#james and sirius and remus and peter

[my-castles-crumbling]

based on @waytootiredforthistoo 's post - background jegulus

"Even for your four, this is a new low," Minerva ranted, blood boiling as she stared down at her four favorite students, who were all seated in chairs in her office, looking less-than-contrite. "Breaking in to the Slytherin Common Room in the middle of the night? Sticking every single student to their bed?"

"We don't discriminate," Sirius Black nodded, sending her a grin. "Though James's boyfriend will be a bit mad."

"Oi! Shut up about Re-"

"Boys!" Minerva interrupted, trying not to laugh. "This is unacceptable. I have to take fifty points from Gryffindor!"

All four Seventh-Years paused, staring at her. "Fifty?" Remus Lupin asked, tilting his head to the side.

"Each!" Minerva nearly-screeched. "And detention every night for a week!"

"So that's two hundred points total," James Potter said sadly.

"Yes," Minerva nodded, trying not to feel too badly. "So if you-"

"Can you make it three?" Sirius asked, interrupting.

She blinked, quite sure she'd heard incorrectly. "I- what?"

"It's just, we're trying to set a record," Remus explained calmly, eyes wide. "We need to beat two hundred and fifty."

Minerva's heart began beating erratically. No. Surely they hadn't found out-

"We recently came across this, you see," James continued, grinning and pulling a paper from his pocket. "Peter, here, had a detention where he had to rewrite some old detention cards. And look at this one!"

Hand shaking slightly, Minerva looked at the card. On it, written in a scrawl, were the words:

Minerva McGonagall, sixth year, Gryffindor, a month's detention and a loss of 250 points for hexing all of the Slytherin team's brooms. (Most points lost in a single day.)

Sighing, Minerva tried to school her expression before she looked back at the four boys. But she knew it was far too late to do anything about this. The secret was out.

"You're our biggest role model, Professor," Peter said sincerely, an awed look on his face. "A record of the most lost points in a day? We just want to beat your record."

"Yes. Oh, well. We'll have to try even harder next time," James smirked, taking the card back from her loose grasp.

It was at that moment that Minerva McGonagall new she was absolutely fucked.

[mountainrusing]

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7th year canon compliant moonchaser:

They are together. James and Remus, just this.

James is Head Boy, Lily is Head Girl. The whole school thinks they’re dating, because they’re now such good friends, but the reality is that behind all this, with minimal publicity, Lily is dating Mary and James is dating Remus. No one but their friends know, just to avoid judgement, but they are so, so proud of their love.

James is comfortable in his own skin, his own brain, which is why he gets Head Boy. He’s helpful, well-intentioned, good-natured, and a genuine role model. He teaches people how to own up to their mistakes the way he does, provides an excellent example of how people can change. Everyone loves him for a reason. Even Lily does, and she used to hate him. Look how far people can come.

James makes sure people are educated about the queer community the way he wasn’t, because it would’ve saved a lot of time if he knew it was possible for a boy to like boys. In retrospect, it’s obvious that anyone can like anyone, but still, the books never told James that, because back when they were written, to have a happy ending, with an open relationship everyone supports, there had to be a girl and boy. James will change that. He also educates others about feminism the way he didn’t know before. He can’t believe he didn’t know. He’d always thought men and women were already considered equal, that there was no problem, but now he knows there’s a gap to bridge. And he will do it.

Remus is also following his dreams. He’s a Prefect, he carries out study sessions and all the students love him. He’s a brilliant teacher, caring and patient, and listens to kids and soothes any insecurities. He’s good at building confidence and courage, and he’s smart, well-read, up-to-date with his work. He’s on top of it, and he’s not panicking, because even if he doesn’t get a job, he knows he can still achieve what he wants thanks to James. Finally, he accepts James’s help, accepts his money, agrees that James is extremely loaded. James creates Remus’s bank account, teaches him how the bank works in general, and in the future, Remus will be able to secure his own jobs, through his own talent, because he exudes self-assurance. Together, they find companies that support werewolf rights, and Remus feels like the person he’s always been.

They are cute and they are fluffy. They complement each other, their ideas bounce off each other, because James will suggest something and Remus will refine it, James wants to create some mischief and Remus will show him how to do so in a way that brings joy to everyone. James wants to change the world, and Remus will take the journey with him, each step and push-back. Remus wants to teach the world, and James will listen to every word he says, feeling the education and grinning like an idiot. Eye rolls and holding hands, Remus wants that ice cream and James wants those sprinkles, James is jumping with energy and Remus is exhausted, but James will lie in bed with him anyway. They are each other’s comforters.

I am in love with them being in love.

In conclusion, MOONCHASER IS CANON. (And if you read any of that, from 1st year to 7th, I love you please send a message and be my best friend and obsess over moonchaser with me–)

(Note that this is only compliant during their school years, post-Hogwarts it wouldn’t follow canon anymore.)

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[iwriteasfotini]

Dress code protest anyone?!?!

So this amazing artwork is by @phesh-n-cheps (original post is here) and I just about had a heart attack when I saw it yesterday BECUASE anyone who has read my first (rather cheesy) fic knows Lily organizes a dress code protest where she asks all students of Hogwarts to don skirts for a day. And then I saw this art... o.O

So yeah. I had to tell the artist how amazing they are and HAD to feature it in my fic: Chapter XV - Protest and Apology.

Check it out if you feel so inclined. And if you don't feel inclined to read about the Marauders as firsties from Sirius' POV, fear not! For I will be posting their third year from James' POV in just under a month, on Valentine's day. <3

[jameskinniesrise]

𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐖 - 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎.

❝sometimes i feel left out.❞

[theprongspotter]

Sirius: I don’t think we can enter this bar.

Peter: Why not?

Sirius: It says “18+” and there’s only 4 of us.

James: Don’t worry, we can find 14 more people somewhere.

Remus:

Remus: What the actual fuck is wrong with you guys—

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c: @thesiriusblacklover

[starwolf-and-marauders]

I just finished them and I wanted to show them to someone :)

[thatboisus]

me logging onto tumblr after consuming a new piece of media

[bethsvrse]

me staring at my ceiling after y/n does the most FLABBERGASTING thing ever

[natti-ice]

18+ mdni

that reality check hitting after reading smut

[aphrcdites]

the bond between a girl and their favorite fictional man is both an unstoppable force and an immovable object

[doodlemcjazzhands]

[my-castles-crumbling]

Prompt: Why are you carrying a duck?

Regulus had learned to not ask questions.

Dating James Potter had its....unique qualities, and looking the other way when he and his friends were wreaking havoc was one of them. Remus had advised him long ago to just ignore it, as that gave him plausible deniability.

But this time, he just...couldn't. He couldn't leave well enough alone. He had to ask.

"James...James...Potter!" He yelled at a frantic-looking James, who was currently running across the grounds, arms full and head swiveling.

"Don't ask..." Dorcas muttered next to him, not even looking up from her book.

But he couldn't not ask. He left the spot where the rest of his friends were studying and ran up to James, who was now walking slowly around by the edge of the lake, muttering 'Pads? Where are you?' clearly looking for something.

"James!" he said again, this time finally gaining the older boy's attention.

"Erm...yes, Reg?" James responded, obviously trying to look innocent but failing miserably.

Regulus sighed. "Why are you holding a duck, James."

James shifted from foot to foot, the struggling animal still flapping a bit in his arms. "Erm...what if I said this hasn't always been a duck? And...this isn't the only not-duck currently wandering the grounds?"

Regulus stared, taking in James's words, before exhaling sharply. "Never mind. I don't want to know."

And he returned to his spot with Dorcas.

[mountainrusing]

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3rd year canon compliant moonchaser:

James, leader of the Marauders (more like neurotic parental figure with a disproportional sense of responsibility for things that should matter versus things that shouldn’t), decides that as Remus’s most trusted friends, as well as his only friends, they should all help him during the full moons. It is the honourable and courageous thing to do, after all, and he’s always said that best friends stick together. He thinks it’d be cool, like a challenge, and he also thinks it’ll bring them closer to Remus, who’s always been a bit too closed off for James’s liking.

Sirius is immediately on board, because, “That sounds dangerous! I’m in!” and Peter is a bit skeptical, but goes with the flow because these two are in charge and Peter is a mere ship on their sea, carrying the cargo. He thinks it’ll be nice if they could help Remus, because Remus has always been nice, and of course he’ll help with that, if possible. He’s not sure if it’s possible. He’ll try to think of ideas.

Meanwhile, James and Sirius are just riding on the thrill of it, messing around and buzzing. James is rallying them up and Sirius is demanding encores, and they’ve led each other completely off topic, but it’s okay, because the seed has been planted.

Caught up in all their research, they begin to unintentionally leave Remus out, which makes Remus question whether it was a mistake to let them in. He knew he shouldn’t have. He regrets it now, and he wishes it would hurt less. He shouldn’t have gotten so close to them. It’s because he’s a werewolf, he knows, and they’ve had enough of him, of it, they don’t want him anymore. They should never have wanted him in the first place, maybe they were just pretending.

As his friends research, Mary, Marlene and Lily pull him into their group, and politely, Remus listens to their conversation. He doesn’t want to be rude, and even though he doesn’t want friends, he ends up becoming one of theirs.

But now Remus is hanging out with a new group. Even though James put in all that effort throughout the whole of first year to make Remus accept the invite into his friend group. And just like that, the girls have automatically won him over. It took James months to do that.

Overwhelming, mind-numbing jealousy; “Remus has new friends now?! What?! Why’s he abandoning me, I mean, why’s he abandoning us?! Sirius! Peter! Listen to me, we need Remus! He’s a Marauder, he belongs to us, I mean, with us, he belongs with us!” (Because James is possessive over his friends.)

All at once, Remus has replaced James’s best friend position with Lily Evans. And every time James sees them, he feels horrible. It’s twisting his gut, there’s something wrong, he feels so very, very sick. Why? He doesn’t know, but he does, it’s because when he sees Remus touch Lily, he wants to rip his hand away, when Remus laughs at what Lily’s said, he wants to erase the sound, and he concludes, logically, that he’s jealous of Remus. Which means, James fancies Lily.

(Except back in first year on the Hogwarts express, James never noticed Lily. She was crying, and James was there animatedly discussing Quidditch with Sirius. He didn’t care at all. Fast forward to Remus chatting with Lily all the time, and now James notices.)

But James’s parents have read him his fairytales, he knows that the prince ends up with the princess. He only knows happy endings because his parents sheltered him from every tragedy, he only knows relationships that are open and accepted by society. All he knows is heteronormativity, it’s compulsory for him to be heterosexual, because what else is there? So when he’s upset, it’s because he longs for Lily, when he’s jealous, it’s of Remus, and when he feels the need to explode, that’s him being a knight in shining armour, he’s going to rescue Lily, save the girl and marry her, that’s what brave men do.

He vents his frustrations to Sirius, “Remus is stealing her! He’s charming her away from me, it’s terrible! His charm is special, it’s only for the Marauders, and he doesn’t need to go give it to her! I can give it to her, she doesn’t need him, he’s mine, and she’s mine, and I’ll save everyone, okay, you’re all mine–”

Like an arrogant toerag, possessive over people whom he does not own, because people can’t be owned but James doesn’t know that, he keeps asking Lily out and expects her to say yes. He’s not even embarrassed when she rejects him, because for some reason, he couldn’t care less about it. It doesn’t make him sad that she doesn’t like him, but he doesn’t read into that, because clearly he still likes her. That’s a fact, probably, he’ll condition himself into believing they’re meant to be. Why doesn’t it hurt him when she says no? Because dating her isn’t actually important to him? Or because he knows they’ll date eventually, like in the love stories?

In reality, Lily is rejecting James because she knows he’s not actually in love with her. Firstly, he’s way too conceited about it, too full of himself to focus on her, and she could bet he doesn’t even know her first name, because, “Oi, Evans!” She knows she deserves better than that. Secondly, how can he be in love with her when they’ve never spoken? It doesn’t make sense. She’s gotta look into that.

Also, why is Remus trying to tell her that James is a great guy all the time? Why is he so adamant that his best friend would make the perfect boyfriend? She gets backing up your friends, but this is all much too over the top. Must be a Marauders thing.

Lastly, the reason she rejects James is because she’s pretty sure that both Remus and James are somehow jealous of her. She should bash their heads together and leave, at this point.

So: Sirius and Peter are researching, James is now flirting, Remus is moping, and is also trying to seem super supportive over James’s endeavours. He thinks it’s working.

But then he goes to see James’s Quidditch match, in a further show of support. He’s never been too fond of Quidditch, but to watch James on a broomstick is enthralling… and it clicks, what that means. Remus doesn’t even stay to congratulate James. He rushes off, in a hyperventilating fit, and decides the solution to attraction is by distancing himself from the source. So he does that, which breaks James’s heart.

Sirius, watching the whole thing, the flirting, the complaining, the moping, the miscommunication, is now absolutely fed up. This year was supposed to be fun. He turned thirteen this year, a proper teenager, and it’s all been ruined by James and Remus being idiots. Obviously, they’re still great, but whatever happened to pranking? And why does Peter seem so okay with everything falling apart?

And Peter reveals, “I think I’ve found a good way of helping Remus on full moons. Animagi.”

As soon as Sirius and Peter get ahold of James, he bursts out, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!”

In the most apathetic deadpan, Sirius drawls that it’s because James has been asking Lily out all the time, and suddenly James realises his mistake, and regrets it. Without sounding cutting, Sirius cuts right through James. Because he wanted to be the one to figure out a solution to helping Remus.

Sirius sits them all down, catches Remus and glares at him in place so he stays, sweeps his gaze over his friends, then bluntly and brutally speaks the truth, “Remus, we’re becoming Animagi for you.” He also silences any attempt to argue, and orders everyone to shut up and get back to the pranking he so dearly misses. Peace has been restored, by the most chaotic of them all.

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[chuulyssa]

being an x reader writer and trying to be inclusive of all readers makes me overthink so much like should i write about you having smth with milk in it? no no what if the reader is lactose-intolerant. about the reader being the big spoon? noo what if they wanna be cuddled like a little spoon. about fingers through your hair? noooo what if the person reading it is bald

[that-bitch-kat3]

sirius: remus isn’t a hear me out because everybody wants to fuck him

james:

peter:

remus:

james: i do think that’s something you should look into on your own time

[theprongspotter]

*after a fight between Sirius and Regulus*

Sirius: You know what? Whatever. Who gives a shit about Regulus? His whole personality is just being gay and mean.

James: You forgot pretty.

Sirius:

James:

Peter:

Remus:

Remus: You did forget pretty.