omg mechanic remus and son of a state alchemist james…. wolfstar childhood friends to lovers

MECHANIC REMUS WHO REPAIRS SIRIUS' ARM. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD DO U KNOW THAT ART OF VIRIA.....A LONG TIME AGO...ITS THEM

remus: for how long will you be breaking my precious arm

sirius: well its my arm so i can break it as much as i want

remus grabbing him by the cheeks: no.

i still think regulus should be some porcelain doll/puppet or whatever. hehe symbolism.

james nd flame alchemy.......he goes roy mustang vs envy levels of insane when reg is harmed DO WE SEE THE VISION

hi ino i’ve been sick this whole week so i started rewatching full metal alchemist brotherhood and dare i say…..black brothers… who’s parents abandoned them and their uncle raised him until he died and blah blah blah

DARE I SAYYY wolfstar nd jegulus. dareisay.. regulus' soul tied in this mechanic suit armor OR better yet a porcelain doll or whatever....... just for the angst that is james holding his hand and touching him, kissing him on the place his mouth is, and regulus, known for despising physical touch before the failed human transmutation, rattling, voice breaking as he musters out 'i can't feel you. i wish i could feel you, i want,'

Some bartylus!!

WRITE IT!!! WRITE THAT SELF INDULGENT SHIT!!!

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been thinking abt demon james a lot

vault dwellers black brothers but sirius left for the wasteland quite early on during this orchestrated raid or smth and for whatever reason regulus eventually breaches the surface searching for his brother and comes across raider barty who decides to use regulus as whatever decoy but the plan goes awry and eventually barty's wounded and reg's pretty much like 'im keeping you bc ur the only way i can navigate this hellscape' and barty's like. shit. might as well die having fun with a rod-in-the-ass motherfucker like you.

i need 2 refresh my fallout lore bc i was like 16 when i played the games last and im just watching the show rn but... (post)apocalypse au save me

okay first of all- read the new chapter… holy shit. like genuinely broke my brain. i genuinely think you are the best fic writer ive come across.

also, it’s so hard as someone who really wants james and regulus to have a happy ending in this fic, while simultaneously being VERY mad at everyone who took part in the conspiracy. I remember when I read the reveal for the first time i had full body chills- the way you were able to create the genuine feeling of this betrayal was CRAZY!!!

You’ve crafted such nuanced and realistic characters that it’s so hard to guess what will happen next. i’m so excited to see!!

UE UEUE UE UE UE

THIS IS SO KINDDDDD AAAAAAAAAAAAA. i really wanted to bring forward that feeling, that gnawing 'god i want a happy ending but this situation is so shit and i don't want to forgive but god i cant give up on any of them' because it's very much what happens in real life, even if not to such an extreme extent where ur a Michelin star chef scarred by poisoning people and then find out ur brother pulled a truman show. theres just so much happening in the fic and all chars are flawed which makes it difficult to place ur finger 100% on a decision when taking everything into consideration.

and ehehehe i love writing betrayals and plottwists so hearing this made me very happy! thank u so much for taking the time to send me this :') i can sleep even happier

tz rb but also i see everyone's anons/asks and i appreciate them all <3 i don't want to clog up my dash but I'm tucking them all into my chest to endlessly cherish

ch 26 tt up <3

jegulus https://x.com/zwagreeus/status/1783306576402489667?s=46

WHEN I GET TO WRITE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS JEGULUS THEN U WILL ALL SEE

idk something about the way you write bellatrix in tt makes me think that she’s has a tooth gap and long curly hair w small ass bangs

help me

its so tiring recomending tarte tatin to people without spoiling them on the conspiracy and sirius subplot like people dont know how good and angsty this is

ahahaha ill take this as a compliment? and honestly, it's better not to tell. i feel like it will otherwise ruin the experience! one of the things i loved most when that specific chapter came out were the comments going 'I DID NOT EXPECT THAT'

also the ppl demanding sirius and then after chapter (censored) the switch to GET THIS MFER OFF THE SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!

“I watch him in the kitchen, and I think of how much it hurts to love somebody. How deep the hurt is, how almost unbearable. It’s not the love that hurts; it’s the possibility of anything happening to the object of your love.”

— Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking

my account is unfollowing people left and right and i don't know why. like am i misclicking shit

i dont know how i would manage being lied to so much

what would you do? and i mean maybe im just so emotional but i cant picture myself ever trusting those ppl again. i dont care if their lies are justified.

like how do you even handle all that

truly the fic also raises the question 'how would you handle it when decades-old friendships that have become your only existing family are put in jeopardy' but one thing is... it's fic... there's the suspense of disbelief + the fact that regulus is from an entirely different world. like. you really don't have to take tt that seriously but if u rly want to know:

the point is that it's not really a 'what would you do' situation because comparing your upbringing to regulus' is (nearly) impossible. unless u grew up in his specific breed of insanity household and dealt with the complex family dynamics and harsh environments he faced, it's hard to truly understand his perspective. regulus experienced things and made decisions that most people never encounter, which shaped his moral compass and that of his close friends in unique, although 'regressive' ways. their expressions of love and affection are/were deeply intertwined with concerns about life and death, prioritizing survival and the well-being of one another at all costs. even though they eventually escaped their harsh life, the lingering effects still impact their lives profoundly.

it's almost impossible to apply our typical rational thinking or ethical solutions to a situation like regulus', especially when his upbringing often required drastic actions for damage control or as preventive measures. his (family's) + the slythering skittles' circumstances were so extreme that they demanded a different approach to decision-making and problem-solving than what we might consider normal.

regulus killed barty's dad. andromeda and narcissa arranged bella's journey to france and locked her up in the manor. the rosier twins orchestrated the deaths of their parents.

to reiterate: this issue is not merely about justifying the actions of everyone who deceived reg. it also involves recognizing that from childhood, an environment was fostered where resorting to drastic measures was normalized in a sense. such behaviors were not only condoned but encouraged in extreme circumstances, as evidenced by regulus' actions, like drinking poison and killing barty's dad without prior knowledge. this highlights the troubling notion that committing severe acts can be excusable if believed to protect each other's well-being. that's the entire problem. everything in this story has unfolded from this shared trait: elaborate acts of sacrifice and savior complexes and being so traumatized that your brain is wired to do the ultimate in order to prevent more loss.

what everyone did was shitty. it was. but it's important to see why it happened and how it can be remedied, especially considering that no one has ever done something to break regulus' trust before, but regulus has done tons to break theirs. and again, maybe they could have acted accordingly when regulus' suicidal tendencies resurfaced, but they have never known better or tried to.

ao3 user (redacted) you just get it…

im hoping regulus packs his shit up and leaves to live in thailand

We must think to ourselves: why do we want him to keep leaving. Why do we encourage his flight response instead of fight. Why leave a nearly two decade friendship in the ditches instead of allowing others to put in the effort to remedy their mistakes. Why not encourage character growth and rectifications and mend the broken foundation the friendship was built on. Why not focus on the part that Regulus is equally guilty of committing crimes even if done with good intent. Why resort to common responses when nothing about the Slytherin Skittles is remotely normal.

JUST WOKE UP TO A TT UPDATE ?????,,,?-2&2& immediately tuning in during this long ass bus ride to work

deadass vibrating in excitement at this ungodly hour

TATIIIII!!!! Yeah it’s 10k words even tho i was like. From now short chapters only for my sanity. If you hear clown shoes squeaking thats me

enjoy the chapter <333