The denial is so true! Jily were indeed the biggest influencers. They absolutely haunt the story! Had they not defied voldemort, harry wouldn't even be the prophecy child. Jily's love was the biggest, and I mean the absolutely biggest reason for harry being alive and protected. Many twists and turns in the story had been because of them.
The blood protection, Harry's patronus, the invisibility cloak, their appearances throughout the series, active influence by being order of the phoenix members, appearing as ghosts during the graveyard fight and through the resurrection stone. There's so much more!
This is not meant to say that harry thought about his parents before deciding each and every action because harry is his own person. He's an orphan and he came to terms with that right from the beginning but Jily haunt the story in a broader frame.
It's undeniable that jily are a huge driving force of the entire series.
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if you try to insult james or sirius, remus is the first to defend them, even if they deserve it
lily: james and sirius can be so rude
remus: they've never been rude once in their life
sirius: she's litr right
remus: no
theres this wnba player who is clearly gay (like butch, tats, tongue piercing, publicly-had-a-gf gay), but recently a vid of her saying “im gay” got popular and a few people were like “omg shes for the girls !!” and people would reply like “uhhh yeah!? it was kinda obvious”
on like one hand i agree, walks like a duck etc
but also theres a a certain impact about someone existing as gay vs. saying “im gay”
i had no doubt she was queer but hearing her say it gives me butterflies (literally everytime i see the vid and not just cuz i may have a crush) because ive gotten to the point in my journey where i feel so normal being wlw that i kinda forget straight ppl exist so seeing celebs date women was like really awesome but also well yeah???? but hearing someone say the words im gay!? like youre like me!? im not alone!?
liking girls is one thing. love is natural, banal.
being gay in the world? having that label on you? thats a walking target,
but its also a community
hearing someone you admire claim themselves as part of it feels soooo good
i love that were getting to a point where coming out is desuetude and gay ppl can just exist but its nice to hear the pride and outright claiming of the label
lily being marlene's lesbian awakening is very important to me
Lawyer Sirius eviscerating his opponents with bullet-proof arguments and biting wit while looking supremely bored.
(James watching him with stars in his eyes like a love-sick puppy.)
ask and ye shall receive
someone needs to draw them as this NEOW (tag me if u actually do)
once upon a time is the theatre kid version of riverdale
NOT CRAZY/SEER PANDORA
where’s my #womaninstem pandora
where’s nerd pandora
where’s critical and cunning pandora
where’s “yeah, sure, give me a source for that, bud” pandora
where’s bold, strong spoken, head-on-straight, sarcastic pandora
she died doing SCIENCE experiments, let her be logically and determined and passionate
(ALSO the black sistersss i need a 200k length fic about their lives from birth to death, i need a full psychological rundown of bellatrix and her motives)
Some things I’d loved to have seen more often in the marauders fandom characterizations:
Ravenclaw barty ( ALL owls, enough said)
Pandora NOT being crazy/ a sear (Luna 100% got that from xeno)
Regulus not necessarily agreeing with pureblood rhetoric but seeing that his family is safer with it and also more of his relationship w Voldemort ( he didn’t become the youngest deatheater on a whim )
Sirius being a black, he was a total troubled teen and honestly probably still didn’t feel much empathy for muggleborns. Also running away didn’t erase his entire life up until that point
James being a total dick. (Hate him)
Lily getting the love she deserves instead of her entire character being watered down to nothing without her husband (I’m looking at u jegulus vs jily bitches) Lily can be her own person even if James isn’t dating her!!!
Bellatrix black. Right hand WOMAN of lord Voldemort??? Pls I need her so bad
Snape being so similar to Tom riddle and Voldemort using that to his favor ( yet making a critical error in killing Lily)
Voldemort using his charm to seduce and win favor and then as his descent into madness thickens, he relies on his magic and their fear more and more for followers
I could go ON and ON about this but I don’t want this too long 🖤 pls discuss in the comments/or replies this is my favorite topic. (This is a safe space to talk abt ur niche headcanons for characterization within the fandom)
I have lied to you all. I'm not a multishipper. All I care about are prongsfoot, blackinnon, jily, lilypad, jilypad, lilylena, moonwater, remadora, gilderat, emmary. Thank you. Bye.
narcissa black malfoy and lily evans potter.
so similar.
both sisters. both wives. both mothers.
yet different.
narcissa who grew up knowing the importance of family. blood is thicker than water and words are shaper than knives. narcissa who never cared much for being a daughter but wore her role as sister proudly. she looked up to them. she learned from them—what to do and what not to do.
lily who was a sister only in name. who hated spending time at home when her real family had never lived there or even stepped foot in her neighborhood. lily who found solace in school and magic, far away from anyone related to her.
self perseverance is in narcissa’s nature. she never acts until necessary. never stands out or speaks up. and she survives because of it.
lily had never liked being quiet and refused to do so when her friends’ lives are at stake. lily who refused the most powerful dark wizard in britain thrice and lost her life for it.
two women who would do it all over again if it meant saving their sons.
Propaganda I won't fall for:
This might trigger people, so read the tags.
Short Sirius
Jegulus
Wolfstar, and especially wolfstar being better than prongsfoot
Blackinnon not being a good ship
Lesbian Marlene
Gay Sirius
Straight James
Sirius loving Harry bc he found James in him or whatever some are saying. Especially saying that only Remus saw him as Harry, while Remus was literally so haunted by James bro didn't visit Harry once!
Comparing a character that is mentioned in the books once with Snape, who is all THE FUCKING BOOKS. Absolutely crazy behavior.
Jegullily or whatever the ship is called
Regulus raising Harry- get that child far away from Regulus.
Physically abuser Walburga or Orion
The justification that Sirius wouldn't raise Harry well bc people take in heart his behavior in Grimmauld Palace in which is literally someone going back to the root of their trauma
"Sirius is an awful person, look at how he treated Kreacher," and the whole discussion about him saying that you know someone on how he treats his inferiors. Kreacher deserved every bit of it, one. Two, is literally said that Kreacher was the only house elf Sirius treated that way bc they have HISTORY.
Remus being that important, him being cassnova, basically stripping Sirius away of his personality and giving it to Remus, blah blah blah, Remus is not the shit. He is just a coward guy.
All the young dudes being considered canon material