#are shadows of their forms selves and that lily evans would never be like….go on to your death unless she knew he was coming back

[fernhelm]

PT 2: FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE🦌

*this part has to do with harry hearing lily’s voice. until i looked through the books for this, i totally forgot that he was in the torture nexus of hearing his mother beg for his life. in the third book, her death screams haunt harry as his worst memory every time the dementors come near. it's torturous, but he also wonders if its better than never hearing her at all. the only things lily says in the series that aren't memory are "hold on your father's coming" and "you've been so brave." she never says i love you. she's the sacrifice. she was on the altar. she has no mouth but she must scream.

PT 1: LILY IN HER OWN WORDS🪷

*despite being at the center of the narrative- the mother who saves harry with the “power of love,” we know very little about lily evans. many characters tell harry what his parents are like- brave, or kind, or good at potions- but harry, and the reader by extension, rarely gets to see for himself. finally, in the later books, we get some flashbacks which show what lily was really like without the halo of death. her voice, her words, her tone all serve her characterization (if you’re interested in pulling from the book, and it’s okay if you’re not.) in this part i’ve gathered almost every instance where lily speaks herself from childhood up to october 31st. most are from snape’s pov, one from voldemort’s, and the letter stands by itself. the next part will be every instance of speech post-death. just a little something of interest for the lily evans enjoyers (◡‿◡✿)