I cannot stand Jegulus.

I'm gonna start this off by saying this is in no way attacking anyone specifically. I am not attacking any in the community OR fic writers. I will be talking about the creator of Choices, but, like I'm going to repeat many times, Choices was brilliantly written and the character choices were made on purpose, I am not criticising how the characters are written, I'm talking about the individual personalities. I don't want shit in the comments saying that I'm bagging authors or telling people what to do because I am NOT, Obviously ship whoever you want, this is basically just a vent post, and to spark a discussion.

Okay!! So with that out of the way, the marauders fandom has been in a nosedive for the past 3 years. And I blame it mostly on Jegulus. I was a fan since around 2020 when Sirius x Marlene was popular, then I came back for 2022 when Wolfstar and Jily were the main two ships, and when the only people the fans cared about were the gryffindors. Fun times! Of course it was a bit of a shock to me when I returned once again and found the Slytherin Skittles, I had catching up to do. And honestly that was fun! I like Evan and Dorcas especially. But now there is no limit to new characters, which is both alarming and charming. Now HC are great, I love them, you love them, and with HC comes Ocs. Now I was only aware of Grant, then came Tomny and Tonya and then whoever else. That's fine, I choose not to care about them. The thing is, everyone has become so distant if that makes sense. The days of shipping off a singular storyline, or waiting for a big fic to post are over, and it's both freeing and disappointing. The sense of community is gone in a way.

I get it, how can I blame all of this on Jegulus? Well, it came from one joke saying James and Regulus would be a cute couple since it's best friends brother. Then the interest in slytherins rose. Suddenly Jegulus is extremely popular, being a lot of peoples favourite ships. Then people start shipping new characters together, then Sirius x Barty, and Evan x Remus. It makes no sense. I do not care for the 'they're magic wizards they don't need to make sense' cmon, a little tact in a fandom is greatly appreciated. Nowadays ships are made just for tropes, which is sad, why would you pit two characters together just so they cant fuel your enimes to lovers fantasies? Where did shipping for integrity and personality go?

Now I'm in no way ship bashing. Ship your ship, I don't care, again, I'm just some random person on the internet complaining about shit that doesn't matter. Also I may have a hint of condescension going on, do I claim og tickets? Yes! Do I think of myself as slightly above other fans? Who wouldn't right? Also I'd like to say most of what I'm saying is to be taken lightly, as a joke, imagine we're friends on a facetime, but please don't ask me to put my camera on.

Back to what I was saying, Jegulus started shipping for no reason. James would never speak to Regulus outside of casually saying hey, or more likely shooting an insult as he passes, probably because Sirius told him to. Now I get it, grr cannon right? Don't kill me, I actually appreciate canon, I like to stick towards it with HC, ofc I love wolfstar and Rosekiller, and the occasional unrequieted marylene, but I like sticking with more original tropes, to each their own right? But Jily has been THE ship for like forever. And it still is, nothing can top Jily. And before you start saying that Jegulus shippers are a minority, think again, almost every single new marauders fan, and old, ships Jegulus. Jegulus is about as common as Wolfstar I would say. Perchance.

Continuing on, I liked when Regulus was more cold, had self respect, didn't let his brothers friend walk all over him and turn into an uwu little boy. Regulus was raised better than that, he would of never let weakness show, after all he was the heir after Sirius left. Jegulus can never happen, unless you remove important events from history, then it's not so much Harry Potter as it is gay kids go to english high school, now, is it?

With Choices, sue me, I never read it. I read a bit, then gave up, SORRY!! But I cannot stand how Lily was treated, she was treated horribly by James, he loved Regulus, God knows why. He left Lily when she was 6 months pregnant to find Regulus, and then ASKED HIM TO COME BACK WITH HIM?! Yes, he was trying to save him, but dude, you gotta move on. The second you get into a committed relationship with someone, you cut ties with previous loves. Having a remnant of your past in your pocket at your wedding is PATHETIC. And I won't forget to blame Regulus, the homewrecking skank. Of course correct me if I'm wrong but Lily needed to STAND UP, but James needed to sit down. He needed to settle down with her, or not settle down at all. Choices was incredible, and the way the author wrote it so you felt sorry for, and loathed James was brilliant.

I'm going to wrap this extremely long rant up with talking about Gilderat. Started as a joke, now is a serious ship, who does that remind you of? I just can't anymore, ships that don't make sense drive me absolutely insane. Gilderat trying to be Jily, Jegulus trying to be Drarry, or Jily in some occasions. Wolfstar has been good so far, but I have several complaints about Remus, won't get into that. The erasure of Lily is insane. She was the smart academic weapon, it was always study because Remus and Lily would be proud, Remus and Lily were THE duo! Why is Remus best friends with Regulus? Why is Regulus THE academic weapon?! Theyre trying to fit Regulus into a place that was owned and ran far before he even existed.

I think this is far too long, and slightly pathetic of me to get so pissed about, again. no personal attacks, no telling people what to do, just a vent/discussion feel free to agree or disagree I dont know!

Edit: I just want to say one of the best posts that this was heavily inspired by This <- post, Read it, it's much better than mine. I just want to add a few things that I loved so much. Y'all like to find a romantic pairing for everything, every character MUST have a partner and it's sad. Marauders is about believe it or not, four boys who are best friends. That's it, it's called the Marauders for a reason. I don't want everything to be about ships when it was never about that! It's like how nowadays books are churned out to be 500 page smut stories with no real plot, (colleen hoover I'm looking at you) and lowkey Marauders is turning into a sad washed out booktok. Everything is so one dimensional, and Jegulus fans, NOT ALL OF YOU, but some of yoou I'm sorry to say you poisoned Wolfstar. I don't know how you could of possibly contaminated one of THE founding ships, but you guys have, anyways I might add some stuff later I'm not sure!

Edit.2: Nvm I'm back, reread the post I linked, and I have to agree, I wouldn't care about Jegulus if it didn't infest in every single hole that Marauders exists in. It's like there should be another fandom for post 2022 Marauders, which includes all their new ships, new characters and aus, whilst original Marauders has more canon compliant viewings, characters and ships. Thank yew!!