I really, REALLY, dislike Graham.
I can't wait for the glorious moment in which he'll know that Lily fancy James Potter. I can't fucking wait for it, the realization splatted on his face.
Lily, this beautiful muggleborn, fancies James Potter, a pureblood who has no judgment and prejudice.
I mean, Flor is a nice girl, but Graham... I really want to punch him every time, especially I don't like the way he treats and speaks about Sirius and James
Please, Lily let him realize or tell him directly (even better) that you have fallen for a young man, who is a leader, who has strong principles, who is a good person, whose name is James Potter.
When I read the Graham likes her, my thought was "my dear, she fancy James, I can't wait for you to know it"
I want to add that your James is one of my favourite, I really like how you write him ā¤ļø
hmmmm ok I have a rule where I donāt tell anyone how to feel about a character! So Iām not gonna do that!
Butā¦ā¦.this is extremely self-indulgent on my part, but I just want to offer some space to consider how characters like Sirius and James are perceived by other students at school, particularly the more marginalized students (like Graham).
Facts about Sirius and James as perceived by the general student body:
Sirius Black came from one of the most prominent Muggle-hating families in wizarding society. Prior to 1976 it was not common knowledge that he did not get along with his family. (Canon; TLE2-16)
Sirius Black called Cecil Stebbins the M-word in first year. (TLE2-36)
Sirius Black made a splash in third year by stealing a muggle-born girlās diary, reading it aloud, and proceeding to torment her about it and her crush [on a pure-blood boy] for years. (TLE1-7)
Sirius Black was at least semi-frequently photographed with prominent members of wizarding society who publicly spouted anti-Muggle sentiment (such as the Malfoys), and these photos were glowingly printed in the Daily Prophetās Society pages for all to read. (TLE1-28; TLE1-35)
Sirius Black often made a show of spending his familyās money extravagantly, such as buying drinks for entire tables of random students in the Three Broomsticks as a joke. (TLE1-25)
Sirius Black had a reputation for dueling and getting into fights. (TLE1-44, and likeā¦every other chapter lmao)
James Potter publicly declared that he wouldnāt date a muggle-born girl if she were the last girl in school, then proceeded to tease her about it for years (TLE1-7)
James Potter had a reputation for being jinx happy, frequently hexing other students. (Canon, TLE1-7, TLE1-40, TLE1-50, TLE1-52, TLE2-40, etc etc etc etc)
In his fifth year, James Potter once hexed a younger Muggle-born student so badly it took 2 weeks for his skin to turn back to normal. (TLE1-50, TLE2-40)
James Potter publicly humiliated his enemies. (TLE1-52)
James Potter mocked another student for essentially being poor (TLE2-31)
James Potter was the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, which did not have a single Muggle-born member. (TLE2-45)
Of course, WE have context for all these incidents. We know their thoughts, intentions, etc. But how would someone like Graham have that insight? Why would he ever give them the benefit of the doubt?
And yet despite all this, the way Graham has treated them has been to be inwardly disdainful and outwardly polite, even being gracious in welcoming James when he crashed the MBSC without an express invite. (Sure, internally he may have been thinking āyou privileged wankerā, but did he say it? No! lmao)
Anyway!! Just another perspective on this dude! I love hearing all the different takes on him. He has not QUITE surpassed Florence as Most Controversial TLE Character but heās at least won a shiny medal. š„š
