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bellwood-qudditch · 8 months
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Lucretia Prewett nèe Black
Faceclaim: Natalia Dyer
“Married to Ignatius Prewett, daughter to Melania and Arcturus Black III and the older sister of Orion Black. Also the aunt to Sirius Black III and Regulus Black II”
April 19th, 1925–August 9th, 1992
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artemisia-black · 1 year
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@abihastastybeans here is my Apple Chutney piece :D
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izzythehutt · 2 months
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Did Melania have to teach Walburga how to be the Mistress of the House of Black? It’s amusing to imagine Walburga teaching Colette her future responsibilities :) I also love the passing down of Hesper Black’s pearl ring from 1 matriarch of the family to another.
Melania tried to, but she was a little intimidated by her charge. I think Walburga would take to the role a little more naturally, tbh....
That ring will be coming back into the story!
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Supernova Family Tree
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I got a comment on Supernova, asking for a family tree. it turns out that creating a family tree on a computer is a lot harder than I thought it would be! Also, I went back and forth on ages, so forgive me if the dates don't perfectly line up with canon (I had to change them around for some obvious points, like Pollux and Cygnus becoming fathers at 13 based on JKR's tree).
Below you'll find the text version of the tree. I hope this helps for any of you following this Tedromeda (and soon to be Remadora) angst fest! As the story goes on and more characters are added, I'll add them to the list, but this one should be good for the time being.
Phineas Nigellus Black* (1837) m. Ursula Flint (1847) Sirius Black* (1868) m. Hesper Gamp (1870) Phineas Black (1869) - disowned Cygnus Black (1871) m. Violetta Bulstrode (1880) Belvina Black (1874) m. Herbert Burke (1869) Arcturus Black (1877) m. Lysandra Yaxley (1884)
Sirius Black* (1868) m. Hesper Gamp (1870) Arcturus Black* (1891) m. Melania Macmillan (1893) Lycoris Black (1894) - no data in Black Family Tree on HP Lexicon Regulus Black (1896) - no data
Arcturus Black* (1891) m. Melania Macmillan (1893) Lucretia Black (1925) m. Ignatius Prewett Orion Black* (1926) m. Walburga Black (1925)
Orion Black* (1926) m. Walburga Black (1925) Sirius Black* (1959) Regulus Black (1961)
Cygnus Black (1871) m. Violetta Bulstrode (1880) Pollux Black (1900) m. Irma Crabbe (1905) Cassiopeia Black (1903) - no data in BFT Marius Black (1910) - disowned Dorea Black (1920) m. Charlus Potter
Pollux Black (1900) m. Irma Crabbe (1905) Walburga Black (1925) m. Orion Black* (1926) Cygnus Black (1927) m. Druella Rosier (1927) Andromeda Black (1941) m. Byron Travers (1924)
Cygnus Black (1927) m. Druella Rosier (1927) Bellatrix Black (1950) m. Rodolphus Lestrange (1943) Alphard Black (1953) Narcissa Black (1955) m. Lucius Malfoy (1954)
Andromeda Black (1941) (ex w/ Edward “Ted” Tonks (1940)) m. Byron Travers (1924) Nymphadora Travers (1960)
Malvolio Travers (1895) m. Cressida Rowle (1901) Byron Travers (1924) m. Freya Nott (1925-1958) Malcolm Travers (1948) Claudius Travers (1949)
Joseph Tonks (1919-1957) m. Elizabeth “Elsie” Flanagan (1920) Edward “Ted” Tonks (1940) (ex w/ Andromeda Black (1941) Nymphadora Travers (1960)
*refers to oldest son/heir
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birlwrites · 5 months
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I absolutely love all the lore you created around the Black family and really hope we'll get to see more interactions with the older generation (Cygnus, Alphard etc).
Though I've noticed that besides a single mention in ttdl Lucretia isn't really present. I would love to know how does the Black family actually go about her in ttdl universe since she's not disowned but also married Ignatius Prewett, so what seems to be a fairly Light and pro-Dumbledore family. Also you've mentioned how Regulus would spend time with Cygnus as a kid, so would the same be true for Lucretia? She is his father's sister so a fairly close family after all.
*laughs awkwardly in 'sometimes filling in everything i don't remember with headcanons means the blacks are related to each other in slightly different ways from whatever the hell is canon'*
i feel the need to state that i read the harry potter series like, 14-15 times in elementary school, with a few rereads later on, and have read a lot of fanfiction, but i've never in my life consulted a wiki or really engaged with extra content/canon. so very specific things are burned into my brain, but don't expect full accuracy to canon, between that and the fact that i do just change things sometimes if i think something will work better for my story
ok now that we've gotten that over with, lucretia is regulus's great-aunt in atfhv! this is very important to contextualize her marriage to ignatius prewett because it was not long after her brother arcturus married melania macmillan, in the mid-1930s. (arcturus and melania got married in 1936 and i haven't come up with a specific year for lucretia and ignatius)
this was a high point for house black's friendliness with non-dark families, in which the weasleys were mainly looked down upon for being poor and not so much for being accepting of muggleborns (although, to be clear, house black never reached that point, and house macmillan was and is really socially moderate, as opposed to progressive. house prewett is a little further down that spectrum, but was still in house black's acceptable range, especially as lucretia was marrying out instead of bringing a new person in
ignatius is lord prewett, but in the BCU (this is why the phrase 'birl's cinematic universe' exists LMAO), he and lucretia never have kids. the lordship passes to ignatius's brother after his death, who is molly and fabian and gideon's father
(timeline on that - ignatius is born mid-late 1910s, his brother early 1920s. molly, the eldest, is born in 1956, and fabian and gideon 3 years later. i have most of house black getting married and having kids very young - walburga's actually one of the older ones when she gets married, at 22 - so someone not having kids until their 30s is how house prewett kind of skips a generation compared to the blacks)
all that means that lucretia, as lady prewett, has all the social affairs of house prewett to manage, so she's not as around as most of regulus's family is (cassiopeia, having never married, is around more)
it also means that once either ignatius or lucretia dies, but especially once they both die, the black-prewett alliance is dead in the water, b/c there are no kids and also house black is pulling away from families like the prewetts so they're not going to want to keep up relations
so regulus certainly knows lucretia, and lucretia and walburga will meet up for tea and such, but lucretia wasn't at black manor over the summers, which is where regulus really spent time with and got to know most of his extended family. that being said, she is still accepted among them, she's just not there a lot. kind of like if most of your family lives in roughly the same area and then you have one family member who lives a plane flight away, but emotionally instead of physically
oh also agjhkghlsjkdf i just remembered a conversation i had w my friend about regulus and lucretia that i'm going to make ttdl canon now because i think it's amusing - so, regulus picks up other people's mannerisms like a crow picking up shiny objects, right? he ESPECIALLY did this when he was little. like it was something he did (and does) on purpose, watching people for cool/clever things they do and then copying them
at one point when he was 5 or so, they were having dinner and lucretia was there, and she like. spun her spoon in her hand at one point, and regulus (like, all the way at the other side of the table) tried it, couldn't do it, dropped his spoon, and was mad at her for months. how dare she do something regulus couldn't copy. clearly it was a Cruel Trick (lucretia didn't even know he was watching)
but yeah lucretia isn't very present compared to most of regulus's family, and she never has been in regulus's lifetime, so even though she's as closely related to him as cassiopeia and alphard are, cassiopeia and alphard Feel more closely related
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dhr-ao3 · 1 year
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Twisted | HP
Twisted | HP https://ift.tt/fRQ0VHE by Kashmira_Writes 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 (𝚊𝚍𝚓) --------𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝.   𝖯𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝖭𝗂𝗀𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗎𝗌 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿   ❝ ᴍʏ ᴍɪɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴀᴄʜɪʟʟᴇꜱ ʜᴇᴇʟ ❞   In which, the marauders era and pureblood houses watch the lives of Antares Melania Black and Harry James Potter and see the horrors they have faced   OR   In which, the past has been given a golden opportunity to correct their mistakes and make things right.   _________________ a harry potter/ marauders era fix-it with classic watching and reacting trope a little more centered towards pureblood politics, dark magic, dark faction houses, forbidden love with happy endings and fucked up family dynamics. Words: 1043, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, marauders- Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Other Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Orion Black, Walburga Black, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Andromeda Black Tonks, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Abraxas Malfoy, Ted Tonks, Rabastan Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Lucien Lestrange, Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather, Melania Macmillan Black, Pollux Black, Cassiopeia Black, Alphard Black, Black Family (Harry Potter), Marauders (Harry Potter), Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Evan Rosier, Amelia Bones, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Regulus Black/Original Female Character(s), Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter/Original Female Character(s), Orion Black/Walburga Black, Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather/Melania Macmillan Black, Rabastan Lestrange/Original Female Character(s), Black family & therapy, Better yet - Relationship, this author& therapy Additional Tags: Regulus Black In Love, with a muggle, Glacia Black is a literal ray of sunshine, Sunshine character/grumpy character, yeah that's them, Sirius Black is So Whipped, for his werewolf bestie, Remus Lupin is Bad at Feelings, Remus Lupin Needs a Hug, Don't worry sirius will give it to him...and maybe even more, Bellatrix has mommy and daddy issues, Andromeda just has daddy issues, Sirius black is a issue, Nah Sirius got mommy issues, But so does glacia, Black Family Drama (Harry Potter), Black Family-centric (Harry Potter), Dysfunctional Black Family (Harry Potter), Sirius Black/Remus Lupin In Love, yeah there is chaos, so much chaos but i'm adding more chaos, Rabastan Lestrage/ muggle born witch, Lestrange Sr. lives for drama, Abraxes Malfoy lives for scheming and money, Arcturus Black just lives to solve his family drama, Everybody in Black family got some kind of issues, but they get solved, so does their magical racism, Character Development, Glacia Black is the glue of the Black family via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/UZpbGwM May 02, 2023 at 10:12AM
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theturnerfamily · 2 years
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LUCRETIA
( 201 Jahre ) - optisch natürlich jung möglich!
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• Ex-Ehefrau von Tyler Turner
• Tochter von Arcturus Black III
• Tochter von Melania Macmillan
• Mutter von Lucâs Black-Turner
• Mutter von Francesco Black-Turner
• große Schwester von Orion Black
• Oma von Damian DeSalvó
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fugamalefica · 2 years
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Do you have any thoughts about Orion's branch of the Black Family? They're often portrayed as less zealous pure-blood bigots than Walburga's side (probably because Melania was a Macmillan by birth and Lucretia married Ignatius Prewett), the ones more likely to get cold feet as they realised just how far LV was prepared to go, which I think is quite a fair assumption. Do you agree? (I know this is probs a very niche/minuscule part of the fandom to do an ask on lol)
Hmm, I have actually seen the opposite.
I think it does make sense for sure but personally I see them at almost equal level of zeal. Macmillans and Prewetts were still Purebloods and in the Sacred 28 but they became blood traitors. Perhaps this is before that.
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ao3feed-drastoria · 1 month
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Potter Clan's Vengeance
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/0FTZIW7 by black__dragon Thomas potter is the "Boy-Who-Lived." His fame and future named by the beloved wizard of the light, Albus Dumbledore. But what happens if he made a mistake? Harry/Hadrian Potter was pushed into the background ever since Albus Dumbledore made the declaration that his twin brother was the one who defeated the infamous Lord Voldemort. He was ignored and forgotten by his friends, his family, and the world. But he's not alone. With the help of his grandfather Charlus Potter, he learns of his family's rich history, both the prideful and the painful. Starting from the beginning of Harry's life through all his years of Hogwarts, he dives deeper into the Potter clan's history, the cracks within the Wizarding World, and most of all, smart and powerful wizards that made innovations beyond their times. Throughout it all, he finds that his destiny has been set forth by his ancestors centuries before his time. Will he follow the path set before him, or will he forge things his way and follow what he thinks is right. Words: 39142, Chapters: 10/64, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Harry Potter, Daphne Greengrass, Charlus Potter, Dorea Black Potter, Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather, Sirius Black, Marlene McKinnon, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Astoria Greengrass, Draco Malfoy, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Tracey Davis (Harry Potter), Remus Lupin, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lord Potter - Character, Potter clan Relationships: Daphne Greengrass/Harry Potter, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Charlus Potter/Dorea Black Potter, Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather/Melania Macmillan Black, Sirius Black/Marlene McKinnon, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/0FTZIW7
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Evil Author Day 2024
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Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Power Rangers, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Apprentice Series - Jude Watson & Dave Wolverton, Firefly (TV 2002), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos, CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kaylee Frye/Simon Tam, Hoban "Wash" Washburne/Zoë Washburne, Clone Trooper Boil/Clone Trooper Waxer (Star Wars), Arcturus Black/Melania Black, Sirius Black/Dorcas Meadowes, Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather & Sirius Black
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Quinlan Vos, CC-2224 | Cody, Alpha-17 (Star Wars), Vhonte Tervho, Mij Gilamar, Ursa Wren, CC-1010 | Fox, CC-3636 | Wolffe, CC-5052 | Bly, Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Cin Drallig, Feemor (Star Wars), Tahl (Star Wars), Tholme (Star Wars), Reva Sevander | Third Sister, Malcolm Reynolds, Zoë Washburne, Simon Tam, River Tam, Kaylee Frye, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Barriss Offee, CT-7567 | Rex, Luminara Unduli, Clone Trooper Crys (Star Wars), Clone Trooper Wooley (Star Wars), Clone Trooper Boil (Star Wars), Clone Trooper Waxer (Star Wars), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Arcturus Black III | Sirius Black's Grandfather, Melania Macmillan Black, Sirius Black, Lucretia Black Prewett
Additional Tags: Force Ghost Obi-Wan Kenobi, Planet Melida | Daan (Star Wars), Jedi Culture & Customs (Star Wars), Rule 63, Qui-Gon Jinn Bashing, Order 66 Fix-It (Star Wars), POV Outsider, Clone Troopers Are Not Clones, Mandalorian Culture & Customs (Star Wars), Mandalorian Clone Troopers (Star Wars), Post-100 Year War (Avatar TV), Dimension Travel, Child Abuse, Abusive Walburga Black, Bad Parent Orion Black, Evil Author Day
Series: Part 2 of Evil Author Day
Summary:
Snippets of projects that I'm working on for 2024.
See below for my fanart and casting choices:
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lovelymaryj-recs · 3 months
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Female Regulus Black/James Potter
Characters: Regulus Black, James Potter, Sirius Black, Walburga Black, Dorea Black Potter, Portrait Phineas Nigellus Black, Melania Macmillan Black, Balbine Lestrange
Additional Tags: Female Regulus Black, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Marauders Era (Harry Potter), Regulus Black-centric, Sirius Black & James Potter Friendship, Sirius Black is Sirius Black, Mutual Pining, Pureblood Culture (Harry Potter), Pureblood Society (Harry Potter), The Potter Heart, Potters Are Potters, Fanart
Series: Part 8 of Scattered Gems
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Regina Black was tired from smothering her aggressive spirit and doing as she was told. Maybe it was time to show valiant resistance and embrace the Black will.
【Fem!Regulus Black x James Potter】
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can i still tag jegulus even tho reggie is genderbent?? i can, right? anways, nobody kill me
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bellwood-qudditch · 4 months
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Arcturus Black III
Faceclaim: don’t know
“The husband to Melania MacMillan, father to Orion Black and Lucretia Prewett. Son of Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp.”
May 19th, 1901–November 30th, 1969
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artemisia-black · 5 months
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Chapter 14 notes
Because I adore this story with my whole heart and wrote this chapter in a feral three day blitz and have massive Pietas brain rot, here are some of my notes:
Melania Macmillan- she is increasingly seeming like the glue that held the family together. She curbed Arcturus's excesses and taught both Sirius and Orion to look for their stars when they were upset. I also added the parallel of Arcturus tending her plants just like Sirius tried to at Grimmauld (they both loved her so much but can't express it in a healthy way).
Arcturus and his trauma- He is deeply affected by the chaos of troubled childhood and is therefore very strict and harsh on those around him. He is also massively projecting his father onto Sirius.
Dalia- she was not cut out for motherhood and while her husband wasn't unkind to her, there is some truth in what she wrote. Also she does love her daughter (in her own way).
The rivalry between Otto and Darcy was supposed to be a mirror to Regulus and Sirius- albeit one that is kept in check by their 'mother'.
The way Aeliana is hesitant but not afraid to speak with Leone is a contrast to how Regulus suppresses his emotions when speaking with Orion. Also Leone has a fully thought-out plan about how he would flay Sirius alive (do I find the unhinged protectiveness hot?..........)
Regulus tangling his thoughts about Aeliana with Walburga- I wonder what he's really jealous of.
Sirius is that mix of vulnerable and cocky - also, he would totally create art if he set his mind to becoming a poet.
Neither of the teenagers is thinking in this chapter and I enjoyed using the symbol of sweat-soaked sheets and the different forms of media they were drawing from in their dreams (Aeliana = her smutty romance books and Sirius= his stolen magazines).
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izzythehutt · 8 months
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Do you think Arctrurus loved his late wife?cause u heavily imply itin ur story…
In as much as he's capable, yes, I think he did. He certainly wasn't that good at showing it, though I think she understood that wasn't his way, to a degree.
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Supernova Family Tree
I got a comment on Supernova asking for a family tree. I couldn't include everyone, but this is a good start for the central characters of the story. In this AU, the timeline changes where I swap Andromeda for Alphard. I messed around with some of the other birth dates for the Black family tree, esp. Cygnus and Pollux.
Please note that I had to change quite a few dates - JKR is bad at math (among other things) - and I had to shift around a lot of the older Black generations, because the Black Family Tree in the HP Lexicon shows Pollux and Cygnus both having their children when they're 13 years old. My dates are reflected to change both the AU and having more reasonable birthdays for people to become parents. I'll draw or make a proper family tree sometime - the best I've got is scribbles on a piece of paper! These dates can be found in the notes for chapter 2.
Phineas Nigellus Black* (1837) m. Ursula Flint (1847) Sirius Black* (1868) m. Hesper Gamp (1870) Phineas Black (1869) - disowned Cygnus Black (1871) m. Violetta Bulstrode (1880) Belvina Black (1874) m. Herbert Burke (1869) Arcturus Black (1877) m. Lysandra Yaxley (1884)
Sirius Black* (1868) m. Hesper Gamp (1870) Arcturus Black* (1891) m. Melania Macmillan (1893) Lycoris Black (1894) - no data in Black Family Tree on HP Lexicon Regulus Black (1896) - no data
Arcturus Black* (1891) m. Melania Macmillan (1893) Lucretia Black (1925) m. Ignatius Prewett Orion Black* (1926) m. Walburga Black (1925)
Orion Black* (1926) m. Walburga Black (1925) Sirius Black* (1959) Regulus Black (1961)
Cygnus Black (1871) m. Violetta Bulstrode (1880) Pollux Black (1900) m. Irma Crabbe (1905) Cassiopeia Black (1903) - no data in BFT Marius Black (1910) - disowned Dorea Black (1920) m. Charlus Potter
Pollux Black (1900) m. Irma Crabbe (1905) Walburga Black (1925) m. Orion Black* (1926) Cygnus Black (1927) m. Druella Rosier (1927) Andromeda Black (1941) m. Byron Travers (1924)
Cygnus Black (1927) m. Druella Rosier (1927) Bellatrix Black (1950) m. Rodolphus Lestrange (1943) Alphard Black (1953) Narcissa Black (1955) m. Lucius Malfoy (1954)
Andromeda Black (1941) (ex w/ Edward “Ted” Tonks (1940)) m. Byron Travers (1924) Nymphadora Travers (1960)
Malvolio Travers (1895) m. Cressida Rowle (1901) Byron Travers (1924) m. Freya Nott (1925-1958) Malcolm Travers (1948) Claudius Travers (1949)
Joseph Tonks (1919-1957) m. Elizabeth “Elsie” Flanagan (1920) Edward “Ted” Tonks (1940) (ex w/ Andromeda Black (1941) Nymphadora Travers (1960)
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unspeakable3 · 3 years
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When did Melania and Irma die? Did they outlive their husbands or not? If not, are either of them still alive as of the Second War like some distant matriarch who had to get away from her descendants messing up the family and living in blissful retirement?
Hi Anon, thanks for the Qs!
The canon(ish) Black Family Tree unfortunately doesn’t have birth or death dates for people who married into the family, so this is pure speculation and headcanon, but:
Lately I’m leaning towards Melania dying during the first war, at least a decade before Arcturus. I’m currently writing a Regulus-centric canon-compliant fic about this period and Melania’s death will be a real blow to the family, and to Regulus and Sirius in particular - she’s a steady, calming force, a good influence, and without her presence family gatherings descend into provocation and arguments much more quickly. 
My headcanons are much less firm when it comes to Irma, but I like the idea that she stubbornly outlives Pollux and all her children. I imagine her to be very like her daughter Walburga - headstrong, confrontational, controlling - and I can’t decide whether I prefer her to stick around with the Blacks and be a thorn in Narcissa’s side throughout Draco’s youth (perhaps she is the reason Draco, Crabbe and Goyle are ‘friends’?), or whether she should escape into ‘blissful retirement’, as you put it! Perhaps there’s the equivalent of a retirement home for stubborn old witches where she can live out the rest of her days tutting at and muttering about her scattered family.
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