‘Come on, Ginny’s not bad,’ said George fairly, sitting down next to Fred. ‘Actually, I dunno how she got so good, seeing how we never let her play with us.’ ‘She’s been breaking into your broom shed in the garden since the age of six and taking each of your brooms out in turn when you weren’t looking,’ said Hermione from behind her tottering pile of Ancient Rune books. 'Oh,’ said George, looking mildly impressed. 'Well, that’d explain it.' 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Dear Lily,

Well, Homer isn’t back yet, which I can only assume means he’s been seduced by those majestic American mountains one hears so much about. Or perhaps he’s decided he’s had enough of dreary old England and has gone off to start his new life as a cowboy. I assume that’s the sort of thing most Americans do, though I admit I have only a cursory knowledge on this front, having never been to the States myself. My dad did once, though. Spent a week on a Muggle dude ranch out in Wyoming. Or was it Wisconsin? I can’t remember, somewhere terribly American sounding where they have a lot of cows. Anyway, it was a great laugh, according to him, so maybe Homer’s onto something.

If he doesn’t turn up soon, I’ll send this letter via Virgil, my parents’ rather doddering old owl. I’m not strictly speaking supposed to use him for cross-country journeys, but London isn’t all too far, after all, and though it’s only been a few days, I am anxious to hear how you are settling into life with that charming sister of yours. Do let me know.

The quill that had been scrawling this cheerful missive paused, and James Potter scrubbed a hand over his face, frowning intently. Nearly a full minute passed before the ink-dipped nib of his quill returned to the parchment.

Graham's over here just

starting up secret muggleborn clubs to provide safe spaces for students like him at Hogwarts

recruiting Lily to said secret society at a serendipitous time when she desperately needs support/a distraction from Flormes

dancing to ABBA when he doesn't want to because Lily asked

Providing string-free physical comfort on demand

keeping her confusing fake relationship with Sirius a secret

doing his best to be open-minded to the purebloods she invites to muggleborn club and friendly to the pureblood with whom she's been flaunting a fake relationship--a relationship that started, like, ten seconds after she buttoned up her blouse and left him a half-naked dirty little secret in the Room of Requirement

following Lily's lead and keeping their situation casual despite clearly catching feelings himself

sending flowers after Lily's dad dies

getting ghosted, with no real explanation, until he approaches her to clarify their status

not pushing the issue when Lily wants to remove the benefits from their friendship

supporting Lily's protest idea and agreeing to be its face and voice, despite the target it will no doubt put on his back

only telling one person about their trysts, once he starts Feeling Some Kind of Way and justifiably needs to vent because he's a human boy with a heart, and he tried to cry on his own shoulder but it gave him a crick and his shirt got soggy

having open and honest conversations about his feelings with Lily and explaining how Lily's actions affected him and why it's not okay with him

Did he handle everything perfectly along the way? Of course not. He's a teenage boy with hurt feelings and a bruised ego, and also then we'd hate him for being too perfect. Is he a Level Ten scumsucker because he fell a little harder than planned for Lily, or because he called Lily out on some unintended consequences of her actions? Hardly.

If you took all the above and find-and-replaced "Graham" with "James" I feel like there'd be far less uproar over these allegedly unforgivable and egregious acts.

Sincerely,

Mabel

(please don't kill Graham) (I mean do what you want, it's your story) (but he's a good Graham, is all I'm saying)

Check out the full twelve illustrations Charlie Bowater did for Thomas’ Journal! They’re so gorgeous, and will be reprinted in full color exclusively for the Kickstarter, which ends Tomorrow! November 28th at 3pm is the very last time you can pledge, at shadowhunter.army

Me when everyone is mad at the character for their morally-complicated flaws and mistakes:

behind the music with @taylorswift

Reblogging and adding pictures of my copy that petite bindery did for me earlier this year because I never posted pictures here!