#like. jily and wolfstar are endgame to me but these bitches wanted to FUCK

[15hopes]

jily happens- late 5th year. james has pined after lily for forever, and she finally reciprocates. they are wonderful. it is safe and healthy and loving and they are HAPPY.

wolfstar also happens- it comes to fruition a little later, about 6th year. and sirius and remus are loving and healthy and safe and they are HAPPY.

but-

no.

if they don’t name it, if they don’t ever acknowledge the amorphous thing growing between them, then sirius and james will be fine. they love their partners. adore them. truly.

and it doesn’t feel like cheating, really it doesn’t, if sirius rests his head on james’ thigh. if when sirius has nightmares, he crawls into james’ bed and they wake up intertwined. and sometimes when he doesn’t have nightmares. if his signature biting wit takes a bitter turn against lily- well, it’s only in his head, he would never insult her out loud, and he hates himself for even thinking it. it’s not even true. if he compliments james’ arse a little enthusiastically, surely no one will read into that. they’ve been this way forever. all things reasonably excused within the realm of Best Friendship, he tells himself.

and james doesn’t stop him. james, for his part, takes a soft and secret pleasure in the shiver up his spine when his best friend’s raven hair is splayed out on his leg. braids sirius’ hair before quidditch games. notices each moment remus is distracted or brusque in sharp strikes of indignation, keeps uncharacteristic count in his head (and out loud, to lily. and sirius. it’s really not in his head at all) because how dare anyone not give sirius black their full attention -! james tucks each almond-slivered moment in the back of his mind, to be unfolded only when he’s so tired he doesn’t care enough to think about whose name slips out of his mouth in the shower.

their closeness, their possessiveness, is easily laughed off. they’re best friends. they share a brain. of course they’re close, of course they need each other like air to breathe. of course it’s hard when your best mate starts spending time with someone else. it’s normal. it’s natural. would be concerning if they didn’t feel this way, really.

and if either of them looks a little long, sighs near-imperceptibly in the Quidditch locker room, it goes unacknowledged. because james DOES love lily. and sirius DOES love remus. neither of them want anything to change, necessarily, but.

if they never cross the line, they both wonder, does it matter? does it count?

[maxdibert]

cho and dean thomas are overhated because hinny is endgame

viktor and lavender are overhated because romione is endgame

tonks is overhated because wolfstar is more popular

snape is overhated because jily is endgame

and that shows a lot about the fandom. let people have their ships :( i ship some of these hated ships and it’s basically a crime; most of their arguments are “cho was a crybaby!” she was mourning her dead boyfriend who was so nice and literally did nothing to deserve that?? “lavender was obsessed” she was in love?? “18 and 14-15 is literally pedophilia!!!!1!!! i hope somebody grooms you!” WHAT?

basically, my rant was all about the fact you can’t like pairings of characters most don’t like.

Imagine validating an idea as horrible and problematic as a 15/16 year old girl who just lost her boyfriend being annoying because she cries in the midst of a terrible grieving process and post-traumatic stress. Imagine narratively complimenting another girl because that girl doesn't cry. Imagine you're JK Rowling and you say you're a feminist but all the teenage girls who behave like teenage girls in your books get a ton of criticism and bashing and you only treat positively those who fit within feminine standards or conform to men's fantasies. It's just fucking disgusting. I mean Lavender is a gossipy and normal teenage girl who likes basic teenage things and clearly she has to be an annoying creep because she likes Ron, because of course Ron is for Hermione who has more important things to do with her life like reading books and being the best in class. Because clearly, you can't be intelligent and hardworking and at the same time frivolous and feminine if you're a woman in Rowling's eyes; you have to be one or the other.

You also can't be a vulnerable teenager with emotions you can't control, or be in mourning, or be unable to know what you want after a traumatic event, or prefer to cover up for your best friend over whatever political shit you're stirring up, you have to be a tough chick who only has guy friends and who doesn't cry because big girls don't cry and who instead of solving things civilly casts spells violently and who has outbursts of a real rude bitch like Ginny, because that's what a real girl is, that's a cool girl that boys like, a girl who's not like the others, a warrior girl. In Rowling's world you can't have ovaries and feelings at the same time, it's impossible, it doesn't happen.

Y sí me encanta cómo olvidan convenientemente que Hermione es un año mayor que Ron y Harry, con lo que en el 4to libro tiene 15/16, no 14/15. Y cómo el hecho de que se lleve con Krum 2/3 años les parece fatal pero luego Fleur y Bill que se llevan 8 años y ella apenas tiene 18 cuando se conocen y Remus y Tonks que se llevan 13 y ella tiene como 22 o 23 cuando se conocen está todo bien o sea???

En fin que me da igual y que paso muchísimo, la misoginia que hay en esa saga y el tratamiento tan pobre de los personajes femeninos y cómo Rowling reduce a todas las mujeres que no se adaptan a las fantasías del male gaze o a la idea de las madres santas ultra sacrificadas a mujeres malas, inválidas o menos aceptables es para vomitar. En serio es que se podría hacer toda una tésis de lo mucho que esa señora odia a las mujeres en general y solo soporta a los estereotipos creados para que los hombres se hagan pajas en particular.