#moonstarchaser

James : oh, I know you've been dating moony since past 2 years after all

Remus : what!! I thought you and pads were a thing!

Peter : I thought the three of you were together!

Lily : wait, so y'all aren't dating each other?

Regulus : you and James aren't dating?

Barty and Evan : so you're telling us the marauders and lily aren't all in a polycule?

they became friends bc regulus caught peter smoking weed outside the herbology classroom and promised to never say anything if peter shared his joint with him

so they start smoking together whenever they have free time, or during their study breaks (the marauders are permanently confused on why peter decided to care abt his divination marks all of a sudden)

and they end up having deep chats abt how regulus doesn’t really give a shit about blood purity but that’s what he’s been brought up to believe in so it’s hard to unlearn what’s now unconscious behavior.

how peter feels like he’s not as good as his friends and how he feels like everyone sees him as the ‘extra’ to the marauders that they bring along due to pity.

cue the sexuality crisis of an average teen.

peter isn’t sure what being queer actually means, he just assumed he’s straight because what else is there?? and well if he took a peak at gilderoy lockhart without a shirt on, that was his own business.

and while regulus has always known sort of that he’s gay, he’s just not willing to accept it unless he actually tries something (internalized homophobia king). but he can’t try because if his family found out, he’d be worse off than sirius was when he was disowned

(sirius had a loving home waiting for him, regulus does not)

so regulus and peter make a weed laden promise to be each other’s first kiss, to just know yk?

and they do, and it’s beautiful. but it’s an awkward, ‘you should never kiss the friend you’ve learnt to see as a sibling’ kind of kiss.

but it’s beautiful all the same, because despite what they may have thought, they don’t hate it and their friend is actually quite a good kisser.

flash forward to maybe 3 years later,

established gilderat (or partyvan) and moonwater (or jegulus, OR moonwaterchaser) and it gets brought up in a trivial game of truth or drink.

and boy oh boy, not only is sirius about to go into a catatonic state, but remus and james are SEETHING, not in a ‘pete, a word.’ way

more like a ‘i can’t believe you’ve made out with my husband and now i can’t stop thinking about the fact that he has touched someone else and now i have to establish dominance so you KNOW you will never be able to compete with me’ silly way.

and peter and regulus find this HILARIOUS. gilderoy’s honestly just there for the ride, boy’s got such an inflated ego that the fact that peter kisses regulus doesn’t even register in his head.

jegulus | 11/10 - i love them so much. when i rejoined the fandom in 2022 and saw how the ship had blown up in the years id been gone i was really confused, but then i read just lovers and was immediately convinced lmao. they are the epitome of sunshine x grumpy and i adore them both

bartylus | 5/10 - theyre not very compelling to me, but theyre not bad by any means. i think they work better as friends but i understand why people ship them. i just prefer other ships personally, but ive read many great fics with them too!

jegulily | 20/10 - im obsessed with them. i love regulus, james, and lily separately, but together they balance each other out. plus it helps that its a combination of my two most favorite monoamorous ships (jegulus and regulily), like whats not to like? theyre definitely a top tier ship

moonwater | 10/10 - they are so cute and so overhated! theres so much potential here, like they could be friends to lovers or enemies to lovers or rivals to lovers, basically any trope you can think of lol. and think of the angst! the drama! i love them dearly

regulily | 1000/10 - yall already know how i feel about these two! they are literal soulmates and i love them to bits. their personalities mesh so well and, this might be a controversial take, but they make more canonical sense than jegulus does imo (not that canon really matters in this fandom lmao). i could wax literal poetry about this ship i love them so much

rosewater | 6/10 - i have other ships i prefer for both of them but theyre still cute and i can see why people ship them. honestly its a similar situation to bartylus, except they intrigue me just the slightest bit more lol

regumary | 4/10 - im sorry i just cant see this ship. i can see their relationship being platonic but not romantic. i also think mary is a lesbian, which doesnt really mean much considering i also love the trans girl regulus headcanon, but most of the time when i see this ship its very cishet and just not my thing. sorry yall!

regdora | 2/10 - i just cant see this ship either. its not bad necessarily, i just see the relationship between regulus and pandora as that of a sibling relationship. no hate to people who ship them, its just not for me lol

rosestarkillerchaser | 6/10 - i understand why people ship them, its combining three popular ships (jegulus, bartylus, and rosekiller), but im sorry i just cannot see james dating barty and evan. im not hating on people who ship them and its not bad by any means (i like them more than most other ships involving evan & barty) i just dont actively ship them. ive read some good fics tho!

rosestarkiller | 5/10 - similar situation to bartylus yet again, its just not compelling to me. i think regulus works better with evan & barty as his friends rather than lovers which you can probably tell given my other ratings lol

blackeclipse | 10/10 - ooooo i love them. all the best aspects of jegulus, moonchaser, and moonwater in one, its elite. james brings the buoyancy that regulus & remus need while regulus & remus help keep him tethered. they work so well together and i love them all dearly

xenoreg | 8/10 - a crackship ive come to enjoy recently! definitely a weird x weirder kind of ship which is the best. oh to be a fly on the wall of the slytherin common room when regulus told barty, evan, and dorcas that he was dating xenophilius lestrange, ravenclaws resident conspiracy theorist (pandora, of course, would have been overjoyed to have someone to trade ideas with)

regulene | 7/10 - they intrigue me tbh, like marlenes brashness and regulus’ coldness contrast in just the right ways. theyre like fire and water and i love that. plus the potential for a quidditch rivalry is phenomenal, especially considering that they could both be the seekers for their respective teams. theyre kinda similar to dorlene imo

moonstarchaser (remus x reg x james)

and

golden romans (meh, fine, okay)

jim rem [pronounced rim] him (awful, no one should’ve let me drink tonight, I don’t care that it’s friday)

roman pottery (my personal fave)

skygazer (~poetic~, emphasizes the James Potter Stare of Admiration™️)

aaaaaaand if nothing else, someone *cough cough Sirius cough cough* ought to make a joke that both of them are Lupining

Regulus, not looking away from his book: Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow.

James: What does that mean?

Remus, not looking away from his book: Fucked up.

James: …

James: Well I feel great. I'm in love, the sun is shining–

Regulus: And life sucks.