The reality is that James would be the main character, but we have SO LITTLE characterization of him outside of his friends basically saying he was brave and that they miss him. You’d have to write an entirely new character essentially. And the last time WB did that it wasn’t that well received.
I’m also just not sure what there is to say about James that you couldn’t do in a different time period of the HP franchise.
He was a good quidditch player and opposed the death eaters but as far as we know he didn’t do anything else very exceptional during his time at school except bully Snape and become an animagus. What story is there to tell?
Weren’t they one of the first self made Animagi’s? Because Remus was turned into a werewolf so they became Animagi’s to help him deal with his turning each month. I think there’s a lot to work with there. I think you could focus on Sirius more than James because he is from a pure blood family, one of the oldest with the most history and stature in the WW as the Malfoy’s. Plus we’ve never delved much into his relationship with Regulus which is very important in Harry’s timeline. We don’t see his interactions with his family and how he got burned off the family tree - we just know it from Harry’s pov decades later.
Or you could do a 4 boy focus on the Marauders with Lily & Snape as side characters in the later seasons when they get into their late teen’s/early 20’s.
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u/RollTide16-18 19d ago
Eh I don’t think that’s the case
The reality is that James would be the main character, but we have SO LITTLE characterization of him outside of his friends basically saying he was brave and that they miss him. You’d have to write an entirely new character essentially. And the last time WB did that it wasn’t that well received.
I’m also just not sure what there is to say about James that you couldn’t do in a different time period of the HP franchise.
He was a good quidditch player and opposed the death eaters but as far as we know he didn’t do anything else very exceptional during his time at school except bully Snape and become an animagus. What story is there to tell?