Could you elaborate on Juliette and Edmund's relationship? I would love to hear more details about them and your thoughts in general. They seem such an interesting couple and tragic as well (but we're in the marauders fandom so it's expected🥹)
PS: I adore your fem!Wilkes hc and I started to get into the f/m Wilvery thanks to you so kudos for that💝
AHHH EDMUND AND JULIETTE MY BELOVEDS
so here's how i see their relationship playing out
They met on their first day at Hogwarts and became friends. The group was Edmund, Juliette and Bruce for a while and then eventually they befriended Severus and then Aurora and Charity.
Edmund has been head over heels for Juliette since they first met but doesn't really say anything at first because "ew girls"
In my headcanons Juliette was originally the person who Sirius was supposed to marry before he was disowned and despite Sirius being in Gryffindor and wanting nothing to do with her, Juliette still held onto hope that he would "see sense" and they'd be married eventually. (She didn't actually like him. She just wanted the name and money that came with the arrangement and thought he was attractive)
After Sirius ran away Walburga then promises her youngest son Regulus to one of the Wilkes sisters (Juliette has four sisters, she's the middle child) but she never says which one exactly.
All of the Wilkes sisters were raised with the idea that the best thing they could do was marry above them and elevate their own class so getting to marry a Black was like the Olympics for them and Regulus had all five sisters fighting for him.
(Again, none of them actually liked Regulus. In fact, none of them ever spoke to him about this either, they didn't care what he wanted.)
To put herself above her sisters Juliette even started sleeping with Evan Rosier. They had an agreement that Evan would put in a good word for her with Regulus (just incase the decision was up to him) while Juliette would get Evan into her circle of friends (Voldemorts next generation)
The plan worked and Juliette got the news that she was going to marry Regulus but when she told Edmund he wasn't happy. Edmund thought "fuck it" and gave this whole romantic speech about how Juliette should marry him instead.
He proposed then and there, and when he was done Juliette asked if he 1) had asked for her parents permission and 2) had a ring. When his answer to those were both "no" she told him to talk to her parents, buy her a ring and ask again, but in the meantime she wouldn't mind being his girlfriend.
(and y'all this bit is SO IMPORTANT to me cause Juliette did not give a rats arse about any of those things when it came to the Black brothers. So long as she had the name and the key to the vault she was happy. But Juliette knew what love was. She knew that she loved Edmund but just never considered it because she was too focused on what her parents had wanted for her. EVEN THO THE AVERY FAMILY IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE BLACKS SHE NEVER THOUGHT THAT LOVE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CARDS FOR HER. So she accepted the friendship and went to something doable. BUT WITH EDMUND SHE WANTS TO DO IT RIGHT. SHE WANTS THE ROMANCE AND FRIENDSHIP AND BIG WEDDING AND WAITING UNTIL THEIR MARRIAGE TO HAVE SEX. SHE WANTS THE TRADITIONAL LOVE WITH HIM BECAUSE SHE DOESNT WANT IT TO BE SCREWED UP)
Anywayssss they get together and are together for their seventh year and throughout the war. They both join the Death Eaters with Bruce and Severus and Evan and everything's great........
During the was in 1980 Juliette gets put onto a mission last minuet with a few other Death Eaters (one of these being Evan) It ended up being an ambush as Aurors were already waiting for them. Both Juliette and Evan were killed while resisting arrest.
Edmund moves to Germany after the war while Severus begins teaching and Bruce is sent to Azkaban. While in Germany he begins plotting and by the second war he's ready.
In 1997, while Voldemort has taken over the Ministry, Edmund, Bruce and Severus are on their own mission to kill every muggleborn they went to school with. Because why should they get to live when Juliette couldn't? Their kills include Olivia Gleaves and Iola Hillicker who they were in the same year as and George Coutas, who was Juliettes ex.
The worst of these casualties, was their once best friend Charity Burbage. During his years in Germany, Edmund put two and two together and realised that there was no way for the Aurors to know what they were doing unless someone was telling them. And who just so happened to now be working for Dumbledore after the war, escaping Azkaban altogether? Severus Snape.
Severus gave Dumbledore the information that led to Juliettes death as his first test of trust back in 1980. Severus didn't know that Juliette would be there, she wasn't supposed to be, but Edmund wouldn't hear it, and as revenge he kidnapped Charity and gave her to Voldemort
It's all very depressing and Edmund was eventually killed during the battle of Hogwarts. So on the bright side at least he finally got reunited with Juliette (and trust me she would've found his revenge arc so hot)
that's the overall story, i have other (happier) headcanons of them while they were together and their friendship before but this post is getting very long so i'll leave that for another post
THANK YOU SM FOR THE ASK AND YOUR KIND WORDS!! I'm so happy you love them as I do <3
