A Million Dreams

It sounds romantic and I agree, but that would be a very toxic situation to live in. If someone had to choose between saving me and saving a thousand others, why tf should they choose me? I can be the most important person in someone's life and I would still not want them to choose me. If I were faced with the situation with the person I care about the most on the other side vs a thousand others, I would choose the thousand and probably not survive the aftermath, because of course, I'd be devastated, but you always have to choose the world. A person may mean more to me than all those other people combined, but that does not mean they are worth more than everyone else.

So I have heard from some people that if friendships last more than 7 (or 10 - I forget which), it lasts a lifetime.

The Marauders met on the 1st of September, 1971. While it is difficult to say whether they became friends instantly (like James and Sirius did, but I am not sure about the other two) or not. But it is safe to say that they did cross the 7 year mark right after they left for Hogwarts. (And assuming they became friends instantly, September of 1981 would have been their 10 year anniversary.)

So let's take the wizarding world. The whole friendship for a lifetime thing. Love and friendship are important themes in the Harry Potter saga, so let's take it a bit further. If you have been friends with someone for a certain period of time, you are bound to be their friend for a lifetime. You can choose the number - either 7 (the number with the most magical significance in the series) or 10 (a special number, which feels more significant when specifying the length of time spend together)

With 10:

For the 10 year friendship thing, I figured that they'd have to be friends instantly for their 10 year anniversary to fall before James dies. Now this gives us a period of 2 months - all of September + most of October (or even all). Let us consider 31st October to be the actual date their friendship started (like Harry, Ron and Hermione)

For the 10 year thing, idk I just figured Peter is really content with being friends with them. He still does spy, but he tries not to let his friends be the ones in danger. (The list eventually also includes Lily and Harry.)

Until the prophecy.

Until Harry Potter is Voldemort's newest target, and there is no way Peter can convince James to just hand over Harry. Peter knows, that James would die for Harry, if it came down to it. But it's okay, he figures. They'll go into hiding. He just doesn't have to know where, so Voldemort wouldn't find out either.

Enter Sirius and the brilliant plan.

Exit James and Lily.

Wait, wait, a whole bunch of stuff happens in between.

Peter doesn't want to betray his friends, not really. He doesn't want James, Lily and Harry to be in danger, because he does love them. But he loves living more.

So, when he becomes the Secret Keeper, and Voldemort asks him for the Potters' location, he gives it. Belatedly, he remembers, that their 10 year anniversary is coming up. That it is tomorrow - Halloween. If James dies on Halloween, the 10 year pact wouldn't really have kicked in, per say. Peter would be fine. He hopes.

He prays that James and Lily just let Harry die - atleast they'd survive. But he doesn't dare ask Voldemort that.

Now we're back to the 'Exit James and Lily' part.

But of course, the bond doesn't kick in - not really, not until the 31st of October is over. Somehow, Peter ends up cursed anyway.

Sirius Black confronts Peter on the 1st of November, 1981. Hours after the 10 year anniversary of their friendship. Peter betrays Sirius. Peter blows up the street. Sirius goes to Azkaban. Peter ends up cursed.

James seems to haunt Peter - a ghost only he can see. Keeps haunting him, keeps guilt tripping him, keeps blaming him, and most of all, keeps wanting to be with his son. It drives Peter crazy. He is unable to do anything about it because as far as anyone else is concerned, he is dead. So if he makes a reappearance to get help, he is dead. And he is worried that if he stays like this, he will kill himself.

(Ofc James is not really there. James cannot be forced to spend the rest of his existence haunting Peter. James is wherever dead people are - not with the living. Peter's magic, having bonded with the other 3, seems to be going against him for what he did to them. James is just the only one who could reasonably haunt Peter, so his magic (or head) conjures up images of James.)

(Or it could go a different way. Maybe they become friends on Sirius' birthday. Maybe Peter had James killed and framed Sirius right before their 10 year anniversary so he wouldn't be bound by the promise of a friendship lasting a lifetime (it did last a lifetime for James). Maybe Peter planned out the day. Maybe.)

With 7:

The same story really. Except, in this case Sirius is also haunted by 'James'. Yes, yes, I know Sirius did not betray James. But Sirius thinks he was (atleast partially) responsible for James' death. That guilt is enough to convince his magic that he broke the friendship pact.

The dementors ........................... do not help.

I admit, I got this idea from a Coco fanfiction called The Bedside Ghost by the amazing PengyChan. It is an amazing story and I 100% recommend everyone to check it out.

Anyway idk where I am going with this.

You know what, I cannot stop thinking about it, so I will make everyone who reads this think about it as well.

What if Peter Pettigrew was not the spy? What if it was someone else / there was no spy at all? Sirius' plan goes the same way - Peter is the real Secret Keeper and Sirius is the decoy. BUT Sirius also 'disappears' to keep James and Lily's location safe. Peter is hiding in plain sight because he isn't the Secret Keeper right? Like he has no justification to provide to the OotP so he does whatever is the needful for the Order.

Obviously Voldemort knows that if James were to choose a Secret Keeper, it would be Sirius. But he can't find Sirius either. So what does he do? He takes Peter. Logically speaking, if anyone were to know where Sirius is, in case of emergencies, it is Peter. So he has Peter kidnapped, and tries to get him to reveal Sirius' location so he can get to the Potters. Peter either reveals the location under torture and is then killed / he is simply killed for refusing to reveal the info, automatically breaking the Fidelus Charm keeping the Potters' safe.

In the second situation, Voldy would find that thinking of their location ain't so fuzzy anymore and he would be able to get people to find them.

In both situations, the rest of the story goes as per canon - Jily die, spell rebounds on Voldy, who also dies. Everyone still thinks Sirius is the Secret Keeper but he isn't. He thinks Peter betrayed them but is unable to find him - so no street explodes, killing twelve people. He, is however, still arrested on account of being a Death Eater, betraying James and Lily, possibly assisting the murder of Peter Pettigrew. (I believe Peter's body will eventually be found - or he would simply be assumed dead)

Peter's dead. James and Lily are dead. There is no one alive who can corroborate Sirius' story.

Considering Wormtail would never be seen with the Weasleys, it is easy to say that Sirius would never even consider escaping. Remus would stay wherever he was, and never actually come to Hogwarts to teach, because we all know he was only offered the job because of Sirius' escape. Nevermind that he was actually a great teacher.

I don't think Sirius can ever be proved innocent, unless some Death Eater or Voldemort mentions that he never joined. Which I highly doubt they'd do or even bring up.

A possible variation on the tale we all know, but with no traitors. And it still ends up in tragedy.

To be frank, I do think this is what would have happened. Since Peter is not in hiding, it is easy to get to him. If they have to put him in hiding, they have to justify that to Dumbledore, and they were planning on keeping it a secret from everyone - the perfect set up.

Doomed love story, that seems to have a happy ending, but we all know is a tragedy. But also, let's be real, Prongsfoot is leagues above Romeo and Juliet.

Anyway, back to the topic.

Young lovers, meeting, despite disapproval from one or more sets of parents, falling in love, being utterly obsessed with each other, etc. It is 100% Prongsfoot. James and Sirius couldn't be apart for one hour in detention so they made magical mirrors. Sirius runs away to James' house, over everyone else's. Sirius "It’s been fourteen years. And still a day doesn't go by I don’t miss your dad" Black. Like, I can imagine Sirius taking poison once he finds out James is dead, if he didn't already know James was murdered and goes out to avenge him instead.

LIKE??? I AM TWENTY ONE. These things got married and had a kid by this time and also died for said kid. Like can you imagine how scared they were?

When I first read the books, I was much younger and 21 seemed like a reasonable grown up age. It is not. You are very much barely an adult at 21.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET THEM BEING MURDERED IN THEIR OWN HOME - A PLACE OF SAFETY AND SHELTER AND THEY LOST EVERYTHING THERE

I don't want to think about a 19-year old Lily discovering she's pregnant - like Harry was 1 when they died. Means it had been more than a year since he was born and considering we know his birthday and Jily's birthdays too, it is safe to say Lily was 19 (almost 20) when she found out she was pregnant. A teenager.

I don't want to think about them being terrified upon discovering it because who wants to bring a baby to the world in times of war?

James and Lily were raising a baby when being kids themselves.

Sirius, probably, could be classified as cool. But only if it was him alone. Sirius, with his three best friends? Geek.

James, Sirius and Peter probably become the youngest ever animagi - and that shit isn't easy. They then go on to plot an unplottable area for fun. Sign it with NICKNAMES. Like these kids would have done a lot of research to do this. Heck, forget geeks. If they'd been left alone, they would have probably gone along the side of scientists.

I said scientists, and not mad scientists, because, in my honest opinion, all scientists are mad.

I had a question. Multiple actually but this one has been sitting in my head for a long time.

Hello everyone! I have recently ventured into the world of anime (and by that I mean I have watched a grand total of 1). So if any of you have any good recommendations, please let me know?

Thanks in advance!

I WAS MENTALLY FREAKING OUT. I didn’t expect that much concern. I was so sure they’d figure out there was no injury because I didn’t injure myself. In my panic I forgot that I told them that my right ankle hurt and instead pointed at my left one for the spray. 

And, well.

My ankle was actually swollen. Pretty badly. My shoes had actually been a size too small, so I did always have some feet pain, but this time they ended up acting as a brace for my ankle for the entire time I’d been there. Apparently when I was playing badminton the previous evening, I’d moved my foot the wrong way. I remember hearing a pop, I remember ignoring it, I remember not feeling any pain until then. The teachers didn’t notice me freaking out and they were all wondering why I even came to school, though I insisted on staying for the rest of the day. Not that there was anyone at home to take me back at that moment, and both my parents’ workplaces was also pretty far away. My class teacher, who apparently lived very close to my house, ended up taking me home with her at the end of the day, because I couldn’t climb the school bus. 

It happened more than a decade ago, and I still require regular ankle massages to keep the swelling down. I have binders for both my ankles because somewhere along the way, with the years of putting more pressure on my right ankle, it decided to become a replica of my left ankle. Years of orthopaedics have yielded no results other than the fact that I managed to trigger a birth defect. That my sprain healed, but there had always been an intrinsic defect in both my ankles. That they would have to do surgery, to break my ankle bones, because the whole reason I am suffering is that they didn’t break, which my family doesn’t agree with, as it is not an exactly a life saving thing. Plus, I can’t afford to take the time off from my studies required for this surgery.

Here’s the thing though. A thing I 100% would not recommend, because I have a very crippling FOMO and always have the habit of assuming everyone doesn’t actually like me and are just pretending to if I keep making a fuss of my issues. 

I try so hard to not let it stop me from doing things that everyone else does. I see people playing football, and I want to as well. And I will go join them. My school’s annual sports meet? I am going to participate. In the relay race, in the running race, because I used to be the fastest and now I am the second fastest in my house team. The annual sports meet was the worst, because it began with 10 laps around the football ground, followed by the races and a basketball tournament. All in the same day. I came home, I sat down. I couldn’t get up. I needed my mom and dad to half carry me to bed because I could not walk. My ankles were balloons. I didn’t go to school for a week. 

In my wish to be left out, I ignored my body’s pleas for help. For a damn long time. The week I couldn’t move was like a wake-up call. I quit my karate classes, I quit all my sports. I did ankle exercises regularly to strengthen my ankle (they don’t work but I do them anyway). I am still doing my best to stop crossing my ankles.

How do you write a letter of recommendation? Also why are you supposed to draft your own letter of recommendation? Like do you sit and think good qualities about yourself? 

VENTI MY BELOVED

This account had its first anniversary yesterday! And I completely missed it! 

Flash forward to the 3 minutes before the play and there are mics being given to the witches, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth. I watched them go on stage and I kept asking the teachers for a mic but they just said that I don’t need one. Me being an idiot, didn’t realise that the mics were only used for the dialogues which hadn’t recorded, went on stage and yelled out my dialogues while also hearing my own voice from a speaker. The first few rows of the audience were extremely concerned. 

Guys? Watching gay porn? WHAT?