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marlene is half polish on her moms side, which is also the devout catholic side, but shes never been there because communism in the 70s and travel restrictions so even tho her mom taught her the language she feels so disconnected from that part of her. in the 90s when its all over she visits with dorcas and discovers her roots

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sirius would take remus sailing bc wdym ofc he knows how they would go w his parents every summer as rich people do and try to teach remus and remus would be absolutely shitting his pants and almost overturning the boat

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give me pandora who seeks other kinds of magic and cultures. give me pandora with crystals and tarot cards, pandora who speaks of energies and the universe. give me pandora who looks beyond hogwarts as her sole source of knowledge, give me a curious pandora, obsessed how other people see and believe in the world

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obsessed w the modern au of the valkyries in college, doing laundry at 2am and smoking spliffs on the roof of their dorm building and watching derry girls together (their favorite show dont even argue) and drinking wine and gossiping and mary makes them watch love island or some shit and they all secrety love it and marlene stalking dorcas on instagram because shes in one of her classes and marlenes obsessed

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marlene regularly bleaches and cuts her hair in their shared sink. her clothes are never folded and most are piled up on her desk chair. she uses her desk as a vanity, bc she can only do hw outside of the room. a drawer is dedicated exclusively to eyeliner which she stocks up on and goes thru extremely quickly. she has vodka bottles under her bed.

lilys clothes are always folded and her bed is always made but her desk is a mess. piles of books and notes and empty coffee mugs and plates and broken quills and spilled dried ink stains. she hangs photos on the walls. shes insomniac and often spends her nights on the window seat. sometimes she falls asleep there.

mary collects empty bottles and puts flowers in them. shes the only one that can handle bugs in their room without screaming. she doesnt really make her bed she just throws a blanket over it and calls it a day. her wardrobe doors are always open for some reason. her desk is neat but her shoes are all over the place bc she always kicks them off when she enters the room.

their drain is always clogged bc of their hair and they have a system where they take turns levitating it out. they have scheduled girls night once a week. all three of them are night owls. they all use marlenes owl to send post (its a communal owl now, they have joint custody). they have a designated shared snack drawer. they raid the kitchens regularly using a secret passage the boys know nothing about. they smoke weed and have abba and fleetwood mac and queen listening parties.

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TW addiction and unhealthy coping mechanisms

marlene starts stashing liquor but the stash steadily depletes and they haven't had any gatherings bc marlene now needs a drink anytime she reads the daily prophet, its the only thing that will stop her hands from shaking

mary becomes a little more spaced out and a little more forgetful as she takes up the habit of obliviating the most gruesome details out of her mind so she can sleep at night without the nightmares shaking her awake

lily takes learning how to brew sleep potions because she cant sleep, regularly modifying the recipe so its stronger, she sleeps so deep you could mistake her for dead yet still wakes up with dark circles under her eyes because you can't really replace natural sleep with knocking yourself out

remus's fingers become yellowish from all the cigarettes, his hands and mouth permanently smell like tobacco now and his teeth are in another state completely and he's disgusted with himself but hears someone mention greyback again and he needs the dizzying nicotine to occupy his head and hands before he does something stupid

sirius can't go anywhere without putting on a glamour charm because he's always getting beat up, getting himself into fights, taunting slytherins and known death eaters, and he likes to think that its in rebellion but its in hopelessness and desperation and an attempt to feel something other than that

peter first goes through his mother's pills and then finds his own, losing himself as he apparates to muggle pharmacies and confunds the workers to get them because he doesn't know how else to stop the panic attacks. after a while using imperio on them just becomes easier

james can only hold up for so long before he too becomes a little slower, a little more tired as he sneaks around to smoke another joint because its the only thing that can calm him down as he adds names to the mental list he keeps of the dead, praying his parents won't be added to it too soon

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rip james & lily potter, you would have LOVED ginny weasley!!!!!!

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lily evans who cried so much at the beginning of her life at hogwarts because she missed home and it was all new and no one was really there to help her through it (bc lets be honest how good is snape with emotions and empathy)

lily evans who was too depressed at first to make friends and watched as mary and marlene became basically joined at the hip

lily evans who stuck with snape bc he was the only one she knew

lily evans whose confidence absolutely plummeted when she started hogwarts

lily evans who cried in her bed almost every night

mary and marlene who finally noticed because they stayed up late talking once

mary and marlene who made her open up

mary and marlene who finally realized that she wasn't avoiding them she was just having a really hard time

mary and marlene who never left lily's side since that night

mary and marlene who were complete chatterboxes and made it so easy for lily to be part of the conversation - or not if she didn't feel like it

lily evans who tried to help her friends with school work as a way to say thank you or make them like her more but mary and marlene would not have it because "you have nothing to thank us for" and a joking "do you think we're that stupid lily cmon we can do our work"

lily evans whose love language is acts of service

lily evans who couldn't see for the longest time what mary and marlene liked about her because shes "nothing special"

lily evans who built up her confidence little by little

lily evans who realized that she can just be herself and she doesn't need to do anything for anyone to be liked (although it took a while)

lily evans who would do absolutely anything for her newfound best friends

but also lily evans who has trouble setting boundaries and communicating when she's hurt, letting snape hurt her and people around her for way too long

lily who promised herself that would never ever happen again

lily evans who grew up to be loving and confident and strong

lily who grew up to stand up for herself and whats right

lily evans who gives the best advice and is always there to listen

lily who holds people (and herself) accountable and communicates and sets boundaries and who you do not want to piss off

lily evans who can psychoanalyze absolutely anyone including herself with incredible accuracy

host lily evans who always organizes the best dinner parties, game nights, and get-togethers at her and james's place (theyre the hang out house)

lily evans, ultimate cat lover

lily evans who loves the mornings because no one's awake yet and no one expects anything from her and she can curl up with her coffee and her book and her cat

lily evans who is sunrise and fresh flowers and new books and board games and homemade bread and camping trips and long walks and warm hugs

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marauders as some of my fav shows

mary: derry girls

marlene: russian doll

lily: the good place

james: b99

remus: sherlock

sirius: lucifer

peter: frieren beyond journeys end

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i’m so appreciative to suzanne for reframing the rebellion from the original trilogy as a “they saw their moment and took it” type situation and showing us that they’ve been trying, over and over, with so many failed attempts, to break the arena and incite a rebellion for decades. in this current political climate never giving up hope is so essential. haymitch wasn’t the first nor the last, and they kept going even when it seemed completely futile, and that’s what counts, and what ultimately saves them all.

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peeta tried to save him and katniss by saying she had a baby, because he knew that would pull at the capitals heart strings. In a dystopian society, peeta mellark knew the capital would care more about a fetus than the real dying children . this sounds oddly familiar

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i think the main reason why im so into the marauders is just because I can project aspects of myself onto the characters and feel like I have some sort of tangible identity/sense of self! how do I get one of those step by step tutorial pls

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james developing a savior complex due to all his friends having traumatic experiences and him being pretty privileged in life and now he only feels useful when he's helping someone through something

and he needs to feel useful he needs it makes him feel like he's contributing something to the friendship and he needs to feel like he is

this combined with remus's martyr complex and him never wanting to talk about his issues leads to a lot of frustration and insecurity for james. does remus not trust him enough?? but its not about him it never was

he was always in love with lily but he truly falls in LOVE when they have a heart to heart and she opens up to him about her sister and about snape and her family he feels like he's helping her and supporting her through it

and he doesn't really say anything about himself because he doesn't think he has any issues or trauma

but one day remus won't talk to him about whats wrong again but he can see somethings wrong he can see it so clearly and he's on patrol with lily and he just breaks down

and shes like "james. you know you have value outside of supporting others right?? people don't only like you because you're there for them?"

and he's like oh. because no he doesn't know and that's the first time anyone has told him that,, the first time he was the one that needed help and not him giving it

and lilys like baby... we have a lot of work to do

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i love pandalily with my whole heart but I just realized its literally linny but in the marauders era. that's it that's what you're thinking of we took luna x ginny and we transported them back in time

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marlene who cant drink coffee because her mind speeds up 10x and it freaks her out

marlene who watches 5 different shows at once

marlene who would do anything for a cigarette when drunk and always regrets it later because she promised dorcas she would stop

marlene who always has to have some plans for the day or else she's bored out of her mind

marlene who cuts her own hair in the bathroom (never above a trash can because it was too impulsive of a decision) and leaves a bunch of it everywhere even tho she tried to clean up (dorcas just sighs)

marlene who is struggling to find her interests and passions now that she's out of school (and isn't playing sports as much anymore)

marlene latching onto any hobby she even slightly enjoys to build a sense of identity/self (it doesn't help)

marlene who draws and bakes and plays guitar and video games but still thinks it's not enough

marlene who has a huge fear of being boring

marlene who can't sit in a chair without manspreading or putting her legs up somewhere

marlene who wants her nails to be nice and painted but they're always chipped anyway so she embraces it

marlene who is always down to pregame anything

marlene who always buys dorcas flowers anytime she walks by a flower shop

marlene who keeps anything anyone ever gives her (notes, cards, flowers, etc) in a memory box

marlene who shamelessly shoplifts from big brands (because who will pay that much for a pair of earrings from UO??)

marlene who gave up shopping from fast fashion brands because second hand clothes have more personality anyway (and dorcas is an environmentalist)

marlene who is a thrifting GOD

marlene who always wants one more piercing

marlene who writes down all of her dreams because dorcas always asks what she dreamt about

MARLENE WITH POLISH ROOTS PLSSS her name is marlena but she just goes by marlene bc its easier in english

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remus lupin sun lily evans moon marlene mckinnon rising

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seeing people on tiktok copy posts i saw on Tumblr YEARS ago WORD FOR WORD pisses me off to a degree i did not think possible