villains who are like. shitty to kids are automatically irredeemable
I did not write this, but I second it
Tonks : guys, we have something to tell you… I’m pregnant.
Moody : and I’m diabetic, wonderful, let’s go back to work.
this is the cutest!
marauders era couples
remus & sirius, james & lily, marlene & dorcas
made with @girls-are-very-pretty‘s picrew.
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i just read a washington post article on romcoms aging poorly due to the pushiness (and oft-stalkery conduct) of the male characters therein, and it got me thinking about pride and prejudice, and specifically darcy saying, “one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.”
because, like, that’s the seldom-portrayed romantic dream in the patriarchal hellscape that is our world, isn’t it?
a dude being willing to say, “i understand if you don’t feel the same way about me, and i’ll leave you alone forever about this if my attention is unwanted.”
so simple, yet so wonderful in its basic human decency
James likes to be very affectionate to his partners, so he will hold them and kiss on them in public. He is NOT scared of PDA.
When he dated Lily, she wasn’t really bothered by it, but she found it annoying in an affectionate way. Like he would kiss on her and she would try to push his face away while rolling her eyes and laughing.
Regulus is a completely different story.
Considering his family consisted of people who didn’t like to touch one another and anytime they did it was for violence, Regulus doesn’t like people touching him, but he’s also EXTREMELY touched starved (let me just project onto him real quick).
When James is affectionate with him, Regulus is awkward about it and kind of moves away. James takes this as a hint that Regulus doesn’t like it, and because James is not an asshole and respects people’s boundaries, he stops touching him. In reality, Regulus just didn’t know what to do and isn’t used to it, but he slightly enjoyed the affection. Now, since James refuses to touch him and Regulus knows that that’s how he shows his love, Regulus thinks that James doesn’t love him anymore and is now spiraling down the rabbit hole of “what did I do wrong? Why does everyone always leave me? Why am I never good enough?” Also, Regulus doesn’t know how to express his feelings to James about this, leading to a LOT of miscommunications.
BUT this can all be fixed when Regulus finally loses it and breaks down because he believes James doesn’t love him anymore. James expresses how he thought Regulus didn’t want him to touch him and Regulus says it’s the opposite, and now James CANNOT stop touching Regulus in some sort of way. Sirius hates it because that’s his little baby brother, damn it!
Harry, Did you put basic human kindness in the Goblet of Fire?!!!
(spoiler alert if you haven’t read it yet (GO AND DO SO)
“Oh good, a Potter. Dad told me not to talk to you.” - Sirius Black
“From this day forward, we are The Marauders!” - Sirius Black
“You should be a teacher, Remus.” - James Potter
That Sirius Black grin. - Remus Lupins
“I think she’s probably only annoyed because they’re muggle girls, she couldn’t care less that they’ve got their tits out.“ - Sirius Black
“Never look at another bloke a bit too long? Never get that feeling about a film star, or a teacher?” - Grant Chapman
“Anything for our Moony.” - Sirius Black
Oh god. I fancy Sirius Black. - Remus Lupin
“Morning, your prefect-ness,” - Sirius Black
“ We’vebecomeanimagus’ …” - James Potter
“You’re so brave, Remus.” - Peter Pettigrew
“You were beautiful.” - Sirius Black
“She’s got the best tits in the year. That’s very respectable.” - Sirius Black
James ‘oi, Evans!’ Potter - Remus Lupin
Just now, he wanted to be whatever Sirius needed. - Remus Lupin
I’m a great friend, me. All I think about is Sirius. Sirius’s safety. Sirius’s happiness. Sirius’s hands, Sirius’s neck, Sirius’s mouth, Sirius throwing me down on the bed and— - Remus Lupin
“You know when you just can’t get ‘em out of your mind, and in your head it’s great, and everything’s going the way you want - but then they’re there, in front of you, and… well it all goes to shit, because she’s just so much more spectacular in real life, y’know?” - James Potter
“Oopsie daisy!” - Barty Crouch Jr.
“I forgot I have to share my boyfriend with his boyfriends.” - Mary MacDonald
“Don’t worry about me, sweetheart. I always land on me feet.” - Grant Chapman
When the war’s over, you’ll still be a queer werewolf with a chip on your shoulder. - Remus Lupin
“Godric save the girls stupid enough to marry any of you.” - Lily Evans to James Potter
“You’ll never leave me for a girl, will you, Moony?” - James Potter
“You’re lovely.” - Sirius Black
“I’ll never forget you stomping onto the train in those boots.” - Sirius Black
“You’re not a dark creature. You’re our Moony.” - James Potter
“You were loved, my little Remus, I pray you haven’t forgotten it.” - Hope Jenkins
“I bloody love you lot. You’re all my best friends,” - Marlene McKinnon
“I’m gay.” - Remus Lupin
“It’s going to be a matter of historical interest, future generations will need to know what miraculous feats you had to perform in order to finally convince Evans to–” - Sirius Black
Sirius in the sea was his new favourite thing to look at. - Remus Lupin
“I’m going to know everything about you, one day, I promise.” - Sirius Black
‘EAT THE RICH’ - the graffiti behind Grant Chapman
“Tell me a secret.” - Sirius Black
“I’ve no doubt you’ll have a classroom of your own, one day, young Lupin!” _ Professor Flitwick
“Moony is our criminal mastermind. Without him, we wouldn’t be the legends we are today.” - James Potter
“And I’m mental about you.” - Sirius Black
“I am always Sirius.” - Sirius Black
“But if we can keep being happy together, and making eachother happy… then good. Brilliant. If it’s Sirius for you, and you for him, then brilliant.” - Lily Evans
“Oh Moony! You kill me. What happened to that rough little yob I used to know?” // “Some posh boy taught him to read.” - Sirius Black & Remus Lupin
“There’s something a bit sexy about the whole beast-man thing, though” - Mary MacDonald
"He’s a good kisser, isn’t he? But then, you were too, I seem to remember.” - Mary MacDonald
I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you. - Remus Lupin
"I’m away for a week and the castle turns into an orgy! What a load of queers.” - Marlene McKinnon
“That’s ok, because love not something you say. It’s something you do. Right?” - Sirius Black
"I’m always in a dark mood.” - Remus Lupin
“Hello… er, I mean… welcome, everyone, to the Hogwarts Quidditch cup final, 1978…” - Remus Lupin (this whole entire scene is a masterpiece”
“Remus ‘fuck-me-we-won’ Lupin.” - Sirius Black
“James ‘hangover free since ‘73’ Potter.” - Remus Lupin
“Love. It’s the only thing you get to take with you, you know.” - Hope Jenkins
“And… your mum? How’s she?” // “Dying.” // “Bummer” - Grant Chapman & Remus Lupin
“Love you.” - Remus Lupin
"It’s my patronus thought, this place.” - Sirius Black
“We’re getting married!” - Lily Evans
"Bloody feminist hero, Evans.” - Marlene McKinnon
“I don’t bite. Often.” - Remus Lupin
“It’s a boy!” - James Potter
How could there be a world without James Potter? You might as well picture a world without kindness, or laughter, or mischief. - Remus Lupin
“No one owes you a happy life.” // “But you owe yourself one, love.” - Remus Lupin & Grant Chapman
“Be gentle with yourself, love.” - Mary MacDonald
“Maybe. But she wants to make him immortal, and Odysseus wants to get back to Penelope. Calypso isn’t his true love.” - Remus Lupin
“Accio Marlboro’s” - Remus Lupin
All the Young Dudes “Like magnets, you and me. Always snap back together again.” - Grant Chapman
"He’s special to me , and if you’re not man enough to be kind to him, then you don’t deserve him. He’s been waiting for you. He’s never stopped waiting. He won’t say it, because Remus doesn’t say stuff like that. But he feels it. He feels everything, you must know that.” - Grant Chapman
“Look; you had him at his best, ok? I had his worst. And I was glad to do it. I have one part of him.” - Grant Chapman
"You’ve been my little bit of magic.” - Grant Chapman
“But shouldn’t life last longer, if it can be like this?” - Remus Lupin
“Ooh, teenage me would be so jealous, getting Remus Lupin in my bedroom!” - Sirius Black
“I think at this point, there’s only love and hate. (…) Love or hate, I s’pose. You make a choice. ” // “Love.”
this is too adorable i-
THEY LITERALLY HANG THEM UP TO DRY IN CRYING OH MY GOD