#rabastan

[lycoryspreachin]

i was wandering life unaware and unbothered until i saw lovely @royalthorned post about regulus and rabastan and my life hasn’t been the same since. i could never before really see regulus with anybody because it just felt ooc for the way that i view him but rabastan ???…yeah, yeah actually.

rabastan is an awful little thing, all bark and no bite, arrogant, loud in a wanna-be sophisticated way and has a black-and-white superficial, liberal view of life. he does lots of things but never too seriously, he’s impulsive but seldom for good reasons but one thing that he fully is, is himself. maybe he is just too simple-minded to lie, manipulate, and cheat or maybe that’s just how he is, but he is quite probably as honest and true as one can be in his context. he is awful at what he doesn’t do but good enough about what he does, so everyone is content with him. rabastan is the epitome of a Lestrange, he is loyal to an absolute fault and though no one is close in the family, blood is all. and he stands on their motto more than he stands on anything “Corvus oculum corvi non eruit” ( a crow will not pull out the eye of another crow ). he has the charisma and tone of an heir but everyone is glad he is not. he’s chaotic and anger-driven. when his temper becomes uncontrollable he recluses himself to sculpt. ( idk why but i’m convinced all Lestranges have an affinity with art and where rabastan sculpts, rodolphus plays instruments and composes ) 

regulus on the other hand is hard-headed, sneaky, and far too smart for his own good. and he somehow now had the thick and unwavering attention of the second son of the Lestranges. to rabastan, regulus was the most interesting being he had laid eyes on. a pretty and scrawny man who held all the power he could ever want and chose instead to read stupidly long books about things no one knows about and write equally long manuscripts about things no one could ever think of ( regulus who plays out experiments in his books is dear to me ). he was a ghost who acted all proper and well, and roamed the halls of the black manor. he had the answer to every question, and had everyone tightly wrapped around his finger, and believed in a god everyone faked at hearing, and held grudges like an old victorian lady, and remembered everything all the time, and rabastan wanted nothing more than for that god-sent, angel looking boy to see him too.  he had never really tried to get anyone’s attention, always receiving it with little effort, but with regulus he was desperate.

they first met in a family gathering, humble conversation found its way through loud speeches and ceremonial family rites. it was a quiet thing, sweet and poisonous. to regulus rabastan was the forbidden fruit, the epitome of what he couldn’t do but needed to try. some sort of sinful desire he had succumbed to. his life was tidy and plain, and rabastan was the chaos that kept him on his toes wrapped in luxurious clothes, and shiny smiles, and elicited in him a morbid interest he couldn’t shake. i think he liked to know he had with no effort on his part the complete attention of someone like that. 

this one is for you Irene @katakosmos

[deathnguts]

@marzst4rz GOD YOU CANT JUST KEEP HIDING THESE IN MY REPLIES OH MY GPD

‘The leash is short and he grips it tightly’ YES YES YES REGULUS IS THE ONE HOLDING THE STRINGS HERE ITS SO VITAL TO THEIR DYNAMIC THAT REGULUS HAS MORE CONTROL THAN RABASTAN DOES. RABASTAN CHALKS IT UP TO LOVE BUT REGULUS KNOWS IT IS PARASITIC. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE IS PUPPETEERING RABASTAN LIKE A HOST TO FEED HIMSELF AND HE IS PURPOSEFUL IN HIS MANIPULATION TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND ITS SO FUCKED UP BECAUSE IT KINDA PROVES RABASTAN RIGHT THAT REGULUS IS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS BECAUSE ITS SO CLEAR THAT IN MANY WAYS REGULUS IS MORE MATURE THAN RABASTAN. RABASTAN DOES NOT GET OFF FROM REGULUS BEING SOME INNOCENT DOLL THAT LOOKS TO HIM FOR GUIDANCE. REGULUS IS NOT THAT LITTLE KID ANYMORE AND IF ANYTHING ITS THE FLICKERS OF THAT KID THAT TERRIFY RABASTAN TO HIS CORE. WHEN THEY FIGHT AND REGULUS SHOWS THAT SLIP OF HIS HOLD ON THE LEASH, THAT DESPERATE LOOK IN HIS EYES AGAIN, RABASTAN SEES HIS LAMB HE USED TO CRADLE AND HE HAS TO RUN. ITS SO MUCH EASIER TO REMAIN RUNNING FROM DISILLUSION WHEN HE CAN PRETEND HE DOESNT KNOW HE BUTCHERED THAT LAMB TO MAKE A BETTER VISION TO WORSHIP. ITS SO EASY TO FORGET ANY REGRET WHEN THE BLEEDING HOOVES CRADLE HIS FACE LIKE NONE OTHER. THE BLOOD HE SPILLS IS WINE AND RABASTAN WILL REMAIN DRUNK AND DAZED LEST HE BE FORCED TO LOOK AT WHAT HE CREATED WITH CLARITY, LEST HE BE FORCED TO RUN FROM IT. RABASTAN IS BOTH THE TORTURED BEHOLDER AND FESTERING GOD THAT MOLDS PERFECTION WITH CLAY AND LEAVES IT TO ROT WITHIN THE WALLS OF HIS GARDEN. REGULUS KNOWS WHAT PARTS OF THIS PLAY MUST BE DONE AND REDONE TO KEEP HIS GODS TOUCH ON HIS FLESH, HIS FINGERS IN THE SLIVERS BETWEEN HIS RIBS. LEST THE LIGHT LEAVE, LEST HE BE FORCED TO WATCH ANOTHER OF HIS CREATORS FLEE FROM HIM AGAIN. BETWEEN THE HORROR AND THE LOVE THEY KNOW THEY WILL NEVER BE FREE AND THAT IS BOTH AN ENDLESS COMFORT AND A LIFE SENTENCE.

[siriussims]

Spooky Day 🎃

[florsial]

Hey bestie I’m trial and erroring a Rabastan design and I’m struggling so what does he look/dress like in your gorgeous mind because no one gets him like you do

Hello :D and thank youu <3333

Okay, I have been thinking about his appearance from time to time. the main consistent detail is that he isn't very "sleazy" in looks. He's pretty put together. He is wearing an expensive suit, maybe a couple buttons undone, and a loose tie with those shiny black loafers, but overall he's pretty clean. His most casual would be dress pants and button up that's kinda undone.

(HIS FANCY STYLE GETS REGULUS SO GIDDY!!! Like if you ever saw those photos of someone standing on their s/o feet THATS SO THEMMM)

I've been torn over having him with long hair or short hair. But in the end, shorter hair is more fitting for him, I think. In a way that expresses that he doesn't have the luxury of keeping his hair long like Rodolphus if he's constantly fighting for something. So I imagine something like the short wavy hair you see when you search it up on Pinterest for men (don't ask me how I know that). When I first sketched him out, I gave him long hair but it didn't fit.

I couldn't find a proper description in the HP wiki nor do I remember what he is described as in the books when he first shows up. Only that is a thin man. So I think his face is slightly sunken in and his entire body is pretty lanky. And he's pretty tall (HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND REGULUS HEIGHT DIFFERENCE!!). His hair and eyes are both pretty dark and his skin is a little tan since I actually see him as a very outdoorsy person and amazing, like, really smooth without blemishes (for some reason).

(Pandora starts breaking out when she hit puberty and she contemplates torturing Rabastan's skincare out of him) (he has none)

Don't take this as seriously, but I picture something like Victor from The Corpse Bride (I've never seen that movie honestly) but yk, just for fun lol.

He doesn't have this overly messy style because he's like this black sheep (Like Sirius or Barty) because of his mother's family influence. With his maternal (a side branch from Averys), he's very well dressed and groomed, they made sure of that! The Avery side of his family loves him, though it's partly because Rabastan looks/acts more like his mother.

This brings up another thing that is: he is very much a jewelry person. His suits, expensive but plain, are often decorated and slightly weighted down by layered necklaces with heavier stones and real metals and his fingers are more cold than warm by silver rings. He got his ear pierced at a young age and has so many passed down from his mother, like all his other jewelry. In a way, all of that seems almost like armor that covers/protects him.

Side note: HE WOULD'VE WIPED THE FUCKING FLOOR WITH THOSE SILVER FINGER GUARDS!

He would've HATED cheap jewelry and when mood rings were released in 1975, he choked when he saw Sirius wearing one for the first time. Rodolphus and Regulus almost called a healer because he was turning blue. (Sirius bought more out of spite after that)

Modern Au Rabastan would have a Rolex collection. I said what I said.

I know I bring up suits when wizarding folk don't wear that so, his robes are often plainer (compared to Rodolphus, keep that in mind) but still pretty expensive looking with complex embroidery. His more extravagant robes came from his mother (since I don't think that size mattered all that much between men and women or boys and girls). Cliche moment, but his clothes were very much darker in color, but not always black. More like a darker purple or a darker blue or green, I'm thinking something like what you would get when you use velvet, how colors are almost really shiny or almost black.

I can also see him using makeup! Though very light I think he's very open and knowledgeable about a lot of things since he was basically treated as a doll by his mother's twin sister :D

[emmaflint]

location: fancy restaurant status: for @r-lestrcnge

Emma had only been back from Spain for a couple of days and had already received a letter from her parents asking her to attend dinner with them, or more accurately demanding of her to show up. There wasn't an option for Emma to say no, knowing that if she even tried they would hold it against her and complain for an eternity. Perhaps at dinner she could implore them again to stop the nagging her about finding a husband. She wasn't looking to be set up. So she put on a nice dress, making sure she made it to the restaurant early so her parents couldn't accuse her of being late. After asking her for her name, the waiter had taken her coat, leading her into a backroom. Where she didn't see her parents sitting down, but Rabastan Lestrange. She looked over at him, clearly confused as she slowly sat down. "Hello? This is a surprise..." Did he know he was meeting her here? Or did his parents trick him into coming as well?

[mischiefhasbeenmanaged]

Rabastan: Will you be my wife, Andromeda?

Andromeda: No

Cygnus: Oh yes you will

Andromeda: No I won’t. I do have a say in this

Cygnus: She said I do we’re halfway there!

[theglassbeads]

“is this it? is this all there is?” @cxpectopatronum​

No sabía cómo habían llegado a aquel tema de conversación. Seguramente tras haberse bebido su segundo vaso, pero así como Scarlett había perdido la cuenta, tampoco controlaba bien lo que decía. Sus pensamientos parecían no ser solo suyos, sin duda una consecuencia por no estar acostumbrada a beber. “Sí... Vidas vacías... al menos yo aspiro a ser una jugadora mundialmente famosa.”  Sus pensamientos parecían no ser solo suyos, sin duda una consecuencia por no estar acostumbrada a beber. “Supongo que eso me dará algo... propio.” Nada de lo que tenía se lo había ganado, por eso intentaba entrar siempre que podía para ser mejor jugadora que nadie (aunque fuera una meta casi imposible de conseguir). Pero no pasaba un día sin que se percatase de que no tenía lo que de verdad deseaba. Lo que nunca reconocería en alto: la aprobación, la amistad y el cariño de alguien.

[leogichidaa]

Adding on to the pure hilarity of the Rabastan situation, when Voldemort gathers everyone in GOF and he’s going around the circle, he pauses in front of a space that is explicitly stated to be wide enough for 2 people to say that the Lestranges should stand there but they are entombed within Azkaban. Meaning, where is Rabastan supposed to go? We can safely assume he’s talking about Bellatrix (since she’s the one everyone seems to think about when speaking of the Lestranges) and Rodolphus since GOF is the one that calls the Lestranges a married couple. But like, Rabastan was arrested then too, he also went looking, and we know that of the four people arrested, BCJ was the only one denying what he did; Bellatrix was proudly declaring her loyalty to Voldemort, one of the other men was silent and stoic, and the other one was nervously looking around but also silent. Voldemort went “fuck Rabastan, honestly” which is absurdly funny considering this man was likely as diehard loyal as his brother and sister-in-law (he’s present at the DOM fight so he seems to be an active Death Eater even though we hear almost nothing about him or his brother)

See this just further convinces me that Rabastan is a shared delusion. Or that he did some weird magic so that people forget about his existence unless he's physically present. Sirius forgets about him but remembers when he sees his name on the tapestry. Everyone forgets him in the graveyard but when he's at the DoM he's acknowledged because he's in front of them.

But if that's not the case then Rabastan is just suffering the awful tragedy of being the (presumably) second born child. You can do the exact same thing as your older brother but does anyone notice? No. Does anyone tell you you'll be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams? Absolutely not. But then again, does anybody impregnate your wife? No. Because nobody wants to marry you 😔

Also it cracks me up that BCJ was in that court denying Voldemort with his whole chest, begging and pleading to be allowed to go free. Then he turns around like "I hate a Death Eater who went free, those fucking traitors, I was loyal!" 😅 were you???