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3 generations of Potter on their wedding day!

Fleamont and Euphemia

James and Lily

Harry and Ginny

Jily circa 1977, for @moonstainn's marauders era 70s outfit challenge! I had sooo much fun with this - I think this is the first time that James has made an appearance on this account, and I actually based his shirt and jacket on a photo of my dad in the 70s, which was super fun. Love a contrast stitching moment!

The other reason this was so fun is that I'm like one of those annoying historical fashion people but only for like, the 70s thru 90s, lol. I think late 70s fashion can sometimes get lost in the shuffle between the groovy early 70s and the neon 80s, so I really wanted to showcase it here, since that's the era in which James and Lily come of age. From what I've seen, late 70s fashion is less bell bottoms and fringe, and more cuffed jeans, knee-high boots, and furry jackets with big shoulders (perhaps a precursor to the shoulder pads of the 80s...?).

I can't resist rambling on about this, but I'll do everyone a favor and put it (as well as all of my references/inspo!) under the cut:

au in which james is an elementary school science teacher who takes his class on a field trip to a wildlife sanctuary and wow holy shit the volunteer with the red hair & beautiful green eyes who's teaching the kids all about the wildlife and their conservation methods is the prettiest woman he's ever seen and now he's panicking

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1:47AM, Summer of '77

A group of clearly drunk teenagers excitedly walked through the empty streets of London, screams of joy and laughter following them along. 

None of them looked like they were heading to the same place. Tight black pants, sportswear, disco jumpsuits, hippie skirts. It was certainly an odd group of people. The short brown haired boy especially. He was wearing a casual shirt that went horribly with the fancy pants he was wearing. The sight of it was almost comical.

They also were carrying weird sticks in their hands, like wooden sticks that had been carved. They all had a different one. Weird shit. 

Honestly if you listened to them talk you could’ve sworn they were actually aliens who dressed up like humans and attempted to blend in. The tall boy with messy hair and glasses kept asking a red haired girl about how "those light things in the street work without torches or candles?" 

The one with the leader jacket and shaggy black hair suddenly screamed "Merlin! This muggle music is way better than whatever Celestina Warbeck has!!" and started singing to what you could only guess was a drunken rendition to David Bowie. Bad singing aside, they kept repeating the "muggle" over and over. Was that even a real word? 

Also, if you look closely, bubbles, sparkles, colorful lights, even butterflies appeared around them like out of thin air. The group laughed and giggled as they disappeared just as fast. It was as if they werent surprised by this. In fact, with the way they were moving their sticks around it seemed like they were making those things appear, but that would be impossible... right? One would even say it seemed like magic. But magic its not real, unless you believe im such things....