shipping Barty with Evan is just right.
shipping Barty with Regulus feels so good.
shipping Barty with Sirius hits different.
shipping Barty with Lily scratch the right part of my brain.
shipping Barty with James wakes something new in me.
shipping Barty is the answer.
Barty is everything.
Barty >>>
Barty.
Genuinely one of my favorite things about the maruaders fandom that is widely agreed upon:
Regulus is trans. Everyone assumes Remus is trans because werewolf behavior can look suspiciously similar to having a period. Shenanigans ensue:
*During 1st Year*
Sirius: *discreetly giving Remus chocolate during his time of the month*
Remus, in his head: HOW DOES HE KNOW? HOW DOES HE KNOW I'M A WEREWOLF? HOW DOES HE KNOW CHOCOLATE HELPS? WHY IS HE NOT SAYING ANYTHING? WHAT IS HAPPENING?
*Quidditch Locker Room*
Marlene: FUCK!
Sirius: What's wrong?
Marlene: I started my period and don't have anything on me!
James, who started carrying extras because he's a mom friend: Oh, here you go.
Marlene: *intensely stares at them* Okay if James carries the tampons and Remus is the one who uses them, why the FUCK is Sirius named Pads???
James: I. . .what?
Sirius: Abort Prongs. There's no right answer to this one.
*During a Study Session*
Regulus: Ugh, I'm so jealous of you sometimes Lupin.
Remus "Low Self-Esteem" Lupin: Why?
Reg: It's just that. . .well, if your mood is any indication, your time of the month is so CONSISTENT! Like, every 28 days like clockwork. You've never had 2 in one month or anything!
Remus, in his head: . . .is. . .is Regulus a werewolf too? Is this how Sirius was so accepting?
Remus out loud: You get it TWICE sometimes, how is that even possible?
Reg: I know right, it's so unfair!
Regulus: . . .
Peter: . . .
Regulus: So is there a REASON you've been stalking me or---
Peter: Are you a werewolf?
Reg: The fuck? No? Why---
Peter: KAY THANKS BYE!
*later*
Remus: oh my God Peter I didn't mean ASK HIM
Peter: Well how the fuck else was I supposed to find out?
Everyone start milking the comedy potential, or I'll have to write it myself! This is a threat! There's enough angst in this fandom, we need more pure comedy fics!
everyone lowkey judging jegulusβ relationship bc james is a YAPPER and literally never shuts up and it seems like reg can never actually get a word in
but behind closed doors regulus talks and talks and talks until he canβt possibly talk anymore and james just sits and smiles as he listens bc he ADORES to hear about anything and everything that regulus has to say
i love them sm someone sedate me
regulus: UGHHHH your hair is such a mess, potter, it looks like 20 birds chose to make their nests there
james: i can cut it
regulus:...
regulus: over my dead and rotten body.
Donβt ask me my lgbt+ hcs on the marauders era characters because I DONT FUCKING KNOW
THEY ARE ALL EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT THE SAME TIME
hope lupin would've loved james & sirius btw.
her sense of humour is being traumatised by a boggart in which she meets her future husband & proceeding to then have boggarts as her wedding cake topper.
she litr would've loved them. she writes to sirius when he gets disowned & he writes back that he was just following in the steps of his role model (her). james tells her about his very clever idea of remus' badly behaved rabbit & she's laughing for days.
Evan: I love you, I really do, but we can't date Barty: What? Why? Evan: Because what happens if we break up? Barty: ... Barty: ! Barty: Who gets Regulus in the divorce?! Evan: Exactly!
Marlene: Youβre going to need to socialize.
Lily: What? No, I don't wanna do that.
Mary: You're going to have a great time, you might meet some new people.
Lily, burying her face in her book: No, no, no, no!
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
Effie Potter goes to Pride wearing 'Free Mom Hugs' shirts.