#lilypotter

[linaspocket]

I dont post for several months, just to pull out with a snily animation - platonic or romantic I dont care

[that-bitch-kat3]

marauders and co as shit my friends have said:

lily evans: some of yall are focusing on self love when you need to be focusing on self improvement. you think you suck? me too. do something about it.

[asagisayoko]

First post... I always feel a bit nervous whenever I decide to try a new site to show my art off...;; But, here we go! This is Sirius Black and Rhea Lupin. Rhea is my first and main Harry Potter OC, made back in 2015, so they've been one of my oldest ships ever... Yet I never actually made a drawing of them until now. Sirius is a really important character for me, I always turn to him whenever something traumatic happens in my life, and so far, he's been the one character who helped me process so many things. My story about them is 11 years old, but only recently I started rewriting parts of it to keep me distracted. And, it's safe to say I'm obsessed, again... Not sure how, or if anyone will want to hear about them a bit more, but here is a quick summary?: Rhea Hope Lupin is Remus Lupin's older twin sister. Her and Sirius always had an interesting dynamic (arguing their heads off, Sirius pulling Rhea's tail because he enjoys her reactions, ect.), but around 5th year, things starts to change rapidly around them, but not just around but also inside. I'm not sure what else to write, so I think that's all...? Let me know if you want to know more... I'll try my best to both make new art of them, and also to try and write down their stories! c:

[lovinggrierr]

Destiny Can't Be Changed

Harry Potter x OC

Summary: In a world where Harry knew of a family's love differently. Harry still lives with the Dursleys, but he has a best friend who has been with him since he was one year old, and she is more than a friend. In a world where soulmates do exist, like James and Lily Potter, as well as Arthur and Molly Weasley. This duo is just the same, but they don’t know it just yet. Follow them as they go from friends to lovers. Warnings: Childhood Friends to lovers, semi slow-burn, mutual pining, possible separation, angst, jealousy, bumps in relationships, in very later chapters possible miscarriage, in very later chapters pregnancy, death, HEA Song: Fable by Gigi Perez Prologue (You Are Here), Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 Main Masterlist - Harry Potter Masterlist

Prologue

Maya Shanti Acharya was born on April 3rd, 2000—the girl who had too much power. A semi-dysfunctional family with a horrible past learns that not every soulmate is doomed to end.

Harry James Potter was born on July 31st, 2000—the boy who lived. A family where he doesn’t belong, with an even horrible past, learns that love can be found in the most unique places. 

Finding love and going through heartbreak while managing a dark shadow looming over their school year, Maya Shanti Acharya and Harry James Potter will learn about what it is like to have a family and a soulmate. 

Dividers by @roseschoices

[thephilosophyofsuns]

I was ranting about a topic and decided to write it down, so here's a formal essay on the Significance of James and Lily Potter's Deaths.

The Significance of the Sacrifices of James and Lily Potter

In the Harry Potter series, one major event that takes place before the series begins is the deaths of James and Lily Potter. On the night that Voldemort comes to kill Harry, James and Lily sacrifice themselves in an attempt to protect their son. As we see throughout the book, Lily’s sacrifice and love are credited for Harry from Voldemort. Unfortunately, this is as far as J.K. Rowling takes it. The problem with leaving the topic there, however, is that it ignores the unique significance of their sacrifice. James and Lily Potter’s sacrifice deserves further attention and understanding because they sacrificed themselves without knowing if their deaths would make a difference.

Think of Voldemort like a nuclear bomb. When it’s coming for you, all you can do is bunker down and hope your safety measures are enough. But they weren’t. Voldemort found them despite all their best efforts. They knew they were going to die and they chose to protect Harry anyway.

When Voldemort first breaks down the door of the Potters’ home, James tells Lily to get Harry while he fights Voldemort. The main thing of note here is that he didn’t have his wand. People often joke that perhaps he forgot or lost it. However, James Potter was a pureblood wizard who spent his entire life with the knowledge of magic. There is little possibility that he would forget his only weapon against Voldemort. James did not retrieve his wand because he knew it wouldn’t make a difference; he was going to die. His only choice was how he would spend his last moments: pointlessly trying to get to his wand or standing between his wife and child and the one who sought to harm them. He chose to give Lily and Harry a chance, to buy them time to make it out. He never thought of himself, but, more than that, he didn’t know if his death would make a difference. He had no way of knowing whether his sacrifice would save his wife and child, but he willingly died for them anyway, because he loved them. Yet, strangely, people don’t mention his love protecting Harry.

The love we hear about protecting Harry is the love of his mother, Lily. After James told her to go, she could have abandoned Harry and saved herself. She might even have had time to run upstairs, grab Harry, and leave. Instead of fruitlessly fighting to live, she ran to Harry’s nursery and used precious time to tell him he was “so loved.” She knew that she would die that day, but she wanted to make sure her child knew someone loved him. When Voldemort got to them, he told her that if she surrendered her child, he would spare her life. She refused, despite knowing she would soon join her husband in death, despite knowing that it could all be in vain. Her last words weren’t begging for her life or despairing James’s death—they were pleading for her son’s life, knowing her pleas would go unanswered. She did not know that Voldemort would fail and that Harry would live. For her, it was worth it to die even if it only kept Harry alive for a little longer. In the end, she died not knowing if Harry would soon follow, yet she did it anyway.

Because of his parents’ sacrifices, Harry got to live. Unfortunately, his relatives, the Dursleys, hated magic and hated him. He spent the next ten years of his life being neglected and emotionally abused by the Dursleys, making it clear that he was unwanted and unloved. The Dursleys also told Harry that his parents died in a drunken car crash—with their one-year-old child in the car—only for Harry to learn the truth years later. J.K. Rowling completely glosses over how world-shattering this would be for Harry. In one night, his parents went from selfish, reckless drunks who didn’t care about him enough to keep him safe to people who loved him so much they died so that he would have even just seconds more to live. He went from a random, unloved orphan to a child wrapped in his parents’ love. In that moment, Lily’s last words became clear—became true—to Harry. He was so loved.

James and Lily Potter's sacrifices are significant because motivated sacrifice has a different impact than sacrifice even when you think it might not make a difference. They didn’t die knowing the outcome; they gave their lives out of love even when all hope was lost. Their deaths show the magnitude of their bravery and love because they were willing to lay down their lives for their child when it might have been in vain.

In conclusion, if they say "you can't write an essay about anything," they're lying.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk 💀

[aralenorimaki01]

James Potter fell first. Lily Evans fell harder.

[souryam]

Lily inspired by auguste toulmouche's The Reluctant Bride

[walkingthroughtheworld]

A Stag Without a Doe

He sighed, running a hand through his hair as he avoided her gaze. “Yeah, I know, Lils. It’s just… I thought we’d be done by now. That we’d be out there fighting, not hiding.”

Lily lifted herself slightly so she could look him in the eye. Her emerald gaze held a mix of determination and sadness. “We are fighting, James. Just in a different way. Keeping Harry safe, keeping us safe—that’s the fight right now.”

The next chapter of my fanfiction on James raising Harry is now live. Go check it out and please leave a comment <3