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Dorlene digital painting I did a while back. Still not too happy with it, don't know what to do to make it better so I'm just going to post the damn thing.

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Marauders Fandom

We need to talk about Lily Evans.

The amount of misogyny directed at this character is truly mind-boggling and I think many of you are completely unaware you’re doing it. There are so many rich, in-depth characterizations of the male characters in the Marauders era because we accept that they are deeply flawed people. It’s because of these flaws that we identify with them, adore them, and can relate to them. These four idiots experience damaging trauma, homophobia, discrimination, and countless character building experiences that allow them to capture your imagination. Through fanfiction, we inflict numerous situations and create relationships that challenge logic, reality, and canon. It makes them powerful figures in our minds!

Now, let’s talk about the female Marauders era characters. Dorcas and Marlene are lesbians. Marlene is a Sirius-variant. Dorcas and Mary are Black. Lily is perfect in every way. Mary is stylish and popular. This is more or less the level of depth given to these characters in nearly every fic I’ve read that includes them. What a disgusting disservice to women.

Female characters can be written with just as many flaws, experience the same challenges, and deserve the opportunity to grow into the powerful figures they could be. The one that I feel is shafted the most often is Lily mother-fucking Evans. The witch who was at the top of her class, compared in canon to Hermione as a perfectionist and know-it-all muggle-born, who grew up with Petunia as an older sister, and Severus Snape as a best friend. You’re going to look me in the eyeballs and tell me this woman wasn’t complicated? She wasn’t flawed, traumatized, and intense? We’ve taken the rich characterization potential this character offered and given it to Regulus Black. The correlations that can be made between Regulus and Lily are wild, yet anyone who writes her as anything but sunshine and rainbows is accused of villainizing her.

News flash: Your misogyny is showing. Why do you expect Lily to be perfect? Because society expects women to be perfect. Why are male characters allowed to be flawed assholes? Because society allows and accepts men as flawed assholes, encourages it even.

I find it endlessly fascinating that I can write Regulus as a snarky, intense, anxious, and a complete prick with nothing but full support from the fandom because he’s “traumatized.” If I write Lily the same way? I’m “villainizing” her or you “hate her” for thinking she knows better than everyone else. Stop treating women like dolls. We are powerful individuals with the potential to brighten or destroy your whole fucking world. Don’t make the same mistake the patriarchy has and dismiss, undermine, and overlook women.

I know Lily Jane Evans (yes, I gave her a middle name because she fucking deserves one). I wrote a 430k+ deep dive into her childhood and upbringing, as well as all 7 years at Hogwarts. I explored her friendship with Snape, her family, and her relationship with James. I’ve done my research and I built her character from the ground up. Lily Evans is an anxious, intense, introvert who made Hogwarts her home and rose to the rank of Head Girl before she left. Sound like Percy Weasley to anyone? She’s certainly a compassionate, loving, and generous person too, but let her have flaws! Let her be annoying, feel inadequate, and fuck things up! Let her live!

If you want more fanfiction focused on female characters, stop pretending they are perfect. No one wants to write about perfect people. No one wants to read about them either. Let women be flawed assholes too. We can do both. We’re flexible like that.

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okay so it looks like i was on some fanon wiki page thank god i was so confused y’all have no idea

i’m doing research for a fic and???

where the fuck did vivienne price come from? her and regulus have a whole wiki page and they allegedly had a daughter together? i can’t find any sources as to if this is like actually canon since i haven’t found sources and i do not remember this from the books? and reg’s regular wiki page doesn’t list her as a love interest that i can see?

NOW ITS SAYING HE MARRIED EMMELINE? WHAT IS GOING ON

okay okay ehat the fuck. this is saying mary is his half sister and he marries some girl names hestia. this has a shit ton of different information so i’m guessing it’s a combobulation of some fics or something because i did not think there was this much canon information on regulus

SINCE WHEN DID SIRIUS MARRY MARLENE 😭

someone please tell me this is from some batshit fic and this isn’t real i’m so confused

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i’m doing research for a fic and???

where the fuck did vivienne price come from? her and regulus have a whole wiki page and they allegedly had a daughter together? i can’t find any sources as to if this is like actually canon since i haven’t found sources and i do not remember this from the books? and reg’s regular wiki page doesn’t list her as a love interest that i can see?

NOW ITS SAYING HE MARRIED EMMELINE? WHAT IS GOING ON

okay okay ehat the fuck. this is saying mary is his half sister and he marries some girl names hestia. this has a shit ton of different information so i’m guessing it’s a combobulation of some fics or something because i did not think there was this much canon information on regulus

SINCE WHEN DID SIRIUS MARRY MARLENE 😭

someone please tell me this is from some batshit fic and this isn’t real i’m so confused

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Hi y’all! This is a new blog made specifically for the fic i’m writing for the marauders fandom. I’ve never written for this fandom before (despite being a part of it for literal ages), but i’m really excited to try this out.

The fic will be jegulus, wolfstar, dorlene, rosekiller, marylily, and possibly more. It’s going to take place during reg & etc.’s sixth year and james & etc.’s seventh year, and deal with regulus and sirius reconciling and other issues.

Warning: I am definitely an amateur fic writer. I’ve never claimed to be a good writer, and I’m not claiming to be one now. This very well may be shit. The fic is still in planning phases, and it may stay there forever (though hopefully not). It will probably be full of cliches and overused tropes. It’s really meant to be a challenge for myself, to see if i can manage to plan and execute the full idea.

Hopefully some of y’all want to follow along in this process, but i guess we’ll see. I’m going to do my best to keep characterization similar to that of Zar’s universe, as that’s what most of us know asks love, but it may differ as none of these characters actually have canon personalities and, again, i’m kind of shit at writing so i may just fail at my goals.

Anyways. We’ll see how this turns out. I hope y’all enjoy whatever comes in the future.