Im a jegulus shipper and I like happy endings. Why do people keep recommending me all the young dudes? Doesn't that fic follow canon and its ending? Meaning jegulus doesn't happen? Its not listened as a ship on the fic I think? That's why im so iffy about reading crimson rivers and choice too(mostly because of the controversy I head avoit crimson rivers) i love angst and pain and hurt. But i also if im investing in a super long fic there better be some form of a happy ending in there. Dont get me wrong i like tragic and dark endings. But only when I know thats the type of book i pick up(romeo and juliet, a murder mystery, the woman in the widowz horror)
All the young dudes is one of the fics that kickstarted the marauders fandom's popularity and it's very well written and captivating from what I've heard. I haven't read it either because honestly I don't think I'm in a head space for all that angst and I don't have time currently.
Fanfiction is read only by choice, if you don't want to read something you simply shouldn't. No matter how good others say it might be, seriously don't read it if you're not a fan of an unhappy ending. I totally understand where you're coming from. And yea I think it has jily not jegulus.