#it also utterly baffles me when in fics Lily Jane’s or Sirius are aurors

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It always stuns me how people have this totally made-up idea that Lily was a little miss prefect, whereas in canon she:

Was canonically described as cheeky by Slughorn

Was freaking Petunia out when she turned teacups into mice

Screamed at James and Sirius in SWM and they backed away warily eying her wand

She told James she’d rather go out with the giant squid and called him a big-headed git

She told Snape (after he called her a slur for daring to try to help him when he was vulnerable- typical stalker/possessive personality behaviour) to wash his greying underwear

Was laughing and unbothered in the photo where Harry is zooming around on his baby broom while James was the one doing the panicking Mother Hen behaviour running after him

She joined the Order which was an illegal and covert secret organisation. Which means she didn’t trust the government or police (she was right, they were infiltrated by Death Eaters)

Was a badass who fought Voldy three times (apparently a huge deal)

You may not be aware of the following facts, but these are also canonically true:

She duelled Voldy when she was still in Hogwarts in 6th year, refused to join him when asked, and managed to cast a Patronus on the same day (first in her year to do so!)

She represented James when he was wrongfully accused of murder and managed to get the real culprit to confess

She burnt down the Werewolf Registry & Werewolf Capture Unit of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in Pall Mall. The Aurors never figured out who was responsible

She engaged in multiple battles with Death Eaters and Voldy again as an Order member

She managed to save James and herself after being captured by Voldy and held in de Soulis castle during the first wix war

She willingly met Walburga Black in Grimmauld Place to find out secret information despite knowing the danger as a mudblood

She refused to tell Voldy where Harry was on 31st October 1981 etc

She did not forgive Snape for willingly joining the Death Eaters and agreeing a deal with Voldy to spare her life when he planned to kill her soulmate and her baby

Just because she was canonically described as “kind” and was a Head Girl at a time of War and a mother, does not mean she wasn’t a rebel

thank you for answering my question ♥️ someone compared james keep sneaking out while they were in hiding with snape's sacrificed his life for the potters would make lily rethinking her view on snape make me "?????"

I’m pretty sure James and Lily were sneaking out of the house for night time excursions under the cloak together.

James isn’t the only rule breaker in that relationship and they were both bored and lonely while in hiding.