context  :  think  .  .  .  a  man  once  so  loud  and  proud  ,  now  withered  to  shame  .  formed  by  previous  events  ,  griffin  needs  your  muse  to  be  there  with  him  .  will  you  give  in  or  withhold  the  comfort  ? 

which, is normal. and fine. this is what i mean, seriously, when i say i miss this kind of drama. people just being regular people and occasionally getting hung up on something and accidentally letting that color our interactions with public, shared spaces. maybe SV will come back to it later and be embarrassed, or maybe not. And people are obviously right in pushing back against it. But one thing is clear to me - this person isn't a Regular.

not someone making their entire existence about <insert drama here> and consistently finding a reason to be mad about it.

to me his like, the epitome of a gryffindor but in both the positive and negative ways. & lots of his traits / the house traits manifest in really extreme ways. Like, he’s protective of his friends & a good friend, but he’s also overly protective in general with a hero complex. chivalrous in a way that leads to stepping in where he’s unwanted & unneeded, & creating situations like the lake scene for his own ego / self-importance. 

gryffindors consider themselves to be the morally upright & just house but that can lead to self-righteousness & lack of perspective. I also think, James comes from a very privileged background & does not necessarily think about the very real consequences some of the things happening in hogwarts has for people, until he gets older and ‘deflates his head a bit’ as sirius says. growing up in the middle of a war, seeing how it affects real people, and realising that the entire hogwarts house rivalries / wizard rivalries is kinda dumb is a big part of his character development.

Not only that, but it’s not like he’s a totally horrible person like some people perceive him to be. and it bothers me when people come @ me with that because it’s just ... not ? it ? it’s not even canon. His negative traits also have positive sides - like he’s willing to befriend and defend people no matter the consequences and the backlash that might have. he’s loyal to a fault (its literally his ultimate downfall), he staunchly throws himself behind the causes he believes in, he’s moral righteousness isn’t exclusive to his friends (he saves snapes life for eg) AND, it’s canon he stops being such a dickhead in his final two years (except with snape but its not like he’s a saint). The point is, the things that make him dislikable, are also the things like make him likeable, depending on the context.