Jily - Blog Posts
Okay nobody send me death threats. It's not that serious! Here are my Marauders Hot Takes:
• Jily and WolfStar are the best ships
• I love Jegulus but it doesn't make sense in canon, but almost nothing else does anyway so who cares
• The marauders would've bullied people in real life because they bullied people in canon- I do think they also would've grown up and apologized for it (except maybe Sirius)
• Snape is a flawed complex character but he bullied children and that will never be okay. He's also literally racist and misogynistic so..
• Harry is a better person than James. He wasn't perfect, but he didn't bully anyone (only had petty rivalries) and was angry when he found out how James treated Snape and that Sirius still thought it was funny. Harry also literally payed for Fred and George to start their business. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL HARRY IS JUST BETTER
• I will never read All The Young Dudes. I'm sorry. I just don't want to read it
• Rosekiller is a fun ship but you cannot make them good people. Barty literally killed his father in cold blood. Headcanons are fine, but it's just better and more likely that they chose their side of the war knowingly and willingly.
• Sirius is an asshole. He has so many good qualities, but he's an asshole. When he's watered down to just sad, or just fun it's never as good. He needs flaws. That goes for all the marauder
All this being said, write what you want. Read what you want. Enjoy what you like. It's just fiction and fandom and I really don't take it as seriously as this sounds
One of my favourite things about Choices is how thoroughly interwoven jily and jegulus are. they're always present like a lingering shadow but I wish we had seen more of the time inbetween the end of jegulus and the start of Jily. The guilt James must have felt at moving on, despite everything that went down between him and Regulus. the fact that it was with LILY, who regulus always felt insecure about. And when I think about it too much my heart aches.
Because it was truly so insane. Like I think it hit him so hard. because he loved regulus, truly loved him. Regulus had him, unconditionally, with no strings or games, all of him. and all james wanted was for him to love him back more than he hated himself. more than he was scared. to try another path. to not give up. and he had SO much hope for them, that they would work. And in those moments with Regulus he just felt so full and so happy and then Regulus was gone and left this humongous hole in his life and the only person that can fill it is the very person Regulus was always scared was really meant for james.
Chapter 10: Cryptadia
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Lily and James true ship name is Flowerpot (or Lames) 😤
jilyposting today james whose special interest is quidditch and who knows all about its history, all the techniques and maneuvers and can go on talking about it for ages and he does, and at some point he just. stops. he feels like he's annoyed lily because she hasn't said anything for a while and she just kept on looking at him and he ends up apologizing a billion times because he's annoyed her. and lily cups his face. and looks into his eyes and she says. hey. you're not annoying me. sorry if you felt like it i was just so engulfed in what you were telling me and in parkinson's pincer and in how happy you were while talking i kind of forgot to say anything. and james melts into a puddle right there.
I always end up thinking about these two this time of year.
she didn't know if she helped him with her umbrella or if she would just look at him, completely in love.
'Smile!'
For the Day 1 prompt! @jilytoberfest
‘I still don’t get why you bother with that chunky muggle thing, we can’t even move in those photographs!’
‘You know,’ Lily’s sweet tone was betrayed by the roll of her eyes. ‘It’s nostalgic, and I can’t really expect Mum and Dad to frame wizard photos.’
‘Why not? We keep that horrible vase your sister’s given us, they can keep something of ours.’
‘You know,’ she starts again, ‘Muggles don’t usually keep moving pictures around, now I wouldn’t be opposed to that, but that would mean she’d have to hide it… and I don’t think Mum would want to hide any of us.’
James straightens his back. ‘Yeah, you’re right, we make too good of a family to keep it to ourselves. The Muggles deserve to see the handsomest of them all.’
That makes Lily giggle and peck her husband on the cheek. She reaches for the polaroid camera that lay discarded on the coffee table, James never figured out how to work it.
‘Smile!’ She exclaims, and right before the camera clicks, James starts tickling the small baby sitting on his lap. Lily rejoices, sure she must have caught the moment.
‘Mum and Dad are going to love this.’
James stands up, Harry’s head resting on his chest as he recovers from the attack. ‘I bet, they’re going to make a right fuss as soon as they see how much this little guy’s teeth have grown. Is that right, Haz? Is grandma going to send another letter complaining about how we never bring you over so she can smother you in peace?’ He speaks in an exaggerated silly voice that makes Harry laugh and reach for James’ face.
‘Oh, please, at least they don’t yell! If I get another howler over breakfast from Euphemia telling me we need to visit soon and bring Harry because they have more gifts for him…’
‘Hey, leave her be! You know she gets lonely, alone with Dad in that big house, her two kids away –‘
‘Talking about her kids,’ interrupts Lily, waving the polaroid near her face. ‘Is Padfoot dropping by soon?’
Harry seems to perk at the mention of his Godfather. ‘Pa’foo?’ He asks, big green eyes travelling from his mother back to his father.
‘Yeah, yeah, your beloved will be here soon,’ says James, talking to Harry rather than Lily. ‘I still can’t believe that was his first word.’ He mutters that to himself.
Mere moments later, the telltale roar of Sirius’ motorbike can be heard from outside their home, and the familiar sound makes Harry clap and laugh in anticipation.
‘Talk of the devil…’ utters James, but he was smiling from ear to ear.
Lily’s eyes roll back as she watches her husband excitedly go for the door. She follows them and crosses her arms, leaning against the wall with what she’s sure is a sickeningly sweet look; watching her son smile big and squish Sirius’ cheeks in his tiny hands whenever his Godfather picks him up does that to her.
‘Heard from a little birdie that little Bambi was missing his Pa’foo?’ Sirius coos while kissing one of Harry’s hands, and Lily was sure that if she tried telling any of their old classmates the Tall, Dark and Handsome Sirius Black actually spends at least three days of the week making a baby voice for her son, they’d say she was mental. Oh, yeah, they’d require proof to believe that.
Struck by an idea, she makes her way back to the coffee table and picks up the discarded muggle camera before quickly walking back and snapping a picture of the scene. Sirius, noticing the click, finally stops fussing over Harry and turns to Lily.
‘I hope that’s not your muggle rubbish, Evans,’ he jokes and Lily laughs freely because she knows he doesn’t mean any of it. ‘I want proper pictures of this baby here, need this charming smile in my wallet to balance the dad’s ugly face.’
‘I’m afraid you’ll have to make do,’ she retorts and shakes the fresh picture as James makes an indignant noise. ‘And it’s ‘Potter’ now, you of all people should know, best man.’
‘Yeah, yeah, sure, let me see that.’ Sirius dismisses the conversation when he notices the picture developing.
Soon, all three of them are looking fondly at the blurry photograph in Lily’s hand and Sirius takes it before turning his attention back to Harry, who had started crying out for him.
‘You know…’ whispers James, ‘We are going to use wizard film for my parents. No this isn’t up for debate! Mum will skin me alive if I send her still, blurry pictures of her grandson – hey, stop laughing!'
in light of recent structural failures in the global Wife Guy industrial complex, I feel the need to clarify that my James Potter will be distancing himself from the Wife Guy image and will be rebranding as a Proud Male Monogamist
How they annoyed each other productively. Spoiler: she read the book.
Lily: Why is this book so funny? James: I won’t tell you. Lily: I’m not going to read it. James: Then you will never know why I’m laughing.
Just married.
For him, it was like a dream. For her, it was the reality.
Baby Harry laughing without any reason, just to light up your day, night, evening, just like he did with James and Lily.
and a little message from myself, if you wish to read it: Wherever you are, I hope you know that you matter, and that you are loved. And if you don’t believe it, all I can give now is little Harry - he will never judge or be angry at you <3
Blushing and speechless.
When Lily was the guest of the Potter house for the first time.
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“This is, uh, the bed, of course, it looks like a bed. This is the closet.” “Oh.” “It used to be Sirius’ room so don’t mind all these portraits… and everything is properly cleaned up. Do you need anything else?” “You’re forgetting the most important.”
Lily and Fleamont would always exchange a good laugh, even before officially becoming family.
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“The charm that boy has… I have no idea where it comes from.” “He says you taught him all the moves.” “Ha! Enjoy the dinner, Miss Evans.”
James used to translate what baby Harry was “saying” because it always made Lily laugh.
James: “Look mum I can walk now” Lily: Harry! Harry: ammaaa James: “Oh no, I’m falling, it’s a lot of pressure!”
their last days at Hogwarts.
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James: She didn’t accept my gift… Sirius: I cannot believe it! Lily: Don’t take it personally, she doesn’t accept it from any student. Sirius: McGonagall was his favorite teacher, just so you know. Lily: Should I…? Sirius: Oh Evans, only time will cure this pain. Lily: Good, I’ll only make things worse.
when he found out her favorite position
Vulnerable.
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“How can you be so calm? I want to get there and I want to hurt every single one of those Death Eaters.” “I think when I’m angry, Voldemort wins.” “I don’t know who I am anymore, Lily.” “I do. And I’m sure Sirius, Remus, Peter never forget it too. That’s how you win, Prongs.”
her heart was beating fast.
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“If I’m not mistaken, this is an old edition. Excuse me…” “Sure.” “The information could be outdated. That’s a cute drawing.”
simultaneously working on NAR and theogony and the vibes are so confused