#is malfoy canonically attractive? probably
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this is too short to tag as a proper wip snip but it's making me laugh and i want to put it somewhere so:
He took a moment to look at Malfoy properly: he remembered, back when his friends had the wrong idea about sixth year, that Hermione had said he was rather odd-looking on top of everything else, wasn’t he? Very pointy. Awful person. Harry could do better.
#she speaks!#drarry#is malfoy canonically attractive? probably#but i've always preferred writing him as someone a bit weird-looking that harry's madly into#to the confusion of all his friends. he's mean! he's annoying! he's vaguely classist a lot of the time! and he's not even that hot!#and yet the saviour of the wizarding world is enamoured...
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Homewrecker
Lucius Malfoy x F!Reader
890 words
Warnings:
post cheating established relationship
reader is a homewrecker
implied age gap, none explicitly stated
Notes: This is the first x reader fic I've written, so please be kind. It's short because I used it as a warm up for other things and I didn't like the way it felt. I will probably write another Lucius x Reader in the future to make up for it, but as for now, my blog is christened.
Everyone knew Lucius and Narcissa had a rocky relationship. Even if they presented a united front when out together, the fractures in their family were all too apparent in the quiet moments when they thought no one was watching. No one expected them to separate, of course. They were a power couple, even if that power came in the form of a glass canon, so it was rather surprising when the Daily Prophet put out an article complete with pictures about the 'young pretty miss' that Lucius had been caught out and about with on multiple occasions. Surprising to everyone but you, of course.
You'd met Lucius while interning for him in a temporary position while waiting for something more permanent. He was powerful and tall and had a presence you found alluring and attractive. He was married, which deterred you at first and kept your conversations and interactions strictly professional, but as the weeks wore on and time wore you both down things got less professional and eventually led to where you were now; sitting pretty in a plush chair looking out of one of the east windows of Malfoy Manor in your bathrobe with a hot cup of tea. Narcissa had left him, of course, but that was hardly your problem. She had enough money to be comfortable, and you had more money and her man. Your man now.
"Happy with yourself?" Lucius asked as he walked over to you with a copy of the Daily Prophet in hand. The article on the front was a picture of you and Lucius leaving the Ministry together, arm in arm. He smirked as he unfolded it and began to read the article aloud to you. "'Lucius Malfoy and his young homewrecker have been seen gallivanting proudly through England.' They're calling you a homewrecker, darling."
"Are they? Next I'll be the Whore of Babylon or whatever the muggle folk talk about in their mythology." You smile up at him and set your tea on the side table as he tosses the newspaper to the side, landing it square on the sofa across from you as he walks over to you. He's still in his daywear for outings, having just come home from a business meeting, except he's shed his overcoat and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his dress shirt.
"I can't bring myself to care, really. They'll find a new torch to burn once the divorce is finalized and we will be left in peace, my dear," Lucius loomed over you, his smoky cologne hitting your nostrils like the scent of home as he placed one of his large hands on the arm of your chair and tilted your head up with the other. His sharp grey eyes met yours as a strand of his blonde hair fell in his face, and his smirk shifted slightly into an almost sweet smile. "You get prettier every time I see you."
"Oh please." You grasp the collar of his shirt and pull him down to plant a firm kiss on his lips. Sweetness was momentary and easily shattered within the confines of your relationship with Lucius. He looked out for you, true, but it was more out of some sort of masculine possessiveness that had a haunting chance to turn into controlling paranoia. He wasn't a good person, but then again, neither were you. And who cares about moral bankruptcy when you have enough money to buy out anyone that matters?
He bit your lower lip, pulling you out of your thoughts and back to the present moment of the soul devouring kiss you found yourself in. He kissed you like he wanted to consume you, not with the reverence he would use for a delicacy, but rather like a starving man. His hand moved from your chin to your hair and pulled you closer to him by gripping the back of your head. You could hear your own heartbeat pounding in your head from the adrenaline as he released you and pulled away, breathing deeply before pulling off his suit jacket and tossing over the arm of the sofa. His eyes stared out the window you had previously been gazing through, except you could tell his intense stare was more of a side affect of his tangled thoughts than any scene that he could see from that view. When he finally opened his mouth to speak, you spoke first, which cause him to swivel towards you in surprise.
"Let's not talk about serious topics this evening." You rose from you chair and placed a comforting hand on Lucius's arm, knowing far too well that any conversation borne from that stare of his and the thoughts that lay behind would only lead to a reminder of the less pretty side of your now easy life. Money could buy anything but time, and it was far more pleasant to spend your limited amount of time enjoying life rather than dwelling on the dark and macabre. "You've got the rest of the evening off and we don't have anywhere to go this weekend."
"And what is my pretty dove implying?" Lucius asked with a feigned suspicion as your hands slid down to take his. You giggled at him in a mischievously childish manner before you responded.
"Just a little bit of harmless homewrecking."
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First Rodeo ~Country Cissy ~Narcissa Malfoy nee. Black xFem Reader
Country Cissy~ First Rodeo; not exactly canon and following to first part. Just overall the same character or personality of a Southern Narcissa Malfoy... Also, I decided to combine the idea of a virgin!reader into the mix...
Southern Mommy
Mommy...Master List
Prompt-List
Warnings: NSFW, 18+!!!, smut, virgin!reader, mind reading, eating out, fingering, sex, more implied sex, praise kink, implied mommy kink
1k words
Enjoy (;
You walked into the bar and the smell of whiskey smacked you in the face. You went up to the bar and ordered what everyone seemed to be having here: whiskey.
The bartender had a southern twang of an accent. A deep twang. The bar was loud and chaotic and mostly taken up by a dance space.
And there were many “cowboys” I guess you could call them on the dance floor, trying to get ladies you assumed.
You just called them pricks.
But among the mass of dancing cowboy boots, you noticed a particular woman.
She was knocking her boots in a rhythm that brought you into a trance.
Her hips swayed side to side in the most elegant manner.
She was stunning.
From her stomping cowboy boots to her luscious red lips, to her delicate yet strong looking hands.
She caught your eye and winked and you blushed, looking away. That’s when you noticed how many other people had their eyes trained on her.
Specifically, how many men were staring at her, like they were just undressing her with their eyes...
Disgusting...
You continued your night, but your attention stayed on this woman.
She must have been at least 50... But Damn... That thought made her even more attractive.
Eventually, the woman had decided that she was done dancing and made her way over to the bartender. You immediately looked away.
“Buy me a drink, Darling?” the woman purred.
You turned towards her, and you swore you would do any fucking thing for her...
“Um... Sure!” was your response.
She chuckled at that, “I just thought that with all your starin’, you’d at least owe me a drink”.
You stood there just in shook and embarrassment for a minute. “Um... I’m not really good at this.” you hesitantly tried to explain, but she interrupted you, “That’s alright darling, what’s your name?”.
You answered and asked back, “What’s yours?”.
She laughed and purred in response, “Depends what you mean to me. For now, you, darling, can call me Cissy.”
You were at the bar drinking and talking for a bit, when eventually Cissy said “Well love, you should probably head back home. You’ve a good amount of alcohol and we wouldn’t want you becoming prey to anyone”.
As heart warming as this was, you were tipsy and starting to get bold. You leaned in and whispered, “But what if I don’t want to go home? What if I want to do something else?” You wiggled your eyebrows suggestively.
Cissy chuckled, “Let’s see what sober you has to see about that...”
She muttered a spell and you could feel all the alcohol dissipate from your body.
You immediately realized and regretted what you had previously said. And apparently your face showed that as Cissy erupted out in laughter.
When she had settled down she looked more serious and purred, “Now. Was that just drunk you takin’ or somethin’ else?”
You avoided her look.
“I... You...nevermind.” you huffed.
“No...” Cissy sternly purred, “Tell me.”
You looked at her in her radiance. And your doubts started to flood your mind...
She’s too old for you. Your a virgin for gods sake and she’s a fucking goddess.
“A goddess? Well, I don’t know about that...” Cissy interrupted you.
Shit. Was she a Legillemens??
“Yes...I am” she hesitatingly said this time.
You just stood there in shock, regretting every though you had about her ever.
“You didn’ answer my question, darling... Do you still want this?” She hesitantly asked.
You looked at her.
“You want me?”
She chuckled, “Love, your beautiful. And it would be my honor to be your first time.”
You just nodded in response.
Next thing you know, You’ve apparatted with Cissy into what you assume is her bedroom. It reflected her personality perfectly. And in the middle there was a massive bed.
“Lay on the bed for me, darling.”
You did as you were told and layed down on your back on the bed. You were nervous. But you wanted her.
“It’s alright love, just tell me if I should stop and I will, alright?”
You nodded.
She took your clothes off, and then hers so that you were both completely naked and vulnerable to each other.
She held herself above you and then she kissed you. You immediately reciprocated, at least with what you knew how to.
“That’s it, darling.” Cissy encouraged you as you fell deeper into the kiss.
She then began to pepper you body with marks and kisses. She got to your breasts which made you cry out but in a good way.
“That’s right, love. Let me hear your moans” Cissy purred, as she continued to work her way down you body.
She continued with the praise the entire time. She reached your thighs and slowly pulled them apart. “Is it ok if I use my fingers and tongue, love?”
You were needy now and desperate for more touch, “Yes, god yes” you mewled.
Cissy smirked, “Good Girl” she purred.
She started out with slow laps to your folds and light pressure on your clit, but she quickly sped up.
You could feel your body building up to something more and more, “Fuck, Cissy please” you moaned.
“That’s it, love. Let it go. Let it wash over you”
And then you came. Cissy helped you ride out your post-orgasm bliss, and then she came up to kiss you with her luscious, cum coated lips.
“Fuck me...” you moaned in delight.
Cissy hummed, “I plan on doing that properly in a minute”.
You moaned in anticipation, “How are you so good at this?”.
Cissy lustfully chuckled.
She came up to your ear, but not before sticking her pointer finger inside you causing you to mewl and moan in need.
She added and pumped a second finger into you making you scream her name in delight.
That’s when she answered your question, as you were cumming a second time this time on her digits, “This ain’t my first rodeo, darling” she purred in delight.
#virgin!reader#narcissa malfoy#narcissa smut#narcissa black#narcissa malfoy smut#country narcissa#narcissa x reader#narcissa malfoy x reader#narcissa black smut#narcissa black x reader#harry potter fanfiction#harry potter smut#harry potter#smut#mommy issues#hot mommy#mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry. mommy?#mommy k!nk#Spotify
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hello once again!🤍
(Before i start, everyone has their own interpretation about pansy and Draco's relationship but personally, i don't think they were besties or friends as fandom shows(i understand why they do that)and i even don't think they were dating i think pansy had a crush on draco, desperately drooling over him but not that deep feelings really and draco liked attention)
But my point is how many people think they were dating and it was IMPLIED in their opinion.. so i really think it is harry's pov making them think like that and MORE INTERESTING thing is that harry doesn't notice ginny has a crush on him and fans tell he's as observant as brick wall(which i'm not agreeing) but the moment pansy shows interest and attention to draco, harry notices it(like draco coming in yule ball with pansy and "she was clutching his arm")and mentions it in some unpleasant way(like stroking draco's hair)
I can't stop smiling thinking about this really. What do you feel about this?😂
Hello! What a great question. Basically I agree with you. I have to say I really do enjoy some good Draco & Pansy friendship dynamics in fic. But just like fics can add in romances between characters who weren't romantically involved in canon (and do an amazing job of it too - there are characters who are married in my head even tho they never even met in canon due to some excellent fics I've read) fanon can extrapolate based on what is in canon or what just seems fun even if there's not much canonical basis.
Draco's dynamic with his fellow Slytherins in canon is super interesting and we get hints that there's actually a lot of distance and performativeness in how he interacts with them, which means that even before 6th year he's actually very isolated and lacks any true confidants, even though it's not that apparent till then.
In his world - the world of rich, influential purebloods - Draco is genuinely hugely important. I mean, his family are sitting in the Minister's Box in book 4. No other family is there. It's all officials. They are important and influential due to their wealth and social connections. Draco is a Black on his mother's side and Malfoy on his father's side, so from a blood purest perspective he's also about as pedigreed and high status as you can get.
All this is to say that he has a certain image to maintain and doesn't really interact with his classmates as equals. He treats Crabbe and Goyle as minions, more than friends - something that they apparently resent, as they are rather gleeful about switching up this dynamic once his family has a fall from grace. Similarly I would imagine there is a certain distance in his relationship with Pansy and that they probably don't have the intimacy that Harry has with his friends, though a closer dynamic can be super fun to read and explore in fic.
I personally read Draco as gay and so I don't think he had romantic feelings for Pansy. I think Pansy's feelings for Draco can be read several different ways. She may have been attracted to him and/or assumed they would get married since he would be an advantageous match (even if he was gay he may also have assumed they would eventually marry). Or they could have simply been friends since he certainly is a very important person to be friends with within her social circle.
She does seem to stick by him in 6th year when his family is starting to have troubles (though of course him being a Death Eater may given the illusion that should Voldemort take over, he'd be in good standing again - by 7th year this illusion is gone and it's clear that Voldemort does not favor his family and they are "finished" as Crabbe puts it.)
In the 6th book Pansy can also be read as knowing Draco has a crush on Harry and being romantically interested in Blaise, not in Draco. She and Blaise do eventually get married after all, and Pansy seems awfully interested in figuring out what kind of girl he likes. I tend to prefer this reading and like to see Draco and Pansy as mostly platonic, though with the possibility that Draco did know there was a possibility they might end of married because #Purebloods.
Regardless, I don't think they were ever dating. Harry would definitely have noticed if they were. I think they just kind of defaulted to each other for plus one type situations. (Just as they might have defaulted to matrimony at one point, before deciding to ultimately forge their own paths with the people they preferred). Harry does definitely get weirdly jealous of just the idea that they might be dating. Which is sure interesting. But they don't ever seem to. If they were actually together I'm quite sure Harry would have noticed and thrown a fit lol.
#send me more asks anytime. i love answering them. you all ask such cool questions#asks#Harry Potter#Draco Malfoy#Pansy Parkinson#drarry
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i remember someone say a hc about Eileen and Tom going at Hogwarts at the same time (not in the same year tho) and i got the thought of a possible relationship between not strictly romantic tho, just something that left a mark in both. What do you think?
thank you very much for the ask, @midnight1404!
once i stopped singing "tom and eileen" to the tune of come on, eileen, i decided to settle on the idea of this... partially flopping.
that the two might have been at hogwarts at the same time is completely plausible - although i do prefer the idea of eileen as marrying tobias and having severus when she's very young, since i think it adds something to the sadness of her story for her to end up trapped in such a horrible situation with her whole life stretching before her, which means i tend to imagine her being around fifteen or so years younger than voldemort - but i think that, if they were, eileen would never have been someone who tom paid attention to.
i've said elsewhere that i've never gone in for the fanon that eileen comes from an elite pureblood background [the only person who ever suggests she does is harry, who has absolutely no evidence other than it being something he reckons].
this isn't just because i find the idea that all purebloods are swaggering aristocrats tiresome, but because i think it's more interesting to imagine her as being raised adjacent to a working-class muggle area, having loved tobias since childhood, and then having discovered as an adult that his childhood fascination with her magic turned into resentment and violence as he lost his work and turned to drink.
[and i also actually think that severus snape's canonical relationship to his own social class makes much more sense if we imagine it belonging to a boy who comes from several generations of aspirational-working- or lower-middle-class princes, who wants to both give the middle finger to the inbred toffs who surround him at school and have their social cachet and easy way of moving through the world.]
if we imagine eileen in this vein, then - certainly not as destitute as tom [her copy of advanced potion making was probably new, after all] but still from a background without wealth or influence - then she's going to be someone tom wouldn't give a solitary shit about because he couldn't use her for his own social advancement.
for her part - if she's anything like her son - she'd probably regard the teenage tom as a pretentious, social-climbing dickhead [i'm on the record that - for all severus likes and admires the adult voldemort - he'd loathe the young tom riddle].
but - with this said - she might also have her son's interest in magical invention and experimentation. and, since this desire to push and play with magic is clearly one of the things which leads voldemort to favour severus, why wouldn't he find it equally worthy of his attention in eileen?
i don't think it goes any real distance - eileen's too hung up on tobias; tom doesn't only surround himself with attractive male quidditch players for nefarious reasons - but i think a brief flicker of nostalgia does make its way through lord voldemort's atrophied soul when lucius malfoy informs him that he's found a young half-blood potions genius who's interested in becoming a death eater.
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I like to bring them back together for the friendship and romance when Draco is already doing well and has done some healing and repenting on his own without being dragged to it by Harry. I feel like the whole down and out Draco thing already happened in DH. He and his entire family faced a humiliating and public fall from grace and were also like. Tortured? Do we really need to see him despised after that? Plus I think the general public holding a grudge toward the Malfoys and Draco in particular is somewhat unrealistic.
god exactly, you are so 1000% right. especially about DH! when people treat them worse than voldemort did in fic...lol you already know my thoughts about how icky "the oppressed become the oppressors so now we feel bad for and root for the former oppressors" thing that always happens.
also, yeah, this is probably very american of me but i'm always like. they're rich, and powerful, and well-connected, and those connections don't just vanish into dust when the clock strikes midnight on may 3rd. the ministry was so corrupt before DH that it got taken over in a matter of weeks; that level of dysfunction doesn't turn into the anti-slytherin crusades immediately.
it's kind of more valuable that the malfoys' worst punishments came from voldemort because it's the clearest, most practical way for them to actually change. like, the leopard ate their faces! they canonically realized that!
but yeah, i totally agree, i really like starting from that place in a drarry relationship. harry shouldn't be the main reason draco changes (and neither should those reasons be like, society beating it into him); he should be attracted to the ways draco has already changed. i see draco becoming a better person because he sees what his and parents' beliefs led to and then grows from that; it shouldn't be contingent on harry at all.
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Regarding Alastor
Before we begin, take a note of my profile picture. It is an aroace flag, because I am aroace. I'm speaking as an aroace, though not for every aroace person as a whole. (But I'm sure many would agree.)
And it is the idea that Alastor is strictly an aroace himself. From what I can gather, information on that is from years ago. (So it can be taken with a grain of salt. Because, hey, nothing was set in stone at the time) But the idea of it upsets people! Now, this sucks on so many levels. How could a show where a major character is at minimum alloace have so many aphobes/arophobes that the creator feels the need to hide a label? He is most likely aroace, so what?
The very root of shipping in fandom is ignoring canon for some fun- some entertainment. It is an act of harmless self-indulgence not meant to effect canon. Alastor won't have a romance subplot, but, hey "that's what fanfiction s for." What are the odds that the people who view aromantic = unshippable ship something contradictory of canon IE Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter?
People who don't like Alastor in ships can block the tags, users, and filter as much of it out as they can. Yes, that is likely most of his fan content right now, but it is not all of it. Tumblr has me eating good with fan content around Alastor's and Lucifer's rivalry, for example
This is not to mention that aromanticism and asexuality are a part of a spectrum. Many people shipping Alastor may be aromantic themselves. It may sound ironic, but many of us can be quite the romantics. (Again, speaking as an aroace who enjoys shipping)
These are umbrella terms. Some are purely aroace and feel none at all, while others may feel some. Think: demisexual/romantic - where an individual will only feel an attraction to someone they have a bond with. I went with the demiromantic route for my fanon interpretation of Alastor, but it doesn't make other fanon interpretations any more or less valid. The most valid interpretation is the canon one anyways, since no amount of fans having fun should be changing the story and the crew's vision.
This rant may be rambly, but whatever. You probably get the gist. Shippers complaining that they would have to comply with Alastor's aromanticism is just arophobia, and the people who find Alastor shipping content upsetting can curate their internet experience and block tags/users who make that content.
If anyone has an issue with "It's okay to ship Alastor, and I don't headcanon him as strictly aromantic," then you know where the block button is. :)
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What are your favourite characterisation of Tom Riddle? Are there any fics where you really liked their characterisation of Tom Riddle?
I'm pretty much open to any characterisation of Tom, so long as I can logically trace it back to Canon. There's so much that can be left up to interpretation because we're (almost) never in his POV.
Here are a bunch of fics with a variety of characterisations that I enjoyed:
virtuous sorrows feign a tale
Albus Dumbledore/Tom Riddle
The orphanage was different. He has to tell himself this every time he’s on his knees in front of a toilet.
Between naming and power (there is you) by redsnake05
Rosier Sr/Tom Riddle (cw: past CSA)
Tom was made for greatness; he'd known this since he was a child. Working at Borgin and Burkes is a small beginning, filled with petty spites and unsettling visits to Hepzibah Smith. In Rosier, Tom finds something that he'd never considered.
Either must die at the hand of the other by metalomagnetic
Harry Potter/Voldemort
Voldemort survives the Battle of Hogwarts because Harry Potter had not been the one to kill him, as the prophecy demands.
Gaunt by Name, Gaunt by Nature by Blood_Stained_Fingers
If Merope lived would she be in love with her son?
Transcendence by ChapterEight
Voldemort/Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy/Tom Riddle, Hermione Granger/Tom Riddle (cw: um read the tags)
Tom thought that maybe fifty years of utter isolation in a diary was a small price to pay to gain the advantages of being a living Horcrux, even if he was probably a bit mad from the experience. After all, being mad was no impediment to a Dark Lord.
A Dangerous Game by Cybrid
Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
Tom Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets in Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts. After a botched attempt to extract the Horcrux in Harry’s scar leaves their souls tied together, Tom is forced to kidnap him when he makes his escape.
A story of Horcrux hunting, adventure and unwilling attraction.
A Moment of Your Time by duplicity
Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
“I think... it’s best if you go home,” Minister Potter says softly. Tom hears the threat underneath, gentled by the man’s compassion and empathy. Go home, it says. Leave this be.
Tom feels sixteen again, discontent and disregarded. He hates it. He won’t stand for it. “And if I refuse to?” Refuses this refusal of his person. This denial of what lies between them, the mystery of those unreadable eyes, the hum of danger that dances over Tom’s skin like pinpricks of static. He has waited too long for this opportunity to slip away from him.
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I’ve never understood Wolfstar, Jegulus, or Drarry. Yes, Sirius and Remus were friends but they went that close. If they were would Sirius have believed Remus was a spy? Did this conversation not come up as he was gazing into his eyes or shagging his brains out? Would Remus not have tried to bail or see Sirius in jail? None of it adds up. Jegulus doesn’t make sense either. There’s no interaction between James or Regulus, if James was going to choose a Black it would be Sirius not Regulus. This is the Wolfstar gang wanting to pair James with someone else because they believe Sirius belongs to Remus. Plus, James would never date a death eater. Then there’s Drarry, and I don’t get this pairing at all. They have nothing in common other than being Seekers at quidditch which we don’t even know if that was Draco’s position or if he was placed into that because it was all that was available on the Slytherin team. Harry hates everything about Draco, his morals, his friends, his attitude, and his family, his existence, and his face. Would Harry have really cared if Draco died in the fire? Probably not. He would have felt bad for a few seconds because he’s a cabbage and maybe when Narcissa asked if Draco was alive he would have been thinking fuck I should have tried harder to save the lil bitch (although I can guarantee Harry would have lied to Narcissa about Draco because he needed to get rid of Voldemort). Rorry makes way more sense than Drarry. And don’t even get me started on Drinny. Ginny would have never let that ferret touch her and if she was forced to marry him, you best believe my girl found a way to murder the whole Malfoy family in one night. What all of these pairings have in common is Remus, Regulus, and Draco are completely off character and writer makes them the Casanova of Hogwarts. There’s nothing in the books about Remus being good looking, Regulus is decent looking but not as attractive as Sirius, and there is not even one line of Harry thinking Draco is a good looking guy. The Drarry shippers have made me hate the pairing so much that I can’t even ship Scorbus lol. I hate that kid and want him to die for just being a Malfoy 🤣. I know it’s not fair but you can thank the Drarry shippers for my hatred of Scorbus and pushing their agenda.
I agree with you on all fronts (except for Scorbus because I loooove me some Scorbus and it’s the only thing making me keep Draco alive!)
Wolfstar is like the friends to lovers trope. But I don’t think they were that close either. They thought each other were the spy!! It just doesn’t make sense. I’d love to hear how Wolfstar writers write this. Like do they just forgo canon like they do these characters personalities?? You could maybe sell me on post-Azkaban Wolfstar but they need to be in character and you need to make it make sense, you know?? Even then, I’m suspect. You’d have to do a lot of convincing for me to try it.
James dating a Death Eater?? No, makes zero sense whatsoever. James hated the dark arts. He hated Death Eaters. He would never have dated Regulus. Ever. From what I understood, the characterizations of them are bad in order to make them work.
Now, if you wanted a good friends to lovers couple, I would recommend a nice Prongsfoot or Rarry, like you said. If you want the little cabbage to be born (which I know I do), I love me a well done Jilypad. That throuple just makes sense on so many levels. I’d love to read a long fic with this couple, but I’ve only found short one shots. And, in my mind, Hinny is together in every universe… except the one where Rarry is together. End of story. Sorry, there is one universe where Hinny is not together.
As for Drarry, I view it as like a Dramione. They both make the same amount of sense and you do have to drastically change their canon personalities to make it work. I’m not a big fan of enemies to lovers. But that’s just me.
Now, I do love Scorbus. It’s very Romeo and Juliet with their forbidden love because their families hate each other. There’s not enough good Scorbus out there.
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What are your thoughts on Snape's relationship to the Malfoy family? There's a lot of different reads + built-up fanon around Snape&/Lucius and Snape+Draco, and I'd be curious to hear your take if you feel like answering.
As usual, I don't really go by fanon. Fanon does get one thing right, though, which is that Lucius and Severus were friends: Severus reacts to his name when Harry names him as Death Eater in GoF, Narcissa names him as Lucius's old friend (but not hers), and Snape heavily favors Draco in his classes. I find their friendship very interesting to think about, firstly because it's atypical in the sense that Severus is a poor half-blood and Lucius is very much not and is even the kind of person we've come to expect to be prejudiced against that sort of thing, and secondly because of how it falls apart over the course of the story.
The class differences are why I do not think that Severus would have been named as Draco's godfather. It's probably largely a symbolic role in wizard society, as in our own, but that doesn't meant that it would be likely (If I had to guess, I'd put Draco's godfather down as either Rodolphus or Mr. Nott). I also don't think that Lucius wouldn't have implicit prejudices against Severus, as they live in very very different worlds. But in some ways I think that the Inner Circle of the Death Eaters is an equalizer . . . and Lucius has a history of not discriminating against half-bloods like Bellatrix does (he works with Rita and Dolores, both confirmed by Word of God as half-bloods, and was willing to follow Harry if he was a new Dark Lord) and in my opinion he at least suspected that Voldemort was, seeing as he would've seen the name "Tom Riddle" in the diary he was given. I think he's in a unique position to genuinely appreciate Severus's (copious) talent and he would also find him genuinely funny while being willing to look on his parentage as his mother's mistake (it also helps here that Severus is descended from a pure-blood family with influence and history, even if he doesn't have the family name. The Malfoys and Princes very possibly intermarried at some point in the past, too.)
We don't actually find out how close they were, but they were close enough that Narcissa thought she could go to him when Draco was in danger. Whether this is because he and Lucius were particularly close (as in, closer than the way Lucius and Severus both knew Igor Karkaroff) or because of Severus's proximity to Draco we don't know, but she does explicitly invoke his relationship with Lucius. Lucius also speaks positively of him to Dolores Umbridge. While I have significant reservations on the levels of affection/loyalty they have for each other, as we'll see, I do love their dynamic and yes I think it's at least plausible they could've fucked.
It's hard to lay out a timeline of their relationship, because all we get are SCRAPS! I'll try to be clear where I'm editorializing and where I'm pointing out canon incidents. The first one is when we see Lucius patting Severus on the back when he gets sorted, showing that he's generally amiable to even impoverished Slytherin first-years. There's basically nothing else on their relationship at this point, but it's very worth noting two of Severus's character traits: attraction to power and desire to be validated by male authority figures in his life. I refuse to believe that Lucius wasn't his first real crush on a man! Beyond that, their relationship would've been at least implicitly imbalanced in the early years, first with Lucius as a Prefect and then as an adult and then as someone in the Dark Lord's favor - and of course on top of all that being a politically influential rich kid. (Snucius opportunity: teenager Severus being coaxed into sexual activity with a much (5y) older boy. Hot, in my opinion, and sketchy as fuck. Checks out as being the sort of thing Lucius might plausibly do and the sort of thing Severus might plausibly enjoy). I imagine Lucius as the first authority figure to genuinely appreciate Severus, or make him feel appreciated and welcomed in general, which would do wonders for a neglected kid. It also explains why they're friends despite some inherent mismatch in their personalities.
However at some point these dynamic became more equal; Lucius doesn't treat Severus any more like a lackey than he treats anyone else. Severus eventually got Marked by Voldemort, became the youngest Hogwarts Professor, and - here's the elephant in the room with them - in 1981 sold him out with everyone else he knew at the time to the Order in order to save Lily's life. Which brings me to my next kind of killjoy point: this was a war. Lucius was facing life in Azkaban or the Dementor's Kiss if Severus's information lead to his capture; Severus was facing Lucius torturing him to death if he was found out. Also, imo, the reason Severus turns his back on the Death Eaters for Lily is that Lily was the first truly no-strings-attached true friendship and relationship and likely the only one that he ever had. And as much as Lucius liked Severus, that man does not do "no strings attached loyalty." I do not think they were what we would imagine as "best friends" or "found family." YMMV on how disillusioned with the Death Eaters Severus was before he went to Dumbledore, but he certainly wasn't risking his life spying for the Order before Lily was put in danger. But . . . I do think they genuinely cared about one another. And they're both bisexual so they could have sex, even though Lucius is . . . way out of his league, unfortunately.
But Lucius escapes Azkaban when the Dark Lord falls and stays friends with Severus (who has Dumbledore's confidence but didn't get anyone arrested, not that Lucius seems to care with how he and Igor get along) for the interim. All we know is that Severus favors Draco when he comes to Hogwarts, but I think they were probably hanging out. Maybe exchanging some nasty poisons and hot Dark Arts tips. Talking about Draco. Etc.
There's no way that Severus knew about Lucius's diary schemes, or Dumbledore would've known, so there were certainly limits to his confidence. I think this was a tipping point in their relationship and very likely one of the things Dumbledore brought up to convince Severus to so ruthlessly sell out his former friend. Lucius is, genuinely, ruthlessly murdering Severus's students. Does Severus like his students? No, not particularly, but by this point I think he's grown some actual morals. These students aren't any older than Lily when she was at Hogwarts - if she was there, she would've been targeted. Lucius isn't any worse than he was in the 70s, but I put this down as a moment that sparked or lit the match for an eventual reckoning with Severus's friendship with him.
Until the Dark Lord comes back and Severus goes back to spying, where particularly in OotP he specifically targets Lucius (Sirius Black calls him his "lapdog," which, okay Sirius, I too believe in Severus's honeytrapping abilities I guess). Lucius is telling him enough for Severus to get a lot of crucial information to the Order, enough so that the Death Eaters (and Voldemort) suspect there's a spy in their ranks, so either Lucius trusts him or this is Inner Circle information. Crucially, Severus doesn't know that Harry intends to go to the Department of Mysteries until Harry tells him, at which point he alerts the Order, and the Order shows up, and Lucius gets so completely screwed. (He may not have known what time they were going to attack, suggesting even Lucius had some reservations about his trustworthiness). So Severus is responsible for Lucius's failure and capture, and general downfall. Which is fantastic for me as a lover of pain, misery, suffering, etc. Severus tanking his one positive Death Eater relationship is just wild to me and I love it so much. It's also great to see Lucius as the victim of abject betrayal and see his trust being taken advantage of by someone he didn't suspect.
Dumbledore hints this was his plan all along in the pseudocanon Tales of Beetle the Bard notes, where he notes his plans to oust Lucius as Voldemort's de facto right-hand-man. Draco's feelings on Snape turn at this point, when he starts (correctly!) accusing Severus of trying to take his father's place and any positive relationship seems to be forgotten. We don't see them interact positively after that even though we know Severus lied to Voldemort about Draco lowering his wand (maybe because Dumbledore asked him to, maybe because he knows Lucius cares about Draco, maybe because Narcissa asked him to, or any combination). At this point Severus has known him for six years and it's not a stretch to think he wouldn't want to see Draco dead. On the other hand, he argues with Dumbledore about having to kill him to save Draco, and seems more attached to him than Draco. Or maybe he's just mad that Dumbledore isn't taking his feelings into account. Severus is hard to get a read on when it comes to feelings sometimes (a lot).
At the end of the war, Lucius is the one to send Severus to his death, which is genuinely so poetic. I have to wonder what Lucius and Draco thought of him after the war: doubtless Lucius was furious, but Lucius and Draco also pull an Igor Karkaroff and sell out every other Death Eater and collaborator they know for a free ride out of Azkaban. I don't think that Lucius would forgive him, but I think Draco, as someone who took on a similar role during the war of not truly wanting to be there and becoming disillusioned, would have more sympathy. This is also why I can't take post-war fluff with them very seriously. What I actually want is Lucius getting sentenced to death after the war or Severus being found out as a spy in the v!wins AU. But they just have SO MUCH there to work with! They can't be too close, but that doesn't mean they didn't care or there wasn't real conflict in their relationship with each other. It's also super compelling to me that Severus was ever friends with someone as, honestly, nakedly evil as Lucius and had a clearly positive relationship with him. I love the idea of Severus's first in-depth experience with watching someone be a loving father being Lucius parenting Draco and him genuinely looking up to Lucius for a very long time. And Lucius taking Severus's virginity . . . and Voldemort forcing Severus to rape Lucius during Deathly Hallows sorry who said that!
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What are your favourite aspects of Bellamort? What made you ship it in the first place?
Hello, dearest!
How wonderful to log back in on Tumblr and find one of your asks! Even though it is absolutely not an easy one. How - where - do I even begin?
I guess that what attracted me first, back in 2013, was probably Bellatrix. I have always been fascinated with villains, especially women, especially ones who fall under the "wicked witch, but complex" trope. But Bellatrix is so much more. She is still one of my favourite characters of all time, years later, and I don't need to tell you just how wonderful she is.
And, of course, there's Voldemort, whom I was fascinated with even before Bella was introduced in the series. You know, it was already apparent to me, as an 11-12-year-old back when I read the books for the first time, that they were lovers. Maybe I didn't grasp all of their complexities straight away, but it just seemed so obvious to me. I was shocked when I went online for the first time and people were fervently denying this. I'm actually mad that it took Cursed Child (which I don't really like, at all) to make it canon when it was clearly in the author's intentions from the start.
It was, honest to God, the only romance in the entire HP universe I was interested in. One thing I liked about the saga was that it didn't contain romance, it was clearly about another kind of love (friendship, loyalty, family). BUT I couldn't get enough of Bellamort.
I guess what I liked most is that they are the opposite of mundane. I love the complexity of the characters, their intrinsic tragedy. Voldemort will never truly recognize what they have as love, even in the best-written fanfictions, he is only IC, to me, when he denies his feelings - it's not love, it's adoration; it's not faith, it's loyalty. Dumbledore says that Tom Riddle could have been saved if he had been loved... but he was, loved. And it was the kind of love that corrupts, not the one that saves (Bella, in this case). I love that it makes both of them more complicated, deeper characters.
I also think that part of their beauty is the mystery, the fact that we get to fill in the gaps. I have at least 10 different versions of Bellamort, from the coldest, most heartless, soul-wrenching ones, to the sweeter ones (if the word "sweet" could ever be used to describe these two).
I love their passion, their ruthlessness, the the-devil-and-his-witch dynamic they have, the obsession, the scream. The hope that even the darkest, most tortured souls can find solace (in each other), even if for a few seconds. And that's just the canon stuff.
Is it toxic? Sure. Are they both cunts? Oh, yeah. I love them for it. I also (and I'm a bit of a sadist, but this is fiction, who cares) love the Hurt/Comfort dynamic of their relationship.
Is the 25-year gap dubious when she's 17 and he's 42? Yeah.
I don't believe in the "love at first sight" version of Bellamort - I believe he was fascinated and impressed with her, enough to take her under his wing, his first apprentice in the Dark Arts.
And then, then she grew on him, day after day after day. She becomes familiar, and he finds himself knowing more and more about her, wanting to know more and more about her. That's who Bella is to him: the one who always stays. Everyone leaves, no one is worthy of trust. But Bella always comes through for him. She accepts to be sent into Hell for him, and then she discovers that Hell is just a place without him. He screams at the end of DH because, when she falls, she's failed him. His last, best lieutenant, the one who always found her way back to him, is dead.
She made herself indispensable to him, without him realizing it for a long time. When he does, he's powerless. Sure, he humiliates her, perhaps treats her cruelly even, but I am 100% sure that he always goes back to comfort her later. When the time comes to actually hurt her (= Harry & Co. escape from Malfoy Manor), she is unscathed. Lucius, poor thing, still carries signs of his punishment weeks after that. And this is Voldemort. I am always perplexed when people say "oh, how can he love her if he does A, B, C"... You guys do realize that we are talking about Voldemort here? And that is the whole point. Also, Bella wasn't exactly a kitten, was she?
What else?
They clearly have great sex. I said what I said.
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So, I gave holli a whole list with things preventing me from writing the fic I'm working on. But I think I need your help too? Since you're the Black family specialist (I agree with holli, we need a better name) I hope you can help me with these things :)
The Black Family library. Would you be able to take books away from it and bring them with you? Like would Sirius be able to take books with him to Hogwarts?
What kind of prejudices would Sirius still hold in 6th year? And would he realise that he has them?
In this, Sirius is more dark leaning. He struggles with the differences between his and James's magical alignments (James is more light leaning). How would that manifest itself?
Feel free to ignore this, but any and all ideas are welcomed :))
okokokok (trying not to jump at point 3 bc its one of my fav tropes)
Ohmygod. THE FREAKING LIBRARY. So. Libraries in ancient pure-blooded households are one of my faaaav things in fics.
(I am writing that Voldemort Wins AU which we talked about rn, and it also has a huge emphasis on the library, since a lot of it takes place in 12GP, so I've been working with it a lot lately).
So since 12GP is more space-limited than, say, Malfoy Manor, or the Manor Cygnus and Druella live in, I think rooms like the Library would have room enlargement charms on them. It would have a huge tall ceiling and rows and rows of tall bookshelves with ancient books in many many languages. Think like... tall gothic church ceilings, stained glass, statues of gargoyles that guard the restricted Dark Magic section. A huge lounge in the middle with sofas, chairs, a chandelier.
I think most rooms have wards on them, so nobody is allowed into Orion's study, private bedrooms, etc. The library probably has wards too, but more extensive, something along the lines of "anybody who's family or a guest can enter", but "only family can borrow books" and "only x specific people can borrow books from the restricted section".
If you borrow a book and don't return it, the pages are charmed to go blank and it becomes useless. If the book lands in the hands of someone it's charmed to be protected against (muggles, enemies of the family), same thing happen, or worse (like it sets itself on fire).
(imagine Remus touching a book Sirius brought with him and it starts screaming at him because it's charmed against beasts).
Walburga is the only one who's allowed into specific parts of the Dark Magic section, because she's petty like that, and at a certain point she extended the access onto Regulus as well when he asked very nicely.
If you try to enter the restricted section without permission or take a book from it, the gargoyle statues wake up and attack you. Or like... plants, ivies? suddenly grow taller, grab you by the limbs. Fun. Lots of room for imagination. Love libraries.
This is a fun one :D
Classism, number 1, above anything.
Snape's Worst Memory happens when they're all around 16, nearing 17.
There are no poor people in Sirius' immediate proximity, he is not exposed to that in any way. James is a rich pure-blood, Peter is presumably not from a poor family either. Now, Remus - people tend to forget - is only poor as an adult; as a kid, his dad also comes from a pure-blooded family with enough wealth, they are not Blacks or Potters-level rich, but Remus did not grow up poor.
Snape is poor by muggle standards, not like the Weasleys who are poor for the Malfoys but can still afford to dress, feed and send all their kids to school, and travel to Egypt.
Growing up like this, it shapes your entire personality. Neither of the MWPP seem to even remotely acknowledge that. Every Snape vs Marauders interaction in canon just.... drips with classism.
The comments about his clothes, his nose, his appearance, calling him names. I think if Snape was a pure-blooded, rich, attractive guy, this dynamic would look so so different.
Intellectualism, number 2.
Sirius is not just smart, he is effortlessly smart. Going back to SWM in canon, James and Sirius in particular keep making fun of Peter for not getting things, or having difficulty with the exam.
They both have the kind of gifted intelligence where they don't have to work hard for it like Peter or Remus, I think Sirius at 16 years old still does not understand that some people genuinely struggle with concepts that seem easy and effortless to him.
"how can you not get something so simple?"; "don't be an idiot!"
number 3, let's just call it popular guy syndrome?
James and Sirius both have this issue - they are both very popular from day one, their names are recognizable, they are good at school, good at Quidditch, girls adore them, they are very attractive, very magically powerful... Just the whole package.
They do have the whole bully aspect to them, even if it's not on purpose, it gives off a feeling that's a little intimidating to other students.
I think that while James would try to use it in favor of making others feel more welcome, become a captain, head boy, etc, Sirius would be a little more reserved, more picky about who he lets into his inner circle, more mean to people he does not like who "want in" on their inside jokes and projects that he considers private. He will be very protective of his little friend group, which will come off a bit as a mean, intimidating popular guy.
Oh my GOD. This. This one right here, is something I love exploring SO much and NEVER see anywhere.
Because this would be a thing, I think this would be their biggest and only fall-out, during the war, because James is SUCH a "black and white" kind of guy, while Sirius is literally Mr. "the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters, Harry".
James would be 100% against Unforgivables, against torture, a "we are not like them" kind of person, while Sirius is a "fight fire with fire" and "an eye for an eye" kind of fighter.
I can see them having this argument all the time, the "if we don't kill them back, we will never win" argument vs "if we do that, we become just like them".
Therefore, situations where they catch a Death Eater, for instance, and Sirius wants to use more unconventional methods of torture, so they keep arguing. Or using curses that kill (not necessary Avada, but powerful explosions, fire, curses bordering on dark magic) during battles.
I would love to see one particular instance of it when James chooses a light spell, and the guy survives and later severely injures and almost kills one of them, so Sirius kills him. So they keep going back and forth between "if you just weren't so stubborn and self-righteous, and killed him on spot, this would not have happened!" and "this is not the way, I barely recognize you anymore!"
This is so long, I'm sorryyyy ;;w;;
#i already love it just from the description#lemme know if you need a beta#and keep asking me these questions! i love it sm#asks#britt tag#sirius black#character analysis
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Why do you think people are so attracted to villains? Or at the very least bad guys if not full-blown villains? I mean obviously Vader or “Dark Anakin”, but I see a lot of stuff for The Joker, Dark Obi-Wan (in canon & modern au), Loki, Draco Malfoy etc…
Oof I think there are a few books written on this subject!
Basically, I think many of us don't feel like heroes and don't relate to the qualities media tells us are good. Or we don't relate to the experience of other people perceiving us as heroes. And among those people, many of us have seen ourselves depicted as villains for so long that villains are where we've become trained to look for relatable characterization and attractiveness. I know I personally grew up loving gay-coded villains because they were almost the only gay-coded characters. And I'm still more likely to like a gay-coded villain than a perfect gay hero because of years of that experience, and other things.
But I think what you're talking about is something different, something bigger than I can answer in an ask! Draco fans and Joker fans seem so different to me I can't even make a thesis about it lol. It sounds like you probably have your finger on the pulse of this trend more than I do! Would love to hear your thoughts or anyone else's!
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Re: your Regulus as Draco rip-off post.. agree one thousand percent. Regulus is given so many traits that are outright stolen from other Slytherins in the story. And the thing is, I wouldn't even care so much if 1) the situations and traits they are ripping off weren't cheapened, flattened, and done poorly for the sake of babygirlifying Regulus and 2) they didn't look down on fans of the characters they are ripping off.
Fanon Regulus being "forced into being a Death Eater" Pfft OKAY. Fanon Regulus being a sarcastic mildly antagonistic Slytherin interested in a Gryffindor Potter. Do they not see that they're describing Drarry? Or fanon Regulus being an antisocial potions prodigy who spies on Voldemort to protect someone he loves and dies fighting for the light. Yeah no that's not Regulus's story.
Fanon Regulus is endowed with all of these compelling traits and arcs from other canon characters, with none of the nuance present in their originators, because idk they can't seem to handle it or something. And yet they dare to look down on fans of Draco, Drarry, or Snape? It's so brazenly hypocritical.
no bc i get what ur saying and ur right!! like. in canon we know absolutely fucking nothing about regulus black ok. like. we know his name. we know he started hogwarts in 72. he was a slytherin, he became a death eater at sixteen, he had a collage of death eater propaganda on his bedroom wall, sirius described him as quite naive and said he was reminded by his parents that regulus was a better son, and then he had his plot w/ voldemort and died at 17/18 and thats it!! obv our two sources on regulus's personality come from regulus and kreacher but they are both two VERY biased sources. we don't really know much about his personality other than that he was raised believing his parents bigotry unlike sirius, that he was pretty smart and what we can infer from him being sorted into slytherin. other than that literally allllll of it is pulled straight from draco malfoy, mainly draco in drarry fics. i haven't read many other fics ft. different draco ships, i don't love dramione but i'm assuming he is similarly characterised - maybe just more "oh feel sorry for me i am so tortured and mysterious - in them. and don't get me wrong, draco and regulus ARE similar. one of my favourite parts abt the golden trio vs. marauders eras is that characters seem to intentionally mirror each other? and also, they correct the 'mistakes' of the past gen's lives. like. sirius and harry are so fucking similar, but harry actually. survived? and hermione and lily are clear mirrors. even snape and luna, i admit i really don't like snape, but luna is so similar except the fact that... despite her getting teased and bullied she never became cruel? and neville, just like peter he lived in the shadow of ron, hermione and harry but he never resented them for it. however it's one thing to draw parallels between the characters and another to kinda just. blatantly rip off someone's entire personality but also??? try and make them a good person. like regulus black fans will do ANYTHING to insist he is not a bad person bc he's babygirl and he can do no wrong. which. babe. its fine if you're joking but like some of them are serious about it!!!
and like. the real infuriating part is that the average jegulus fan will shit on draco malfoy and drarry as a concept like. babe. you are sat there reading a DRARRY fic, basically. if you downloaded a jegulus fic or a drarry fic and reversed the names, ignored the chronological fuck ups and such, they would read exactly the same!!!!!
(i put it under the cut because i know i have a lot more to say!)
don't get me wrong, even if we strip away alllll of both of draco and regulus's fanon elements, they still have parallels. jkr probably created reg for the plot elements but also to mirror draco. she compared them in an interview one time, she said that they both got into the death eaters too deeply, they were attracted to it at first but that the reality of what it meant to be a death eater was way too much to handle. yeah. however even if regulus was freaked out by the concept of ritual sacrifices and brutal massacres and voldemort killing his house elf, he still hated muggleborns and believed in blood purity - which. is a thing that regulus fans commonly just cut out of fics? i've never read a drarry fic where draco didn't believe his parents were correct. but also their situations are a little different because whilst draco genuinely didn't have anyone in his life who didn't believe in blood purity, regulus did. sirius 100% tried to explain to him that their parents were liars and there wasn't anything wrong or different about muggleborns however he didn't listen. which jegulus fans seem to always coincidentally forget? and yeah okay, it's a fic. embellesh a little. break canon if you'd like. but the second you obsess over and love a character who is literally the wizard equivalent of a nazi and a canon blood purist despite having multiple opportunities for an out, you completely lose the ability to shit on any other character for doing the same thing. you can't shit on bellatrix for murder or evan and barty for being death eaters or anything. and it's insane to me because they dont!!!!!!! they dont shit on bellatrix OR evan and barty and its not even in the sense of like.... enjoying a morally grey nuanced character? the average regulus/jegulus stan strips away every single morally grey and. awful thing about reg and the slytherin skittles just to??? idk. validate it in their own mind. that it is ok to like and enjoy a bad person.
(on the topic of snape - i don't get how regulus fans can dump on him either? like. okay. i hate snape. however my reasons for hating snape are more so to do with the fact that his incel behaviour and obsession with lily genuinely freaks me out so fucking much, and there is absolutely no way you can defend a man who vindictively bullied an eleven year old just because that boy could have been the chosen one, and if he had been then maybe lily wouldn't have died, to the extent where when neville was thirteen snape was his BIGGEST fear. this boy was dropped out of a window by his own uncle, spent years terrified that he would be a squib, WHOSE OWN PARENTS WERE TORTURED TO THE POINT OF INSANITY BY BELLATRIX LESTRANGE and his TEACHER was his biggest fear. that's my issue with him. however. the average regulus fan doesn't give a shit about lily evans, the majority of them villainise her because james loves her - and god forbid that man loves a woman and ur no longer interested in fetishising his relationship!!!!!!!!! either that or they make her a lesbian and pair her off with usually either mary or pandora because they have to physically make her unattracted to men so she won't threaten jegulus. like. i like marylily. i like jegulus. i like jily. i lOVE pandora/lily. one of my favourite lily ships is her and marlene, i'm a sucker for the jock x nerd dynamic! but. you don't have to make her not romantic and sexually interested in MEN just so she isn't a threat to jegulus. that's misogynistic. it is actually possible to not want to fuck a certain man even if you like their general species! lily went six years not wanting to date that man, she can continue to do so in your fic whilst still being attracted to men. it's. odd? why not just make her bisexual?? ah, yeah, because you don't want james to be an option at ALL. anyway sorry i got distracted however my point stands.)
idk man i say all of this whilst Enjoying jegulus and regulus. i hate fics that write him as some sort of completely innocent in no way bad person, but the fics where he genuinely is... self serving and morally grey and only really cares about himself and the people he loves and values? yeah. theyre enjoyable. however that entire personality is just stolen from fucking draco. you can tell bc it came about in 2019/2020 when jegulus got super popular and im 99% sure it was just because all the draco malfoy/drarry stans got pissed off with dracotok and HIS morally grey personality and general... dickish cruel horrible behaviour being ripped away? and even jegulus's dynamic - it's JUST drarry. there is no other way around it. and it's so fucking frustrating when reg stans actively dump on drarry and draco as a character WHEN THEIR FAVE IS HIS CHARACTER.
tdlr: i don't hate regulus, i think he's interesting. i enjoy him in a lot of fics. however it's so fucking frustrating when people that love him a. strip away every single negative part of his character in an attempt to justify themselves liking him when... he isn't that guy. regulus black is a child who believed in his parents bigotry and got in too deep and then died making a last ditch attempt to kill voldemort Not because he genuinely didn't believe in his cause but because voldemort pissed him off by trying to kill kreacher! and b. that jegulus fans regularly shit on draco malfoy when... he's the original? and they hate drarry meanwhile almost every single version of jegulus's dynamic is just blatantly them, whether the authors are aware of it or not.
#i wrote so much i didnt even get a chance to talk abt how the slytherin skittles can all be compared to one of dracos friends lmao#anyway#answered
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I was wondering...I was always confused about Narcissa’s hair. It’s been a while since I read the books. Did she color it blonde to show her now belonging to House Malfoys. Or was it naturally blonde? Movies confused me a bit I guess.
Yes, this had me confused too! I've agonized and toiled over it, more than I probably should, about how I should draw her hair because people have generally different views, which is totally understandable! 💕
And I've always wanted to discuss it, so now that I've been given a reason to... Well.
If you take a look at some of my Narcissa fanart, you'll notice the different ways I'd color her hair. I was so confused. Is she a light blonde? Dark blonde? A mix of raven hair and blonde hair? If she has blonde hair then why does her family have (mostly) dark hair? And WHY does she have blue eyes?! This woman is absolutely confusing! (Which is kind of, you know, fitting because Narcissa always loves to be a mystery to literally anyone lol)
So I did my homework, asked around, and scoured every bit of information, canon or otherwise, that I could find about her. It led me to this:
In canon, this is what the Black sisters look like. You can find the page here. Narcissa is a child here, and already has blonde hair. So we can go ahead and safely assume that she was born with natural blonde hair. But in the films, Narcissa has black and blonde hair. I don't actually know why they gave her that hair color, maybe so that the audiences wouldn't question her blood relations with the Blacks--I don't know. I really don't. But now we have a book version Narcissa, one who has full blonde hair. And a movie version Narcissa, one who has raven and blonde hair. At least, that's how the different hair colors started: a movie version, and a book version.
So... here's where it gets confusing.
To my knowledge, it isn't actually explained why her hair color is the way it is in both the movies and the books. Having blonde hair does raise many questions, how is she the "only" blonde in a family of dark hair and dark eyes? To top it all off, it gets even more confusing, because fanon writes and draws her either as a full blonde or a mix of raven and blonde hair. We just have this large pile to sift through of her having either hair color. No one actually explains anything. She's just... infuriatingly there. She's either blonde or raven haired and blonde. BUT fanfiction writers, as I've observed, give their own reasons why Narcissa's hair color is the way it is in their respective stories. And it's actually pretty creative and interesting! It adds even greater depth to her character, and it fits the narrative of the story even better. Remember, the character we're dealing with is Narcissa Black. One of her main traits is "she won't do anything unless there is a clear purpose behind it." This character is deliberate, meticulous, and she makes sure to plan ahead at all times. And so, some fanfiction writers decide to play on that.
You can skip this part if you want to avoid spoilers but I've compiled a small list of instances in (Cissamione) fanfiction where Narcissa's hair is mentioned.
🔹 In Extinction by rubikanon in Chapter 10: Build and Break, Hermione asks Narcissa about it. Here, Narcissa has black and blonde hair. She explains that she only decided to dye it blonde to "fit in with the Malfoys." We can gather two things from that alone, which resonates with her character perfectly: 1.) Narcissa is loyal and 2.) Narcissa purposefully wants to show the rest of the world how loyal she is by committing to having blonde hair. The woman has some serious commitment, and it shows. But now, the way that it's slowly growing back into her natural black hair color, hints that perhaps Narcissa no longer wishes to fit in with the Malfoys. However, if we take an even closer look, we can safely assume that Narcissa isn't the kind of person to just leave her hair color "unattended" like that. Remember, she's meticulous. And this is a big deal for her, the fact that she's just kind of letting it grow back instead of either fully dyeing it back to black, or dyeing it back to blonde. It suggests that perhaps she's a little unsure this time, perhaps it is her uncertainty that is the reason why it's now a mix of both. Another grey area? Or maybe it's actually something more deliberate? Maybe now, she likes that it's a mix of both. That other half now being solely for Draco, and not to fit in (completely) with the Malfoys any longer. Who knows why Narcissa does things the way she does? We can speculate to the ends of the earth, or be as smart as Hermione Granger (or with the case of Extinction, see Hermione's thoughts), but something tells me we'd still be a good step behind.
"Which one is your natural hair color?" I wondered aloud.
(Narcissa) She glanced up at the unexpected question. I was relieved she hadn't sensed my attention yet. It's not like I meant anything by it, I told myself. She was so beautiful, one couldn't help but notice. And feel physically drawn to her. And want to see her two-toned hair fanned across her back, slipping over the bare skin, silky beneath my fingers...
"Why do you ask?" Her query brought me back to reality, and I hurriedly corrected my imagination to include a pretty dress covering the rest of her.
"I don't know." I chewed the inside of my cheek, suppressing my other thoughts. "I'm just curious."
Her gaze returned to the fire. "You've seen enough of my relatives to guess which color is genetic. The blond is something I added to fit in with the Malfoys, after Draco was born." She was quiet for a moment. "He looks so much like his father. I suppose I wanted to share some resemblance."
🔹 In Killing Me Softly by Looktotheedges in Chapter 4: Nagging, Hermione suggests that perhaps Narcissa is part Veela because of her blonde hair and very attractive features, like Fleur. Which is this whole other theory/plot that's very interesting, but won't be discussed in this post. Narcissa tells Hermione that Sirius has always been blonde, and that it isn't out of the question for her to be blonde either. Sirius Black. A blonde. I know! Maybe it's there because it's funny that Sirius is actually blonde like Narcissa. Prissy, haughty, lady-like Narcissa. Arguably the 'girliest' cousin that he has. No, no, no. He doesn't want to be anything like Narcissa. Anyway, if that's the reason, I think that's hilarious and cute.
Narcissa turns away. 'I am aware my appearance is frightfully drab. Work has been…'
Hermione holds back a disbelieving scoff. 'Narcissa. You always look beautiful. And you’re talking to the witch with grass in her hair who practically lives in her office all week.'
Narcissa just leans further over the crib. 'A blonde little boy. It has been so long since… I can almost imagine…'
Hermione stands next to her. Looks down at the peacefully sleeping Louis. He does look remarkably like Draco. 'Are you sure there’s no Veela blood in you? You weren’t secretly switched at birth?'
'Like a changeling?'
'It would explain your blonde hair.'
'Sirius was also blonde, it is not completely out of the question for us Blacks.'
What?!
(...) 'I know. But it is the truth. He was blond until he was about seven… then it began to darken. Mousy. Dull. He wanted to look cool and brooding instead, so he got his hands on some kind of charm right before he set off for Hogwarts. A new, edgy Sirius. It was around then he forbade us from calling him Siri. Said it sounded too girly.'
🔹 In Fixed in Time by TheWorldsaBeastofBurden in Chapter 9: Sisters and Saviors, it's also tackled a little humorously. Andromeda let's a little comment slip while they're in the middle of trying to heal Hermione. Something funny, something that suggests Andromeda and Bella, when they were children, have always wondered why Narcissa is blonde unlike them.
The first words spoken occurred after they’d risen and attempted their casting. Andromeda’s preparedness to take on their task had been clear in her mind so Narcissa rose with her sister, wrapped an arm around her waist and held her near as the woman raised her wand to draw up the rest of the injury she’d dropped, half a slash across Hermione’s hip bone…
That remained half, as Andromeda growled out, “...it isn’t working.” she looked to Narcissa, “Why aren’t you powering me?”
What nonsense? “I am!” she insisted. She was! Or “I- I am trying to!” Her magic was active and alive, pulsing to rise from her skin and transfer into Andromeda’s but it- it wasn’t working! “Could...could it be that you were disowned?”
“Disowning doesn’t take away the fact that we share blood, our magic is directly related. Ugh, Bella always said you were adopted!”
“Oh ha- oh.”
“...oh?” Andromeda returned.
“...it’s not an issue of power. It is what I intend to aid in casting,” Narcissa slowly worked out. Oh, it was most blessed Mister Goyle could be brought to assist the present Hermione. If her present self had been brought to aid Andromeda? “...I cannot harm Hermione.”
Andromeda sighed with some frustration. “I understand you are so tenderly in love-”
“It isn’t- I’m avowed! I- when we arrived from the future we had to escape Malfoy Manor, I couldn’t bring Hermione through the wards without...I couldn’t add her directly, that would be visible. I had to...attach her permission to mine.”
🔹 In Glass Silence by Zarrene Moss (Menzosarres), which probably gives one of the most interesting backstories for Narcissa's hair, for why it's blonde. I can't put a clip of the scene here without hogging up a huge chunk of space on your dash, so I'll try to explain it as best I can instead.
Understand that these come with serious 🛑spoilers🛑 so please do read it at your own risk.
In Glass Silence, Narcissa's hair and eye color was black at birth. But after an accident with raw magic, something Bellatrix wasn't able to control when they were children, Narcissa almost dies. Bellatrix, using even more raw magic, tries desperately to pull Narcissa's "life force" back, but at the cost of losing the eumelanin that made Narcissa's eyes and hair black. Narcissa survived, but now has very little eumelanin left, which is why she's so pale, blonde, and has blue eyes. Every time Narcissa looks at a mirror, her reflection is a reminder of the day she almost died. Bella, on the other hand, is reminded of that day every single time she looks at Narcissa.
So! These are only a few fanfictions I could think of at the top of my head that tackles the issue of Narcissa's hair. In the books, to my knowledge, she is described as having blonde hair and very pale skin.
But let's take another deep dive, if you're up for it.
These are mostly theories, which are largely unconfirmed, but I think they're interesting to think about.
There's this description in the wiki:
"Narcissa Malfoy is described as tall, slim, "nice looking", and very pale, with blue eyes, long blonde hair, and a clear, cold voice. Her hair colouring thus differs from most of the House of Black, who generally have dark hair, though Narcissa does possess the arrogant good looks characteristic of her family."
There's also this pinterest photo of the Black sisters being compared to each other side by side, descriptively and physically. I'm so sorry, I don't know who drew it, but here's a link to the post on pinterest.
"Narcissa threw back her hood. She was so pale she seemed to shine in the darkness... long blonde hair streaming down her back."
Which is interesting because this hints that she's... different. It's a bit literal in this sense--she comes from a pureblood family, arguably the most influential and notorious one, the Blacks, who mostly have dark hair and eyes, and yet her physical appearance directly contrast that. There's also the matter of her namesake. She's the only Black to be named after a flower instead of a galaxy or a star. We aren't really given any explanation why she's the only one who's different. Even Sirius, who fought and died for the side of the Light, is named after the brightest star in the sky. Even Andromeda. It's been said that this is actually meant to be a parallel of some sort to Lily Evans. Narcissa and Lily are both named after flowers, even Petunia (Lily's sister). And I know there's this thing where it's a tie up to how Harry was ultimately saved by a mother's love: Harry lived at the beginning because of his mother's love, and Harry lives once again at the end of the books because Narcissa, a mother who wanted to save her own son, saved him.
If you read that scene in the books where Harry is saved by Narcissa, the whole scene is actually... pretty soft? There's that sort of disarming softness about Narcissa in that moment, where Harry expected to be callously dragged and prodded for a heartbeat. Instead, he gets a surprisingly gentle touch, a curtain of long blonde hair shielding him from the darkness, and the kind of tenderness he wouldn't expect from his enemies, "Is Draco alive?"
It's almost like Narcissa's appearance is something of a "tell". With Andromeda, she's described to have kind eyes, open, unguarded. She inherited her family's dark eyes and dark hair, and she even looks like Bellatrix's twin. I suppose we could say, Andromeda wants to fight that in any way she can by being openly kind. Narcissa is quite literally the opposite--guarded eyes, stoic expressions, cool and calculated emotions. We're veering into this fine line between fanon and canon in terms of their characterization (but only due to lack of canon materials) but personally, I think Narcissa having blonde hair and blue eyes is somewhat more fitting for her character. Again, this line:
"Narcissa threw back her hood. She was so pale she seemed to shine in the darkness... long blonde hair streaming down her back."
It's like that one glaringly obvious hint that everyone overlooks simply because... because it's the most obvious one. "Me! I'm different! I'm the last person you'd expect, but it really is me!"
Anyway. I've rambled on long enough. Hope this clears up some of that confusion, anon. Hoping it didn't ADD even more confusion... 😂 At the end of the day, this is just me speculating, gushing, and being One Big Fool™. So.
But either way, blonde hair, dark hair, mix of both, I adore her. Pretty much.
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You wrote your opinions on the Order of the Phoenix, what about the Death Eaters? That's another way of saying Lucius, Bellatrix, and anybody else. I honestly feel that we're running out of HP characters for you to write your opinion and reasoning about, so yeah~
We honestly are. When people start asking me questions about Harry’s nameless and faceless classmates I feel like we’re scraping the bottom of my barrel of Harry Potter opinions.
Though, that said, this is still a very large ask if you want me to analyze very Death Eater ever or even the Death Eaters as a whole (which is worthy of its own post).
So, we’ll compromise, and I’ll just look at the two you name dropped.
Lucius Malfoy
To me, Lucius is by far one of the more intelligent Death Eaters. He’s the guy who makes them almost look classy. I say almost, because Lucius is still a racist domestic terrorist and as the series goes on Tom gleefully drags him into being less classy by the minute (his house becomes a POW camp and housing for the dregs of society, Lucius just sobs, trying to be thankful he’s somehow still alive).
Lucius is rich, sophisticated, and is probably the most politically powerful man in the country. He has a beautiful wife he has... a son (sorry Draco, but you do not live up to your father) the guy has it all.
Which makes it very surprising that he got dragged into this mess. But you see, Lucius is paying for that tragedy we call youth.
Also, as a caveat, I’m about to headcanon hard and will not bother to get into the details of why I think x, y, or z in this post.
Ten years prior to the start of canon, Lucius is a very young man, probably very charismatic, certainly believes he’s intelligent and probably gets decent grades, but nonetheless the kind of stupid you see in men ages 15-25.
He’s likely chafing under his aging father’s strict guidance, knows he’s not going to be Lord Malfoy for years yet, wants to get out there, prove himself, and make a difference for his country. More importantly for Lucius, there’s this hip, exciting, new thing that all his cousins and friends are getting into called “The Death Eaters” (yes, I don’t believe the Knights of Walpurgis/Death Eaters 1.0 ever happened, I think it’s ridiculous that fandom and JKR does, I could go into why but not in this post).
The Death Eaters are led by the single handedly most beautiful, charismatic, man in Britain. (Yes, I headcanon Tom’s still blindingly attractive at this stage, because it makes much more sense to me but we’re not getting into that here.) A mysterious man by the name of Voldemort, Salazar Slytherin’s long lost heir, who has come to resurrect the wizarding world’s true heritage and purge the land of the muggle stain. (Yes, I do believe that no one, not even Lucius who is later given the diary, knew who Tom really was. I believe Regulus’ had only the vaguest idea, informed mostly by Tom’s use of Kreacher to place the locket.) This is the most exciting thing to have ever happened, the rallies probably consist of rich kids drunk out of their minds and maybe even high on a little wizard cocaine, and Lucius is down for it precisely because his father says “Lucius, this is stupid, please don’t embarrass the family.”
WELL LUCIUS IS GOING TO EMBARRASS THE FAMILY, DAD! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!
And for a while, it looks like Lucius made the right choice. Things are happening, they’re actually going out and killing the mudbloods! Unlike Regulus, Lucius never has that “wait a minute” moment as he realizes that Voldemort’s actually far more efficiently eliminating pureblood families and sowing dissention in what was once a unanimous force among the Wizengamot (the other pureblood lords aren’t necessarily pro muggleborn, per se, but they get a bit queasy at the thought of blowing them up or Merlin forbid actually blowing up their own public venues wizards use).
And then October 31st, 1981 happens, and it all comes crashing down. Lucius has to desperately lie his ass off, having only the flimsiest lie to rely on, has to hand out a shit ton of bribes, and manages to squeeze his way out of being imprisoned in Azkaban.
I’m sure Abraxas looked at his son, with his tattoo on his arm that makes him another man’s slave, at the utter destruction of the Black family, and just shook his head going, “Clean up your mess, Dumbass Son”
And Lucius does to the best of his ability. While some will always suspect him of being a Death Eater, while some know it, he’s able to climb very high in influence in their ridiculously tiny community. Granted, I do think he messed up, and could never for example run for minister given everything (if Crouch can’t rerun then Lucius certainly can’t). He also shows us that in some ways he is not above the law, he’s very afraid his house will be searched without warrant in The Chamber of Secrets, and this is in part why he dumps Tom Riddle’s diary off onto Ginny.
However, he wields total control of the Prophet, has a seat on the Wizengamot, has the ear of the current Minister, is on the Hogwarts’ Board of Governors, and has his hands in pretty much every pie he can.
I imagine during this period Lucius grows up. He brushes the indiscretions of his youth under the carpet, gleefully leaving it all behind him, and the only real friend he maintains contact with from that period is Severus, the least zealot like of all of them. (Crabbe and Goyle Sr aren’t friends, they’re minions).
Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a racist slime bag, and I don’t think he really regrets the domestic terrorism. He just regrets nearly getting caught and putting his entire family’s security on the line. He witnessed first hand what happened to the Blacks.
And then the worst thing happens: Tom Riddle rises from the dead. He rises, impossibly, from the dead when Lucius has his own hand caught in the cookie jar.
Lucius has been living a life of luxury and influence while his great master, the man he had pledged everything to, was dead. Worse, Lucius took what was described as a treasured item to be protected at all costs, and not only threw it away but sent it to Hogwarts where it caused massive havoc and was ultimately destroyed.
And Lucius, I imagine, no longer wants to serve a master.
But he has no choice. And so begins Lucius’ descent into misery and hell as he’s given an increasing set of impossible, horrific, tasks in punishment that involve him watching as his wife and son are put through hell.
I believe Tom holds a special place in his cold, black, passive aggressive heart for Lucius Malfoy.
First, Tom makes Lucius’ house his headquarters. Oh, Lucius, you have a very nice, very large, estate? Why don’t you host your beloved, mad, cousin, her equally mad husband and brother-in-law? Oh, Bellatrix threatened to cut off your ear? Well, she’s just so passionate!
Second, Lucius is told to go get the prophecy. Well, this is easier said than done. He nearly succeeds but then it all turns into the world’s largest clusterfuck that ends in two notable things. First, the prophecy is lost forever, shattered. Second, the government admits that Voldemort is truly resurrected. Both of these things are very bad in Tom’s book. And the blame can easily be put on Lucius’ head.
In response to this, Draco is now given an impossible task that Draco is too stupid to realize is designed to cause him (and his family) as much misery as possible. Draco is to assassinate Dumbledore.
Likely, Tom was already informed by Snape that Dumbledore was dying. The blackened hand was too obvious a tell coming from too obvious a source for the pair to have hid it. I think trying to hide such information would have immediately blown Snape’s cover. So, Tom knows the man is dying, and doesn’t see fit to tell Draco this.
Instead, he tells Draco, “Kill Dumbledore as soon as possible or I deliver you to Fenrir Grayback.” Draco, however, is young and stupid, so he honestly thinks he is doing this to restore the family honor, earn glory for himself and for the cause, and is expected to do this entirely by himself. As a result, when Narcissa begs Snape to aid Draco, Draco blows them both off and only accepts help from Bellatrix because HE CAN DO THIS ON HIS OWN! DRACO IS A MAN.
This, of course, doesn’t work out either. Draco doesn’t deliver the killing blow, Snape does, but Tom decides to give him a pass.
Instead he moves on to his next plan which is making the Malfoy manor his torture chamber and POW camp. Even Draco, at this point, realizes this all kind of sucks.
And then Voldemort finally dies a second time, and I’m sure Lucius just stares numbly at his malformed corpse, wondering if it will really take this time.
So that’s Lucius for you, paying always for his mistakes, and pretending he’s just as much of a nutcase as Bellatrix to fit in.
Bellatrix LeStrange
God, compared to the novel that is Lucius’ ridiculous life, I really don’t have much to say about her because I feel like there’s not much too her.
Bellatrix reminds me a lot of the Manson family, she gives off those same vibes. Point being, I think even before Azkaban (while Azkaban certainly didn’t help), she was insane and a little too worshipful of Voldemort.
I guess I can start there, I don’t think Bellamort is a thing, at all.
Tom may have, probably did, have sex with her before he died but afterwards? In that body? Forget about it.
That said, I’m sure Bellatrix both wanted to have sex and is convinced she did have sex to produce whatever the hell Delphi even is. It just wasn’t with Tom, and probably was Rodolphous with a Halloween mask on his face as they got a little too into role play.
And there we go, I suppose, I can’t take Bellatrix seriously. You often see her portrayed as sexy femme fatale Death Eater, the most competent of all of them, if a bit of a sadist.
Oh she might be a very good duelist but she’s... Bellatrix.
She prances around in corsets, shrieking madly, and just what part of that is supposed to be femme fatale? I literally cannot take her seriously on any level. When I even try to write her seriously, in very serious stories, I end up with lines like the following:
"My lord, if there's anything you need… Anything from me, specifically, as a woman…"
- Bright Eyes
That was my best attempt. That was the best I could come up with. It’s still something that belongs in a comedy.
So, I don’t think Tom really corrupted her. I think without Voldemort she still probably would have been blowing up Diagon Alley, just in a much less organized manner.
Even in canon she does ridiculous things. For example, Bellatrix, frankly, could have easily avoided prison.
For weeks after the dark lord fell neither she, her husband, Barty, nor her brother-in-law were arrested. Bellatrix in grief and utter disbelief that the dark lord could ever do something so mortal as die, said “remember that other house our lord mentioned, THEY MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION, LET’S GO MURDER THE LONGBOTTOMS!” They torture and kidnap Frank, demanding he tell them where their master is, THEY KNOW HE KNOWS. He doesn’t know. They go too far and torture the man into being a vegetable. “Shit, GET THE WIFE!” They go get the wife, do the same thing, with the same results.
They now have no information on the dark lord, two well regarded aurors tortured into brain damage, and are quickly caught and brought before the court with absolutely no “I was imperiused” excuse they can give out.
How am I supposed to take her in any way seriously?
I mean, to end your life killed in a duel with Molly Weasley. That just says it all.
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