Walburga's full plan is finally revealed. Sirius and Narcissa have a (separate but related) rude awakening. While Orion's life hangs in the balance, Regulus wrestles with his own choices.
Because Lily was James' wife in canon, that's why it's Lily. Because the source material gives us Lily. No other reason. No hate or whatever. That's just it. It gives a wonderful backstory. A guy is pining for years for a girl, then he marries said school crush and in his 30s he discovers he's in love with his best friend, who is a man. This has so much potential for spicing up the cheating trope and midlife crisis. add the homophobia people had to deal with in the 70s and 80s. Also having a family for years and then finding. Marriage to fit in the social standards, denying who you really are, bc you don't want to hurt anybody or bc you're disgusted with yourself, internalized homophobia... discovering you also like men when you already settled and have a happy family you love, actually happens. It's just so much you can work with to make up an interesting story, instead of a romance as in movies, too perfect to be true. Writing about a murderer doesn't make you a murderer. Morally questionable behaviour is interesting to discover. You could also question giving characters several personality disorders. That can be very questionable as well.
Also people saying that James would cheat on Lily only with Sirius, is just a way to emphasise James' and Sirius' bond. You also have to think about that not everything related to that is always meant dead serious necessarily. So many mutuals talking bullshit for fun and post it on tumblr and people read hate and mysogyny into it.
jily’s seventh year pining era will never not get me.
them looking at each other during meals and lily thinking james doesn’t like her anymore while james is just aching because she’s still so beautiful>>>
them going to sleep after a gryffindor common room party only to realize they spent the entire night together talking and laughing>>>
james trying his hardest to just be lily’s friend and respect her wishes while lily has been sending signals at him for weeks>>>
lily drooling over james after quidditch practice>>>
james being in awe of lily when she gets a question right during class after trying to compete with her a moment before>>>
them all of a sudden having inside jokes and being the first ones to look at each other when something funny happens>>>
my heart is always so warm thinking about them.
(btw remus and marlene were the most excited out of everyone)
People try to put down Jily because James was horrid to Sev and yes I agree.. but imagine being Lily.. your best friend betrays you for your oppressors who hate your very existence, your sister too hates you for your very existence and you seem to have no place where you are fully accepted. And then there's this dude who has always been an immature ass.. but who stands by you like a rock against those discriminating assholes.. this guy you've always hated is the one guarding your back as you guard his on the battlefield where you're outnumbered 20 to 1... this guy who could have carried on his shitty bullying habits into the future, but instead chose to fight against the monsters who want to eradicate you when your own best friend left you for them... this guy who loves every bit of you from the magic to the non-magic and to your very bones he worships the hell out of you... he will die for you and he does.
I don't know man, but that level of character development is an understandable reason to marry a dude ❤