Kelsey ( @kay-elle-cee ) and I are thrilled to host Jily Week for the third year in a row. After being treated to 80+ creations each of the past two years, we canât wait to see what all of you talented people will come up with this year. GET EXCITED for the week of August 17th to 23rd!!
To participate, post a creative work corresponding to the daily prompt â fanfiction, fanart, playlists, metas, moodboards, etc. â anything goes! You can participate in as few or as many days as possible, but we challenge everyone to try and create something for every prompt, even if it's only a hundred-word drabble or a 5-minute sketch! Don't stress about meeting the exact prompt or the deadline - the most important thing is to have fun with it!
Remember to tag your works with #jily week 2026, mention @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee, and add any fic you write to the Jily Week 2026 AO3 Collection.
đ PROMPTS:
âď¸ Day 1 â 17th of August â Mistaken Identity
Or: when the road to love is obscured by mistaken identities. Secret superhero identities, masquerades, love squares, or wrong numbers can complicate things⌠but donât worry, theyâll get there eventually.
âď¸ Day 2 â 18th of August â Star Power
Romance is hard as it is, but it can get even more complicated when youâre in the limelight. Put one or both of our favorites in the public eye, and you get a recipe for delicious fanfiction. Make âem celebs, actors, royals, athletes â anything goes!
âď¸ Day 3 â 19th of August â Break Up / Make Up
Youâve heard of Angst vs Fluff â now get ready for Break Up / Make Up. Choose your fighter: break hearts or put them back together?
âď¸ Day 4 â 20th of August â Mythos
Whether you choose to modernize your favorite myth or place James and Lily on Mt. Olympus, this is the perfect time to pull out all the obscure folkloric trivia we know youâve been waiting to put in a story. (Percy Jackson crossovers WELCOMED.)
âď¸ Day 5 â 21st of August â Damned to Detention
We all know the Marauders spent much of their Hogwarts years in and out of detention. Though Lily may have been a Prefect, she wasnât so removed from their antics. Whoâs the unlucky one this time?
âď¸ Day 6 â 22nd of August â And There Was Only One Bed
You know it â a trope as old as time and a forever favorite.
âď¸ Day 7 â 23rd of August â Write a Fic Rec
Thereâs a wealth of fantastic Jily works out and about. Take a moment to shine the spotlight upon a current fav/recent read/comfort fanfiction. Write the recommendation the author deserves and introduce it to a new audience!
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Feel free to message either of us or drop an ask if you have questions! đ
thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3
Nom De Plume (46.5k). Completed, rated E. Favourite Canon Divergent Long 2024. Rec'd by @charmsandtealeaves, @joyseuphoria, @neverenoughmarauders and @practicecourts.
James Potter, renowned potioneer, has a secret side career as an erotica writer under the pen name of Scarlett Goldwing. When his latest book starts to take off, and Scarlett is asked to promote it at a public event, he has no other option but to recruit his colleague Lily Evans to pretend to be Scarlett. The only problem is, Lily Evans hates his guts⌠or does she?
Fixed Luck (1.3k). Completed, rated T. Favourite Angst 2024. Mind the tags! Rec'd by @abihastastybeans, @kay-elle-cee, @neverenoughmarauders and @tedwardremus.
The books warn: excessive intake can cause giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence. But good luck is addictive.
Oh My God, She's Insane (7.7k). Completed, rated M. Favourite Canon Divergent Short 2025, Favourite Humour/Crack 2025. Rec'd by @blitheringmcgonagall, @charmsandtealeaves, @neverenoughmarauders.
When the Order of the Phoenix discovers that Lucius Malfoy, rich bachelor and womaniser extraordinaire, may secretly be a Death Eater with access to an item that could be the key to bringing down Voldemort, Lily Evans comes up with a brilliant plan: to seduce him into inviting her to his house, and then take the opportunity to snoop around for information.
James Potter, her mission partner, is less than thrilled with this idea.
Readers' favourites (under the cut):
The Chaperone (7.5k). Jily, Petunia Evans, Sirius Black, canon. Completed, rated T. Rec'd by @casquecest, @neverenoughmarauders and @plecotusauritus.
When Lily's father won't let her go out alone on a date with James, she has to resort to desperate measures: make it a double date with Petunia and Sirius.
Halloween Specials (867 words). Jily, James & Sirius, Rosmerta. Canon, 6th year. Completed, rated T. Rec'd by @neverenoughmarauders.
It's Halloween Eve. The Three Broomsticks is packed with Hogwarts students.
At the bar, two funny, handsome young men are chatting to the barmaid.
Her Favourite (1.1k). Minerva McGonagall, James Potter, canon. Rated G. Rec'd by @neverenoughmarauders.
If Minerva McGonagall had a son, she would have wanted him to be like James Potter.
Two Steps At A Time (1.4k). Slytherin!Lily, Sirius Black. Completed, rated G. Rec'd by @neverenoughmarauders.
Lost in the vast Hogwarts castle, first-year student Lily Evans finds her way to her common room with the help of an unlikely classmate.
White Swan (930 words). Jily, fluff. Completed, rated G. Rec'd by @charmsandtealeaves.
âI thought we were only going to watch,â he teases. âI didnât realise you were the nightâs prima ballerina.â
Itâs been years since Lily was forced to abandon that dream â since she exchanged tutus and ballet slippers for black robes and a wand â and thereâs no bitterness lingering. Still, she crosses her arms over her chest and raises a challenging eyebrow at him. They both like a challenge â revel in it, really. âAre you making fun of my outfit?â
âNot at all. Iâm just saying, nobodyâs going to be looking at Odette when youâre looking like that.â
James and Lily go on a date to watch ballet.
If you read my works, please feel free to send me asks or messages to add or update your recs!
The scariest thing in Stranger Things wasnât the demodogs, Vecna, or the unstable reality. It was the women lying unconscious in hospital beds, forced to carry pregnancies to term by the government even if it killed them.
This is the best description Iâve heard for this method, I always thought it was bullshit because I never heard a description that actually explained how to do this other than âtap your head 20 timesâ.
I have anxiety-induced hissing, which sounds/feels different from sound-induced tinnitus (which I have also experience). Sound-based tinnitus actually sounds like youâre âhearingâ something in your ears, whilst the hissing I have feels like itâs âinside my headâ, if that makes sense. But this technique still helps!!
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