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James “he brings joy” Potter.
Lily “she brings Shakespeare” Evans.
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Ron “You know how to ball” Weasley.
Hermione “I know Aristotle” Granger.
Sirius: where are you going Prongs?
James: to the aquarium.
Sirius: ..why?
James: because I’m an adult! And I can do what I want??
Lily: he saw a photo of a teddy seal and now he needs one.
James: why don’t you have a bf?
Lily: cause my parents aren’t really cool with that yet
Lily: what about you? Why don’t you have a gf?
James: cause your parents aren’t okay with it, yet
Lily: just to be clear; I’m too smart to be seduced by you.
James: well that’s why I like you.
Regulus: does she make you laugh?
James: she doesn’t make me cry.
“And the years passed like scenes of a show. The professor said to write what you know, looking backwards might be the only way to move forward. Then the actors were hitting their marks. And the slow dance was alight with the sparks and the tears fell in synchronicity with the score. And at last, she knew what the agony had been for. The only thing that's left is the manuscript. One last souvenir from my trip to your shores. Now and then I re-read the manuscript, but the story isn't mine anymore.”
But it’s Lily Potter(Evans) if she survived Halloween 1978, but James Potter didn’t.
“She thought about how, he said since she was so wise beyond her years. Everything had been above board, she wasn't sure.”.
But it’s Lily Potter(Evans) if she survived Halloween 1978, but James Potter didn’t.
“Soon they’d be pushing strollers. But soon it was over”
Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily. Jily-
“Truth, dare, spin bottles. You know how to ball, I know Aristotle. Brand new, full throttle. Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto. It’s true, swear, scout honour. You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her.”
Buts it’s Lily Evans writing about her boyfriend James Potter.
James “you know how to ball” Potter.
Lily “I know Aristotle” Evans.
“Screamin', "But, Daddy, I love him. I'm havin' his baby". No, I'm not, but you should see your faces”
But it’s singer Lily Evans singer about her boyfriend James Potter.
Regulus with lyrics from “Heaven knows I’m miserable now” by The Smiths;

“I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. But heaven knows I'm miserable now”Regulus when he was with James, and after
“I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus getting his jobs with mr no nose
“In my life, Why do I give valuable time to people who don't care if I live or die?” Being around the death eaters and the shady lord
“Two lovers entwined pass me by. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus when Jily got together
“I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus working with the death eaters and realising why they’re feared
“In my life, Oh, why do I give valuable time, to people who don't care if I live or die?” Regulus still caring about Sirius, even after Sirius cut all contact with him and their “family”
“What (s)he asked of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed” James spoke to Regulus again, and Regulus was still in love with him
" “Oh, you've been in the house too long” she said, and I naturally fled” Pandora said she was worried about Regulus being in that house, the same time, which he was planning with the Horcruxes
“In my life, Why do I smile at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?” Regulus to his “family”
“I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. But heaven knows I'm miserable now” Regulus happy with his friends, and after knowing he was going to the cave
" “Oh, you've been in the house too long” she said. And I naturally fled” Regulus reciting what Pandora said to him months prior, and him finally leaving to go to the cave
“In my life, Oh, why do I give valuable time. To people who don't care if I live or die?”Regulus trying to trick himself into thinking no one cares about him, so he doesn’t feel so bad about leaving everyone
The first time Lily saw James for James was when he was being himself. James helping a first year that was really homesick and didn’t know where to go and how to find their classes - Lily was on her way to help them - James being there first on his knees telling them it’s okay and taking their hand and walking them to their class and getting in trouble for being late but not telling the teacher why, he got a detention for being late and being disruptive, just for helping someone. Lily realising maybe he isn’t just a pure-blood slob always getting in trouble for pranks, maybe he is a good person.
For the first time in her life he realised, maybe James is a sweetheart like Sirius has been telling her.
jily variants cause theyre all i think about right now:
PERCABETHHHHH - they are so jily and i love them sm
peraltiago - EXTREMELY jily coded
hiccstrid - theyre just missing astrid being an academic gal and hiccup being a bit sillier
ronmione - they are the friends to lovers part of jilys enemies to friends to lovers
flynn and rapunzel - flynn is SOOOOOO james potter core
alvin and brittany - tbh jeanette is more lily BUT LIKE THE DYNAMIC
laurie and amy - more like a combo of laurie and amy and laurie and jo tbh but it kinda still works
marinette and adrien - SPECIFICALLY marinette and chat noir cause the other dynamics are a bit different
if jily + other marauders era characters weren't in the houses they are in:
james would be a cute little hufflepuff because hes loyal af, kind (to people who deserve it) and also he is an excellent cook (my hc)
lily evans is a ravenclaw, and there is no argument for her being slytherin. a) she would probably be murdered or tortured for being muggleborn, b) she THIRSTS for knowledge (and james potter) and is extremely creative and witty and self-aware. plus shes (in most fanfics i read) excellent at charms which is flitwicks class.
anyways if they werent the ultimate gryffindor head boy/girl couple, they would be the huffleclaw head boy/girl couple that everyone adored.
sirius: he is a gryffindor fight me on this
remus: ravenclaw
peter: hufflepuff EXCEPT towards the end hes a slytherin
marlene: slytherin
dorcas: she was ORIGINALLY a gryffindor but if not then she would be a ravenclaw
mary: hufflepuff
regulus: ravenclaw
evan: hufflepuff
barty: gryffindor
narcissa: hufflepuff
andromeda: gryffindor
bellatrix: ravenclaw
Hear me out:
You with the dark curls: James
You with the watercolor eyes: Lily + Mary
You who bears all your teeth in every smile: Regulus + Marlene
He says, “I can always hear you sing, I wanna hear you speak to me”: Sirius + Dorcas
While a stranger braids my hair back out on the street: Remus + Pandora
(James and Sirius arguing)
Sirius:WHY CAN’T WE NAME OUR BABY PADDY PRONGSIE POTTER
James:FIRST OF ALL LILY WILL KILL ME
Lily:Both of you actually
James:SECOND OF ALL WHY ISN’T IT PRONGSIE PADDY POTTER
James:ARE YOU FUCKING MAD???
*Remus walked in with a bag of Mars Bars in his hand*
Sirius:
James:
Remus:
The bag of Mars Bars:
Baby Harry in Lily’s womb:
Lily: Hey Mad.
sirius: *places a newly rolled blunt on the street*
sirius: it’s a highway…get it? highway? cause blunt and road…y’know?
james: *throws his shoe at sirius*
lily: *hexes him bald*
remus: *takes off his wedding ring and places it in sirius’ hand*
regulus: *updates his insta bio to ‘only child’*
plot: the slytherins are failing to get into the gryffindor common room to get sirius and james who just pulled another prank on them, while the two potter boys blast “insane in the brain” by cypress hill.
james: *dancing on a table* cops, come and try to snatch my crops.
sirius: *twerking by the portrait hole* these pigs wanna blow my house down.
Are they fucking kidding me? They literally had world-saving sex and produced a spawn that literally saved the whole fucking wizarding kind's ass from being extinct. Bffr.
Try not to be delusional challenge go!
No way in hell I just saw someone say Jily doesn’t make sense??? HELLO??? ITS THE BACKBONE OF THE ENTIRE SERIES?????
A long rant about something that's been eating my mind from the inside out so here we go (TW: Might be Controversial)-
Sometimes, I'm just very normal about James Potter and Lily Evans but then I'm not. So growing up, I watched the hp movies first so I never quite had any interest in their relationship, they just seemed like a tragic straight relationship to me so I never bothered with it. But then I read the books and I went immediately like this- "No wonder James Potter worshipped Lily Evans, I would too." Like, this woman is the legit reason why the whole harry potter thing started, and to see the fact that most of the time she's just blatantly ignored or being stripped out of her original identity to be a strong independent lesbian (I don't have any problem with her sexuality, people can imagine her with whomever they like but it kind of ridicules Lily's motherhood in some way) who absolutely either hates James Potter or Insults him for fun just bcz he has a crush on her or being a side chick for James's steamy cheating romance flings hurts me more than I think it should.
I get it, the marauders fandom wholly embraces the fanon so dearly to them like a warm blanket because of many obvious reasons, but sometimes I think we just totally miss the point of this whole franchise. It's obvious that jkr sucks at writing romances which is why most people don't get the spark of canon ships like romione, hinny and remadora but completely missing the point about Lily being a mother figure in Harry's life and as a lover figure in James's life truly pisses me off a lot. Even though everybody is allowed to dislike certain ships because not everybody has the same taste, but I think we miss the fact that Lily was always more than just a mother and a wife in a way that molded her into what she wanted to be.
The reason why I'm completely enamored by Jily is not because it's just a canon ship which literally started Harry Potter, but because the way Lily Evans just had an effect on everyone who crossed their paths with her. Professor Slughorn himself was so besotted with her, Professor Minerva McGonagall teared up at the news of her departing because who wouldn't like her? She's so brave, so full of joy and laughter that she always forgot her own pain in favor of sucking the pain out of another. James was indeed quite taken aback by her beauty and charm, but I'd like to think it developed into something more after seeing the way she treated her close individuals. Lily was the younger sibling, and because she was a witch, she constantly faced harsh behaviors from her elder sister for being a "freak" according to her sister's standards. She may have had an inferiority complex, and she also hanged out a lot with snape, despite facing discriminations in Hogwarts for being friends with a half-blood poor Slytherin. She was willing to change snape, always defending him left and right but it never worked out in the end. Which left her feeling very defeated, she gave up because she felt like she was not worth it, maybe those bullies were right and she really was just a mudblood. And James, developing a crush on her while continuously harassing snape didn't help either. But if we analyze James's character, knowing that he literally took in Sirius just so that he could escape his abusive family, he knew that Lily was downrightly getting used and snape was taking advantage of her kindness and her stubbornness, he knew it because Sirius was in Lily's place once too, always constantly reminded of how they were never enough, so he wanted to save her ( in his own pathetic loser way ofc ) I think there are many hints of Lily noticing James quite a lot because if you really claimed to hate your enemy then why were you so bloody obsessed with the way how their hair looked like after playing quidditch hmmm 🤨🤨
But not just that, let's also talk about how she literally single handedly MADE THE JAMES POTTER, the absolute arrogant toe-rag quit bullying and hexing people for fun, knowing that he's been like this for the most of his life, but he decided to change for her just like a snap of a finger! Not only that, but she also quickly befriended Sirius in a way that he literally turned out to be her future son's Godfather and the secret keeper. The absolute hold she had on the marauders really needs to be studied!
The love James and Lily had for each other was an act of rebellion in it's own way, because back in that time, muggleborns were seen as scums of the earth and inferior to the wizarding society. But James literally went against every single pureblood tradition just to be with someone he loves and believes with his whole heart. That was always the main point. The reason why both of them were so cherished. He literally went up against Voldemort without a wand not just because of his son, but also for Lily, who he absolutely trusts with his whole life, the only person worth loosing the pureblood title for, the only person worth taking the risk of taking the Avada curse to his heart, he just loved her so beautifully, just like the way she always deserved. And Lily, oh lily, always saw the good in everyone, but saw the best in James, decided to sacrifice her life for their one and only son out of pure love and devotion. And the sacrificial love was so strong that the strongest dark wizard of all time succumbed to his own curse and it tore apart a piece of his soul in revenge of separating the two soulmates whom were always destined to find each other and get woven together in every single timeline. It changed the tide of the entire war. She ended it single handedly.
Yes, she was depicted as a girl who was just a close friend of snape, as a sister who's facing discriminations from her own elder sister's profound jealousy, as a lover and wife of James Potter, as a mother of Harry Potter- the boy who lived. But I think there's so much beauty in every single role she was depicted in. It gives us a glimpse of how much impact she had on everybody around her, how much she meant dear to everybody who cared for her, of how much diverse and forgiving person she was, of the way she was always a reassuring shadow around harry even though she was no longer present in the mortal world. No, motherhood doesn't make her one dimensional or boring, it only enhances her ability of loving people the way they deserve. It makes her so complex, but so powerful at the same time. She was a proud mother, and a lover, a friend, and a woman.
Lily Evans, what an absolute Goddess you were. And you'll always be. No other fictional character ever had a hold so strong on me the way she has.
They give off Will and Elizabeth vibes so hard
From the very first moment James Potter met Lily Evans, he knew he would die for her. Too bad the world made sure he had to.
Okay, I actually have to correct this, but no hate or anything! Fanon has made it seem like James harassed her, but he didn’t! In canon, he asked her out one (1) time, during Snape’s memory, and, presumably, a second when they got together. There was no harassment. He was 15 and dumb, but he canonically changed for the better. On top of that, the Marauders never bullied Snape. Snape had a very large death-eater friend group who had a rivalry with the Marauders. It went both ways! The Marauders hated them because they were horrible people and Lily hated most of them, too. Point being: Jily isn’t toxic! They were young and did things a little quick because there was a war going on. I love Jamie I will die for him omg
I ship fanon jily but I do not ship canon jily. You're telling me a guy who bullied a girl's best friend, harrassed her, wouldn't take no for an answer when she made it clear she wasn't interested in him, told her he'd stop bullying said friend if she went out with him, ended up marrying said girl? And she had a baby at 21? Sounds pretty toxic to me (even if said 'best friend' was also a dick).
My Marauders group ships! I know that Charity/Peter isn’t popular at all (I’m pretty sure I made it up) but it’s captured my heart. Closeups under the cut! Featuring: my headcanons for their handwriting and eyes, along with the symbols I’ve given them.
Dad bod James Potter in this or something adjacent please???
Bodybuilder James + strongman Sirius. I propose this mostly to talk about Sirius with a strongman build. Like. An insane amount of muscle, can literally deadlift over twice his own body weight, but also a belly and fat and AHHH? Like please? I want that so bad. Also, post-Harry, James gets a dad bod? Please??? They would be so handsome that way I’m dying. Bonus points for Lily who, despite not working out much, is absurdly strong and carries James around bridal style sometimes. And then there’s Peter who doesn’t work out but is also like. Pretty strong? Not jacked, Lily is stronger than him, but he’s still got a decent bit of muscle. Also Remus is there (more than 3 books and he taps out).
He’s called her every single variation of Lily from all over the world!!
Sirius has never actually called Lily her name, btw. He calls her Lilian and Lilibet and Lilith and Lillete and Lilah and Lizabeth and Liliana and Lydia and Liana and Lilette. Never just Lily.
She tries to do it to him in return, but there’s not much that Sirius can be short for. She compensates by calling him names and teasing him constantly.
Hey so anyone who sees this is required to read my new fic.
It’s on Ao3, it’s Sirius and James friendship centric, it’s horribly angsty, and I’ve dedicated too much time to it. It’s 26k words. I’m dead. I’m dying. I’ve died.
EDITING LATER FOR CLARITY! It’s very very dark and if literally anything in it is something you don’t think you can read, that’s perfectly fine. Do not make yourself read anything! This post is a joke just meant to make some people aware of my fic! Take care of yourself first and foremost.
When Lily realized she liked James back instead of asking him out she told him to ask her out again to give him that satisfaction of her saying yes send tweet