Do We Have Thoughts On Cannibal Regulus

May this house be full of kitchen smells and shadows and toys and nests of mice and roars of rage and waterfalls of tears and deep sexual silences and sounds of mysterious origin never explained and troves and keepsakes and a lot of junk and a flowing like a warm wind only slower blowing the leaves of trees and books and the fish-years of a child’s life silvery flickering quick, quick, in the slow incessant gust that billows out the curtains for a moment all those years from now, ago. May the sills and doorframes be in blessing blest at every passing. May the roof but not the rooms know rain. May the windows know clearly the branch and flower of the apple tree And may you be in this house as the music is in the instrument.

— Ursula K. Le Guin, “For the New House”

emergency regulus piece today bc timothee chalamet wore a slytherin sweater yesterday 😳🐍

Danger and the Black Family

"It's ideal for Headquarters, of course. My father put every security measure known to wizardkind on it when he lived here. It's unplottable, so Muggles could never come and call — as if they'd ever have wanted to — and now Dumbledore's added his protection, you'd be hard put to find a safer house anywhere."— Sirius Black regarding 12 Grimmauld Place

It's common in fanfic to see Grimmauld Place as a magical fortress, the ancestral fortress of the Black family, with wards (I know that it's a fanon term, but it's a useful one so don't @ me) as ancient as Hogwarts itself. And that make sense, after all, doesn't Sirius tell us so in the books? Well yes and no. Sirius does say that the house is warded, and heavily so ("every security measure known to wizard kind"). Sirius is exaggerating here, since the house doesn't feature protections like the Fidelius (until Dumbledore added it), but it's meant to show that the House is heavily protected.

The bit I'm interested in is the part I highlighted in the quote above. My father. The protective spells were not modus operandi for the Blacks, they're something new. It isn't him renewing spells his father cast either, since Arcturus dies after Orion. It makes sense that they're not standard procedure, after all they're wealthy and influential in the government. As pure of blood as one can be. They consider themselves wizarding royalty. Why would they take measures to protect themselves from those they consider their inferiors? Now, the question that naturally follows is: What changed? What prompted Orion to feel threatened enough that he felt the Black family residence needed reinforcement? I have my own elaborate headcanon about this, but I'd feel interested in hearing other theories first.

been thinking a lot today about mr remus lupin and i think that’s very on brand for me

reader x marauders fics always make me laugh because they’re usually tagged polyamory but they’re mostly like reader and harem. very rarely is it ever poly and if it is, it’s like reader x james x wolfstar. it’s never them all being together it’s the boys being friends w each other while wanting to sleep w y/n

some of you might hate me for this but…. one sided peter pettigrew x james potter lowkey sounds like a good ship

"It was I who discovered your secret."

Sirius is wearing a Japanese inspired outfit to single him out but also because I managed to create a whole backstory in my head that I will hopefully share as a mini comic 🖤