#bookworm james potter

[siriusblack-the-third]

Haven't written anything in a little while so here's a short prongsfoot drabble :))

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Sirius can't find James.

Ergo, he does the most logical thing that can be done in this situation— goes to the Marauders' hidden library.

It wasn't originally a library. Sirius isn't sure it can be called one now either, but it's theirs, and the boys are proud of it. They found a hidden room behind the tapestry of Wilhelm the Weird in their second year, and Remus and James— the bookworms that they were— immediately pounced on the idea of setting up their own little library/ experimentation nook. It took them most of third year to set it up, what with dragging furniture to the fourth floor and smuggling in curtains and a chandelier and carpets and other stuff. Now, in their seventh year, it's the Marauders' favourite place.

Sirius slips behind the tapestry and places a palm on a particular stone. "I solemnly swear," he murmurs, lips twitching at the password they had set at the beginning of fourth year, "that I am up to no good. Marauder's honour."

Immediately, a door materialises next to the stone, and he turns the handle and swings it open silently. The walls are covered in shelves upon shelves of books ranging from magical theory to textbooks for Mastery to research papers to old myths and ancient histories to stories and novels and fiction and nonfiction— you name it. The candles and chandelier are lit, and the circular hearth in the centre of the room sports a magical smoke-free fire in a soft green. Sirius smiles. Green is James' favourite colour.

As expected, James is curled up in his favourite cozy green armchair, knees tucked close to his chest and glasses at the tip of his nose. His head is buried in that giant book Mr Potter sent him an hour ago, Arithmantic Advancements in The 18th Century, and it is no surprise to Sirius that he is almost a quarter of the way through it. James has a phenomenal reading speed, and is obsessed with Arithmancy.

Nerd, Sirius thinks fondly as he leans against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets, knowing full well that the term applies to him as well. All the Marauders are giant nerds and they know it, they own it; they make being a nerd cool.

Quiet as death, he pushes off the doorframe and moves forward till he is standing behind James, then leans down to murmur in his ear.

"Boo."

"AAI ZAVLI!"

James near about jumps out of his skin, and Sirius dodges the reflexive curse with a loud roar with laughter that echoes off the walls of the room. James reaches out to smack him upside the head, and Sirius lets him, too busy with doubling over and clutching his stomach to mind it much.

“Ton visage,” he gasps breathlessly, shoulders shaking with mirth, “ah putain, ton visage—”

He breaks off once again into helpless laughter, and James huffs indignantly.

“I could have hurt you, murkha!” he exclaims, and Sirius laughs even harder even though he knows just how dangerous that curse was. It would have made him cough up his lungs— certainly a most painful way to die.

“We both know the counterspell, mon amour,” he breathes, still chuckling. “I'd have been fine.”

James huffs again and crosses his arms over his chest, glaring up at Sirius. Times like these, Sirius relishes the few inches he has on James; he smirks and leans down to press a kiss to his forehead, raising a hand to tangle his index finger in a strand of pitch black hair and tug gently as a silent apology.

James cocks an eyebrow, and Sirius simply grins back, making him sigh in exasperation.

“Fine, fine, I forgive you,” he grumbles, and Sirius beams, wrapping an arm around him and tugging him forward into a soft, chaste kiss. James melts into the contact, reaching up to cup Sirius' cheeks and tilting his head down for a better angle.

“What did you want?”

Sirius shrugs. “I couldn't find you.”

He does not really have another answer, and they both know he does not need one. James gríns, that one expression that always promised chaos. “Then, help me get back at Moony, for giving me shit about that essay on reactive properties of powdered dragon scale.”

Sirius grins back, silver eyes sparking with mischief.

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Translations

Aai zhavli: Marathi, literally "mother is fucked"

Murkha: Marathi, "idiot"

Ton visage: French, "your face"

Ah, putain: French, "oh fuck"

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@roalinda @gracelesslady23 @strwbi-laces @prongsfoot-wolfstar

[starchaserfanatic]

Me: Yeah I read a lot, like every night before bed!

Random Person: Oh that’s so cool! What do you read?

*Me, realizing I’ve said too much, hiding my phone, and internally screaming.*

Me: …No.

[stargazedmoony]

“I should have brought a book”

—the thought that haunts me everywhere I go when I didn’t bring a book with me

[jegulus4444]

Can I confess something ? I don’t read the last chapter of my favourite fics/books bc I don’t want them to end

[vanessas-bookereport]

something i’ve noticed about the hogwarts house is how they grow authority or just rules in general

gryffindor: they only follow the rules they believe in, you can’t tell them what to do, they see everything in black and white and they always do what they think is right and don’t think of the consequences

huffelpuff: huffelpuffs are the peace keepers, they’ll follow rules to keep from upsetting people. until it effects their friends/family, they’ll put up with crap from a teacher but the second that crap gets turned to a friend of theirs that’s when it’s an issue.

slytherin: they have a strict set of rules that they made and follow them to death . similar to gryffindors, you can’t tell them what to do. the only difference is they will do whatever they think will benefit them the most rather then what’s “right”

ravenclaw: ravenclaws have little regard for the rules, they will talk back to a teacher who’s being unfair. they wont do assignments if they don’t want to. they typically do what they feel necessary to the given situation, while gryffindors simply see a right and a wrong, ravenclaws will weigh every possible outcome and go with whatever option that cause the least collateral damage.

[thebookworm006]

Read please, swear it is worth it if u like Harry Potter

Sirius/ron: comedic relief. Main character best friend. Loves to eat. Falls head over heels with a goody two shoes who it’s also one of their best friends. Overlooked by parents for other siblings. Gryffindor. Forced to grow up too soon.

Hermione/remus: goody two shoes that is the other friend. Falls in love with a rule breaker who also plays quidditch while they think quidditch is stupid but only go to watch their boyfriend. They have definitely both read hogwarts, a history

James/harry: messy, raven haired guy with round glasses. Extremely stupid and has a few close friends. In love with a bad arse red heads who is a Gryffindor. A potter boy (obvs). Super rich (however Harry can’t use his money till later). Both have a Slytherin enemy who they end up saving when they are in a life threatening encounter.

[hrlx23]

Why is the voice in my head British when I read?? I am from FLORIDA.

[valentinetypewriter]

PSA about movies/books

You're not a fake fan if you've read the books but never seen the movies

You're not a fake fan if you've watched the movies but never read the books

You don't have to watch/read something just because you like it's equivalent.

Movies are always different from the source material, in movies characters might be the opposite of how we imagine them to look like. And it's ok if you don't like that.

For example I myself am a huge movie buff and a bookwork but I also have different opinions

I love the book "The Picture of Dorian Gray" but I don't ever want to watch the movie - in the movie Dorian Gray just doesn't fit the way I pictured him

I love the Harry potter movies, but I've only read the first 2 books, and I don't really plan on reading the rest, - because I like the way the movies make me feel

I also watched "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" movie before i read the book. - And I like both, but I'll still watch the movie over reading the book

[apolloishot]

Remus gets little chocolate finger prints on his book pages, especially over the summer when he will sit outside and read and eat chocolate while James and Sirius play quidditch

[siriusblack-the-third]

Storytelling

I haven't written anything in ages, and i finally gathered enough willpower today, so here's the result!

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James Potter reads a lot. James reads like he breathes— he reads while eating, while brushing his teeth, while playing chess with Minnie. He reads in the shower with a Water Resistant charm on the book, he reads in class with the book hidden under his desk, he reads late into the night with his blanket pulled over his head and an orb of witchlight hovering over the open book. He even reads on the Quidditch pitch, alone and high up in the air with his broom frozen in one place.

For all the reading that he does, though, he's shit at storytelling.

There's a problem there, and James knows it. He has a habit of going off into tangents, of switching from story to unrelated story without pause for breath, of putting random details at the randomest of points where it doesn't make sense.

The funniest thing (it's not really funny, but James does not want to search up another word for it, and therefore it shall be classified as funny)— the funniest thing, is that his worst habit in storytelling is to start with the conclusion.

And as he does for every story he tells, he will do for this one; he will begin with the conclusion.

He is in love with Sirius.

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Tag list:

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[dead70swizardsupremacy]

Regulus: *happily engaged in a conversation about books with Remus and Lily*

James: HEY EVANS!

Regulus: *now in a bad mood* I’m leaving

Lily: did I do something?

Remus: apart from looking gorgeous and making James love you nope

[aestaml7]

I want an OFFICIAL spin-off about the marauders era starring Ben Barnes, Andrew Garfield, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Dane DeHaan

It's not too late so I still hope

[anything-for-our-moony-444]

You cannot tell me that JAMES FLEAMONT F!CKING POTTER does not have the cringiest, loudest, most annoying ringtone in the history of the world.

[aesthetics-for-harry-potter]

Moodboard of Draco’s younger sister who reads a lot and has a crush on Harry.

Requested by: anon.

[bookish-dream]

Marauders Era in a Textpost

Lily: Hi, I'm Lily, and this is my boyfriend James, and his boyfriend Sirius, and his boyfriend Remus, and his boyfriend Regulus.

Lily: Also this is Peter

Lily: He's adopted

(inspired by @marauderstars textpost)