someone on TikTok said that if Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa were boys they would be more popular in the fandom and I cannot stop thinking about it.

Like Bellatrix is literally just the female version of Regulus, Barty, and Evan. She, too, was a death eater. She too followed Voldemort. If they are redeemable in the eyes of the fandom, why isn’t she?

Andromeda walked so Sirius could run (literally). She left the family too. Why isn’t her story explored? Why isn’t she talked about more and written about in fics?

Narcissa is just the woman version of Draco and Regulus. The sibling left behind, the person that made the wrong choices but then chose right at the end. If she was a boy y’all would be drowning in her headcanons and fics.

Let the misogyny in the marauders fandom die. The girls are just as (if not more in a lot of cases) interesting and important as the boys.

Remus: ugh I have a headache.

Sirius: have you been drinking any water?

Remus: *mockingly* hAvE yOu BeEn DrInKiNg AnY wAtEr?

Sirius: *hands Remus a glass of water*

Remus: thank you.

*James and Sirius doing something stupid*

Regulus: please control your idiots.

Remus: why’re they always my idiots whenever they do something wrong?

Regulus: …

Remus: …

*a distant crash and scream*

Regulus: *eyebrow raise*

Remus: *grumbling* yeah yeah, I’m going to control my idiots.

James: *coming home after fifth year* hey mom, hey dad

Monty: hold it.

Effie: James, what’ve you got there?

James: *holding his broom* uhhh, my broom?

Sirius, Regulus, Remus, Peter, Lily, Mary, Marlene, Dorcas, Evan, Pandora, and Barty behind him with their bags: …

Monty and Effie: …

James: …

Effie: I’ll help the elves set up some rooms.

Monty: I’ll draft the papers, I guess.

Bellatrix promising a young Sirius and even younger Regulus that she would never become what their mothers became.

Bellatrix telling a first year Sirius that he’s still her cousin, despite him being sorted into Gryffindor.

Bellatrix burning a letter from Andromeda, and all her pictures after her sister ran away from their family and left them behind.

Bellatrix crying after being told her family accepted the arrangement for her to marry Rodulphus.

Bellatrix ignoring Regulus’ looks when he saw the dark mark upon her arm.

Bellatrix recognizing the madness seeping in, but not having the will to fight it.

Bellatrix not being able to save Narcissa from the fate she endured.

Bellatrix quieting that small voice trying to remind her who she was while she sends crucio after crucio at the Longbottoms. She means it.

Bellatrix ignoring Sirius’ cries in Azkaban. He abandoned them just like Andromeda did.

Bellatrix not recognizing herself after that night in the ministry.

Bellatrix looking in the mirror and seeing her mother and aunt every time.

Bellatrix dying with a smile on her face, feeling free for the first time ever.

Effie and Monty wouldn’t have let anyone other than one of them or Sirius be James’ secret keeper if they were alive.

Effie and Monty wouldn’t have let Sirius take the fall for that night if they were alive.

Effie and Monty wouldn’t have let their grandchild be sent to a family that didn’t love him if they were alive.

Effie and Monty wouldn’t have let the entire story of Harry Potter happen if they were alive.

“They look so angry. Why does everyone look at you that way?”

- Regulus to Sirius at family gatherings.

rip lily evans you would have loved tearing apart podcast bros

Headcanons I’ve become obsessed with:

•Slytherin Dorcas Meadowes (I know some ppl like her in Gryffindor but Slytherin Half-Blood DM just makes me feel things man)

•ADHD/bipolar James Potter (hear me out, I’m bipolar and I just see a lot of the characteristics and signs subconsciously in focus when ppl are writing James)

•Pandora and Evan being twins (yeah pandora as a Lestrange can be vibes but there is just something about Reggie having the rosier twins at his side)

•Narcissa and Regulus positive relationship (she loved and mourned him your honor)

•different ethnicities/nationalities for all the characters (desi James and French Blacks and Welsh Remus and ughhh they all just hit different when they aren’t standard copy and paste media)

•unhinged and insane rosekiller (no explanation needed)

•genderfluid Sirius (not everyone’s cup of tea but let’s be honest, it heals the hurt teen in me that wanted to hear ‘they’ but only ever got ‘her’)

•Peter and Marlene besties (it’s hurts to think about the canon of it, but god do I love them)

•fat Lily Evans (mother. My queen. Whenever I feel shitty about my thighs rubbing together I look up fanon lily art and tell myself she’d think I was a masterpiece too)

•tattoos (every single marauders era character having so many tattoos centered around their friendships and relationships and things that make them happy)

•Sirius supporting Jegulus (bc healthy sibling relationships are okay to strive for)

•the black sisters being in ANYTHING AT ALL (Bella and Andy and Cissy are my Roman Empire)

•raising their kids in a village together (Harry and Neville and Draco and Luna just being loved and cherished by all the adults)

•‘side characters’ in the era making appearances?? (Alice and Frank and Emmeline and Gideon and Fabian are my loves too)

I was listening to the Encanto Soundtrack, as one does, and I couldn’t stop thinking about the Black siblings/cousins and how well they fit into those roles.

Bellatrix being the “perfect” daughter and eldest (Isabella) that’s struggling to break away because of her need to appease the elders in her family. Andromeda being the strong older sister that shoulders every burden (Luisa) because she just isn’t enough like Bella. Narcissa being the black sheep and often forgotten as part of the family (Mirabel). Sirius seeing and hearing all the family secrets, while his wishes are never acknowledged (Dolores). Regulus becoming whoever the family needed to be and putting on whatever mask he needed to wear in order to be useful (Camilo). Even Draco could fit as the younger child bred to fix the family (Antonio).

I just couldn’t stop this thought while listening, I’m probably crazy.

Regulus, who learned how to take care of wounds early on, because Sirius always wound up bleeding after punishments.

Regulus, who got really good at healing spells in his first year because Sirius always wound up bleeding after punishments.

Regulus, who would sit down and make small cuts on his own thighs and then practice healing them. Over and over and over again, so he could protect his brother whenever Sirius always would up bleeding after punishments.

Regulus, who didn’t think he could be a healer but ended up becoming the youngest Head Healer at Saint Mungos and accepted his position while his brother watched on with pride radiating from every corner of his being.

All three generations 🤍

I get viscerally angry when AO3 tells me I’ve already left kudos on a fic. So what. Let me kudos again. I wanna leave six kudos. This author needs kudos for every time I’ve come back to reread their damn work okay.

I love Redemption Arcs for Regulus, but tbh I also love unapologetically bad guy Regulus, too.

Like don’t get me wrong. Him turning on the Dark Lord and realizing he was wrong and reconnecting with Sirius to save the wizarding world is so cute. But what about him not?

I lowkey love thinking Regulus is just some shithead nepo baby with very little morals and respects only when it’s earned. He didn’t leave Voldemort because he realized blood supremacy was bad. He left because Voldemort was immoral and while Regulus doesn’t have a lot, there are still some he abides by. Voldemort disrespected Regulus, and the House of Black, by returning Kreacher the way he did. He disrespected magic and the laws of power by creating horcruxes. Regulus didn’t have an “aha” moment where he realized Voldemort was evil and needed to be stopped. He had a choice to let the slights against his upbringing and station in society pass, or to seek retribution. I love the idea that if Regulus survived, he wouldn’t have just disbanded the death eaters. He would have been a smarter Dark Lord. He wouldn’t have gone about Willy nilly killing muggles and muggleborns. What’s the point? He would want order in the magical world to make sure muggles were kept out. He would’ve implemented documentation for squibs who leave the wizarding world and families of muggleborns so they wouldn’t be able to spill secrets. It would’ve been a “do as I say, or die trying to stop me” in the most political upheaval that wizarding Europe has ever seen. Sometimes that’s fun for me to think about too.

How it works: Writers, artists and video editors of the Marauders fandom will create non-profit drabbles, sketches and edits in return for donations to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Once proof of donation is sent, your prompt will then be assigned to a writer/artist/editor to fulfill at random. The fics will be posted to the Ao3 collection Marauders With Palestine Project, while the sketches and edits will be posted to the creator’s own accounts.

Schedule:

Writer/artist volunteer sign up: March 11th - March 31st

Donation proof and prompt submissions: April 1st - April 22nd

Prompt assignment: April 23rd - April 31st

Writing and drawing: May 1st - May 31st

Answered prompts and posting will happen starting June 1st

For more information, see below:

General Rules:

Each contributor can donate more than once, but they’ll only be allowed to submit a maximum of three prompts, no matter their donation size.

Proof of donation is required for the prompts to be accepted and added to the list. 5 USD is the required minimum for SFW prompts, and 8 USD for NSFW prompts.

NSFW prompts can only be submitted by 18+ contributors and will be assigned to 18+ volunteers only.

Prompts need to be worded clearly to avoid confusion, and they can’t include more than four Marauders era characters. Contributors can specify if they prefer a fic or a drawing, but the final product will depend on availability and may change. Prompts will be assigned randomly.

The prompts may not contain: religious material, gore, explicit violence, incest, or non-con. Dead dove prompts are not allowed and hateful or politically inclined prompts will be automatically deleted. 

*This project is entirely non-profit and all money contributed by those who submit prompts is sent directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

For volunteers: Everyone is welcome! 

For writers: fics must be a minimum of 3k words and you must have an Ao3 account to post them to the Marauders For Palestine Project collection. The works must be completely independent from any other works, and while they can be multichapter fics, they have to be published all in one go.

For artists; your contribution may be a drawing or doodle. Sketches are welcome, but there’s no need for background.

For video editors: your video may be longer than 15 seconds.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS AND SIGN-UP DATES!

hey guys, based on the project i just shared, i'd like to start something similar for the marauders fandom

i think it is possible for us to come together as a community and raise funds for a charity in benefit of palestine, so i ask for your collaboration if you have the time and energy to participate, or the resources to contribute

the gist of it is, you donate 5 USD to a charity that is yet to be decided, and once you send proof of donation, you can submit a prompt that will be assigned to a random artist/writer. depending on the volunteers' comfort level, we could discuss adding NSFW prompts as well

none of this is set in stone and the fine details haven't been decided as i need to put together a small logistics crew to design the project, but i do need as many people as possible to reblog this for a bigger sample size