#I don't even hate Remus i just hate his Stans

[haileylovesskz]

alright, unpopular opinion time, even though no one asked for it. this is defenitely getting me a lot of hate.

jily sucks. i generally do not understand why the hell did lily randomly date james in their 7th year when her and severus split apart. she did it to annoy severus or what, i don't know. she calls james an arrogant toerag, then she randomly goes and date that toerag for what? did she just... like him right after the mudblood incident?

snily made more sense. ok, that's going to get me a lot of hate, but i don't care. to me, snily had more chemistry than jily. severus and lily were childhood friends, and defenitely made more sense and had more chemistry than jily, which is just very random romance.

wolfstar sucks. that's gonna get me even more hate from the wolfstar stans ngl. remus does not find sirius attractive, nor does sirius find remus attractive. sirius was closer to james, and is most likely to develope a crush for james instead. not to mention sirius almost made his best friend, who's in his werewolf form, commit murder.

#snily #anti wolfstar #anti jily #this is going to get me hate #unpopular opinion

[im-actually-a-certified-idiot]

my guy you must elaborate on why you hate wolfstar

hehehhehe alr alr be warned: this turned into a huge anti-wolfstar essay so read at your own risk.

so basically

i want to preface this by saying that this isn't slander to wolfstar shippers. i used to be one, in fact (the first hp fanfic i read was wolfstar centered) but i kinda grew to realize it sucked later on.

FIRST OF ALL

they do not deserve each other.

yeah, that's right. you heard me right. THEY DO NOT DESERVE EACH OTHER.

And they wouldn't want each other either.

Sirius exposed Remus as a werewolf in their fifth year. He willingly gave up that secret to Snape, one of their worst enemies, who would definitely somehow take advantage of it. HE KNEW Remus's secret could get him jailed or killed or worse. And he still chose to give that up.

To contextualize it in the society we live in today- imagine your best friend told your worst enemy (a boy you've been bullying for literally 5 years and who would undoubtedly do anything to hurt you back) that you were, say, trans. They outed you, without your consent. They outed you, knowing you trusted them with this particular secret. Being trans today can get you killed in some places. Are you really going to forgive that?

No. Absolutely not. Maybe you'll accept their apology, and try to move on, but you're never really going to let that go. You're never really going to shake that off. They were your best friend, and they hurt you.

It doesn't matter if Sirius grew up in an abusive household. It doesn't matter that James ended up saving Snape's ass. It was still a dangerous violation of trust- and not to mention, Snape almost got killed because of it?? My guy. I am not a Snape stan but that is a whole different level of FUCKED UP. Sirius very nearly turned Remus into a murderer- one of his worst fears.

So, fast forward a few years. It's October 31st, the Potters die, Voldemort vanishes, baby Harry's an orphan, and Sirius is jailed. You know what Remus is probably thinking?

Well. I should've seen that coming.

This is the same guy who outed him as a werewolf to Snape. Do you really think he's going to be surprised to find out Sirius breached James's trust? He's probably beating himself up, thinking something along the lines of "poisonous toadstools don't change their spots" (yes i stole that from ron weasley deal with it)

But whatever. That's just a personal hc I slipped in. The more important part comes now. What Remus did wrong.

He left Harry alone.

Harry, who's Sirius's godson. Harry, the son of Sirius's best friend. Harry, the spitting image of his father. Harry, a baby who lost his entire family all in one night.

He left Harry alone for 13 years, and I just can't see Sirius forgiving that. Sorry, but I can't.

It's clear that Harry is like a son to Sirius. He treats him with such paternal affection and love it's hard not to see it. It's like a parent whose child was wronged by an adult. They're not gonna be so forgiving.

I don't think Sirius ever truly forgave Remus for that. Leaving him in Azkaban, he could deal with- but leaving Harry? That crosses a line. That's uncalled for. No matter what, Harry was their best friend's son first. It should've been first priority to protect him.

It doesn't matter if Remus was a werewolf. If he was ashamed, scared. Even visiting Harry or giving him to someone else to raise would've been okay. But no contact at all? That's horrible. To leave him in an abusive household, year after year...how could Sirius ever forgive that?

So, in conclusion, they most likely wouldn't want each other, and they certainly don't deserve each other. I'm not slandering them- I'm actually a Sirius kinnie. But. They both did fucked up things that's unfairly glossed over, and I think their relationship could never truly be repaired.

but well that's just my take lmao

#anti-wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #marauders #marauders era #marauders fandom #hp #harry potter #i'm actually really proud of this essay #thank you for coming to my ted talk

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Marauder Bashing in Fanfiction

Hello everyone! I want to conduct another poll related to marauder bashing in fanfiction.

I invite both Snape and marauder fans to participate! HOWEVER, if you are a marauder stan who:

sees ATYD as canon

hates Snape and thinks he deserved to be bullied / see the marauders as blameless

PLEASE DNI! Please be respectful. This is only meant for people who recognize both parties as flawed characters. Thanks!

Also please note: Bashing!=hate. Bashing means to 'criticize severely'. You can love a character and still 'bash' them to some extent IMO.

My take:

I tend to find fics where the marauders redeem themselves to be more spiritually fulfilling. It's a nice dopamine hit to read fics where the marauders are punished. Also it's amazing to see Snape heal and become better despite his bullies still being total pricks. Always a sucker for Snape finding peace and healing. But...I want to see James and Sirius as good men. I want them to learn from their mistakes. Even if they don't become besties with Snape, I just want these boys to reach a point of civility like Draco and Harry did. I want James, Sirius AND Snape to be their best selves! Don't care much about Remus or Peter. They don't matter much anyway.

I don't like fics where the marauders are tortured and killed off as divine retribution. Like I say for Draco, the marauders were children with privilege issues and the adults should have disciplined them properly.

PS: Sorry if the options are not cleanly mutually exclusive. But I tried my best to express what I have seen in various marauder-bashing fics.

#anti marauders #anti marauders stans #anti marauders fandom #pro snape #severus snape #james potter #anti james potter #anti sirius black #sirius black #hp polls #harry potter polls #snapedom #pro redemption arcs #anti snaters #severus snape deserved better #anti hogwarts

[annabellelupin]

thoughts I've had while re reading poa as a marauders fan, part one (chapters 1 - 4)

(id just like to point out this is my first time reading the books since middle school and first time I've read the books since I became a marauders fan in 2020)

chapter 1

- ok so ye the Weasleys are really poor, but if they're "extremely poor" you'd figure they'd use their money for something other than a vacation

-I forgot sweet little hedwig existed djdjdjdkdjd

-someone please eat the rat

-let the future cat have him pleaseeeee

-why did I start to dislike hermione so much again??? maybe it's just movie hermione I hate and I can't remember the differences between the two

chapter 2

-why are most of the antagonistic characters portrayed as fat and why is the fact that dudley is obese brought up so many fucking times like that seems pretty fat phobic of you Rowling

- when actually reading and thinking about the Harry potter books and movies I imagine the actor that played sirius and not the fanart marauders sirius I'm more used to, and apparently his hair is depicted as elbow length in the books not shoulder length WE WERE ROBBED. could have had long haired sirius with a bun in ootp

- also I swear marauders Era Sirius and golden trio era Sirius (so canon and fanon sirius) are two completely different people in my mind

- also forgot "muggle" news talked about sirius

-just finished the chapter and seriously he is so sassy (guess that's what you get when you're Sirius and marlenes godson, and James and Lily's actual son)

- also I really fucking hate how much mental abuse is glazed over here like????

- it happens every summer and he's forced to return to his abusers like wtf

- this is why I don't like Dumbledore very much

chapter 3

-forgot padfoot wasn't like an actual dog sized dog

-lowkey forgot about padfoot in general ngl

-bro harry are your really throwing precious and innocent Neville under the bus rn come on dude seriously

-ok like when they mention Sirius I can't help to think of the dramatic, gay, Remus obsessed Sirius from all of the wolfstar text posts I've read

-also the fact they have to clarify what a gun is in the wizard news is wow

-same with Ron not knowing how to use a phone

-no wonder these people keep having Wizarding wars and unstable teachers at their schools

- love how this 13 year old kid is panicking over the possibility of going to wizard prison for breaking one rule

-also side note the more I read the more I feel like Daniel Radcliffe portrayed him super well

- hedwig supremacy

- "ur the literal wizard president" "yea but I'm not ur guardian dumbass I can't sign ur permission slip what in hell is this"

- why is reading stans parts so fucking hard

chapter 4

- ah Florean Fortescue the one genuinely nice adult in these books (isn't he like Alice's dad or something?) I just remembered her last name is actually more or less a headcanon uhhh that's fun

- the Irish quidditch team are actually mentioned along with the quidditch world cup even Harry's checkin out the firebolt

- coincidence that Dean and Seamus are mentioned at the same time? I think not

- seriously jkr why do you keep giving kids abusive gaurdians and acting like it's nothing (talking about Neville and his grandmother)

- "...Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown..." (pg 55 in my book). when first reading this part years ago I registered it as Hermione was black/poc and not that she was just tan from the sun lmao

- I swear crookshanks was James' old cat and that's why he hated peter

- also Percy wow this why you don't befriend stray rats man

- the things this rat has seen go on in Percy's and Oliver's dorm room....

- still probably not as bad sharing a dorm with Remus and Sirius tho

- I love the twins sense of humor

- but guys stop messing with my precious baby Percy he's just- an autistic overachiever doing his best guys

- ..."he lost everything..." Yes Sirius did in fact lose almost everything Arthur but not bc what you think happened dude

- "he's safe with Dumbledore-" yea fucking right /sar

- "stationniong soul sucking demons around a school is such a good idea hehehehe" /sar

- literally there's no fucking way McGonagall thought Sirius did it- literally fucking refuse to believe that she did

going to start another post for chapter 5 bc oh boy it's going to be long

#poa #prisoner of azkaban #harry potter marauders #harry potter #harrypotter #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #the marauders era #marauders era #the maruaders #percy weasley

[sofoulandfairaday]

Headcanons about James Potter? Thanks!

Hi! This is quite hard since I'm a recent James Potter stan. I was originally (and still am) a Severus Snape connoisseur. I don't know if you've noticed, but the nastier a character is, the more I like them. Of course, I personally believe Snape to be ultimately good, but that's a whole other post. Back to James!

The mom friend of the group.

Refused to use his dad's hair products. He loved his messy hair.

Jokes: either the best, sassiest, hard-hitting ones or the corniest, absolute worst ones ever.

Infectious laughter.

Also, the Marauders were very much James' friend group, as I've said before. Someone reblogged my Sirius HCs post saying that The marauders are essentially about three boys trying to become james bf and only one succeeding. I tend to agree.

One of those extremely charismatic people, those magnets that attract. He was tall, and “cute” but he wasn't as devastatingly handsome as Sirius was. He was extremely good at Quidditch and in school. He was an all-rounder, as you might say. Transfiguration prodigy, heart of a lion, funny prankster, approachable, jock. He was the kind of person you wouldn't resent when they teased you (as a Gryffindor), because he was just like that, our boy James.

People tripped over themselves to be his friend, which is why Remus and Peter especially were so grateful that he had picked them. Why did he hang out with them when the rest of Hogwarts wanted him? It made them feel like the élite.

Everything written in this meta is exactly his dynamic with Sirius.

Also had very dark sides. He could be very cruel, and very self-centred, he and Sirius actively made each other worse on more than one occasion.

He was a bully, and quite classist too. He came from a wealthy background, even though he wasn't “noble” in the way Sirius was, and therefore had some of those biases. Albeit kind people, I can see his parents as being a bit old-fashioned, and more than a bit classist. Those beliefs are intrinsic in him when he meets Snape. He sees a boy who is rough around the edges, ugly, and dirt poor and picks on him immediately. The dislike is automatic.

He's a person with a very black-and-white way of seeing the world. His personal cruelty is just boys being boys, even though taking someone's underwear off forcibly in public is very traumatizing sexual assault, and asking a girl out repeatedly after she's already told you no a million times is a major dick move. But you can bet your ass that someone using a Darker curse in a duel would have had his whole-hearted contempt. James hated Dark Magic.

He was loyal to a fault to his friends. The literal definition of ride or die and I imagine he might have taken more than a detention off of Peter's or Remus' shoulders - the former because his grades were already low, and the latter because of his health reasons.

For some reason, I headcanon him as eating a lot.

Growth spurt at the end of fifth year, like Harry. Lily very clearly did a double-take when he saw him back at school.

In constant search of a personal style. He always has brand new robes, but when he tries to dress more like a Muggle to impress Lily, it's a mix of Sirius' grunge aesthetic and Remus' smartest preppy clothes. I like James with a preppy-but-cool style, very different from Remus' worn-in, comfortable sweaters and vests (vests, Moony, who the fuck wears vests in 1976?)

Very personal headcanon: Voldemort tried to recruit him through other people first and then personally, at a social event one of the summers before he had even finished school, and he said no both times. The same happened with Lily (but I won't tell ya where ihihi)

He didn't hesitate when asked by Dumbledore to join the Order of the Phoenix.

If he hadn't gone into hiding, I could see him becoming an Auror. He had the grades and the bravery. Not my boy Sirius, though. Babygirl didn't work a day in his life (I have no dream job, I do not dream of labour).

Was more distrusting than Lily. It's funny because I see him as an idealist and her as a pragmatist, but I do think of her as someone who wanted to see the good in people, while James as someone who categorized you pretty quickly, and once he formed an idea, he wouldn't easily change his mind.

He had tunnel vision when it concerned the people he loved (see: Wormtail).

Was the only Marauder Peter couldn't turn against the others during the First War. I think Peter successfully played Sirius and Remus against each other, but James would have regarded it the height of dishonour to mistrust his friends.

I think he might have had a girlfriend or two, and definitely snogged girls before Lily, but I can't imagine how hard it must have been for them to be with someone that was a) drooling over another girl and b) very much his best friend's boyfriend.

Kendall Roy/Stewy Hosseini dynamic BUT HEALTHY

this post. (just kidding, just kidding)

#hp headcanons #asks #answered #james potter #the marauders #sirius black #lily evans

[maruke2003]

Yet another idiotic James Potter Stan on tik tok. This one has claimed that James and Sirius were much like the Weasley twins because they "bullied students" 🙄.

James and Sirius canonicaly hexed students on a whim. Not just Snape, he was their main target yes but he wasn't the only one. Lily herself claimed that James hexed people in the hallways.

"stfu Snape was not a good person, let's not forget he joined a cult because HE WANTED TO nobody forced him"

Snape was a good person, not a nice person, let me just say that. Yes Snape joined the death eaters because he wanted to. But what were the circumstances? Someone doesn't just be like "oh I'm going to join a murderous cult that thinks people of my blood status or similar are dirt at the bottom of their boots." Like girl, no one does that. Snape was a half-blood, he was technically a mudblood as well. Snape could have very well been brainwashed to some degree by his housemates, or having heard the same arguments over and over and over again he probably started to believe it. The same with hearing the word mudblood being used. Snape is a product of his environment.

"the marauders were fun"

Okay maybe they were, maybe they genuinely played actual pranks instead of just "pranking" one student and tormenting him so badly that people find it funny when he gets flipped upside down and has his underwear put on full display. They find that fun, so I wouldn't really describe them as fun. Their fun came at the expense of someone else.

"that's no excuse"

They tell me this after I said that Snape joined the death eaters after Hogwarts and on top of that Sirius himself didn't even know Snape was marked until Snape revealed his mark to Fudge after Voldemort's revival.

You can't use "oh but he was a blood supremacist death eater scum incel" like no. Even if he was that doesn't give you the right to constantly torment him so bad that he has to create spells to defend himself. Spells let me tell you that can kill.

"They were enemies"

Okay I'll give you that, to some degree. They did hate each other. Snape had a valid reason, James's reason was because Snape existed. That's not a real reason tbh.

"Pete (Peter) and Remus didn't even do anything. It was James and Sirius"

Remus was a prefect in his fifth year. A prefects job is to interfere when bullying happens, make sure the students are following rules etc. Remus stood by and watched James and Sirius torment Snape up to the point that whenever Snape sees them coming his way he's whipping his wand out in self defense. That's a trauma response, it's similar to how someone would lift their hands up to shield their face (awaiting a blow to the head or something similar). Peter also stood by and watched, we don't know much about how he was within the group but he enjoyed watching James and Sirius tormenting Snape he wouldn't have done anything to stop it either.

"it's not like Snape didn't hex back"

I would hex back to if someone was targetting me for no reason. Someone hits me I hit back. It's just how it goes. He's defending himself. Like defending one's self doesn't make them evil.

"Remus wasn't the only prefect"

No but his friends would listen to him. And it's not like the other prefects would have wanted to get involved. Remember you saying people thought it was fun? Yeah prefects involved.

"if Snape was simply nice"

I believe when Snape was younger he was nice. He was still young and innocent and Lily liked him enough then. (Tho Lily also ended up befriending the marauders and marrying his tormentor so maybe she doesn't have the best judgement.) But it's not like they even gave him the chance to be nice. Snape mentioned wanting to be in Slytheirn and right away James's bias came out, even when Sirius mentioned that his entire family has always been in Slytheirn. I wholeheartedly believe that if Sirius had been sorted into Slytherin that James would have targetted him as well. That is if he had targetted and tormented them. I mean maybe not if Sirius ended up still tormenting Snape.

Also why is it only upon Snape to have been nicer. Why not James and Sirius, and don't give me that bs claim that they were already nice. Sure they were nice to their friends but not the people they target.

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They went on to ask me not to call them a girl. I use "girl!!?!" As an emphasis in general just putting that out there. They then went on to call James & Sirius vs Snape a rivarly.

"rivalry"

I'm definitely not going into the whole "it was a rivalry" thing. Like google is free. Go learn the definition before you spew bullshit.. even more then you already have.

"We only saw things from Snape's pov"

And we also hear things from Sirius and Remus, who were two of James's closest friends. Changing POVs doesn't change what happened. It just changes the lense you see it through. Harry himself was a biased narrator so when Harry thinks Snape is evil and that Snape should die the readers (normally) think that as well. Like Harry, Sirius and Remus are biased towards James just like Snape is biased against Gryffindors and James/Harry.

Sirius claimed that SWM was fun, he showed no remorse for what had happened and both Remus and Sirius defended James's actions despite it being an unprovoked attack.

We also never saw the full memory.

"we never saw what happened before that"

I mean I'm guessing you're still talking about SWM, but we do, we do see the entire thing. From the ending of their OWL test to when they went outside. We saw it all. Sirius was bored and Snape was just sitting there. James went up completely unprovoked.

The fact that they believe SWM was a provoked attack says a lot. We also have no idea how it ended because Snape pulled Harry out of his pensive. James Potter could have well taken off Snapes underwear and NO ONE would have stopped him.

After that last comment they just responded with "whatever helps you sleep at night" which normally when they don't want to continue arguing means they've got nothing left to say. So, yeah, that just happens.

Also this post is much longer then I was expecting it to be

#severus snape #pro snape #anti james potter #anti sirius black #remus lupin skeptic #peter pettigrew skeptic #anti marauders #idiots on tik tok

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

I find it amusing that you hate James when we don’t even know his pov. We only got to see Snapes memories and since he hated James his memories would have been the worst thing James did. What James did was wrong and there’s no excuse for it but we don’t even know all the stuff Snape and his friends did to all the other students. Snape wasn’t innocent and neither was James. James at least grew up but Snape never did and stayed a bitter arsehole that bullied children until the day he died. Yes he did some good but it was all for Lily (his obsession with her was creepy and not romantic at all). Now let’s compare Sirius and Draco. Sirius came from a similar family as Draco with similar beliefs. Yes he was a bully to Snape but he went against his family and their believes and chose good over evil. Draco on the other hand has been put on a pedestal by fandom probably because they haven’t read the book and liked the actor who played him in the movies. He was a coward, blood-ist, narcissistic bully who thought his family status gave him the right to look down upon everyone. The only good thing he did was lie about Harry being Harry Potter. After that though what did he do in Room of Requirement? If Harry hadn’t saved his ass he would have been a fried ferret. Now Remus, the worst thing he did was not stop James and Sirius from bullying Snape but Snape wasn’t always innocent. Are you telling me that once Snape found out about Remus being a werewolf he didn’t shove it in his face? If someone made fun of my friend for disease you better believe I’m going to stand up for them and take this bully down. The Marauders may come off as bullies but they fought for the light until their last breath. You’re forgetting all the good things they did and letting one memory shape their entire lives. Snape was the reason Harry lost his parents so he should have done everything to protect Harry it was the least the slimy git could have done. Lily and James missed out on Harry’s life because of Snape. Hell Snape should have gone and checked on him when he was the Dursley’s since he was the reason Harry had to live with them but no he chose to bully a child instead because he looked like his father and then ripped a picture of Harry and Lily and a letter she wrote for Sirius. Real mature. And really creepy.

Funny how marauder stans can never defend James without bringing the things that Snape did.

See, that might work on a Snape stan, but someone who proudly loathes both of them, it ain't working on me.

(Now I'm gonna go with this point wise cuz I love organizing shit)

We only got to see snape's memories...the worst thing that James did.

In swm, James and Sirius literally tried to choke him on soap, hung him upside down in the air, showed his underwear to the jeering crowd and then sexually assaulted him. If that is the worst thing james can ever do, then why would you support his actions?

James grew up and snape stayed bitter

That's called fucking victim blaming. James grew up from what? Bullying other people? Sexually assaulting others? Ruining someone's life because they exist? That's literally the most basic thing he could have done to not be a fucking jerk. And as for Snape, you cannot expect someone to just "grow up" when they have been traumatized for the most part of their lives??? You cannot go and tell a trauma victim "it's been years, just get over it" because they can't. They fucking can't.

Also, please tell me when exactly did James grow up? He continued to bully snape, even behind lily's back, till 7th year. And then? If James grew up, he should have apologized to snape. Where did he do that? I don't support snape's treatment of students at all, which is why I hate him, but James was a bully till he died, and he never grew up.

Comparison between sirius and draco

If you compare someone with draco, 9/10 cases they come out looking good. Cuz it's fucking draco. He's a typical "high school bully" stereotype. That's it.

Just because sirius was not a bigot when it came to wizard classism and bloodism, doesn't mean he was a good person. That's called being a decent human being. Yall marauders fans always praise them for doing the literal bare minimum. Nothing changes the fact that sirius was a bully and was just as bad as James. So don't come and tell me he's a good person, cuz he doesn't even fall in the category of decent. Also he literally tried to MURDER snape. USING remus. He had no problem sacrificing his friend's life so that he can kill another person who did nothing. In his teens. What the fuck.

Defense of remus shit

"Snape tormented remus about his lycanthropy" show me where. Cuz what I see is that he kept it a secret (bare minimum, shouldn't be appreciated) and also gave potions to him so that the transition is better. If you can find a single place where snape bullied or even insulted remus for his condition. Secondly, nothing snape does can justify him getting hung upside down, choked on soap and getting sexually assaulted in front of a jeering crowd. And remus supporting it is pretty much the same as doing it.

The marauders did good things

The marauders did good things for each other. They fought in a war. So? Does that cancel out their bad, which is much more than the good? No. Snape fought too, even tricking voldemort, does that cancel out the bad he did? You have already said it doesn't for you, so. Just because someone does a few good things doesn't mean that it erases out the millions of bad things they did.

And the rest is you shitting on snape, which idgaf about cuz I hate him.

Now go fuck yourself.

#harry potter #harry potter series #hp fandom #harry james potter #hp #hp books #ron weasley #ginevra weasley #hp ootp #anti lily james #james porter #anti james potter #james potter #j/ames potter #j/mes potter #sirius black #anti sirius black #remus lupin #anti remus lupin #anti wolfstar #pro snape #professor snape #snape #severus snape #snape community #anti marauders #anti atyd #hp marauders #marauders era #the marauders

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

Let's Talk Teddy Lupin and His VERY REAL Mother, Nymphadora Tonks

Recently I looked through the Teddy Lupin tags and something that jumped out at me was how many Wolfstar raises Teddy posts completely dismiss Tonks. Many of them dismiss that she existed - if she did, it was to provide a child for Remus and Sirius, and she is out of the picture. She is irrelevant and pushed out of the way for Wolfstar to get a kid. (Ditto with Jegulus, Harry, and Lily.)

I understand that there are some who are very anti-Remadora and refuse to acknowledge the role she played in making Teddy happen. But let me list the many, many ways this irks me, not just as a Remadora fan, but as a Tonks fan, and as a human who has spent quite a bit of time thinking (and writing) about reproductive donation.

Anyway. I know it's all fiction/fan fiction and a part of me wants to say let people have their fun, but hear me out, because that reproductive donation bit matters a lot to me.

You can't get Teddy Lupin without Tonks. Even his name is in reference to Tonks. Teddy was named after Edward "Ted" Tonks. Teddy Lupin is Tonks's child. He is also a Metamorphmagus. She is such an integral part of who he is that dismissing his mother's role in his creation and life is deeply unsettling. Insisting that Sirius is Teddy's other parent and pretending Tonks doesn't exist is such a disservice to Tonks as a character (who is a badass).

Let's get to reproductive donation, then. This is something I have studied for years. I am not a donor-conceived person (DCP) but I have researched DCP feelings/attitudes and I'll be the first to tell you that many (though not all) DCPs would be appalled to have their parents (social) dismiss and outright deny the existence of their genetic parents. Go check out We Are Donor Conceived if you don't believe me.

Even if you are a huge shipper of Wolfstar and hate Remadora, dismissing Tonks is troubling for me because of this, too. You can have your slash ships and still acknowledge a child's genetic origins. It's literally the same as real life - you can have LGBT families who acknowledge their children's genetic parents.

Though it might seem like a competition (and real life grownups have issues with this too!) there's no reason a child can't know and have a relationship with their genetic parents, especially if it's involving donor gametes. (I mean donor loosely here, as I'm assuming most Wolfstar/Teddy stans think Tonks donated, while real life "donations" are more like transactions - you can ask me about my opinions on this in my ask box OR check out We Are Donor Conceived.)

All of this is to say that if you ship Wolfstar raising Teddy Lupin, please, please acknowledge that Tonks exists. She is not evil. She is not an afterthought. She is his genetic mother and she is important.

(Admittedly, I have a bias because I love Remadora with every fiber of my being, but I have the same issue with Jegulus/Harry/Lily and I'm largely apathetic about Jily. These thoughts spring more out of my academic/professional studies involving reproductive donation and the industry that surrounds it.)

#remus lupin #teddy lupin #teddy nymphadora #remadora #nymphadora tonks #remus x nymphadora #remus x tonks #tonks x lupin #lupin x tonks #pro nymphadora tonks #pro remadora

[snapeingturtle]

Rating some of the Marauders era / snera™️ ships (ships involving ppl the Marauders and Severus went to school with) I've been exposed to because I'm drunk and feeling spicy. Romantic ships only, I have different opinions on the brotps. I could talk about this all night but I chose not to make a long post.

Disclaimer: this is heavily influenced by headcanons I've convinced myself are canon and generally my opinions. Not in order from best to worst because I am drunk and I'm not proofreading this.

Prongsfoot/Starbucks/James x Sirius 10/10. James is just as inobservant as Harry. Of course he didn't notice that Sirius had a crush on him. James didn't even notice he himself was into Sirius. Love it.

Jily/James x Lily 2/10. In my heart Lily is a lesbian. Jily has some potential as a comphet storyline where they're both actually gay and think of each other as the man/woman they're supposed to like. Other than that it's a no from me.

Wolfstar/Remus x Sirius 1/10. Unpopular opinion again, I know. I see Remus having a one-sided crush on Sirius before the prank, but honestly I'm a Ronks stan because I can project my insecurities on Remus and have been in love with Tonks for years and I hate the idea of them being in a relationship with anyone else but each other. Plus, I really don't see Sirius committing and definitely not to Remus. Sirius is a bachelor for life and I identity with that. Another reason to dismiss this ship.

Snily/Severus x Lily 1/10. The only reason I don't rate this at 0 is because they're one of my favourite brotps. She's gay and not his type, they're sister souls, just look at the doe patronuses, they found security in each other like does in a herd etc. and I hate it when people say there were romantic feelings involved. I could accept this with fem!Snape though.

Starchaser (wtf is this name)/Jegulus/James x Regulus 4/10. I think it's funny to have James falling in love with his best friend's brother. I don't have any negative feelings about the ship itself. HOWEVER. As someone who has been exposed to Jegulus content despite not looking for it and Snily content despite not looking for it. Jegulus feels like m/m Snily for people who hate Snape. The content (I've seen) has the same vibe and I cannot get over that.

Remus x Lily 3/10. If I were able to see Lily as not a lesbian I would love this, not as an endgame thing but more as a teen romance that ended on ok terms before they both moved on. No strong feeling about this tbh.

Snegulus/Severus x Regulus 4/10. They're definitely not in love but they're both sluts so they probably fucked and it was probably hot. That's all.

Lily x Mary MacDonald 3/10. I would consider this as another one-sided crush situation. Mary is the token straight in their dorm and that's unfortunate for Lily.

Snucius/Severus x Lucius 8/10. They're not endgame. But they fuck. I refuse to consider Sirius calling Severus Lucius's lapdog anything but calling him his sugar baby. I don't rate this higher because Snucissa is better than just the men.

Lily x Pandora Lovegood 10/10. I don't know if they ever interacted or if they even went to school at the same time but I'm in love with the idea of them together.

Severus x Mulciber 3/10. Another one-sided crush sitch. Snape was infatuated with Mulciber at a certain point, Mulciber (forgot his first name sorry) knew and took advantage of it. That's Snape's slut origin story.

Snupin / Severus x Remus 3/10. They would never date. Doesn't fit my fantasy or the reality of their relationship. But hate-fucking in one of their offices while Remus is employed at Hogwarts? I see that. I dig it.

I also headcanon Dorcas as queer but I don't see her with Lily but I don't have any feelings about that ship in either direction so 3,5/10 maybe?

#idk how to tag this anymore #turtle talks ships #snapedom #they'll get this #severus snape #i don't want to tag this as any pf the ships i rated badly #prongsfoot #lily x pandora #snucius

[elvendorx]

Hi! I really like your blog! I was just wondering, how do you manage to find canon-based marauders content? I’m pretty new to Tumblr and while I follow the main tags, I’m tired of the short and shallow Siriuses, activist Jameses, and naive Lupins that don’t seem anything like the marauders I fell in love with. And the hatred for Snape and the condescension towards his fans makes me super scared to interact with blogs since I have posted Snape content on my main blog and I feel like I’d be eaten alive. I’m so overwhelmed! Do you use filters to help you? Or is it just finding and following the right people? Thanks for any and all advice!

hello and thank you! <3

a lot of it honestly is just finding and following the right people. the exact balance of that is personal that it will take a while to feel like you're consistently seeing things on your own specific wavelength but it's definitely doable. i think once you find one blog you really align with, see who they interact with regularly, check out those blogs, then check out who those blogs follow, etc etc. i used to systematically go through likes and reblogs on posts i liked, but once you find a few blogs you really enjoy, you'll end up finding more like-minded people quite naturally. and honestly, anyone who expects you to have the exact same tolerances for different characters as they do is probably not going to be much fun to interact with anyway.

i use filters for things i absolutely never want to see but not everything gets tagged/not everything that is tagged is the thing you don't want to see (so much sirius solo art/gen marauder stuff is tagged wolfstar) but it works and i would recommend it for absolute no-gos.

the main tags unfortunately are not safe spaces anymore and tbh if there's anything worth seeing in there, someone else will reblog it so it ends up on your dash anyway. sometimes i look in the prongsfoot tag but if anything look at anti (ship)/anti (character) tags lol and sometimes finding people who dislike the same things as you is also a good way to find like-minded people - hating can work, kids.

specifically for mwpp stuff, in my broad experience, snape fans are often more comfortable with the morally grey thing so they have solid views on snape AND sirius, james and remus, tho obviously you get the ultra protective stans too. but def follow snape fans if you are even slighty interested in snape, it's a great way of seeing how other pockets of hp fandom function. also, you could have identical views on a character as someone but you love them and they hate them, for the same reasons, and i feel like the joy is in finding the same interpretation, it's very fun and just in life it's good to see different perspectives. i got unfollowed a while back for a snape post i can't even remember but it was like 5 people and honestly the right people will probably be cooler than you think about it :)

so really my advice boils down to:

know what you do and don't want to see

know what you can and can't tolerate seeing (things that annoy you or more serious triggers)

find connections through sources you trust

try finding a mix of people who like the same things as you do/people who dislike the same things you do/people who you might not always agree with in judgement but whose analyses and approaches are objective

and eventually you'll have a great balanced lil circle <3

anyway a few recommendations of people i follow who i think offer great hp ideas:

@remus-poopin @narcissa-black-supermacy @ashesandhackles @urupotter @act-more-like-a-dog-sirius

but also consider anyone i follow/interact with a lot an endorsement! hope u have fun exploring :)

#ask #fandom

[qu1cks1lversb1tch]

Some of my Marauders era/Harry Potter Headcanons

Professor McGonagall was considered a patient teacher until the Prewett twins and the Marauders, so when the Weasley twins and Prongslet started Hogwarts, she just knew it would be a chaotic repeat of events.

"Well, thank you for that assessment, Mr Weasley. Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Mr Potter and yourself into a pocket watch? That way, one of you might be on time."

Of course, we can't forget Ron. He was just as much Gideon and Fabian as Fred and George, but to a lesser degree.

He's brilliant and gets a lot of hate for always making Hermione cry (which im totally not ignoring)

Ron is an important part of the trio, even if the movies do kinda portray him as a replaceable, dickish, himbo, carrot top cunt, who purposely hurts Hermione.

THAT'S OUR FOODIE GINGER SNAP BABY RONALD, OKAY!?!?!???

We respect him in this household, even if we sometimes wanna kick his ass so hard he begins to think he's Viktor Krum.

REMUS LUPIN FOLDS HIS SOCKS

He did it as a child and a teenager, but he carried the habit into his adult life. It made him feel in control of something in his life.

James was Sirius's first kiss

Sirius was James's first kiss

Strictly platonic first kiss between a couple of bro's

It happened second year.

"Its not gay, Wormtail, we had socks on."

Peter was terrified of rats before he discovered his animagus was a rat

If Regulus Black was an animagus, he'd be a black cat, for obvious reasons

Speaking of Regulus Arcturus Black, we stan that dramatic emo bitch in this household <3

He was just like Sirius, but in his own way and he catches so much shit because he was a death eater and did bad things.

Before he was marked, he was a boy who wanted to make his family proud. After he was marked, he wanted to escape.

He defected to the good side, but he died before Sirius could know the good thing he had began. He was just a boy.

Draco heard stories from his mother about Regulus and based many of his best traits after his cousin.

He treated house elves with respect, mostly when Lucius wasn't around to influence him. When he had nothing to prove.

He didn't care if they were like Dobby or Kreacher

He simultaneously hated his father and wanted him to be proud, so he took the dark mark at sixteen

Much like Regulus did

He also wanted to defect. He didn't want to be a killer. He didn't want to die.

He was just a boy.

Hermione carried on the soul of Regulus

I will die on that hill.

She was born a few months after he died and they were very similar, except for the obvious differences (blood status, house, family life, you get the gist)

We all know about S.P.E.W.

Regulus would've been the FIRST official member if he had been alive

Lily introduced her pureblood friends to muggle fashion

In fifth year when she saw James in a pair of tight pants, she almost fell out right in the middle of Hogsmeade

After that, she forbade Sirius from letting James borrow his clothes ever again

For self-preservation purposes, I like to pretend THE prank never happened. If you know, you know. If you don't, I can't explain or I'll cry

Marlene McKinnon = blonde Sirius with boobs

Hermione, Remus, and Lily are the voices of reason amongst their friends, while also being just as bad as them in a more subtle way

"Now, if you two don't mind, I’m going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed or worse. . . Expelled!"

BUT ALSO

Snape on fire ring any bells?

I just know James was sitting in the clouds, laughing his ass off while Lily told him to hush

She was also fighting laughter

Revenge often came in the form of a brilliant muggleborn witch

Sirius craves violence. . . And chaos

He would love when witches or wizards got mad, especially at him.

That shit turned him on faster than Remus fresh out of the shower

Sirius and Marlene yelled at eachother like siblings

Meanwhile Remus and Lily were sipping tea like some high society in-laws at Sunday brunch

Sirius LOVED Abba, but refused to admit it, even after Lily caught him singing 'Mamma Mia' under his breath. . . In the middle of class.

I SWEAR I had a point to this. I started writing HCs and then I started rambling??? I could ramble forever, honestly.

Send requests, I have some free time

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#marauders #harry potter #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs #golden trio era #marauders era #headcanon #ramblings

[moonlightdancer26]

I don't get people who hate on Ron and Snape but love Draco and the Marauders

Me neither. I would die for Draco and the Marauders (except James), but people like this infuriate me. Snape and Ron are so much better than the Marauders and Draco could ever be.

Draco was trash but he was a teenager and we do see how much he’s changed in CC—which we never see Sirius and Remus do even in canon—but why the hell would you stan him while hating on such a great person? Ron was brave, protective, loyal, funny, has his moments but is kind nonetheless, etc. How could you not love him (@maruke2003 🤧?)? They use “Draco was just a kid!” to excuse his shitty deeds when 99% of the things they hate on Ron for are backed up by the fact that… he literally was just a kid. Being an asshole to the girl you like during a party? Normal. Being jealous of your rich, famous, loved friend? Normal. Saying things you don’t mean when you’re mad? Been there done that (teen!Snape can relate). The list goes on.

The Marauders were just awful. At least with Draco you can kinda understand the “he was just a kid” excuse, but in what planet can that ever be a valid reason for that they did? Of course, we all do stupid things when we’re teenagers, however, if you sexually assaulted someone due to boredom, nearly murdered someone you don’t like and not only show zero remorse—but also use your best friend as a weapon in order to do so, choked them with soap (aka the equivalent of water boarding—an old torture method), then you are a fucking awful person who should rot in hell, not just “a dumb teenager.” Why can they say that a 16 year old calling his best friend a Mudblood is deserving of a death sentence but then go and make excuses for things that are so much worse? Of course, what Severus did was super shitty and he deserves criticism for it… but why would you act like you have the moral high ground when bashing him whilst completely disregarding what was done to him right before he said it (he was legitimately just choked and sexually humiliated mere moments before).

Do you notice how, after writing all this, I never touched upon how Sirius and Remus canonically never even changed while they were adults and had every opportunity to? Goes to show the Marauders’ awful deeds as teenagers are enough to show how ridiculous these excuses are.

There’s nothing wrong with loving Draco and the Marauders, I love them too, but to praise them whilst bashing characters who were so much better is just absurd.

#ron weasley #pro ron weasley #ronald weasley #pro ronald weasley #severus snape #snape #pro snape #pro severus snape #anti marauder stans #anti snaters #anti marauders stans #anti marauders stan #anti marauderfen #anti marauders #harry potter #hp #ask #asks

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Why like Sirius if both him and James are the same? Sirius being more horrible than James

Sirius and James are not the same. Plus, I sometimes enjoy horrible characters. It just depends on the story and how their positive traits balance out their bad traits.

Let me try to summarize for you anon:

Godfather Sirius

One of the best aspects of Sirius is how much he loves Harry. This man was willing to move heaven and earth for Harry and I admire that. Sure Jamie died for his family but I think Sirius was more impressive. We never saw James as a father and husband. But even with Sirius' limited circumstances, he did the best he could to look out for Harry.

Black family

I find the Black family so fascinating! I think the Black family is the best wizarding family JKR created. The Potters being related to the Peverells made me roll my eyes. I refuse to pay for streaming...but man I would be tempted to watch a series on the Black family!

Show vs tell

We hear how great James is but we hardly ever see it. What we do see are his awful moments. Not Sirius anon. With Sirius, we see his loyalty, passion, care etc. So it's easier to get behind Sirius and defend him.

James Potter is a plot device

James and Lily are ultimately plot devices in Snape and Harry's backstories. James has positive traits but overall James is pretty one-dimensional. Because Sirius is alive, we actually get to know Sirius as a person. The good, the bad and the very ugly.

Jily sucks

The whole Jily romance makes me hate James Potter. Part of me is happy Sirius was not bogged down by JKR's horrible romance drama. The Jily fans who think this ship is healthy and the greatest of all time are just plain delusional.

James stans are annoying

Usually, the most toxic marauders stan posts are about James. I liked James a little when I got into HP...but then the fandom discourse soured me on the guy. Sure, you have the posts defending Sirius in the werewolf prank and I get where they are coming from. Because, yes Sirius never forced Snape to go to the willow. It's still awful though, don't get me wrong. However, James stans will literally say he was justified in sexually harassing Snape. Gross! These people need Jesus!

Sirius has a more complex/interesting character & personality

James is honestly not that special. He's the typical rich jock kid who bullies people because he can. He treats girls like prizes and is rewarded with said girl by doing the absolute bare minimum. And he has his little charity case friends to kiss his backside. James peaked in high school.

Now Sirius has more going on. His complicated relationship with his mom and brother. How even though he rebels against his family, he is still the same bigoted Black who treats those lower than him like dirt. His wrongful imprisonment and how his freedom was robbed from him to the very end. His interesting dynamics with Remus and Peter.

This is it for the most part. Sirius is the best marauder and no one can convince me otherwise!

#anti james potter #james potter #anti marauder stans #anti marauder fandom #sirius black #pro sirius black #godfather sirius black #harry potter series #anon ask #anti jily #jily hate #anti james potter stans #black family

[brother-lipsmackariah]

as a person who both has anxiety disorder && intrusive thoughts, i am kind of uncomfortable with how the fandom reaction to remus & portrayal of him is. while anxiety can be difficult * cause problems (believe me i would know) it is also necessary in some degree, & yes in small doses can be beneficial. janus can be a jerk but again self preservation is necessary for self care. but intrusive thoughts? there is NOTHING good about that. & we havent seen remus contribute anything else. part 1

remus so far has LITERALLY shown NO redeeming qualities. what he HAS shown is a willingness to take sadistic joy in Hurting others. i get that he cant help disrespecting boundaries if he represents intrusive thoughts but 1. sides and thomas being bothered by that is totally reasonable, not them being "mean" to remus 2. again the fact remus clearly DELIGHTS in upsetting others is. literally exactly how middle school bullies acted. fandom made me feel really unwelcome in feeling unnerved by this. (Part 2)

You make a lot of good points, yes, and as someone whose intrusive thoughts cause her nothing but pain and sleep loss and sometimes anxiety attacks, I agree with them.

Remus clearly loves violence and has so far done nothing that makes it seem like he actually WANTS to help Thomas, at least not in the way he wants to help others. Of course, Intrusive Thoughts are MEANT to disturb you and they're usually always violent and sexual or gross in nature. They're repetitive and it makes sense that Remus would be like that too. I am glad Thomas chose to make his character violent and gross because if he was just going to make a few fart jokes or "jump out of a moving car" statements, he would be excluding so many of his fanbase who suffer from much worse Intrusive thoughts.

So yeah, I think it's a good decision that Remus acts like that in canon because it's a much more accurate version of IT in my opinion (by that, I mean he acts exactly like how my own intrusive thoughts torture me). I haven't seen him contribute anything meaningful or redeemable to any of their conversations either, but again, that's my opinion and other people might interpret it a different way.

I think the main problem is that so many of the fans don't actually watch the show they're fans of, and even if they do, they don't remember shit and go with the popular fanon (and Thomas is now guilty of including fanon ideas in the actual series). I think a lot of people love Remus or relate to him, and even if they're all like "we love villains in this house, let them do evil things" they actually look SO HARD to make him seem more sympathetic. Because if they like him they HAVE to make him seem more likeable even if that doesn't make sense in canon (like all the HCs of him being upset at called the evil twin even though he has called himself "demented" in canon)

Remus gets the same treatment Virgil/Janus/Logan do where they ignore their actual characters and make them whatever they want them to be. So Remus (who canonically jokes about murdering Thomas's family, of little babies, of making Thomas hurt himself or someone who has attacked another side twice) gets turned into this quirky funny pervert guy who makes poop jokes sometimes. And again, they're free to create what they want but this fandom is incapable of seperating fanon from canon so they claim it's a fact and "he's not that bad actually!"

It's completely fine if you use Remus to cope with your intrusive thoughts but not all of us have the same coping mechanisms. So when people like us get uncomfortable with his character or when we complain about his fanon portrayal, we're somehow "close-minded" and have a black and white view of things as if they're not the ones stripping away 90% of Remus's canon personality to fit him into their fanon Funny Guy™

#this doesn't make sense I'm sorry #and right with that on the bully thing #my science teacher used to bully me and he acted exactly like Logan #asks #Remus #Sanders Sides #Remus Critical #Remus negativity #(for filtering purposes) #fandom critical #I don't even hate Remus i just hate his Stans #I just hate Intru/lo/ceit stans in general #Shreya can't shut up

[darthwheezely]

traitor - j.p.

summary: based on the song traitor by olivia rodrigo - the second entry to my sour collection!

pairing: james potter x reader

warnings: cussing, angst, falling out of love, no happy endings, POS!James, yeah </3

a/n: if you’re a James stan like me: I am so sorry, but I regretfully have made him the LARGEST asshole I could

brown guilty eyes and

little white lies

yeah, i played dumb but i always knew

that you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse

i kept quiet so i could keep you…

He had called it a ‘mutual decision,’ but that kind of sounds like bullshit when multiple people saw James Potter tell you ‘he just wasn’t right for you anymore.’

He wasn’t right for you: but he sure as hell was right for Lily Evans.

It didn’t take you by surprise and that’s what sucks.

And ain't it funny

How you ran to her

The second that we called it quits?

It didn’t take long for the public to hear how Y/N had somehow broken the heart of the resident heartbreaker (go figure). How you had seemingly started things he couldn’t forgive you for, how you ruined him, and - your personal favorite - said by supposedly James himself:

“I had no idea anything was wrong.”

But in the end of the story, he always ran to Lily. You couldn’t blame her - how could you, that would make zero sense, she did nothing wrong. The only ill will you bore was to the boy you had wrongfully fallen for over and over again. You hated her at first, but how could you do that? How could you hate a possibly perfect being?

Lily was Eden incarnate, and you were a sorry sucker that just took a wrong bite of an apple.

And ain't it funny

How you said you were friends?

Now it sure as hell don't look like it

You had watched them get closer, it didn’t take much to see that he was slowly falling out of love with you and gaining feelings for the scarlet macaw of a woman that wasn’t you.

“Y/N?” He had knocked on the already open door, a goofy gesture that he always did - but today it hadn’t felt right. His body was awkward, the handsome young man now acting (and standing) horrifically disjointed. You closed your parchment and book and sat up.

“Hey, sweetheart! I’m so excited for our date tonight - I’m almost done with our homework and then I’ll start getting my makeup done n all-“

“Y/N we can’t go tonight. Actually.” He said stiffly, his hands fisting in his pockets. James couldn’t bring himself to look at you, too terrified of the stricken look you probably wore.

“But-but we’ve had this Queen concert planned for months,” you pleaded, smiling through tears that threatened to spill. “you were going to take me to London-“

“I know, but-“

“And we were going to stay with your family-“

“Yes, well, things changed, babe. I’m sorry, but we always can’t follow exact plans.” He said shortly, in a tone almost of silencing you, something that made him feel like being ill all over the place and you…terrified.

“I’m-I’m taking someone else.” He said flatly.

“Y-you’re taking someone else?”

“Yes.”

“To the concert we were going to?”

“Y-yes-“

“Is it a girl?”

“It’s not just any girl, it’s Lily. And I thought you’d understand that seeing as our anniversary is coming up anyways and I’d figure I’d just buy you some new jewelry and take you out, because god knows you couldn’t afford it on your own.” There was a beat of silence, your air being knocked out of you by his horrifically ignorant insight, your eyes glazed with spite as it slowly dawned on him what he had said.

“I am - God, Y/N, I’m so sorry-“

“Leave, please.”

“Baby, I-“

“Just. Go.”

He shut the door behind him.

You cried.

You betrayed me

And I know that you'll never feel sorry

For the way I hurt, yeah

You'd talk to her

When we were together

Loved you at your worst

But that didn't matter

It took you two weeks

To go off and date her

Guess you didn't cheat

But you're still a traitor

Now you bring her around

Just to shut me down

Show her off like she's a new trophy

Remus had desperately tried to get you to come to Gryffindor parties again, bribed you, outright pleaded you - but lo, to no avail. He couldn’t blame you, he wouldn’t want to go either had the love of his adolescent life been there.

On the subject of that: it really didn’t help that they all knew you were in love with him. Even after all this time.

Even when now, as you decided to show your face in front of all your ex-friends, the people that now wouldn’t look at you in the hallway, and the boy who so ingeniously broke your heart, you were still wishing he would pick you.

And I know if you were true

There's no damn way that you

Could fall in love with somebody that quickly

Ain't it funny?

Remember I brought her up

And you told me I was paranoid

“She is my best friend-“

“I know, James, I’m just asking if maybe we could spend more ti-“

“No, Y/N, you’re going to listen to me,” he had snapped, his voice cutting through your pleads and out any snippet of empathy in his voice.

“I am not and will not ever stop hanging out with my best friend because you are insecure of…whatever is going on.”

You felt unbearably naked in front of him, then. Why didn’t he care that you were crying? Why didn’t he care that every waking moment was much well spent with his newfound best friend - who before was his enemy - than with the woman he so proudly called ‘his first and only love.’

“I’m just confused, is’sall-“

“Yeah, me too,” he said ruefully, shaking his head.

He rolled his jaw and rubbed it before giving a gruff, “listen, you can either choose to trust me or keep being paranoid - choice is yours,” before turning on his heel and leaving the room.

Sometimes, you couldn’t make decisions when it came to James.

God, I wish that you had thought this through

Before I went and fell in love with you

Seeing him in the hallway with his mates, you’d decided, was the last straw. The same mates that had completely ignored you (save Remus), spread heaps of shit about you, and now had turned to look at you in the hallway.

“Two weeks. Two fuckin’ weeks, James,” you said loudly, your pace quickening to get to the utterly terrified boy.

“Y/N-? I-“ he didn’t have the time nor resistance to finish, as the palm of your right hand collided with his cheek, forcing his spectacles to hit the ground almost immediately.

“I-I’m so sorry-“

“Oh you’re sorry? Sorry for what?” You got louder, repeating the scene you had been so socially shunned for earlier. “Sorry for breaking my heart? Sorry for making me feel so incredibly used? How about distraught? Are you sorry for making me distraught? Neglected could be maybe a better word…”

“Y/N, please, I understand,” he damn near squealed, his head swishing from side to side to make sure everyone still perceived him as tge hero, as the victim even.

“You understand? You under-stand?”

“Yes, yes, I do-“

“No, James, you shut up and hear me, dammit because I’m only saying this once:”

When she's sleeping in the bed we made

Don't you dare forget about the way

You betrayed me

'Cause I know that you'll never feel sorry

For the way I hurt, yeah

You'd talk to her

When we were together

You gave me your word

But that didn't matter

It took you two weeks

“You didn’t even wait, James, how much did I actually ever mean to you?”

To go off and date her

“Y/N, please-“

“No! No, Godric, no, I am so sick of pretending to support you when we both know exactly what happened to us-!”

“Oh Jesus Christ…”

Guess you didn't cheat

“No. I want you to leave.”

“W-what?”

“I want you to get out.”

“I- no, what? No, I’m not letting you tell me what to do-“

“I never want to see you again do you hear me, James Potter?”

but you’re still

“I don’t understand-“

“You fucked us over, Jamie,” you spat.

you’re still a traitor

“And I never want to see you again.” You inhaled sharply, a rough wipe to your eyes was the last strength of movement you had before you started to walk past him, mumbling an “excuse me.”

The boy watched you walking, his legs starting to move autonomously and his face growing hot. This was your best friend, he-he had loved you, why were you walking away? Lily didn’t mean anything, you meant everything.

So why was it that a rupture of something only defined as guilt crawled up his chest and made him want to heave into a bin, or make him shiver with a frightful cold.

“God, Y/N, I’m sorry.” He whispered, to no one in particular.

yeah, you’re still a traitor.

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No I don't get Snape and dumbeldore stans who hate Draco no fuck you Snape was just as bad as Draco he got rejected by his crush so he went on to be a death eater he would not have changed sides if not for Lily's death and please before you start on 'the marauders bullied him' and shit like that let me just tell you they grew out of it james died to protect his family Sirius died when he went to save Harry Remus died fighting in the war even peter died because he showed Harry mercy not because he wanted to fuck his enemy's wife who is also dead. And dumbeldore don't even get me started on him I can't rant about him rn I will do it later no problem

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