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 don't know if you remember me or not it is truly an amazing thing what you're doing and how strong you are to go through what you're going through in the UK right now, As an American queer teen I understand part of what you're going through and I think it's admirable how strong you are and I just want you to know that I'm here for you if you need someone

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 !

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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likeweeds

Thank you so much ! i'll do that soon then (maybe not too soon haha, 132 chapter is a lot of work you probably know that better than anyone) and okay, i may will appear in your instagram dms :)) (thank you again)
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The_Infamous_Jack

@likeweeds Yes, of course! You can translate it! I really appreciate the offer thank you <33 If you can have instagram my dms are open there, if you need to ask anything else
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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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Wanttobebookwrom

I’m so dumb I should’ve thought of that
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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

The_Infamous_Jack

@SnowCrabofTheDeep3 omg that’s awesome, I’m so happy for u!
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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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