[HPforGrownups] James & Lily Potter

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 10632

> Well, it could be motivation. James and his friends were actively looking
to do this. And who's to say >that Lupin, for instance, wasn't a male
Hermione? ;) Refresh my memory, when did someone refer to >J&L as the best
students? It could be that one of them, not necessarily James, was a
brilliant wizard who >loved to look things up. A cross between F/G Weasley
and Hermione, I suppose. <g>
> Rina

I think Mme Rosmerta - or some one else in the "Three Broomsticks" scene -
said that Sirius and James were the cleverest wizards.
Does anyone else have a slight problem with this? Sirius is a character that
shows flaws, but James...
Cleverest wizard, prankster, but still respected and responsible enough to
become Headboy, great Seeker...

If there were ambitious people who didn't like him - like Severus for
example - then that wasn't necessarily a surprise. Apparantly whatever
someone did, Potter was there before. Better, liked by everyone. Everyone
mourns for James. Why did he have to die, oh, he was sooo brilliant...
*yadda, yadda, yadda* And Lily? Noone talks about her, noone mentions if she
was good at anything (she was Headgirl so she had to be good!)... I think
it's highly unfair.

 ~ Dinah ~   (who adores Lily and desperately wants JKR to write more about
her)

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