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if theres one thing i hate the most about the jily fandom is when they headcanon that lily's hatred towards james was purely insecurity cause she didnt believed he was actually in love with her and thought it was just a joke
LIKE PLEASE STOP james was a bully and a dick, lily used to hate him cuz she only knew the worst aspects of him. pre jily angst is interesting cuz at some point lily saw other side of him that she fell for and she had to deal with the turbulent feelings that the different sides of james brings to her, not because "oh james is so popular and cool, he would never fall for someone like me" type of shit
i also like to imagine that james fell in love with lily much later than people think, around sixth year. for me, before that, he thought she was pretty but didn't like her very much. but thats just me and my headcanons based on how i feel reading their interactions in snape's worts memory, it feels more like james trying to annoy her than him actually in love