#jegulus is for angst lovers

[irlp1rate]

my most unpopular marauders opinion is that james is not the nice guy everyone portrays him to be.

is he kind? yes, to people he deems worthy of it.

I think that the idea that james is so nice and empathetic to regulus that he switches sides takes away from a lot of the nuance that makes jegulus so interesting. (this is specifically toward hogwarts fics btw, when you take out the whole Voldemort aspect it becomes completely different.)

jegulus is interesting (to me) because of the exploration between good vs evil. i think that james is a person that lives in a world where everything is very black and white. you’re either good or you’re bad, and there’s no grey area. i think james is an asshole to people who he thinks are “bad”. this is seen in canon with him to snape. snape is the epitome of a bad person who hurts james friends, therefore he doesn’t give a fuck about being mean, to the point where he becomes a bully. that’s why it’s hard to be mad at snape for hating james. in the end he wasn’t “evil”, he just lived in a grey area that james didn’t think existed.

regulus also lives in the grey area. he is doing what it takes to survive. he grew up in a hateful household, and we see him in canon break away from that, with sirius never knowing. the negative influences around him are so encompassing, its not even close to surprising that while he realized what was happening was wrong, he didnt have the strength to break away from it. even when he does break away, he does it in secret, assuming nobody will know what he did, and then he dies before he can face the consequences.

james first real experience with blood purists was sirius, who was defiant and eventually left. in his head, why would anybody choose to stay? i think thats where jegulus becomes so interesting. james finds someone who is bad on the surface and is an asshole to him. but then he discovers there is so much more underneath. (the perfect enemies to lovers trope) regulus is someone who expresses good thoughts, but won't follow through with them. and james just cant understand why regulus wont leave. he struggles with knowing what side regulus is on, but he never considers the grey area.

[glassy-eyed-poet]

Happy Jegulus day, loves.

"In every lifetime?"

"In every one."

[nerds-worlds-blog]

How l look when the slow burn starts to actually burn

[snarky-magpie]

(Okay, with Something New finished, it's time for a snippet from the first chapter of the sequel. Which will be quite a bit different. Much more dramatic and angsty.) “Let me out,” Regulus hisses, but his feet continue moving until his back connects with one of the lockers, and the metallic thud of the collision reverberates through the air, skipping over Regulus’ vertebrae as though they’re a xylophone played by a ruthless hand. He barely has time to set his broomstick on the ground before James rounds on him.

“Not until you admit the truth. Admit you still have feelings for me.” 

“When hell freezes over.”

James cages him in, his large body crushing Regulus against the hard sheet of metal, his thigh shoving ruthlessly between his legs while he completes the prison by placing his forearms next to Regulus’ head. He’s not wearing his gear yet and has on a short-sleeved T-shirt that offers Regulus a first-class view of corded muscles with raised veins running over them like rivers, covered by tawny skin dusted with dark hair.

“I was so angry when you told me to leave. Furious. It hurt me—you hurt me, Regulus, so I overreacted, and I’ve regretted it ever since. I still care about you, and I think you feel the same. Please. Talk to me, love. Let’s not—we’ve been together for a year and a half. Do you want to throw it all away? Don’t tell me you can forget us in a month. I was there, Regulus. You felt it, too. The connection.”

“No. That’s your delusion talking. I. Felt. Nothing.” 

James dips his head lower, placing his lips next to Regulus’ mouth. “Stop denying it. You’re not that good of a liar.” 

[binvibin]

i love tragic jegulus. like yes, give me enemies to lovers to enemies again. but choices? i dont know if ill ever be ready for that kind of heartbreak.

[emmawithtwoms]

I fell again into the Regulus/Black Brothers-Centric-Jegulus-angst-circle and started reading “Only the Brave”.

4 chapters in and I’m already obsessed.

The angst, Regulus’ Pov, the skittles, James, the Black Brothers, WOLFSTAR.

Obsessed

[ittgirl23]

I forgot to post the second chapter on here, but we’re at three now!!

(An AU where James and Regulus are childhood friends, and have to endure all the crazy shit their lives throw at them, with the knowledge that at one point they cared about each other more than either one is willing to admit)

[solthewizard]

someone draw regulus black beating the shit out of james potter pls its for science

[starwolf-and-marauders]

Yours by Conan Gray but it's jegulus in just lovers (like we were supposed to be) by bizzarestars

[hedonisticeiram]

Ok I know I should be updating my WIP and I will. But listen I can’t express enough how much I love this fic with my whole heart. Harry is a child of divorce and he will have no more. 💕✨

“ As if he never left it he can’t help but feel his eyes drift closed the longer he stays. James is long asleep, and he could leave. He said he would leave, but he can’t help it. He keeps his eyes on James as long as he can. Wanting to hate him so badly. He wants to scream at him, he wants to yell, but he can’t. He’s so tired. He just wants to be with him now. He can’t do that either though. He can’t do anything. So when he goes back home, tired and alone he’ll trick himself into hating James again. He’ll pretend to not be enamored by him. Act like he doesn’t miss him every second of every day. He can’t go backward. He can’t break James’ heart again. He has to protect his own. If they try again and fail they’ll break Harry in two. He can’t. They can’t.

So he watches him tonight for as long as he can, fighting sleep just to watch him breathe. There’s something so soft between them now. He’s not sure how they got here.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers into the dark room. “James, baby, I’m so sorry.”

He doesn’t hear a response. He doesn’t want to. He’s not sure what he’d do if he did. He’s just tired. So tired.

He falls asleep right beside his ex-husband and sleeps easier than he has in years. He’s not sure what that means, but he knows it won’t do him any good. Tomorrow he’ll fall back on old habits. Tomorrow he’ll curse James out for doing nothing just to protect himself. Tomorrow. Just please let him have tonight, he’s not even sure who he’s asking at this point, but he’s on his hands and knees begging for it. It’s all he’s asking for.”

[raiidsol]

i was looking at the constellation where the regulus star is as a reference for a drawing that im working on and my little sister just came up to me and said that's the LION CONSTELLATION ????????!??!?!??!??!?!!??! REGULUS. ATE THE >LION< CONSTELLATION? THE LION.

how this isn't something straight out of a angst fanfic.

[hp-fanfic-archive]

Follower Fic Rec #6 Recommended by: Anonymous glimpses of heaven by lunahunt Pairing: James/Regulus Rating: M Word Count: 43k (WIP) In the aftermath of the prank, James Potter is at an all time low. He can barely look at Sirius, Remus’s dad is keeping him locked up all summer, and Lily Evans hates him even more than usual. In an effort to get James out of the house, Euphemia signs her son up for a summer Quidditch program with the famous Josef Wronski—seeker for the Grodzisk Goblins and inventor of the Wronski Feint. The last person James expects to see there is Regulus Black. [slow ish burn jegulus fic beginning the summer after the marauders fifth year and continuing through the rest of their years at hogwarts] [not canon compliant (aka everyone won’t die)] (This rec was supposed to be up literally months ago oopsie)

[vaniixiinav]

THE LITTLE WOMEN REFERENCE KILLED ME.

-Just lovers (like we were supposed to be) by zeppazariel

[irlp1rate]

been getting a lot of people thinking you have to choose between jily and jegulus on my feed. ridiculous belief system. i love them both.

[emmawithtwoms]

I finshed Only The Brave and I feel a void in my life that I don’t know how to fill.

That fic made me FEEL THINGS

[maladaptivewriting]

it’s so funny to me that the golden king is, at its core, an exes to lovers fic because i have never liked a single exes to lovers fic ever in my life. it’s my least favorite trope.