When people tell me that James “grew out of bullying”, I always respond with the canonically sound FACTS that James Potter was 21 when he died, 20 when Harry was born and *19* when Harry was conceived. He had *no time* to change out of his bullying bullshit personality towards Severus. Just take a look around toi and see if toi can name half a dozen of your under-21 male friends/acquaintances who toi think would make such an awesome hubby and father right now (oh, and don’t discount the bullies toi know who pick on people “just because they exist”). And when we keep telling toi that...

As many people here on the Harry Potter spot know, Sirius Black is my favori character. He has always been and always will be. Some people, along with me, l’amour him. Some hate him. Some don't have much of an opinion on him. I've decided that I want to explain why I like Sirius, and how I came to like him.

I saw HP 1-6 films before lire any of the books. I remember loving Sirius, even before I read the books. I believe the reason I liked him at the time was the relationship he had with Harry. Harry never really had a father figure, and Sirius was the first family he had. I must have thought...