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excepttheeyes:

“Anyway – it doesn’t matter – Sirius won’t care if it’s unusual, he’ll come back, I know he will!” And so strong was his belief, Harry actually turned his head to check the door, sure, for a split second, that he was going to see Sirius, pearly-white and transparent but beaming, walking through it towards him.

What are your James/Sirius quidditch headcanons?

excepttheeyes:

I still haven’t decided if I imagine Sirius playing Quidditch or not. Part of me likes to imagine James and Sirius and the dynamic duo but there’s also a part of me that thinks Sirius would enjoy playing it but wouldn’t choose to go out for the team. If he did play, I’d say he was a Chaser as well but as I write this out I think I’ve come to the conclusion I don’t see him playing but I’m good either way.

As for James, I like the idea of him trying out in his second year and they told him he was really good but the fifth year trying out was better at interception and he should come out again next year for sure. He put on a little more muscle and practiced his throwing and tried out again in his third year and made the team. Managed to become captain in just his fifth year and could be a bit like Oliver Wood. Had early morning suicide practices on Saturday. Made them practice in harsh weather, but was quicker to end practice when conditions were too harsh. Hated running tryouts and had Sirius come help him with them. He was tough on the team when he needed to be but it really paid off so no one resented him for it and he did his best to make practice enjoyable and his team really respected him. He made time to establish friendships with teammates outside of practice. He would schedule one-on-one practices when people were struggling. Hurried around the great hall on the morning of games and shoved food onto everyones plates. Made the team run laps around the pitch “to build stamina, that’s why.” Was known for making risky but very calculated moves. Ended up in the hospital wing a lot. Was always bleeding somewhere after games. Got slammed by a bludger so hard once that it broke nearly every rib in his body. Strongly defensive of the newer players and comforting them when there were upcoming games and the insults in the corridors started up. The World Cup made him excited to go back to school and try out new plays. Was fiercely adamant about the advantage of female players. Was the first to tackle the Seeker into a hug, followed by a team pileup, when they won a match. He got rather emotional when they won the Quidditch Cup in his seventh year because it was his last game and he figured with the war coming it would be the last time he played on a Quidditch team for quite some time, or ever. And this seems like a common headcanon but Puddlemere United was his favorite team.  And that’s all I got right now.

How do you think the relationship between James and Vernon (and Petunia) was like the very few times they met? Could you paint me a picture of when they first met at the restaurant because I love James and I want to understand him more and you’re very good at it. Pleeeaasse?

excepttheeyes:

Aw, thank you! But oh god now I don’t want to mess this up. 

Firstly, I’m trying to figure out why they met because I always figured Petunia pulled and Elsa and shut Lily out completely. But I suppose they felt obligated to speak for the sake of their parents. So my take on it is, I figure Lily loathed Vernon and couldn’t understand what her sister saw in him, but she put on her big girl pants and interacted with him as she needed to. That being said, I’m sure Lily ranted about her sister but especially Vernon quite a bit to James and he was probably curious to meet him in the way that Fred and George were curious to meet Dudley. 

So, as for the dinner that happened…From what we’ve seen from Vernon, he was probably rather smug and smartly dressed in his best suit, and James probably strolled in with his air of casualty and his messy hair, and you know, I have a very vivid picture of the way James walked and just sort of sauntered around with his hands in his pockets and I just think Vernon would have immediately disliked him. So I assume Vernon dove straight in to drilling James with questions and trying to figure out what he could about him, and I think James, as someone who probably could not care less about peoples socioeconomic status, which was all Vernon seemed to care about, might have found the whole thing rather boring and grueling but spoke honestly and would occasionally let words like “Quidditch” and “Hogwarts” slip and Vernon would have a mini heart attack each time he did and whip around to make sure no one was listening in on them and James and Lily were probably both biting their lips trying not to laugh but Lily did a better job hiding it because she had been through this before. And then Vernon asks what kind of car James drove, trying to push forward and discuss matters he could understand, and James might have just stopped trying to hold back and starting discussing his racing broom and Vernon became irritated with him and probably thought he was rather childish in comparison to himself and apparently he made a comment about wizards living on unemployment and James was probably annoyed and slightly offended by that and got a little cocky about his family fortune, although I figure James was sometimes uncomfortable about his wealth much like Harry was, but Vernon was getting on his nerves so I figure Vernon just kept turning redder and redder and James’ desire to crack up kept getting stronger and stronger but also his patience just kept wearing thinner and thinner and Vernon thought James was taking the mickey and felt insulted, and Petunia was offended, and Lily got quieter and quieter as the night went on and eventually James might have said one too many things and Vernon started to yell and Petunia led him out of the restaurant and Lily started to cry and James had his “oh fuck” moment and nervously ran his hand through his hair like he always did and tried to calm Lily down and promised her he’d set things right.

Then we know that James and Lily attended their wedding and I figure James was on his best behavior because he knew how important this was to Lily, but apparently Vernon ignored James and had made a comment about him being an “amateur magician” which James overheard, and I’m sure Lily heard it too, and I figure that was the moment she ultimately accepted that it just wasn’t going to work and admitted defeat and they left. 

So in summary, I figure the idea of having to see each other stressed both parties out and James and Vernon were just so different, they were doomed from the beginning. 

I’m not sure if you’e already answered this but you know how you did little headcanons for peter during his hogwarts years? Could you do one for James or Sirius? Thanks! (you’re a brilliant writer)

excepttheeyes:

Sure!
James:
I did Quidditch headcanons here

  • James had a crush on Lily for most of their time at Hogwarts but 6th year was when he actually started to develop strong feelings for her.
  • He played guitar (not very well, but he could).
  • He was the last Marauder to realize Lily fancied him.
  • James wanted a whole army of children, having found being an only child rather lonely.
  • He excelled in every subject aside from Potions and History of Magic, which he claimed he didn’t have a long enough attention span for.
  • He bit his nails.
  • He tapped his quill on the table, which drove Remus and Lily crazy.
  • He had extremely warm hands.
  • He made up nicknames for Lily mainly to annoy her, but Evans was the default.
  • He had his father’s eyes.
  • James always pretended to hate Lily’s cat but he secretly adored it and she caught him playing with it in fifth year and she gloated for a week straight. This led him to try to win the cat over and steal it’s attention away from Lily. He gloated about it until the day he died.
  • James always stowed his wand in his back pocket and Mad-Eye yelled at him for it constantly.
  • He was left-handed.
  • James had a really hard time coping with death and dealt with it differently every time. When his father got sick, he found it hard to be in the same room as him and when he died, he was angry and trashed his dorm. When his mother died, he was quiet and empty, which everyone agreed was much worse.
  • He was a total mama’s boy.

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excepttheeyes:

“Apart from my transformations, I was happier than I had ever been in my life. For the first time ever, I had friends, three great friends. Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and, of course, your father, Harry ― James Potter. Now, my three friends could hardly fail to notice that I disappeared once a month. I made up all sorts of stories. I told them my mother was ill, and that I had to go home to see her…I was terrified they would desert me the moment they found out what I was. But of course, they worked out the truth…And they didn’t desert me at all.”