Imagine How Hard It Was For Remus To See Sirius Die

Jegulus

I’ve seen a lot of discourse about Jegulus in this fandom and I want to give my opinion on it. Before I get into this I would like to say: no hate to any Jegulus shippers. You’re entitled to your own opinions, and I could care less about who you ship as long as it’s not pedophilia, incest, etc. This is just my opinion.

I really hate Jegulus for multiple reasons:

First off, it completely destroys their characters and makes 0 sense for both of them.

James was strongly against blood purity and the Potter family were labeled as blood traitors. He was invited to join the DE by Voldemort and declined (JKR confirmed this was 1 of the 3 ways he betrayed him.) Not to mention he betrayed Voldemort 2 other times. Plus, he was friends with Remus, a half-blood werewolf and Sirius, a blood traitor Gryffindor. Do you really think the Marauders would still be his friends if he suddenly dated a blood supremacist? Imagine if you’re a POC and your white friend dated a racist. Or if you were Jewish and your German friend dated a German N@z! supporter.

Regulus was strongly for blood purity, seeing as he made a shrine dedicated to Voldemort and the DE. This means he would’ve hated Muggleborns, half-bloods, half-breeds, and blood traitors.

Not to mention Sirius. Regulus probably loved Sirius since he asked Kreacher not to tell his family about the Horcrux, and Sirius died not knowing about it, but that doesn’t mean Regulus was a good brother when Sirius was still around. In his youth, Sirius would’ve hated Regulus because of Walburga and Orion’s favoritism. The Potters took Sirius in and James adopted Sirius as a brother. He would’ve hated Regulus because of the way Sirius talked about him. And considering that Sirius hated Regulus as kids, he would be very hurt and angry with James if he suddenly got in a relationship with him.

Second off, Jegulus and Jily can’t work in the same timeline. Lily would never go out with James if he dated a blood supremacist before her. If a white guy asked me to date him, and I knew he dated a white racist before me, I would be horrified and shocked and immediately say no.

And don’t even get me started on the HC about a poly relationship between Lily, James, and Regulus. I’m sorry, but that’s a very disgusting HC to have. Muggleborns are an allegory for Jewish people and DE are an allegory for N@z!s. It’s just like Dramione/Drarry, just Marauders Era edition.

The only way I can see Jegulus or a poly relationship between Regulus, James, and Lily working is in an AU where Regulus was always good, but that still changes him entirely and throws away anything canon about him.

I think a lot of people use Jegulus as a way to give Regulus a better redemption arc. But honestly, using love as a redemption arc doesn’t work and is just lazy writing. We see this with Snily and even Grindledore, to an extent. I think Regulus should’ve been given a better redemption arc but using Jegulus to do so makes no sense and isn’t a good way to fix JKR’s terrible try at a redemption without obsession.

*The Golden Trio while watching Snow White*

Harry: “What the- why did she eat the apple? Is she stupid? I mean, did nobody teach this girl about stranger danger?”

Ron: “To be fair, it’s set in the 1500s.”

Harry: “Yeah, but even then, parents taught their kids about this stuff. And she’s the princess, isn’t she? So she should know this.”

Ron: “Well, yeah, but she wasn’t raised like a princess, now was she? The Queen made her scrub floors and wash dishes.”

Harry: “Yeah, but she didn’t do that stuff until her dad died, and they never said when that was. But that’s beside the point. She shouldn’t need someone to tell her this. She’s 14, right? It’s common sense. Where’s this girl’s mother?”

Ron: “Her mum’s dead.”

Harry: “Yeah, so is mine, but even I knew better than to eat apples from strangers at 14.”

Hermione: “Both of you need to shut up and watch the movie! And Harry, stop using dark humor to cope with your trauma for Merlin’s sake!”

James: *talking about his parents love story*

Sirius: "Awwww, your parents have such a cute love story compared to mine. They just had an arranged marriage, and they're cousins, so...."

James: ...

Sirius: ...

James: ...

Sirius: "The silence is loud."

You're On Your Own Kid is just such a Marauders song.

James: "From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes/I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this"

Sirius: "I hosted parties and starved my body/Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss"

Peter: "The jokes weren't funny, I took the money/My friends from home don't know what to say"

Remus: "I looked around in a blood-soaked gown/And I saw something they can't take away"

I’ve seen some people say that Remus deserved to get fired from his job because he put the students in danger when he forgot to take the Wolfsbane potion, which is sort of true.

However, I don’t think it’s a valid reason to fire him because when has Hogwarts ever given a flying fuck about student safety?

In Harry's 1rst year, he was forced to go to the Forbidden Forest AT NIGHT as a punishment for sneaking around at night. there was the Devil's Snare, Chewy, a chess board that nearly killed them, and the DADA Professor had Tom on the back of his head.

Then in 2nd year, Tom possessed Ginny, a Basilisk was going around petrifying students, and Lockhart was going to erase Harry and Ron’s memory and let Ginny die.

In 3rd year, there were dementors flying around the school 

Don’t even get me started on Quidditch, because that game is a safety hazard as a whole. I mean whose idea was it to invent iron bludgers to hit people, while they’re flying mid-air. And who thought it was okay to let children play that sport?!

And let’s not forget that Tom literally killed a student and he still wasn’t expelled.

I don’t think I need to explain anymore…

*Remus's computer makes a noise.*

Remus: "Oh, fuck off! I'm running low on the will to live right now, but I'm not going 'bloough, bloough!' every 3 seconds, am I?"

Why did nobody see them?

On pg. 767 of OOTP it says:

“And now bright orange lights were growing larger and rounder on all sides. They could see the tops of buildings, streams of headlights like luminous insect eyes, squares of pale yellow that were windows. Quite suddenly, it seemed, they were hurtling toward the pavement.”

Considering they're walking into London, there must be witches and wizards who can see thestrals, right? And let’s say there were 0 witches/wizards (which I find very hard to believe) did no Muggles question why a bunch of kids were floating in mid-air?

There's No Way Harry Remembered This

On pg. 767-768 of OOTP it says:

“Harry took one glance back at the thestrals, now foraging for scraps of rotten food inside the dumpster, then forced himself into the box after Luna. ‘Whoever’s nearest the receiver, dial six two four four two!’ he said.”

Harry heard that number once in the summer, and you’re telling me he remembered it up until June?! He couldn’t even remember information for a test that he studied for that morning, and you’re telling me he remembered a bunch of random numbers from June? It would be more realistic if Ron knew it since his dad works at the Ministry.

Honestly, JKR thinks nothing through...

Stucky is cool, but I like angst. So, what if Bucky and Steve loved each other, but they never told each other because they thought it was unrequited love, and admitting their feelings for one another would just lead to a ruined friendship.

That would explain why Steve stayed so obsessed with Peggy and wanted to go back so desperately. Not just because he was homesick for the 40s, but also because he did have feelings for Peggy. And while his feelings for Peggy weren't as strong as his love for Bucky, it was better than being trapped in that torturous cycle of waking up everyday and yearning for something he thought was never there.

In a modern AU:

Remus would be so pissed when everyone jumped on crocheting and baking bread because he was called a "pretentious old man" (particularly by Sirius) when he used to do it pre-COVID.