#another old ask

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Okay, first of all I want to apologize deeply for the very, very... very.... late answer.

Regarding the motivations, I get into it in this ask and also kinda in this post (look @reguluslocket! A relic!). Though just read the first link, the second one is long af.

His age isn't really a factor I feel, but he didn't really grow up in the "real world" so it's quite possible he never considered that things were as dire. He's obviously seen the atrocities in the papers, but we know a bunch of privileged people don't really realize how those atrocities are actually bad until they see them first hand. It's a long-standing theme in the real world that I'm sick of, but it's very realistic.

The thing is, obviously it's always entirely possible for there to be a person who's a motivator for someone to turn their life around, but I personally don't like it as a main motivation. I think people truly are on the path to redemption if their motivations are internal and it isn't because "Oh this will affect someone I love, so I need to change". It has to be a change from within; the realization that this is actually wrong.

That said I think his relationship with Sirius definitely played a minor role. He'd probably stay awake for hours at night thinking about Sirius and why Sirius could possibly turn against everything they were taught. Not that that would change him, but it'd definitely keep him thinking - the thing is, his parents would clearly want the best for him, so he'd think that surely they couldn't be wrong, so Sirius would be pushed out of his mind with that simple reasoning.

So it's basically

Realizing that the reality was far harsher than he'd anticipated

His brother's nagging in their earlier years making a comeback in the forms of a voice in his head, possibly.

Maybe he was told by someone he dislikes how people like him affect everyone else negatively. Not that this person would have any idea he's a DE, but because he's a pureblood supremacist.

Something he possibly witnesses

"He got in so far, then panicked about what he was being asked to do and tried to back out" - I actually think, while this is simply speculation, it does have a root in the truth. I don't think Regulus was being asked to do something, but someone else had done something and he got absolutely panicky about it.

Despite how skewed initially, Regulus does have a sense of wanting to do what's right. He does want justice, genuinely. He just grew up to believe that justice was the old pureblood families continuing to have power over the newer or poorer. That's pretty messed up, but thankfully he gets his priorities kinda changed (this kinda aligns with his Quidditch persona. "There are rules. Rules are meant to be broken sensibly. What are we, animals?" (sorry, I had to quote this from my old quidditch fic, I'm very proud of this line))

Despite his house, some means are not justifiable for the end result.

The treatment of Kreacher.

So yeah. That got a bit longer than I expected.

Do you feel fear

Thanks for the ask anon! Maybe I’ll do Nobu later, I’m not really inspired to write a relationship hc for him at the moment but you can send me a more specific ask about him! It’s always a bit harder for me to write when the request is so broad.

Uvogin SFW:

He’d find cute anything his s/o would do even the most mundane actions like eating, sneezing, reading… and be sure to comment about it out loud.

Extremely protective and cannot stands someone touching his s/o. Luckily it’s not something that would happen often, Uvo has no limit for PDA, always kissing and hugging his lover, it would be pretty clear that he’s the boyfriend and no one would be stupid enough to make that man angry.

Straight forward to a fault, sure he’d not be stingy with his compliments but he’d also be very blunt with his criticism, he’d not be one to sugarcoat anything.

The Troupe members would be tired to hear him talk about his partner, he’d brag about them every chance he gets.

Just suggesting that his s/o is anything but perfect would be infuriating for Uvo, Feitan and Shal would be the ones using that weakness the most to tease him.

He’d stole anything that would make a good gift.

Uvogin:

He’d try to be mindful but tends to forget about his strength when he’s really into it, if he’s too rough he’d feel guilty and be even more cuddly afterward.

Indoor it’s best to fuck him on the floor or against a wall, he’d breaks a lot of bed.

Not really into long foreplay and definitely not into teasing, he’d be very impatient and wouldn’t like to play games.

I've also read that, and can't remember where either lol maybe a book?I don't know about the "innocent one" part but he did in fact take john under his wing, always encouraging him to write songs, I think he also was on his side on some arguments, and probably the fact that Freddie was 5 years older helped him to see John as a little brother (John was only 19 when they met)