Marauders Fancasts - Blog Posts
I have a Marauders fancast opinion that may or may not rustle some jimmies: now don’t get me wrong, Andrew Garfield as Remus, Aaron Taylor Johnson as James, Evan Peters as…Evan etc are good fancasts on their own. Sofia Bryant as Mary, Beabadoobee as Marlene, Filah Lah Lah as Dorcas etc. are also very good fancasts on their own, but am I the only one who finds it kind of weird when they’re all part of the same fancast? for example the fandom can’t be like “oh Karen Gillan/Sophie Skelton are too old to play Lily anymore, gotta find a younger one” but somehow at the same time still be fine with currently 35-45 year old men.
I definitely do think that's weird, I don't understand why people have the need to hate on others for their fancast aside from when it's problematic. For example, Dane Dehaan and Jamie Bell as Peter. You can't excuse the fact that Peter is CANONICALLY PLUS SIZE! Due to a headcanon that "Peter only got fat because of the stress of being Voldemort's mole", or because of the "stress of the war" when he was described as plump in his youth.
As for the age differences it's really not that weird if you really think about it. Most often we see fancasts in edits, and in those edits they usually us scenes of Aaron Taylor Johnson in Nowhere Boy, and Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray, and Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spiderman. During the times those films came out ATJ was 18, Ben Barnes was 28, and Andrew Garfield was 29.
Sofia Bryant is 23, so is Beatrice Laus (Beabadoobee), and Filah Lah Lah is 24. So in the grand scheme of all these fancasts the age difference isn't really that big. The largest difference is between ATJ and Andrew Garfield and that's only 11 years.
So I definitely do understand where you're coming from but if you take into account when they're being fancast it really makes so much more sense.
My Marauders Headcanons Pt. 7 ~ Marlene Marie McKinnon
She's anemic
Hella mood swings
Marlene and Sirius were friends but not really close until after Sirius moved in with the Potter's
After the first summer Sirius was there him and Marlene became inseparable much like him and James
Spends nearly everyday at the Potter's during summer
Hates shaving, prefers to wax
She draws on her shoes
Steals everyone's clothes
Her favorite color is burgundy
Incapable of keeping more than 20 dollars to her name because she's a shopaholic
Sees an animal on the street or in a photo and immediately thinks she has to have it
She has two dobermans and she loves them more than anything
She also has two cats that keep having kittens so all the marauders have a cat that came from Marlene
Despite this her favorite animal is a rabbit
Beater on the quidditch team
Has a sternum tattoo and cried the whole time she got it
Math stupid but incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to history
Laughs after she cries
Marlene is fucking shittt at potions but her worst class is Transfiguration
Thank God her best friends are James Potter and Sirius Black
Dorcas got Marlene a pair of Doc Martens for Christmas when they first started dating so they could match
They're Marlene's fav now
Shameless Lesbian
When she gets caught doing something bad she has that deer in the headlights look
James has the exact same one
Has a cowlick
Her favorite candies are fizzing whizzbees
She's fiercely loyal
And just fierce in general
Marlene is always, always, always available to hang out
And if she's not she will make herself available
Has no spice tolerance
Sirius taught her to play the guitar
Jealousy issues!!!
Speaking of jealousy when James and Sirius became friends she was sooooo jealous
Cus James had been hers since they were little
Her and James got 'married' when they were little so Marlene always calls James her husband
In fact when Lily and James got married she made a big show of crying over how Lily stole her husband and Lily is in shock because she thought Marlene was a lesbian she had told her so herself
She had said Lily was her gay awakening to which Lily turned beat red and stammered over everything for an hour
In stark contrast to Lily's horrific shock James is dying of laughter and so is Sirius
James was laughing so hard he couldn't explain the situation so Sirius explained it for him
James quite literally almost died of laughter he was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe
Marlene is also very possessive over her friends
Her aesthetic is dark cottagecore
My Marauders Headcanons Pt. 3 ~ Remus John Lupin
(Daniel Sharman as Remus Lupin makes sooo much sense, in my head. I mean he is soggy, wet dog of a man like Remus. He plays a werewolf on Teen Wolf. He has the hair, and if cocky, cool Remus is your thing he can pull that off too. Also there's a pic of him in a cowboy hat for all the Cowboy!Remus going on rn)
Hes an old man at heart and he always has been
He's very awkward, like if it weren't for the marauders he'd probably have like no friends
He actually gets along with everybody despite the facts he's awkward as hell
Became friends with The Pantheons/Slytherin Skittles/The Emeralds (whatever your preferred term is) after the prank
Light Academia aesthetic
He looks so funny sitting there wearing his light clothes next to them in all their dark ones
Still as cute as ever
He is not the smartest marauder
I mean in book sense yes but absolutely nothing else
He's awkward as fuck, and he's about as creative as a piece of cardboard
He's not emotionally intelligent either he gets even more awkward when people start crying
He has some psychological/ mental intelligence but not much
He's become best friends with Evan and Regulus
Barty reminds him a lot of James and he's thankful for that because he really missed James
He didn't talk to Sirius for months after the prank
Didn't talk to James either as he was on Sirius' side
Remus had expected it but it still hurt
Peter was there though and he'll forever be grateful for that
When he finally did start talking to James again it was like nothing had ever happened, but when he started talking to Sirius again everything was different
Remus' words were calloused, and cold he hadn't called Sirius padfoot or pads since the prank
Sirius hated that
Hated Snape even more after the prank too
His favorite color is actually brown, he says it's green to seem less boring but that's actually his second favorite color
Smokes Marlboro Light 100s
Fav class is Astronomy but best class is DADA
He's thoughtful and very, very observant
His fav muggle candy is Mr. Goodbar's
Tried on Sirius' leather jacket once and wants to get one of his own now
Really enjoys being the little spoon but he's so tall (that's why Barty is a good snuggle buddy)
Love Languages are Quality Time and physical touch
He prefers to receive physical touch and just spend time with you bc he doesn't really know how else to express himself
Mama's boy just like James
But he really loves his dad too
He fucking loves dinosaurs
So does Peter, they can talk about them for hours
Remus and Peter are variants of each other
Remus is a nerd from hell 😭
It's ok he's cute tho
Remus is naturally left handed but he learned to write with his right hand bc writing of the superstition that surrounds it
James and McGonagall are the only ones who know
So everyone thinks Remus has super shitty handwriting, when it's actually really good
He writes very small and neat
Didn't actually make up with Sirius until there were only a couple months left in their last year
My Marauders Headcanons Pt. 1 ~ James Potter
His full name is in fact James Fleamont Potter
His eyes are hazel but they're the really pretty blue-green kind
He laughs at his own jokes
His favorite color is unironically red
James was born really early in the morning
6:57 a.m. to be exact
James also likes to get up really early in the morning
He likes to start his days at 5:00 a.m.
Bro has really thick, slutty, muscular thighs
His love language is physical touch
James has big boobs <3
No but like he has really nice pecs
And REALLY nice biceps
Like omfg
Thank you quidditch
He made the Gryffindor Quidditch Team as a chaser in his 4th year
He played Seeker his 2nd and 3rd year
Stole the snitch his last game as seeker
Has a bunch of prank ideas in a book (Dear God, don't let McGonagall find it 🙏🏼)
Honestly likes being a chaser better but is always playing with the golden snitch bc he thinks it's cool
He low-key has lucky socks
James is an attention whore
He's a momma's boy
He's just like Fleamont was when he was younger
He's honestly quite emotional but won't really show it around most people
James fav candy is starbursts specifically the red ones
He also really likes Legos
James' fav thing about the muggle world is arcades
LOVES swimming
Monty taught him
Euphemia doesn't know how
James always feels like he's hot
His style is 80s heartthrob meets rich boy
James gets heat induced insomnia and if he doesn't get enough sleep he cries
Cries out of frustration
Prongs' antlers are curved
Gets flustered really easily although he is very charming and usually causes others to be flustered without meaning to
Spanish James!!!
His mother always says he's a 'true' Spaniard bc of his pale skin and blue eyes
James hates that he's not tan like his mom but doesn't realize he literally gets so dark during the summer
When he speaks Spanish Lord have mercy
Boy is allergic to shirts
Or at least you'd think
He's very touch sensitive?
Like if something doesn't feel right it will not go on his body
He's an extrovert but he hates loud noises, Remus thinks it's odd considering how loud James is
Not to mention his best friends are literally Sirius Black and Marlene Mckinnon
He has ADD, ADHD and Bipolar (I'm pretty sure ADD and ADHD are diagnosed as the same thing now)
Moral alignment is chaotic good
He has perfected the puppy dog eyes, and it's literally impossible for anyone to say no to him
James is a very affectionate person
He's really loyal and he's really protective
HE FUCKING LOVES MARY!
Marlene and Peter are his childhood best friends
Marlene and James have a matching pair of red converse
He's rich, and his parents spoil him, and yes he can be an arrogant dickwad but deep down under all his unsavory qualities he's a really sweet guy with a really big heart