#i hate wolfstar

[justcallmemrslupin]

My problem with the Marauders fandom

I usually say that ATYD was the worst thing that ever happened to Potterheads ("Harry Potter" fandom) and specially to Lupin Lovers (Remus Lupin fans). I don't actually think it is the worst, but you know what I mean. And it's not just ATYD, but most of Marauders fanfiction (well, they're mostly ATYD fanfics, to be honest).

It really disturbs me, because that's NOT Remus Lupin at all:

Lyall Lupin being an abusive father and Remus being raised in an orphanage or whatever that was? No!! Absolutely not! Lyall and Hope were loveable parents, who did everything they could for their son. They became outcasts because of his lycanthropy, and that's the reason behind Remus putting people at arm's length and feeling unworthy of love. He knew what would become of anyone who was too attached to a werewolf.

Remus being assertive and exploding at his friends. Uh... Nope. He was a boy who'd never had friends. Having friends had always been his biggest dream. So, he didn't agree with many of the things they did, but he cut them an awful lot of slack because he didn't want do lose them. It was the only time when he felt happy before "Prisoner of Azkaban" - when he had friends. Dumbledore made him prefect so that he would control them, which he didn't! He even remained friends with Sirius after he used him as a weapon against Snape! (Well, maybe he wouldn't remain friends with him if it didn't mean losing James and Peter's friendship too, but that's just a theory.)

‌Remus being a walking time bomb before the full moon. Remus? Really? Remus Lupin, the most self-controlled of all "Harry Potter" characters?! The guy always tamed his human form because he couldn't tame his wolf form. The moon only affected him when it was actually full.

‌The whole Wolfstar thing... Okay, I admit I don't like non-canon ships in general, except when one of them is an OC (most people hate OCs, but I love them, I read most anything Remus/OC - and write it). And as a woman, I mostly have no interest in Slash (M/M) - I do love Grindelore, but that's because it's Canon and their story fascinates me.

But my problem with Wolfstar is more than just a personal inability to like non-canon pairings. It's the fact that I can't get pass the fact that Sirius never cared much for Remus. He was his friend, sure, but he didn't act as a person in love, not for a second:

1. He wished for a full moon when he was bored. Of course Remus answered "darkly". He felt bad for him wishing it. And he suggested that he studied with him, but Sirius dismissed him.

2. The so-called prank (the biggest problem of them all): okay, I can't even begin to say how problematic this is even for a friendship, but for a couple... It would be extremely toxic, don't you think? Do you really think that a teenager in love would reveal his love interest's biggest secret to their worst enemy? And that was the least of it. He didn't care about what would become of Remus had he attacked Snape. The least that could happen would him being expelled (and knowing how society felt about werewolves, probably Remus would end up being executed). Of couse Sirius didn't think of it. But he definitely would if he was in love with him. It was something really cruel to do with a friend, but with a boyfriend... I don't even have the words to describe how toxic it would be to use your significant other as a weapon and expose their biggest secret.

3. He didn't leave him anything in his will. Anything. Even knowing that he was living in extreme poverty because of Umbridge's law against werewolves working. Sirius knew about that. It was Sirius himself who told Harry about it - and Harry was mad, because Lupin looked more ragged than ever. Now, I can understand that Sirius would forget about his friend - it's bad? It is, but it's on character. -, but about a lover? Never! Sirius was too intense for that. He loved James with all his heart and would do anything for him. But nor for Remus. Oh, by the way, James helped Remus financially when he couldn't work after finishing Hogwarts. Yep. He did it. Sirius didn't even leave him anything in his freaking will!

4. They didn't trust each other. They were supposed to be friends, but Sirius literally told James not to trust Lupin and to trust Pettigrew instead. Again, would he do that if he was in love with Remus?

Plus:

- Sirius was always much closer to James than to Remus. They are always described as always being together (even by the teachers and Madam Rosmerta. Not once is Remus mentioned.) and Harry had the impression that he was the only person who could make James change his mind;

- Dumbledore referred to Harry as the person Sirius loved the most. Harry. Not Remus. Harry.

- Sirius was the walking stereotype of the "bad boys" from the 80's/90's: long hair. motorcycle, ignoring the girls who were swooning for him, posters of girls in bikini in his bedroom (even when he grew up and Remus was actually a guest in his house), arrogant, popular, reckless... Totally "alpha male" and "heterotop" vibes.

- It's stated in Lupin's biography on the official "Harry Potter" website that he had never fallen in love before falling for Tonks.

- It's also said there that Sirius "always got the women".

But it's not just Remus. They made everyone act off-character: they made Sirius feminine, James soft and Peter a sweet boy who was forced to betray his friends. Not to mention poor Lyall Lupin and even Dumbledore. And what's with the obsession about making everyone queer? It was the 70's, for Merlin's sake! Not the 2020's!

My biggest problem is not the fanfiction per se. Fanfiction exists to make fans happy, I also read and write them. The problem is the fandom, trying to shove it down everyone's throat, pretending it's canon and even spreading fake news about the actors who played Sirius and Lupin, being aggressive to anyone who doesn't agree with them, and saying things like: "Lupin and Tonks had a lavender marriage" (yeah, because in lavender marriages one gets depressed over the other's rejection, leaves her newborn baby and runs into a war because she couldn't stand not knowing if her husband was dead, or - this is awesome - an unplanned pregnancy! LOL), "Tonks morphed into Sirius" (really? She never morphed into a man in the books, the furthest she went was disguising herself as an old lady, do you really think she even could morph into a man?), or - this is my favorite - "J. K. Rowling accidentally wrote them as a couple"! LOL This is hilarious. How can anyone "accidentally" write something?

And then, there are the people who choose to ignore canon. Okay, that's a valid option. Just don't go around saying that you like "Harry Potter". You don't. Your fanfics are about ATYD, not "Harry Potter" at all, because those characters are NOT from "Harry Potter", they only share the same names.

I could go on forever about this. But I won't I can't afford a lawyer. :P

The thing is: Marauders fanfiction is not "Harry Potter" fanfiction anymore, it's ATYD fanfiction. Only the names are the same, but those characters are definitely not from "Harry Potter", they're just all OCs.

[loveeari]

i'm bored so im just gna yap abt controversial ships that mostly everyone likes and i can't like because of how overdone overused and non true to canon they are but there socially acceptable because there homosexual. yes im talking about wolfstar and no i don't care how it is the pinnacle for all shipping fandom and blah blah blah

imma be real wolfstar to be brings me the same irritation that dramione brings me like utter despair. i literally can't read a fic if there's a semblance of wolfstar.

i know people are gonna be like, "dOn't ReAd iT tHeN"

ever decent fic i come across its always THAT SAME FUCKING SHIP im sick of it like they can't sirius be shipped with LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE with how sexualized everyone makes both of them out to be actually i would've thought it wouldn't be that hard.

yeah ya'll are weird for making remus this sex god like i can't see it. fuck canon but personailty wise like i don't know. also this god awful mischaracterization of sirius and the need for him to be made at as defenseless is so fucking weird dude like why can't we expand about his family or his relationship with his brother but we can't ever get that because wolfstar gets in the way of everything and then regulus is always fucking james so likeidnfpsurgb[wguw0]n

idk imma keep ranitng abt

also the people that made nymphadora a literal incuabtor for wolfstar baby need to count there days BECAUSE WDYM you couldn't make a decent ass ship work without kidnapping remus's and tonks kid bro. like how weird are yall. if you can't make a fake baby and just give it to them by adoption and have the need to steal it from a canonical couple yall are so fucked in the head sometimes tbh. (anyone that wants to argue with me abt it just block me or ill do it for you idc"

looking at you jegulus shippers which is odd i don't hate jegulus but why is it for every mlm ship to work out you have to destroy a womans characgter to make it work

dead lily

abusive lily

james and lily never worked

lily's a bitch

incubator lily

and on an on it goes isn't that right?

also i hated remus in canon hp for being a grownups adult and couldn't even talk to his best friends kid

"it's so mean that harry doesn't consider remus family"

remus always kept t professional relationship with harry. not harry remus the adult in the situation who's always used being a werewolf to cover all his problems. at least sirius can admit he's fucked straight up and own it.

but yeah sure he's a great character no flaw's always perfect

ughhhh

[iliveilove]

I hate WolfStar

I HATE Wolfstar. Well, maybe 'hate' is a bit strong of a word but , I just can't ship it. I can't even see Sirius and Remus as brothers. Not after everything that happened to them. Like, Sirius tried to use Remus to kill someone and didn't even think about what could happen if Remus really didn't kill or turn Snape into a Werewolf. Then they both thought that the other was the spy in the Order. I really don't understand the ship. This isn't me attacking anyone it's just my personal opinion.

[rosemelodyshah]

WOLFSTAR.

And.

JEGULUS.

They're not my OTP as it is, they also kind of ruin my OTP, which is Prongsfoot, but they are also all over the internet.

I have blogged about this (there are two pics though I prob could put infinite and not be done with it- i might put more pics in it), but the posts which has wolfstar tagged in it don't always have wolfstar in it. The same goes for Jegulus.

I am yet to encounter this with any other ship. And. Its annoying. There is overflowing Wolfstar (and alot of Jegulus- ig) already, I dont want to see them.

My main prob is when I like an UNRELATED POST that has those tags in it. Other posts with those tags shows up.

These two are my NOTP, to remind you. So it gets annoying for me. One wouldn't want the same thing to appear because of a mis-tagged post, now would they.

Especially, IF THEY CAN'T STAND THE THING GETTING REPEATEDLY POSTED.

[jjkyaoi]

the headcanon of regulus just being able to cry on command is horrifying but also the funniest thing i’ve ever fucking heard. like i imagine regulus is hanging out with the marauders, post black brothers reconciliation, and him and sirius are bickering and sirius JOKINGLY goes “well it’s not MY fault it’s impossible for you to show any emotion” and regulus blinks. and then just fully starts sobbing.

and james and remus and peter are all like ?!?!?! what the FUCK . RIGHTFULLY SO. and james’ heart is hurting so bad because he’s never seen regulus cry before and he’s trying to comfort him and hold him and regulus, (who is gay and a little shit) is just letting himself be hugged and letting james pet his hair or whatever and remus is like. sirius what the fuck apologize to your brother??????? because sirius has been sitting there the entire time unmoving and he just raises his eyebrows, completely unimpressed and deadpan when he goes, “you guys do know he’s faking right”. and then when remus and james both are like HUH??? torn between bewildered and angry with this reaction, regulus just extracts himself from james, face completely neutral but with tears drying on his cheeks, no sign of the heaving, hyperventilating sobs he’d fallen into literally a second ago and says “i win”. it terrifies peter so bad that he can’t look him in the eyes for a week

[lilyystarr]

remus the type of tall person to bend down and put his ear next to ur lips when talking to a short person to ‘hear them better’

whore.

[we-were-starss]

Yall need to remember that no matter how popular a fic gets (even if it’s literally the most popular fic on ao3) it still goes against fandom etiquette to publicly hate on it or say that it’s bad. Those opinions belong in private conversations or in your private bookmarks, nowhere else. Fanfics are gifts that we aren’t entitled to, and we have to treat them as such.

[iamthedamndonutdrawcat]

reunion after an order mission

[s1r1us0black]

Okay, but- but... but... b... WHY DO I SEE THIS WHEN I OPENED PINTEREST?

Creds: dara_art

[mooonyyyy]

no put your clothes back on let’s talk about the gilderat cologne lore and how this is the next rarepair—>popular ship we will see in the marauders fandom

[atlas-on-earth]

one of my favorite ship dynamics is weird bear x crazy twink

[outromoony]

People who hate Sirius Black don’t understand what it’s like to be sixteen and furious and full of grief you can’t name.

[industrations]

Stolen minutes in between lessons 🤍

[http-wolfstar]

Chilly day ❄️

[deswhomst]

so tired of seeing “marauders hot takes/unpopular hcs” tiktoks where all comments are just bashing one thing or another. tell me your fav positive ones!!! could be angst ofc, just not hate towards existing characters/hcs/ships.

[reggiekinnie2]

As much as people want this to be jegulus, it is and always will be the perfect bartylus variants