All The Young Dudes

All The Young Dudes is a Harry Potter fic by MsKingBean89.
It is a canon divergent fic that fills in the Marauders timeline and is focused on Wolfstar (Sirius Black/Remus Lupin), spanning from their arrival to Hogwarts and all the way until the events of Order of the Phoenix & Deathly Hallows and is a total of 526,969 words long (188 chapters).
In April 2021,The earliest version of this page, created in April 2021, mentions that the fic had become the first English-language work to pass 2 million hits. A Wayback Machine snapshot from March 2021 also shows it at 1.6 million. it became the first English work on Archive of Our Own to reach 2 million hits. It currently (as of February 2023) has more than 9 million hits, making it the fanwork with the highest hit count on AO3. It also holds the highest number of comments and kudos in the fandom. 
Many fans, especially Gen Z fans, consider it their canon version of the Marauders and some prefer to consider ATYD-influenced Marauder fandom as separate from regular Harry Potter fandom, particularly as it rose to fame after Rowling's controversial statements about trans people and fans' subsequent desire to distance themselves from the author. Jokes about how MsKingBean89 "actually wrote Harry Potter" are somewhat common.
Grant Chapman, a particularly well-loved OC from the story, has started appearing in other fanworks.
==Author's Summary==
==Rise to Fame and Reception==
=== Initial Response ===
The story was posted from March 2017 to November 2018, and in this time, netted three Marauders Medals awards: for best Work in Progress (2017), Best Characterisation of Remus (2018) and Best Characterisation of James (2018).Reflected in the fic's summary as captured by the Wayback Machine in January 2021. Later removed.
=== Explosion in Popularity ===
However, the source of most of its fame originated in December 2020 when the story started to gain traction on other social media platforms, particularly TikTok (see also: MaraudersTok). It introduced a lot of readers to Harry Potter fanfiction, and somewhat even to the concept of shipping.
The fic's newfound popularity was such that it prompted a Slate article: 'The Best Harry Potter Novel Isn’t Written by J.K. Rowling', published in November 2021. Written by an author who was also a fan of the work, the article analyzed the fic's appeal to fans, its rise to popularity, and the fandom that had sprung up around it. One passage on All the Young Dudes' explosion in popularity reads:
It also gained coverage in the Telegraph and was featured in Screen Rant's April 2021 list of '10 Amazing Works Of Harry Potter Fan-Fiction On AO3', in which it was the first listed fic. Author Kath Leroy described the story as "One of the longest and most celebrated fics on AO3."Fic Recs: 10 Amazing Works Of Harry Potter Fan-Fiction On AO3, Kath Leroy, Screen Rant. Published April 25, 2021 (Accessed February 6, 2023).
A note appeared in the fic's summary between January and March 2021Absent as of this snapshot taken on 22 January 2021, and present as of the next Wayback Machine snapshot taken on 12 March 2021. stating that the author would no longer be reading or responding to comments on the fic.
=== Impact on Fan Culture ===
Its popularity on TikTok also led to a rise in a new generation of vidders. These creators are mainly making edits for the Wolfstar pairing of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, but many now include actor George MacKay as a faceclaim for the original character Grant. 
The explosion of All the Young Dudes in popularity is often cited for ushering in a new, typically younger, wave of Marauders fans. These fans have a reputation for creating fanworks relatively distanced from the original canon and/or expanding on the canon greatly. This new wave in fans has, at times, caused friction between newer and older fans who may exhibit hostility towards the fandom's newer trends and characters.https://sunshinemarauders.tumblr.com/post/716621646964883456/sexist-experiences-in-the-marauders-fandom In 2023, tumblr user sunshinemaraudershttps://sunshinemarauders.tumblr.com/post/718028131103129600/i-really-believe-that-jk-rowlings-anti-trans observed: All the Young Dudes is often considered by these fans to be the canonical source material for the Marauders, though many newer fanworks and creators deviate from its content. For instance, many of the newer fans have worked towards diversifying the characters through portrayals of queer identities as well as new racial interpretations of the characters, such as portraying James as desi and Sirius and Regulus as East Asian.https://sunshinemarauders.tumblr.com/post/718028539772944384/racebending-in-the-harry-potter-fandomhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=K1MffKSXxqY
==== Taylor Swift Authorship Meme ====
Over the years, many fans have started to speculate that the real-life identity of MsKingBean89 is none other than famous singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift. Proponents of this theory point to the author's relative anonymity (they no longer participate actively in the fandom) along with the use of "89" in the username, which matches Swift's birth year of 1989 (also the name of one of her albums). While many commenters do not seriously believe this theory and consider it an inside joke, it is not impossible that some do genuinely believe Swift wrote the fic. Theorists often draw links between the content of the story, as well as the Marauders characters in general, with Swift's lyrics.https://www.wattpad.com/1269482652-proof-taylor-swift-wrote-all-the-young-dudes-parthttps://www.reddit.com/r/Wolfstar/comments/1c7xy91/the_black_dog_taylor_swift_mskingbean89_confirmed/https://www.reddit.com/r/Wolfstar/comments/kzj7je/taylor_swift_says_wolfstar_is_canon/https://www.distractify.com/p/atyd-taylor-swift For more information, see here.
==Comments on Legality==
The practice among fans of printing out and binding copies of the fic reportedly sparked off a discussion about copyright, although as Rachelle Hampton (the author of the Slate article) noted:
With that said, some (presumably fan-made) copies of the book have appeared for sale on sites such as the book patch, with some comments questioning their legitimacy and others criticising the "illegal" act.All The Young Dudes on the book patch. Accessed February 6, 2023. ([https://perma.cc/N6K9-EN29 Archived link).
For further information about this controversy and trend, please see 2024 Harry Potter Fanbinding Controversy. 
== Fan Reactions==
==Inspired Fanworks==
===Art===
* by swifty-fox
* by wolfstar-trash-blog
* by evergreenourgroupoffriends
* by regvas
* by casstsak
* by louisbumpenguin
* by mistbored 
* by raindropwindow
* by sobakewitch
* by uncreativechild
* by pigeon-princess
* by waddle-avocado
* by im-creature
*Grant and Teddy by A_LoveUnlaced
*Book Cover for 'All The Young Dudes' by MsKingBean89 by 221b_ee
* by lil0ak
====Example Art Gallery====
File:All the young dudes cover art by swiftyfox.jpg|Cover art by swifty-fox (2020)
File:All young dudes cover art by mellohi.jpg|Cover art by mellohidoodles (2021)
===Graphics and Gif Sets===
* graphics by queertoddanderson
* moodboard by paperbrains
===Fanfiction===
*Flat Nine by JustGettingBy 
*‘Till Death by orphan_account 
*Tell Me I'm Pretty by orphan_account 
* Patch It Up Together by sarahblack-lupin
*All the Young Dudes - Sirius's Perspective by Rollercoasterwords
*When A Blind Man Cries by B1ueB1rd5
===Playlists===
*All the Young Dudes, a playlist of songs contained within the fic, compiled by JustAnotherPerson
=== Vids ===
* Wolfstar Fanart Edit by @deadgaywizards.ae
== Meta and Further Reading==
* by Rachelle Hampton, at Slate
* by Harriet Marsden, at The Telegraph
* by Kath Leroy, at ScreenRant
*Figuring Out Fanfiction podcast episode 14 - "When Fanfiction Has a Cult Following" discusses the almost cult following of this fanfic.
*All The Young Dudes Deep Dive! by coffeekoe
==External Links==
*All the Young Dudes on Wikipedia
==Notes ==
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