—— is that really james potter? it’s been so long! did you hear, he is studying to be an auror? from what i remember, he was charming and brave, but also pretty temperamental and unforgiving, who knows after all this time. word on the street is, they’re with the order of the phoenix, but that doesn’t define them.
PAST:
there’s no sugar coating it, james was an entitled prick in his early years at hogwarts. he knows it, you know it, we all know it. the thing is, homeboy was spoiled. he was his parent’s rainbow baby ( after multiple miscarriages ) and that clouded their judgement when parenting. he was spoiled and didn’t know what it felt like to not get something he wanted. he grew out of that though, not without some serious bumps along the road.
the marauders are everything to him. they’re the closest thing he ever had to brothers and for someone that grew up relatively lonely, it was amazing to have people around him that didn’t take his bullshit but were willing to help him grow into a better person. they were there for the fun and adventure but were also loyal beyond belief and it was through their friendship that james really matured, which is why he thanks them for becoming the man he is today. getting to know their struggles and seeing their hardships is how he developed a sense of empathy, it’s why he fights so adamantly for others rights.
his infatuation with the ever elusive miss.evans started as a personal challenge to get the pretty red head to flirt a little, but that rapidly grew into something far beyond his comprehension. the boy had no idea how to communicate his feelings which is ultimately what led to them butting heads consistently. can you blame him though? even in the wizarding world, boys are taught that when you like a girl you’re not supposed to SAY it, you’re supposed to annoy them so they know they’re constantly on your mind. once that didn’t bode well, james was discouraged and by grade three, he just wanted to date someone that thought he was great too. introducing, marlene mckinnon. they’d been close friends since they were practically in diapers, always scurrying off at her parents parties to get up to some sort of mischief or just meeting up over the summer to talk. she was the first girl he genuinely connected with as a friend, the honorary marauder in his eyes. this ultimately led to him asking her out because well, what’s better than dating your best friend? it was COMFORTABLE. so much so that they fell into the rhythm of it all the way into their 6th year. the thing was, it never really felt like a RELATIONSHIP, and there was a good chance a lot of people told him just that, but he liked having someone. that’s really what made james realize he liked being committed to someone and being a BOYFRIEND but just not to marlene. their breakup was as civil as break ups can even get, mostly because they both agreed, their friendship felt right, their relationship as a couple too forced to ever feel natural.
james was LOUD. he liked attention and he liked getting his point across. thats not so good because sometimes the louder he was, the more he distracted himself and others from what he was actually trying to say.
contrary to popular belief, james wasn’t just GOOD at everything, it wasn’t like magic smarts. no. he just spends a lot more time in the library than people know. thanks handy dandy invisibility cloak!! he never liked the idea of people picking on him for being smart, so in his free time ( between pranks and the whole furry problem ) he’d sneak into the library and get work done.
PRESENT:
james has grown into a far more calm and collected person, still just as loyal and proud but far more guarded and aware of the troubles that the outside world is going through. he’s often crippled by the impotence that the war weighs down on him, he desperately wants to get out there and fight, stop people from getting hurt because he can’t deal with seeing people in pain. that’s why he wants to be an auror, he’s itching to give the bad guys what he thinks they deserve. this hero complex still gets him in a lot of trouble, mostly because he still thinks he can take on the world and doesn’t realize teamwork is essential. not because he doesn’t trust his teammates which obviously would be the marauders more often than not, but because he doesn’t know what he’d do with himself if he ever bared witness to them getting injured.
