#lily evans is a good friend

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fic rec friday

A Little Misunderstanding

by birdyhands on Ao3

I have a headcanon that Lily’s period happened to line up with the full moon for a while leading to her realizing Remus’s moodiness, sickliness, increased affinity for chocolate, etc. that occurred once a month.

Seeing as Lily came from a muggle background I figured that ‘werewolf’ might not come to mind immediately for her and hence was born this fic in which Lily realizes Remus’s monthly habits before the rest of the marauders do and comes to the conclusion that her friend is transgender.

Ft Lily being a good friend, Lily being protective, Remus being both paranoid and thoroughly confused, the rest of the marauders being oblivious teenage boys, and all the resulting awkwardness and hilarity.

Lily’s not perfect but she’s trying, transphobia doesn’t exist in the wizarding world cause I said so, and jk rowling can suck my dick.

i love them, they are so sweet and fluffy with each other! i honestly have so much love for fics like this

favourite tropes included are:

lily being a good friend

werewolf reveal

remus is a sweet little bean

inappropriate use of potions

that really shouldn't work but somehow does

werewolf angst

fluff

found family

wolfstar of you squint

the marauders being good friends

as always leave lots of love and kudos to the author and have an amazing rest of the week <3

[terymlxyrstdus]

My new favourite headcannon is Regulus and Lily being good friends, bonding over the fact they’re both younger siblings and feel hated and abandoned by their siblings. Lily is always trying to make Regulus see that Sirius is nothing like her sister and that he cares for him and she keeps on telling Sirius to fight for his brother.

She knows that Sirius is nothing like her sister until the prank. For the first time she thinks, she might have been wrong.

[maxdibert]

I know this might be more aggressive than I usually do, but I'm honestly tired. I can't help but believe that the marauders fandom lives in a completely different reality than mine.

They love to force how good James Potter was, but this same James exposed Severus' intimacy. “He had no intention”, if a person takes the life of another without intention, does that change that a person died? It doesn't change. But they love to say that because there is no intention, there is no guilt, when that's not how it works. Besides all the repetition of how Severus was an incel and James was the one who sincerely loved Lily. The epitome of agape, they say, when in reality, he was just a spoiled little rich boy who can't hear "no" from a girl and get on with his life and instead he... *checks notes* threatened and blackmailed their supposed “love” in addition to chasing his best friend with his gang of idiots and, at the same time, leading the other to hell, even though said boy heard the girl’s “no” and disappeared from her life as she asked.

They act as if Severus being a spy was no big deal and it was his obligation to do something to defeat Voldemort, when it wasn't, he had already done enough by going out of their way to give a warning about the Potters' safety. Aside from the stilted speech that "he did it for the girl", when, amazingly, said girl, at this point, is already dead, he would have gained nothing by doing what he did for the wizarding world. It seems like a competition about who objectifies Lily the most in Severus' life, when Severus: never said anything negative about her, never assumed anything about her sex life or even said that she deserved to die for not choosing him, on the contrary , he blamed himself and wished for his own death. "But, look, he bullied the son of the woman he said he loved, that's definitely obsession," his character flaws in relation to Harry were never about Lily but about old memories of his bully. His problem was always unique and exclusive to James Potter. Every time he insults Harry it's always "you're like your father", but never once did he say anything even remotely negative about Lily or blame her for cutting off her friendship with him. But still, the fandom loves to spew nonsense about how he "wanted to get into the girl's pants and got angry when he couldn't."

I vented, sorry.

That’s why I genuinely think most Snaters are just kids—they see everything in black and white and don’t understand that life doesn’t work that way. Severus didn’t owe anyone anything. The fact that he felt bad about Lily wasn’t an obligation; he could have not cared and it still would’ve been fine. Lily cut ties with him. Lily married his bully. It would’ve been completely justified for him to see her as a piece of trash after she ended up with James. Honestly, I would’ve seen her as trash. If a former friend of mine pulled something like that—ending up with someone who had physically and psychologically tormented me for years, knowing full well what I went through—they’d be lucky if I didn’t burn their house down for being such a piece of work.

But Severus's relationship with Lily carried an enormous emotional weight because she had been his attachment figure for many years. So it makes sense that he ended up feeling so guilty, especially since he was the one who told Voldemort the prophecy. But again, even the prophecy wasn’t something he shared with malicious intent. Severus was doing his job as an agent in a war (even if he was on the "wrong" side), and it just so happened that his work unintentionally affected someone he cared about. Of course, he felt guilty afterward—it’s completely understandable. Anyone in his position, with his life experiences, would.

If I were in his place, though? I would’ve ignored Lily completely. Let her and her bully of a husband die, honestly, LOL.

One thing I find fascinating about Severus is how much things actually matter to him. He cares about repaying his debt to society. He cares about redeeming himself for what happened to Lily. He cares about doing the right thing to atone for his mistakes. And he doesn’t have to care, because all the people he sacrifices himself for are people who treated him like garbage at some point.

He didn’t have to be loyal to Dumbledore, especially after Dumbledore forced him to stay silent when he was almost killed as a teenager, made him keep that secret, and left him out in the cold. He didn’t have to be loyal to Lily either. No matter how their friendship ended, I think it’s indefensible (and I’m sure others would agree) for her to get involved with a spoiled rich kid whose whole reputation was built on tormenting others. He didn’t have to risk his life for the Order when most of its members openly despised him his entire life.

He didn’t have to do any of it. And honestly? It would’ve been justifiable for him not to, given his context and his past. But he did. He did all of it because he wanted to be a better person.

Sure, his personality doesn’t always reflect that, but let’s be real—that’s the personality of someone who never stops suffering. His reactions aren’t strange—they’re the normal reactions of someone with unresolved trauma who’s reached adulthood without the chance to fully develop emotional or social maturity because of that same trauma.

And of course, he didn’t need to beg for James’s life. If I were Severus, I wouldn’t have asked Voldemort to spare James. I’d have asked him to inflict the worst possible torture on James before finishing him off. But then again, I’m Spanish, and we Mediterraneans have hot tempers and always choose violence, LOL.

But seriously, I’m so fed up with the endless whining about why Severus did this or that. It doesn’t matter why. The fact is, he did it. The important thing is that his actions contributed to a cause, and thanks to him, the world was saved. Everything else is irrelevant because, let’s be honest, many of us would’ve walked away from saving a society that judged, mistreated, and condemned us without a second thought.

[whisperingn1ghts]

Toxic Yuri.... Save me

Reference below!!!

[florenceafternoon]

I keep seeing ppl on the clock app go on about the jily renaissance ...

I may be a relatively new fan but I know for a fact that there are jily fans who have been in this fandom since the early 2000s and have been mostly active until now.

If your argument is "but they were straight and white" I can tell you now there are fics on archive from like 2012 with POC James, bi 4 bi jily and background wolfstar. Yes I know that wasn't that long ago but you've all got to stop acting like those fics only started being published in 2021

Jily isn't boring nor is this fandom new. Venture through tumblr and ff.net and you'll find thousands of fics. That being said, new fics are being published every day and if you go through the effort of blocking tags you can find really good ones quite easily.

The marauders fandom is older than tiktok and contrary to popular belief, there is a canon to refer to. It's not fair to get mad at people for not treating wildly accepted fanon as canon because it's not. As I've said before — not having liked or read popular fics does not make you less of a marauders fan.

This is fandom do whatever you want so long as you tag properly.

[lemongrass77777-moved]

I will never be over the fact that Lily Potter was the one who defeated Voldemort in 1981 and she was never given proper credit for it in canon. We barely even know anything about her and she was the one who defeated the snake faced bitch the first time around. It drives me insane. Lily deserved so much better than what the books ever gave her.

[car-bear]

i love peter pettigrew no one can take him away from me

[digital-kam]

i lowkey dont even ship james and lily is that crazy

[racetrack-is-back]

lily's camera roll

[blitheringmcgonagall]

Hey I just read the first six chapters of Blame and I can’t explain how awesome I think that fic is. The characters and the writing and the plot twists and cliffhangers. I thought it might be abandoned but I saw you post that you were thinking of going back to it in 2025. Is that true?

I’ve seen lots of really supportive comments today on various people’s anon asks so thanks anon for making my day too 🥰🥰🥰!

Yes I said I was writing BLAME again and I am, should be finished this chapter by the weekend I hope and I have rest planned - I know exactly what happens at the end…

I’m just hoping that people read it because the people who were reading it back in 2022 may not even be in the fandom anymore or may not be interested and who knows about anyone else. At least you are interested which is good ☺️

This is a good time to remind people who were reading it:

A Marauders What If...?

What if James had been blamed for the Prank?

What if he got expelled at the end of Fifth Year?

What if there was never a Lily Evans and James Potter, Head Boy and Head Girl? If they parted enemies, if they never got together in their final year in Hogwarts? What if the marauders lost James? What then?

A Jily & Wolfstar canon divergent story…

Or an alternative marauders canon with a different prophecy:

“Son of the Red Flower

Born before the seventh month ends

Talk of his coming will herald

the Dark Lord’s downfall -

Dark Marks fade, Red Lion dies

In the blink of an eye”

(PS the Red Lion is a wizarding superhero)

[crescenthistory]

The only thing that could heal me rn is being called ‘love’ or ‘baby’ by Lily fr fr 😔

I’m a firm believer that she uses pet names every two sentences, why only give that headcanon to the boys?

Flirty and confident Lils is my weakness I fear

oh absolutely 🗣️🗣️

i think her go-to for the people she loves is “honey” tbh but she’s also huuuuuge on the usual “love”, “darling” and “baby” being dropped into every sentence

the way i see lily is that she’s more bossy, direct and confident with men whereas she’s more flustered by women and flirts with them perhaps a bit more shyly, which is also reflected in what pet names she uses

but anyone she’s friends with have, are and will be referred to as “love” and “honey”. also forehead and cheek kisses !!

most of the time she uses pet names absentmindedly as a reflex, but sometimes she’s very strategic about it — she knows how to wield a well-timed “pretty boy” or “sweet girl” iywim

[a-sunset-outside-my-window]

fic rec friday

I'm Waiting Here for You

by youprettythings on Ao3

Remus Lupin, a single father with impending medical debt, suddenly found himself unemployed, and he was fine—until he responded to a mysterious rebus on a job board, got hired by an eccentric young man, and ended up with more than he bargained for.

✷

Sirius Black was only looking for some help around the office, and he certainly never intended to break any rules.

heh, in wich sirius tries to spoil remus but we all know how that works out... also, why are all of my wolfstar recs so smutty lately? help?

favourite tropes included are:

pining

office romance

teddy is a menace

they communicate via rebus

remus has a mould infestations but does not turn transphobic

power dynamics, in so many directions

emotional hurt/comfort

fluff

sock garters

for some reason

regulus black is a good sibling

jily are good friends

some minerva x poppy if you squint

as always leave lots of love and kudos to the author and have an amazing rest of the week <3

[maxdibert]

Severus fans constantly devalue Lily's talent. She was talented in potition without Snape. It's sexist that she can't be talented without a man.

I’ve never said anything about Lily in Potions, and honestly, I don’t care. The only thing I say about her is that you must have a lot of double standards to act like you're all saintly, good, and the owner of ethics, and then marry a guy who stripped people publicly. I mean, girl, what are you doing?

[marauderswolf22]

i love the idea that everyone kisseed lily before james. imagine that, he would be absolutely pissed off lol. remus-when they were drunk-learning togheter (it's my idea and i dunno on how would it look), sirius when they would want to annoy james one time, peter when they would play truth or dare and some girl wouldn't want to kiss him (bItch) and lily would say -i can kiss you pete (yes, i stole that from anne with an e) (absolutely love this scene), and bassicly james would die in front of all of this

[thestralsofspinnersend]

Three’s a Crowd

Where Remus doesn’t know the difference between love and self sacrifice and Sirius falls apart after a single moment of self awareness

17k

Warning: non con elements and explicit sexual violence.

And, so suddenly, so resolutely, Marcus who was panting and moan and begging and struggling to hold still, had stopped being a person with thoughts and feelings. He had become that tool he offered himself to be, that weapon he could use to punish Sirius. The unmitigated, surging power of that rushed through his body. It eradicated the voice inside of him that urged gentleness and restraint, the part of him that held on to his humanness in the face of the wolf.

[valoflunar]

Lily Dorcas Remus and regulus are the type of people to argue against a teacher for not giving them marks on a question they got correct because of some obscure reason like not showing their reason and win the argument and bag the extra points