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I just saw your thoughts on the black brothers and I am so relieved... the amount of fanfic I read which has sirius abandoning regulus the second either he or regulus steps foot inside hogwarts absolutely chills me, tbh.

ahh! im so glad you stumbled upon my black brothers content!

more babbling below the cut because this got longer than anticipated because i cant shut up ever, so continue reading if you'd like some vague ramblings about reg and sirius, otherwise stop here <3

i really do love to write them and love to write their relationship (canonically or not). and i, like you, also read many the marauders fics where

sirius is AUTOMATICALLY this rebel without a cause, and already starting shit the second he gets on the hogwarts express, which like...i refuse to believe is how it went down

regulus AUTOMATICALLY is out of sorts with sirius the second he is sorted when, and i might die on this hill, regulus was like TEN at the time?? he probably got the vibe that his parents weren't thrilled (though i will also stand by that The Blacks while like....feathers were severely ruffled by Gryffindor sorting, they know how sorting works and sirius wasn't sitting there thinking rebellious thoughts and trying to piss off anyone; and were more concerned with the broader repercussions of being placed in a house with people outside of their little pureblood community because THEY KNEW (they raised him) sirius was a curious child, a questioning child.they could see what was going to happen) but regulus was TEN and could not. sirius was STILL his big brother!! that's it.

there are so many wonderful posts on this site that do justice of unpacking Reg and Sirius, and i will refrain from doing my own because no one cares that much, but, i will add one last thing. By citing my own silly little fic. in which there is a conversation between the two of them after Sirius's 17th birthday (first birthday post running away) and Reg goes to talk with him and this conversation happens:

“They haven’t gone into your room, you know,” Regulus’ voice said to his back as he started down the opposite end of the hall, “They haven’t touched your chair at the dining table. Father is in his study a lot more…” Sirius stopped, taking a moment to remind himself that this was his brother and if he was going to pick a fight, it wasn’t going to be in with him. Count to ten. Count to ten. Walk away. “All summer. It feels like he’s watching the door, waiting…”

One.

“Narcissa getting married and I know they…”

Two

“If you just apologize , they’d let--”

Ten.

when sirius runs away, reg is fourteen or else newly fifteen and sirius is sixteen (which in teenage years, might as well be a lifetime with how much brains morph and change and bodies etc etc). i truly believe that when sirius left number twelve, reg wasn't there to witness it. reg didn't know what the fight was about and just knew that sirius had been arguing with his parents more and more every year, and he just wanted it to go back to the way it was and had such a bitter taste in his mouth for gryffindor because of this despite sirius and him still getting along. sirius was still his big brother.

and so in regs head, its "sirius just please apologize. look at whats happening! father is upset you left, and--" without knowing the other half of the story (that sirius worked hard to keep him out of). and it isn't until sirius clues him in on whats really going on that reg gets it, and i believe informs regulus's character arc.

good god this was long im so sorry, you didn't ask for this. thanks for reading my content!!

#asks #grey answers #good god this got away from me and im so sorry #someone says Black Brothers and im setting up shop for the next 10 years

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