#pandora and rosekiller are also factors in this for

[crescenthistory]

my favourite canon fix it is a jegulily/past nobleflower/current narcissa/alice concept where cissa defects when she learns of the prophecy (can’t let her ex and her lover die, can she?) and helps a select few of the order capture bellatrix safely on a rogue mission, so lily can pose as her with polyjuice potion and learn of the exact plans of the murder of the longbottoms and the potters — and get regulus back

[aidyaiden]

I saw ur post abt marauders. I joined the fandom like 5 months ago and am very deep already. (Also- side note- BYLER! I need them to be canon!) 

So I thought i’d give you some insight. I hope this is not too overwhelming. 

So, I started from Wolfstar, ran into a couple of tiktok, learnt fan casts of the main five (marauders and Lily) and picked up some headcanons (which says a lot about the fandoms perception of a character)

a lot of ppl will say to read the long fics (such as ATYD) but that’s totally up to you. I still haven’t read those cause I can’t read long fics. 

I read a lot of one shots, sometimes factoring in character tags on ao3, so I could see a little more of different characters. 

Oh and I found fanart of the big group (including the slytherins) helpful. Once I could identify everyone from fanart alone just by scrolling through tumblr I felt like i’d achieved something (since all the characters look very different to canon. Eg, they’re not all white anymore- thank god). 

So you start with Marauders (James, Sirius, Remus, Peter). Then there’s Lily, Mary, Marlene in Gryffindor. 

Then an extension of that is Dorcas, Pandora, Barty and Evan in Slytherin with Regulus (Sirius’ brother). Although sometimes Dorcas and Pandora are in different houses but usually that friend group. 

Then there’s more depth but I won’t overwhelm you too much (there’s a massive part of the fandom just dedicated to Black family lore tbh)

oh and learning to identify ship names is another whole thing. 

Wolfstar (Remus and Sirius), Prongsfoot (James and Sirius), Sunseeker/Starchaser (James and Regulus), Moonwater (Remus and Regulus), Moonflower (Remus and Lily), Nobleflower (Alice and Narcissa), Rosekiller (Barty and Evan), Quillkiller (Bellatrix and Rita Skeeter). 

Oh and I have to add Dorlene (Dorcas and Marlene) who I don’t think have a ship name like that but I love them so yeah. 

And obviously you don’t have to go as deep as Rita and Bella- they’re a bit of a push to be considered marauders fandom anyway. And you can ship whoever you like. Or not ship anyone if you prefer- these can be used platonically. 

Basically I have no idea what level of Marauders knowledge you already have, but i’d say tumblr headcanons help a lot and don’t be afraid to ask questions cause most ppl in the fandom are lovely and happy to explain :) 

OMG THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

for now i think i'll just have to know the characters an recognize them etc because rn i only know sirius and remus from the HP movies (and i heard a bit about regulus, james and lily i think)

and so i wanted to ask you who are some good marauders fan artists? or just blogs? :')

yeah i'll just. try to scroll on the marauders tumblr a bit every day until they get in my brain

(and yes byler canon in s5!!! 😼)

[jamesisthesun]

marauders band aus are GREAT, yes. but has ANYONE thought about a marauders band au ONE DIRECTION’S VERSION?? LIKE???

okay so it’s literally just 1D but with the marauders, they go to the x-factor all that, shitty management, hiatus, all of it.

and reg of course would also be famous probably like an actor, BUT evan and barty are lawyers (it’ll be important later trust me.)

so they decide to switch management, but it’s this whole legal process (james and reg are dating at this point) and who’s their lawyers who win the case?? EVAN AND BARTY. they go on hiatus after winning it (or in the middle of it to keep it off the media)

so they re-record their music, make new music take it all on their own pace, release some solo music/projects. LIKE??

dorcas is a fashion designer and their stylist, marlene is a model, lily is remus best friend and becomes an author, mary is a famous singer, emmeline and pandora are actresses (maybe).

i started writing it but im only 300 words in into the first chapter and i feel like everything i write is cringey☹️

i’ll probably post little bits on here for some feedback!! i won’t be posting any chapters on ao3 tho, not until i have more written. (im still working on my pandalily fic tho!!) and i also have a canon compliant (idk yet) in progress (im not even done with the first chapter💀)

i’m thinking of including the following ships: jegulus (ofc<33), wolfstar, pandalily, emmary, peterbenjy, dorlene, and rosekiller!!’