Kill Manual, Cassandra Troyan

what’s sad is that regulus would have 100% known that sirius would’ve never in his life betrayed the potters and i think about that a lot

and another thing! the genus name for daffodils is narcissus while the genus name for lilies is lilium but clearly she has the more “colloquial” name but narcissa’s is more related to her pureblood family

okay literally everyone knows this but the fact that harry was saved by a mother’s love twice and both those women were names after flowers?! lily and narcissa…. full circle moment it makes me scream every time i remember it

okay but do u believe in uwu soft reggie or bamf dark regulus black?

i have um. thoughts on this

ok i used to think so much about how fanon regulus would be written if sirius hadn't called regulus "soft" that one time in ootp. like imagine all we knew about regulus was that he died when he was 18 and the last thing he did was literally tell voldemort that it was regulus who betrayed him.

but then i realise that it's even better like this. because why can't regulus have both sides?

i think it's even better if sirius thought regulus was soft and sweet "this kid must be protected" and all but to most people, he's actually an intimidating... scary person.

like imagine everyone being genuinely terrified of regulus's temper and then imagine first year slytherins only asking regulus for help because he's the kindest?

imagine regulus being sneaky and cunning and manipulative and resourceful and single-minded abt things he cares about. imagine regulus being the one who nobody argues with, whose quiet leadership nobody ever questions.

and then imagine regulus being touchy and sensitive and hurt when he's with sirius and then imagine all this happening at the same time.

basically, anon what i like to think is : regulus black is a bamf powerful proud spiteful haughty shit and he's also miserable insecure little brother house elf champ reggie. he isn't the louder one or the brighter one but that doesn't mean regulus ever lets himself be walked over by anyone. he's insecure in a way that you'll never catch onto. on the outside, he's arrogant and basically the perfect pureblood heir but inside he's maybe just a tiny bit crazy

i was actually writing something yesterday that sort of touches on this, u can read if u want :

"Sirius told me he was young," Harry said, remembering Sirius's words. "Soft. An idiot, really, not truly bad."

"Regulus Black was never soft," the man scoffed, something strange in his eyes. "He just didn't know how to be harsh with Sirius."

Harry stared at him.

"Dark," he clarified. "Powerful. Magic like an ocean wave. Frightening aura. The way he looked at you, the way he flew. You knew what was coming when Regulus Black raised his wand. But Sirius was always there for him, when he was a kid. Sirius raised him, infant to toddler to Hogwarts. If someone's seen you as a vulnerable, crying little child," he laughed, humorless, "You can't possibly be anything but soft with them."

so. yes anon. regulus is uwu soft reggie and bamf r.a.b i love him yeah thanks for the ask <3

Of course Regulus and Voldemort didn't like each other, they were both competing to be supreme emo

Sad Song for Dracula by Nadezda

i ship r/s not in a millennial harry potter fan hufflepuff infp in bio neoliberal atyd sbp way but in an i am always thinking of the moon rising i am always thinking of you i stayed as long as i could, he said now look at the moon i would know him in death at the end of the world it's still you it's still you i know no love without teeth & have the scars to remember i loved you i have had to deal with that you are whatever a moon has always meant which of us will survive the other? i loved you first, i loved you first WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE i care for you still and i will forever that was my part of the deal way. i am not like the other girls

Day 8: Constellation

Narcissa was a dutiful daughter to her parents, her House, her legacy. She never stepped out of line or raised her voice in protest, “As a lady should,” her mother would scathingly remind in inference of her older sisters’ brashness. But Bellatrix’s taunting songs rung in her head, of the field of stars the family cast up into the night sky, and how little Cissa was the only flower stuck on the ground.

here’s another detail for the brain rot: lilies are herbaceous. this means that they have medicinal qualities. daffodils do not. not only was she incredible at potions, it was lily’s advanced blood magic wards that saved harry from death. narcissa is not known to possess or have done anything similar but it’s her love that saved harry at the end. oh my god!!!!

okay literally everyone knows this but the fact that harry was saved by a mother’s love twice and both those women were names after flowers?! lily and narcissa…. full circle moment it makes me scream every time i remember it