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Lily/Hermione is slightly older than James/Harry.

Lily/Hermione is a Muggle-born witch. James/Harry comes from the family of wizards.

Lily/Harry had a very complicated relationship with at least one living relative. On the other hand, James/Hermione had a great, loving relationship with his/her parents.

James/Lily and Harry/Hermione were forced to go into hiding together in order to defeat Voldemort.

James/Harry comes from a rich family. Lily/Hermione, on the other hand, comes from the middle-class/poor background.

James and Lily were both killed by Avada Kedavra. Harry and Hermione were both tortured and scarred.

Lily did not like James at first and only started bonding with him after he outgrew his bully mindset. Harry did not like Hermione at first and only became close friends with her after saving her from the troll.

James and Lily were immediately sorted into Gryffindor without any problem. Harry and Hermione were both considered for more than one House (Harry-Slytherin, Hermione-Ravenclaw).

James and Lily were betrayed by Peter Pettigrew. Harry and Hermione were betrayed by Marietta Edgecombe (or by Cho Chang in the movies).

Source: hphogwartshistory

Come take my hand, I won't let you go

I'll be your friend, I will love you so deeply

I will be the one to kiss you at night

I will love you until the end of time

There's nothing between us but space and time

I'll be your own little star, let me shine in your world

In your own little universe, make me your girl

I’m still not over this how have I watched these movies so many times and never caught onto this? HOW?? I fear I’m never letting this go 😭

It is wild to me that in the very first book - the same book where Olivander introduces us to the fated nature of Harry's wand and it being the brother wand to Voldemort's - Hermione casually takes Harry's wand to cast alohomora during their chase after the stone.

And, as reddit also pointed out, stark contrasts are drawn between the blackthorn wand that Ron gives Harry and Hermione's wand. Harry isn't noted to struggle to cast spells with Hermione's wand - he effortlessly casts a shield charm in fact. He certainly struggles with the blackthorn wand. And this is in Deathly Hallows, the other book where wand lore is presented by Olivander.

So, we have Harry commenting actively on how the blackthorn wand doesn't work well. But even before that, Ron struggled with a hand-me-down wand, and the books emphasize that wands are mercurial in a way. Harry is successful with Draco's wand because he overcame Draco. He can wield the Elder wand for a similar wand-lore reasons. Voldemort is shown using a variety of wands, but they aren't ideal and he is constantly seeking the right wand to defeat Harry.

But Harry and Hermione wield each other's wands without trouble from the get-go.

There's a few places in the books where magic is implied to signal underlying compatibility. James and Lily's patronuses are the obvious example. So it feels meaningful (though certainly unintentional) that Harry and Hermione - who have very different wands - are evidenced to use each other's wands without issue.

Particularly, it seems odd that Hermione can use Harry's wand so readily when Harry's wand is one of the most deeply magical in the series. Of all the wands we meet, the three most magically special in the series are the Elder Wand, Voldemort's, and Harry's.

So this girl who is in no way tied (other than her deep affection for Harry) to that entire deal can just use Harry's very magical wand? Really?

That afternoon still lingered fresh in his mind, like oil paint on a canvas of memories.

Hermione had invited Harry to read in silence beside her, away from Hogwarts, away from the glances, the tensions, and the gossip that echoed through the corridors.

At one point, when desire won out, he set his own book down on the grass and watched her in that warm silence.

Her curls bathed in the golden light of the sun, her delicate fingers resting at the edges of the pages, her eyes focused even on the intricacies of the footnotes.

Hermione.

His best friend, Hermione.

A living spirit of pure intellectual charm and innocent beauty that made the rest of the world lose its importance, made his heart warm and time pass.

Hermione then slowly looked up and noticed he had been watching her for longer than he probably realized.

"Everything okay?" she asked, her voice carrying that characteristic concern of hers.

Harry just smiled.

"I think so."

Hermione looked toward the castle reflected on the surface of the Black Lake.

"Hogwarts is beautiful from here, isn't it?"

Harry took a few seconds to answer.

"Yeah..." he said finally, his voice low. "It's beautiful."

He wasn't talking about the castle.

But Hermione didn't need to know that.