#crimson rivers chapter 65

[captain-cheeseboi]

LMAO JAMES

[zaynes-w]

REMUS AND LYALL TEASING SIRIUS I LOVE THEM

[sunchasingstar]

Pls not James’ knife kink once again making an appearance 😭💀 “deflated in relief” like Regulus PLEASE he’s horny 😭

[aystoria]

Crimson Rivers Chapter 65: Before the War

My thoughts below the cut with spoilers

Lily :(((

Kingsley :((((

Oh Bingley 🥹

Alecto with kids LMAO

Narcissa actually having Draco??? Okay I see you queen

I love the Black family 😭

“They're family, but Sirius will absolutely kick the shit out of them if they're too mean to Regulus; no one can be too mean to Regulus but him. That's just how it works” this just sums up a sibling relationship

Oh I love them

“Grief is love, and love shouldn't be done alone.” James 🥹🥹

James you are so GOOD

I LOVD LYALL AND REMUS

"I'm glad you're not dead." SIRIUS YOU ARE HILARIOUS

Enjoys seeing Sirius flounder: Remus 🤝 Lyall

“There might not be anything he hates more than James being mad at him. In fact, Regulus hates that more than he hates rain.” 😭😭

they’re so cute IM SICK

James is probably reminded of the boggart when seeing the dagger ☹️

[cressthebest]

okay yall, i vowed to not do these. but here i go. cause i need peer pressure.

after 10 notes, i’ll read another chapter of crimson rivers

at 50 notes, i’ll read chapter 65

at 75 notes, i’ll read chapter 66

at 100 notes, i’ll read chapter 67

at 125, i’ll read chapter 68

at 150, i’ll read chapter 69

at 200, i’ll read chapter 70

at 250, i’ll read chapter 71

at 300, i’ll read chapter 72

and lastly at 400 notes i’ll read the rest

so go nuts. y’all determine how many chapters i read now. cause i cannot be in charge for myself. i physically cannot force myself to finish this fic even tho i want to.

no note limits for anyone

[sleepymimixx]

crimson rivers spoilers !!

chapter 65 made me smile at my phone, not everything but especially the end with wolfstar and jegulus 🥺 i want them to have their everything so so much, i literally NEED them to 🥺💓 and regulus worrying bc he thinks he doesn’t know how to care, but he cares so much so so much even just worrying about it shows he cares 😿😿😿 i love them very very much, im a bit (a lot) scared about next chapter

[t0astybear]

listening to Crimson Rivers on audiobook is possibly the most relaxing thing I've ever done, except they have only recorded 9 chapters, and the last one was published on my birthday which was 84 days ago :(

I NEED CHAPTER 10 PLEASEEEEEE AND THE 65 OTHER CHAPTERS

[hotdamnitsmoony]

listening to call your mom by noah kahan & lizzy mcalpine while reading crimson rivers was a big mistake, i’m not ok

(currently on chapter 65)

[rina-is-insane]

Crimson River & Grief

I finished reading Crimson River by bizarrestars a few weeks ago and OMG?? I can't believe I had never heard of this fic before. This is the greatest piece of literature ever made on my opinion. I loved every second of reading it, even the most devastating, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching parts because they were so beautifully written that I could appreciate them even through endless tears. I would love to mention all of the moments and topics this fic touches upon but that would take me a 100k essay lmao. So, I will only talk about the ones that really stayed with me after I finished it.

First of all, grief! WOW, just WOW! Yes, there is so much grief in this fic but the way it is explored in all of its aspects and forms is simply magnificent. And I will elaborate.

We have Regulus loosing his first best friend, Evan, and gets so overwhelmed to the point of screaming in pure grief, his later nightmares, and the fact he was missing his and grieving him throughout the whole fic and cares him within him till the very end always makes me cry.

We have James losing Vanity, him thinking about her every time he comes across a Horcrux Hornet and keeping one with him for years until he's ready to let her go and no longer afraid.

We have Lily so consumed by her grief for Remus that she wasn't letting herself love or be loved by other people in fear of losing them too and having to go through that again.

We have Regulus and Sirius grieving their parents even tho they were terrible to them. Them grieving completely differently, Reg taking it so bad that he couldn't come out of bed most days and Sirius being confused of his own emotions, feeling comforted that they are dead but still hurting anyway and thinking himself as a bad person for that.

We have Regulus grieving HIMSELF and the life he could have had knowing his plan before the second arena .

We have James blaming himself for Frank's death and believing that he does not deserved to find happiness.

We have the loss of Rabastan. The chapters after his death are very characteristic (ch 64-65) since it's a point in the story where the final battle is near but so many people are already gone and everyone is grieving. This is were we got some devastating takes on grief from Regulus and James's povs:

"A fight that doesn't stop just because people fall; a fight that continues on in their honor.

Some people see it this way, and some people do not. Some are angry, and some are scared, and some are so hurt that they can't see the point of anything, let alone fighting. Some people give up. Some people try harder. They all grieve, though, all of them—and, for all the differences in the people who remain behind, one thing is the same about those who are gone.

The world is a little more hollow without them in it."

&

"So, people still laugh, and they still smile, and they still talk. They provide help when and where they can. They keep busy and focus on what's next. But—just the same—there's this, too. There's silence. There's despair. There's this sense of drifting lonely in a hub of people, a sea of so many beating hearts except for the ones that stopped.

Rabastan's heart stopped, but Rodolphus' didn't. Rabastan's heart did beat once, though, not that long ago. He was here. He was here, and he was loved, and now he's gone, and he's still loved. Is that not grief? Love that poisons itself without the beating heart it's aimed at still here to cleanse it?

Grief is love, and love shouldn't be done alone."

We have Regulus losing Barty (yes I'm crying rn rereading the scene), him feeling that the world does not make sense anymore without Barty in it and feeling the one always consistent thing in Reg's life break in such quick and ruthless way.

We have Effie and James losing Monty, Effie feeling his presence everywhere in contrary to James who only feels his absence and hoping desperately to feel the same as his mum. The beautiful conversation between them where we got this quote: ""You were the point. The way he made his tea was the point. How he sang happily the first morning after we moved in together was the point. All the times he held you in his arms, and every kiss he gave me, and each time he smiled at Sirius—that was the point. James, death does not erase the point of life. A dead flower does not mean it never bloomed. It did, and it was beautiful."

And of course we have Dorcas losing Marlene, oof! Secrets of War was a hard chapter to read. Dorcas refusing to believe she's gone and when she finally realizes it she loses her will to live completely. Her long, LONG progress to get through her grief and find a new reason to keep going is just amazing to read.

Grief has so many different forms and everyone grieves differently so I was truly astonished to see such variety and accuracy of the topic written so beautifully. The one word that i would use to describe this fic? MASTERPIECE!! Last time I read the og Hunger Games books was 6 years ago so can't remember them that well but Crimson River completely took its spot as better for me sorry (not).

I will definitely write about Crimson Rivers again because I want to get into Regulus and Sirius's relationship so much because it's so damn tragic and I love them more than anything. "Chapter 50: Brother" is in fact the most devastating thing I've read in my life and absolutely my favorite in the whole fic. That's all for today. See ya!!

(Art made by @/garforprongs on IG)

[thereisnoplan]

Crimson Rivers by @mayzarbewithyou, chapter 65 // Wandavision (2021)

[captain-cheeseboi]

I’m genuinely sobbing oh my god

[allamericanb-tch]

crimson rivers thoughts (21)

@tastetherainbow290 it has been So Long since i’ve read this

chapter 64

“As it turns out, a war not hard-won is just…awkward.” 😭

amos?!

💔 

poor barty ☹️

SYBILL ?!

💔

there is no disability erasure here

regulus 😭😭😭

rodolphus and rabastan fighting about the pillow

james ☹️

oh no war

“Honestly, they'd kill it in charades.”

james and his cane iconic duo

“no one ever thinks to look up” 💔

RABASTAN?!

i’m in class rn i can’t cry

lily and remus friendship ❤️‍🩹

“He had blood in his mouth more often than something sweet, and so that became his favorite meal. “ 😧

lily ☹️

remus and lyall ❤️‍🩹

tim and not-tim

“The world is a little more hollow without them in it.”

chapter 65

kingsley 💔

alecto and narcissa? okay. 

i love james

🎶he is dealing with the unimaginable🎶

sirius lyall and remus reunion 

good parents club

“"Are you pouting?" James asks, amused. "No," says Regulus, who is pouting.”

jegulus ❤️‍🩹

chapter 66

this one is supposed to be heavy so i will read it later

it is later. (it has been several days)

ariana being a tree is so thalia of her

ew snape

oh me oh my what’s gonna happen 

rita?!

PANDORA 

rita deserved it tbh

i love barty

children 😧

monty?!

i’m skimming bc my attention span

ok i’m taking a break again

back several days later again!

i’m anticipating reading art heist baby so i need to finish thisss ahhhh

barty no don’t die

his arm ?!

i wish you could see my face rn

what. 

james! yes. 

the lore. is all coming together 

“All Regulus can think, at this moment, is that he can't wait to tell Remus about this.”

WHAT

thank god barty is still alive

i think i jinxed it guys…

chapter 67

pleeeeaaaase can we be done with the heavy chapters i can’t do this anymore 

remus!

i need to know what happened to emmeline and rodolphus

oh!

yes remus

WHAT

"She started the war for me, and she'll end it for me, too." 

MARLENE!!!! AHHHH!!!!!! with the same ring too ❤️‍🩹 i swear to god if she dies i will too

i need to stop saying this shit (omg anagram) because every time i do it happens

nononononononono

oh poor dorcas omg.

snape pov again why

PANDORA?!

no dont do this to me

“albus is pacing” when is he not

scapegoat another vocab word

albus just letting people die instead of saving them as always

MONTY NO

alice 💔

emmeline 💔

rodolphus 💔

narcissa 💔

alecto 💔

minerva 💔

REMUS 

and dorcas ☹️

i know neither of them died but still

REGULUS 

i gasped

aberforth?!

NOW he stops it 

ok severus eat ig

thank god my pookies aren’t actually dead

🎶come on eileen🎶

wait is everyone’s password their mothers name

please i hope monty isn’t dead

HE LIVES!

oh.

my face is getting hives again im starting to think im allergic to this fic

monty 💔

yes riddle die

ok dorcas 

SHE DOESNT KNOW

she doesn’t know. omg she doesn’t know

poor dorcas ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

at least the war is over?

i need to take another extended break from this 

[nerds-worlds-blog]

I just know chapter 65 of crimson rivers is going to kill me.... As I know Monty definitely doesn't have a POV and I can't remember if Effie had a short one at the beginning..... And I just have a very worrying feeling 😭😭

This fic is killing me, it's actually amazing

[sneepsnoopboopideeboop]

NOT ME SAYING SIRIUS IS A BITER AND THEN LIKE TWO DAYS LATER ZAR POSTING CHAPTER 65 OF CRIMSON RIVERS WITH SIRIUS JUST MUCHING AWAY THE WHOLE TIME

[angelwiththeblue-box]

im like 65 chapters behind on Crimson Rivers holy shit

whats crimson rivers?

[cressthebest]

Crimson Rivers thoughts pt. 42

chapter 64:

1. “They literally just laid their guns down, because apparently they've been spread so thin and their working conditions are so shit that they had all agreed to surrender if rebels showed up.” LMAO me as an auror fr

2. LMAOO “As it turns out, a war not hard-won is just…awkward.” NOT FOR LONG

3. SCREAMING OH MY GOD AROMATIC/AROSPEC BARTY!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD

4. amos noooooo!!!!!! i loved him!!! no!!!!

5. “This is what no one says:

It's war. What did you expect?”

what if i started crying, huh? what would you do then? if i started crying???

6. “They never find out why those fifteen people weren't immune when everyone else is. They never will. Sometimes, in life, things will always be a mystery.” those fuckers were dehydrated af

7. NOOOOOOOOO SYBILL!!

8. heavy angry breathing at the “13 to dine, first to rise dies” reference

9. oh my god i’m grinning so hard over their disability aids. the cane and hearing aids and gloves!!!

10. “What James wants, James gets.” 👀 *cough pillow cough cough princess cough*

11. SCREEEEEEEEE NO ONE EVER THINKS TO LOOK UP

12. seeing rudolphus cry over rabastan as sirius and regulus are watching is freaking heartbreaking

13. “it wasn't until Remus soothed him that [Sirius] stopped threatening to choke Dumbledore with his own beard.” dhkajdksjdksksjdkjsjd ME FR

14. “When [Remus] was young, he punched walls and spit in the face of Aurors dragging him to whipping posts. He had blood in his mouth more often than something sweet, and so that became his favorite meal.” holy shit holy shit holy shit this is like an iconic line that people need to quote more often. it’s so badass

15. 😦😦😦 what happened to lily’s house. what happened. what happened to it???!

16. the lupin reunion has me on the brink of tears

17. “"I'm warning you, Tim," Regulus snaps, "if you touch me, you're going to die."

Tim doesn't listen to him”

regulus continuously gives warnings about what he will do if people don’t listen to him. and for some reason, people still fucking test him

“he's starting to think he's some sort of prophet or something.” 😭😭😭

chapter 65:

1. kingsley and lily never being close again breaks me more than i can describe.

2. lily and bingley ☺️☺️

3. stop!!!! stop making plans!!! marlene and dorcas need to stop making “after-war” plans!!! i can’t do this shit!!!! no!!!! it’s gonna break my heart!!

4. marlene with a baby giving dorcas baby fever. i just. i can’t. i can’t do this

5. “someday, people will look back on these battles and describe them in numbers instead of names.” this is a line i’ll remember long into my life. i’ll never forget this line. genuinely

6. “"Hi," Sirius greets warmly when the door opens. His eyes are sparkling. Pretty, pretty, pretty.

Remus nearly melts. "Hi."

"Is that boy of yours at the door?" Lyall calls out, and Remus grins the moment Sirius looks delighted and flustered by this title, his face turning red.”

same vibe

7. remus and lyall fucking with sirius is written genius 😭😭😭

8. sirius is literal just kissing and biting and sucking all over remus’ neck and ears, and remus is literally talking about how people died 😭😭😭 wtf that’s so them fr

9. remus and sirius are the ultimate ship to me, forever and always. to me, they’re more canon than harry and ginny or like ron and hermione. i love them, your honor

10. “the mere thought makes him feel entirely too happy to describe. So, naturally, he treats it with suspicion”

bruh this is like harry resisting the imperious curse 😭😭😭

11. knife kink james is back y’all. reg is like “i’ll never hurt you with a dagger.” and james is like, “oh. 😞” BYE