Post by Brooklyn on Jul 22, 2007 20:34:46 GMT -5
Character Name: James Potter
Nick Names: Prongs
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Physical Description (pictures don't cut it, EXPLAIN how they look): 5'6", brown eyes, messy brown hair
Picture of character: img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/Bonnielass9/james-1.jpg?
Personality: A bit more sane than Sirius, but not much more. Loves to pull pranks on people (especially Snivellus). He's loyal and he'll do anything to keep his friends and family safe.
History: Rowling describes James as having hazel eyes, a slightly longer nose than Harry's, but otherwise the same thin face, same hands, same untidy black hair sticking up at the back, and (nearly) the same height as Harry during their school days. He was born 27 March 1960. Based on the chronology of events as described in the books, he attended Hogwarts 1971 to 1978 where he was in Gryffindor. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban it is revealed that his best friends were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, and that the four were known as The Marauders. They also gave themselves nicknames, Remus was "Moony", Sirius was "Padfoot", James was "Prongs", and Peter was "Wormtail". They also illegally became Animagi to keep Remus company when he transformed into a werewolf in the Shrieking Shack. Sirius became a black dog, James became a stag, and Peter became a rat. Harry's patronus takes the form of a stag, clearly a likeness of "Prongs".
Characters in the book have commented on the personality of James. Severus Snape considers him "exceedingly arrogant" whereas Remus calls him "the height of cool" and Sirius "as sometimes an arrogant little berk". Scenes from James's time at Hogwarts have shown him behaving as a bully towards Snape, but it is later established that he became more mature before the end of his schooldays. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, after seeing Snape's memories of James within a penseive, Harry agrees with Snape's assessment of his father's arrogance, and the revelation leaves Harry deeply depressed and disheartened. In defense of their "bullying," Sirius insists that Snape had a mean streak and was not the "innocent victim" he appeared to be, and that James hated Snape for his infatuation with the Dark Arts.
James was a brilliant student, and in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he is said to have become Head Boy, although in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix it is said that Remus was the prefect, not James, although he may simply have become Head Boy by the seventh year if he had matured and become more responsible and sensible. He was also a player on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. In the film version of Philosopher's Stone, Harry and his friends find James' name listed on a plaque as a Seeker on his Quidditch team, but Rowling confirmed separately that James was a Chaser instead.[1] He was shown playing with a Golden Snitch outside of games and practices, ostensibly to show off. He similarly had a habit of rumpling up his hair to produce the effect that he had just stepped off a broomstick. James' wand was 11 inches, made of mahogany, pliable and excellent for Transfiguration.
James and Sirius were apparently popular students, ingenious pranksters and very witty. Madam Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade, once talked fondly of how the two boys used to come into her bar, flirt with her, and make her laugh. The two also proved intelligent enough to learn how to become Animagi.
Revealed in Deathly Hallows, James was a descendant of Ignotus Peverell and thus inherited the Invisibility Cloak.
Nick Names: Prongs
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Physical Description (pictures don't cut it, EXPLAIN how they look): 5'6", brown eyes, messy brown hair
Picture of character: img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/Bonnielass9/james-1.jpg?
Personality: A bit more sane than Sirius, but not much more. Loves to pull pranks on people (especially Snivellus). He's loyal and he'll do anything to keep his friends and family safe.
History: Rowling describes James as having hazel eyes, a slightly longer nose than Harry's, but otherwise the same thin face, same hands, same untidy black hair sticking up at the back, and (nearly) the same height as Harry during their school days. He was born 27 March 1960. Based on the chronology of events as described in the books, he attended Hogwarts 1971 to 1978 where he was in Gryffindor. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban it is revealed that his best friends were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, and that the four were known as The Marauders. They also gave themselves nicknames, Remus was "Moony", Sirius was "Padfoot", James was "Prongs", and Peter was "Wormtail". They also illegally became Animagi to keep Remus company when he transformed into a werewolf in the Shrieking Shack. Sirius became a black dog, James became a stag, and Peter became a rat. Harry's patronus takes the form of a stag, clearly a likeness of "Prongs".
Characters in the book have commented on the personality of James. Severus Snape considers him "exceedingly arrogant" whereas Remus calls him "the height of cool" and Sirius "as sometimes an arrogant little berk". Scenes from James's time at Hogwarts have shown him behaving as a bully towards Snape, but it is later established that he became more mature before the end of his schooldays. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, after seeing Snape's memories of James within a penseive, Harry agrees with Snape's assessment of his father's arrogance, and the revelation leaves Harry deeply depressed and disheartened. In defense of their "bullying," Sirius insists that Snape had a mean streak and was not the "innocent victim" he appeared to be, and that James hated Snape for his infatuation with the Dark Arts.
James was a brilliant student, and in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he is said to have become Head Boy, although in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix it is said that Remus was the prefect, not James, although he may simply have become Head Boy by the seventh year if he had matured and become more responsible and sensible. He was also a player on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. In the film version of Philosopher's Stone, Harry and his friends find James' name listed on a plaque as a Seeker on his Quidditch team, but Rowling confirmed separately that James was a Chaser instead.[1] He was shown playing with a Golden Snitch outside of games and practices, ostensibly to show off. He similarly had a habit of rumpling up his hair to produce the effect that he had just stepped off a broomstick. James' wand was 11 inches, made of mahogany, pliable and excellent for Transfiguration.
James and Sirius were apparently popular students, ingenious pranksters and very witty. Madam Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade, once talked fondly of how the two boys used to come into her bar, flirt with her, and make her laugh. The two also proved intelligent enough to learn how to become Animagi.
Revealed in Deathly Hallows, James was a descendant of Ignotus Peverell and thus inherited the Invisibility Cloak.