#marsmarauders rambles

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this is not a hate post against prongsfoot. i just want to simply explain why i do not ship it. i love prongsfoot shippers, i just personally cannot see it.

like- there are those friendships that feel like family to you. for example, my best friend is literally like my sister. i've known her my whole life. but i would quite literally vomit my guts out if i even thought of dating her.

that's kind of the dynamic i see james and sirius having. james's parents were sirius's parents, and not in the "in-law" way, but in the "this is our second son" kind of way.

it's the same way i can't see romantic starlight or romantic marylily. (at least from lily's perspective).

yes, they definitely flirted with each other (completely jokingly). yes, they 100% loved each other. but i just cannot see them ever thinking of each other in a romantic way. they were brothers.

it just feels incestuous to me ✋😭

(again- NO HATE TO PRONGSFOOT SHIPPERS. YOU DO YOU. I just wanted to state my thoughts on it. i would love to hear why you ship them! maybe you can convert me!)

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here's a headcanon

sirius slips bits and pieces of french into his conversations. like he'll call something magnifique or say oui but his friends don't actually realize he speaks french fully until they overhear him arguing with regulus.

james: bro i thought you were just joking 😭😭😭

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i know we like all decided marlene was blonde at one point...

but hear me out...

marlene with black hair... 🤭🤭

(i do think she was blonde at one point! but i also think that whenever she had a crisis, she dyed her hair!)

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guys chill with the jegulus hate.

it's insane.

go do something better with your life.

i love james and lily and regulus and jily and jegulus and while i don't ship regulily and jegulily, i love people who do.

just calm down.

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so you're telling me we have ship names like...

wolfstar

rosekiller

flowerpot/sunflower

moonwater

prongsfoot

starchaser

...

and then dorlene is just dorlene??

come on guys. let's do better.

(no hate against dorlene. i love them).

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hope ur okay but it's mary remembering little fragments about her childhood and her friends and longing for something... but she doesn't really know what it is.

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having a swiftie sister who believes half of the songs are written about the harry potter series is the best experience ever 10/10 would recommend.

(I've convinced her that the songs are about the marauders tehe)

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I'm not trying to DEFEND the death eaters actions, I'm trying to EXPLAIN them.

The way I write the death eaters (Regulus, Evan, Barty, etc) is because I want them to seem like normal teenagers who begin to evolve into maniacs because they get so caught up in everything. I want Barty to seem chaotic, but slowly devolve into insane. I want Evan to seem risky but slowly devolve into dangerous. I want Regulus to seem insecure and slowly devolve into a coward. (Obviously, he makes the right choice in the end)

But I want them to seem like TEENAGERS.

Obviously, Barty was a bad person. He did awful things. Evan, from all we know, was probably pretty terrible. And Regulus is morally grey, if not bad. But in the time frame I've chosen to write them in, they are still CHILDREN.

Same thing with Peter... obviously he sucked in the end but he was a GOOD KID. THAT'S WHY THE BETRAYAL HURT SO BAD. IT PROBABLY FELT LIKE THAT FOR DORCAS WHEN HER FRIENDS BECAME DEATH EATERS!

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oh my god what if mischief managed actually got produced and made into a fanfilm bro that would be so cool.

don't mind me daydreaming im bored lol.

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hi so I'm very new to tumblr and have followed u for a while and I wanted to ask ur opinion on what symbols do u think portray rosekiller and dorlene well? Coz regulus and Sirius being named after stars make their symbols stars combined with the fact James is a literal sunshine and Remus being a werewolf makes him a moon but what about our unhinged psychos Barty and Evan?? And Marlene and Dorcas?? sorry if this is annoying I'm asking this to quite a few people

OH MY GOSH I LOVE BEING ASKED STUFF OKAY SO.

I'm gonna extend the question a little and answer for some more characters lol.

I love the symbolism in this fandom. We have such beautiful ship names because of it.

Sunflower, Wolfstar, Starchaser, etc etc.

The main five characters that people focus on have a lot of symbolism.

James - Stag, Sun, Chaser.

Sirius - Star, Dog.

Remus - Wolf, Moon.

Lily - Flower, Doe.

Regulus - Star, Water, Seeker.

But what about the rest of the characters?

For Marlene, I typically use the symbolism of a star or a sea, since that is what her name means! I also use a lioness for her, since that's what I think her patronus would be!

Dorcas's name literally translates to gazelle, which is why I sometimes refer to Dorlene as Starzelle! But another thing I typically think of for her are Orcas. One - because it's literally in her name and two - because they often leave their pods if they are not thriving. (Dorcas leaves the skittles because of their differing world views).

Mary's name means love or beloved one. And as someone who headcanons her birthday as being February 14th, I think that love symbolizing her is perfect. Other than that, I also associate pearls with her, because to put it simply - beauty formed under pressure.

When it comes to Pandora, I always think of butterflies or a swan animal wise. Her name means "All-Gifted" which I can't really do much with symbol wise. When it comes to mythology, to sum up who Pandora was "given a jar containing all the evils of the world. she ends up opening the jar, releasing those evils but also leaving behind hope at the bottom." And I also can't do much with that. :/ I also could see her being associated with an amethyst, because they symbolize spiritual insight.

With Barty, his name literally means "honored son" which is really ironic considering his entire personality is hating his dad. A lot of people use "killer" to symbolize him even though the only canon character he killed was his father. (Then again, he was a death eater!) I like to associate snakes and thorns with him though!

I hope that answers your question. If you made it all the way through, I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave your thoughts below! And feel free to ask me ANYTHING. (Pertaining to the guidelines on my account; nothing mean, political, or controversial).

Besides the obvious rose symbolism, Evan can mean "young warrior" or "rock." If I take into account my headcanon where his full name is "Evander" (he and Pandora were both named after mythological figures), Evander was the hero who brought the PANTHEON (the skittles alternative name!!!) to Italy. I also tend to associate him with fire.

Finally, for Peter - he's obviously associated with being a rat, both physically and metaphorically. But his name also means stone, and ask he strays away from the marauders, he becomes "stone-faced". I don't have much for Peter to be quite honest. 😭

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Mars's Marauders - Part 1

Mary Macdonald

(Photos: Pinterest. FC: Malia Baker <3)

(I've been having a pretty big Mary brain rot recently, so I decided to start off with her!)

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Full name: Mary Anne Macdonald

Birthday: February 14th, 1960.

Nationality: 🇬🇧

Place: Manchester

Heritage: 🇨🇴/🇳🇬 (Her father is Colombian, her mother is Nigerian)

House: Gryffindor

Blood Status: Muggle-Born

Patronus: Dolphin

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I think that Mary is one of the sweetest, kindest souls you will ever meet. I think she's the "It Girl" of Hogwarts, but she's one of those popular people who get popular because they're so nice!

I could totally see her being like a cottage-core girlie in a modern day au. She loves long skirts, long dresses, poofy sleeves, bows, but don't be surprised if you catch her lazing around in sweats.

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Songs that remind me of her!: More Than A Women (Bee Gees), The Lucky One (Taylor Swift), and Slipping Through My Fingers (ABBA).

Favorite Artists (Time Accurate): ABBA, Dolly Parton, Gloria Gaynor.

Favorite Artists (Modern AU): Beyoncé, Destiny's Child, Chappell Roan, TWICE, Sabrina Carpenter.

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My Headcanons <3

- Her electives are care of magical creatures and divination.

- She loves women. Women love her.

- She loves to sing. She’ll sing whenever she does her hair and makeup, and Marlene will yell like “Slay queen!” from across the dorm room.

- Her karaoke song is "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.

- She loves picnics with the girls.

- She and Pandora will weave flowers into the other girls' hair.

- She is the motivator of the girls, 100%. She is always ready to make her friends feel like the hottest, baddest in the world. She is always there to listen to the drama and give actually good advice on it, while low-key trashing whoever did them wrong.

- I think she wanted to be a healer, which is specifically why she didn’t join the Order of the Phoenix.

- She loves baking! She always makes her friends' favorite desserts for their birthdays! (She sneaks down to the kitchens and assists the house elves with the baking).

- She’s definitely one of those people who doesn’t go out of her way to work hard, but still gets really good grades.

- If this wasn't already obvious, her favorite color is pink. It just is.

- She is a lovergirl <3

- She loves loves loves to do her friends hair, makeup, nails, styling, whatever.

- She is a girl's girl.

- She loves strawberries.

- Like... to the point where it's a problem.

- Lily and Marlene once made her a strawberry shortcake for her birthday and Mary was so happy that her friends went out of their way to indulge in her interest, that she didn't even notice how sloppy the icing was. (Or how dry the actual cake was).

- She didn't find out she was a witch until she received her letter.

- She loves the movie "Grease".

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Thank you for reading <3 Have a wonderful day/afternoon/night, wherever you are!

(@marylily-my-beloved you asked to be tagged, so here you go!)

(Let me know if you want to be tagged for future parts!)

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dear jegulus haters

lily would not approve of your behavior.

yo mars got bars

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brb gonna write a five mile essay on mary macdonald and her lesbianism

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okay genuine question marauders fandom, do i need to put a disclaimer or like note if i don't write characters the way they are often depicted in fanon? (ie: trans regulus, bisexual or lesbian lily, mixed rosier twins, cassonova remus lupin).

for context: i don't hate or dislike these tropes, (i actually love all of them), they're just not how i personally envision the marauders.

this is not meant to be condescending at all, this is a 100% genuine question.

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"what are you doing?" oh nothing just imagining sirius aggressively trying to explain to his friends when to use the little fork at dinner.

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NEW MARY FANCAST HEAR ME OUT

a strawberry