Nbythegreat - Tascheterz

Petunia abused Lily from day one. I'm not defending Lucius, but he never starved a child. Also "trying to kill Harry" thing was only in the movie because actor forgot the spell. He's just the lesser of the evils, just in child abuse thing. We don't know what Lucius did as a death eater, and we don't know what else Petunia did as a clearly racist coded person.

"Muggles" aren't oppressed it's actually the opposite "muggle-borns" are oppressed in retaliation unfortunately from both sides, this is explored in the books, if you read them, this is why even the Weasleys are purists who somehow likes muggles without even seeing one, and cutting ties with their squib family members, and wizards are colorblind. Them being white doesn't effect anything while Petunia being a white woman who hates everything that isn't like her affects the story. And she was what 30-40 while she was abusing Harry.

Black Brothers are interesting. Sirius is interesting. Regulus is somewhat interesting. Petunia isn't. Lily is the most interesting one. Explore her more please.

Petunia has nothing interesting about her. Nothing. She is still able to be a 2d villain with that much plot. She's on top of the food chain and she uses it. Calling a witch a "freak" and calling a muggle born "mudblood" are the same if freak is not worse.

i do find it inch resting how people frequently wax poetic about the black brothers' sibling dynamic but the evans sisters' sibling dynamic is given less attention. esp considering petunia and lily are both very present in the narrative, and part of one of the biggest themes of the series, but regulus is more a plot device for the horocruxes and to flesh out sirius' personality

i will say, the worst thing that happened in fandom was when shipping just became “i ship this bc it’s gonna be real” and not just “i ship this bc i think it’s a fun dynamic to explore idc what the writers are doing that’s not my business”

Thinking about obscurus Regulus. Dumbledore accepting him, and testing his theory on him. Giving him a place to belong. Like he did with Remus. And it working. The joy the grief.

But of course Regulus is not Remus, Credence or Ariana.

Then Regulus dying. Dumbledore giving a chance to Draco because he sees Regulus in him. I feel sorry for Dumbles for a hc' of mine.

But it also makes so much sense because I can't understand why a boy who would drink the worst poison in the whole series for his house elf to not suffer again would be okay with following people who kills and tortures muggles.

I ship them more with each other than anyone else tbh. I ship Pandora with Xeno and Dorcas, Mary with Marlene, James with Sirius and Barty with Evan.

They are becoming my OTP i fear.

I bet ppl that pit Reg and Lily against each other HATE to see me coming

Nah, because Petunia has 0 redeeming qualities. She's a child abuser. Even Lucius Malfoy is above her while Regulus is a redeemed child marytr. Sibling dynamics are actually worth exploring when one of them didn't starve others child. Petunia will always be a 2d villain, bragging about being normal, potentially not just about not having magic as a cis white, upper middle class woman.

However Narcissa/Bellatrix and Narcissa/Andromeda is worth exploring and that is misogyny I think.

i do find it inch resting how people frequently wax poetic about the black brothers' sibling dynamic but the evans sisters' sibling dynamic is given less attention. esp considering petunia and lily are both very present in the narrative, and part of one of the biggest themes of the series, but regulus is more a plot device for the horocruxes and to flesh out sirius' personality