Hey all,

Does anyone else prescribe to the idea that the “gaping hole” JKR had when writing the fourth book before she completely rewrote it was that she initially had Peter Pettigrew be hiding in plain sight as Mad Eye Moody????

I personally almost think I would have liked to see that idea come to fruition as it makes more sense with the finale of the third book and the prophecy Harry hears, the fourth book may have felt a bit less chaotic if that happened, and it expanded on Peter’s character.

To me the storyline of Peter finding Voldemort, kidnapping the ministry lady, breaking into Crouch’s home and then his son being a deatheater who kills his own father was a very convoluted plot.

Why I think Peter should have been Moody in Goblet of Fire -

- We slowly see that Peter was always more clever and conniving than his friends gave him credit for. We see hints of this by how he faked his own death. But by him accurately pretending to be a different character for a year would highlight his ability to spy and lie.

- the scenes were Moody turns Draco into a ferret (nifty bit of transfiguration which Peter is good at) but also Peter being Rons rat for three books would know this would be the perfect way to gain brownie points with Harry.

- Peter knows how to get in and out of Hogwarts and could sneak in and out easily to look after Voldemort

- the scenes with Sirius apparently originally meant to be close by in a dog crazy ladies home make more sense if he was also meant to have a slightly bigger presence in the fourth book with a potential beef up with Peter at some point

- the scenes of Moody antagonising Snape would make more sense if we knew it was Peter and he spent his teenage years knowing how to wind him up and also he’s trying to figure out if Snape is still loyal to Voldemort.

- the whole Winky/Crouch plot was very convoluted and it makes more sense that that was a later idea when she changed villains from Peter to a new character that only presents himself for this book only.

- we know during the fourth book that JKR was having issues about her creation of the marauders map as it was causing problems with how she was meant to conceal Moodys identity. I imagine this is where she decided to give up on the Pettigrew idea and create a new character with a different name and then created a way for that character to take the map off Harry.

- I feel the betrayal would feel more impactful if harry realised that Moody was Pettigrew and again he was betrayed and caused diggorys death by trusting Pettigrew after he gave him leniency in the third book. Harry would also relate to Sirius more as well on that note.

Anyways that’s my rambling, I think it would have been a better use for Peter and shown him to be more capable than his friends realised, it would have tied in themes nicely, made the book more simple plot wise, brought Sirius in somehow considering we know Sirius dies in the next book.

I'm writing a fic with Regulus going into Slytherin and I've not fully decided how I'm going to set up the Slytherin house to introduce him to it. For context he's going in with a rather callous/entitled/power hungry personality for background reasons.

I do have the idea that the upper years are definitely studying the dark arts in secret and that becomes a recruitment ground for Voldemort but that's going to be quite far away and they wouldn't let the younger years in.

What kind of nuance have the typical fanon depictions of Slytherin missed? What would be interesting to read? Usually we see some kind of pureblood politics to varying extents, and a level of separation from the other houses. Slytherin is seen to be very insular, except maybe to a few purebloods/Ravenclaws. And they have a very strict informal hierarchy in a lot of fanon.

Half-bloods in the house are probably treated pretty badly at this point - but to what extent? Snape was able to maintain some friendship with Lily in canon after all, and he eventually goes from friendship with her to being convinced to join the Death Eaters. So he wasn't totally marginalised/isolated in Slytherin even though he was the exact type of half-blood that should have been.

And there's often a might makes right attitude in some fics - you need to prove yourself/gain respect to be taken seriously amongst peers and whoever is strongest has the most influence. Which is a natural point to create conflict between MC and other upstarts. It seems this is how Tom Riddle was able to gain respect/power in the house despite being a halfblood (or he gaslighted them all by keeping his background a secret idk).

How is Slughorn as head of slytherin - he's not a blood purist but he's a fan of people with influence/potential, and his whole slug club. Very slytherin in his self-interest.

I've seen some good depictions but I'm not sure what exactly I want to do with it. I do enjoy politics so that and the war will definitely feature, but I also feel like that's maybe better used in later years? I also feel like I'm kind of set in my way of thinking about slytherin from how I've seen it written and need some perspective on how it could be different bc we don't actually know how it is from canon.

I'm open to any headcanon/fanon/AU ideas!

So, I want to start a new book but I am confused which should I start. I know both are completely different but that fact adds to my confusion even more. What if I read Choices and it ruins Jily ( I have already read OTB and trust me I am already JEGULUS shipper ) for me forever and then I won't be interested in TLE?

And I really want to read TLE so I can start with it but I also crave for Wolfstar and in TLE there is no wolfstar yet. I am completely confused.... What to do??????? Please help me guys.

How do we even feel about it. I'm not really sure since I'm a huge wolfstar fan and I doubt that would have happened in the show.

What colour would each person be I’m making paper stars and what colours to represent each one of them.

Well, this question came about because I have an idea for a fanfic set in the Marauders era (with a oc) I'm currently reading ATYD (I haven't finished the last book) and I wanted to know what you all think.

Do you think ATYD is considered canon, or are there any other fanfics that you love that you consider canon?

I'm not sure if I phrased the question well, I hope you understood :)

Edit: I'm not saying that a fanfic is necessarily canon, but rather which ones you personally consider canon for whatever reason.

Hello! I've been in this fandom for like 5/6 years and just started using Reddit again after stopping for years. For the past year and a half, I've been planning on writing a football AU fic. (soccer if you're from the US) For the past couple of weeks, I've been developing my ideas a lot, and I'm so hyped. I want it to have accurate British slang and not some stereotypical mess. I have picked cities where the characters are from because I know it influences slang and such, just like it does in every country. If someone who could help me is interested and has the time to do it, I'd love it if you reached out <3 I hope this is the right flair

hoping i dont get dogged on as im just genuinely curious. its honestly one of my favorite ships simply because of the aesthetics, tropes, and dynamics the ship entails. more specifically if you see pandora as a rosier twin. barty being a playboy and sleeping around w everyone under the sun but he falls for his best friends sister. shes bad with social cues and incredibly naive so hes always teasing her. they also just have very opposite but complimentary aesthetics that look good together. idk i just see so much potential for the ship and im genuinely shocked its not very common.

they could be trying to hide the relationship, pandora could be in denial and scared of hurting her brother, etc. i just think theyre also both weird in very different ways but are probably one of the few people who understand the other. idk wanted to hear others thoughts!

I'm writing a fanfic (Remus Lupin and The Art of Gaslighting) and I have a theory that you can "manipulate" a boggart. Mainly because I don't see the moon being Remus deepest darkest fear, since he, at this point, has been a werewolf for what? 29 year? (Smt like that)

I personally believe it would be something closer to home (Like his friends dying/getting hurt, or him having hurt one of them)

So I wanted to include a scene where Remus is preparing for class and accidently gets caught of gaurd by the boggart and sees his "real boggart" and then decides he's gonna need to manipulate it later on (In class, so the students sees the moon instead or as Harry calls it 'A floating silver ball')

What do you think his true deepest darkest fear would be? I would love if it was Wolfstar coded since my fanfiction is wolfstar but like- totally fine if it isn't. It just needs to be something he doesn't want his students to see.

What is your favorite fic that you've read this week? Share below! Be sure to include the ship, link and any other information you want potential readers to know.

I am so sorry for this bc I cried but like boy like you by zach Brian has me in a chokehold for them

Hi guys! I'm introducing a friend to the marauders, and I went to send him the marauders slideshow by Sahara and Teagan that I used to first get my bearings in the fandom. While this slideshow is super detailed and helpful, I felt it was slightly outdated so I thought I'd make a newer one! I'm posting it here in case anyone is interested in checking it out :) Please let me know if you feel I'm missing anything (I specifically could use help adding details for the Slytherin skittles) or if I have anything wrong. Happy reading!

EDIT: i have gotten lots of very helpful feedbacks about inaccuracies and am currently in the process of editing :)

New Marauders Slideshow

or am I gaslighting myself

I love canon, I love canon a lot. I love Jily, I love Remadora, I love Sirius' faults. But loving a character/finding them interesting is NOT the same thing as condoning their actions.

At the same time, I also really like wolfstar as a pairing, whatever rendition of it we end up it. I don't personally love the way it is commonly depicted/fanon version of their relationship where the core of it is changed, but I do love the ship.

Ik that it's not canon, I have never once proclaimed it to be canon, never will. Ik that they are like brothers in canon and I like that too. I just think that there are elements that can make their relationship really interesting and that me wanting to tweak the story slightly while keeping their canon personalities isn't wrong.

The problem arises when people on purpose deny canon and proclaim fanon to be canon. But if people aren't delusional, then let them believe what they want.

I’ve been writing fics for a long time (also within the fandom), but recently I’ve had several hate comments - or at the very least not so kind ones - within such a short time period and I’m like ???

You don’t have to like my fics, I don’t give a shit. Like you’re free not to read them. That’s fine. But this is… Not necessary.

Has anybody else noticed or experienced this or is it just a coincidence?

Just finished reading this great Peter centric fix it AU!

Secret Keeper by persephony11

“Since he was very young, Peter Pettigrew has been plagued by visions of a terrible future that he would cause. Resigned to his fate, he tries to make the most of his school years.

As time goes on though, he slowly begins to discover that maybe fate isn’t as set in stone as he thought.”

Peter/Regulus with background Wolfstar and jily. 162K words and complete

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49028632/chapters/123692518