"hermione and harry would be such a good jily parallel wah wah wah" SILENCE!
harry is Not james because he didn't get the opportunity to be james! he was raised in an abusive, lonely home. james was motivated to act out because he wanted excitement, harry was motivated to act out because he wanted to be Listened To for once.
it's been said a million times, harry is SIRIUS.
harry ending up with Lily 2.0 (thought that's CERTAINLY not what hermione is but you all are incapable of handling female characters) would be 1) weird and 2) dismissive of his experiences.
*briefly ignoring wolfstar because I suppose I'm examining canon*
sirius pursued his found family above all else. he has NO canonical love interest or investments except for this found family! he canonically had girls vying for his love and he didn't care! the only people he ever discusses being devoted to are the marauders + order of the phoenix people!
harry pursued his found family above all else, that's a HUGE reason why he ends up with ginny. he becomes part of his found family (the weasleys) because that's what he values the most. ginny ALSO embodies the sense of community he's found over the years through her quidditch involvement! he canonically has lots of other ppl vying for his love and pretty much ignores them!
harry is sirius, james is a relic of blissfully ignorant pureblood culture that died out! i am a day 1 james potter stan but let's not pretend that's not how he was written!



















