#slytherin centric

[roseburning]

Hey! I don't think anyone will actually respond, but anyway.

I've been thinking about actually writing (shocker, I know) fanfiction about the 70s in the Wizard World, Slytherin centric.

I find it hard to find consistent work for that time period that are not focused on the marauders. It was not just their "era", it was The Black Sister's Era, it was Regulus Era, it was the Formation of the Death Eaters, it was The First Wizard War. (Personally, I think "Snape's Era" would be the 80s, after Voldemort's first defeat, before Harry turned 11 and he was the youngest professor in Hogwarts' history, but that's story for another post)

I know that there is fanfiction about it, but I think that the raw characterization I got from J.K. while reading the books (I just finished reading, so it's still fresh for me) is very is very different from what I find, because we know so little about these people in canon that most fic authors don't hesitate to fill it with headcanons. I see nothing wrong with that, but it is frustrating-

[thechamberofcanon]

This is a beautiful story about Astoria Malfoy and her son Scorpius! ❤

Father's Legacy, Mother's Love by @midnightstargazer

OUR FIRST WORK FOR THE WHOLE FEST IS HERE! Thanks to MidnightStargazer for starting us off with this piece centering on Astoria Malfoy and the relationship with her son, Scorpius. Snippet and link below!

The middle name belonged to Astoria’s father. She knew he disapproved of Draco just as strongly as Narcissa disapproved of her, so perhaps it was only fitting that they both be represented in the name of the child who, if either of their families had gotten their way, would never have been born at all. In any case, Astoria loved her father, no matter how he felt about her choice of husband.

“Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy. Write that down on the birth certificate.”

A part of her wished she could pass down her own maiden name. The precious, innocent child in her arms had done nothing to deserve the one he was to inherit from his father. But that wasn’t how things worked, and perhaps it was for the better. Astoria could think of nothing quite so satisfying as raising her child to be the sort of person her in-laws would never want to carry their family name.

[norry-yippee]

mlm ships are not to blame for misogyny in the fandom, it you who only sees purpose in Lily as a character when she is with a man, it’s you who won’t read wlw ships even though they are just as complex and well written.

[shadowjinx2906]

!NOT MY ART!

Felt like making a book cover for the ff I’m currently obsessed with while I wait for the next update 😊 (The Sensation of Screaming by itsallinthenamereggie on ao3—def recommend but it is on the heavier side of angst and I’m not sure how canon compliant it will be 🤷‍♀️ Also just realized I may have gotten the “Reggie, did you see?” quote wrong but I’m not sure..)

[t1oui]

i had another fic idea. (bear with me, it's a long one. read it after the cut.)

percy weasley was always the black sheep of the weasley family - the outcast, the nerd, the one who didn't quite click. so when he was sorted into slytherin, not gryffindor, it wasn't really a surprise.

the weasleys couldn't believe it, though, could they? percy was the smart one. the kid arthur and molly could brag about, the older brother fred and george could prank. slytherin was different. slytherin was a statement.

percy loved it.

for once in his life, percy was away from siblings, parents, and expectations. he was going to forge his own path, and they wouldn't have any hand in it - and that's why he was there, wasn't it? his ambitions, bigger than his family could ever imagine.

percy was still a good student, don't get me wrong. he studied hard and got good marks, and he befriended penelope clearwater, a ravenclaw who valued schoolwork even more than he did. percy was still a good student, still analytical and logical, but not nearly as uptight as his family remembered him. his parents watched as he smiled over letters with his new friends the summer after his first year, and the twins were surprised to see how often he laughed the summer after his second. when they joined him for his third year, their first, they couldn't help but grudgingly respect the easygoing, confident manor of the boy at the slytherin table.

by his fifth year, percy was fairly popular in his house. nobody made fun of him for being made prefect; instead, they congratulated him. as percy waited for his youngest brother to get sorted, he sat beside marcus flint, the two of them making small bets on which houses they thought the first years would be placed into.

neither of them put harry potter in slytherin. neither of them knew what to say when the sorting hat announced the boy who lived was a snake, and neither of them said anything as they accepted oliver wood's distant apologetic smile at the outrage of the gryffindors. harry was supposed to be theirs.

but percy knew that silence, that outrage, that surprise. the discomfort that came with expectations not being followed. so, really, waving harry over to sit beside him wasn't a difficult decision.

in harry's second year, as people spread rumors about him being the heir of slytherin, percy and marcus and oliver and penny and even cedric and cho, third and fourth years themselves, were always there to defend him. their youngest ally, their youngest friend, percy's brother. the boy who respected him, looked up to him, when his own family didn't.

ron and ginny were gryffindors, but harry was a slytherin. harry walked the halls with blaise zabini, draco malfoy, and pansy parkinson, but he also walked them with percy weasley and marcus flint.

as percy grew, watching the odd happenings that surrounded his brother, he learned not to assume the best. he never had, really, but now he knew more than ever how dangerous optimism could be. percy did not go straight into the ministry, still riding the high of being head boy. instead, he spent long evenings eating takeout in oliver's dingy london flat and meeting up with penelope and marcus to discuss books. (oliver said he would've joined their book club, really, but with puddlemere, he was far too busy, and none of them faulted him for it.)

when percy was 18, he was surprised to find tickets to the 1994 quidditch world cup in his mailbox, but he agreed to attend with his family. he received two tickets and chose to bring marcus, letting oliver use his second ticket for penelope. when death eaters arrived, the four of them stayed back to help usher people into the forest. they didn't show their faces, and even then, as he shared a look with marcus at the sight of the dark mark above their heads, percy knew what he had to do.

at the triwizard tournament, percy - now an employee of ludo bagman - found himself sitting with harry potter once again, watching him and cedric (who was already much bigger than the last time percy had seen him) compete. he saw the way harry watched cedric and cho at the yule ball and couldn't help smiling, knowing what it was and going to send oliver an owl about it as soon as he could. he's growing up, percy had scrawled, unable to contain his happiness.

when percy weasley was 19 years old, still a mere child, he didn't walk out on his family for the ministry. he didn't make his mother cry, and he didn't call harry potter a liar. he didn't deflect and forge papers for muggleborns, didn't get them to safe houses. when percy weasley was 19, he and marcus hugged oliver and penelope goodbye before leaving to take the mark, hoping that their sacrifice would be enough.

just like he had in his few months with the ministry, percy quickly rose voldemort's ranks. he smiled as he spoke of getting revenge on blood traitors like his own family, and he laughed when voldemort killed muggles before him, and he gained the dark lord's trust like no other. he sat around a table with severus snape and watched as his former head of house studied him, not realizing how similar the two of them really were.

percy did not forge papers or lead those in need to safe houses, but he didn't have to. that was oliver and penny's job, and he knew enough to know that they were doing it well. he couldn't send letters, but he could send a patronus, and when he learned of cho chang joining the order the second she was of age, he sent one offering his congratulations and telling her to stay strong. not like you aren't already, he'd said. she'd come a long way from the excited little girl who annoyed penny with talks of quidditch.

percy celebrated his 21st birthday with marcus flint and a silvery stag, curled up beside him with the promise of a reunion in the near future.

percy weasley was 21 when he arrived at hogwarts for a battle he pretended to be on the wrong side of. he kept his hood up and his mask in place, and he squeezed marcus's hand before he broke off into the crowd. he may have looked like one of the bad guys, and he may have acted like one all his life, but what was percy if not unpredictable?

when he found fred behind a crumbling wall barely separating him from three death eaters, he cast a spell. he didn't stop to see who he'd killed in favor of this boy (not his family, not anymore), and he didn't stop to revel in fred's surprise as his older brother's voice spilled from a death eater's mouth and told him to get to safety.

percy weasley did not slow down. percy weasley did not hesitate. percy weasley killed friends and foe - they were often one in the same, nowadays - and he fought until it wasn't his fight anymore. he fought until it was time for him to stand back, holding up a bleeding marcus as he watched his baby brother, the one with green eyes the same color as his tie, face off against the man he'd been reporting to for months.

percy did not cheer when voldemort fell, instead dropping marcus into oliver's arms and running foward to pull the brother he'd almost lost into a long-awaited hug.

"i'm proud of you," he whispered, and he held harry, let him sob into his shoulder, until aurors arrived and threatened to take anyone with a mark on their forearms. harry stood his ground, ready to defend, but he wasn't surprised to find percy gone. he walked back to blaise and pansy and draco, collapsed into their arms and gave a small smile to ron, the boy who'd given him company during the dark months in grimmauld.

percy weasley was tired, far more exhausted and far more mature than someone his age should've been. as he fell asleep in oliver's flat for the first time in years, squished between oliver and marcus on the couch, hands tangled in penny's hair, he couldn't help but smiling at one thought:

he was a better spy than severus snape. he was a war hero.

~

you can now read part 2, from harry's pov, here!

[olivers-cocoapuffs]

Rosekiller fics (all on ao3)

I’m not gonna teach him how to dance with you by greensenne

Aces up your sleeve by brtyls

Do you want me (or do you not) by graveryavery

I would say I love you (but it’s so hard, I won’t say it at all) by graveryavery

Yeah my boyfriends pretty cool (but not as cool as me) by paintmegrey {technically this is a starchaser fic but it’s got Rosekiller pov chapters}

Annoying by godforsaken_mess

kill your darlings by messermoon

stuck in your teeth by moonwater

like real people do by tsprongs

@roryy-the-male :)

[seriousbrat]

Do you find it difficult to write for Peter? I imagine it's hard to find the right balance in his characterization, especially considering people will be expecting him to be either totally useless and hated by the group or being totally equal and adored. I do think you do it very well though, he seems pretty realistic and in character imo

Ooh thank you so much for saying so! I really love this question.

The answer is sort of, sometimes! Honestly I don't find his voice difficult at all, I really enjoy writing him, but what I think can be a struggle with Peter is that he isn't a character that (initially) moves the plot along, compared to the others. He follows his friends, he trails behind, he's generally a passive character, so it's hard to give him active things to do within a story. I understand why people have a hard time knowing what to do with him, and either make him exit stage left during most scenes or just kind of eternally hover in the background lol. I know I've done that myself, and honestly, even though I think it was okay in part 2, it's part 3 where his arc really started to come together for me.

I'm obviously talking about the Hogwarts years here, since post-Hogwarts he has a pretty clear arc-- so during the Hogwarts years, it's all about setting up that arc, building up his motivations and foreshadowing his eventual betrayal. The way I see it he's already starting to do things that are basically small-scale versions of the betrayal, but because these actions are so minor they go completely unnoticed by the rest.

In my fic the first major turning point for Peter is during a Death Eater attack in their sixth year, when he turns into a rat and escapes, abandoning his friends who he knows are desperately trying to find him. This is never revealed to the rest of them, and Peter is at this early stage developing a habit of running from conflict and lying to his friends. During his seventh year he feels isolated from his friends and starts spending more time on his own as a rat, even failing to show up for his NEWT and lying about it later-- and in many ways that avoidance of real life is more comfortable for him. Obviously, the most extreme version of avoiding real-life consequences in this way is when he frames Sirius and then spends 12 years living as a rat.

He's terrified-- of losing his friends, of rejection, of failure, of the war-- and yet his fear is shameful to him, because cowardice is considered shameful by the in-group (Sirius and James) so he can't admit it to anyone or really face up to it. Instead he avoids it until it's too late, and then he avoids it some more by turning traitor and then by framing Sirius, then by running to Voldemort, etc etc until his death. It's almost like he's constantly in survival mode and always looking for a way out, while finding himself in situations that he feels are beyond his control but are really a result of his own avoidance.

Personally I did struggle a bit thinking of ways for Peter to move the story along or specific plot points for him during the Hogwarts years, basically ways to make him relevant, but overall I knew he was going to start unraveling early on. Peter's arc is initially very internal, nobody is ever aware of what's truly going on with him so unlike others it's difficult to tie his arc to the main plot-- but at the same time he's very observant, so he's a good vehicle through which to view other characters. He is constantly taking in information and thinking hard about that information, more than anyone else realises, which makes him a very good spy.

It can be difficult to find a balance with Peter though! As you mentioned, his standing in the group is tricky to get right, because it's somewhere between an idyllic, equal friendship and total rejection. They care about him, he is a member of their group, but they can also be disparaging, and they have no idea what's going on with him internally. They aren't consciously overlooking him, but he gets overlooked all the same. I don't think this kind of dynamic is that uncommon in real life tbh.

[scarsofstars]

My first fanfic ever (at least that one that i actually posted) is out!!

It’s a canon divergence au that loosely follows the fifth Harry Potter Book, starring Draco Malfoy!!

Summary:

When Voldemort wants Draco to become a Death Eater, Draco and his parents try everything in their power to prevent that outcome. Running away seems to be the only option to them. Seemingly successful, they ache to hide themselves in a safe house in muggle London, but things don't go as they should have.

Follow Draco's (not so) great Fifth school year, containing certain oddities, including, but not limited to, bumbling and meddling old fools, pranks on a certain toad, and a few new friendships and family bonds blooming in the wake of destruction.

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I’ll try to post updates every week or so (don’t have concrete plans yet as i’m starting my last school year at the end of august) but i’ll try to be consistent and othesrwise post about any delays

[yantao-enthusiast]

dorlene will always be famous to me because just think about it!!!! imagine this tiny firecracker punk butch and this absolute slytherin GODDESS of a woman who dresses like a model and a deadly rbf like WHAT IF THEY KISSED WHAT IF THEY KISSED IDK IDK

[leeu16337]

Chapters: 3/9 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Regulus Black/James Potter, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Aang & Toph Beifong & Katara & Sokka & Suki & Zuko, Toph Beifong & The Gaang, Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. & Pandora Lovegood & Dorcas Meadowes & Evan Rosier, Regulus Black & Sirius Black, Regulus Black & Kreacher, Regulus Black & Sirius Black & Bellatrix Lestrange & Narcissa Malfoy & Andromeda Tonks, Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier, Mary Macdonald & Marlene McKinnon & Dorcas Meadowes & Lily Evans Potter, Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans Potter, Pandora Lovegood/Xenophilius Lovegood, Regulus Black & Luna Lovegood Characters: Regulus Black, Toph Beifong, Pandora Lovegood, Katara (Avatar), Barty Crouch Jr., Zuko (Avatar), Evan Rosier, Sokka (Avatar), Dorcas Meadowes, Suki (Avatar), Lily Evans Potter, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Andromeda Black Tonks, Black Family (Harry Potter) Additional Tags: Regulus Black is Toph Beifong, Earthbender Regulus Black, Regulus Black Lives, Regulus Black Needs a Hug, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, Regulus Black-centric, Regulus Black is a Little Shit, BAMF Regulus Black, Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship, Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst, Chaotic Regulus Black, Good Regulus Black, Waterbender Pandora Lovegood, Regulus Black & Pandora Lovegood Friendship, Pandora Lovegood Lives, Pandora Lovegood is a Malfoy, Lily Evans Potter & Severus Snape Friendship, Firebender Barty Crouch Jr., Firebender Lily Evans, Waterbender Severus Snape, Evan Rosier is a Little Shit, Severus Snape is a Little Shit, BAMF Dorcas Meadowes, Dorcas Meadowes is a Little Shit, the slytherin skittles are all little shits, Crack, Crack Crossover, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - Avatar & Benders Setting, just no avatar, Fluff and Angst, Pandora Lovegood is a little shit, Regulus Black & Severus Snape Friendship, Marauders Era (Harry Potter), Disabled Regulus Black, Blind Regulus Black, Animagus Regulus Black, animagus slytherin skittles + lily & sev, ALOT of references to ATLA Series: Part 1 of "Contrary to popular belief; I do, in fact, have a life outside of this fucking house, Sirius." - Regulus Arcturus Black, Slytherin Prefect, circa 1977 Summary:

There are three things most know before they ever meet the youngest of Blacks.

One: Regulus Arcturus Black is blind.

Two: Regulus Arcturus Black is capable.

Three: everyone is, to some measure, afraid of Regulus Arcturus Black.

Or: Toph Beifong’s soul is now inhabiting a body called Regulus Arcturus Black. The British Wizarding World weeps.

[idlyfretting]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott, Daphne Greengrass, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Dolores Umbridge, Neville Longbottom Additional Tags: Hogwarts Fifth Year, Harry Potter is So Done, Anger, Slytherin Harry Potter, Not Canon Compliant - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry gets re-sorted into Slytherin, but that's not the plot, Smart Harry Potter, Harry is a Little Shit

Summary:

“Longbottom is a worthless excuse for a wizard. He’s not even a proper Gryffindor, if there even is such a thing.” Malfoy glanced across the table at Crabbe and Goyle. “What kind of lion runs away from a snake?” The two boys and Parkinson laughed mockingly.

Harry had been content to just leave, feeling more irritated with the others than any actual anger. But as he was standing up, he caught sight of Umbridge sitting at the head table fairly close to the Slytherins, giggling into her napkin in obvious mirth.

Yeah, fuck that.

or

After being re-sorted into Slytherin at the beginning of fifth year, Harry has finally had enough of Malfoy. But instead of letting his anger take hold in a very Gryffindor way, he lets his inner snake out to play.

[strangerwheelerthings]

I know Hogwarts Houses are not the thing to do anymore, but I came across someone who called Nancy Wheeler a Slytherin, and my brain wouldn't rest until I figured out what she would actually be.

It's not that Slytherin wouldn't be a logical choice in some ways. Nancy certainly has a strong desire to prove herself and plenty of ambition. However, those things are not what drive her, what motivate her.

Nancy would think that she's a Ravenclaw. She highly values truth and knowledge, but it's a means to an end for her. It's not the end goal itself. Knowledge is important to her because of what it gives her, the power and ability to act, and to make a difference.

She is highly like Hermione in this way, but therein lies my reasoning for ultimately choosing Gryffindor. Nancy, for all her intelligence, can be the most reckless, dunderheaded ball of loyalty and courage in the world. She can be a straight-up battering ram when rules she usually respects get in her way. Her motivation ultimately ends up being centered on justice and protectiveness.

Her ambition comes from a desire to be someone who can make a difference in the world; who can be seen for who she actually is, but also just because she cares. She wants to help people, and she'll use any means she can think of to do so (legal or not, lol)

[filthy-mudeoki]

Always mine

She had known from the start that it was not true love. Yet, she had married him anyway. Perhaps this was the fates punishing her - a lesson learned, wisdom gained and all that shit... so maybe that accounts for the cheating spouse (soon to be ex), the meddling in-laws, and a new magical bond to content with. But that new fluttering craziness with her heart every time she sees him? It’s not wholly new but in a way it is now that everything is changing.

Either way, her life is a little (a lot) of a mess right now. She can’t help but think the fates are enjoying this a little too much.

Or

Ron and Hermione’s marriage comes to a startling and shattering end but her sassy, snarky lovely Slytherin’s don’t dare let her wallow in misery. They gently (and not so gently) help her heal and put back together her life, as a new bond is fighting to make itself known.

Read in AO3

[lady-rhaesnow]

Always mine

She had known from the start that it was not true love. Yet, she had married him anyway. Perhaps this was the fates punishing her - a lesson learned, wisdom gained and all that shit... so maybe that accounts for the cheating spouse (soon to be ex), the meddling in-laws, and a new magical bond to content with. But that new fluttering craziness with her heart every time she sees him? It’s not wholly new but in a way it is now that everything is changing.

Either way, her life is a little (a lot) of a mess right now. She can’t help but think the fates are enjoying this a little too much.

Or

Ron and Hermione’s marriage comes to a startling and shattering end but her sassy, snarky lovely Slytherin’s don’t dare let her wallow in misery. They gently (and not so gently) help her heal and put back together her life, as a new bond is fighting to make itself known.

Read on AO3

[midnightstargazer]

Since I'm apparently in the mood to share my Marauders Era headcanons lately, let me introduce you to my version Evan Rosier.

He gets his Dark Mark at seventeen, before leaving school, completely by choice. He's a total bigot who 100% believes in the cause and an absolutely brutal fighter.

He's a bit of a Crabbe & Goyle type, more follower than leader, not especially cunning or ambitious. Much more competent than Crabbe and Goyle, though.

He was a childhood playmate of the Black brothers, but his friendship with Sirius fell apart when they started school. He and Regulus remain close friends up until Reg's death.

Around people he sees as his equals, Evan is actually a really nice person. Very charming, thoughtful, and friendly. But towards anyone but those few people, he's capable of incredible cruelty. He's one of the people Sirius was thinking of when he said, "look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

He got kicked out of the Slug Club for calling Lily a mudblood right in front of Slughorn.

He starts dating Barty Crouch Jr. in his seventh year, Barty's sixth, and they stay together until his death. It's not sweet or cute. They bring out the worst in each other and enable each other's most unpleasant tendencies.

When Regulus starts to have doubts, but before learning about the Horcrux, Evan is one of the few people he confides in. Evan is having the time of his life as a Death Eater and dismisses Regulus's concerns.

Evan is one of the most ruthless and dangerous Death Eaters in Voldemort's army. He fights mostly via brute force, not strategy, but he's a very powerful wizard and has no hesitations about killing his opponents.

His best Unforgivable is Avada Kedavra. (Regulus's is Imperio. Barty's is Crucio. Isn't it lovely how they each have their own unique skills to bring to the table? XD)

During their school days, he got along better with the Marauders than most of the Slytherins, which is admittedly a low bar. In fact, while he considered Remus a filthy half-blood and Sirius a great disappointment, he was almost friendly with Peter Pettigrew. Do you see where this is going?

He decided early on that he would rather die than go to Azkaban. When he finds himself fighting Moody and realizes there's no way he's going to win, he refuses to surrender and fights to the death

[iurissi]

hey! i wrote this series, im currently still adding too. (all the published works in it are complete.) the first two are basically general platonic barty and james interaction and stuff

the third tho is very pre-killerchaser

all are writen in barty's pov. so if your looking for barty centric fics then these are for you!