#but i was scrolling on marauders art before bed and bam

[thelyricthepoetthedreamer]

the marauders fandom focuses a lot on how harry missed out on the marauders being in his life as he was growing up, uncle pads and moony etc. but the girls would have also been FANTASTIC aunts and it upsets me.

lily would have been such a loving and fierce mother, we see that with how she died for harry but i wish she had gotten the chance to show it in other ways as well.

marlene would have absolutely taught harry his first swear words, waking up the house with the loudest laugh after he “just went down for his nap, marls”. the first person to get ready to fight whichever 8 year olds were picking on him in class. she chases him around the yard with his broom when james is too tired.

mary, who would be the best listener in the house. always ready with a cup of hot cocoa, or tea when he was old enough, to hash out all the drama. she would also be super crafty and might inspire harry to experiment with his creative side.

pandora who’s just… pandora. his strange aunt that gets laughed at, sometimes, the first person harry will go to bat for, defending her from the 8 year olds making fun of her! always bringing him little trinkets, he keeps them all in a box, and then the box overflows. “really panda, he has enough acorns” “no no, this one’s special”

and dorcas, who fosters his competitive spirit, coaching him alongside james and marlene for quidditch, helping him build good study habits, and loves to talk shit about his classmates to his friends.

not to mention the kids they may have gone on to have. harry didn’t only lose the guaranteed adults in his life when they died, but the potential for a huge family of cousins & second cousins that would grow up with him and love him unconditionally.