Knowing people are making six figures by copying and pasting Wikipedia articles, stealing information and tracing art, I now feel more proud of every single piece of work I create and engagement I receive because I do not resort to theft for my work!
I keep seeing ppl on the clock app go on about the jily renaissance ...
I may be a relatively new fan but I know for a fact that there are jily fans who have been in this fandom since the early 2000s and have been mostly active until now.
If your argument is "but they were straight and white" I can tell you now there are fics on archive from like 2012 with POC James, bi 4 bi jily and background wolfstar. Yes I know that wasn't that long ago but you've all got to stop acting like those fics only started being published in 2021
Jily isn't boring nor is this fandom new. Venture through tumblr and ff.net and you'll find thousands of fics. That being said, new fics are being published every day and if you go through the effort of blocking tags you can find really good ones quite easily.
The marauders fandom is older than tiktok and contrary to popular belief, there is a canon to refer to. It's not fair to get mad at people for not treating wildly accepted fanon as canon because it's not. As I've said before — not having liked or read popular fics does not make you less of a marauders fan.
This is fandom do whatever you want so long as you tag properly.
Regulus found out James Potter left his band, The Marauders, on Twitter. It's only a week after it happens that he gets a phone call from his brother that changes everything.
Or- James' life is completely falling apart after he's forced out of his band and Regulus is the only person he's letting in.
Some days it just makes me unbearably sad that we will never really get spirk because Paramount thinks queerness is acceptable only in non-legacy or "unimportant" side characters because it wouldn't really damage their reputation. Which isn't really queerness at all if the leads can't have it.
Regulus with lyrics from “Heaven knows I’m miserable now” by The Smiths;

“I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. But heaven knows I'm miserable now”Regulus when he was with James, and after
“I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus getting his jobs with mr no nose
“In my life, Why do I give valuable time to people who don't care if I live or die?” Being around the death eaters and the shady lord
“Two lovers entwined pass me by. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus when Jily got together
“I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus working with the death eaters and realising why they’re feared
“In my life, Oh, why do I give valuable time, to people who don't care if I live or die?” Regulus still caring about Sirius, even after Sirius cut all contact with him and their “family”
“What (s)he asked of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed” James spoke to Regulus again, and Regulus was still in love with him
" “Oh, you've been in the house too long” she said, and I naturally fled” Pandora said she was worried about Regulus being in that house, the same time, which he was planning with the Horcruxes
“In my life, Why do I smile at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?” Regulus to his “family”
“I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. But heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus happy with his friends, and after knowing he was going to the cave
" “Oh, you've been in the house too long” she said. And I naturally fled” Regulus reciting what Pandora said to him months prior, and him finally leaving to go to the cave
“In my life, Oh, why do I give valuable time. To people who don't care if I live or die?”Regulus trying to trick himself into thinking no one cares about him, so he doesn’t feel so bad about leaving everyone
okokok hear me out I've just seen a tiktok pushing remus lupin as James Acaster on taskmaster, therefore I'm thinking what if someone wrote the marauders in taskmaster, maybe with regulus as the taskmaster??
but also who would be little Alex horne (the guy that just gets bullies for the whole show and is also very gay with the taskmaster) because me personally I'm thinking james or have evan as the taskmaster and barty as Alex horne
someone please write this I'm begging I would literally pay for it or if anyone knows a fic please send it to me