You’re so right, that’s the point. I love that so much.
miss when the marauders fandom was about the marauders and not an pureblood supremacist apologist fandom.
when sirius and james’s friendship was a major point and not put behind james and regulus
where sirius/andromeda were the actual rebels of the black family not regulus cus he legit didn’t do shit
where james’s character was understood enough to not ship him with what he fought against his entire life ( the potters being one of the only pire blood family that fought against the supremacist movement)
where remus being a werewolf didn’t make him angry and violent on the contrary made him a sensitive and sweet guy
where lily aka the most important character on the series wasn’t cast away
where deatheaters were actually criticized and not babied. where people understood the IMPORTANCE of the concept of deatheaters and how they exist in our world too. that’s why WE HATE THEM
where ships made somewhat sense. because sirius and remus have symbolism there is something greater about them than just being a gay couple. the moon and the stars.
YESYESYESYESYES YOU’RE SO RIGHT!!!
I love Remus being tall but so lanky and skinny with literally no muscle on his body because he’s literally a nerd and hates exercising he will literally die if he has to do a push-up. Sirius is big and buff and tall (almost as tall as Remus is, fight me) and he has stubble and tattoos and HE IS THE ONE THAT GETS ANGRY and he plays quidditch and he fight and hates authority.
I saw a post with sapphic WolfStar (which is great, don’t get me wrong!) where *Remus* is the big buff butch and *Sirius* is the tiny little femme?? Like no Remus’ fragile little bones (thank you full moon and bad genes— I am a firm believer that he needed a cane by the time he graduated because of all that) would shatter if he tried to lift anything other than a stack of books and his chocolate because he’s so soft.
Sirius is canonically so smart too, but that’s always butchered, as well?? Like he was described as brilliant by literally everyone????? Bro was a straight O student and no one can convince me otherwise. Remus is always made to be the one helping Sirius so he doesn’t fail but, in cannon, it was *Sirius* that helped teach *Remus*, who is a halfblood and therefore didn’t know as much about magic, how to do things. Honestly I hate what everyone is doing to them.
Jegulus also makes no sense and, while it’s not a dealbreaker if it shows up (mostly because if it was I would have to drop a billion fics), I don’t like it and it’s WAY too prevalent.
i think maybe the reason the portrayal of remus in the marauders fandom in the last few years is so upsetting to me is that the reason i got into this fan base was because of how much i related to him. i started getting into the fandom when remus was still a skinny gay book nerd who was shy but funny and sweet and endlessly loyal. wolfstar was soft love and more about fluffy-teeth-rotting moments between remus and sirius.
now we have buff alpha bad boy remus who can’t read and tiny twink sirius with a full face (including lashes) and a mini skirt.
genuinely what happened to classic wolfstar? what happened to rowdy punk rock sirius with his band t shirts and leather jacket and stubble? where’s soft, lanky remus?
in attempting to wrestle wolfstar away from jkr you’ve stripped remus and sirius of all of their defining characteristics that made them so interesting in the first place. they’ve lost all characterization and relatability in exchange for this horny,booktok, smut-obsessed bullshit i can’t escape from.
so yeah, i’m not a fan of modern wolfstar.
(this isn’t even touching on all of the jegulus stuff)