narcissa black malfoy and lily evans potter.
so similar.
both sisters. both wives. both mothers.
yet different.
narcissa who grew up knowing the importance of family. blood is thicker than water and words are shaper than knives. narcissa who never cared much for being a daughter but wore her role as sister proudly. she looked up to them. she learned from them—what to do and what not to do.
lily who was a sister only in name. who hated spending time at home when her real family had never lived there or even stepped foot in her neighborhood. lily who found solace in school and magic, far away from anyone related to her.
self perseverance is in narcissa’s nature. she never acts until necessary. never stands out or speaks up. and she survives because of it.
lily had never liked being quiet and refused to do so when her friends’ lives are at stake. lily who refused the most powerful dark wizard in britain thrice and lost her life for it.
two women who would do it all over again if it meant saving their sons.
im combining my two favourite lesbian-cannibal series:
the locked tomb x yellowjackets
necro (cav)
II: Mel (Gen)
III: Shauna (Jackie)
IV: Travis (Javi)
V: Nat (Mari)
VI: Taissa (Van)
VII: Akilah (Krystal/Kristen)
VIII: Misty (Ben)
IX: Lottie (Laura Lee)
Resurrection Beast: The Wilderness
Lyctors: necros who survive to see the adult timeline (save taivan who create a paul scenario)
"Wolfstar would never happen during Hogwarts." I say. People are boo-ing. They want me off stage. "Wolfstar would only happen in adulthood if James died. As the last two survivors trope. In no universe that James is alive would Sirius end up with Remus." I continue. The crowd gets worse. "She's right!" I hear. I turn my head before leaving and see Remus fucking Lupin, who in fact is aware that he can't have Sirius in any universe where James breathes.
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I fucking hate the "James hates Sirius after the prank" trope. I'm sorry but there's NOTHING Sirius could do that would make James hate him. James would probably kiss Sirius and praise his great prank idea. These two will never abandon each other and that's it.
happy birthday remus lupin! heres one of my fav pics of you to celebrate. you look great here
its 2025 and the marauders fandom needs to TRULY be ship/let ship. kittywater is perfect, gilderat or wtv idek wtf it is but im here for it, we need to stop saying "ship/let ship EXCEPT... " like ppl don't have 2 love jegulus or wolfstar. heck, i like wolfstar but even if i didnt that should be okay! we need to branch out w peculiar ships! remus x some1 uncommon!, sirius x jamess (the way ppl hate on it is crazy!), peter x more combos cuz being fat doesn't mean being ugly??? (I KNOW thats why sum ppl make him ace oml!) like theres sm characters but so few "accepted" ships!! kittywater is the start of smth great i swear
i agree! crackships are so fun
marauders fandom is so pretentious about their ships and characters as if we didnt make up 90% of them
“james is the sun” yes, as in hes flashy and burns people for fun and when he finally does die everybody gets blown up
girl help they're purifying my favs
first canon sapphic yj couple 🫶 you will always have a place in my heart
fool me once… shame on you… fool me you can’t get fooled again!
on the 'bushism' wikipedia page with tears in my eyes... probably one of the stupidest guys to ever do it
for the fandom that loves drarry and jegulus, and complains that the female characters (and sapphic ships)—specifically lily evans—dont get enough love, theres barely any noise for narcissa x lily
the slytherinxgryffindoor, black family drama, foils whos love for their sons saved the wizarding world
black cat, rich girl and academic weapon muggleborn bond over their estranged sibling dynamics and want for a family to protect and love
the tension between present narcissa and snape (especially when she has him form an unbreakable vow to protect her son) when they both wanted lily but fumbled it to protect themselves
the angst when draco comes home complaining about the potter boy—who, just like in narcissa’s life, lily is hidden within, not in surname but in the eyes and the heart.
the extra weight it puts on the scene where narcissa defies Voldemort in telling him that harry is dead. my son is safe so i will give you the same favour, lily.
both lily and narcissa marrying into families notoriously loud and opposing on the wizengamot—marrying young to the pretty and popular, but also asshole boys from school
narcissa watching draco complain about how harry is dating the cool jock, and then much later watching her son mourn his dead lover
i think we make non-death eater pure bloods too “nice”
andromeda can love ted and not be prejudiced against him for being muggleborn, but still have some anti-muggle/squib biases. i firmly believe shes still a black through and through. she can be progressive and still carry the pride she was raised with. personally, my adromeda thinks she better than everybody, and sees a “proper” way to life. eg wanting tonks to keep her hair natural colours and her face human and use the right fork for salad godammit! she can accept her werewolf son in law but also be a difficult mother!
same goes for sirius. its canon he thinks hes better than everybody and can get away with anything. he bullied/pranked kids at hogwarts not because he was blood purist, but because he was the popular guy.
even the blood purist blacks. i think they refused to join volemort because he was some low-born wannabe sacred 28 (half blood secretly). theyre old money. theyre not on the streets killing muggleborn wizards, theyre removing squibs from the family tree and moving laws so pure bloods have more sway. they dont rally against muggles because they see them as ants.
even james’ parents. they werent blood purists, but that doesnt mean they were perfect parents. james in hogwarts was very mich the product of two eldery parents who treat their little miracle like he owns the world. i know theyd get brought into the principal’s office in kindergarten because james threw sand at a bunch of girls and pulled their hair (cuz they didnt pay attention to him) and they were like “ummm no that doesnt sound like james, our baby wouldnt do that” and then theyd get hik ice cream after