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A lot of people took this to mean that James was the one who was really good at potions and it was his favorite subject but all I meant was that he was probably very knowledgable about potions and couldn’t help giving his friends advice that Snape probably overheard

Ok, ok ok,

You know that joke that went around about “Why didn’t Harry recognize The Prince’s handwriting when he’d been staring at it on the board for 6 years?”

What if that was because it was James’s handwriting? He wrote the notes and Snape stole the book from James as a “Haha, fuck you, lets see how well you do without your cheat sheets” Then writing ”This book belongs to the half blood Prince.” to gloat that he took something from James Potter.

James is the only one we see use Levicorpus besides Harry.

I know that means James created sectumsempra, but still, it was a time of war and death eaters, maybe he created it as a last resort thing.

Intelligent

they figured out how to use the Marauder’s Map during their first year

they both received good marks in their first few years at Hogwarts

they drove their dad’s flying car without any training

they knew how to pick a lock using Muggle methods

they actually memorized the entire Marauder’s Map by their fifth year

they correctly predicted the outcome of the Quidditch World Cup

they made a successful aging potion so they could put their names in the Goblet of Fire (of course, Dumbledore had the age line which knew they weren’t of age, but their aging potion was a success regardless)

they started a highly successful business from scratch before their sixth year

they invented a great load of things for their business (which takes time, intelligence, and money)

found a way to disguise their products so they could be delivered to Hogwarts students

they passed their Apparition tests “with distinction”

they knew what the Vanishing Cabinet was and shoved Montague in it, knowing he wouldn’t come out for weeks

they turned corridors at Hogwarts into swamps

helped to keep Potterwatch going

Kind

tried to send Harry a toilet seat when he was in the hospital wing after fighting Quirrell and Voldemort

tried to keep the rogue bludger away from Harry in his second year

they rescued Harry from his abusive home before his second year at Hogwarts

didn’t take the rumors that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin seriously

both of them were ready to attack Malfoy when he called Hermione a “mudblood”

decided to give the Marauder’s Map to Harry because his “needs are greater than ours”

comforted Harry after the dementor attacks

they allowed Harry free merchandise from Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes because he gave them the thousand galleons to start their shop

defended their brother when the Slytherins came up with “Weasley is our King”

defended Harry when the Slytherins insulted his mother, Lily Potter

started an all-out rebellion against Umbridge for her punishment practices

volunteered to take Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Harry Potter so they could safely transport the real one

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constantly defended their family from jokes about wealth, blood status, and appearances

requested that Percy sit with them instead of the other prefects in their third year because it was a “family holiday”

they were very proud of Ron when he beat McGonagall’s life-sized wizard’s chess

tried to cheer up Ginny during her first year, even though she’d been under the influence of Tom Riddle

joined their family in Egypt (even though they tried to lock Percy in a pyramid)

(sort of) comforted Ron when Scabbers went missing in his third year

they bought Ron a brand new set of dress robes under Harry’s instruction

they spent a majority of their Christmas holidays during their seventh year at St. Mungo’s after their father was attacked by Nagini

defended their family from Percy’s ignorance on multiple occasions

both still stayed at the Burrow for the Christmas holidays during Harry’s sixth year