Tag: jily

solarefaerie:

romione and jily are so similar yet everyone rides romione off and I? don’t? know? why? both of them started out as frenemies but over their schooling realised that they weren’t as bad as they seemed and they came to terms that they liked each other. ron & hermione bickered a lot but then through becoming prefects (james & lily were head boy & girl) they became closer and realised just how much they loved each other. it’s so much like jily (partly why I love it so much) but I don’t understand how people love jily but then say that romione just “doesn’t work”.

tl:dr – romione is a modern jily and deserves just as much respect

Ron and Hermione were friends for longer than James and Lily were, but they have a lot of similarities. 

blvnk-art:

The fandom often has this idea that Lily is like a second version of Hermione

And to be honest I do think both were totally book nerds

The difference is:

/ the year is 2000

Ron: hey what are you reading today?

Hermione: just this huge book about the history of the Muggle economy and how it affects the wizarding society today

/the year is 1977

James: Hey, what books is that? Something interesting?

Lily:

James: why are you crying?

Lily: I’m not crying. It’s just very emotional when Mr. Darcy-

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alrightginger:

A small preview of a fic I’m working on for @petalsandfishes birthday coming up in which wizard James saves muggle Lily from being flattened by a car with magic and then has to pay the price. 

James honestly hadn’t meant to do it.

Well, saving a pretty redheaded girl with her nose stuck in a book from being flattened by a car as she crossed the street – that he had meant to do.

Accioing her straight out of the road and into his arms – that had been a complete reflex.

One he hadn’t even realized he had done until the girl was twisting in his arms and screaming.

“I’m sorry!” he cried, releasing her as though she had caused him to catch fire and clutching at his locks – his wand still in his hand. “I mean – I’m not sorry for saving you- “

“How – how -“ The girl was gaping at him. Opening her mouth and closing it as though she had used all of her remaining breath to scream just moments ago. Her eyes darted wildly between his face and the wand in his hand. “How in the world?”

James was completely and utterly fucked, because not only was this girl gorgeous, but James could clearly tell by the way her eyes were studying the wand in his hand that she was clever.

Which was a complete shame, because it wasn’t everyday that he met gorgeous, clever girls.

Wasn’t everyday that he got to rescue gorgeous, clever girls in a rather chivalrous way.

And it was really a pity because now he was going to have to erase her memory of ever meeting him.

themarauderswrite:

But how about

  • a James Potter who doesn’t even notice Lily like that until their 5th year
  • a James Potter who has had girlfriends and disappointing relationships and heartbreaks before Lily
  • a James Potter who does not ask her out every second of every day (a guy who doesn’t take no for an answer is creepy, not romantic, guys. please don’t romanticize sexual harassment. also, if you think Lily would stand for that, you need to reread the books.)
  • a James Potter who does not truly fall in love at the age of 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or even 17 because how many teenage boys do you know who do that (I’m not saying it never happens but it’s not exactly common either)
  • a James Potter who does not mope or fucking cry whenever Lily dates/expresses interest in other guys even though he really likes her (like really?)
  • a James Potter who does not pine over Lily for seven years until she starts to like him back
  • a James Potter who does not mature for Lily
  • a James Potter who matures because his parents are sick, because there’s a bloody war going on, because he is going to be fighting in that war, because maturing is just what people do when they grow up
  • a James Potter whose life does not revolve around Lily
  • a James Potter whose character is not entirely contingent on his feelings for Lily
  • A WELL-ROUNDED, WELL-ADJUSTED, NORMAL TEENAGE BOY JAMES POTTER PLEASE AND THANK YOU

prongsmydeer:

I am completely willing to accept the premise of James and Lily having had a Heads’ Common Room because to me, that implies that they were using it, were caught doing something unseemly by a professor and then Hogwarts decided, “wait no this was a terrible idea let’s never do it again”

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thejilyship:

AN: Alright, I started this yesterday on a whim, and 6.5k words and just over 24 hours later, here we are. I don’t know if you were all excited because I tagged it as an airport au, or a ‘we have to share the last hotel room au’ or if you just prefer one shots to mulit-chaps, but I hope you enjoy. 

wc: 6.5k 

ff.net | ao3 

“No, no, no, no, no, nooooo!” Lily’s heels clicked against
the tiles of the terminal as she saw the flashing digital sign that told her
that her plane had already pulled away from the boarding zone. There was a
sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and she felt as though she’d just
lost at something. She’d never missed a flight before, she’d always been one of
those people who arrived early. Like, enough time to have breakfast, get a
coffee and read a couple chapters of whatever novel she had with her, that kind
of early.

But do to circumstances that were outside of her control,
she’d been late. Very late per her standards, and apparently she’d
missed her flight.

She hitched her carry on up her shoulder and squeezed her
phone in her other hand. What was she even supposed to do now? Did she have to
buy a new ticket? Did she have to wait for a seat to open up on another flight?
How was she meant to know what she was supposed to do when she’d never missed a
flight before? And apart from that, it wasn’t as though she spent a lot of time
flying anywhere. This was probably her sixth time on a plane- or it would have
been, had she made the flight.

She saw someone who looked about as flustered as she felt,
talking to someone who worked at the airport at a desk right next to where she
was supposed to board the plane. She assumed that this man had also missed the
flight and headed in that direction. And even if she was wrong, talking to
someone from the airport had to be a good first step on the road to fixing
things, right?

“So you don’t have another flight going out today?” The man
was asking, sounding as though he was trying rather hard not to get upset. And
even now, Lily could appreciate that. Because even though they’d missed their
flight, it definitely wasn’t this random employee’s fault.  

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