This is one of a couple Marauders essays I've hastily written out since the upsurge of Marauders-bashing began post-OotP. I've much more to say than what I wrote in this particular essay, because this deals with two very big issues that are going around in the fandom right now: Remus/Lily, and evil!James.
I have absolutely nothing against anyone else's theories on who these characters were, but I couldn't sit idly by and not say something.
Linked to my journal.