- never sleeps at night but always sleeping during the day
- you will never catch this boy awake in history of magic
- used to chain smoke but when he started dating lily, he stopped because he knew she didn’t like the smell of it
- sirius stopped smoking as well because he didn’t want to tempt james into smoking again
- bisexual king
- until the day he died, he would’ve been completely fine marrying sirius and even in the afterlife
- literally has the BEST friendship with sirius it’s not even funny like everybody is so jealous
- mother hen :’)
- since he never sleeps at night, he’s always awake at the crack of dawn and is always waking the boys up with him
- “if i don’t see feet on the ground in thirty seconds, i’m opening the curtains!’
- “don’t you make me count to three, mister!”
- “sirius get out of the bathroom, peter needs to pee and he can’t hold it anymore” “you didn’t have to tell him that james!” “we’re all men here, peter, grow up and learn how to tell people you need to pee”
- super smart
- loves the library but refuses to admit that he does
- once quoted shakespeare at lily and later, she told him it was one of the reasons she fell in love with him
- actually has really good sportsmanship
- like of course he gets super butthurt when he loses anything but he makes sure to tell the other player or players that they did a good job
- literally the nicest asshole you’ll ever meet
- like he’ll hit your books out of your hands and then help you pick them up
- resorts to physical violence because “it gets the job done faster moony don’t lecture me”
- has punched snape before but only because he called sirius privileged and james was not having it
- has a toad at home
- never told anybody about the toad (her name is cecilia and he loves her very much) so when sirius moved in and saw the toad vibing on his window sill, he flipped his shit
- cecilia pees on sirius every time he picks her up but it never stops him
- james is sure sirius loves cecilia more than he himself does
- when remus and peter find out about cecilia, they also flip their shit
- cecilia becomes the marauders mascot
- lily finds out halfway through seventh year that they have a mascot and it’s a toad named cecilia and teases them endlessly about it
- also has a cat at home
- his name is sandwich (james named him when he was four) and he’s best friends with cecilia
- the potter family owl is named odessa (james calls her dessy) and she hates james but james loves her
- he had a crush on regulus in his fifth year and never told a soul. remus knew but didn’t say anything
- his friendship with remus :’)
- it was his idea to become animagi (he read about it in a book) and it was also his idea for the map
- he did a lot of the charm work on the map
- there were a lot of ‘hypothetical’ questions for flitwick during this time period and flitwick was all too happy to answer them
- took ancient runes and arithmancy from third year to seventh and made an O in both
- took divination in third year with sirius, remus, and peter but he was the hermione in that group
- while remus, sirius, and peter were like ‘alright i can dig it’ with divination, james was getting SO heated about it
- for the remainder of their school career, he made sure to tell them all the flaws in divination at any chance he could
- lily was super into divination, though, just because she thought it was really interesting and there were too many instances of it being real to be counted as coincidences, and james literally almost imploded when he found this out
- when they heard the prophecy for the first time, james literally stood up and left lmao
- “i’m not believing some bullshit prophecy that tells me my son has to die at the hands of voldemort, lily!” “what if it’s not bullshit” “are you fucking shitting me right now lily”
- only agreed to go into hiding for lily
- also took care of magical creatures from third to seventh year and also made an O in that
- when they learned about unicorns, the unicorn looked at all the girls in the class and then trotted past and stood in front of james
- james never stopped gloating about this ever
- “sorry what was that? i couldn’t hear you over the sound of being trusted by a unicorn” “a unicorn trusted me minnie why would i ever break the rules like that”
- didn’t actually mind slytherins
- was almost one himself and def wouldn’t have made a huge deal about it because euphemia was a slytherin when she went to hogwarts and he knew they weren’t all bad
- the only reason he never styled his hair was because his dad invented sleekeazy’s. that’s it, that’s the only reason. he did it to spite his dad.
- momma’s boy !!!
- until the day euphemia died, james was not embarrassed to hold her hand as they crossed the street and tell her he loved her
- could not fathom a world without his mother so when she died, he shut down for a good month and a half
- used to actually be afraid to curse
- said his first swear word in fifth year and never looked back
- “what the fiddlesticks” “for the love of all that is holy, just say fuck”
- “f-f-” “yes, you can do it” “i’m nervous”
- fleamont found out that he smoked when he was in his sixth year and he ripped him an entirely new asshole before pulling out his own cigarette and lighting it
- cannot hold his alcohol
- was drunk by the third butterbeer
- was destined to be the chill dad because his dad wasn’t
- yes you heard that right. euphemia was the chill parent. fucking deal with it.
- was an amazing liar purely because of fleamont
- like this boy could lie straight out of his ass the second he learned how to talk
- “james fleamont potter did you break this vase” “didn’t I tell you, dad? the manor’s got a poltergeist!” “we do?!”
- the manor did have a poltergeist but he didn’t know that at the time
- humble rich kid
- his house is huge but so is his heart
- sirius found out his middle name was fleamont when he moved in because fleamont yelled his full name SO often
- james hates that sirius knows his middle name
- sirius loves that he knows james’ middle name
- sirius and sandwich the cat have a silent feud going on that james fuels by privately telling both of them that they’re his favorite
- his actual favorite is cecilia
this got super long but still, feel free to add your own weird james headcanons!
“Now, James, you will behave this year, won’t you?”
“Very poorly, I’m sure,” said James cheerfully. His mother scoffed and mussed his hair fondly. They were standing on Platform 9 ¾ amid the chattering crowds of students, parents, owls, and cats. The Hogwarts Express, the steaming scarlet train that carried students from London to Hogsmeade each year, was waiting dutifully along the tracks.
“It’s lucky you’re so charming, boy,” said Mrs. Potter with a conspiring sort of smile. “Well, go on, give your mum a kiss and off with you.”
@hogwartshousesnet may event: mothers ↳euphemia potter // “Your grandparents were really good about it; they sort of adopted me as a second son…when I was seventeen I got a place of my own…I was always welcome at Mr. and Mrs. Potter’s for Sunday lunch, though.” —S.B.
I’ve seen a lot of headcanons on Tumblr that picture the Potters as having Indian heritage. Whilst this doesn’t work given what we know about the history of the Potter family, I think it’s a great idea in terms of diversity and branching out the wizarding world.
The plausible way, in my mind at least, for the Potters to have Indian heritage is for it to come from Euphemia’s side of the family. So, here’s my headcanon(s) for the Indian Potters:
Euphemia Mishra was born in Amritsar to a wealthy family of Punjabi wizards and witches who dealt in enchanted spices and potions during the time of the Empire.
She and her parents moved to Britain when she was nine to oversee the family’s business branch out into Diagon Alley. By the time she went off to Hogwarts, Euphemia was fluent in English, Punjabi, Latin and Greek.
Euphemia was Sorted into Gryffindor and was two years older than Fleamont Potter, whose frequent duelling in the corridors with Slytherins who made fun of his outlandish name was a source of emotion for her.
When Fleamont was in his 20s and was developing Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion, he ran into Euphemia at her father’s apothecary and the two developed an easy attraction brought on by years of casual friendship.
They married when they were in their mid-20s in the grounds of Fleamont’s parents’ house and had their honeymoon in Amritsar, where Euphemia introduced Fleamont to all of her relatives.
James was very proud of his heritage and enjoyed the annual trips to visit his maternal relatives in the summer. The vibrant colours and spices were a welcome change from the dreariness of England – especially when offset by the fear and panic of the ongoing war.
Part of the reason why Harry was treated poorly by the Dursleys was that he did not fit in with their idea of “white middle-class suburban normality” – especially by the majorly racist Vernon Dursley.
When he was an adult, Harry was able to trace his Punjabi roots and actually met some of his distant Mishra relatives, who told him wonderful stories about his grandparents.
lhaddie: Indian Potters I’ve seen a lot of headcanons on Tumblr that picture the Potters as having Indian heritage. Whilst this doesn’t work given what we know about the history of the Potter family, I think it’s a great idea in terms of diversity and branching out the wizarding world. The plausible way, in my mind at least, for the Potters to have Indian heritage is for it to come from Euphemia’s side of the family. So, here’s my headcanon(s) for the Indian Potters: Euphemia Mishra was born in Amritsar to a wealthy family of Punjabi wizards and witches who dealt in enchanted spices and potions during the time of the Empire. She and her parents moved to Britain when she was nine to oversee the family’s business branch out into Diagon Alley. By the time she went off to Hogwarts, Euphemia was fluent in English, Punjabi, Latin and Greek. Euphemia was Sorted into Gryffindor and was two years older than Fleamont Potter, whose frequent duelling in the corridors with Slytherins who made fun of his outlandish name was a source of emotion for her. When Fleamont was in his 20s and was developing Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion, he ran into Euphemia at her father’s apothecary and the two developed an easy attraction brought on by years of casual friendship. They married when they were in their mid-20s in the grounds of Fleamont’s parents’ house and had their honeymoon in Amritsar, where Euphemia introduced Fleamont to all of her relatives. James was very proud of his heritage and enjoyed the annual trips to visit his maternal relatives in the summer. The vibrant colours and spices were a welcome change from the dreariness of England – especially when offset by the fear and panic of the ongoing war. Part of the reason why Harry was treated poorly by the Dursleys was that he did not fit in with their idea of “white middle-class suburban normality” – especially by the majorly racist Vernon Dursley. When he was an adult, Harry was able to trace his Punjabi roots and actually met some of his distant Mishra relatives, who told him wonderful stories about his grandparents.
