#or just similar to a spyxrevenge story

[writtenonreceipts]

Imagine an AU where Lily dies but James lives. Snape will be a dead man once James learns he technically was responsible for leaving him a widow and Harry without a mother

*sobs in jily* but for real.

I would devour feral James, ngl. I reblogged a post yesterday about that James/Percy Jackson coding or whatever it was...and you know James would seek revenge for Lily. BUT the thing about that being...it's James. And from what/how I interpret his character...he would go a little insane (ie sirius and remus reeling him in). But he would be so meticulous in his planning of revenge. Like full on Count of Monte Cristo revenge in place. I think, for all his immaturities that we saw demonstrated, Jame was a lot of growth and knowledge and deviance. Like, bro is an animagus, helped create an enchanted map, joined the order--we've seen his brains at work and for me, he'd definitely set a revenge plot of the century.

I feel like someone's done this plot before, fic wise?? If so, link me the story and I'll read/share! pretty please :)

Now, if I were more mentally stable and able to actually...y'know write... i've got ideas

so if we got the monte cristo route: james'll hide away and vanish without a trace to mourn and raise his son and keep him safe all while developing a plan, pooling his resources for what to do

and you know that sirius is with him, screw the pureblood patriarchy etcetc. Remus, now canonically it's been discussed they were on the outs/not as trustworthy of him for interesting and valid reasons that would be explored for plot (there's a meta post about this somewhere), but I think if Lily were to die, Remus would lend a hand in any way he could. And it may be in secret so that not even James or Sirius knows what work Remus is doing behind the scenes in gather intell until the end

(Admittedly, I am a slight peter apologist, I think his character/the archetype/trope/theme is really interesting and I'd like to explore it more) For the sake of this story, there does still need to be a traitor, and Peter inadvertently causes that. Or knowingly causes it...plot would tell.

And then severus knows theres something/someone after him. Dark alley's trailing voices--Does Voldemort suspect something?

He gets to Hogwarts for protection

Years pass and boom bam there's a change up at the ministry and who is this up and coming man that no one knows much about? It's James Potter but with a new and secret cool name so he can screw with Severus.

*insert political plot I can't articulate rn that mirrors Kelsier's plan in mistborn*

Snape dies.

(that last point is all that matters)

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