I find a ton of head cannons from the Marauders time, so I decided to bring them all together!
This is a short one, so there are no warnings. Some of the ones in the future might be angsty and dark, so those would be the ones with the warnings.
If you were to find yourself in the common room of Gryffindor tower, no matter what time of day, there would be a buzz of conversation and gossip. The main topic of this gossip? The house's resident trouble makers, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, though the latter two were more victims than the actual trouble makers.
On this sunny afternoon, if you were to get involved in the goings on of the common room, you would see a large crowd making a ring around the comfy chairs and table in front of the fire place. Now, if you were to ask around, you would get a cacophony of answers on who is the favorite Marauder.
"My favorite is James. He's the best seeker this school's ever seen! Plus I think It's adorable how he follows Lily around all the time!" says a second year girl with blonde hair.
"I just love Sirius. He's so mysterious and bad! A breath of fresh air in this stuffy old house." Replies a seventh year girl with long black hair and several earrings per ear.
"I think Remus is just the sweetest thing ever. He must have a lot of patience to deal with those hooligans every day. Plus he helped me pass Potions, so I kind of owe him one." A blushing third year boy responds, fiddling with the hem of his robe sleeve.
"Oh Peter is just the cutest little darling ever! He doesn't fit in with James and Sirius though. He deserves friends that appreciate him!" This curly haired girl is very protective of the little guy.
If you were to take this question to the source, the responses from the Marauder's themselves would be shocking, or maybe not.
"Oh definitely James," replies the tallest and shaggiest of the group, "He's the best mate a guy could ask for! Thanks to him I was able to escape from the hell hole of a home."
"I really don't have a favorite, but I have a special place in my heart for James," the mousy book worm responds, "He was the first to accept me for me, and helped me accept myself when I thought I would be alone forever. He was my first real friend."
"That's a tough one," Peter looks thoughtful for a few moments, "I'd have to say James is the best role model in the group. Now I see your look of disbelief, but he's very driven! He always tried his hardest in his games, and never gives up with Lily. Plus he doesn't shoo me away like the other kids do. He's a pretty swell guy!"
"That's easy. I'm my favorite!" James' grin was blinding, but you kind of knew this answer was coming…
This came from another tumblr post that popped up on my Facebook dash. It was along the lines of "James Potter was each of the Marauder's favorite, including James himself." And I thought that it was something that could very well happen.
I have a bunch more, and some will definitely be longer, or double chapters, so they won't all be this short, I promise!
If you have any Marauder headcannons you want to see, shoot me a review and tell me!
~Starlight