Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
“could never tell you what happened the day i turned seventeen. the rise of a king and the fall of a queen”
but it’s sirius leaving at seventeen (6th year, i hc that he was born in 1959) and reggie finally being accepted as trans (ftm) just so the black family could still have a male heir
regulus "oh, please, don't drop me home, because it's not my home, it's their home and i'm welcome no more" arcturus black except he's talking about himself and what he means by "their" is pre-transition regulus who is the only version of him his parents will accept. he feels like a coward for not being able to stand up for himself, to not be able to leave it all like sirius did and he feels unwelcome in his own skin and he hates the way he looks in his house because "why did i have to transition?" and-
Sirius: you’ve always been jealous of me!
Regulus: jealous of what? Of your lack of responsibility? Your immaturity? Your total disregard for other people's feelings?
Regulus: your lack of any critical thinking? Your ignorance? Your unawareness to anyone but yourself?
Sirius: where did you come from? Planet Loser?
Regulus: as opposed to planet ‘Look At Me Look at me’?
“Your mother wouldn’t approve of how my mother raised me” but it’s the black family to their lovers.
Regulus “please don’t say you love me” black.
Siurus “please don’t say you love me” black.
Bellatrix “please don’t say you love me” black.
Andromeda “please don’t say you love me” black.
Narcissa “please don’t say you love me” black.
maybe it's a good thing for canon that regulus died first because he would have never believed that Sirius could betray James
I don’t get Moonwater prank scenarios …. Why is Regulus suddenly not a blood supremacist but Sirius still does the prank and needs it thrown in his face for the rest of his life to be a better person
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(Sorry, I only just realised that I didn't add the full thread 😅)
Sirius, in cannon, is a 6'5 giant who would make fun of the most popular fannon version of him out there. He's not mature enough by fifth year, in the sense that he's a prankster, and doesn't often take other people into consideration. He would do the prank regardless. In this case, the moonwater scenario, whether he acknowledged it or not, deep down, he wanted to get back at Remus for being with Regulus.
Both the Black Brothers definitely make mistakes. We all do. They hold things over each other all the time. They're brothers, their allowed to hold grudges against each other. Also, I meant the rest of his life bit as more of an exaggeration. Obviously, after a while, it's not going to be brought up that often, if at all. Some people need reminders to help them, I mean, growing up in their household, they would learn by being reminded constantly of what not to be. Constantly reminding Sirius could be Regulus' gut instinct on how to stop a repeat, whether it will help Sirius or not.
Also, any ship with Regulus that isn't like Barty or Evan or both or someone in Slytherin is probably going to have Regulus as not a blood supremacist. But it is a huge part of his character. In the end, though, he does change his way of thinking, trying to destroy a horcrux and everything. (I haven't read all the books, so I could be completely wrong on why he went horcrux hunting.) You can just push back when he changes his thinking and change how he does it.
In the end, this, the entire Marauders fandom pretty much, is fannon. Most shippers of queer relationships and mulltishippers exist because of the fanbase and the fact that you can mix and match and change shit up.
I see moonwater as more of a library get-together thing, where Sirius was probably just talking, and he brought Regulus up, and he has a lot to say on the topic. Remus, hearing how much the brothers' relationship is going downhill, he wants to try and fix it because growing up, he never had that sort of connection or any at all really and didn't want them to loose theirs. Also, thinking about it, no one, unless they asked Remus directly (which they probably wouldn't due to his scars), would know if he was a pureblood or not.
Lupin is a pureblood name, and I don't really see Lyall as the type to shout it from the rooftops that he's married to a muggle. He also hid their family away from the world (probably) when Remus was turned. So, no one really knew he existed until Hogwarts.
So Regulus, with a strained relationship with his brother, probably didn't even know that Remus was a half blood. He just saw one of his brother's Gryffindor friends trying to make friends with him in the library. It was a relationship built over a good couple years of studying and careful suggestions and correcting that by the time he found out that Remus wasn't a pureblood, Regulus didn't really have any opinion on it at all.
This confused Regulus a lot and had a mini mid-life crisis where he had to re-evaluate everything he thought he knew and the fact he still wanted to date Remus and that he wasn't repulsed by the fact.
Ultimately, with Remus pushing the brothers, they start to figure their shit out properly and start talking again.
Sorry if this all came out sounding passive aggressive that was definitely not my intention. I just got passionate about it 😅
Regulus x Evan x Barty
Sirius x James x Remus
Omegaverse Soulmate au
'You're Lucky.'
The voice startled Regulus from his current task of playing with Barty's hair, who was dead to the world resting on his chest. Regulus stared at Sirius for a second, who was standing in the doorway of Regulus' room. He turned his attention back to Barty because he had grumbled in his sleep, subconsciously missing the hand in his hair.
The thing is, Regulus knew he was lucky. Lucky that his soul mates were both pureblood, Slytherin, and came from respectable families.
When he told his parents who his soulmates were, he swears it was the first time he saw his mother smile genuinely. It scared Regulus a bit how excited she was to meet Barty. She hadn't even entertained the idea of letting Evan come to dinner as well, apparently believing that more than one Alpha in the relationship would take from Regulus' own dominance.
The entire dinner was spent with their mother demanding when Barty would be producing an heir, and Regulus just wanted to scoop him up and forget that he even entertained the idea of this dinner, let alone gone through with it.
But he knew he was lucky as he pulled the omega just that little bit closer, who let out a content purr in response.
'You're Lucky.' Regulus found himself shooting back before grabbing his wand and flicking the door shut in Sirius' face.
Sirius made his way back to his room, mulling over the words spoken. 'You're Lucky.' Sirius knew he was incredibly lucky. Lucky to have two amazing partners. James, a handsome Alpha who fit all yet at the same time none of the stereotypes for Alpha's and Remus, a beautiful omega who never seemed to know his own worth and has in equal parts a sarcastic and kind personality.
Sirius was lucky to have soulmates that were nothing like his blood relatives that would support him, that would cherish him. He found that he didn't care that his parents didn't approve of his soulmates like they did Regulus', he had learnt not to care about their opinion a long time ago.
So yes, he was lucky.
Marauders era characters as things my friends have said part 43
Sirius: *sends regulus a voice note of him yelling what the hell*
Regulus: is this why I keep hearing you scream what the hell?
Sirius: yeah
Regulus: your odd
Sirius: you’re, checkmate liberal
Regulus: die
Associating Kate Bush’s Army Dreamers with the Black brothers fills me with a sort of pain I can’t even describe.
I’ve always imagined it in Sirius’ perspective, because despite the fact they both had parents we know deep down they are not the ones who raised the two. Sirius has been a father figure to Regulus since he could remember, and Sirius was most likely taken care of by a house elf or nanny.
Regulus turning to the Dark Lord didn’t change that, he would always be Sirius’ little brother- the one he tried to pull away with him when he realised how bad his parents views actually were. When he suspected Regulus of being a spy for The Order.
His death broke a part of Sirius irreparably, when he heard the news he probably couldn’t believe it. Even if Dorcas was likely the one who told him. No one would want to believe their little brother, the boy they raised, is gone.
Only because he got Involved with a war neither of them wanted to be a part of, and not to mention dead because of it. It was Regulus’ dream to be a part of The Order, Dumbleldore’s army. He didn’t want to be defined by bigotry anymore.
Regulus was an Army Dreamer, and if Sirius could turn back time he’d crush that dream beneath his feet and take them away from it all. Regulus didn’t make it to his 20’s. His life was wasted for the ‘greater good’. They were child soldiers, not because either wanted to fight.
They were soldiers because they had no other people to give their lives to.
@n0r
Fun Fact when Regulus died Sirius barely moved, barely ate, barely looked at anyone or anything for days besides the only picture he had of Regulus as a child, smiling and clutched it to his chest while whispering "my baby, my baby, my baby" on repeat to himself as tears streamed down his face.
(And Remus could do nothing but hold Sirius as his heart broke for him and James)
Sirius getting in trouble and McGonagall not calling his parents because Sirius was disowned, but also not calling the Potters because they had to take care of talking to James.
So, she decides to bring Regulus to her office and just let him yell at Sirius.
the black family are so catholic guilt coded in my head
STAWWPPPP I CAN IMAGINE THATTTT
padfoot grabbing cat regulus by the scruff of his neck and forcefully bringing him to the gryffindor dorm because he's been avoiding james after a fight
barty is thrown into the cell next to sirius'. they both hate this and appreciate the irony of finding themselves ending up in the same place as the person they despised for years. they spend the first week arguing and insulting and screaming at each other.
and then one particular bad night barty wakes up from a nightmare and found sirius talking to the regulus star. next things you know they're sharing stories about regulus, sirius from when they were children, and barty from when they were teenage boys at hogwarts.
they end up bonding over the person they both love and their grief. they both appreciate the irony in their only source of comfort being the person they despised for years.
the marauders fandom doesn't bat an eye in front of plus size lily but if i say i headcanon sirius as plus size too then what
idk if that makes sense but in regulus’ story:
icarus = regulus
the labyrinth = grimmauld/black family
daedalus/wings = sirius
sun = james
icarian see = the cave
1. got too close to the sun
2. drowned
1. got too close to the sun
2. drowned
as much as i love secret jegulus with sirius finding out and going overprotective big brother mode, i also love the idea of sirius thinking that no one is ever gonna be good enough for his baby brother. but then again, he knows one person who’s always been caring, generous, kind, funny and really everything regulus deserves. and that person is none other than james potter, his best friend, aka the best person he knows. and so sirius tries to play matchmaker between a very annoyed regulus black and a reluctant but curious james potter <3
“You ever see a guy that handsome walking down the street, he’s gonna get arrested. Cuz he’s killing all the ladies” but it’s Sirius encouraging trans Regulus when they’re young and he’s experimenting with boys clothing
Sirius being really worried that Regulus’s future boyfriend wouldn’t know how to handle him being trans and Regulus getting hurt, then Sirius being elated when he finds out James (HIS James) is Regulus’ boyfriend and sitting down with James to make sure he will treat Regulus right.
we all know and love the hc that sirius walked regulus down the isle however let me present to you narcissa walking him down (that way sirius could potentially be best man)
orange juice by noah kahan but its regulus talking to/about sirius after he left grimmauld
black family edits with Midwest Emo are my achilles heal 😔
Rosekiller are the kind of people to be besties with theire local takeout
(the tai takeout guy gave me 6 instead of 8 springrolls)
(i hate myself for using the word bestie)
vi and jinx are just black brother variants thank you for coming to my tet talk
Sirius and Regulus weren't allowed to read muggle stories when they were younger for OBVIOUS reason, and they never really felt the need to anyway. Until one day, Regulus got his hands on an old book filled with muggle fairytales, and he was absolutely captivated. He and Sirius would stay up at night under the covers with just a small light reading the same stories over and over again. Little Reggie was terrified of the story of "The Little Mermaid" because he couldn't bear the thought of Sirius leaving him and their house for someone he loved (like the Little Mermaid left her family under the sea for the prince). Sirius would always reassure him that that would never happen, that he would never love anyone more than his little brother. As Regulus was drowing in his final moments, he couldn't help but think about the irony of the situation, Sirius left him, and now Regulus was going back to his place in the water
Regulus absolutely ADORES cats, but because of his father's allergies, he never got to have one of his own when he was young. When he moved in with James, the boy was so SMITTEN that the moment Reggie turned up in the house with a small kitty and looked at James all full of hope and excitement he couldn't say NO to keeping the cat. That however ended with James having to think up a BILLION different excuses to keep Sirius outside of his and Reggie's apartments "oh you know the electricity is broken" "why not go out the weather is so lovely" (it was indeed raining). Regulus found it all endlessly amusing and even more amusing to him was the absolute look of horror and betrayal in Siriu's face when he saw the little black kitten for the first time
I simultaneously love and hate imagining the Black brothers before the world around them tore them apart. When they were just little kids who weren't yet aware of the brutality that existed all around them - Sirius and Regulus running around, playing at being grown wizards, drawing, trying to cook, annoying the house elves. And yes, sometimes they fought, because that's what siblings do, but whenever Regulu's eyes welled up with tears, Sirius always caved in because no matter what, his love for Regulus was much bigger than his anger