#billsfangearring

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Hi ChaosBlue!

I just wanted to let you know that as of this month I've officially listened to every episode of FFM! I love the concept, and you're a fantastic interviewer—you bring so much warmth, thought, and curiosity to each conversation. It's a joy to listen to every episode, even though I'm unfamiliar with most of the fandoms. Thanks for all that you do!

Love, Billie <3

It brings me so much happiness to hear from you, Billie!!! You have been so graciously kind sharing FFM content with others. I see you, and my heart explodes with joy every single time something like that comes across my desk. Thank you so much for reaching out, and for taking the time to share your love and excitement! Beautiful people like you have made this old nomad feel, for the very first time, like I'm part of this big amazing community we call fandom. What a tremendous impact that has had on my life these past few years. You all saved me. THANK YOU!

I love that you've listened to every episode, and enjoyed them even though you aren't familiar with all the fandoms we cover. I, too, am unfamiliar with many of the fandoms people talk about on the show. It's been wonderful to learn about all these different things that people love!

Here is the beautiful thing I've learned: We may feel separate in fandom sometimes, divided by different likes and interests. But the universal experience of love and passion is a language we all share and understand to our core. Love is what connects us, and love is what saves us. There's something magical about hearing fanfiction writers talk about their projects, in their own voices and in their own words. I don't have to know anything about the fandom to understand the passionate resonance of creative love, and I find it so inspiring.

So thank you, Billie! And thank you fanfiction writers everywhere. You matter.

Cheers!

[consistentsquash]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hot Rec! Wolfstar Wednesday today!

TL;DR - The 2000s are back again!! :D

Length - 2500 words, completed.

Rating - T

Author - @billsfangearring

Pairing - Wolfstar 

Genre - First War, Angst no comfort, established relationship, Canon compliant.

Premise - This fic looks at the really chaotic time during the First War when nobody knew who to trust.  It really gets the reader into the paranoid/stressed mindset of the first war using two brilliant POVs.

Rec

Characterization - OMG! The characterization! Generally I don’t really see Canon! Sirius the way I interpret him in a lot of fics especially in modern Wolfstar.  This fic has Canon Sirius the way I see him. He really cares about people. He is super empathetic. For him the Potters are not just his friends but also found family. Also really really tragic. Same for the Remus characterization.

He should have known that it had never been him and Remus alone together in the middle of London, hunched over cheap chips as their breath mingled with the exhaled smog of the city.

The wolf had always been there too.

Canon Compliance - Ok. Snarry shippers forgive me but I was pretty interested in Wolfstar in the 2000s esp when the fics are canon compliant. Short fics which are canon compliant generally were a really unique Wolfstar thing from this time. This one has serious throwback vibes to some of my favorite fics from that time.

Now, it was a curse—a curse to see those same footprints everywhere in a sick mockery of everything he’d thought was on his side. 

Scope - One of the things I really love about this fic is how it shows us the full First War by using two main POVs. It’s like looking at their marriage story but then you take a step back and realize OMG! This is what it was like for everybody during this war.  The fic is amazing in how much it says without saying things directly. 

One secret, two secrets—they were all keeping secrets these days. Sirius wondered when the secrets themselves had become more important than the spaces between them.

Tone - A lot of times fics can compromise the angst by sort of softening it. This fic doesn’t compromise. We get to feel the insane amount of feels Remus and Sirius are experiencing. The chaos, the worry. Lack of trust. Stress. Like life is moving so fast and nobody has the time to actually plan anything. It’s really heartbreaking.

Somehow it was the feel of his fingertip hitting the bottom of the jar as he sought out its last dregs that did him in. His finger. The biggest bit of Peter they found was his finger.How could Sirius have done it?

Narrative style - This fic keeps the reader guessing. When a POV switch happens we start thinking things can get resolved with communication and maybe there is a happy ending here. But of course the fic uses the technique to make the angst sharper. Because communication won’t solve things when people don’t trust each other. The biggest angst of The First War was people not knowing who to trust. This fic shows that brilliantly.

But why? How did the packs get to him? Sirius knew Voldemort had promised them a place in his brave new world, but what could he have offered that was worth more than everything the four of them had built with Remus, for Remus? What they’d built together, just the two of them? Sirius had thought—

[billsfangearring]

Welcome! I'm Billie (she/her), and I'm a multi-fandom girl. You can find my greatest hits on tumblr below, and I’m also on AO3.

My ask box is open if you have any questions or just want to say hi! I'm always excited to discuss my fandoms and fandom history and culture more broadly.

Fic

My fics are tagged #billie writes fic and can be found on my AO3, which is archive-locked. I'm most proud of these fics:

it's not enough (this time) [Harry Potter]

Remus and Sirius: the end of the beginning. (Or, April is the cruelest month, in the shadow of October.)

Tilted Ice [Heated Rivalry]

They fucked in Shane’s apartment and generic hotel rooms across Boston. That was— Shane was fine with that.

keep you like an oath [A League of Their Own (TV)]

By unspoken agreement, Jess and Lupe keep Vi’s a secret—even from those who would be welcome. Lupe probably has a number of complicated reasons for it, but Jess only has one: she’s selfish as hell.

Fic recs and meta below the cut.

Fic Recs

My ALOTO, Good Omens, Heated Rivalry, and HP fic recs are tagged #bfe fic recs and collected on AO3. These are my most substantial recs:

[HP] The Wolfstar Yearbooks Project

Rec lists with reviews of my favorite Wolfstar fics published each year from 2003 to 2008, and condensed lists for 2009-2015 and 2016-2021.

[HP] “The Last Enemy” Series by CH_Darling

A detailed review of The Last Enemy series. TL;DR: I highly recommend it!

Meta

[HP] Early Wolfstar Fandom vs. Today

My understanding of what Wolfstar was like in the early days compared to today. Read the reblogs/replies for more!

Last updated: March 13, 2026

[mblematic]

Hi! I’m always interested in what draws people to the ships they write. What about Wolfstar appealed to you enough that you wanted to start writing fics about them? I’d be interested in your thoughts on Dorlene too if you feel like sharing!

eeee I love this question, thank you!!

I think as somebody who's interested in writing, and who needed the structure to get started, but who also wants some room to play around in the world, the whole Marauder era is just perfect. You have hints from canon setting the pace (story beats like when they start at Hogwarts, the fact that J&S&P have to learn about Remus being a werewolf, the animagi stuff, the Prank, the canonical relationships, etc) and obviously we know where it ends (war, Azkaban, Harry being born, etc). But there are so many BLANKS. And the canonical hints get so much more satisfying when fic writers come in and say "this is how it happened/why they did this/why it matters."

Wolfstar is especially perfect because you get to play around with the really fun/silly bits (pranking at Hogwarts, puppies) while also dealing with the devastating bits (Sirius' disownment, Remus' disability, the fact that Remus was sold out by one of his closest friends while in school, the fact that they thought he was a spy after school). And neither of them have canonical relationships AND they have great chemistry so they feel like a natural pair! (Tonks is gay, obvs. Remadora? Remadon'ta)

I love Dorlene for a completely different reason which is that there's NOTHING really, just the names and the world. Everything that's being created for Marlene and Dorcas comes from the fandom and that's SO FUN. It's so INTERESTING. I love being a part of that. (It's also like one more stepping stone towards actual original writing, which is stressful but really exciting.)

[steelycunt]

📥 and 🍰! <3

hello hello!!

📥 What is your fave fic to receive comments/messages on?

ooh ahh. at the moment it makes me really happy to see comments on in lieu of beaujolais simply because its my newest fic so it makes me smile to know people enjoyed it but!! of witness testimony is still the fic i like the most. i can barely read it back anymore but i still think it's my most interesting fic and i loved writing it so i love hearing people's thought on that one!!

🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).

answered this one here but a few more for sure!! i recently read dear your holiness by @mollymarymarie (if u havent...what are you doing) and already i am going back to it all the time because it was such a joy!! and this is the story, a-side (and b-side) by delusion_al continues to be one of my favourites and also MsKingBean89's Dress up in You !!

thank you love!!

[kember-writes]

Hehe bring on the chaos! ❀

let's get ready to rumbleeeeee!

Send me a ❀!

Gilderoy Lockhart x Mrs Zabini

Holiday Fic / It's Not You, It's Me

[smodernlife]

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Also, I just want you to know that Rourke is one of my favorite Wolfstar non-magical AUs! It's so cinematic.

From my re-write of Au Pif from Sirius’s perspective:

“He turned his gaze on James, who opened his eyes infinitesimally, a hint or irritation and panic lurking there. Sirius had seen that look many a time; it plainly said ‘please for the love of god, be normal.’

As always, he ignored it.”

Thank you!!! I have a love-hate relationship with Rourke in that I love it, I often hated writing it, I’d love to return to it, and I still think about it constantly… so I always love when people tell me Rourke is their favorite of my fics :) thanks so much!!!

[squintclover]

Hi Rory! I'd love to hear your answer to vanilla chai! <3

Hi Billie!!🤩

Oooh good one!

vanilla chai— do you have any hobbies that your followers don’t know about? or any hobbies that you once had, but stopped doing?

For hobbies now, I am one of those people who sees a craft and is like, 'ooh I want a go!', will subsequently buy everything that's needed to then only do it a handful of times! 😂 That being said, I have consistently done sewing throughout my life and have saved myself a WORLD of money. From curtains to my wedding dress, if I can make it for cheaper, I'll do it! 🪡

For hobbies I used to do, I was pretty competent at martial arts as a teen and went on to compete to quite a high level 🥋

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