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he will never ever admit how quickly he melted on the spot

regulus black, who couldn’t sleep, at 2am, who went to the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea, watching from the doorway so clearly in love, and laughing.

james potter, who notices regulus whilst he’s mid pirouette, puts on waterloo by abba, and starts singing to him.

regulus black, who starts blushing and doesn’t know what to do, but he’s trying to hide it, and eventually joins in.

james potter and regulus black, who are having a karaoke session/dance party in the kitchen, at 2am, a month into their secret relationship.

“It’s beautiful,” Regulus said at last, shaking his head as if he couldn’t fit all the wonders inside.

“Yeah, yeah it is,” James said softly, not at all referring to the painting.

art above ceiling floor

1999 - Prisoner of Azkaban is released - Wolfstar is born

2003 - Order of the Phoenix is released - WOLFSTAR

The case for R/S - an essay analysing all of Remus and Sirius' canon interactions and making the argument that they're canonically together

2004 - The Shoebox Project - wolfstar centric marauders era fanfic - Jily is popularised

(note: until this point wolfstar fics had mostly been set during the Harry Potter books timeline, with Sirius and Remus as adults)

2005 - Half Blood Prince is released - canon Remadora and the birth of bi Remus

2009 - The Life and Times - popular marauders era Jily fic

2010 - 2012 - the OG fancasts are popularised (Ben Barnes, Andrew Garfield, Aaron Taylor Johnson, etc)

2015 - An article about the Potter family reveals Euphemia and Fleamont Potter as James' parents (not Charlus and Dorea as was previously assumed)

2017 - All the Young Dudes - long marauders era fic in Remus' pov - Lesbian Marlene is popularised (which also marks the downfall of Blackinnon and the rise of Dorlene) and sarcastic Remus (influenced by his atyd characterization as an orphan. he's not always as hard/mean as he is in atyd, but it is a huge difference from the nerdy/shy Remus that was widely accepted before)

2019 - Welsh Remus becomes a thing (honestly I have no idea where that came from)

2020 - 2021 - All the Young Dudes is blows up on tiktok - Desi James is popularised - Peter also starts playing a bigger role in stories with an actual personality

2022 - Zeppazariel's fics and Choices - Jegulus focused fics, which led to Marylily, the Slitherskittles (and Rosekiller), and bi/pan James

other later marauder's fanon that popped up in the last five years

70s pop culture (music, smoking, fashion, etc.)

generally more diverse and socially aware characters (poc Mary and Dorcas, plus sized Lily, feminism, everyones queer and accepting) that tend to move away from their canon characterisations (James and Sirius were not bullies, but slightly immature pranksters. James is the Mom Friend and Sirius just has trauma. The technically death eater Slytherins aren't actually evil and blood supremacist , only affectionately mean and morally gray.)

note: personally I like what the fandom and characters have evolved into, however it has been criticised (especially by older fans) for being completely canon divergent, the characters being essentially OCs, and the 'glorification' and 'babygirlification' of bad people (I should also add that often times people who take this stance are often avid Snape fans/defenders)

Regulus: Definitely.

Sirius: Death by strangulation?

Regulus: I think it would hurt more if we cut off his arms and legs and let him bleed out

Sirius: But that’s so messy, what if I get blood in my hair?

Regulus: But it’s more gratifying

Sirius: I say strangulation

Regulus: Amputation.

Sirius: Strangulation.

Regulus: AMPUTATION

Sirius: STRANGULATION