The_Infamous_Jack
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I haven’t been involved the marauders fandom for a few years now, but after the UK’s Supreme Court ruling banning trans women from female spaces, I could not in good conscience leave my fanfiction up any longer. I had wanted it to simply fade into irrelevancy along with JKR’s works, but I realise deleting it is the only decent course of action. I don’t want some stupid fanfiction that I wrote as a teenager to encourage people to continue engaging with JKR’s works.
I don’t care about my past mentality, thinking that I could just make her characters queer as some sort of statement against her bigotry. The only meaningful protest against JK Rowling is to simply disengage with everything she’s written, and that includes taking down anything that associates itself with her writings. My fanfiction grew popular, and I am deeply sorry for that. My biggest regret is orphaning the fanfiction on Ao3 instead of deleting it completely, because no doubt it is still getting readers to this day. All I can do is minimise any damage going forward, and apologise for ever partaking in this fandom.
I can’t fix what I enabled, but I’m hoping to encourage others to turn away from her world entirely. I am a trans person living in the UK, and I deal with the consequences of JKR’s bigotry every single day. There is nothing in her works worth the harm she’s causing. There is no amount of changes to canon that can ever meaningfully fix the intrinsic bigotry that is written in her stories.
I’m sorry if this comes as a shock, but in my opinion, protecting trans people will always be the number one priority. I do not condone engaging with Harry Potter, even in a non-financial way, because relevancy is giving JKR the power to keep hurting minorities, and I do not condone my past self for even trying.
Please take this opportunity to check out UK charities such as Mermaids and Switchboard, which are helping to support trans people at an extremely scary time right now. Thank you ❤️
The_Infamous_Jack
I haven’t been involved the marauders fandom for a few years now, but after the UK’s Supreme Court ruling banning trans women from female spaces, I could not in good conscience leave my fanfiction up any longer. I had wanted it to simply fade into irrelevancy along with JKR’s works, but I realise deleting it is the only decent course of action. I don’t want some stupid fanfiction that I wrote as a teenager to encourage people to continue engaging with JKR’s works.
I don’t care about my past mentality, thinking that I could just make her characters queer as some sort of statement against her bigotry. The only meaningful protest against JK Rowling is to simply disengage with everything she’s written, and that includes taking down anything that associates itself with her writings. My fanfiction grew popular, and I am deeply sorry for that. My biggest regret is orphaning the fanfiction on Ao3 instead of deleting it completely, because no doubt it is still getting readers to this day. All I can do is minimise any damage going forward, and apologise for ever partaking in this fandom.
I can’t fix what I enabled, but I’m hoping to encourage others to turn away from her world entirely. I am a trans person living in the UK, and I deal with the consequences of JKR’s bigotry every single day. There is nothing in her works worth the harm she’s causing. There is no amount of changes to canon that can ever meaningfully fix the intrinsic bigotry that is written in her stories.
I’m sorry if this comes as a shock, but in my opinion, protecting trans people will always be the number one priority. I do not condone engaging with Harry Potter, even in a non-financial way, because relevancy is giving JKR the power to keep hurting minorities, and I do not condone my past self for even trying.
Please take this opportunity to check out UK charities such as Mermaids and Switchboard, which are helping to support trans people at an extremely scary time right now. Thank you ❤️
Your_local_qu33r
Hi, I just wanted to say I’m absolutely obsessed with your work. Boys will be bugs. It is absolutely one of my most favorite pieces of fanfiction or just literature in general it is absolutely amazing. You’re amazing. I mean, I like it even better than all the young dudes. My favorite piece of fan fiction is art heist, baby. This comes really, really close to beating it!
The_Infamous_Jack
@The_Real_SiriusBlack kdhakdjsk I cannot remember when they next kiss but it WILL happen I promise!!
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Your_local_qu33r
I’m on chapter 66 and I want to scream can they please just kiss again already?
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likeweeds
Hello, how are you ?
I don't know if you remember me i was a reader of Boys will be bugs when it first came out. (I would have prefer to send you a private messenger to ask you that but they doesn't exists anymore so... here i am).
I would like to translate Boys will be bugs in my native language, french, to give some people the opportunity to discover it (and improve my skills in english, as you can't see it's not perfect, sorry for that by the way). Would you allow me to ? I would say it is your story, of course.
Thank you for reading me, have a nice day !
likeweeds
Hello ! How are you ? (I doubt you ever see this message - this account seems inactive, but I don't have any other way to talk to you and I through I had to tell you about the translation thing considering you deleted the story) : I've translated the seventh first chapters and didn't have the time to do more. After a loooong break I noticed the story was not longer here and then I've read you main message about this fanfic, your opinion on JK Rowling, etc. So, I just wanted to tell you I stopped the translation ; if you don't want to be involved on Harry Potter things I don't have any reasons to continue to work on that. Even though I see things differently (I'm still in the fandom), I'm trans too and I'm disgusted by JK's views so I totally understand. I hate the world is becoming so hostile to trans people, I hate everybody hates us. But for what it's worth your story really helped me to feel less lonely, so thank you for writing it even though you probably don't like this story anymore. Well, I wish you a good continuation, have a nice day :)
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The_Infamous_Jack
@likeweeds absolutely, take your time with it and don’t stress if it gets too much! 132 chapters is a lot of work, so you can stop at any point. my instagram is @not_the_infamous_jack
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Wanttobebookwrom
How do you update your book so much, I always have at least three notifications from you updating boys will be bugs every time I check I need this type of motivation
The_Infamous_Jack
@Wanttobebookwrom naahh dw lol. I will admit, it’s nice being able to post regularly for once.
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The_Infamous_Jack
@Wanttobebookwrom lol i WISH i had that kind of motivation too tbh. Nah I’ve already finished the fic, so I’m just posting a few chapters per day so I don’t end up flooding people’s inboxes with an onslaught of chapters. When I was writing it, it took me anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to finish a chapter
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SnowCrabofTheDeep3
hi! how are u? also i claim ur message boards v card
SnowCrabofTheDeep3
I'm good. I'm glad I made you happy! My gf called me by he/him pronouns today (I'm pretty sure at least) so I'm really exited rn!
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The_Infamous_Jack
@SnowCrabofTheDeep3 hi! I’m great, just reading your comments! You’re the first to leave some on bwbb so I’m smiling like an idiot rn lol. How are you?
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