btw dating sucks as a concept.
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"Jegulus is being forced down our throats"
No it's not, block the tags of you dont like them it's not that hard. Yes, tagging incorrectly is a problem that needs to be solved, but if you're gonna be in the main 'Marauders' tag, you should expect to see any and all ships. Stop complaining, please. I'd you think something has the wrong tag on it, ask the person NICELY to remove it.
Please remember your favorite writers are attention whores with a praise kink, they need validation to survive. Feed them comments and reblogs to save a life.
"Regulus didn't really have a redemption arc, he did it for selfish reasons/his own pride."
Whatever the reason behind his decision, Regulus sacrificed himself to destroy Voldemort. That is the opposite of selfish. Realistically, what did he gain? Nothing, because he died, so how could it be selfish. We don't know why he did it, but in the end it doesn't really matter because the end result was the same: he sacrificed himself to take down Voldemort.
"You can't like Regulus but hate Snape, because they were both death eaters."
Incorrect, because I don't dislike Snape for joining the Death Eaters or even for the way he treated Lily when he was a child. I dislike him because of the way he treated children as an adult and a teacher. His blatant bullying of Neville and Hermione is why I donr like him. If I read a fic where he becomes less of a shitty person, I do find myself liking his character, but in terms of Canon, disliking Snape isn't outrageous.
My boys <33
(Art: industrations, sophithil, Alex lopez)
Jegulus Celebrity AU where James has two tiktok accounts, his verified one and a private one.
He only posts regularly on the second one but if you go onto the reposts of his "official" account, you'd only find edits of Regulus.
He also uses that one to comment on his favourite ones and the fans love it
(Sirus has James' verified account blocked because he was tired of seeing edits of his brother on his fyp)
"Regulus only changed because Voldemort hurt Kreacher whom he saw as his property."
Based on the information that we do have from Canon, this cannot be true. we know from Kreachers stories that Regulus was always nicer to him than most people, which means that he probably saw Kreacher as more than an object, maybe even a friend if he was willing to die instead of him. Either way, Regulus didn't just decide to go against everything he'd ever known just because his houself had gotten injured. This was probably the breaking point that led to his decision.
imma say it
LOOK okay; ive read james bashing, ive read sirius bashing, ive read remus bashing, ive read marlene bashing, ive read peter and mary and frank bashing. Ive read alice bashing, ive read dorcas and even bashing, ive read barty and snape and regulus bashing. Its harder to find a character bashing i haven't read at least once.
Lily however? it doesn't happen. Because, imo, everyone seems on edge about bashing her as they'll be called a misogynist. "Even" in non-jegulus stories, it doesn't happen.
I love lily, and i think shes a great character, but sometimes the avoidance to write her as yeah kind of the asshole makes the writing worse. Its less realistic.
Guess what, sometimes people aren't calm and understanding even when they should be and definitely when they shouldn't.
A weird amount of fics go out of the way to avoid any conflict with lily by just not writing her or writing her as bland or without any spark which is what attracts a lot of people to the character.
The amount of fics ive read where lily has been like "i understand" no matter what happens is kind of bs. she looses her fire.
Let lily get mad
let her loose her shit over little things
let her yell a bit more, even if she isn't in the right
please, for the love of the marauders, write Lily Evans as Lily Evans
(i'm fine to debate this but honestly i see nothing wrong with this opinion)
"Jegulus is misogynistic because Lily is sidelined in the story as a result of the ship."
I dont think that's misogyny because if it's a JEGULUS story, and she isn't the main character, why would her story be prioritised. Once again, if you want to see more Lily content or any female character, why dont you start by making some yourself. Personally, if I want a specific fanfic but I can't find one like it, I WRITE IT MYSELF. Complaining without doing anything to make a change is just annoying and unhelpful.