Those of you saying that Harry Potter could beat Percy Jackson in a non-magical fight have no IDEA how wrong you are.
Percy is a (kind of) street-smart kid from NYC who has a history of beating up people who mock him.
Harry is a British bitch who spent the first 10-11 years of his life getting his ass whooped by his cousin.
And even with magic, Percy is the son of Posideon. He's a DEMIGOD. He's fought the literal GOD OF WAR AND WON! There's no way that Harry "wot?" Potter is beating Percy.
You've all heard of tall Remus, but what about tall Sirius? I like to imagine Remus was around 5'11, and Sirius was around 6'3.
Imagine Sirius pulling Remus close to him and wrapping his arms around him when they were outside, and it was cold.
Imagine Remus stealing Sirius's t-shirts and clothes. Sirius would lose his mind when he saw Remus wearing clothes that were a little too big for him.
Imagine Sirius purposefully stealing Remus's books and holding them just out of reach. He wouldn't return it until Remus said "I love you" and kissed him. By the time the book was within reach again, they were both preoccupied with... exercise activities {if you know what I mean (;}.
Imagine Sirius sneaking up behind Remus and throwing his arms around him to pull him close and sway him while he bombarded his Moony with kisses.
Just... tall Sirius. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk <3.
I will always believe that the only reason the Weasley Twins weren't Slytherins is because JKR was too busy demonizing us.
The traits of Slytherin are resourcefulness, determination, ambition, pride, cunning, leadership, and self-preservation.
1. Resourcefulness: They grew up poor, so they definitely learnt to make the most of what they had like their siblings.
2. Determination & Ambition: They had ambitions to be successful businessmen in the joke shop industry and were determined to achieve their goal no matter what anyone else said.
3. Pride: They are very proud of their work and are proud to be known as the infamous mischief makers at Hogwarts who could give even the Marauders a run for their money.
4. Cunning: Cunning isn't always a bad thing. As stated before, they were the most infamous pranksters at Hogwarts in their era. They were extremely cunning.
5. Leadership: They were leaders in terms of ideas. They inspired others (an example being them leaving the school causing students to follow in the twins footsteps and play pranks of their own.)
6. Self-preservation: As we saw with our very funny, very handsome, very dead friend, "Dead Fred", and our other very funny, very handsome, very one-eared friend, "Gorg George", self-preservation isn't their strong suit, but I think everything else fits for them.
What's your opinion on this?
I’ve seen a lot of discourse about Jegulus in this fandom and I want to give my opinion on it. Before I get into this I would like to say: no hate to any Jegulus shippers. You’re entitled to your own opinions, and I could care less about who you ship as long as it’s not pedophilia, incest, etc. This is just my opinion.
I really hate Jegulus for multiple reasons:
First off, it completely destroys their characters and makes 0 sense for both of them.
James was strongly against blood purity and the Potter family were labeled as blood traitors. He was invited to join the DE by Voldemort and declined (JKR confirmed this was 1 of the 3 ways he betrayed him.) Not to mention he betrayed Voldemort 2 other times. Plus, he was friends with Remus, a half-blood werewolf and Sirius, a blood traitor Gryffindor. Do you really think the Marauders would still be his friends if he suddenly dated a blood supremacist? Imagine if you’re a POC and your white friend dated a racist. Or if you were Jewish and your German friend dated a German N@z! supporter.
Regulus was strongly for blood purity, seeing as he made a shrine dedicated to Voldemort and the DE. This means he would’ve hated Muggleborns, half-bloods, half-breeds, and blood traitors.
Not to mention Sirius. Regulus probably loved Sirius since he asked Kreacher not to tell his family about the Horcrux, and Sirius died not knowing about it, but that doesn’t mean Regulus was a good brother when Sirius was still around. In his youth, Sirius would’ve hated Regulus because of Walburga and Orion’s favoritism. The Potters took Sirius in and James adopted Sirius as a brother. He would’ve hated Regulus because of the way Sirius talked about him. And considering that Sirius hated Regulus as kids, he would be very hurt and angry with James if he suddenly got in a relationship with him.
Second off, Jegulus and Jily can’t work in the same timeline. Lily would never go out with James if he dated a blood supremacist before her. If a white guy asked me to date him, and I knew he dated a white racist before me, I would be horrified and shocked and immediately say no.
And don’t even get me started on the HC about a poly relationship between Lily, James, and Regulus. I’m sorry, but that’s a very disgusting HC to have. Muggleborns are an allegory for Jewish people and DE are an allegory for N@z!s. It’s just like Dramione/Drarry, just Marauders Era edition.
The only way I can see Jegulus or a poly relationship between Regulus, James, and Lily working is in an AU where Regulus was always good, but that still changes him entirely and throws away anything canon about him.
I think a lot of people use Jegulus as a way to give Regulus a better redemption arc. But honestly, using love as a redemption arc doesn’t work and is just lazy writing. We see this with Snily and even Grindledore, to an extent. I think Regulus should’ve been given a better redemption arc but using Jegulus to do so makes no sense and isn’t a good way to fix JKR’s terrible try at a redemption without obsession.
Okay but imagine one day, Arthur does this while out with Ron and Harry and a stranger goes, “Why does that one have black hair if everyone else has orange?" And Harry gets really embarrassed and starts to say, “Oh I'm not his-”
Only to get cut off by Arthur who says, “He's adopted :)"
Now imagine the same thing happening with the Potters and Sirius.
OUCH MY HEART-
You’re wrong if you think James Potter and Arthur Weasley didn’t walk around carrying a whole ass photo album of their families in their wallets 24/7. You’re wrong if you think they didn’t show off these pictures to random strangers on the street. And you’re wrong if you think they didn’t get all misty eyed because they both loved their families more than they loved life itself.
Harry: “What the- why did she eat the apple? Is she stupid? I mean, did nobody teach this girl about stranger danger?”
Ron: “To be fair, it’s set in the 1500s.”
Harry: “Yeah, but even then, parents taught their kids about this stuff. And she’s the princess, isn’t she? So she should know this.”
Ron: “Well, yeah, but she wasn’t raised like a princess, now was she? The Queen made her scrub floors and wash dishes.”
Harry: “Yeah, but she didn’t do that stuff until her dad died, and they never said when that was. But that’s beside the point. She shouldn’t need someone to tell her this. She’s 14, right? It’s common sense. Where’s this girl’s mother?”
Ron: “Her mum’s dead.”
Harry: “Yeah, so is mine, but even I knew better than to eat apples from strangers at 14.”
Hermione: “Both of you need to shut up and watch the movie! And Harry, stop using dark humor to cope with your trauma for Merlin’s sake!”
*Remus's computer makes a noise.*
Remus: "Oh, fuck off! I'm running low on the will to live right now, but I'm not going 'bloough, bloough!' every 3 seconds, am I?"
On pg. 767-768 of OOTP it says:
“Harry took one glance back at the thestrals, now foraging for scraps of rotten food inside the dumpster, then forced himself into the box after Luna. ‘Whoever’s nearest the receiver, dial six two four four two!’ he said.”
Harry heard that number once in the summer, and you’re telling me he remembered it up until June?! He couldn’t even remember information for a test that he studied for that morning, and you’re telling me he remembered a bunch of random numbers from June? It would be more realistic if Ron knew it since his dad works at the Ministry.
Honestly, JKR thinks nothing through...
Stucky is cool, but I like angst. So, what if Bucky and Steve loved each other, but they never told each other because they thought it was unrequited love, and admitting their feelings for one another would just lead to a ruined friendship.
That would explain why Steve stayed so obsessed with Peggy and wanted to go back so desperately. Not just because he was homesick for the 40s, but also because he did have feelings for Peggy. And while his feelings for Peggy weren't as strong as his love for Bucky, it was better than being trapped in that torturous cycle of waking up everyday and yearning for something he thought was never there.
In a modern AU:
Remus would be so pissed when everyone jumped on crocheting and baking bread because he was called a "pretentious old man" (particularly by Sirius) when he used to do it pre-COVID.
You're On Your Own Kid is just such a Marauders song.
James: "From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes/I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this"
Sirius: "I hosted parties and starved my body/Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss"
Peter: "The jokes weren't funny, I took the money/My friends from home don't know what to say"
Remus: "I looked around in a blood-soaked gown/And I saw something they can't take away"