13. James always had messy hair, but it got curiously messier around fifth year, and he could never quite figure out why. The Marauders noticed, and, while they blamed it on hormones, James wasn’t quite convinced. It wasn’t until he was in hiding with Lily and was reading a book about deer did it dawn on him. Stags constantly need to trim their antlers on trees, if not, the velvet would get all stringy and the antlers would look messy. James wasn’t a deer enough of the time to pay attention to that particular instinct. But his animagus form definitely contributed to his messy hair. Lily never minded, not really.

“Snape loved Lily more than James did.”