marauders-afterlife:

• She taught 3 generations of Potters as far as we know, that alone requires some kind of strength
  
• She’s one of the most badass women I know
• She loved Marauders to bits, tough love included
• She felt closest to Sirius. She never had children, Sirius never had a family until he was 16 years old, they kind of completed each other.
• Sirius never forgot how she looked out for him, even though he acted all cool, Minnie please, he appreciated her. He never got the chance to tell her that.
• She knew Remus’ condition, never changed how she looked at the brilliantly genius but damaged boy. It wasn’t his fault.
• She saw the wit Peter had when no one else did, she felt protective of the little boy.
• She may or may not have helped the boys become animagi. She’ll deny that to anyone who asks.
• Minerva never forgot when she heard the news. She didn’t believe Sirius would sell James and Lily. I know Black, he’d never– Dumbledore however was convinced, she never stopped doubting.
• She wanted to see Sirius before he was put in Azkaban, request denied.
• She helped Remus with the funeral, she was his anchor.
• She tried to keep an eye on Remus as much as she could on full moons.
• She lost a part of her soul during the First Wizarding War, never recovered from that.
• She was one of the few people that could say no to Dumbledore
• She tried to stop him from giving Harry to Dursleys, I’m prepared to bet my life that she would have raised him as her own
• She almost fainted when she saw Harry for the first time in Hogwarts. He was an exact copy of James Potter, well except for the eyes, he had Lily’s eyes.
• Her eyes welled up when Harry was put in Gryffindor, James would have been proud
• Don’t get me wrong Minerva didn’t cry too often, she just drifted away when it came to her Marauders
• When Fred Weasley was killed, she felt like there was nothing left inside of her. No one touched her students, but yet again they did.
• When she saw Remus lying on the floor right next to Tonks, she fell on her knees and whispered “Tell them I miss them Mr. Lupin, give them a hug for me” No one heard.
• She was the first to scream when Hagrid came back with Harry’s body. No, no, not again, please no.
• She was the first to reach to her wand to fight, when there was nothing left to do.
• Because she was a fighter, that was what she did best.
• Funeral after funeral, each one was harder than the other and she never stopped loving and fighting.
• She loved and she fought. Hard.
• Happy birthday Minerva, you brave and beautiful woman.