it is a cool choice to write regulus as being permanently in sirius' shadow and would grate against that. i understand that some writers make this the basis for the j/egulus dynamic of "i am deeply in love with my brother's best friend but It Cannot Be because my brother and i have a weird relationship", but it's hard to write that without changing a lot of their personalities. while i can see how good writers would take a mile if you gave them an inch of inspiration, i never got on the j/egulus train simply because i was rotted by a more compelling ship route to take

namely, that regulus would get with snape in order to get back at sirius.

your baby brother falling in love with your amazing best friend? ew, but also, you can't fault his taste. your baby brother doing the nasty the worst supremacist scum in the british isles, on the other hand? vile! disgusting! treacherous! sirius would absolutely go nuts if his baby brother debased himself in such a way– which is exactly why i think regulus would go for it. it is the sort of slytherin-flavored vengeance that befits regulus more than softly angsting under dramatic light in a corner

and the reason why sirius would freak is for a multitude of reasons! regulus is a black– pureblooded, high-class, honor above all. sirius' value system of honor would not accept that his own blood would associate with hypocrite supremacists such as snape (though sirius himself is a hypocrite through regulus' eyes because he loudly goes against their traditions but wants to effectively manage and control someone within the institution he left)

perhaps, years later, sirius might still wash out some of regulus' blame— his idiot brother, too soft to know when his lover (shudder) was joining a supremacist organization

but snape is an effective knife for regulus to hold against his brother simply because snape is the sirius-that-never-will-be

because snape is accepted by the same family that callously disowned sirius! he breaks bread with the black cousins! joined the same after-school traditionalist club! quite possibly (i don't remember if it was canon) also named draco's godfather! sirius hated that this greasy git fit better into his family than he ever would

(and had he lived longer, he would be simmering with envy of how effortlessly snape still swans in their circle despite being proved a LITERAL SPY. he is stuck and tied in his house but snape, of all people, gets to have afternoon tea with bella and cissa)

and snape hates sirius because he is effortlessly powerful and cool– even by muggle standards!! it is hard to be cool by muggle standards when there's so much going on in that world but somehow, this posh bloke steps in london and immediately becomes a café racer. he transfigures his robes to mimic muggle clothing and still looks fashionably rockstar handsome instead of looking like he came from a multicolored freakshow circus like every wizard trying to fit in the muggle world

sirius bought a nice flat in the richer side of london right after graduating, without looking for a job. he knows what the current movies are, has paid for all of his friends to watch it together, and is in tune with muggle life the way he would never be

(the day snape found out that sirius, who was raised on enchanted concertos and magical singing kitchenware, bought a pregnant lily potter VIP seats to an artist's concert— the artist who they both first heard on a rickety radio player in his mother's house— he flipped his shit and applied for his second masters)

they are soooo deeply jealous of each other's ability to fit in. and it would make for a really good dynamic. all three of them are playing each other like fiddles

I think there’s a valid argument in interpreting, Sirius’s comment about his parents thinking Regulus was a ‘hero’ for joining the death eaters, through the lens of his abandonment wound.

When denying that they are Deatheaters he definitively says ‘no’ twice.

When speculating about their reaction to Regulus, he says, "I bet," which indicates it's just conjecture. Then he refers to Regulus as a "right little hero," and as a Brit, there's no way that can be said without a tone of deep sarcasm. This bitter, sarcastic tone suggests that his words are fueled by hurt—hurt stemming from the feeling that his parents rejected him but saw Regulus as the perfect, "much better son." Because of this, his comment shouldn’t be taken as gospel truth, as it's coming from a place of emotional pain rather than objective truth.

As I said on a previous post, Walburga and Orion Black not being DEs does not whitewash them but makes them a huge part of the system that enabled Voldy’s rise. And I think they weren’t happy that Regulus joined up or at least not as enthusiastic as Sirius speculated them to be.

“No, no, but believe me, they thought Voldemort had the right idea, they were all for the purification of the Wizarding race, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having purebloods in charge. They weren’t alone either, there were quite a few people, before Voldemort showed his true colors, who thought he had the right idea about things... They got cold feet when they saw what he was prepared to do to get power, though. But I bet my parents thought Regulus was a right little hero for joining up at first.”

Not to mention that Sirius also wasn’t in the house anymore when Regulus joined up. Even if he had contacts that updated him, the Blacks are implied to have been obsessed with image—rejection would have only been shown privately, Regulus was the only boy of the next generation ‘left’, and I just don’t see them publicly vilify the last one who can genuinely & honourably continue the family name.

It makes sense that Sirius assumed they would’ve been proud — a la, “they’re always more amiable to him than to me.” — even if he’d known on some level that they wouldn’t have been. It also makes sense that he wouldn’t have been told any differently; or even that he would’ve been lied to in the loose definition, if he’d ever talked to them after running away.

Had a long time to try to remember.

OMG

The way Snape walks.

I imagined what kind of walking style Snape actually had. In Harry's descriptions, Snape strides briskly with his cloak billowing, while in Rowling's illustrations, he has a slight hunch and folds his arms. As for young Snape, he was also described as having rounded and angular shoulders (hunched upper body) while walking in a twitchy manner. Therefore, this movement, which is compared to that of a spider, suggests that he walked quickly and quietly with his upper body hunched over and almost no movement. When you observe a spider, it moves rapidly with minimal movement of its body. Consequently, the adult Snape would have appeared spider-like, walking with a hunched back, wide strides, and silent steps without moving his upper body. Considering that he is always described as crossing his arms, it's not strange that there is no upper body movement. In his childhood, he would have also walked hunched over, similarly without upper body movement, but in a nervous, hurried manner, making him appear spider-like as well. Moreover, Snape is described as thin with slender limbs. Anyway, the conclusion is… I actually tried walking like that, and my dad said it was scary… hahaha! Plus, he has long hair. Imagine him bending over, walking quietly and quickly, with his eyes narrowed as he approaches........🫠

I didn’t want to start my day feeling sad, but then I saw this picture, and well… now I’m overwhelmed with emotions 💔

Patila n ung iyq nya, tas yinayakap nya ung ilaw nya,,, :<

James Potter is utterly brilliant at picking up on people's weakness. Thing is, this can be a really good thing too. Yeah, he uses it for the 'downfall of his enemies', but even more important, he uses it to lift up his friends. He sees where they hurt, where they ache, where their soft spots and old scars are, and the older he gets, the more he loves his friends, and the more he seeks to be the strength in their weaknesses.

Does he always get it right? No. Does he occasionally exploit a weakness when he's mad? Yeah. But does this become a huge part of why he's the glue that holds the Marauders together? You bet your boots it does.

#1. Goblet of Fire - The Egg and the Eye

(See, he feels ashamed of having that Dark Mark, he feels “angry with himself” for being a DE in the past.)

#2. Deathly Hallows - The Prince’s Tale. (although HBP’s timeline)

( He felt he deserved to know about the information because he was a true Order member at heart. He doesn't want to associate with Voldemort at all but he has to do it only because Dumbledore wants him to spy on Voldemort. He does not want to “dangle on the arms of Voldemort” even as a spy. He wants to completely dissociate himself from DEs.)

#3. Deathly Hallows - Sacking of Severus Snape

( He is so ashamed of having that Dark Mark that he just merely hints at it in a very subtle and physical way rather than acknowledging it with words. Up till that point, he was answering in words.)

These are three of the instances that indicate how much Severus Snape, after change of sides, loathed to be even associated with Voldemort and his Death Eaters, to a point where he felt ashamed to acknowledge his Dark Mark! He merely hinted at his Dark Mark, in a very subtle and physical way, rather than flaunt it using words. How much Severus didn’t want to “dangle on the arm of Lord Voldemort” even as a spy but he didn’t really have much of a choice, did he? —

“Well, you don’t just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It’s either a lifetime of service or death”.

To Severus, a third option - being a double agent spy pretending to be Voldemort’s supporter whilst actually secretly working against him - was presented by Dumbledore, which he agreed to do not once but twice (1st war and 2nd war).

But Severus was a human, afterall. Even the pretense of supporting the evil could be very taxing and it’s evident from the above three instances. You feel sorry for this man but you also know that he was, afterall, paying the price of his own terrible mistake that he commited around couple of decades back as a teenager. You feel sorry for him, but you also feel appreciative of the fact that this man was willing to do and sacrifice anything and everything to atone for his mistake, that he never made excuses or ever backed off from the difficult road of atonement, and in the end, paid even the ultimate price — his life.

This is very interesting, however, I personally interpret #1 slightly differently:

For me, in that scene Snape is angry at himself because he couldn’t help but let false!Moody see how much the allusion to his Death Eater days got to him -  by seizing his left arm instinctively.

However, the fact that false!Moody is even able to get to Snape so much with all his implications is very telling on how Snape feel about it all. Indeed, he’s very ashamed of his past and he’s angry at himself because he can’t hide it in this scene.

Mister “Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words —” is angry because deep down: he’s one of those fool XD

Additional thoughts on #3: this interpretation is particularly interesting when compared to how he bravely put his arm under the nose of Fudge, the Minister for Magic, at the end of GoF? Snape is a very brave man.

It's either involuntary or a small gesture he knew she would understand, and I'm more inclined to believe the latter. I would bet that Snape had told McGonagall and other order members about the Dark Mark so he didn't need to shove it under her nose to communicate it, unlike with Fudge. He also values her opinion more than Fudge’s, so would be more ashamed to admit it openly. Then add in the emotions from being unable to tell her he's on her side and him probably being self aware of his triggers for his outbursts, he probably didn't want to speak about it at that moment to prevent any clues about his true feelings from slipping out.

Ready to have a sex with secret lover in birthday and then

To add to the Mcgonagall and Snape being mirrors of each other thing, they both literally have the same first lesson

They begin with an introduction, and then a warning about being dumb "anyone messing about will leave and not come back"/"if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads I usually have to teach", and by the the end of it only one student gets any praise (Hermione/Draco)

There's even a direct reference to Mcgonagall- "like Mcgonagall- Snape had the gift of keeping the class silent without any effort".

The two are very much mirrors of each other, and it's just so interesting how favourably Mcgonagall is painted in the narrative. Ron claims Mcgonagall doesn't favour the Gryffindors the way he heard Snape favours Slytherin, based on the amount of homework she gives, yet the funny thing is Snape gives the same amount of work and grades everything fairly. They just assume he favours Slytherin. There's how Draco seems to be the only one Snape likes, an implication that Snape does favour Slytherin, and another negative for Snape considering who Draco is supposed to be in the narrative, how we're supposed to dislike him.

Yet him praising Draco and telling everyone to look at how Draco did his work is no different to McGonagall telling everyone to look at Hermione's work.

McGonagall and Snape are literally the same as each other, it's just that Harry seems to decide Snape hates him and make his view of Snape based on that. And when you reread the scene, there's actually nothing to indicate that Snape actually hates Harry specifically. Teachers often pick on one of the students and make them answer questions, is it surprising that Snape picked the famous one? Of course we know that Snape really couldn't stand the sight of Harry, but he was actually a fairly normal teacher here. He wasn't abusive or bullying him, he was just strict. Probably the only one who was directly strict to Harry, actually.

It's just really interesting to me how similar Mcgonagall and Snape are yet they're presented as polar opposites. I guarantee you, if it had been Snape who asked an underage Draco to play quidditch because he was good at it, he would have been presented as a cheating scumbag who would do anything to win, yet this isn't presenting of Mcgonagall at all. Harry's bias truly is an incredible thing

If they met in 1970.

run, severus, run! (x7)

the art in this game (magic awakened) is actually so pretty in my opinion, severus looks great in this style. would love it if we got a proper hp video game that looks like this

"the marauders had the best kind of friendship"

I don't believe it.

Sirius wished it was the full moon without regard for Remus' pain.

James used Peter as his personal cheerleader to boost his ego, and Sirius made fun of Peter for it.

James, Sirius, and Peter went and attacked Severus in front of a crowd because they knew that even though Remus was a prefect, he wouldn't stop them.

Remus could probably never quite see them the same after that, and began acting differently around them, especially after James started dating Lily, and went behind her back to continue to torment Sev.

After they graduate, James and Sirius believe that Remus is a traitor, because he seemed less comfortable with them after SWM.

So instead of making Remus secret keeper, they have it be Peter, because "no one will suspect him". Wtf? What's that supposed to mean? That no one will suspect him because no one thinks that he's their friend, or because everyone thinks he's too cowardly?

And look where it ended, James dead, Peter a traitor, Sirius in Azkaban, and Remus grieving because he lost all his (questionable) friends in one night.

Remus gets put in a strange position of thinking alot of what they did was bad, thinking the way Severus was treated was bad - but longing for it anyway. Continuing it. Nighttime walkabouts bad? They're still his happiest memories. Bullying Severus bad? He does it as an adult anyway. Feels good. James was an idiot prick, Harry even thinks so? 'Ah, we were just kids back then'... even though Harry is the same age and is awesome.

Remus doesn't even think they treated him poorly - but he also thinks he deserves to be treated poorly. He is frustrated about it... but they never treated him with real respect, and he never learned to be treated WITH respect. So when Arthur, Tonks, Dumbledore and Harry actually give him respect he doesn't know what to do with it, other than sweat and stammer and say "...N-Nuh uh! No! I'm stinky-!"

We don't learn shit about Peter - other than they treated him like garbage. Is there a single line said to him that wasn't nasty...?

He was nervous about his exam, not knowing all the differences between a werewolf and a regular wolf - and James is like "How thick are you? You run with a werewolf every month-!" How thick are you, James?!? he doesn't see regular fucking wolves much, does he?