand on the Pottermore website. The characters were all I talked about. But let’s be honest, now that I know some of the things that she’s done, I feel quite uncomfortable liking the franchise. I was obsessed- finding even the smallest information that no one cares about (like how Rita Skeeter and Bellatrix Black were dorm mates).

I’m non binary myself, and I won’t stand for her actions. We’re thankful to have people like Daniel Lismore responding to her, standing up for trans folk (see picture two below). But it’s not enough. We need more celebrities to take action, to get people talking. The more people stand against her, the more chance we have.

Oh, like I said, I’m trans. But I’m still going to like the characters (a different version of reality can live in my head, but we won’t go into that), and so, being a queer non binary person, I’m going to decide how the characters identity for me. Every character is now different forms of queer, and here are some (not all) trans/non binary/ gender diverse characters:

Charlie Weasley (non binary, just doesn’t care y’know)

Teddy Lupin (non binary)

Nymphadora Tonks (gender fluid, metamorphmagus, passes trait onto Teddy)

Sirius Black (genderless, in a cosmic being sort of way)

Regulus Black (genderless as in he doesn’t give a fuck)

So in conclusion, fuck J K Rowling.

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

Why I Can’t Read the Harry Potter Series the Same Way Anymore

 (I know this is different from the stuff I usually post on this blog but… frankly I wrote three pages to vent about this and I wanted to publish it somewhere so just bear with me.)

So, I know what this looks like. However, this is not because of the… real life misgivings of J.K. Rowling. As a trans person myself, yes, she is transphobic. Also, she lies about what her books actually contain to seem more progressive than she actually is, like claiming Hermione was always black when she was described and pictured as white in the books and then played by Emma Watson in the movies that Rowling was personally involved with the production of. But that’s not what I’m here to argue because frankly, that’s an old argument and while it does taint my view of the author, it’s not what taints my view of the books.

I should preface this with this: I don’t hate Harry Potter. I read all the books and watched all the movies. I was an active fan of the series for a long time and I still enjoy the world and the characters. Heck, I still sort my friends and characters into Hogwarts houses for the fun of it. However, overtime, some of my issues with this series have started to weigh on my mind more and more as I’ve gotten older. I mentioned the Hogwarts Houses, which while it’s fun to sort characters outside of Harry Potter into these houses, the way they’re handled in the series is lazy at best and problematic at worst. First off, nearly every good character is in Gryffindor, while Slytherin is almost entirely made up of villains. Gryffindor is the designated good house where all the “brave” people go when barely anyone there actually embodies the house traits, besides Neville, Hermione, and maybe Harry. If you wanted a variety of personalities in one place, maybe you shouldn’t have made your sorting system based on personality!

In fact, here’s a whole list of characters who should not be in Gryffindor:

-Ron Weasley (Hufflepuff. He’s super loyal to the point where him leaving his friends in the final book felt out of character)

-Fred and George Weasley (Slytherin, they are some of the most ambitious, cunning characters in the whole series. Opening a joke shop IS an ambition and is a great example of a non-evil ambition.)

-Ginny Weasley (Also ambitious with her Quidditch to the point of spending years sneaking out to practice on a broom before she attended Hogwarts.)

-Percy Weasley (Ambition is his whole thing. He’s even a darker side of ambition. Him coming back to his family would be more meaningful if he were a Slytherin!)

-Dumbledore (Ravenclaw or Slytherin. He manipulated the ever-loving hell out of Harry, which I’ll get to, and is known as clever, wise, and a little eccentric. Either house could’ve been a better fit for him than Gryffindor.)

-Hagrid (Either Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Hufflepuff seems like the best fit for his current personality but Slytherin makes the most sense considering his backstory and history with Tom Riddle. The SuperCarlinBrothers made a really good video explaining this called “What House Was Hagrid in.” Go watch that.)

Leading into my next issue with the Hogwarts Houses, I have a serious issue with how Slytherin house is represented.

This has been said multiple times but the fact that every single Slytherin in the series is either evil (Voldemort, Bellatrix), assholes (Draco, Snape), morally gray (Slughorn, Regulus Black), or not in the core seven books (Albus Potter, Scorpious Malfoy, and Merlin), is extremely problematic. It makes the line between good and evil incredibly obvious and clear cut, with hardly any effort to blur those lines. The closest thing we got, especially in the author’s eyes, was Snape, who was not redeemed. He just wasn’t. He was a bully to his students, emotionally and physically, to the point where Neville’s biggest fear was him, and yet it’s suddenly all okay because he was in love with Harry’s deceased mother? That’s not how this works. His actions are not suddenly all okay because of that and frankly, he didn’t do enough to warrant saying he redeemed himself, besides indirectly letting Harry know that he needed to die to defeat Voldemort through the memories in the Pensieve, which just isn’t enough. Draco had more of a redemption and frankly proved he had good in him, yet we never got a true redemption from him because apparently all Slytherins are evil. Sure, there is a total of… one evil Gryffindor: Peter Pettigrew, who is pretty awful, but is there a single fully good Slytherin? No, they’re all either assholes, dabbled with evil, or are full on evil. Not only is it basic black and white morality, but it’s also downright harmful. The kids are sorted into their houses by their personalities and values. Some of the Slytherin traits are ambition, cunning, cleverness, resourcefulness, and leadership qualities, all pretty positive traits. The thing that divides these houses are their traits and values, so this is sending a message that traits such as “ambition,” “cleverness,” or “resourcefulness” are bad or evil, when they’re not. This is especially problematic when you remember that there is an official Wizarding World quiz that sorts you into a Hogwarts house based on your personality and likes and one of the houses you can get is this designated evil house. So if kids take this quiz and get Slytherin, they’re going to be disappointed and possibly think they’re evil. I’m especially annoyed at “ambition” ALWAYS being represented as a negative trait. That’s not just a Harry Potter problem but it still bothers me. Having aspirations and the guts to pursue them is not a bad thing, having evil aspirations is a bad thing. Ambition is a purely neutral trait, it can be positive or negative depending on what you’re pursuing yet it’s only ever shown as a “villain” trait.

(Look at this wonderful tweet I found while looking for images for this by the way:)

(Way to be even more blatant that you hate Slytherins and also have a poor understanding of racial issues. Speaking of which...)

This series tries to tackle racism… and it didn’t do it well. At all. It didn’t even tackle racism itself, it used elements of its magical world as an allegory for racism and these allegories just don’t work. The two that are most well-known are the wizard/muggle tension and the house elves as a whole. The pureblood purists are essentially an allegory for white supremacists, which has some troubling implications since wizards are literally genetically superior to muggles. Even if it’s not an objective fact, the books do imply that wizards are better than muggles from the story alone so this racial allegory doesn’t work when you’re saying one side is more powerful or better! The house elves are even worse. Their entire species is enslaved to these “genetically superior wizards.” In fact, if I remember correctly, house elves are enslaved mostly by rich pureblood families like the Malfoys and the Crouch’s, similar to slavery in the real world. But apparently, the house elves are happy to be enslaved (besides Dobby, who died) and were insulted when Hermione tried to free them. Winky in particular was horrified when she was freed by her master, treating it like a horrible punishment. Surely I don’t have to say how messed up that is.

Finally, my biggest problem with the Harry Potter series and the main reason I can’t stomach reading or watching them anymore, is the treatment of Harry himself. Harry was abused by the Dursleys. This is not me reading too into the book of reinterpreting anything, this is what is told to us directly. Harry is thin from being underfed in the first book, was forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs for eleven years, is frequently yelled at and berated by the Dursleys, heck Petunia and Vernon practically encourage their son to beat up Harry and frequently show favoritism to Dudley over Harry to an absurd degree. They make it clear to Harry that they don’t want him there. They also lock him in his room in the second book, literally boarding up the window and not letting him leave, passing him soup cans under the door. And all of this is just off the top of my head. Dumbledore left Harry in this environment. Dumbledore is fully aware of how Harry is being treated. Harry’s acceptance letter into Hogwarts literally has the address “the cupboard under the stairs” written on it. Yet they leave him in this physically and emotionally abusive and neglectful environment because the Dursley’s treatment somehow humbled him and made him the hero the wizarding world needed. Let me repeat that loud and clear: Harry is a hero because he endured abuse. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. I don’t care what your justification is, it is never a good thing to leave a child in an abusive situation. You are not good or noble or heroic or anything for staying with people who hurt you. And it’s not just Dumbledore. I understand that Harry living with Sirius wasn’t much of an option with him on the run from Azkaban and then dying in book 5 but what about the Weasleys? Why do they let him return to the Dursleys when they know full well what he’s going through there after Fred, George, and Ron bust him out? Oh yeah, he can’t leave because Lily’s love spell protects Harry when he’s in a blood relative’s house. He doesn’t have any other choice. This is a lazy excuse from the story to justify Harry staying with his abusers and frankly, doesn’t even work since he’s constantly trying to avoid his house, a pretty common response to domestic abuse by the way. So it’s not “protecting” him, even by that stupid logic. Harry was left with and forced to return to the Dursleys year after year solely because he’s the chosen one and needed to be put through hell because abuse apparently molds people into heroes and if Harry was even a little arrogant, he wouldn’t be a hero. And he wouldn’t have been prepared to die to Voldemort to destroy the horcrux in him. The story is framed in a way that glorifies Harry for being abused and I despise it. Dumbledore used Harry as a tool to defeat Voldemort, never taking his feelings into account and he’s just forgiven for all of this in the end. Everyone says Harry shouldn’t have named his kid after Snape? What about Dumbledore? Harry basically named his child after two of his biggest tormentors. It sickens me. It’s like the series is supporting and glorifying abuse, even if that wasn’t the intent of the author (and I doubt it was, since she was abused herself) that is how it feels. So yeah, I can’t really enjoy Harry Potter anymore the way I used to.

(On a side note, I hate “destiny” stories and Harry Potter is a good example of a terrible destiny themed story. Harry didn’t have a choice in anything. He was just forced into this scenario and twisted by the plot to be what it “needed” him to be, having no agency of his own. Great inspiring hero. -_-)

[sarcasticnerdfan]

My Unpopular Harry Potter Opinions

I don’t like Draco/Harry

I don’t like Remus/Tonks

But I love Teddy and that whole part of Deathly Hallows where Harry yells at Remus to go back to his kid

Idk it’s confusing

I don’t really like Hagrid

Scorpius/Rose is terrible (this one’s not that unpopular I don’t think)

I don’t like Ron/Hermione because they argued over everything in the books and annoyed each other a lot

I don’t like that everyone just married their high school sweethearts

I don’t like Dobby and was almost kind of happy when he died

I know I’m a terrible person

Dumbledore was a horrible person

I’m more okay with the “Severus” part of “Albus Severus” because everyone was always going to remember Dumbledore, and I think Harry only used Severus so that Snape’s contribution would be recognized

And if Snape lived Harry would not have named his child after Snape

Avada Kedavra is dumb and boring

I think Ron should have died instead of Fred

I will forever be upset that Harry didn’t tell Voldemort that Regulus Black betrayed him

Harry should have been the DADA teacher after being an Auror for just a few years to round up the remaining Death Eaters

I really want a story or something when Harry and co’s kids get told about the war in detail, whether in be from their parents or in a school history lesson

I don’t think Neville/Luna should have been a thing. They’re great friends but Luna is too free-spirited to ever be the kind of wife I imagine Neville wanting.

Why did everyone get married and have kids? There are plenty of people in the real world who don’t want that and it would have been cool for someone besides Charlie Weasley to represent that.

Percy is not a bad person!!!

Sirius Black was totally and completely suave, dapper, smooth, gentlemanly, etc. but also respected everyone (girls, trans, lgbt+, etc) and their boundaries and always made sure people were comfortable. (again, not sure how unpopular this is, but I haven’t seen much on it so...)

The Golden Trio should have remained 100% platonic

Oliver Wood is really freaking fantastic

McGonagall was basically everyone’s mother

James Potter was a selfless amazing man

this is becoming more like just my opinions oh well

Scorpius/Albus is perfect

Harry Potter would have been a great dad

I don’t like the fanfics/headcanons that portray everyone as gay (or in a gay relationship or trans) because that’s not how real life works but it doesn’t really bother me as much as a lot of other things.

Seamus/Dean is great

I would rather have Fred die than Remus Lupin

I’M SORRY OKAY

Draco and Astoria are so cute together and they’re great parents and probably both total dorks and I love it

Sirius/Remus definitely happened and is great

I used to basically idolize Hermione but now I find her annoying and overly-emotional

The movies messed up Ron and Hermione 

Fred and George are geniuses

If Fred had to die I wish he died for someone. You know, like shielding Percy from an explosion but dying in the process. Something like that would have been perfect and shown the depth that a lot of people don’t think about

Everyone should definitely read the books because they’re so much better

Oliver/Percy is great

I pity Draco Malfoy

Somewhere deep inside, Bellatrix cared for her disowned family. She didn’t try to kill Sirius, she tried to stupefy him. It didn’t seem to effect her much after the fact, but it still makes me wonder because she’s normally so ruthless. She didn’t even hurt him.

Lupin is so extra and fabulous and I love him

After the war, the trio definitely worked hard to make life better for werewolves

Madam Pomfrey is a bamf

I hate it when people blame the Horcrux for Ron leaving in Deathly Hallows. Because Hermione and Harry could control themselves, and Harry was a literal Horcrux himself, so putting the locket on was like double and he was still relatively fine (aside from being grumpy)

I really want to know how menstruation works at Hogwarts

McGonagall never let people see her cry so she shut herself off after the Battle of Hogwarts. 

Maybe when McGonagall is crying alone in her office one day recently after the battle, Harry comes in and they talk about a lot because she was always basically his mother and she loves her students as if they were her children

Harry is a sweetheart but also so fucking sassy and I love it more than anything

The books are so funny tho

It sort of seems like Harry/Ginny make better friends, but idk I could go either way they’re not horrible

Slytherin isn’t that bad

Harry & co. definitely had PTSD and lots of trauma and I want to know more about their processes and dealing with it

Sirius/Remus is the best damn power couple ever

Draco deserved a redemption arc

There should’ve been more focus on other houses besides Gryffindor

Half-Blood Prince is one of the best in the beginning and end, but the middle is boring and unnecessary

Ravenclaw is the best house

Prisoner of Azkaban is also one of the best (movie and book)

Deathly Hallows is the best book, but neither movie is that good

Harry is actually clever/smart/intelligent and people always say he’s not but he really is, especially in bad situations. 

Hermione may be smart, but in urgent situations, she’s too emotional and can’t think which isn’t good

Harry is great at quick-thinking and problem-solving

Hermione was a control-freak and also sort of abusive/manipulative

Voldemort’s ego made him not as scary

Fleur was a bamf

Molly Weasley is a questionable mother and close-minded

There are a lot of plotholes

Percy was so complex and didn’t deserve the hate

ALL CHARACTERS MAKE MISTAKES

The movies aren’t that bad, but people compare them too much to the books

The houses aren’t that great of an idea with the different traits, and the fanbase obsesses over the houses way too much

Lily/James is such a powerful and healthy relationship and I love it

I love the platonic affection shown without romantic intentions I might add to this

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Harry Potter character personal headcanons – Marauders era

James

Race: Some kind of Asian. Common headcanon is that he’s Indian, so let’s go with that. Sexuality: Straight, and very surprised to find out that none of the other Marauders are  Ship(s): Lily.  If I should ship him with someone else, it would probably be an OC. In an AU where he was into guys, I could see him with Sirius, too. Nope ship(s): Haven’t really seen him paired up with anyone but Lily, tbh... but any ship with a large age gap. I’m not very fond of James/Snape either. Platonic ship(s): The Marauders. I like to think he was close to Frank, Alice, Kingsley, Moody, Marlene McKinnon, Mary MacDougal etc. too. Disability/ies: From what we see of him, he could have ADHD. Idk tho.

Lily

Race: Isn’t she explicitly described as “pale and rosecheeked” or something like that? Yeah, pretty sure she’s white (also, Petunia is blonde and blue-eyed, so yeah) Sexuality: Demiromantic bisexual. She can easily find people attractive, but she doesn’t develop romantic feelings before a few years at least Ship(s): James. In an AU where he stayed a spoiled brat and she wouldn’t want to date him, I could see her with either Remus or one of her female friends. Nope ship(s): Believe it or not, I have seen people ship her with Slughorn (!) I really don’t ship Snily. It wouldn’t be good for any of them. I don’t think I have to explain why, as we see that even their friendship wasn’t completely healthy. Platonic ship(s): I think she was close to the other Marauders, as well as her female friends (and of course Kingsley, Moody etc.) In an AU where Snape didn’t hang out with people who wanted Lily dead, I think they could have had a beautiful friendship. But well... Disability/ies: None that I can think of...

Sirius

Race: Mixed. I think he has some white, and some Asian (perhaps Filipino or Sri Lankan) and maybe some Hispanic, too. Idk. Sexuality: Asexual homoromantic.  Ship(s): Remus. In an AU where they both survive, ofc. And perhaps they dated a little in their Hogwarts years, before all that war stuff distracted them. Idk.  In an AU where James was into guys, I could see them dating, too. Another ship I’d love to explore is Sirius/Kingsley. (Kingsley is into guys, right? Let’s say he is.) I think it’d be fun to have the slightly immature rebellious guy and the ambitious, serious guy... just... date each other. Yeah. A crack ship I could sort of see is Sirius/Lucius. I mean... wouldn’t it be hilarious? Nope ship(s): I have, of course, seen him paired up with most of the Lightning Generation (yes, including Draco and Neville. Yikes) and that’s just... too big of an age gap, especially since most of them were minors when he died. I’ve also seen him paired up with Regulus and all of the Black Sisters, which is just... plain wrong! I don’t like Sirius/Snape that much either. Platonic ship(s): All of da Marauders (if he isn’t dating any of them, that is). And of course Lily and the rest of the friend group. Disability/ies: Isn’t it pretty obvious that he has depression and probably PTSD after Azkaban? He didn’t really seem all that normal in his youth either – werewolf prank, anyone? But considering the parents he grew up with, it doesn’t surprise me that he would be a bit fucked up, even if he didn’t realise it.

Remus

Race: White Sexuality: Either bi or pan. You know what, I think he’s pan. And he’s also a trans boy. He realised he was a dude a while after he was bitten, and that’s why he chose that name. Ship(s): I do like him with Tonks. But I also kinda ship him with Sirius. I could also see him with Lily, if she didn’t date James. Nope ship(s): Any ship with a large age difference, tbh.  (Tonks is on thin fucking ice, but the fact that she was was into her twenties when they started dating, and that their relationship arc is so freaking cute, makes the ice a bit thicker) Oh, and especially Greyback! Why do some people ship this? Platonic ship(s): Marauders! (if he doesn’t date Sirius, then they’re brotp) And the rest of the friend group, like I described above Disability/ies: He seems to have some sort of social anxiety? And definitely depression. He needed to take some meds!

Peter

Race: White Sexuality: Gay mess. Probably had a big crush on James and Sirius during their school time. (i have a crack headcanon that he switched side because he thought young!TomRiddle was hotter than his friends) Ship(s): Idk... can’t really see him with anyone, tbh. Perhaps an oc? Someone who could boost his morality and confidence. Kinda like Ginny, but male and from his generation. Nope ship(s): Anything pædo. Don’t really ship him with death eaters, either.  Platonic ship(s): The Marauders and Lily, Kingsley etc. before he betrayed them. But well... Disability/ies: Perhaps some kind of anxiety?

Snape

Race: He reads as a mixed dude to me. Probably some white, perhaps also some Asian. Maybe he has descendants from multiple Asian countries? I like the idea of him having some Korean and Middle Eastern. Yeah. Sexuality: It’s common to headcanon him as ace. I don’t see why he couldn’t be, so let’s just say he is. I don’t think he’s into guys, so heteroromantic? I’ve also seen people headcanon him as Not Cis. But whether he’s a trans boy, non-binary, intersex, or something completely different? Idk. I do like the idea of him being intersex and non-binary, but alright with he/him pronouns (whether that would make him a non-binary and/or he/him lesbian... i won’t go into that, since i’m not lesbian myself) Ship(s): If I should pick a canon character, I’d pick Narcissa. That unbreakable vow chapter made me realise how cute they’d be together, and after a reread/rewatch, you realise that they were both primarily driven (and arguably redeemed) by love. If not, then probably an oc of some kind.  Nope ship(s): So many... but first: any pædo ship. It’s common to ship him with Harry and Hermione, both of which are very wrong (especially the Snarry ship, but since the Snamione ship has sexist undertones...) And Dumbledore and Voldemort (I’ve seen fanart for both... I wish I hadn’t) But also Lily (for aforementioned reasons) and James and Sirius. Platonic ship(s): Lily, if he could stop that racism before it was too late. And I like the idea of him and Luna sort of befriending each other, as long as he stops being mean to Neville (bc she wouldn’t tolerate that bullshit) Disability/ies: Um, depression? Definitely. He does seem to have some Autistic traits, too. His intovercy/introvertiness/whatever and his deep interest in stuff. Also how he can sometimes act slightly... clingy towards Lily (I’m autistic, and I tend to be pretty clingy in periods where I only have one friend)

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If thats the case then you could argue that any piece of fanfic/fandom material is just "someone making an original work using the names" the existence of muggle aus and other aus even within the golden trio fandom are tbh the same thing, if anything the marauders fandom is merely particitpating in the fandom the same way. They have the character names, most usual refer to experiences (maybe somewhat reinterpretted or tweaked) that the characters have in canon and the relationships are in most cases the same

Headcanons are not always based on canon, a headcanon is something that isn't mentioned in canon but in fact created by a fan. Headcanons exist for people to reinterpret the source material, mess around with it, give some characters more depth or give people the representation the deserved or missed. (eg; Regulus being trans, Hermione being black and Harry being Desi, etc)

When a headcanon becomes popular it heavily influences the media, but that doesnt change the fact that its a headcanon. The Harry is Desi/POC headcanon is, one could argue, quite popular and has influenced a lot of artists. Reducing them to just "NPCs" (which btw, im not sure what you are trying to say by that) is unfair to the people ingaging in the fandom. The point of fandom is to play with the source material, and of course ideas influence other ideas. If someone doesn't like a specific idea, you could simply not engage in /interact with that idea/headcanon.

Whether the marauders fandom is a fandom in its own or a subset is up to interpretation (hence the poll)

"The Marauders fandom" is simply and umbrella term for every character alive during that era, it makes it easier for people to refer to them, but the fan material is not limited to that.

If the marauders fandom limited themselves fully to MWPP then sorry to say, that would be suckish. Its unrealistic to say that these characters didn't interact with anyone else, they (the marauders era characters) all knew eachother (especially considering half of them where pureblood).

^ not to mention the gatekeepy behaviour. saying some MUST interact with the source material to be "a true fan". they MUST know the characters traits and LOVE THEM.

Let people have their fun?? NOOO WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS FANDOM PERFECT JUST LIKE IN THE BOOKS!! FORGET PEOPLE WANTING TO GIVE THEMSELVES REPRESENTATION OR CHANGE SOMETHING PROBLEMATIC, THIS IS MY FANDOM IT HAS TO BE THE SAME /sar

was planning on doing this for a while

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