"Regulus' Parents Didn't Force Him To Become A Death Eaters. They Didn't Join Voldemort."

Assigning taylor swift albums to marauders characters. This is purely my opinion so don't come at me pls.

Regulus - Folklore and Reputation

James - Folklore and Lover

(I could write essays defending these choices for Jegulus,don't test me)

Remus - Folklore and Evermore (hes one angsty boy)

Sirius - Reputation and Speak now (you cannot tell me he wouldnt interrupt a wedding dramatically for Remus)

Peter - 1989 and debut

Lily - Red and Evermore

Mary - Debut and Midnights

Marlene - Midnights and Reputation

Dorcas - Midnights and 1989

Pandora - Debut and Fearless (she would be an og swiftie fr)

Evan - Red and 1989 (can i explain this? no, but im sticking with it anyway)

Barty - reputation, midnights and a splash of Folklore (its giving chaos)

So guess who finally finished their 85k canon-adjacent Jegulus fanfic?

It's a trick question, the answer is me obviously.

Anyway I uploaded the final chapter today and after more than a year of writing, it's done.

Thank you to everyone's support with this, I'm so grateful.

12 year old Regulus who writes 'Regulus Potter' in hearts all over a page in his notebook and then throws it into a fire when Barty comes back to the room unexpectedly early.

12 year old Barty who has to be physically stopped from putting his hand into the fire because he knows that it has something embarrassing in it and wants to tease Regulus.

"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.

" Bring back the OG marauders."

Sure, go ahead. If you want to make them all cis-het white British characters again, feel free to do so. Nobody is forcing you to read fics with more diversity. The fun thing about fanon and headcannons is that you can think whatever you want and nobody can stop you. However if the diversity bothers you enough that you have to send us death threats, that says more about you than it does about us.

"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.

Solidarity. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

"Peter is being replaced by Regulus as a marauder."

No he's not, be so for real right now. In the majority of fics Regulus is left out/ignored by the marauders unless he and Sirius have a good relationship. And when they have a good relationship it makes sense for Regulus to be around his brother and the rest of the marauders, especially when Jegulus is happening. Peter being forgotten isn't a new thing, that has been an issue for years, so stop blaming it on the rise in Regulus popularity.

"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.

"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.