— my biggest pet peeve of the harry potter fandom
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— “James Potter would be the one I’d want at my door may death come knocking, not Severus Snape who caused it to knock in the first place.
— James Potter in the books vs James Potter in the movies
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harrypotterconfessions:
I am going to get hate for this, aren’t I? I know he did some wonderful things, it’s not a question of why Snape’s a favourite character in the fandom, rather why James is so hated. There’s a double standard and it gets on my nerves.
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A lot of people I know love James and don’t judge him for that, but this is exactly what I want to point out to people who /do/ love Snape and vilify James cough my ex-boyfriend cough.
James was an asshole and grew out of it (evidenced by Lily’s love and acceptance of him after years [fanon ideal recognized] of denying him or hating him or or or). And then he died.
Snape, in my head canon, was an angsty, lonely teenage boy who pulled his Dick Card (calling Lily a mudblood) and his I’m-Your-Best-Friend-Until-I-Realize-That-I-Have-Been-Completely-Friend-Zoned-And-Have-Always-Been-In-Said-Zone Card (even though he was, presumably, always only her friend in her eyes). He hated James, missed Lily, and his angst went into bullying Harry.
What makes Snape one of the greatest characters is his oh my god don’t use the word “depth” …everything about him. He’s dimensional. Interested in Dark Arts. Bullied in school. Bully as an adult. Double Agent. Would have stayed on Voldemort’s side had Lily lived (or so I assume, I could be wrong, but…). Protected her son — who was half-James, the person Snape hated — because he always loved her.
I love James.
I love Snape.
So. Yes.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbsklRC401r19909o1_500.jpg)
James was an asshole and grew out of it (evidenced by Lily’s love and acceptance of him after years [fanon ideal recognized] of denying him or hating him or or or). And then he died. Snape, in my head canon, was an angsty, lonely teenage boy who pulled his Dick Card (calling Lily a mudblood) and his I’m-Your-Best-Friend-Until-I-Realize-That-I-Have-Been-Completely-Friend-Zoned-And-Have-Always-Been-In-Said-Zone Card (even though he was, presumably, always only her friend in her eyes). He hated James, missed Lily, and his angst went into bullying Harry. What makes Snape one of the greatest characters is his I love James. I love Snape. So. Yes. — Obviously I need to bust out my Aaron is James Potter-ish gif collection again
(Source: unknownbynow) — This is the guy who played Harry Potters dad in ‘Order of the pheonix’
ALL MARAUDER ERA ROLEPLAYS, TAKE NOTE. THIS IS THE PLAYED-BY YOU SHOULD USE. — Unpopular Opinion time.
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tommarvolohiddles:
Uh. While I am bothered by him ignoring the screaming baby in the background (because I, personally, wouldn’t be able to do that), him holding and crying over Lily’s body is not that strange or awful to me. He loved her. Yes, they had clashing opinions on something fundamental and they chose opposing sides, but he loved her for years. And he found her dead. Ofcoursehe was clutching her and crying. It’s not creepy. If someone you loved died, what would you do? Stare at it and run away? Possible. But you might also fall to your knees, grab the body up, and sob.
And, though it pains me to say it, you may even ignore a crying baby. Your immediate reaction may be enough to tune everything else out. It is entirely possible and, seeing as Snape hated James and wanted nothing to do with Harry because he was half-James’, it’s likely he didn’t even register the fact that the baby was crying, not really. In my opinion, something in him snapped, and all that mattered to him was Lily. Think about it, his love for her was so great that he spent therest of his lifeprotecting Harry—or trying to—even though he hated James and hated seeing James in Harry. He protected Harryfor Lily. So, yes, he ignored the crying baby while mourning the loss of the woman he had been in love with since childhood. Boo hoo.
Also, if Lily miraculously saw him holding her body and crying over it, I highlydoubt she would have been all, “Ew, Snape, gtfo~” They were best friends for a long time, and then they weren’t. And though she disliked his choices and that broke their friendship, I don’t think she hated him or was repulsed by him. She probably disliked his choices and his “friends”, probably even hated him for a while after The Incident—but the Lily Evans-Potter I read about in the books was not so fickle as to be completely and utterly repulsed by a human being who didn’t share her views. I think she was far more intelligent and empathetic than that.