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whisperingn1ghts · 5 months ago
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Toxic Yuri.... Save me
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uniquepoetrygardener · 4 months ago
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@marauders-rarepair-fics //prompt: pool (July 16) // ship: Bellatrix x Lily //word count: 814 // cw: murder (it's off screen, but still)
Lily swings her legs in the pool. She can't see her feet properly; it's too dark outside despite the fact that it's the middle of July. She thinks about going to swim. Doesn't have the energy right now.
She feels it when she approaches. Bellatrix is quiet on her feet, but Lily is anticipating her, and so she notices it when Bellatrix appears. She makes her way over to Lily and sits down next to her like she does most nights. They sit in silence for a bit, the only sounds being their feet moving in the water.
"Why are you always here? It's the middle of the night," Lily finally has the courage to ask. They don't talk all that often, but Lily does love to hear Bellatrix's voice. Truth to be told, Bellatrix used to terrify her. She's still off-putting, to say the least, but by now Lily has stopped caring. At least she likes to think she has.
"I could ask the same from you," Bellatrix replies. Lily doesn't think she cares one way or another, but now that she's made the decision, she figures it would do no harm to just spit it out. Never mind that Bellatrix is practically a stranger to her, no matter how strangely connected to her Lily feels. If Lily says it out loud, maybe she'll be convinced it's real.
It's just Bellatrix, Lily can tell her. Sure, Bellatrix is scary and beautiful and there's something so off about her that should probably make warning bells blare inside her head. Sometimes she looks at Lily like she would like to eat her. Like she would like nothing more than to drink her blood and  chew on her flesh. Again, Lily thinks it should make her more unnerved than it does.
Sometimes Lily thinks she feels her presence during the day, even though they never see each other outside of these late nights at the pool. She might notice a shock of black hair in the corner of her eye, but every time she looks closer, it goes away.
"My husband is cheating on me," Lily tells her. They've been in this hotel for a month, but she has seen the glances James throws Sirius' brother's way when he thinks she isn't looking. She wasn't sure about it before today, but then she heard them, and now there's no doubt about it. Lily didn't exactly think that their marriage was going well, but at least she didn't cheat because of it.
"That sucks?" Bellatrix replies, seemingly a bit confused as to why that has anything to do with being in the pool. Still, even in the dim light, Lily can see something flicker across Bellatrix eyes, gone too soon for her to be able to decipher the meaning of. "You're going to leave him, right?"
"Yeah. Tomorrow, I think."
"Want me to murder him for you?" Bellatrix jokes. Or, well, Lily hopes she's joking, but she can't be a hundred percent sure that Bellatrix wouldn't do it. She has to remind herself that she doesn't actually know Bellatrix all that well. For some reason, Lily wouldn't put murder past her. That, once again, should be alarming in itself, but Lily can't seem to be anything but helplessly attracted to Bellatrix, not anymore. Maybe a small part of her wants her to do it, to kill someone for her. She buries the thought, ashamed of herself.
"I don't think that'll be necessary." Lily looks away. Desperate to change the topic, Lily glances at Bellatrix. "Wanna swim with me?" she looks up beneath her lashes. If James can fuck other people, then Lily might as well flirt a little.
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The following night, Lily gets to the pool later than she usually does. Bellatrix is already there, sitting on the side of the pool like they always do. Something in the air has Lily feeling uncertain. Her gut tells her to turn away and go, the way it has not done since the first time she met Bellatrix.
She ignores the unsavory feeling in her stomach and starts going to Bellatrix. She'd been trying to find James the whole evening, planning to finally confront him. She was looking for him well into the night, and when she still had no idea where James was, she decided to just come here instead.
It's always Lily who's here first. Now, she walks towards Bellatrix, intending to tell her why she's so late. Before Lily can make it more than five steps forward, though, she's stopped short by what she sees. Her breath catches in her throat. Bellatrix turns to look at her, a manic grin on her lips, which confirms that what Lily sees floating in the water is definitely Bellatrix's doing.
Because there, right in the middle of the pool, is James' bleeding body, the water around him colored a deep, stark crimson.
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pixiedustandpetrichor · 1 year ago
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for @sapphicmicrofics prompt: full moon
ship: Bellalily
ao3
The full moon hangs at the edge of the ocean, giving Lily just enough light to see as she scales the prison wall, wand between her teeth. At her side her patronus dances, the proud lioness, warding off the dementors that swarm the island.
See, the ministry is so worried about keeping people in that they don’t bother much with keeping them out.
She reaches the window.
Bellatrix lies sprawled across her narrow cot, striped with slivers of moonlight, looking every inch a fallen queen. Her smile is a shard, slicing across her lips in a mimicry of happiness.
“I thought I sensed your magic.” Her voice is dry and crackly; all autumn leaves.
“You think I’d let you rot here?”
Bella shrugs, but there’s a hint of relief in her silver gaze.
Lily draws runes on the wall with a careful, steady hand, not letting her patronus waver. There’s a tiny ledge here, and her toes grip it like a lifeline. She pushes her magic through the runes.
The wall shatters.
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torturedpoetskywalker · 1 year ago
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HP Sapphic Microfics 2023
You love her so much that there's nothing she could do to make you stop loving her, not even betraying for the wrong side of the War. - Bellatrix Black/Lily Evans
wc: 153 | ao3 | hp sapphic microfics (@sapphicmicrofics): day 10, "It was worth it" | fandom: harry potter | rating: teen and up | tags: femslash, past relationship, exes, heavy angst, hurt no comfort, sad ending, betrayal, pov second person, pov lily evans, bellatrix black dies, minor james potter/lily evans, first wizard war with voldemort
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Moodboard of Lily x Bellatrix.
Requested by: anon.
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lolo-gay · 5 months ago
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One random day in the Great Hall
Bellatrix : The Noble House of Black will always be on top !
Remus : *spits out his pumpkin juice and starts laughing uncontrollably*
Sirius : *blush furiously while trying to get Remus to shut up bc everyone is looking at them*
James : *trying for his deer life (and failing) to understand what's so funny*
Lily : *smirks* *just smirks*
Pomfrey : I KNEW IT ! MY BOY'S THE TOP ! HA ! I TOLD YOU MINERVA ! MY BOY'S THE DOM !
Minnie : *gives her 5 galleons while looking visibly frustrated and glaring at Sirius*
Remus : *laughs even harder if it's possible*
Regulus : *trying to forget the horrible traumatic images that are forming in his head and silently crying*
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not-rab · 5 months ago
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u know how narcissa doesn’t have a star-related name like the rest of the blacks
what if her middle name began with an e
so her initials would spell out neb like the nebula
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ihatehomework · 8 months ago
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yall i miss jily😭😭😭 not like its gone but like the marauders used to be so happy sunshine gryffindor vibes. but also i feel like we collectively all forget how much james potter HATED slytherin. idk i also think that yes death eaters were humans BUT they also killed so many people like are we forgetting that barty crouch jr literally tortured alice and frank longbottom he is at fault for neville growing up without his parents😭 i genuinely think that people forget that evan, barty etc. actually killed people and killed people who were probably friends with the marauders. ik that everyone deserves a second chance but seriously???? do you actually think that the rosiers were good people and didn't hate and discriminate against muggleborns??? NOT EVERYONE HAS A TRAGIC BACKSTORY IDK SOME OF THEM ARE JUST EVIL. the way everyone defends evan rosier (love his character but i have beef with the way he gets away with being a death eater later on) but snape, who i absolutely detest, hate and think should have died earlier, who also actually did something that was not evil in his lifetime, is the most hated marauders character like????? and the black sisters???? yes love a complex female character but are we seriously trying to redeem bellatrix? do we not remember WHAT SHE SCARED ON HERMIONE LIKE WHAT. and love the newer marauders fandom but everyones so emo and depressed this is supposed to be FUN. also the characters feel so ooc. everytime i see casanova remus lupin im like 'huh thats supposed to be sirius and james???' love remus but my boy aint rizzing anyone up hes a shy af introvert. and jegulus is so cute but remember that james is #no.1slytherinhater and he was absolutely smitten with lily evans FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. REMEMBER WHEN JILY WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE MARAUDERS? like they ate fr. this became a whole ass paragraph damn i did not know i had so much to say about this. i can lowkey already sniff the comments or thoughts saying 'oh let us have our fun its just a story' im not stopping you this is just my opinion. 'oh none of this is actually proven' please give me a break😭🙏 like most of the source material goes against the fandoms perception of the marauders. 'fuck jkr we'll do what we want' youve basically just made 10 million ocs and give them names of characters like im eating up all the marauders content but genuinely can we go back to the happier times??
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pandoras-boxs-world · 6 months ago
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Pandora "fell first" Rosier and Lily "fell harder" Evans.
Alice "fell first" Fortescue and Narcissa "fell harder" Black.
Marlene "fell first." Mckinnon and Dorcas "fell harder, " Meadows.
Rita "fell first" Skeeter and Bellatrix "fell harder" Black.
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cressthebest · 6 months ago
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i kinda thought everyone was exaggerating with the statement that the women/sapphic ships in the marauders fandom are ignored. and like, i just thought it was a lack of content, not lack of liking it. but i have noticed at stark difference between the interaction i get on my jegulus posts vs my sapphic posts. like, it’s almost quadrupled for jegulus
absolutely zero hate towards jegulus, i’m a huge fan of them. that’s 90% of my blog. this is just a post about how i wish the women were talked about more
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themoonknowsxxx · 1 month ago
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okay right. why do we as a fandom hate on walburga so much and ignore orion? like he was a parent too???? I think it’s basic misogyny honestly 😔
personally though, I do headcannon walburga as a lesbian and I feel like she was a bit like bellatrix when she was younger.
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bartyssimp-riley-16 · 1 month ago
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Marauders as book tropes~
S/N : my opinionn~
some have more than 1 trope :)
Remus - second chance
Sirius - opposites attract
james - enemies to lovers
peter - unrequited love
mary - mistaken identity
pandora - love at first sight
lily - marriage pact
marlene - bet
dorcas - blind date
alice - altar diplomacy/ office romance
barty - nobody thinks it would work/star crossed lovers
severus - soft boy x dom girl/ afraid to commit
frank - not good enough for her
regulus - forced proximity / love triangle
evan - academic rivals
andromeda - emotional scars/ lovers in denial
ted tonks - golden retriever boy x black cat girl
narcissa black - sunshine x grumpy
lucius malfoy - if i cant have you, no one will
xenophilius - in love with a bridesmaid / love potion
bellatrix - age gap
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sobbingstars · 4 months ago
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MARAUDERS SHIPS THAT DONT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION!!!
Dorlene (Dorcas Meadows x Marlene McKinnon) (I love that they’re gaining popularity)
Marily or Marylily (Mary Macdonald x Lily Evans) (I need more fics of them co-parenting with Jegulus PLEASE)
Quillkiller (Rita Skeeter x Bellatrix Lestrange) (so funny to me that the marauders fandom saw the lying reporter lady and the psychotic killer cousin of Sirius black and said “hmmm… they would make a sick wlw couple” and they were right)
Nobleflower (Alice Fortescue x Narcissa Black) (I also think it’s really funny that we took Neville’s mother who was meantally wrecked and paired her with her abusers (???) sister)
hmmmm… funny how they’re all wlw….
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pixiedustandpetrichor · 2 years ago
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for the @sapphicmarauding prompt, I am the shape you made me. Filth teaches filth.
Pairing: Bellalily
Word count: 250
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“We did not raise you this way.” Cygnus spat, his jaw clenching with the effort to remain calm. “If you continue down this path, you will become a traitor, nothing more than the filth you consort with.”
Bellatrix only smiled, hard and bitter.
"You didn’t raise me? I am the shape you made me. Filth teaches filth."
Cygnus rose to stand, abandoning any semblance of civility.
“You are my daughter.”
“In blood, yes.” Bellatrix stood as well, meeting her father’s eyes with her own— perfect twins.
“Bellatrix.” Cygnus gritted his teeth and forced out his last resort. “Please.”
“If you had only cared when I needed you.” She answered, almost wistfully, thinking of the scared young child shaped into the monster she was now. “Goodbye.”
“Bellatrix!” He yelled, but she had already tossed powder onto the fire, stepped into the green flames and away.
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Lily sat perched on the sofa in their flat, and she jumped up to catch Bellatrix as she stumbled out of the fire.
“How did it go?”
Bellatrix hesitated, leaning into her lover's arms.
“I’m free.” She said finally. It was a bittersweet ache in her heart.
“What’s next?” Lily asked, bright green eyes and the edges of a smile.
“I’m going to marry you, Lily Josephine Evans.” Bellatrix said, feeling the other woman’s faint gasp. “And I’m going to save Cissy.”
She would never be that little girl again, but she wasn’t the monster either. Something in between, new and dark and gold.
Something clean.
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torturedpoetskywalker · 2 years ago
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Femslash February 2023
"You like me, but you love him and that's okay. I don't love you if that's what you're afraid of." - Lily Evans/Bellatrix Black
wc: 477 | ao3 | femslash february: day 5 | hp shipuary (@hpshipuary): day 5, Bellatrix Black Lestrange | hp saffics femslash bingo (@hpsaffics): angst, canon divergence, marauders era character(s), hogwarts era | femslash february prompts (@rollisicarisi): 016, discuss
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hollowed-theory-hall · 1 day ago
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hello! i was wondering whether or not you can envision someone as better suited for tom/voldemort since i remember you saying neither harry nor hermione would be a match — them being the most popular two characters shipped with tom. and on that note, what do you think about bellatrix and voldemort? pro/against?
i tend to get a bit blindsided by the sheer obsession she has for him, honestly. i mean… i feel like she would be willing to shape herself down to the last atom to what appeals to him, if he ever were to show any true interest, and that’s very… sad.
Hello 👋
Thank you for the ask and as with all ship asks, ship what you ship, these are just my subjective opinions.
Now, what I said about Tomarrymort is that I don't think they would realistically get together and have a functioning relationship, I didn't say it wasn't fun. Like, I love Tomarrymort, but only if the relationship is a messy push and pull that makes everyone (both involved and uninvolved) miserable.
Now, as for Bellamort...
Do I think they had sex at some point in canon? Maybe. Like, that's not the most absurd thing about CC for me, so I consider it plausible.
Do I think Voldemort actually likes Bella romantically? Not really.
Do I think their relationship works like an actual equal functional relationship? Not one bit.
Do I think their relationship is entertaining and interesting? I mean, clearly, many people do, but I don't like Bellamort.
Like, it really doesn't interest me. There's a reason I only like Tomarrymort when there's a push and pull and Harry and Tom are portrayed as the equals they are. Like, I don't like Tomarrymort where Harry is completely submissive to Voldemort and Bellamort for the same reason — these aren't the kind of relationships that make Tom interesting.
I like both Tom and Bellatrix a lot as individuals, but I don't think a romantic and/or sexual relationship between them pushes their characters to interesting places. They are both stagnate in this relationship and, for me personally, that just doesn't interest me.
Like, Bellatrix is completely submissive to Voldemort nodding her head excitedly and panting after him: "Yes my lord! Whatever you say, my lord!" And this is not the type of dynamic that'd push either character towards growth. They don't push each other into a character arc, which is what I usually like my ships to do.
Additionally, this dynamic basically means Voldemort always gets what he wants, and Bellatrix is happy with it, as you said, she'd shape herself for his every whim. This isn't a relationship between equals. It's a relationship where she worships him and he doesn't respect her or care about her as a person. Like, at all.
The dynamic we see from them in the books gave me the impression Voldemort cares about Bellatrix. He doesn't want her to be hurt or to die:
Bellatrix’s gloating smile froze, her eyes began to bulge: For the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed.
(DH)
But he cares about her like how you care about your favorite pet. He relished in giving her orders and having her submit completely:
“Master, I am sorry, I knew not, I was fighting the Animagus Black!” sobbed Bellatrix, flinging herself down at Voldemort’s feet as he paced slowly nearer. “Master, you should know —” “Be quiet, Bella,” said Voldemort dangerously. “I shall deal with you in a moment. Do you think I have entered the Ministry of Magic to hear your sniveling apologies?” “But Master — he is here — he is below —” Voldemort paid no attention.
(OotP)
He doesn't actually care about her being hurt if it's not too bad, he doesn't care about her feelings or apologies, especially not when Harry is right in front of him — his obsession, his one failure. Bellatrix takes a backseat, basically always. He doesn't care about her all that much. He cares and respects her like a loyal dog, not like a person he has a relationship with.
He also relished in humiliating and embarrassing her. He likes making fun of her in ways Bella clearly does not enjoy, which isn't something you'd do to someone you love:
“I’m talking about your niece, Bellatrix. And your, Lucius and Narcissa. She has just married the werewolf, Remus Lupin. You must be so proud.” There was an eruption of jeering laughter from around the table. Many leaned forward to exchange gleeful looks, a few thumped the table with their fists. The great snake, disliking the disturbance, opened its mouth and hissed angrily, but the Death Eaters did not hear it, so jubilant where that at Bellatrix and the Malfoys’ humiliation. Bellatrix’s face, so recently flushed with happiness, had turned an ugly, blotchy red.
(DH)
she's desperate to please him, to tell him everything she thinks he wants to hear and she happily lets him treat her like fucking dirt. I don't find a relationship like that compelling, as I said, Voldemort would never change for Bellatrix and Bellatrix honestly deserves better than this. He even lets other Death Eaters jeer and laugh at her, this is not a romantic relationship.
Like even if he had sex with her, it was purely physical as he just doesn't care about her as a person like this. As more than a faithful servant (which he enjoys making fun of, as he does so for many of them).
And he is unwilling to show her real, unintentional weakness or ask her for help:
“My Lord, let me—” “I do not require assistance,” said Voldemort coldly, and though he could not see it, Harry pictured Bellatrix withdrawing a helpful hand.
(DH)
He does trust her with one of his Horcrux as the cup is kept in her vault and she seems to know what it is:
“Be quiet! The situation is graver than you can possibly imagine, Cissy! We have a very serious problem!” She stood, panting slightly, looking down at the sword, examining its hilt. Then she turned to look at the silent prisoners. “If it is indeed Potter, he must not be harmed,” she muttered, more to herself than to the others. “The Dark Lord wishes to dispose of Potter himself. . . . But if he finds out . . . I must . . . I must know. . . .”
(DH)
He trusts her loyalty, and she is one of his preferred Death Eaters (he doesn't hate her like he does Wormtail, Tom appreciates courage and loyalty, which are both traits Bellatrix possesses) but he clearly doesn't trust her with his backstory in the first war:
“Shut your mouth!” Bellatrix shrieked. “You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood’s tongue, you dare —” “Did you know he’s a half-blood too?” said Harry recklessly. Hermione gave a little moan in his ear. “Voldemort? Yeah, his mother was a witch but his dad was a Muggle — or has he been telling you lot he’s pureblood?” “STUPEF —” “NO!” A jet of red light had shot from the end of Bellatrix Lestrange’s wand, but Malfoy had deflected it. His spell caused hers to hit the shelf a foot to the left of Harry and several of the glass orbs there shattered. [...] “He dared — he dares —” shrieked Bellatrix incoherently. “— He stands there — filthy half-blood —”
(OotP)
She doesn't really know who Voldemort is. She worships the persona of Voldemort. She loves his lies and masks. She doesn't actually know Tom Riddle. And I don't think she could accept and love the real Tom Riddle behind the title of Voldemort — the poor but brilliant nerdy half-blood who craves recognition. She would find him pathetic.
It's basically Hinny, isn't it?
She adores his persona and fame and what people think he is without actually knowing or understanding him. She changes her personality to fit what she thinks his girl needs to be because she is so focused on being with him. And He likes that she doesn't get in his way and lets him do and say whatever without crying about it but doesn't care about her or her feelings nearly as much as people think.
Bellamort is just Hinny with a different skin, and I never liked Hinny.
Like Hinny, they don't know or understand each other, and it's clear Bella and Ginny care about Voldemort and Harry more than the boys care about them. Like, yes, Harry would be devastated if Ginny died, but he'd get over it way faster than he did about Sirius. Same for Voldemort, he cares about Bella, but not as an equal he understands and cares for the feelings of. Voldemort got over Bella's death fairly quickly as well, he's way more focused on Harry.
So, with all of this, who do I think is the best pairing for Voldemort?
If we're talking about canon characters who are actually characters in the books? Then Harry is my top choice. Harry is the only one Voldemort would see as an equal and can actually push and change Voldemort as much as Voldemort changes him. There is no other character in canon, I believe, who would be able to do this to the level Harry could. Their dynamic is just so mutually obsessive and tense that a relationship like that can't not change both of them in a myriad of interesting ways.
Though, I was thinking about it, and Severus/Voldemort have potential. Voldemort clearly respects Sev and his opinions more than the average Death Eater:
Snape did not speak. “Perhaps you already know it? You are a clever man, after all, Severus. You have been a good and faithful servant, and I regret what must happen.” “My Lord—”
(DH)
He cares about him and regrets having to kill him:
Harry saw Snape’s face losing the little color it had left; it whitened as his black eyes widened, as the snake’s fangs pierced his neck, as he failed to push the enchanted cage off himself, as his knees gave way and he fell to the floor. “I regret it,” said Voldemort coldly
(DH)
Voldy is willing to forgive Sev for things he'd kill most for. They have so much shared experience (poor, muggle childhood in incredibly abusive environments) that would allow them to understand each other. They probably both get frustrated over pureblood idiocy. Both are intelligent and share many interests, like they're both magic nerds who'd talk all night about magical theory...
So, I think, under the right circumstances, Severus is a pretty good pairing for Voldemort.
The only real downside is that depending on when they get together, they'd push each other to be more extremist and overall worse. Like, they'd push each other to have less empathy for other people if they get together, say, during the first war. Well, it might not be a downside. It really depends on how you look at it.
If they get together in the second war, it's different, and in my opinion, more compelling and interesting for both of them. Like, pairing them up after Voldemort's return and after Sev already turned traitor opens so many interesting avenues. I mean, Sev was someone Voldemort actually regretted killing, that was remorse there, wasn't it? It means Severus could push Voldemort to change in a way Bellatrix doesn't. Because Voldemort respects Snape in a way he doesn't respect Bella. I mean, think about how many times Voldemort shut Bella down when she kept insisting Snape is a traitor — it's clear he values Snape more than he values her.
If we're also looking at side characters we don't know as much about, then we have some more options.
@iamnmbr3 has convinced me that Alphard Black/Tom Riddle is an option, and I have been very compelled by it. We don't know much about Alphard, but that never really stopped me because what we do know is interesting.
We know he is Sirius' uncle. He was born after Walburga but before Cygnus, probably closer in age to Walburga. So, I headcanon he was born in 1927 and was in the same year as Tom Riddle.
We know Alphard was a Slytherin since Sirius mentions all his family was in Slytherin, which would include his uncle. And we know Alphard was burned off the family tapestry when he gave Sirius money when Sirius ran away from home.
This leaves us with a character, who's cunning, capable of listening to his older sister Walburga go off about whatever without making the fight worse but has a spine to stand up to her bullshit when it's actually important. This gives him the right characteristics to be able to wrangle a character arc out of a romance with a younger Tom Riddle (and perhaps the older one, too).
He's a pureblood who's open-minded enough to support Sirius and not hate muggleborns (probably). He likely has the subtlety necessary to fix Tom without Tom feeling like he's being fixed. Alphard, used to his very eventful family, is an expert in dealing with dramatic people (like his siblings) and how to undercut their drama instead of pushing them further into their position (which is what Harry would do, for example. Harry and Tom would keep pushing at each other while someone like Alphard would be able to just remove the heat from the argument and allow it to not get as extreme).
Again, it's not much to go on, but it has so much potential.
(Also, @iamnmbr3 has this post about how Voldemort’s violence became worse in 1979, which happens to be the same year Alphard Black died, and while I don't agree with all the points made there, I find it to be a super fun concept)
Voldemort/Lily also has potential. She's smart, stubborn, academically inclined, and has the right rough edges to have the kind of push-and-pull dynamic with Voldemort that I like with Tomarrymort. Lily is probably the kind of witch Voldemort could grow to respect as well. I don't think he would've agreed to spare her for Snape if he didn't respect both of them. JKR also said he tried to recruit James and Lily, so, he was aware that she was talented.
I think, though, Lily/Voldemort would be slightly better than Harry/Voldemort in some aspects. Lily isn't as hot-headed as Harry. Lily's anger is usually much colder, which I feel would work better with Tom just because she wouldn't push all his buttons (just most of them). She would still push him into a character arc, but it would be a gentler nudge than if Harry did it.
My only real rule when shipping Tommy Boy is that he can't be shipped with someone mediocre, he'll just steamroll over them completely, and that's not as fun, in my opinion. He needs a partner he can grow to respect and see as an equal (or close to it) and that has the spine to stand up to him, otherwise, he'd just keep getting what he wants, and I think that's the opposite of what Voldemort needs in a relationship.
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