Thoughts On Regulus

Coming into a fandom late

Reblog if you will answer LITERALLY ANY anon questions.

BRING IT ON

challenge accepted 

the anon that was going on about estrogen was so close to the point but just veered off to the left 💀

yes the human's (and other animals') sex is determined by a lot of factors, it's like a big and complex assembly line, you know what else that means? there can be "mistakes" (for the record trans people are not mistakes, i love yall, im just using the word to work with the analogy) from many different factors, a message with a typo that changes the instructions, a misreading of the instructions, hell even enviromental factors can upset the process

also "trans women dont naturally produce estrogen" honey, UH-HONEY! men and women both have testosterone and estrogen because they're more than "sex hormones", these hormones have other purposes too. in amab men for example, insufficient estrogen levels can cause erectile dysfunction, lower libido, excess fat (nothing wrong with that imo, just listing all effects to show that the hormones have influence on the body regardless of sex) and most importantly loss of bone matter and osteoporosis.

its true that on the average, afab women produce more estrogen and amab men produce more testosterone, but that's just it, AVERAGES.

it's not too uncommon for cis men to have naturally high estrogen levels and for cis women to have naturally high testosterone levels (*cough cough* Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi in the last olympics *cough cough*)

terfs really are the karens of biology, talking on stuff they don't understand.

with the tags and search officially being completely broken on all platforms (no new posts are showing up in them anymore), now feels like a good time to remind everyone that the only way to help creators is to reblog their stuff. even before the tags were busted most people found new creators through their content being rebloged onto their dash, and now, at least for the time being, that will be the Only way to find and spread things.

Fast reblog is a thing, you dont have to leave comments, you dont have to leave tags, just reblog stuff if you want to keep seeing new content being posted to this site.

and as a final note, with this change likes are officially completely pointless for content creators. up till now they served to boost a posts placement in the tag searches (a post tagged #girl with 40 likes would show up higher in the search than a post tagged #girl with only 10 likes,)

[outdated. the glitch was fixed a few hours after this post was made ^^ still reblog stuff tho]

Remus Lupin Headcanons.

LYCANTHROPY.

Full moons become progressively worse as the werewolf grows. As a child, Remus was in pain, but since his body was still developing, it was a bit more bearable.

Double full moons were the worst because Remus’ body would barely have any time to recover before it’s forced to transform again. The second full moon of the month would leave the poor guy with gruesome internal injuries that take much longer to heal, broken bones, and more.

Remus gets physically sick whenever he’s around silver. He’ll get lightheaded, struggle to breathe properly, and feel nauseous (or throws up, depending on how close the silver is). All of this is multiplied whenever he accidentally touches it, plus it burns his skin.

Lupine flowers are another weakness. They cause the same symptoms of a regular allergy, so it’s easier to play off, but it can cause him to pass out or struggle to breathe. If he consumes it, it will kill him.

Embarrassingly, Remus follows the stereotype of werewolves fearing fire. It’s why he always sits as far away from the fire in the common room as possible, and why he always yells before running away whenever he encounters fire unexpectedly.

FAMILY.

Remus has a younger sister (by five years) named Caron B. Lupin. They adore each other despite their age difference.

Remus is always trying to spoil her as much as he can because he believes that she deserves to have the childhood he didn’t have.

Caron is always doing everything she can to bring her brother comfort after full moons.

Caron is a squib (or just not a witch, I’m not sure if half-bloods can be squibs).

Hope is Remus’ best friend. She’s quite a hippie; she has a garden of medicinal plants for Remus, and smokes quite often (sometimes her cigarettes smell suspiciously of weed, though she would never admit that they are). She’s also generally accepting of pretty much everything, hence why she barely blinked when Remus came out to her.

Lyall, on the other hand, was much more complicated. He wasn’t a bad father, per se, but he made a lot of mistakes while trying to deal with Remus being a werewolf. He does try his best, in his own way.

The Lupins have a Great Dane male dog named Arawn. He’s supposed to be a security dog, but Caron softened him up after she was born. There’s nothing intimidating about a dog wearing a tiara and a bedazzled scarf.

The Lupins visit Hope’s family very often. It’s a big family, which has five children including Hope herself.

Because Lyall is often absent, Remus and Caron grew up mostly speaking Welsh. They both have heavy accents whenever they do speak English.

Hope was a Historian who specialized in (Welsh) Mythology. She had to quit her job to take care of Remus after the incident. Once Remus left for Hogwarts, Hope enrolled Caron into a muggle public school and started working again.

Lyall and Remus are the only ones who enjoy reading books, it’s one of the few things they bond over.

Hope likes taking the kids into the woods so that they can catch little animals like frogs, bunnies, etc.. They let them go afterwards, but it’s always fun to chase the small animals.

Lyall always takes Caron very seriously when she asks him to check for monsters under the bed, and does a complete sweep of the room. He will not make the same mistake twice.

Remus is afraid of the dark, so Lyall made him a small nightlight that illuminates the room to his liking. Hope hopped in and made it so that it would spin and carved some stars so that the room looked like the stars were dancing around his bedroom.

Remus brought the nightlight to Hogwarts, though he would only turn it on behind closed curtains.

Lyall disappeared for ‘work’ whenever the full moon neared. He wouldn’t return until a couple of days after, and he would always bring Remus a small bag filled with chocolate. This is why Remus is so attached to his chocolate, especially during and after full moons.

Caron has the habit of kissing Remus’ wounds because “kisses make everything better!” and Remus loves it.

SCHOOL/FRIENDS/ENEMIES.

Remus started using a cane during his fourth year, after a double full moon.

That month (October, 1974) was also very traumatic for a lot of people. After the second full moon, Remus was tired of being babied by the matron, his friends, the headmaster, and Head of House, so he snuck out of the Hospital Wing to attend his classes as if nothing. Even though he was feeling like absolute crap. Long story short, he started coughing up blood, passed out, busted his already problematic hip while falling, traumatized everyone present.

Loves reading books, hates anything school-related. If it weren’t for James’ constant harassment, Remus would be failing every class.

So petty. And I mean this in a will-perform-a-sticking-charm-on-your-bed-and-stick-it-to-the-ceiling kind of petty. The pranks are relatively harmless (most of the time) but they’re such a hassle to undo.

He’s the funniest member of the Marauders. He always makes the snarkiest remarks, but only loud enough for his friends to hear. You’d always see the boys absolutely pissing themselves from laughter while Remus sits in the middle as if he’s just as confused as everyone else.

He doesn’t hesitate to throw his friends under the bus just so he doesn’t get detention. He has a very good poker face, so it’s easy to get away with it.

You know, what you said made me think of a lot of devastating stuff.

Just imagine baby Percy wanting to play but his parents are overwhelmed with the war and reject him every time.

In a war, I’m pretty sure that there’s going to be a lot of scary moments: nearby fights, the distant sounds of people screaming, Molly hysterically counting her children before hiding together in a bathroom while Arthur makes sure the DEs are not near.

Percy was quiet because that’s how Molly and Arthur told him to be because of the war. He was the best at being quiet and perfectly obedient, he was always praised for it.

The war ends when he’s five years old and he has to witness his mother breaking down and every now and then because the memories are still haunting her. He’s helpless and anxious because he doesn’t know how to comfort her, this doesn’t seem the type of situation where a bandaid and a kiss would make it better.

Percy never forgot. While Bill and Charlie were thrusted into the substitute parents role, therefore too busy to dwell on the past, Percy was stuck. He watched the world move on without him.

He was no longer needed to be quiet. He no longer needed to be completely obedient. He no longer needed to be strong. But Percy doesn’t know how to not do that.

Now he’s strange.

Percy, the boy who doesn’t come out and play with his brothers.

Percy, the boy who yells at his brothers when they become too noisy for him to read.

Percy, who always tells on his siblings when doing something wrong.

Percy, who decided to work for the Ministry from a young age because he always saw them on the streets trying to clean the aftermath of the war.

Percy Weasley, y’all.

I think Percy was a quite child - I love the older two, but I don't connect with their stories as much - because of the war. And nobody minded. Being quiet meant he could hide, being quiet meant he wasn't a liability. But then the war ended, and people saw him as weird.

Honestly, I agree. Being quiet isn’t a flaw or a liability. However, from what I understand, Percy was already thought of as weird since way before the war. There’s a lot of moments in the books where people mock him (mostly the twins). I think it wasn’t until after the war that people started trying to understand him.

What made you guys first read Harry Potter?

I first read it because a girl I liked was a fan and I wanted to impress her 🙃 didn’t work, but now I’m stuck in this fandom heh

I’m feeling called out and I don’t like it 🙃

maybe if you hate hp so much you shouldn’t be writing fifty page long dissertations about whether dumbles’ left nutsack is responsible for your ship not coming true

do you ever think about how you have such double standards for fic writers vs book authors and tv/movie writers?

like you don’t like when fic writers do xyz, but when you read it in a young adult novel you have no problem, or you see it on the screen and you love it.

that’s just so funny to me. the hypocrisy is so funny to me.

you’ll bitch about an age gap fic (even though both characters are concenting adults) but you adore call me by your name which has a 17 year old fucking a 24 year old (and i’m not bashing cmbyn i love that movie i’m just using it as an example).

you’ll bitch about adult fic authors writing minors having sex with each other but you’ll watch gossip girl where teenagers are fucking like crazy on screen.

you do realize that all of that was written by adults, right? most of the media you consume is created by adults. and when we write about teenagers fucking it’s not because we want to fuck teenagers. that’s gross. we’re writing about experiences, and we’re writing coming-of-age stories because we’ve already fucking been through that shit and we have life experiences that you don’t. if we didn’t the content you would have would fucking suck. it would suck.

most of your favorite fic writers are adults. your favorite novels and tv shows and movies were all written by adults. and if you enjoy that media anywhere except for when it’s in fics why is that? is it because fan fiction authors are more accessible to you? is it because you can find us on discord and tumblr and tell us all about your favorite and least favorite parts of what we’ve written? and you can’t do that with the authors of your favorite novels and the writers of your favorite tv shows and movies?

i just think your hypocrisy is bullshit, and maybe you should think more about what the fuck you say to people who write things for free. no one is forcing you to read anything. if you don’t like it don’t fucking read it and leave the people who do write it alone.

Harry Potter Rewrite: Disabilities.

What kinds of disabilities would you like to see?

I’ve already got a lot of disabled characters, but I feel that I still need more. I don’t pretend to be an expert in this, my only physical disability is my deafness. I will, however, promise to do all the research I can and listen to whatever criticism you give me (keep it respectful, though).

Disabilities I’ve already included:

Deafness — One of them is fully deaf and communicates through sign language, they’re all about Deaf Power and such. I have another character that is deaf in one ear and learns about the Deaf community later on. Total: 2 people

Hemophilia — This condition will come as a result of inbreeding. For those who don’t know what it is, it is a blood clot disorder that causes spontaneous bleeding and also excessive bleeding when injured - a lot of European royals have historically had this as a result of inbreeding. Total: 1 person (so far)

Paraplegia — Obviously, this person is going to be a wheelchair user. If you don’t know what it is, it’s when a person is paralyzed from the chest down. One of my main characters will have this disability due to be dropped out of the window as a child — yes, this is a hint. Total: 2 people

Epilepsy — The person to have this will be an OC of mine. Total: 1 person

Schizophrenia — Won’t be mentioned quite as often as it probably should, but it’s somebody’s parent. Total: 1 person

Autism — I want to have several people on different sides of the spectrum, so far, I only have two autistic people, but I’m working on more. Total: 2 people (so far)

Blindness — This one you’ll be seeing most often. We have different people who are all legally blind, though they’ve got different types of blindness. Total: 3 people

Chronic Pain — The people with this will all have different ways to alleviate the pain. One will use a cane during their youth and later on use a wheelchair on particular bad days. Another will use a cane only when the pain is too much to move much. The last one won’t suffer it too bad. Total: 3 people

Dyslexia — I’m sure everyone knows what this is. This person is a pureblood so they wouldn’t know that they had a disability and genuinely thought they just weren’t smart. Later on, they’ll find out what was happening and they’ll have friends to help them find spells to read easily. Total: 1 person

Limb loss — My character was born without one of their legs, but they don’t let it stop them from doing what they truly love — dancing. They have a prosthetic leg they tried using magic on but didn’t work because it became sentient. Total: 1 person

PTSD — This one is going to be seen a lot, there are going to be muggle war veterans as well as magical war survivors. This is going to be a major theme once we dive into the actual war. Total: A shit-ton of people

Migraines — These can be debilitating, it’s horrible, and I thought I should include it. So far, only one person has it. Total: 1 person (so far)

Disabilities I know about, but haven’t researched:

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) — a condition that affects blood flow. POTS causes the development of symptoms — usually lightheadedness, fainting and an uncomfortable, rapid increase in heartbeat — that come on when standing up from a reclining position and relieved by sitting or lying back down. Which character do you see having this?

Are there any more disabilities missing? Let me know! The whole point of this rewrite is to be able to see ourselves better within these beloved characters.