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Whenever sirius leaves a room full of people claiming he needs 'alone time' he always takes James with him. When someone points out it's not exactly alone time if somebody is with him, he looks at them like they have no idea what they're talking about, because of course his alone includes James, why wouldn't it?

bloodonthetracks93

"my idiot brother, soft enough to believe them" has got to be the most misunderstood line in all of HP. sirius says this about regulus in the tapestry scene in OOTP when sirius is giving harry a tour of his family tree, and i see it cited so frequently as evidence that sirius didn't actually hate regulus. and it just drives me NUTS because "soft" in this context doesn't mean "sensitive." in colloquial british english, it means "stupid." sirius calls regulus an idiot about five different ways in this passage ("stupid idiot, he joined the death eaters" is an all-timer line) and he does not mean that regulus was a helpless baby boy who couldn't tell right from wrong.

sirius is an incredibly principled character. he lived and died for his friends, and for the causes he believed in. do you really mean to tell me that sirius wouldn't have hated regulus for joining the violent fascist hate group that targeted his friends and ultimately killed lily and james, orphaning harry? he breaks out of AZKABAN to avenge james.

i frequently see "but regulus was forced/coerced/groomed" to join the death eaters, and to that i say...so was sirius! they grew up in the same environment and they were both indoctrinated in hateful ideas. at 16, he gives up all the comfort and stability in the world because he can't bear to be associated with the blacks anymore. sirius saw regulus' choice to stay a black and join the death eaters - and it was a choice, no matter how young he was - as a moral failing. and frankly, we all should.

can there still be complexity in this relationship and in regulus' characterization? yes, of course. but regulus' complexity should not come at the cost of sirius' defining characteristic: his loyalty, his commitment to doing what's right. sirius hated every single thing that regulus stood for, because joining a violent hate group with a clear genocidal mission is not an accident.

sorenphelps

weighted blanket

Sleepy boys to celebrate my fancy new mattress.

Some links & tags: my gym bro AU tag; @goldenlionprince's first & second ficlet, @diamondmeadow, @lovelymasks & @thistlecatfics!

gobarbie

as a harry potter fan i feel like i should know the entire storyline of the marauders. and i do. mostly. but all of the side characters are so confusing and each time i see a video or edit of a side character on tiktok?? i get so confused. like. somebody, please explain who everybody is to me and their personalities, cause i’d like to make some edits :)

retvenkos

ohmygod,,,, i have been called.

alright, so i’m going to break down some canon info and some loosely based fanon info, but if you want my thoughts on the matter, i’d check out this post where i just go off about all of the marauder characters.

tw for assault, and mentions of death

mary macdonald:

canon: there’s not much to say about mary in canon - she was mentioned to have been assaulted by mulciber sometime in her school years. we’re not sure what curse was used, although there is evidence that it was the imperious curse. it’s also implied that she was in gryffindor because she was in gryffindor tower after the assault (which severus snape thought was “for laughs”. another reason to dislike him, if you want)

fanon: a lot of people headcanon mary as being muggle born or at least half because she was assaulted my mulciber - most likely for her blood status. a lot of people headcanon her as being gryffindor. it’s also really common for people to make her friends with lily, marlene, dorcas (and sometimes alice?), and so they often like to make her the same age as lily and co. even though that isn’t explicit. as for vibes, i usually see people as making her sweet but with strong opinions. she knows how to hold her own, but she’s a soft gryffindor, if that makes sense. as for looks, it varies wildly - a lot of people have her as a white, blue-eyed, blonde girl, but others like to make her a poc - i’ve seen a lot more latina!mary than others, but there’s also a lot of black!mary, too.

dorcas meadowes:

canon: so we don’t know when dorcas went to school - but we do know that she was a part of the order of the phoenix, and that she was personally killed by voldemort. this leads a lot of people to speculate that she was really talented and a considerable threat. as for looks, canon contradicts itself. in the movies, a woman is credited to be dorcas and she’s white and has light skin - she’s only shown in a photo so it’s really hard to tell exactly what she looks like. in later artwork (which i think was commissioned by pottermore? at the very least it showed up there) she is depicted as being black.

fanon: so what’s interesting is we don’t know when dorcas went to school - we don’t know she went with the marauders and co, but a lot of people place her in that era. a lot of people headcanon dorcas as being in gryffindor (to round out the lily and co. group) but i’ve also seen a few people put her in other houses. she’s usually depicted as pureblooded or a halfblood usually because she’s very smart, and if you want dorcas to be the same age as lily, you have to really make her into a protege in order for voldemort to personally kill her. she’s usually the smarter one - kind of like hermione - but she’s also very soft? she’s less abrasive than book!hermione, a little closer to movie!hermione. a lot of people headcanon dorcas as dating or having a crush on marlene, as well. as for what she looks like, (and this is probably indicative of when the fan content was made) people sometimes switch it up. i’ve seen dorcas as being white, but in the majority of artwork and moodboards, dorcas is black (which i would suggest sticking with, seeing as, at least sometimes, canon acknowledges dorcas as being black, and whitewashing is a no-no).

marlene mckinnon:

canon: marlene is a member of the order of the phoenix, and while she wasn’t explicitly at school with the marauders and co., lily does mention in a letter to sirius that she cried when she heard about marlene’s death, and she attributed peter’s melancholy to her death as well. suffice to say, marlene was somehow close to the marauders and lily. again, her entire family was killed by death eaters - so she is often thought to be magically gifted. in the vague, picture in the movies, marlene is blonde with pale skin, and in the dubious artwork on pottermore, she’s white with red hair (?).

fanon: as you can guess, people headcanon marlene to be in gryffindor, in the marauders year. interestingly enough, a lot of people headcanon marlene as being a pureblood despite the death eaters ganging up on her entire family in one night. i guess the idea is that they were a part of the ootp and they were sympathizers with muggle borns, but i took that to mean that marlene was muggleborn or at least a half blood? (idk if i included that in my original headcanon set.) anyway, to put it in simple terms, marlene is like the book!ginny weasley of the modern era. she’s usually depicted as being a tom boy and/or being on the quidditch team. she’s usually a wisecracker, alongside lily, and she’s usually outgoing and willing to do any kind of dare. she’s either paired with dorcas, or sometimes sirius, and there are a handful of lily x marlene shippers out there (there might be more? i haven’t surfed tags in a while). marlene is usually depicted as white and blonde, usually with curly hair. she’s the character i’ve seen the least divergence with, when it comes to appearance.

darinaursus

I entertain myself by drawing bad passport photos 📸

basietta

💋

dirklp

kill love 🔫💗

moonfloured

two of the richest heirs in the wizarding world, sealing their love with nothing but daisies.

@dailyprongsfoot Day 1: rings

outromoonyy

“You block people over politics?” girl I block people if they don't like Remus Lupin.

#i block ppl if they like my notp

basietta

WIP!

outromoonyy

We can all agree that there is absolutely no universe where James cheats on Lily, right?

groundzero-v

Sirius, looking at James: I respect you more than I do literally anyone else in my life. You're the only one who truly understands me and can match me in every way. I'll do anything, and I mean anything, to make sure you're happy. Even just being near you fills me with calm and joy.

Sirius, looking at literally anyone else: and why the fuck are you here?