minoukwrites

[minoukwrites]

Chapter 4 - Midnight Mystery Posted it when I was still on vacation, but didn't have time to make a neat little banner for it. So here it is! check out SDBN Chapter 4 on AO3. (you don't have to, but it would be really cool)

or start from the beginning <3

[minoukwrites]

Freeze! ✧ ─=≡Σ((( つ•̀ω•́)つ You’re under arrest for being so lovely. Copy this message to 10 other blogs that you think are beautiful and deserve it. Keep the game going and make others feel beautiful!

Awwwww ☺️ i did not expect anything so lovely ☺️

[minoukwrites]

The Jily Fandom Rec List 2024 is a compilation of Jily stories our readers want to keep an eye on for this year's awards.

JUNE

Stranger Days, Brighter Nights (WIP, 16.3k as of 30 June 2024) by @minoukwrites. Rated T.

Regulus Black is in love with James Potter. Lily Evans is absolutely not. (In which Lily finds love and Regulus peace. A tale of secret crushes, unspoken yearnings, and quiet betrayals. But at its core, it's the fix-it I've always craved, full of fluff, angst, and all the tropes.)

Falls the Shadow (part 3 of The Darkest Days series) (completed, 95.6k) by @seriousbrat. Rated M.

1977. The Queen's Silver Jubilee. Strikes, riots, violence, and increased political tension. A darkness seems to have descended on Britain, and the Wizarding World is no exception. As Lily, Severus, and the Marauders enter their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, the last rays of fading childhood herald a darker, unforgiving world, in which all face life-altering choices. Sev will stop at nothing to get what he wants, despite what it's already cost him— while Lily and the Marauders find themselves on the precipice of war. Part 3 of a canon compliant story spanning the last three years of Hogwarts up until the end of the First Wizarding War.

in losing grip (WIP, 97.1k as of 30 June 2024) by keep_driving. Rated M.

“I’ll see you again?” She’d asked. “Someday, when we’re older.” “Obviously,” he told her. A promise without any boundaries, without any concrete truth. “Obviously,” she whispered back. Like it was that simple. - For her, summer did not exist before him. Now that it's been gone for so long, she wonders if it ever truly existed at all.

Filipendulous (completed, 30.2k) by @seriouslysam8. Rated M.

An attack on Diagon Alley in July 1980 leaves James Potter cursed and on death’s door.

Querencia (completed, 10k) by @thelighthousestale. Rated T.

que·ren·cia: a sanctuary where you feel safe The time Lily, James, and Harry spent as a family in their little house in the West Country was far too brief, but it was overfilled with love, laughter, and, above all, life. Moments of Lily and James at Godric’s Hollow told in five parts for @mppmaraudergirl's 'Alight With Happiness Fest'.

Rumor Has It (completed, <1k) by @thelighthousestale. Rated G.

Severus doesn't believe the rumors that Lily finally agreed to go out with James Potter.

The Roe Deer And The Knight (completed, 2.1k) by @annabtg. Rated G.

The tale of a magical roe deer and a knight who had to learn humility.

Fixed Luck (completed, 1.3k) by @annabtg. Rated T.

The books warn: excessive intake can cause giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence. But good luck is addictive.

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (Jily's Version) (oneshot collection, 1k as of 30 June 2024) by @wearingaberetinparis. Rated E.

And so I enter into evidence, My tarnished coat of arms. My muses, acquired like bruises, My talismans and charms. The tick, tick, tick of love bombs, My veins of pitch black ink. All is fair in love and poetry. A Jily TTPD Drabble Collection

The Tooth Fairy (completed, <1k) by @jfleamont. Rated T.

Harry loses his first tooth, so James pulls one of his pranks on his son.

In Love and War (WIP, 338.9k as of 30 June 2024) by Icepen. Rated M.

After a horrible summer before her Seventh Year brings the war to her doorstep, Lily Evans knows one thing for certain-- she will not be safe at Hogwarts anymore. Her position as Head Girl, her new friendship with the Potter heir and the disgraced Black heir, the sudden and tragic murder of her parents all shoves her into a limelight she never wanted. Learning to cope with her grief and her trauma, Lily needs to navigate the treacherous waters of her new situation as the war against people like her escalates in the world she is about to graduate into.

Think I Know Where You Belong (Think I Know It's With Me) (WIP, 80.2k as of 30 June 2024) by @wearingaberetinparis. Rated M.

At thirty-three years old, Lily Evans fears she may not quite have lived up to her potential. Single and living alone – if one does not consider her cat a flatmate, that is – her days are blurs of monotony, most of her students getting more action than she has seen in the past decade. (Hyperbole gratuitously applied.) Insert James Potter – former classmate and unrequited crush – who appears to be on a mission – aside from promoting his fourth novel – to point out all of her flaws, while strutting the hallways of their former secondary, the place she has never left and he will forever haunt now that the board has decided to name the school library in his honour. (F*ck her life.)

Heavier The Crown (WIP, 135.9k as of 30 June 2024) by @sidlarsson. Rated E.

Fifty years after the First Wizarding War, Teddy Lupin stumbles across a secret about the ghost of Lily Evans. The truth will lead him deep into the past—unraveling a friendship marked by rivalry, betrayal, and one falling out of love with the other. “It—is you. I—thought I was dreaming.” His cheek was lifted. He was out of it, possibly from the effects of Dark Magic. “You—" and he seemed to struggle. His breath came in gasps. "I thought you were an angel.” Dark love story set during the First Wizarding War. Features General James Potter, Potions Master Lily Evans, and Death Eater Severus Snape. 1978 - 1982.

Check out the previous months' recs too: January, February, March || April || May

Happy reading!

[minoukwrites]

First sketch of a scene from chapter 2 of stranger days, brighter nights ☺️ can’t wait to have this done ☺️

[minoukwrites]

I think i broke the code for my writing workflow:

Outline

Developmental Edits on Outline

Draft zero

Draft 1 (fix words)

Draft 2 (structural)

Draft 3 (line edits)

Draft 4 (proofread)

Collect Beta Feedback

Draft 5 (final)

🎉

[minoukwrites]

The Letter. 

Bellatrix, Narcissa and mum reading Andromeda’s farewell. Good for her though.

[minoukwrites]

Starting a new sketchbook with a james potter spread

[minoukwrites]

[minoukwrites]

can we talk about how genuinely disappointed lily would be with herself when she realises she found the quidditch captain hot.

[minoukwrites]

I love jily and i adore jegulus…

seems like a controversial opinion these days 😕

[minoukwrites]

Intermssion 2 - Brotherly Bonds It's been out for a while, but I totally forgot to post it here. whoopsies. check out SDBN Intermission 2 on AO3. (if you want. I can't force you)

or start from the beginning

[minoukwrites]

when James woke up and Lily Evans was there.

[minoukwrites]

✨Monday Thoughts✨

Do I have over 15K words to edit in Stranger Days, Brighter Nights ?

Yes.

Am I outlining a short fic for Marauders Spookfest instead?

Obviously.

[minoukwrites]

cant keep his hands off

[minoukwrites]

Sounds fun, i think i might do it 😍

Marauders Spookfest Sign-ups!

Sign-ups are now open for the Marauders Spookfest 2024! Sign-ups will stay open until June 22nd

You can sign up here

Within 48 hours of submitting your sign-up form, you should receive an email inviting you to join the official discord server. If you do not receive an email after 48 hours, please contact us

We can't wait to see you all there!

— your mods, Kit & Angel

[minoukwrites]

Had this angsty drabble idea from the lie Petunia and Vernon told Harry.

Jily muggle AU prompt:

“Hello.. Potters residence.”

“Is this Lily Potter?”

“Yes. Who is this?”

“This is from the hospital. Your husband has been a car accident”

“N no.. he will be fine. He HAS to be fine!”

Interesting concept, you should write it! 😊👌

[minoukwrites]

Regulus is just watching from his favorite hidden reading spot ✨