All the Young Dudes

by MsKingBean89

A Harry Potter fanfiction, detailing the lives of the Marauders throughout their schooling, told through Remus Lupin.

Genres: Fantasy, Fan Fiction, Romance, LGBT, Queer, Fiction, Harry Potter

1799 pages, ebook

First published November 12, 2018

About the author

MsKingBean89 is the author of a Harry Potter Marauders era fanfiction All the Young Dudes. As of 2021, they have removed all their non-HP works from their AO3 profile, as well as links to social media profiles. The fic summary states they're also not reading comments anymore.

Reviews

[Marjolein Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

bit rude of jkr to plagiarise these characters and put them in her books without giving credit but considering she's a terf i wouldnt have expected anything else.

in all seriousness, marlene and mary are now the best characters to have ever lived in the hp universe and there will always be a part of my heart bleeding for both of them. i also refuse to acknowledge anything that happens after this fic, and remus and sirius are still chilling in their little flat with their records and their books and their cups of teas and harry pops by every weekend and sirius cries when harry names his first born after him, and remus cries when harry decides to give his second son a normal name (his name will be fred remus potter you can't convince me otherwise) and then when lily luna is born they both cry because she looks so much like the og lily and then remus resumes his teaching position at the school and sirius sells the black home and uses the money to buy a lil cottage for him and remus in hogsmeade and I'm getting carried away i just want all of them to be happy

[lara]

i don't usually add fanfics to my reading challenge but this was 526k words (like double the length of the priory of the orange tree lmao) so i feel like its deserved. fuck jk rowling but mskingbean89 wrote a masterpiece and i'm still recovering from the pain.

[Ilhaam · Rating 5 out of 5]

REMUS WAS GRANT’S LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC AND NO ONE TOLD HIM WHEN REMUS DIED. HE SPENT YEARS HELPING HIM HEAL AND HE STILL LEFT BECAUSE HE KNEW REMUS WOULD ALWAYS WANT SIRIUS FIRST. NO THOUGHTS ONLY PAIN

[Fae · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know what, when I read a fic that has over 520k words, I'm going to count it towards my Goodreads goal 😂
Literally the best Marauders fic I've ever read.

[Elizabeth (Lizzy) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first Wolfstar fic I’ve ever read and I think it has ruined me. I literally can’t stop thinking about it and in my head this is canon.

[Evie · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was the length of war and peace so it counts ok

[Zoë · Rating 5 out of 5]

im sorry but this is better than harry potter - a harry potter fan since birth

coming back to remind everyone to read this masterpiece

I honestly did not want to mark this as done because then this chapter in my life would be over and I don't want that. This book was so beautifully written and the end.......literal tears streamed down my face I was not okay. MsKingBean89 you amazing human I love you.

I am now crying over the phone to my best friend who has never read harry potter in her life about this. She is trying her best to calm me but to no avail, I need someone who has read this to talk to me about it I am broken.

This review is just a jumbled mess because that is what I am right now. I will probably come back someday to fix it but at the moment all I want to say is Lily and James didn't even get to say goodbye to Remus and Marlene.......Marlene, it hurts and now I'm crying again. This is not okay and this is the best book I will ever read idc that it is a fanfic I love it too much.

edit my best friend has read this!! SHE MADE US MATCHING MOONY AND PADFOOT BRACELETS 🥹😭😭. I FEEL SO LOVED. but anways the point is get you a bsf that loves atyd it makes life 100x more enjoyable!

[Thea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than most books I've read. This one HURT and made me laugh out loud. Anything for our moony is the reason I need therapy.

[- · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as I’m concerned, this is neither a fanfiction nor a prequel. It’s the main thing.

[Jensen Werley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is better than anything the original series author wrote, truly. It perfectly fits into the world of Harry Potter while being a better exploration of love, trauma, grief and growth. The characters are rich and lifelike, and the relationships are ones I’ll be thinking about for a long time. People might think fanfiction is silly, but when it’s as good as this, it deserves some respect. Incredible.

[lila · Rating 4 out of 5]

[4 ★]

“i loved you, and you left me with nothing, do you understand?”

i think i’ll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky

[zyth ༄ ‧₊˚]

giggling and blushing while reading about fictional dead gay wizards from the 70s. what has my life become? 😕😻

[ayşe · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is my A Little Life

[Essi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, I’m one hundred percent not ashamed to count this as a serious read. The quality of this fic is inconceivable, I’m still at a loss for words. I really tried to think of something intellectual or analytical to say but I don’t think I can. This is a journey you must face by yourself and I wholeheartedly recommend you to do it. You will experience so much pain, sorrow and anger but even more love, joy and happiness. Every single detail in this story is breathtakingly beautiful. Even after 188 chapters I was not ready to let go of these people I had grown to love so much. Still, the ending was everything and more. I doubt any marauder fic I read from now on will be able to top this. Utterly marvellous.

(P.S. I’m still in pain. Ouch.)

(P.P.S. I love Grant so much it’s ridiculous)

[Nienna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than all the Harry Potter books

[zahra · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes, i am crying over fictional gay 60 year old wizards that are all six feet under.

[₊ ˚ ale ࿓ ♡ ⋆｡˚]

i keep hearing about this fic, so, why not? i need something to break me like a promise.

[Layla]

gonna read this just cuz people think taylor swift wrote it

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

i spent 5 days reading 188 chapters and 527k words i think i deserve to log this towards my goal. also my heart hurts

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

People are coping with COVID-19 in all kinds of ways. One of mine has been fanfiction - I've read many times more fanfiction in the past two months than in my entire life before that. Returning to familiar characters, in beloved worlds, is a comfort in this time of uncertainty. I especially like fics that are canon or near-canon and expand my perspective of the world beyond the main story. All the Young Dudes fits that description perfectly. It is a 526k word epic charting the Marauders' lives from their first year of Hogwarts to the summer between GoF and OotP, from Remus Lupin's point of view. Even though I've read a couple of other long-ish fics focusing on these characters, none has had this grand sweep where you really get to see them grow up, become friends, fall in love, and struggle with all the pain of a wizarding world at war. These characters are so rich and real, and I both laughed out loud and cried.

Now, because this is a near-canon Marauders fic (HP series spoilers)even the highest moments of joy break your heart a bit, because you know there is way too much death and sadness coming for these characters. (Fic spoiler) The War chapters are particularly dark. Content warnings for violence, major character death, child abuse, smoking/drugs, substance dependence, and sex, (and possibly more I've missed) although none of it was gratuitous in my opinion. It just felt real.

If you haven't read a lot of fanfiction before, you might also want to know that this fic focuses a lot on the romantic relationship between (technically a spoiler, except that it's prominent in the tags and fic description) Sirius and Remus. This is literally the second most written ship in the Harry Potter fandom, though, and practically canon. If you want a more focused introduction to this pairing before committing to 526k words, try the famous The Shoebox Project. This fic does start earlier and end later, though, giving even more depth to their relationship.

Highly recommended to adult fans of Harry Potter who want to go beyond the original series.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I haven't always been fair to you." "You've been fine."

[Ava Trueworthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

i have no words. i don’t know how to describe the experience that was reading this fanfic (book, honestly). i never really understood what people meant when they said “i would give anything to read this again for the first time” but now? I GET IT. i would give ANYTHING to read this again for the first time. (just the hogwarts years though the last part of this book was the most painful thing i’ve ever read)

[Leanne;; · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is canon idc

[Anni · Rating 5 out of 5]

loads of tears. no regrets.

[anmol · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I loved you, and you left me with nothing, do you understand?”

i don't think i'm gonna forget this fic anytime soon. getting back into the world of harry potter and marauders especially was nothing short of magical. atyd is already such a beautiful fic and when u add nostalgia to the mix, it just made it more, so much special to me.

I’ve loved keeping your secret, Remus wanted to say, I’d keep a thousand more, for you.

remus lupin. my remu. my moony. my lovely lovely baby. i love him sm. i laughed when he laughed and i cried when he cried. i already loved him sfm and i didn't think it would be possible but watching him literally grow up in front of me in this fic just made me love him sm more.

i won't lie, it did get a little hard for me to get into it first bc remus was kinda ooc but i also understand why he was the way he was in this fic based on his backstory. so it was fine. plus he was so relatable he had me crying 😭

some of the decisions he took made me want to bang my head against a wall but again, the author did such a great job in showing us his emotions that i couldn't hate him or his actions. can you even hate remus lupin?

Years later, Remus would always remember thinking in that moment that Sirius Black must be the bravest boy in the world.

if sirius black has a million fans, then i'm one of them. if sirius black has ten fans, i'm one of them. if sirius black has one fan, that's me. if sirius fan has zero fans, then i'm died dead. if the world is against sirius black, then i'm against the world. deadass.

sirius black can do no wrong and i refuse to believe otherwise. 👍🏻 he's so precious i just wanna bubble wrap him and keep him in my pocket forever 😭❤️‍🩹

everyone deserves a friend like sirius in their lives. and i also loved how he loved remus sm and the way you could clearly see that despite this fic being in remus' pov 99.99% of time. he has my whole fucking heart istg.

“Was it scary? Was I scary?” He had no idea what he looked like in wolf form.
Sirius’s expression did not flicker.
“No.” He said, firmly. “You were beautiful.”

ydk hm i cried reading this fic while listening to hozier. that god of a man literally writes every song for wolfstar. literally

they're so "i know who i am, when i'm alone. i'm something else when i see you." , "my life was a storm since i was born, how could i fear any hurricane?" , "i remember the view streetlights in the dark blue, the moment i knew i'd no choice but to love you." , "when you move honey, i'm put in awe of something so flawed and free." , "but if we fall, i only pray, don't fall away from me." , "i wouldn't fall for someone i thought couldn't misbehave." , "your secret is safe with me and if secrets were like seeds, when i'm lying under marble, marvel at flowers you'll have made" , "so we're slaves to any semblance of touch, lord we should quit but we love it too much." , "honey when you kill the lights and kiss my eyes, i feel like a person for a moment of my life." , "do you know i could break beneath the weight of the goodness, love, i still carry for you." and i should stop now you get the idea. 😭

and that should be enough to tell u hm i loved wolfstar i think i might be a little obsessed just a little bit nothing major *fights the urge to start another wolfstar fic and make lots of wolfstar edits asap*

“you had him at his best, ok? I had his worst.”

i cannot end this review without talking about grant chapman. he is such a comfort character istg as soon as he was even mentioned, i'd start smiling. and idk if it's because we see him from remus' pov or it's just the grant chapman magic but i love him a lot and he deserves so so much.

icl i didn't think i'd like him when i realised where the story was going with him and it did bother me a little bc that's just how i am with love triangles it was a whole ass octagon here but wtv but it was so easy to fall for grant and idc if he's an oc he's canon to me.

i went into this fic expecting a grand romance, which it was but atyd is also so much more than that. every single character, every prank, every moment they spent with each other is etched into my heart forever. and idc if it's this fic or just my love for this world in general but there was never a dull moment.

that's not to say that i didn't have any issues bc i did. like i said, remus was a tad ooc for my liking at first. plus, there was way too much ow/om drama in this fic for me and while i understand, i don't like it.

but i still loved it a lot and i'm so glad this was my first read of the year.

“Anything for our Moony.”

i die everytime

[Keelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few years being angry at the person who created a world that defined my life for the better part of 15 years, and angry at myself for losing the joy I felt as a Hermione-cosplaying child. This fic brought back a lot of that joy, as well as so much pain. It reminded me why I had fallen in love with the wizarding world when I was 6, and let me know it was still okay to feel that love.

I don’t know if I fully have the words yet to determine how I feel about All the Young Dudes. It hurt a lot because all I felt for about half of it was the constant ticking of time towards the events of 1981. Even the happiest moments made me sad because of the canon. But I think with the pain it also brought me a lot of healing as Remus went through and dealt with his troubles along with his friends. All I could think about was how young they were, especially in the war. Now I’m 21, I couldn’t imagine having to deal with what they went through, and would honestly probably have similar coping mechanisms to Remus.

I think this fic will stay with me for a very, very long time. I might even reread the original series now, and hopefully still find that same love there that I felt while reading this.

[Clara (clarylovesbooks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know people have been begging *the one who should not be named" to write a prequel book about the Marauders for ages, but, honestly, All The Young Dudes is better than anything she could have ever written. Even though it's a fanfic, this story was canon to me. It's so beautifully written, it's very long (more than 130 chapters) but I didn't want it to end. It's true to the original story, but at the same time the writer has managed to elevate these characters and made them ever more special...this could be one of the best things I read. A journey I'll never forget.

[Evie Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm obsessed and depressed.

[sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

did i finish all the young dudes or did all the young dudes finish mE.
it's not even funny how much it hurts

[Mel☽ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mi nuevo libro favorito, gracias Taylor Swift por escribirlo