History WMG / HarryPotterRelationshipTheories

This isn't quite going into OedipusComplex territory, but it's obvious throughout the series that Harry held his parents in very high regard. Knowing Rowling, this may or may not have been intentional, but Ginny exhibits a lot of the traits that either one or both of Harry's parents had during their time at school. Like Lily, she's an attractive redhead and a skilled witch with courage and natural leadership abilities. She also happens to be the youngest sister in the family. Like James, she shows above average talent with her spellcasting as well as with Quidditch. In fact, she played both Chaser and Seeker at different points in her Quidditch career at Hogwarts just like James did. (James is mentioned as being a Chaser in the books, but is also seen showing off his reflexes with a snitch in a flashback, which might imply that he, like Ginny, played Chaser on a team with a very skilled Seeker, but switched to Seeker when said teammate either left school or was injured.) James was also a natural leader, even of the Marauders in his early school days, and he became Head Boy in his seventh year as well.

[[WMG: Lots of the Slytherins are sick of and totally hate Malfoy and his gang.]] I mean, seriously, Malfoy is a total jerk. This probably explains why the common room was empty when [[spoiler:Harry and Ron interrogate him in disguise!]]even though they could be hanging around and left when “Mouthboy” entered.

* Some of the recent blurbs JKR put on Pottermore reveal that [[spoiler:Lucius and Narcissa were a bit disappointed in Draco's choice of marriage because the Greengrass family was not part of the "Sacred Twenty-Eight" that comprised the 'purest' of the pure-blood families.]] If he was trying to please his parents, Astoria wasn't the best choice.

His behavior was constantly being compared to Ginny's in the second book, and we all know how she turned out: [[spoiler: that she did have a crush on Harry and kept it going through all the guys she dated over the years, until she finally got together with him]]. He is also one of the few prominent Gryffindor characters who we never see dating anybody. Plus, Colin was Muggle-born, so it's not like he grew up hearing Harry Potter's name the way Ron and his other classmates did. Why else would he be so obsessed with him?

* She's often seen giving him compliments and is very devoted to him, but also gets irritated with his some of his quirks and antics, a bit like a wife. She's also fiercely - sometimes violently - protective of him, even though she probably knows full well that he can handily beat anyone who tries to fight him. She's likely closer to him than anyone, as WordOfGod says that each, at least initially, is the only one that knows the other's past - and [=McGonagall=] [[AllThereInTheManual actually has quite the tragic backstory.]] [[spoiler: In that backstory, she's also had a romance with a much older man.]] And, for what it's worth, the two are dance partners at the Yule Ball, at least in the films.

If she could have, she would have kept him under her spell for the rest of their lives. She knew he would never love her for who she was. But one day, she forgot to give him his regular dose of love potion, he realized what had been done to him, and he ran for his life and never looked back.

[[WMG: JK Rowling (or her daughter) is a [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy/Terra]] shipper]]

* I can imagine Madam Pomfrey having a cupboard full of ointments, potions and creams for magical STDs.

* Also, Hermione is ''not'' similar to Lilly. Sure, they are both smart, muggle-born, and willing to stand up for what they believe in, but that's where the similarities stop. Lilly had, similar to Snape himself, an innate talent for potions, which Hermione doesn't have, she's just book smart - which is a major reason Snape looks down on her. Also, Lilly seemed to be kind as well as popular, while Hermione, bless her, was never particularly good with people. Furthermore, Lilly had a bit of a temper, which Hermione doesn't have, and she was conventionally attractive, which Hermione isn't.

[[WMG: Godric Griffindor was a huge [[TheCasanova Casanova.]]

[[WMG:Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are [[Main/HoYay homosexual lovers]].]]

[[WMG: Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin were [[Main/HoYay homosexual lovers]].]]

** Another popular theory is that it will be [[HoYay Scorpius and Al]], which would spice things up even more.

How else could he still have Parseltongue abilities after the Horcrux is gone. It is because he is unknowingly a descendant of Salazar Slytherin and James never developed it because he either did not know himelf or because of the unfair stigma attached to it.

Related to the above; these characters are most likely to have had sex before they died. Do not include the characters who were explicitly ''not'' virgins when they died (Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, James and Lily Potter) or characters who did not die within the series ([[Characters/HarryPotterTheTrio The Golden Trio]], Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, etc.) Also, [[CaptainObvious spoiler alert]].

* [[{{Jossed}} OP here. Just making note of the fact that]] [[Books/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild this WMG didn't age well.]]

How else could he still have Parseltongue abilities after the Horcrux is gone. It is because he is unknowingly a descendant of Salazar Slytherin and James never developed it because he either did not know himelf orbecause of the unfair stigma attached to it.

This troper is not counting ''Cursed Child'' as canon, as it was not written by JK Rowling.

* Also I doubt Sirius and Remus would have just stood aside. Peter maybe because... Peter. But both Sirius and Remus were on equal footing with James and definitely would have interfered with him trying to slip Lily some lovepotion. And don't forget how both of them pointed out how JAMES grew up in their last two years in school and how Lily gave him a chance after he did the growing up thing, not before. Someone did change his behaviour, but it was neither aprupt, nor potion-induced, nor Lily.

Think of it this way: While Lily would never have liked being called a "Mudblood", she should have given a little more consideration to the idea that Severus was angry and humiliated when he said it, and that anger and humiliation makes people lose control, ''and'' that they'd been friends since they were nine years old; if she never once saw his reaction to public humiliation in six years, then she wasn't paying attention. With this in mind, she had no excuse not to forgive him. (Please keep in mind, however, that he ''was'' wrong for saying it, and that this is not Lily-bashing; it's just something I thought about.)

But let's assume that they had sex at some point before this happened. Lily wouldn't have made that decision lightly, and she did love Severus, in a "best friends" way, so losing her virginity with him (and, by that same token, him with her) would have been extremely significant for her. When she told him to fuck off after calling her "Mudblood", she wasn't angry; she was broken-hearted, and it was the final sign that no matter how much she changed for him, he wasn't going to do it for her. Which led her to James Potter, [[CharacterDevelopment who stopped being a "toerag" long enough to convince her that he just might be worth her time]]. (Also note that Sirius told Harry, in Book 5, that James and Lily only started dating in their ''seventh'' year. If she really had been angry, the best way to get back at Severus would have been to immediately start dating his worst enemy.)

*** That's because Harry's an angst 15-year old who idealizes his parents and doesn't recognize the concept of "the lady doth protest too much." JK Rowling even hinted at this in an interview. "You're a woman. You know what I'm talking about." (Leaky Cauldron interview, I think).

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