#poly!bartylus hc

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CARINAAAA 2K????? CONGRATSSSSSS

could i ask you to analyse bartylus with... potter!reader? 👀😳

THANK YOUUUUUUUU tihi<333 and of course you can lovely!

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i will ANALYSE poly!bartylus with potter!reader

carina's 2k celebration

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cw: fem!reader, references to black brothers trauma

this is james and sirius' best dream and worst nightmare handed to them on a platter

james' sibling dating regulus is literally something they have been dreaming, scheming and plotting of for years – "this is our chance to become brothers in law sirius!!!"

james' sibling dating barty crouch junior, batshit barty, the weird guy with the hair and the piercings and the tongue and the– please god no

"bubs please don't do this to me"

"i am not doing anything to you jamie, i'm just eating breakfast with my boyfriends"

"yeah, jamie, she's just eating breakfast with her boyfriends"

queue james and sirius having a joint seizure

though, i do think james eventually comes around, fuelled by that potter love and family loyalty, and he drags sirius with him into acceptance by the ear

while they might still grumble and sirius most definitely fakes throwing up at least once a day, they don't protest to barty going everywhere with them

(because barty is the only part of this they have a problem with)

(mcgonagall considers this karmic justice as she watches it all unfold in the great hall every day)

as for the couple itself, i think potter!reader and poly!bartylus would be a surprisingly healthy love story, despite the inevitable chaotic conception

firstly, the potter love is strong in reader and for you to shower them both in it would be a truly healing endeavor

the slytherin skittles have a lot of love to go around between them, but there is something about that brighter-than-the-sun, devoted, blinding, all-encompassing potter love that i think would just burn right through them and trigger every healing process

(much to both boys' initial fear and confusion)

secondly, the chaotic energy of someone who has grown up with james and been raised by effie and monty is the only one that can possibly match barty's unhingedness and adhd bursts

a potter!reader would also be rather grounded in a way that would help regulus keep barty managed – because that's an all-hands on deck type of situation

the dynamic in this trio would thus be rather balanced; equal parts fun, love and safety

not to mention that a potter!reader would be able to keep up with regulus and barty's verbal sparring – both regulus' jargon and academic debate-style and barty's snide comments and silly jokes

there are so many backgrounds for their dynamic that would make sense to me, so it's quite fun to play around with

i can see reader being affectionate to regulus because of sirius and him either being really fond of it or really adverse to it

depending on how resentful he is towards sirius and james at the time and how heavily he's clinging onto denial

either he's noticing her and feeling a warmth he can't quite explain OR he feels pitied or misunderstood and tries to run away at the sight of her

in the former case, barty would not want to be spending time with a potter voluntarily and tries to fight regulus on it until he meets you and becomes infatuated himself

in the latter case, barty would pick up on regulus' hesitance immediately (because he spends most of his time studying reg anyways)

and thus, both in a genuine attempt at helping him face reality and because he thinks it's hilarious, barty would be the one to seek out potter!reader when he's with regulus

thinking it will be a friendship for laughs but then oh. oh no. she's captivating.

alternatively, i can also see potter!reader seeing barty running around the castle being an absolute menace and going "that one. i want him."

(queue james pulling out his hair and marlene being concerned but still cackling loudly at the situation)

(because marlene would be a quasi-sister to potter!reader)

barty might at first lean into your attention and be like "haha this is going to mess with (james) potter so badly"

and then not even two minutes into talking with you he goes "fuck. it's going to mess with me"

it gives you and opportunity to get to know regulus outside of the whole situation with sirius and james and allows you to see him in a new light

when you're with barty and meet regulus, he's not somebody's traumatised little brother, he's the sarcastic and witty best friend – and that would do something to you

either way, bartylus have been in love for years on end without ever truly realising or acknowledging it

it's when potter!reader gets involved (in whatever way) that they understand "oh we're not just best friends, we're Best Friends, we're let's-spend-our-lives-together friends, which really is not friends at all"

(someone is bound to make comparisons between bartylus' and prongsfoot's belated realisations, and regulus will have to be held back from biting that person's head off)

the dynamic just works

chaotic but so passionately loyal

and we all know poly!bartylus would just be obsessed with her

mhm yeah i enjoy this. good food.

[noblehouseofgay]

My updated ship rankings

(These are my opinions, if you don't fuck with them you can just scroll. It's fine. I promise you'll survive)

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1. Jegulus (meant to be. Endgame. Best friends brother. Enemies to lovers. Black cat golden retriever. Quidditch rivals. Jock and nerd. Sun and the star. What's not to love??)

2. Rosekiller (They're psychos but they're each others psychos)

3. Wolfstar (no explanation needed)

4. Dorlene (academic a n d quidditch rivals. Number one Sapphic ship fr)

5. Pandalily (They're just so sweet. I didn't expect to like them sm but here we are. Both girls deserve the best)

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

6. Marylily (for awhile it was hard to choose between pandalily and marylily, but pandalily won. Marylily is such a close second to it tho)

7. Bartylus (I think they're exes or friends with benefits. Like they tried to get together but they both knew it's not what they wanted)

8. Moonwater (They're besties. They fake flirt to make sirius and James jealous but they don't actually like each other like that. I think they both wish they did bc it would be easier but it's just not like that)

9. Marypandalily (when in doubt? All 3 together!! This is one of the few poly ships I like)

10. Nobleflower (I don't know much about them but I love narcissa so I'm here for it)

11. Quillkiller (no bc Bella and Rita are chaotic fucking exes I have no doubt in my mind)

12. Prongstail (maybe? It was definitely when they were younger and it was probably unrequited)

13. Pandora and xeno (I'm genuinely neutral on this tbh. As long as panda is happy I'm happy)

14. Darksun (I think this would be another case of trying to make someone jealous- cough cough Evan and reg)

15. Dorlily (I just love dorlene too much)

16. Marylene (same as the last one💔)

17. Pandora and reg (there's definitely nothing like that going on between them but I think 1 people definitely think there is and 2 panda would beard for reg for safety purposes)

18. Prongsfoot (They're brothers. Like. I jus5 think them not being romantic has a deeper connection to it. Not everything has to be romantic yk)

19. Jily (someone's gonna be mad at this. Oops. 1 I hc Lily as lesbian for the most part. 2 I just- I don't get it. Not my thing. I think it's kinda heteronormative and it's just not my thing. I'll stick with jegulus and pandalily tyvm)

20. Pandora and sybil (lowkey interesting. I barely hear about it but like I don't hate the idea. If nothing else they'd be friends]

21. Jegulily (in no universe would regulus be willing to share james like that no way. Hes a possessive little shit)

22. Regulily (he's gay. She's gay.)

23. Anything with snape (do I need to explain??)

24. Literal incest (I don't want to acknowledge it but I think I need to. People apparently ship reg and sirius. And people ship other black family members together. So. Yeah. Pls stay tf away from me??)

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(Ik I missed a lot but there is n o way i can cram every single pairing into this. Plus there's a lot of ships I just don't necessarily care about. This was just ones I have solid ish opinions on)

[arianwyn-art]

okay here’s my opinion on marauders ships DO NOT COME AFTER ME FOR THIS THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS

mlm / poly containing men / non-women loving men

starting with jegulus- okay i love jegulus. like so much. I had a hard time liking it at first bc I think my idea of james was a very canon compliant jily atyd (love atyd though) version but i’ve matured and i love jeguluss

wolfstar - wolfstar is my everything okay. they feel safe and secure and homey. there are certain versions i don’t like but my version is amazing i don’t take criticism

rosekiller - pls i love them so much they’re my current obsession and we absolutely need more esp exploring evan’s characterization

bartylus - it’s okay but in my mind it’s always bartylus —> rosekiller + jegulus

prongsfoot (james x sirius) - okay i like the idea of them figuring out they were queer w each other but as more than that nah

jegulily - yes yes oml yes the only thing i don’t like is i hc reg being gay so me personally i think it’s more like reg and lily are more platonic / very close but not fully romantic

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💌 = fluff I 📭 = angst I 📬 = hurt/comfort I 📜 = smut I 🪧 = humour

𖤐 the slytherin skittles

includes: barty, evan, regulus, dorcas, pandora (& narcissa)

headcanons

☆ the holy bible of crescenthistory canon for the slytherin skittles (individually & together)

☆ how would the skittles react to you walking into a party looking smashing? (suggestive)

☆ barty as the best man at reg x reader’s wedding

platonic!skittles x reader

(2.2k) are we friends? (📬: as a new transfer to hogwarts, you can’t quite see what’s right in front of you)

poly!bartylus

(8.8k) You Too, Silly (💌📬: your two best friends become official and you believe that means your perceived tension with them both was imagined; it wasn't)

(2k) Double Assurance (📬: barty shuts down, so you and reg remind him of how loved he is)

hc: bartylus x potter!reader

narcissa black

☆ introduction to narcissa headcanons

(1.6k) Just Us (💌📬: secret relationship, a cozy afternoon together at the end of your time at hogwarts)