#andy and cissa

[jaybirdbluejay]

But when you left, I grew older

And all the heaven turned black

Song: All Again by Wallners

Any suggestion of fanart will be taken, please fill my asks

[basiatlu]

I love how you draw sirius!!! And i'd love to see your version of Regulus🫶🫶

Here’s another crack at Regulus! I’m not 100 certain on his look yet but this is another attempt at least

[motherfuckingmaneater]

Bellatrix - 5'9 / 180cm - dark grey eyes - black hair - 10/10 intimidation. looks like she'll curse you, will curse you.

Andromeda - 5'6 / 170cm - light brown eyes - soft brown hair - 3/10 intimidation - doesn't look like she'll curse you, will curse you but in very specific circumstances.

Narcissa - 5'8 / 176cm - sharp blue eyes - platinum blonde hair - 6/10 intimidation. looks like she'll curse you, will actually have bellatrix curse you.

[padfootastic]

I like to imagine that the Black cousins were all really close in age: Bella and Andy were in the same year, Narcissa was the year below them, Sirius was the year below Narcissa, and Regulus was the year below his brother. If JKR can claim Cygnus had 3 kids at 17 and had Bellatrix at 13, I can say whatever the hell I want about the timeline. Plus, it’s fun to think that there are several years where the entire school is subjected to the Black Family’s chaotic nonsense.

hehehe i love both this option and the other one, that they were all a little spread out in years bc the hilarity of like. blacks being utter menaces and the profs being exhausted but relieved to see them go. except, a new one pops up every couple or so years and it’s like ‘oh merlin’s saggy balls no, not again’ so it’s like a black reign of terror for like. a decade and a half, starting from bella, who’s managed to get slytherin under her thumb in her first year alone thru sheer malice and magical power, then it was andy and her assorted rebellions (she started a minor unionisation campaign in slytherin in her second year; to date, no one knows how or even for what, just that for atleast 5.3 months, lil kids were going around chanting about the rights of the proletariat and it was only when sirius stepped in with ‘andy ur literally the bourgeois, what r u on about’ that it slowed down), then there was cissa who was a Younger Sibling™️ and wrecked havoc trying to be Everywhere, and do Everything bc she finally has freedom and no limits.

and then came sirius, of course, who kick started chaos on his first day by sorting into gryffindor and soulmate-ing a potter. he was not only a genius, but a bored one, which made him dangerous. making other kids cry was a specialty and unintended consequence of his sharp tongue and indifference, and generally, he was a Problem bc he couldn’t be controlled. and regulus, who finally seemed to be a decent options and slughorn (?) could’ve cried in relief at finally getting a normal black but alas, he should’ve known that typology just did not exist in nature bc the youngest black turned out to be a raging death eater with a massive hard on for a man his grandfather’s age steeped in dark arts to the point of losing his soul. so ykno.

black reign of terror.

[solisitude]

fuck marry kill: black sisters

fuck narcissa, marry andy, kill bella

[chewy425]

defying gravity but it’s the black sisters as andromeda is leaving

[thexultimatexmarauder]

Alright black sisters fight

Marauders bracket round 1B

[badhotdog03]

Sometimes I wish I was a filmmaker, so I could have the Black sisters, on a road trip, listening to Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by Lady Gaga, without it just being italicised lyrics on a page...

[romantic-exposure]

i'm going to be so normal about this i promise-

bella is the one in the middle. she has her arm around cissa, the one on the left, who's leaning in to her sister but not quite all the way. bella's other hand is around cissa's wrist, signifying her power and control over cissa. cissa turning away slightly represents how she turned away from voldemort at the last second, choosing to lie instead. andy is the one on the right, her arm around bella, but turning away and not facing the camera, signifying how she left her family and the beliefs that they held. all three hold roses, but andy's is downturned, representing how she doesn't value the same things as her sisters do anymore. she also holds a bud about to bloom, symbolizing rebirth: both the rebirth of her beliefs, and the birth of her daughter. cissa's is slightly downturned- she cares just enough to keep appearances up, but really, it's not where her heart lies. bella's is taught, poised perfectly: she cares about appearances, about status, about her beliefs, and she cares a lot.

A Triple Portrait of May Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

[in-your-wall-s]

ATTENTION MARAUDERS FANDOM

IM SO INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU

because WHERE THE FUCK were all the HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORCAS POSTS ON APRIL 2

The lesbians in our fandom don’t get nearly enough recognition so we’ve gotta fix this

im making a list of all the birthdays of our girls

Jan 30 — Lily Evans

Feb 13 — Pandora (Rosier/Lovegood/whatever your heart desires)

Apr 2 — Dorcas Meadowes

Jun 16 — Marlene Mckinnon

Sep 16 — Mary Macdonald

I don’t know the birthdays of Cissa, Bella, Andy, Sybil, etc. so if you do feel free comment them!

[enbysiriusblack]

sirius is such a nicknamer. never calls anyone by their actual name. so,, his nicknames for people:

james: prongs (in private, it's a secret marauder nickname), jamie, cap (once quidditch captain)

remus: moony (in private, it's a secret marauder nickname), rey, prefect (once prefect)

peter: wormtail/wormy (in private, it's a secret marauder nickname), petey, frampton

lily: nark (before they become friends), red

marlene: marls, partner (once both beaters for the gryffindor quidditch team)

mary: magdalene (before they became friends), mac

regulus: reggie, idiot, couillon

emmeline: emmy

dorcas: dork, cassie

severus: snivellus (obviously)

andromeda: andy, vieille dame (/aff)

narcissa: prissy cissa/priss

bellatrix: trixie, la follasse

[im-a-mess-of-a-person]

the black sisters

i feel like the black brothers get so much attention in the fandom compared to the black sisters, so here are some headcanons i have!

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they were completely inseparable they were younger

andy and bella in particular. people would often mistake them for twins, to which they would giggle and play along

cissa hated this so much, because she didn’t look like them and she just wasn’t as close with them

she felt like she didn’t look enough like a black and was a disappointment for it

she even tried to dye it, but she still didn’t look right

there were some rumors about her true parentage, considering she looked nothing like the rest of her family

bella shot these down and threatened anywho me who dared to speak ill of her sweet baby sister

she was always very protective and kind to both of her sisters

she considered andy’s elopement the ultimate betrayal

they had been slowly growing apart anyway, but that solidified it

narcissa saw what happened when andy dared to follow her heart, so she shoved hers away and cut out the only person who it would ever belong to (alice)

she found lucius kind of repulsive, but he was a safe and secure husband

draco was the first thing that gave her life meaning since alice

when nymphadora was born, narcissa went to visit and meet her

bellatrix did not

narcissa loved both regulus and sirius equally

andromeda loved regulus a little less

bellattix loved sirius a lot less

bellatrix never wanted to marry

she wanted power, and marriage was essentially handing over her sovereignty

she refused to become a mother. it was her worst nightmare

she drank a potion that would make her infertile. she never told a soul and everyone assumed her barrenness was a terrible misfortune

it was one of the only choices she ever made for herself

she felt guilty about it for the rest of her because she felt she had disgraced her family with her selfishness

narcissa’s biggest hope was to become a mother, but sex with a man repulsed her

she considered asking lucius if they could do it a different way, but she decided it wasn't worth it

draco’s conception was the only time she ever slept with him

it was worth it, for a child

andromeda always wanted to have more kids, but she actually had a hard time getting pregnant

nymphadora was sort of a miracle baby

andromeda ended up the happiest of them all, but the abscence of her sisters left a hole in her heart

narcissa was happy enough, but she always regretted losing the two best people in her life, alice and andromeda

bellatrix was just…insane. there was nothing tying her down because she would never let anybody matter to her. andromeda, who had mattered the most to her, betrayed her and hurt her

she wouldn’t let it happen again, so she kept everyone at arms length. that combined with her time in azkaban drove her mad.

they all regretted the way things were left between them, but none of them knew how to fix it, so they never tried.

[fairest--of--them-all]

*cheerily skips up to her sister and links arms* Hi, Andie! You know, I just had the strangest dream ;)

@fairies-rocks-books-spells @wormtail-on-a-string @signed-rab @my-name-is-lilyevans @m0ony-the-w0lf @yourmarymacdonald @bee-not-butterfly @dor-c4s @pandas-roses @bloodyrosier @sevsnaperus @beatle-bae @fairest--of--them-all @i-s33-your-future @jfprongsie

I finished sorting all my socks and I put on a different pair. You all heard and saw nothing. I didn't yell or curse in the slightest. That never happened. It was all a nightmare. I was as calm and collected as always. I never sobbed in the corner of my dorm because I thought you all hated me. Nope. Never. Not even once.

[kimoonwrites]

Black sisters meeting Baby regulus and 2 years old Sirius.

Andi: So what do we do with them?

Cissa: Play dolls?

Bella: Want a beer?

Sirius about to summon their house elf

Andi: HE’S TWO

Bella: I DON’T KNOW, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO WITH IT?!

[hollowed-theory-hall]

👋👋👋

do you have meta thoughs or/and headcanons about Black sisters? it definitely a lot of to unpack from

Hello 👋

And yes, I have plenty of thoughts about the Black sisters, individually and about their relationships with each other. This isn't like, a super deep dive into either but more just me yapping about my general thoughts.

Now, the first thing I want to note is that in JKR's Black family tree draft, Cygnus Black (the sisters' father) is written to have been born in 1938. As Bellatrix (the eldest) was born in 1951, this would mean Cygnus would be 13 when she was born. I don't think that makes a whole lot of sense, personally, so I chose to believe this was a mistake, and that instead Cygnus was born in 1933 (3 and 8 can look similar in handwriting & JKR is not great at math so it's probably a mistake, just let me dream). 1933 would also make more sense with Cygnus' siblings since Walburga is marked to have been born in 1925, and while it is possible for siblings to have a 13-year age difference, it's not all that common when there are only 3 siblings. So, I chose to believe Cygnus was 18 when Bellatrix was born and not 13. So, he was young, but not that young.

I assume that their mother, Druella Rosier, was similarly young when Bellatrix was born (17-18), though there is no canon information about it, so this is a headcanon.

This means Druella got pregnant with Bellatrix in her final year at Hogwarts or immediately after graduation. This also means that Cygnus and Druella probably had their parents and their house elf more involved in Bellatrix's upbringing than with the latter two daughters since they were pretty young.

So I headcanon Bellatrix is the closest to Pollux and Irma out of the three sisters. (I headcanon Pollux was a former dueling champion and practiced with her, for example. I also headcanon Pollux was born in 1907 and not 1912 so he'd be 18 when his eldest daughter, Walburga, was born and not 13).

Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa are pretty close in age. As Bella and Cissa only have 4 year difference between them, I assume Andromeda was born right in the middle, in 1953. This shows that their parents had somewhat of a plan regarding when each one would be born and planned to only have 3 children. (Which again, indicates Cygnus was probably an adult by that time and not 13)

As they are close in age, they probably were close when they were kids. I imagine when Andy was first born, Bella got jealous of all the attention she was getting, but by the time Andy grew up to be a playmate, she got over it. Narcissa didn't deal with as much jealousy from either of her older sisters, in my headcanon, since they were used to having a sister by that point.

When they were young, as the eldest, Bellatrix took it upon herself to be their protector, to be the responsible one who stood up for her younger sisters. In the conversation in Spinner's End with Narcissa, Bella doesn't mind so much Cissa is betraying the Dark Lord, it's her sister and it's clear she doesn't plan to snitch on her, with all of her loyalty to Voldemort, she shows a lot of care towards Narcissa. She is willing to speak against Voldemort to her sister. She clearly loves Narcissa and cares about her:

“Cissy, you must not do this, you can’t trust him —” “The Dark Lord trusts him, doesn’t he?” “The Dark Lord is . . . I believe . . . mistaken,” Bella panted, and her eyes gleamed momentarily under her hood as she looked around to check that they were indeed alone. “In any case, we were told not to speak of the plan to anyone. This is a betrayal of the Dark Lord’s —”

(HBP, 21)

And, I assume she was like that with Andromeda too before Ted came into the picture.

And it's clear Narcissa cares for Bellatrix too:

“Let go, Bella!” snarled Narcissa, and she drew a wand from beneath her cloak, holding it threateningly in the other’s face. Bella merely laughed. “Cissy, your own sister? You wouldn’t —” “There is nothing I wouldn’t do anymore!” Narcissa breathed, a note of hysteria in her voice

(HBP, 21)

Bellatrix doesn't actually expect Narcissa to attack her or even threaten her. She doesn't understand Draco is more important to Narcissa than everything else. Because Bella still treats Narccissa like Cissy she knew before Azkaban, before Draco, before 14 eventful years of life happened, she doesn't know the current Narcissa. And the current Narcissa doesn't love Bellatrix as much as Cissy from 14 years ago did, even if she still cares about her.

And throughout book 7, and Voldemort's Second War, we see Bella and Cissa growing further apart:

where Narcissa sat rigid and impassive, Bellatrix leaned toward Voldemort, for mere words could not demonstrate her longer for closeness

(DH, 14)

As the Malfoys lose their status with Voldemort but Bellatrix doesn't. It's clear even this early on in DH that Narcissa is no fan of Voldemort and it makes sense when she does betray him. Don't get me wrong, I think she is just as fanatic about blood purity as Bellatrix, she's just more polite about it. But I think she is like Regulus, in a way. She is a blood supremacist, but she does not approve of Voldemort's approach or means — especially the moment he went after her son. She could've forgiven him for Lucius ending up in Azkaban, but Draco was a line too far. Like sending Kreacher to his death was a line too far for Regulus — because that hurt them personally, it's not about ideology.

I also headcanon Narcissa was closest to their mother and that Druella was most protective over her youngest daughter.

Then there's Andromeda, Andromeda is really interesting to me (my favorite Black sister, btw). I just find it fascinating she named her daughter Nymphadora — a traditional family name — even after her family disowned her.

We know Andromeda was a Slytherin since Sirius says all his family are and she was sorted before him. So we have a clever Slytherin witch, who grew up around ideals of blood purity, who fell in love with a clearly skilled and charming Hufflepuff muggleborn and chose to run away and elope with said muggleborn. Like, that's such an interesting love story these two got and it's a shame we don't talk about it more.

From the little we see of them in DH, I got the impression they love each other and their daughter a lot. Ted seems to be the more chill and friendly one while Andromeda is more cold and haughty one. I bet Ted's sense of humor was the first thing that really pulled Andromeda in when they first started talking and Ted always adored her laugh.

It also seems Ted completely abandoned the muggle world for the sake of the magical one the way Hermione did:

“...Something go wrong with the bike? Arthur Weasley overstretch himself again, him and his Muggle contraptions?”

(DH, 60)

He does not think highly of Arthur's "muggle contraptions". He finds it silly. I think Ted went into the wizarding world, learned about magic, and became mesmerized by all the amazing things it can do. I think Ted honestly finds Arthur's fascination with muggles silly in the way of: "Magic is so much better, why would you want to do that?"

It'll explain Nymphadora's name as well. Both Ted and Andromeda are wizards who want to be wizards and have no real ties to the muggle world. And still, Andy's family, who she clearly loved once, disowned her:

“She is no niece of ours, my Lord,” she cried over the outpouring of mirth. “We—Narcissa and I—have never set eyes on our sister since she married the Mudblood. This brat has nothing to do with either of us, nor any beast she marries.”

(DH, 14)

I was always under the impression Andromeda married Ted very soon after graduation, as Nymphadora was born in late 1972 or 1973, it means Andromeda would've been around 20 when she gave birth to her, supporting my impression.

This means Andromeda hasn't spoken to her family (except perhaps Sirius) since she was 18 or 19, and it's kinda crazy.

It's kinda sad too since I'm sure Bellatrix and Andromeda played together as kids and later with Narcissa too. I'm certain they used to love each other and that Bellatrix hates Ted with a passion for "stealing her sister from her" while Andromeda can't make herself hate her sisters or her parents, she just hates the situation, wishing it was different. I'm sure there were nights she thought about what could've been if Ted was a pureblood or even a half-blood, but never once does she regret marrying Ted whom she loves.

Andromeda loves her family so much that she still named her daughter a family name. She was and is proud of being a Black and a witch, these aspects of her are so important to her and how she sees herself.

I lowkey headcanon that when Tonks told her about Remus and that they're getting married, Andromeda didn't like it at first. But then she realized she was doing to her daughter what her family did to her so she did a 180 and became the biggest Remadora shipper.

I think Andromeda is incredibly protective and attached to both Ted and Dora because of how she was cut off from her own family. Family, I think, is incredibly important to her, so she built a new one for herself that she was passionate about. I think she was incredibly heartbroken after Ted, Dora, and Remus died. I like to think she raises Teddy with Harry and both she and Harry bond over losing people. Like, I want a post-war Harry to help Andromeda deal with losing her entire family again.

I also like to think Narcissa and Andromeda got in touch again post-war. It's probably strained, but I think both of them need this reminder of a better, familiar time after everything.

So, these are my general thoughts and headcanons regarding the sisters.

[starchaseriseverything]

Regulus: You ever think that if you were never born, your partner would be in a lot of trouble?

Mary: On the daily.

Lily: She'd be hopeless without me.

Dorcas: She'd go to jail a lot more without me.

Remus: Sirius still goes to jail with me here.

Regulus: James goes to jail with Sirius and Marlene.

Alice: Cissa would be like Bels.

Ted: Andy would be like Bels.

Rita: Well, Bels would be like her parents if it wasn't for me.

Sybil: Peter still does stupid shit. I can't stop him.

Amelia: Emma would be dead somewhere.

Frank: Hestia' too dumb to do anything other than go along with everyone else.

Aurora: Lia isn't one to get into trouble unless she's looking for it.

Evan: Barty just likes going to jail. He says it's comfy.

Regulus, Dorcas, Mary, Lily, Remus, Alice, Ted, Rita, Amelia, Frank, Sybil, and Aurora: *Turns to look at Evan*

Dorcas: You're the one who helps him get in trouble.

Barty: Um, rude. I do that by myself.