#regulus black and kreacher

[futurequibblerjournalist]

So I'm researching house elf names and it's noted that in canon Kreacher is the only house elf without a name ending in "y" and a reason for that is possibly that he was never actually named but that the Black family just called him Creature when calling for him and I just jvnfjbngj. I made it worse for myself too cause now I'm picturing Regulus being the reason it's spelled Kreacher instead of Creature because he was the first one to write it down but he didn't know how to spell it properly

[doodlemcjazzhands]

"I know I will be long dead before you read this..."

[curiouslymyown]

Regulus Black with his slutty waist and army of house elves against the world

[theblackstar04]

regulus kreacher friendship but it's the skittles finding out

dorcas: you know, you always talk about this kreacher guy but none of us have met him

regulus: oh yeah that's cause he's an elf

literally all of them: ...

regulus: ...

evan: you've called him your best friend multiple times

dorcas: you called him your only friend before us

barty: and he's been your house elf this entire time

pandora: i think it's sweet, but i'm so glad you have us

regulus: what's wrong with him being my best friend??

[reyrey-art]

🦆🐤🐤🐤

[moutainrusing]

Sirius: Here’s the plan. We wait for Kreacher to leave the cake to cool on the counter. Then I’ll call him on the landline in order to draw him out of the kitchen. While he’s out, you grab the cake. Understood?

Regulus, walking up to Kreacher:

Regulus: Please could I have the cake, Kreacher?

Kreacher: Of course! Thank you for asking nicely.

Regulus, passing the cake to Sirius: Here you go.

[loonyloopylupin96]

Prompt: House Elf (Jan 26th) | @moonwater-microfic | Words: 596

"Have you asked him about K yet?"

Remus kept his attention on the book in front of him. Two more inches and he'd finish his essay. Provide six reasons for the 1763 Goblin Rebellion in-

"Mo-oony," Sirius sang.

With a sigh, Remus raised his eyes. "Can't this wait?"

"No," he answered, moving Remus' parchment aside and sprawling across the coffee table. "The goblins died years ago, their history isn't going to change."

Lips tightening, Remus sat back in his chair. They stared at each other for a moment before he answered, "No, I haven't asked him who he's been writing to."

"Why not?"

"Because if this is going to work out, I can't be creeping over his every correspondence-"

At that moment, a messy set of black hair appeared over the back of the seat. "Who's creeping over who?"

"Sirius won't tell me who Reg's been writing to, and thinks I should ask."

Sirius sighed dramatically. "I'm just saying that if it was my boyfriend-"

"That would be weird-" Remus offered.

"You'd be carrying on the family tradition-" added James.

"I'd be sick-" spoke Pete, taking a seat.

Sirius fixed each of them with a glare in turn.

"No. I'd want to know."

Remus looked between them, before sighing. "Fine. If you think it's necessary…"

And with that, he headed out of the portrait hole.

"But… you already know, don't you?" James asked in a hushed undertone.

Sirius nodded. "Yeah, but believe me… I can't explain it well enough. This has got to come from Regulus."

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Peter, James and Sirius were in the Great Hall when Remus rejoined them later.

They dropped their conversation as he sat down, waiting in a pointed silence.

James broke it first.

"Well? What's the verdict?"

Remus shook his head, reaching for some lamb.

"Did he tell you?" Sirius asked, not trying to keep the curiosity from his face.

Remus ignored him, at first, but he fixed his stare on him as he bit harshly into a stick of carrot.

"He told me."

"And?"

"What did he tell you?" Peter asked, "Who is it?"

Remus sat, breathing with forced regularity. "Do you want to tell them, or shall I?"

"Oh no, the floor's all yours mate," Sirius responded, bearing an amused grin.

"Well… he cancelled our date-" Remus' eyes flickered briefly to Sirius as they often did when he spoke of his relationship, "-to write a return letter to… his house elf."

Stunned silence met his words. Well, excluding Sirius' raucous laughter.

"He- what?" James asked, perplexed.

Remus' cheeks had pinked slightly.

"He was writing to his house elf. He'd promised he would and… well, he did."

"Wait. So he skipped seeing you to write to a- Wow. Well, no offence mate-" he directed this at Sirius, "-but your brother is fucking nuts."

No one made the obvious joke, and Remus was silently grateful.

"So why are your cheeks so red?" Peter asked, confounded. It only served to make Remus blush harder.

"Because," Sirius answered for him, "He thinks it's sweet. Reg probably said some cute shit about how he gets off on looking after lesser beings and our Moony here forgot he's a human worthy of being loved by a normal person for 29 days a month - give or take - and probably fucking melted."

"Close enough." The four of them turned to see Regulus walking between the two tables, towards Remus.

"Ugh," Sirius grumbled, "I'm going. Don't start 'til I've gone."

Regulus merely flipped him off, leaning down towards his boyfriend with a coy smile on his face.

[deswhomst]

Canon Regulus was not this evil person you all make him out to be and I am tired of the Regulus-hate

First of all, Regulus Black is not a character we have an in-depth explanation of but he isn’t completely unknown to us, either. However, a lot of his canon self and motivations are up for interpretation and you are free to your own assumptions as long as you remember that at the end of the day, they are just your assumptions and not concrete facts and someone else is well within their right to have a different idea. 

What we know about him is that he was the youngest Black, and after Sirius was disowned, he became the heir. Unlike Sirius, Regulus was obedient and he believed in the pure blood ideologies. He wanted to join Voldemort and talked about it for years. Seeing as he joined the Death Eaters at 16, it would mean he was extremely young when he formed that ambition. 

From Deathly Hallows, Kreacher’s Tale —

"Master Sirius ran away, good riddance, for he was a bad boy and broke my Mistress's heart with his lawless ways. But Master Regulus had proper order; he knew what was due to the name of Black and the dignity of his pure blood. For years he talked of the Dark Lord, who was going to bring the wizards out of hiding to rule the Muggles and the Muggle-borns... and when he was sixteen years old, Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord. So proud, so proud, so happy to serve ...”

Over here, Kreacher mentions Regulus’ will to join Voldemort but nowhere does it say that Regulus was going on about wanting to murder innocent people—his intention, from what we are told, was to live out of hiding and rule over the muggles and muggle-borns, not execute them. And it’s not an insanely crazy idea because if you’re forced to hide who you are, and if you’re fed the fact that muggles drove you into hiding, then you’re probably going to want to get back on top. 

And now this quote from Sirius in Order of the Phoenix states that many people (including his parents) supported Voldemort’s rule before he showed his true colors: 

'Were - were your parents Death Eaters as well?'

'No, no, but believe me, they thought Voldemort had the right idea, they were all for the purification of the wizarding race, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having pure-bloods in charge. They weren't alone, either, there were quite a few people, before Voldemort showed his true colours, who thought he had the right idea about things... they got cold feet when they saw what he was prepared to do to get power, though. But I bet my parents thought Regulus was a right little hero for joining up at first.'

It’s just to say, if grown ass adults were naive enough to get swept away with Voldemort’s influence, a boy years younger than 16 could not have known better. Not to mention Regulus was quite literally described as an idiot by Sirius himself. 

'Because I hated the whole lot of them: my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically royal... my idiot brother, soft enough to believe them... that's him.'

So now my main point is actually yet to be said. For now, I have given evidence from the books that support my interpretation of Regulus and your interpretation may wary but you cannot sit there and tell me I’m wrong for the way I see it. Regulus’ death is what’s the most defining part of his character, and the most annoying take yall haters have is that he simply died because Voldemort hurt his “property”. That’s such a shallow take I’m sorry it says more about you than me when you bring up that argument. 

This is how Regulus was described after he find out about the Horcrux. Strange, worried, disturbed, unlike himself. Not angry or spiteful. Not evil or vengeful. 

"Master Regulus was very worried, very worried," croaked Kreacher. "Master Regulus told Kreacher to stay hidden and not to leave the house. And then ... it was a little while later ... Master Regulus came to find Kreacher in his cupboard one night, and Master Regulus was strange, not as he usually was, disturbed in his mind, Kreacher could tell ... and he asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the cave where Kreacher had gone with the Dark Lord..."

And proof that he didn’t view Kreacher as his property but rather as a friend: 

"And he made you drink the poison?" said Harry, disgusted.

But Kreacher shook his head and wept. Hermione's hands leapt to her mouth: She seemed to have understood something.

"M-Master Regulus took from his pocket a locket like the one the Dark Lord had," said Kreacher, tears pouring down either side of his snoutlike nose. "And he told Kreacher to take it and, when the basin was empty, to switch the lockets ..."

Kreacher's sobs came in great rasps now; Harry had to concentrate hard to understand him. "And he order-Kreacher to leave without him. And he told Kreacher—to go home—and never to tell my Mistress-what he had done— but to destroy —the first locket. And he drank —all the potion-and Kreacher swapped the lockets— and watched ... as Master Regulus ... was dragged beneath the water ... and... "

Like, he could have made Kreacher drink it—Harry certainly assumed that he had, but he didn’t. He knew he was going to die, and Kreacher told him about the potion, so he willingly chose to hurt himself more before dying a horribly painful death. 

And now, THIS is Harry and Hermione’s interpretation—that Regulus did change his mind. It’s from the canon books and it wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t true, since the haters care so much about canon. This is literally how Regulus’ sacrifice was described, by Hermione.

"Harry, Kreacher doesn't think like that," said Hermione, wiping her eyes on the back of her hand. "He's a slave; house-elves are used to bad, even brutal treatment; what Voldemort did to Kreacher wasn't that far out of the common way. What do wizard wars mean to an elf like Kreacher? He's loyal to people who are kind to him, and Mrs. Black must have been, and Regulus certainly was, so he served them willingly and parroted their beliefs. I know what you're going to say," she went on as Harry began to protest, "that Regulus changed his mind ... but he doesn't seem to have explained that to Kreacher, does he? And I think I know why. Kreacher and Regulus's family were all safest if they kept to the old pure-blood line. Regulus was trying to protect them all."

This is literally how it’s described in the books. He was trying to protect them all even if no one ever knew what he did. Even if the world had an awful image of him and forgot all about him. 

He was 18 years old when he died. Fresh out of school. And, listen—he was plenty privileged. On paper, he had everything. Money, talent, looks, status, plus Voldemort was very much in power and he was a DE so he was on the stronger side of the war as well. He chose to give that all up and sacrifice his entire life, and that doesn’t just happen for no reason. He couldn’t have left the Death Eaters anyways. We are told more than once that you cannot leave the DEs, it’s a death sentence, and Regulus could not continue being one so he literally left the only way he could—by dying.

'Was he killed by an Auror?' Harry asked tentatively.

'Oh, no,' said Sirius. 'No, he was murdered by Voldemort. Or on Voldemort's orders, more likely; I doubt Regulus was ever important enough to be killed by Voldemort in person. From what I found out after he died, he got in so far, then panicked about what he was being asked to do and tried to back out. Well, you don't just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It's a lifetime of service or death.'

See, now if you say that he didn’t change his mind, that’s fine—there’s no concrete evidence that he did but ALSO, there is no concrete evidence that he didn’t. There are multiple ways to perceive a character we don’t have too much information on but my interpretation doesn’t violate canon so you cannot tell me that Regulus Black was evil or bad. He was morally grey at worst in my opinion and I have all the supporting text in the post. 

I read the books when I was 14 (in 2017), and I was not in any fandom space. I don’t know what things were like back then but I loved Regulus as a character from the moment I read his backstory. I acknowledge that he was a Death Eater and he willingly joined them but I also see the fact that he was a child who was surrounded by people who pushed him in that direction. Sirius being loud and rebellious probably made Regulus more quiet and obedient just to oppose him, or maybe seeing his parents’ reaction.

Also, Sirius had a lot of good influence to help his already rebellious personality but Regulus had no outside experience past the Slytherin dungeons and the pureblood society. Siblings often react differently to their parents in general, also the heir and the spare thing probably comes into work here as well but that’s a conversation for another time. Just like I do not blame Sirius for doing what he needed to, I do not blame Regulus either.

(I also strongly believe that Regulus was suicidal but that’s also a conversation for another time.)

Ultimately, I do not see Regulus as a hero or a villain but as a tragedy. It shows how people on both sides of war suffer and no one is safe or a winner in those situations. Reducing his character to “an evil Death Eater” is so weird to me, when you could explore the complexity of it all. Anyways, canon Regulus is my favorite character and I actually prefer him over fanon Regulus so I don’t need anyone to tell me I should read the books or liking him makes me evil or awful.

While we’re at it, I think it’s so unfair to lump him into the same category as Peter, Barty, Bellatrix, or Petunia, etc.. like WDYM how can I like Regulus and not Petunia? One was a 18 year old who killed himself and the other abused her dead sister’s son?? Those people are evil and Regulus is morally grey. There is a difference, and I am allowed to love him while hating others.

(All the canon quotes are from Deathly Hallows, Kreacher’s Tale or Order of the Phoenix, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black)

[i-need-of-a-hobby]

this is an actual quote from the goblet of fire, hermione is pissed because of how crouch sr. treats/fires winky:

“Yes,” said Hermione in a heated voice, “he sacked her, just because she hadn’t stayed in her tent and let herself get trampled—” “Hermione, will you give it a rest with the elf!” said Ron. Sirius shook his head and said, “She’s got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron.  If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

he was talking about regulus. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT REGULUS.

[murderoushagthesequel]

au where everything stays exactly the same until sirius' rant to the golden trio about how much he hates his family, his brother included, and kreacher gets fed up and just hands him a photo of james and regulus kissing and walks away

[sweetnnaivete]

the black brothers.

sirius:

walburga’s favorite, until he was sorted into gryffindor. he encapsulated the traits of a true gryffindor: fiercely loyal, incredibly brave, prideful to a fault, and prone to changes in temper, much like walburga herself (who was almost a gryffindor, but she fought against it and ended up the perfect slytherin pupil). above all else, the trait that made sirius stand out was his deeply caring nature. while all his friends were more preoccupied with themselves than with others (self-obsessed james, selfish peter, and self-conscious remus), sirius truly believed in helping others, as he did with regulus, with harry, and so on.

he always had a deep connection and understanding for his little brother, having practically raised the boy, and he saw regulus in everyone younger than him. when he left home, he thought about bringing regulus, but he knew that was selfish. it was regulus’s turn to grow up. and perhaps that was cruel, but he was raised by walburga. tough love was his upbringing, and he knew of nothing else until he found his friends, a different kind of love – warm, unrelenting, gentle. the type of love he’d always given but never received. regulus had to find it for himself, and he wouldn’t find it in his creepy little friends.

sirius was no casanova, but he was cool, mixing bourgeois wizard style with working class muggle style and growing his hair out like a rockstar. it was as effortless as it looked, and authentic to his personality as well. all the girls loved him, but often only platonically. it was clear he was in love with james, and remus was in love with him. truth be told, sirius dismissed remus at first, for being too quiet and boring. but he realized his mistake soon. he became fascinated with the mysterious boy, and he was the one who discovered that he was a werewolf. it was only later in life that they truly fell in love, and the road to come to that realization was treacherous and full of regret. the three great loves of his life were james, remus, and, surprisingly, lily. lily and sirius were like siblings, and although they only really got along in their twenties, they became each others’ support systems.

sirius got many tattoos, but his favorites were a stag’s antlers, a lily flower, the phases of the moon, and the crown of a prince.

regulus:

cold, harsh, sinister – orion’s copy. maybe that’s why walburga was always scared of the little boy that hung around dark corners with the house elf, because in all other aspects he was the perfect son. he pursued his studies religiously, going above and beyond the level expected for his age, always feeling an attraction to powerful dark magic. unlike his predecessors, he wasn’t talented socially, and couldn’t make friends for the life of him – a thing the rest of his family relied on to uphold their status in society. it was a wonder barty crouch’s boy took a liking to the child, otherwise he would’ve gone to hogwarts without a single ally, and that could’ve been even more detrimental to the black family legacy than a gryffindor son. barty crouch jr brought a bit of humanity into the cold husk of a boy, and there would always be a part of regulus that loved barty.

but the only one he had always loved was sirius. his older brother was the only person who had ever tried to understand him, instead of dismissing him as an enigma. sirius saw the softness, the awkwardness, not just his morbid nature. when he left, regulus waited like a princess in a tower for him to return and rescue him, but he never did. it got into his head: what had regulus done that was so terrible that his own brother hated him? he stopped talking, stopped eating, stopped caring about his academics, and walburga’s wrath toward him worsened. when he got the dark mark, something he’d always wanted, it felt wrong to him. he was no longer interested in the dark arts, and he had never been very interested in the cause. he missed being loved.

he found himself becoming friends with kreacher again, as he was in childhood, before walburga forbid him. she couldn’t control him anymore; he was her only heir, and he was working alongside the most dangerous wizard alive. he knew he was a threat. kreacher and him understood each other, and regulus vowed to protect the elf from harm. so, naturally, when he discovered what voldemort had done to kreacher, he knew it had to be amended.

his last acts of life were those of devotion and love, and his last thought was of sirius.

[theprettieststarfr]

The first time I read the Harry Potter books I was 7, and so I read them in Russian. Despite the HORRIBLY translated edition that I read (Maria Spivak), where Hagrid is Ogrid and Madam Hooch is Madam Samogoni, which directly translates to "Madam Moonshine".

But some names were unchanged, like Harry and James and Sirius etc, but what I wanna talk about is Regulus. He was still Regulus Arcturus Black.

Р.А.Б., read "R-A-B", same as in English.

The thing is, if not for the fullstops, it would be an another word that exists in Russian - раб, directly translating to "slave".

And I laughed at this when I was young, at the pun that this made. But now that I think about it, it makes sense

Regulus was sort of a slave in the Black household. In terms of ideals and beliefs that his parents imposed. He got sorted into Slytherin, he became a death eater, he obeyed his parents and in the words of Sirius was "a better son than him". Regulus also defended Kreacher from Voldemort, and Kreacher was also, essentially, a slave in the household.

So yeah, just something to think about

[maladaptivedaydr3amer]

POV: the Slytherin skittles asking Regulus who’s his bestfriend

R: None of you.

P: Why none of us?!

B: Yeah!

R:well, Barty annoys the ever living shit out of me.

B: Hey!

R: Pandora is psycho who likes to torture me for fun

P: Your over exaggerating!

R: well Evan, Evan is just too much of stoner for my taste to be honest

E: fair

R: and Dorcas likes women to much

D: so just because I think women are wonderful you don’t think I’m worthy of being you bestfriend??

R: yes.

B: then who is your bestfriend? James?!

R: no not him, he’s a prat and annoying

P: well doesn’t that prat happen to be your boyfriend

R: yes well

B: then who is it?!!

R: you know what, Kreacher is my bestfriend. Now all of you bugger off!

He walks away.

B: who the hell is Kreacher?!!!

Sirius coming out of nowhere

S: Kreacher is the black family house elf. Lmao

[regulusunset]

walburga black was not a good mother. but she was a mother. when regulus disappears from home one day and doesn't return, she doesn't want to look at the family tapestry. but oh, she knows it deep down. she knows that under her son's name it will read ‘deceased’. it doesn’t matter that she didn't know how to love her own children; at the end of the day, even a woman like walburga felt the desolation of loss in the blood rooted in her veins and in her bones.

[acertifiedwitch]

Regulus was Sirius‘ favorite cousin.

[danaris112]

Regulus and Kreacher's friendship will never not be special to me