alrightevans:

punkmarauder:

what fucks me over most about James Potter is how he felt about Peters betrayal like we don’t know what James thought, he could have 100% just instantly assumed that they tortured or killed Peter for information because we know James would never even think about one of his friends betraying him, James might have felt guilty for putting Peter through that, James might have been begging Peter for forgiveness in his final moments

‘If the Secret Keeper wishes to do so, they may divulge the information at any time (although the secret cannot be forced, bewitched or tortured out of a Secret Keeper who does not wish to give up their secret; it must be given voluntarily’ -JK Rowling on Pottermore

Lowkey one of the most heart wrenching things posted on Pottermore imo, because James and Lily knew. I’m sure James’s mind scrambled for an excuse or reason or alternate explanation as to why one of his best friends would voluntarily gave up their whereabouts, because thats just in his nature, but I honestly think that deep down he had to have known the truth. That there was no other explanation other than Peter, his best friend and fellow marauder, who he had grown up with and joked with and pulled pranks with sat through hundred of detentions with and teased and comforted and trusted with his life had, for whatever reason, wanted to divulge their location. And I think it makes James Potter’s final moments 1000x sadder.