one of my favorite tropes is ‘villain with at least some principles meets rival young annoying version of themselves without principles, and it pisses them off enough to become the hero of the story’
or: some of you fundamentally misunderstand ao3 and it really, really shows
i was talking about this with a friend a few days ago and since then i’ve seen multiple posts of various sorts that have just made me think about it more, so. here is me breaking down a disconnect i see particularly with younger members of the marauders fandom (i say marauders specifically just bc that’s the only one i’m plugged into):
