James: You think about shagging all the time time don't you?
Regulus: ugh shagging. Trust the British to come up with the least sexy word for it
James: What's wrong with shagging?
Regulus: sounds like something you do to a carpet
James: Yeah what do the French call it?
Regulus: *smirking* faire l'amour
James: *swoons*
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French Sirius Black this, French Sirius Black that. What about a posh pureblood British Sirius Black who has been reluctantly homeschooled into learning French and uses it to speak to an equally posh pureblood British James Potter who has been reluctantly homeschooled into learning it as well, just to scheme their private pranks while the whole Hogwarts thinks they are waxing poetry.
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Dorcas: How do I look?
Marlene: Tu eres magnífica.
Dorcas:
James: Mals, that spanish
Marlene, blushing: Du bist großartig
Peter: German, not even close.
Marlene: Fuck off!
James: and we are back to english!
Dorcas: Wait, how many languages you know?
Marlene: four, english, german, spanish and tagalog.
Dorcas: oh [starts mentally preparing the wedding venue]
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"don't use google translate when writing fics! Talk to someone who speaks the language!"
mate, even if I knew people fluent in each language I want to write in, I am sure as hell not asking them so I can write about dead gay wizards- there are some things you trust to google and no one else <3
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when you watch a movie from the 70s and notice two characters having an uncannily tomgreg-ish dynamic complete with the greg equivalent actually being very tall and looking and gesturing a lot like him, only to realize 30 minutes in that that character is in fact ewan's actor and also his film debut
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i dont know why james, sirius, and remus are all multilingual in my brain but they are.
sirius grew up speaking english, french, and korean. as a kid he was taught some latin and a proto-koreanic language for the sake of understanding magic, particularly spellcraft. at hogwarts he took one year of ancient runes. he cast in both latin and proto-koreanic, using proto-koreanic in duels because his opponents were less likely to understand it.
remus grew up speaking english and welsh. he also went to hebrew school but wasnt completely fluent. he took ancient runes for 5 years and used runic magic regularly. in casting he defaulted to latin, only using proto-celtic or hebrew spells if he didnt know latin alternatives, which was rare. he discovered that he mastered spells faster when he understood the etymology, so he taught it for each spell when he was a professor. (this prompted hermione to look up and note the etymology for any spell she struggled with for the rest of her hogwarts years)
james grew up speaking tamil and english. he was taught some latin and proto-dravinic before hogwarts, but not as much as sirius because the blacks had private tutors who focused on magic while james attended a small wizarding primary school that focused more on core subjects and muggle studies. at hogwarts he took 3 years of ancient runes. he cast in both latin and proto-dravinic.
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jegulus oneshot pt2
Regulus got up, rubbing his eyes which made his jumper rise above his stomach, making his slim, pale waist show. James' mouth parted, his eyes slightly wide. The shorts that Regulus wore were slightly tight and incredibly short and James at this rate was a little bit of a mess. Regulus smiled at his dazed boyfriend.
"I've had a nap love so tonight you can put your flusteredness to use." He grinned pulling on his knitted socks.
James went red almost instantly and gripped onto the console table beside their bed for dear life. Regulus chuckled, knowing what he was doing.
"Anyways, since we are hosting Christmas this year, whats the theme?" Regulus asked, walking towards James as James' grip loosened slightly on the console table from the distracting question.
"Uh maybe Christmas?" He said sarcastically.
Regulus rolled his eyes, " I mean colour scheme."
James thpught about it before saying, "Pastels. Its soft, its nice and it goes with a few bits of our apartment."
Regulus smiled at his boyfriend, " splendid."
Regulus looked at James. " As christmas is in 3 days, I won't be ..uh.. able to give you your gift on christmas so would you..mind if i gave it to you now while its evening and romantic and you are still ever so slightly flustered?"
"Regulus what the fuck are you going to give me?" He said excited but confused.
"I know you love the titanic..so what if I sketch you like one of my French girls and I, say give you my french girl sketch of myself as a duo to keep ?"
James' jaw was very securely latched to the floor.
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