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well, that actually makes sense for people to get that impression. they tend to assume they were aurors simply because they were members of the Order, but that doesn't really hold up.

if i remember correctly, it takes about 3 years of training to become an Auror.

james and lily obviously didn't have those 3 years, since they died at 21. before that, they had also spent some time, i can't remember if we know for exactly how long, hiding in Godric's Hollow, which means they weren't doing any formal training either.

if they left Hogwarts at seventeen or eighteen, there simply wasn't enough time for them to complete the programme. so they couldn't have become aurors. [summer 1978 + 3y = summer 1981 < and they died in october]

the fact that they were exceptionally bright, high-achieving students, the sort of people who were basically the stars of their year, and could probably have made fairly capable aurors is a different matter. sure, that's entirely possible. but none of the Marauders had auror training or held the official rank of auror. they may have been soldiers, but they were soldiers without formal training.

not that this necessarily says much about how capable they were in a fight. after all, Snape never received any additional formal education either. he was a prodigy, though... so were James and Sirius, in a different way, but still.

realistically, probably more than half of the Order never had any specialised auror training at all. Mad-Eye definitely did, and Tonks and Kingsley as well.

stag patronuses.

the first thing we know is that, for animagi, the patronus matches their animagus form. [purely theoretically, yes, an animagus's patronus could probably change, but as far as we know, we don't actually have any confirmation of that]

since James's patronus matches his animagus form, that means it's his original patronus.

his patronus never changed.

Rowling also said that this [Potter’s Patronuses] wasn't a coincidence, and that patronuses can change because of love.

Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence? J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus). 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury live chat with J.K. Rowling

accordingly, Lily's patronus changed because of James's patronus.

what else do we know about the patronus itself?

the patronus charm is an extremely advanced spell, far beyond O.W.L. level. and by "far beyond", i mean it simply isn't taught at school. [the only reason Harry was taught it at all was because the dementors had been brought into Hogwarts. that's literally the whole reason]

we also know that the Order of the Phoenix used patronuses extensively as a means of communication, which explains why, from what we know, all of its members were able to produce one.

we also know that NONE of the Death Eaters use patronuses.

so, based on all of this, Lily and James would have learned to produce their patronuses after joining the Order of the Phoenix, because it wasn't part of the Hogwarts curriculum.

at the same time, Severus most likely couldn't produce a patronus at all before the age of 21. again, because it wasn't taught at school, it doesn't seem like the sort of magic that would have interested him, and, as a Death Eater, he obviously wouldn't have had any reason to practise it.

after joining the Order, however, he would have learned the spell.

there's one more thing we know about patronuses. in the original writing that was first published on Pottermore, it's stated that a patronus may change because of powerful emotions, such as falling in love, bereavement, or a profound shift in a person's character.

The form of a Patronus may change during the course of a witch or wizard’s life. Instances have been known of the form of the Patronus transforming due to bereavement, falling in love or profound shifts in a person’s character.

when Severus casts a patronus for the first time, the emotion he's experiencing is bereavement. that word wasn't included there by accident.

that's all.

// and no, i absolutely do not believe that the doe was Snape's original patronus, because it suits him as poorly as it possibly could.

but.

no jokes, no exaggeration

to me, it's the most beautiful ship in the world.

the idea of, as someone carrying an enormous weight of darkness and trauma, finding another person who's

~ just as fucked up as you are

~ but also your intellectual equal

~ someone who knows the worst of you

~ someone you don't have to wear a mask around, in a world where you're always wearing one.

... it's beautiful.

nihilism cynicism criticism etc etc could be as well.

wait... the last sentence... what the actual fck???

where did i say anything about race??????

anything about skin colour???

HOW TF DO YOU EVEN MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS???

if you didn’t notice Alan irritates me far more than Paapa.

cgi? maybe. but it is possible. the thing is, they just don't bother putting in the extra effort, but it is possible to do. technically, it's absolutely possible, and financially it's perfectly feasible for them as well. it honestly isn't even that difficult.