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I will never understand why flowerpot is the ship name for harry/fleur and not lily/james
Hi :) I was wondering what are your favorites jily fanfics, if you happen to read any. Would love some recommendations 'cause your art really got me into this ship yk
along with this one i had many asks asking for fic recs, sorry it took me so long but i got @daiziesssart to help me make a doc of all the fics we’ve read that we have liked and also a few that have been recommmended to me, i hope it helps <3
Sheet1 NAME OF THE FIC,MAIN TAGS/PLOT,LENGHT,LINK Have A Biscuit ,friends to lovers, canon compliant, pov McGonagall,ONE SHOT,<a href="http
i’ve updated it :D
Whats nine plus ten and directed the youngest person ever
Jegulus is a product of fandom misogyny, analysis
The rise of Jegulus is not a coincidence. It is the result of a fandom culture that repeatedly prioritizes male characters over female ones and treats women as obstacles to be removed rather than people worth exploring.
At the center of this issue is Lily Evans. James Potter already has a canon love story. He already has a relationship that shapes his character, influences his growth, and becomes one of the most important relationships in the entire series. Yet fandom routinely pushes Lily aside in favor of Regulus Black, a character with significantly less narrative importance.
This pattern reveals the real foundation of Jegulus. The ship only became possible because fandom decided that a male character deserved Lily's place in the story more than Lily herself.
The treatment of Lily within Jegulus spaces demonstrates the problem clearly. She is frequently erased, diminished, rewritten, or reduced to a barrier standing in the way of the relationship fandom actually wants. Meanwhile, Regulus is elevated into a central romantic figure despite the fact that his canon role is far smaller and morally worse.
The contrast is impossible to ignore. A woman who fought against blood supremacy is pushed aside. A man who voluntarily joined a terrorist organization is transformed into a romantic lead.
This is not a celebration of complexity. It is the result of a fandom culture that consistently grants male characters more sympathy, more attention, and more narrative value than female characters.
The popularity of Jegulus also reflects fandom's broader tendency to view male-centered stories as inherently more interesting than stories involving women. Female characters are expected to justify their presence. Male characters are automatically considered worthy of endless analysis, redemption arcs, and romantic reinterpretation.
As a result, Jegulus has become less about the characters themselves and more about the replacement of a female-centered relationship with a male-centered one.
For these reasons, Jegulus is not a challenge to existing fandom biases. It is one of the clearest examples of them. The ship thrives within a culture that repeatedly sidelines women, minimizes their importance, and reallocates their narrative significance to male characters. Its popularity is inseparable from that pattern.
5th year jily
6th year jily
Early miraculous is so jily sometimes I can’t stand it
Smol arms
Why snily is often a ship that doesn't actually care about Lily Evans
One of the biggest criticisms of Snily is that, despite being presented as a ship centered around Lily Evans, much of the fandom surrounding it ultimately prioritizes Severus Snape over Lily herself.
At first glance, snily appears to be a story about unrequited love, regret, and second chances. In practice, however, many interpretations reduce Lily to a reward for Snape rather than treating her as a fully realized person.
The biggest issue is that Lily's own choices are frequently ignored. Canonically, Lily made her feelings very clear. She repeatedly condemned Severus's growing association with future death eaters, challenged his prejudice, and eventually ended their friendship after years of escalating problems. She chose to walk away.
Yet many snily narratives treat that decision as a mistake to be corrected instead of a boundary to be respected.
As a result, Lily's agency often disappears.
Another problem is that Lily is frequently rewritten to serve Snape's emotional journey. Instead of asking what Lily wanted, stories focus on what Snape lost. Her character becomes a source of his pain, his redemption, his motivation, or his tragedy.
Everything revolves around him.
This creates an imbalance where Lily is no longer a protagonist in her own story. She becomes a symbol.
There is also a tendency within some snily spaces to romanticize devotion while ignoring the reasons their relationship fell apart. Snape's love is framed as proof that they were meant to be together, even though canon repeatedly demonstrates that love alone is not enough to sustain a healthy relationship.
Snily shippers doesn't care about Lily is because her other relationships are often erased. Her friendships, her personality, her ambitions, and her eventual marriage to James Potter can be dismissed as obstacles standing in the way of Snape's story.
Lily did not leave because she misunderstood him. She left because she objected to his choices and values.
Ignoring that fundamentally rewrites who Lily is as a person.
Could not have said it better if I wanted to
remus lupin has a degree in yearnalism
And james potter
James: some of you would rather top a twin then stop and think
James: yes this is targeted wolf wolf
Mr Big Bad Wolf and his Crazy Murderer boyfriend forever
"Kamala Harris raised 50+ million dollars after Biden dropped out!" you fools.... that's the money she got from selling Biden to One Direction :(
James and sirius have a matching tattoo of Lily’s name in an arrow heart
authentically Welsh remus who spends hours playing with random sheep in fields whenever he's bored
(he's trying to cancel out the wolf)
completed jily bingo!
thank you @jilyawards for this challenge!
Microfic - crossbow, gun, and magic (chapter 17) by @apalapucian
Commented on - in the comfort of your arms by @ meganrachel09 (unsure of their Tumblr)
AU artwork - olympic figure skating jily by @vagueshadows-fics
Favorite trope for spring - happy hour at the no-strings club by @ghostofbambifanfiction (i am a SUCKER for failed friends with benefits jily. love it so much)
Canon compliant long - going to cokeworth by @loverlupins (self-reccing bc i hardly read anything canon compliant lol)
Artwork based on scene - Harry’s 1st birthday by @deerly-departed (it’s such a perfect representation of the canon scene!)
Multichapter updated this month - bad idea, right? by @gigglesandfreckles-hp
Humor - amateur magician by @vagueshadows-fics (i would not say this is primarily humor but it is quite funny!!)
Completed fic - some silly, stupid part by @yallthemwitches
Artwork that made you want to try something new - 🌸🌸🌸 by @basietta (this made me think more about modern jily aus!)
Fic you love - all about evans by @ lovelystag (unsure of their Tumblr)
Artwork that planted seeds in your mind - Lily & Harry by @firelace (this made me miss writing my motherhood series!)
Free space/self-rec - louder than words by @loverlupins
Canon divergent long - the arrangement by @vagueshadows-fics
Current WIP - touch and go of don’t know what to say by @gigglesandfreckles-hp
Reads differently on re-read - once more to see you by @juniperpyre
TBR - the things we carried by @bloodonthetracks93
New author - four a.m. knows all my secrets by @jilyflowers
Author you love - @westeriss but there are none of their fics that fit within the time frame of the bingo sheet!
Fluffy artwork - tired new parents jily by @lypgggg
Posted within the last week - a song for you by @ohhevans
Canon divergent short - fire meets flame by @stonecoldhedwig
Author you haven’t read before - choice (caution to the wind) by @kay-elle-cee
Kiss artwork - Jily moments by dying_fish (on Instagram) (this is my fav jily artwork to date!)
Good Lily characterization - a kiss for good luck by @ lovelystag (unsure of their Tumblr)
Congrats on a full bingo! Thank you for playing, we hope you had fun!
May
In Love and War (WIP) 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.
flying lesson (completed, 3.7k) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated G.
lily evans, 11, muggle-born, anxietic as fuck and there's a human megaphone yelling instructions beside her. or james potter, 11, sees the muggle-born girl looking confused during their first flying lesson and decides he needs to help her. because thats what gryffindors do.
stuck here, with you!! (WIP) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated M.
Lily, as the respectable Gryffindor Prefect, had to mentor James Potter in the Hospital Wing for a week because Remus’ ‘sick week’ and Potter’s quidditch accident overlapped together. or James cracked tf outta his skull and heard LETSSS GOOOO
Whoever You Want (WIP) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated M.
Lily had known him for quite a long time now—James Potter and his weird hair, his desperate jokes, and those horn-rimmed glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose. He couldn’t help but make a fool of himself in front of her every single time. But Lily had never once considered turning him down as "resisting," despite everyone else calling it that, talking about his charm and how cute he acted, how much he fancied her. He was...pretty resistible, really. Until he wasn't, at least.
Stone Cold and Rock Hard (completed, 2.4k) by @neverenoughmarauders. Rated T.
Lily let out a breath she didn’t know she’d been holding. ‘James,’ she laughed. ‘When a boy and a girl agree to grab a drink in Hogsmeade, they’re going on a date.’ — Or: James Potter gets undressed and Lily Evans dives into the Black Lake for no reason whatsoever.
The Night Is Over But I'll Still Dance With You (completed, 2.7k) by @gingerqueen0567. Not rated.
Lily is so excited for the prom! Nothing can ruin the night, right?
What's In A Name Anyway? (completed, 2.5k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated T.
“Wait,” he says slowly, his heart somersaulting like it’s been taken for a ride on a broomstick, “A crush on McLauren or me?" Lily shoots him a pitiful look. “Please don’t make me admit I fancy you after basically seeing you naked,” she says bitterly, wiping at her eyes. “I won’t be able to live with myself.”
Second chances (completed, 3.5k) by @vivianjily. Rated M.
James thought he'd made peace with the slow burn of it—becoming Lily's friend, earning back her trust, hoping that eventually she'd see him as more. Then Benjy Fenwick makes her laugh and James realizes he's been fooling himself.
love struck (completed, 3.1k) by @sapphireleo. Rated G.
A love story told in colors of carnations (that he first thought were roses). Ending is kinda angsty. Red. Purple. Blue & White. Pink. More white.
BLAME (completed, 36.7k) by @blitheringmcgonagall. Not rated.
“I take full responsibility for my actions, Sir, I know that you’re going to have to expel me. There is no excuse for what happened. I’m sorry to have to put my parents through this. And Professor McGonagall, I just really wanted to tell her how sorry I am and …” His voice trailed off. Dumbledore’s cold periwinkle eyes regarded him intently, as though engaging in some complicated mental Arithmancy. “If Severus Snape corroborates what you just told me, I’m afraid that is correct, you will be expelled, Mr Potter.” 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?
Sweet Thing (completed, 5.7k) by @stonecoldhedwig. Rated E.
“Ask me,” he says softly. The room is so quiet, James thinks he can hear the sound of her heartbeat alongside his own. “Tie me up.” **** Or: Lily and James explore that little kink they discovered on Christmas Day.
Operation Love Languages (completed, 5.3k) by @exalthia. Rated T.
“The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate? Moony, what in the name of Merlin’s crusty toenails is this?” asked Sirius, derisively squinting at the cover. “‘Mate,’ is that some werewolf shit?” “I told you, it’s a Muggle book. I think it could help James. Listen, this bloke says there’s five ‘love languages,’ and they’re different ways of showing your love for someone depending on what’s important to them: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gift giving, and acts of service. Our boy has been doing none of these, and look where it’s gotten him. He’s got to woo her.” Love languages, James thought, sounded about as woolly as divination, but if they somehow helped him win Lily over, he’d do anything. He’d even probably attempt to fight the giant squid. Not bare-handed, though, he valued his life, lovelorn as it was. OR—Lily has been unimpressed with James' efforts to win her over, so he tries a new tactic. A Muggle one.
Hard Work (completed, 4.5k) by @feed-the-birdss. Rated T.
Lily Evans is drowning in the effort to belong. James Potter has never had to put effort into anything. Somewhere between broken quills, failed patronus charms, and head duties, they figure out what effort is actually worth.
four a.m. knows all my secrets (completed, 2.6k) by @jilyflowers. Rated E.
They fit together so perfectly, two pieces of a puzzle, a comfortable reminder of what she’s got, rather than what she’s lost. It's a quarter past four in the morning after a rough Order mission, and James and Lily can't sleep.
Ultraviolet (completed, 2k) by @deadlysansa. Rated G.
Emails between Lily and James & co about a missing notebook.
I’ll be Home for Christmas (completed, 4k) by @vagueshadows-fics. Rated E.
I’ll be home for Christmas. The words echo warmly in his mind, a stark contrast to the brutal cold of his present reality. He’d said those words with cavalier confidence mere days ago, his hands on Lily’s waist as he kissed her goodbye on the doorstep of the small cottage they’d moved into only a few weeks ago. He can almost picture her now, cocooned in the safety of their new home — her cheeks flushed from the heat of the kitchen, humming muggle Christmas tunes as she stirs a pot of hot chocolate. The image feels like a beacon of hope in the suffocating cold of this mission. James intends to keep his promise. Or: When a routine reconnaissance mission goes sideways, James is determined to find a way home in time for Christmas
need you like a heartbeat (completed, c500 words) by @oakheartedmuse. Rated G.
"He needed her like a heartbeat and there she was, amusing herself with his suffering." Or, James is sure he's losing his mind, but it's mostly because of the heat and this certain redhead...
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Oh No! I’m Late!
the people have spoken and I may or may not be rereading a long story about these two so please accept this very quick sketch