InsaneJournal

Marauders! is an AU based on the idea that canon happened, but everybody lived. Maybe with some physical or psychological damage, but the Potters survived Voldemort, Sirius didn't go to prison, the Lestranges were caught before they drove the Longbottoms insane, Dumbledore is still a manipulative bastard but he got shit done much more quickly than in canon, etc. If you can make a case for their survival, almost* any Marauders-era character (who is out of Hogwarts in 1987) can be applied for. We might deal with the Death Eaters/Voldemort eventually, but I really just wanted a fun, 1980s sandbox to play in and I hope others do to. I want this to be a collaborative effort between writers, so while I have a couple ideas to get us started, a lot will depend on the people who decide they might like to add a sand sculpture or two to this sandbox. Let's just call this a writing experiment, and see where we go.

*Regulus Black still died in the cave, but he told Kreacher to trust Sirius so the Order knew about the Horcrux. Speculation as to Regulus' motives for getting the truth to Sirius abounds, but most agree he wanted to go down in history as being just as heroic as his brother; Peter had a change of heart and died rather than betray his friends, and the Lestranges are in Azkaban. But other than that, go crazy 'fixing' canon.

WANTED: Rita Skeeter, Alice and Frank Longbottom, Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Hestia Jones, Former 'reformed' Death Eaters, Order members, Aurors, business owers, Quidditch players