The Real MVPs Of Arcane

This is canon go argue with the wall

what’s some of your favourite black brothers hcs?

bless you for sending this and giving me the opportunity to yap

i wish i could remember who posted this hc but sirius got stuck in walburga's ribs in birth and regulus was born blue/not breathing

sirius constantly causing walburga pain during her pregnancy, burrowing as far inside of her as he could, only to be ripped from her into a reality that will constantly tear them apart vs regulus being doomed from the very beginning, dying so young because he shouldn't be alive in the first place MHM YUP

sirius was the favorite child. this led to regulus trying to copy sirius in absolutely everything he does when they were very little

sirius bore the brunt of physical punishment because of the expectations/attention constantly placed upon them. regulus, on the other hand, suffered from neglect

incredibly competitive household, everything they do is compared against each other. recipe for sibling failure

i could write an entire essay on how sirius internalises his failure to be a 'good heir' into thinking something is inherently wrong with him/how regulus' being born second gave him limitless rage at everything around him

even after sirius is sorted into gryffindor and, by his family's definition, becomes a major fuck-up, walburga wants and hopes that he will assume the demeanor and responsibilities of being heir. this is where regulus' resentment of sirius is born: regulus has always been good, has always kept his mouth shut and done what he should, and yet he's still not fit to be heir, even when sirius so obviously doesn't want it. walburga wants her eldest son to be 'perfect' again so badly that she can't see that regulus fits all of her requirements

and after regulus is sorted into slytherin, sirius begins to resent him. now that he can see that he isn't just a black sheep - the rest of the world is nothing at all like his family - he wants regulus to follow in his footsteps, and he won't. he sees regulus as weak for continuing to bend to their family's ways and strive to impress them

so, by age twelve or thirteen, they hate each other. that's the tragedy. they don't come back from this. regulus thinks sirius is ungrateful and out of control, and sirius thinks regulus is a coward and a bigot

regulus spiralssssss because of how much he hates sirius. it is pure, unbridled jealousy. he isolates himself, lets himself be driven by negativity, and tries desperately to mask his inherent sense of inferiority by positioning himself as superior due to his blood status. this makes him the perfect candidate for targeted radicalisation by the de's/bellatrix

sirius does not regret leaving and does not wish he could've taken regulus with him. regulus was fucking over the moon that sirius ran away, and was also part of the reason sirius needed to leave. i will die on this hill

i will always think their characterisations are more interesting/compelling when you make them hate each other. they are fundamentally so different that you can't just swap traits/storylines between them. regulus is SUCH an interesting villain and i wish people explored him in this light more rather than just giving him sirius' story

they are a product of their circumstance. in any other universe they probably could've bonded over their shared trauma (which is why i love my black brother modern aus), but in the one they're in they are destined to be torn apart.

and now, the mini moodboard:

I may hate jeg*lus with my whole fucking heart but I'm totally on board with the Gilderat cologne lore making everyone go batshit insane

BRING THAT SHIT ONNNN YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

All I ask from God is to have a friend group like this.

This reminds me so much of that scene in TCOPTP where even tho Remus hated the rain, he watched Sirius and James play and laugh under it with so much love and fondness that It made him wonder if he didn't hate the rain so much after all.

(acc: guine_evere on IG)

OMGG THE ART IS SO PRETTY WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AU where Regulus’ karma is having a son who happens to be the carbon copy of Sirius.

Who did NOT have a crush on Tom Riddle back then? Now's that's a fucking problem.

Regulus had a crush on X, Y, Z- girl Regulus had a crush on Voldemort THAT WAS THE PROBLEM-

I can confirm he told me himself.

Sirius Black loves getting his hair pulled send post

Especially Bartemius Crouch Jr that man is creepy as hell bro

if you have a deep hatred for umbridge while loving canonical death eaters, you should ask yourself why is that <3

NICE ONE JAMES!

Brb gonna cry my eyeballs out

Sirius and James edit.

i love arcane

Nobody knew who was dating who in the marauders friend group. Everyone just assumed that they were all dating each other.