#why is rosekiller so underrated

[jayssafespace]

@drunktayloratthevmas

"We are not just friends and you fucking know it"

A Rosekiller Microfic, 157 words, slight angst, pre-relationship. Prompt 1.

Evan felt close to exploding. Pacing around his dorm room, he could still hear the single sentence making him fume.

"Evan and I are best mates, didn't you know?"

Before he could unleash his frustration, he heard the door open. Evan knew it could only be Barty. Only a few seconds after, he felt Bartys hand on his shoulder.

"Are you okay, Ev?"

"I'm everything BUT okay, Barty. And you know the reason why."

Evan turned around, facing the other boy and looking straight into his eyes. He was met with confusion, paired with something he couldn't recognize.

"No, actually, I don't."

Evan huffed out a breath, bordering on an ironic laugh.

"We're not just friends and you fucking know it."

And just like that, their lips crashed together, similar to the raging storm inside their hearts.

[myfavcharacterdidntdrown]

IM DEMANDING A QUILLKILLER FIC RIGHT NOW!! OR NOBLEFLOWER!! Why are they so underrated? Like Quillkiller is kind of rosekiller but they’re girls and nobleflower is basically Jegulus just as girls. Yk the ships are just so good but there are very few fics about them.

[aejiee]

hi! you asked for marauders fic recs so im here to give you some :)

idk if you’ve read these or any yet, so they might seem kinda basic. they’re just to introduce you to this world/the characters. i wish i had a list like this when i first got into the marauders fandom ngl

also these are only gonna be marauders era fics, if you want golden trio era fics as well, i can give you some!

anyway:

all the young dudes by mskingbean89 (completed, 527k words, wolfstar & jily): this is THE marauders fic for most ppl, and i just think of it as what happened canonically. no fic is perfect, but this should be every1’s first marauders era fic imo (you might’ve read this already cuz it’s SO popular). its from remus’ pov and it follows him throughout hogwarts and until (i think) poa or ootp

the wolf’s tail by myheadsgonenumb (wip, 457k words, no ships yet but prob wolfstar & jily): this one’s pretty underrated imo, and it’s SO WELL WRITTEN!!! this also follows remus throughout hogwarts. however id say the diff between this and atyd is that (so far at least) it focuses more on the war side of the marauders era, even when they are still young and at hogwarts. so if you’re interested in how actually dark and dangerous the times were back then, even for children, you will like this one! the only thing ill say for this is that its kinda very descriptive at points (ex. there’s a lot of newspaper clippings, book quotes, interview transcripts etc) but you can just gloss over them if you think they’re not that important. rn i think their 5th year just started, so keep that in mind (its gonna be a long one)!

the cadence of part-time poets by motswolo (completed, 980k words, wolfstar & jily): AAAAAAHHHH this one is my ALL TIME FAV (marauders era) FIC <33333 this is a muggle au, so no magic! this is also a remus pov (😭) and he goes to hawkings (which is basically hogwarts) in his (i think??) 4th year? or younger? smt like that :,). this fic also has my fav oc (tomny) hehe. as the tags say, its a band fic/au, but i’ll spoil no more!

the making of the map by fox_pitch (completed, 79k words, wolfstar & jily): this is a shorter one, but its also rlyyy good. pretty sure this starts and ends in their sixth year, but as the title suggests, its how the marauders map come to exist! its also how wolfstar gets together and its very cute and wholesome. the ending is kinda ambiguous in the sense that it doesn’t give any hints as to if anything changes in this fic’s universe’s future, but id assume not.

choices by messermoon (completed, 624k words, jegulus, wolfstar & jily): i kinda assumed you wanted the “canon” ships (aka jily and wolfstar) but if you’re interested in jegulus (james potter/regulus black) then this one is prob for you. i personally haven’t finished this fic, but ik its a jegulus classic/canon, just like atyd is for jily (& wolfstar). this one follows james, and it doesn’t start on his first year i think. it has alternating povs as well! however, as the tags warn, it is canon compliant, aka reg dies in the end, so do w that what you will :,)

only the brave by solmussa (completed, 646k words, jegulus, wolfstar, dorlene, rosekiller & pandalily): this is another jegulus fic! it has started being considered a classic and if you read it, you’ll understand why. this also does not start from their first year, and this one also has alternating povs! i love the writing and just general concept/plot of this one; i don’t love jegulus but i was still HOOKED w this fic, so yes. its rly good. and as you can see w the tags, this is a happy ending (aka, reg lives)!!!!! mwah love those.

art heist, baby! by otrbs (completed, 219k words, jegulus, wolfstar, dorlene, alice/frank longbottom - idk their ship name): i also have not read this fic, but ive only heard good things about it (and some sobs but that’s what you get for “major character death” : ) )! i know the ending of it tho, and it is kinda sad, so prepare yourself. it is a muggle au, and they basically wanna pull an art heist? yup lets go w that simple explanation.

that’s it for now bahhaha, and its a LOT, so enjoy! if you want shorter ones, i also have some i can show you, and if you’ve read these, lmk if you like them! <3

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH 🙏🙏🙏 Ur my savior bro. I'm abt to finish ATYD and I started reading The Making of the Map per your suggestion because it was short enough to download a pdf to read in class 💀💀 I really like both of them!! I need to psych myself up to read some of the 500k+ fics tho bc atyd took me so long 😭😭😭 I'll let you know how I find the rest of them ^^ TYY!!!

[thund3randrain]

🍉 Do you prefer to write short fics or long fics? Multichaptered works or single ones? Why? 🍓 What’s a fic you’ve written you feel is underrated? 🍏 Is there something you overuse, whether it’s a certain phrase, trope, or piece of punctuation? 🍇 Is there a particular scene/episode/book/etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

🍉 Multichaptered long fics bc I hate myself and my sleep schedule

🍓 My rosekiller Barty pov. I put a lot of effort into it and it has the least kudos of any of my wips: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51342982/chapters/129735313

🍏 Too much angst for my own good. Even fluff stories turn to angst somehow

🍇 Oh so many. The dragon fight and its aftermath in Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, the final fight in the Upside Down in Stranger Things 4, October 31st 1981 for the Marauders. I could go on but these are the highlights