#jily headcanons

[peteunderoos]

thinking about how james potter never had to live in a world without his two best friends sirius and remus nor his wife and love of his life lily because he was the last one to be born and the first one to die 💔

#james potter #lily evans #jily #sirius black #harry potter #the marauders era #marauders era #remus lupin #marauders #jily fanfiction #sorry peter this is only because you betrayed them 🫶🏼 #petter pettigrew #wolfstar headcanons #wolfstar #jily headcanons

[enbysiriusblack]

jily's friendship era <3

thinking about them as newly friends and finding out things they had in common that they never realised. james and lily making quidditch strategies together. both being morning people so they start a routine of having breakfast together every morning. dancing together at parties. doing each other's makeup. them starting to revise together and lily finding out james does actually do revision and he makes the best flashcards. james giving her food his parents send to him every week and she adores euphemia's chai muffins that seem to be sent much more often once lily told james how much she liked them. lily and james visiting each other in the holidays and lily taking him camping and fishing for the first time and james taking her to a professional quidditch match for the first time. lily finding out james loves sci-fi books (especially ursula k. le guin) and introducing him to doctor who and star trek. them hanging out in each other's dorms, lily reading whilst james draws.

#having jily thoughts atm #james potter #lily evans #marauders era #marauders #jily #jily headcanons

[jfleamont]

what kind of careers do you imagine James and lily having if the war was over and the weren't in the order and they also live lol rip

I can't imagine either of them wanting to rest on the potter fortune, they'd be waaaaay too bored

would love to know your thoughts!

You're absolutely right! We're talking about two people in their early twenties, full of hope and with big dreams, and even with a young kid to look after they'd still have lots of energy.

I think for Lily the answer is quite easy: she becomes a potioneer... But what kind of potioneer? Is she more into research (working on the development and improvement of the Wolfsbane potion) or does she prefer to help people more directly, perhaps working at St. Mungo's? In my opinion, after the war Lily starts working in the hospital because when she was in the Order it never felt like she was winning any of those fights, every mission was the same: she would barely escape death and she would see no real progress. So working at St. Mungo's after the war is her way of feeling useful, and seeing her patients get better before her very eyes is an immense satisfaction. I also think she longs to be around people: during the war, I doubt she went out and socialised much, what with her being a Muggleborn, and I think people in the Order were also advised to keep a low profile... And this is before they went into hiding! I think doing research would be more alienating in that sense. Furthermore, going from a state of 'constant vigilance' to finally being able to rest is quite difficult for her. All of the people in the Order who survived have some sort of PTSD: there's a sense of urgency, as if danger is always near and it keeps them on edge. I think the constant stream of patients that arrive at the hospital feeds into her restlessness. Working in research would make her feel like she's wasting time, and I think she feels like she's running out of it; she has a hard time adjusting to this new life. I think in the long haul this is dangerous, but I see her eventually realising that research is her future.

As for James, I believe he's a lot like Lily if not more restless after the war: I think this whole experience was quite a shock and he feels a lot of uncertainty and guilt. Unlike many of his peers, he had a choice, he could have turned a blind eye and lived an easy life. The fact that he didn't ignore the attacks and actually fought in the war didn't matter: he felt guilty for the privilege that choice provided him. I think James has no idea what to do after the war: he's a great Chaser, but that lifestyle isn't appealing to him anymore. So at first he stays home with Harry while Lily works at the hospital... But we're talking about James, he's easily bored. So I think that at one point he decides to volunteer (he doesn't need money, he doesn't want it) for different organisations, both Muggle and Magic: he likes helping people, he likes leading them and learning from them and there's this whole world he wasn't privy to and it's wonderful! He's been told how hard it is to be Muggleborn, but seeing how rich and complex and different this universe is (and how similar it is to the Wizarding World, too) is an eye-opening experience. So this is what he does for a while: he sees how corrupt the Muggle government is and he becomes interested in politics - this is right when Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister - and he tries to help in any way he can (he participates in fundraising events, protests, strikes) and he does the same for Wizarding politics. He protests against the treatment of werewolves and other creatures in the magic community, he writes articles that get published in the Daily Prophet - he calls out Rita Skeeter in some of them, she fires back, he sues her, it's a whole thing - and he's channelling his energy in all these different endeavours but he's still hungry for something else. And yes, this is how he's always been, never satisfied, always looking for the next dopamine hit, but now he feels a bit lost, so Lily suggests he does something more mundane and grounded. The idea comes to him when he's looking at his son - now a toddler - and realises that he doesn't want Harry to grow up like he did. Don't get him wrong, James had a wonderful childhood, but he was a kid with no friends his age, elderly parents and an endless amount of energy. So James realises that kids in the Wizarding World generally grow up very sheltered since they're homeschooled until they're ten and he wants to do something about it. He thinks about what he liked to do as a kid and all he can think about is Quidditch, but now he knows all about all these different muggle sports and wouldn't it be incredible to introduce kids to them? In a couple of weeks he has it all figured out: he's now the founding member of this club, where he gets kids involved in sports, muggle culture (books, movies and music) and even trips to aquariums, museums, cinemas and plays! At first it's just Harry, a couple of Weasley kids and Neville, but with the help of his friends he gets other kids to join, and he soon realises he needs some help managing all these little monsters, so he hires Remus - he's reluctant at first, but he knows that James is too ambitious for his own good and he cannot possibly organise all these activities on his own, bless his heart, so Remus needs to intervene - and McGonagall helps him find other employees. His parents' manor is empty and he can't think of a better way to honour their memory than to use their house as a kindergarten of sorts, so after a bit of cleaning and refurbishing, the house is ready. He loves this: it gives him purpose and hope, and it's like being Quidditch Captain and Head Boy only way harder, but also way more fun. And who knows, he might do this for the rest of his life or he might not, but it doesn't matter, because he has a whole life ahead of him and he can reinvent himself as many times as he wants.

So that's all, I guess lol I thought my answer was gonna be short - she's a potioneer and he's a quidditch player - but as always I got carried away :) do you agree? Feel free to tell me your headcanons!

#jily #jple #jfleamont rambles #asks #james potter #lily evans #jily headcanons #edit October 2023: I put it under the cut because I realised it was too long lol

[nodirectionhome-ao3]

Who gets some jealous, James or Lily?

Mmmm this is an interesting thought. I’m going to go with Lily, because it’s just fun to imagine her going feral over James in that way😅😅😅

But jealous James is fun too!!!

#Jily #jily headcanons #it’s hard to decide!!!! #this might be giving me one-shot ideas😅

[annabtg]

Greetings! I really like your writing. It is always well thought out and descriptively written. Do you have a specific head-canon for Lily and James that you think shines through in all of your fanfiction stories or does your idea of their character change?

Thank you anon, you're so sweet! I'm glad you enjoy my stories!

I have a few basic things that are usually part of my headcanons:

James being a little shit xD Especially in his younger years, I like to write him teasing Lily, pranking around etc.

Being smart, confident in his abilities, even arrogant, but nevertheless hopeless with regard to Lily - awkward, unsure, self-doubting, especially in his later years when he's already been rejected (at least) once by Lily and grown up enough to know he'd been an idiot. That all changes back when he realizes she likes him. xD I don't write them much after they get together but I feel that, once he knows Lily likes him, his faith in her love is unwavering.

Another thing he's not particularly confident about is being named Head Boy. Lily definitely has more faith in him about it than he does in himself.

My headcanon is also that he has been in love with Lily basically since forever (or at the very least, since he was old enough to be able to notice girls) and is a complete virgin who probably hasn't even kissed another girl. I can get behind different interpretations, and frankly I'd like to have the versatility to write him with someone else for the ~drama~ of it all, lol, but even if I write it at some point, my headcanon is that he's never been interested in anyone else (and never will be). In my head, I call him a Lilysexual. xD

I headcanon his relationship with Sirius being also full of banter and teasing. I see them like a real life brothers dynamic, with James being the younger brother - annoying, perhaps attention-seeking, but ultimately respects, admires and adores Sirius - whereas Sirius is the older brother, who is more serious, matures more quickly, pretends to be annoyed more often than he actually is, and loves James in a literally self-sacrificing way.

As for Lily - I see her as smart, snarky, mischievous in her own way. She's not a Hermione - I'd say she's closer to Ginny. She's diligent, yes - but not that much of a stickler for the rules. She's easier to anger and very likely to tease or snap back.

She's not athletic, but she likes swimming and dancing. Perhaps I'm drawing from myself on this one. xD

I like to write her as more flirty than James. My absolute headcanon is that she fell for James much earlier than she's willing to admit and never did anything with anyone else - but I can see her having flirted or even dated someone I've written her in a fully adult relationship with Sirius too so that should tell you something. And I very often (but not exclusively, now that I think about it) write her as the one to make the first move. She's smoother and can be very aware of her feminine wiles (which she uses on James exclusively). But the degree of her flirtiness varies from story to story.

She's stubborn and doesn't change her mind about people easily. Which tells a lot about her relationship with James - and Snape, too. I love showing her slowly figuring things out.

It's also my headcanon that nah, she didn't - it's more exasperation than actual hate. I think that's the age where you can say to someone "I hate you" and it means nothing the next day when the situation has cleared up. So I imagine James and Lily not being 100% on each other's throats, but more like antagonistic - he likes to tease, she likes to snap back - with the occasional epic fight in-between but some good moments too. Like, it was never the end of the world when they had to share a desk or do an assignment together. (Never mind that it makes for fun fics! ;) )

Overall I'd say that I have a decent grasp on their characters (decent enough that my beta, who's not a Jily fan, after having beta'ed several of my stories, has figured them out enough to call me out on things that feel OOC for them!) and the characteristics that fluctuate are the ones that define the dynamic between them - whether they're more reserved or confident about their feelings and experiences, which is a matter of circumstance too.

Thanks again for the ask! And sorry if you got more than you expected - I just love talking about them!!

#jily #jple #james potter #lily evans #jily headcanons #marauders headcanons #my headcanons #lovely anon!

[saintchaser]

jilyposting today james whose special interest is quidditch and who knows all about its history, all the techniques and maneuvers and can go on talking about it for ages and he does, and at some point he just. stops. he feels like he's annoyed lily because she hasn't said anything for a while and she just kept on looking at him and he ends up apologizing a billion times because he's annoyed her. and lily cups his face. and looks into his eyes and she says. hey. you're not annoying me. sorry if you felt like it i was just so engulfed in what you were telling me and in parkinson's pincer and in how happy you were while talking i kind of forgot to say anything. and james melts into a puddle right there.

#this one's for you babe #also lily who is such Not a big fan of quidditch but goes to every match nonetheless just to see james (and marlene) play #and she made herself one of those lion hats that luna had in hbp i think? or was it ootp but nonetheless she had one of those too #(made it with the help of pandora who is a very creative mind) #and then when the match ends james flies to the stands and kisses her #also james is kind of guy to say and accidentally misses and he's embarrassed and lily's cackling in the stands #james potter #lily evans #jily #jily headcanons #my writing #headcanons

[blitheringmcgonagall]

Not to be "they don't understand her like we do" but Lily's cheekiness has been was ignored for too long! She's witty and she has a sense of humor, thank you very much! That is also what makes her match with James, IMO.

There're a lot of ways to interpret these two from the little we have on them in canon, but, yeah, I agree with all of your points!

Love that! It’s always so great when you find other people who have the same ideas about our favourite characters - the marauders fandom and Jily fandom is full of lovely people 🥰🥰🥰🥰 (we could swap headcanons for hours!)

#lockhart is the only HP thank you gif I found #😂😂😂 #Jily headcanons #well #Jily canon info #you know the drill #we own the fandom now #♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ #thank you #Jily asks #send more!

[propussyslayer]

remus "oh i think im gay" lupin

sirius "no mate im not gay i am comfortable with my heterosexuality wait wdym remus is going on a date with a rawenclaw how dare after all we have been through what the hell james make him stop" black

#that was long #incorrect marauders quotes #james potter #marauders era #marauders headcanon #sirius black #all the young dudes #dead gay wizards #james x regulus #jegulus #regulus black #wolfstar #remus x sirius #remus loves sirius #sirius loves remus #sirius lupin #lily evans #jily #jegulily

[that-bitch-kat3]

how i fully believe this conversation went down:

lily: james and i are dating

everyone:

sirius: well honestly james good for you

james: thank-

peter: we had no idea you knew how to successfully brew amortentia

james: i did NOT drug her!!

marlene: do you honestly expect us to think that lily “i would rather kiss the giant squid” evans is willingly going out with you?

lily: people change!

remus: that’s true

lily: thank you remus

remus: sometimes they lower their standards

#like everyone was happy for them #but they had to make fun of them first #mercilessly #marauders #marauders era #sirius black #james potter #the marauders #remus lupin #harry potter #the marauders era #mwpp era #jily #lily evans #marlene mckinnon #marauders headcanon #marauders incorrect quotes #dead gay wizards #young marauders #atyd #dead gay wizards from the 70s #hp marauders #mwpp #atyd fandom #jple #jily* #incorrect marauders quotes #marauders fandom #the marauders fandom #peter pettigrew

[redadidassneakers]

Sirius: I pulled the Casanova of Gryffindor

James: I pulled the girl I’ve been obsessed with since first year AND your little brother

Marlene: well I pulled Dorcas Meadowes who is better than all of you combined

Peter: and I pulled a ‘push’ door, so. . .

#the marauders era #incorrect quote #the maruaders #hogwarts #marauders headcanon #sirius black #james potter #remus lupin #regulus black #peter pettigrew #lily evans #marlene mckinnon #dorcas meadowes #marlene x dorcas #wolfstar #starchaser #jegulus #jegulily #jily

[messer3ghost]

Imagine Lily and Regulus talking shit about their siblings

Lily: -and that’s how she embarrassed herself in front of her crush.

Lily: it was her fault really, wearing shoes that didn’t fit her and going down the stairs in those.

Regulus: I actually threw Sirius down the stairs once.

Lily: really? What for?

Regulus: he ripped a page out of one of my books

Lily: valid

*Sirius and James hearing the conversation*

Sirius: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, TURNING LILY AGAINST ME

James staring dreamily in their direction: mhm

#james potter #lily evans #sirius black #regulus black #jegulus #marauders era #dead gay wizards #marauders #jily love #headcanon

[peteunderoos]

Oh, I wanna key his car, I wanna make him lunch (But then I, I want to get him back; I want to)

I wanna break his heart, stitch it right back up (But then I, I want to get him back; get him back)

I wanna kiss his face with an uppercut (But then I, I want to get him back; I want to)

I wanna meet his mom and tell her her son sucks, yeah (But then I, I want to get him back; get him back)

- lily evans about james potter (beginning of 6th year still in denial about her feelings and being angry that he got so fit over the summer despite her vow to not like him after 5th year)

#james potter #lily evans #jily #the marauders era #marauders era #marauders #jily fanfiction #jily headcanons #jily drabble #lily evans headcanons #james potter headcanon

[here-for-a-good-time-hopefully]

My fav dynamic in marauders is the complete and slightly unhealthy codependency James and Sirius have on each other

Like I’m positive when they left hogwarts instead of living with their partners they just owned a seperate house where they could live together

Sure they stayed with their partners sometimes but other times they just needed to be alone together

#unhealthily codependent Prongsfoot is my life #like those boys are inseparable and the world should know it #marauders #harry potter #marauders era #hp marauders #james potter #sirius black #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs #marauders headcanon #sirius and james #wolfstar #jily #jegulus #jilly

[jfleamont]

I'm here to tell that I love your blog! Do you have any more Jily headcannons?

Oh wow thank you so much 🥺

What kind of headcanons would you like to hear? I don't have any specific ones, but my versions of James and Lily all have some characteristics in common I guess. I don't know if you're looking for silly ones or serious ones, so I'll share whatever comes to mind:

Lily's not a morning person; she likes her tea black (preferably Earl Grey) with milk and two sugars; her favourite sweets are Sugar Quills; she smokes sometimes, but it's not a habit; she has bangs (this is very important to me); her voice is sort of deep, or at least non conventionally 'feminine'; she's not vegan, but doesn't eat much meat; her bedroom walls at home are blue; she has seasonal allergies and sneezes a lot; she's very punctual but doesn't mind when others are late; she tried learning ancient greek and latin at some point because she wanted to invent spells but got discouraged pretty quickly and never picked them up again; she's impulsive; once she gets the giggles, it's over; she doesn't think she's a great flirt, but she is; some days she's in a bad mood and there's very little you can do to make her feel better; her love language is touch and words of affirmation; she's obsessed with James' nose; when she looks at him and feels particularly in love she gets quiet and just observes him.

James is a morning person; he doesn't like milk in his tea, but occasionally drinks it with sugar; he likes muggle clothing a lot; he falls asleep reading sometimes; he's not a fan of sweet foods unless it's chocolate or toffee; he's a bit of a hoarder and collects all sorts of things; he once ate an entire jar of mayo and he's hated it ever since; he hides most of his emotions behind humour, but he gets angry and snappy sometimes; he's smart and empathetic, but doesn't know how to show the latter well; he loves when people make him laugh, even though it's not easy to truly break him; he gets very chatty when he's drunk and he exposes himself as a nerd because he overshares about his hyperfixations; his love language is touch and acts of service (also gifts but they don't count because he buys his friends and gf things all the time); his nails are ruined because he fidgets with them a lot (when he's not playing with a snitch or something else); he likes to play with Lily's hair a lot; he drums his fingers on her thighs all the time and the only thing that stops him is Lily intertwining their fingers.

That's pretty much it for now, hope you liked it!

Thanks again for this lovely ask ❤️

#you guys are so sweet #jfleamont rambles #jily #james potter #lily evans #jple #jily headcanons #harry potter #marauders #asks

[nodirectionhome-ao3]

Heyy. I saw the post you were talking about Sandy, one of James's exes before Lily, and I loved how you didnt minimize her into just a love interest but someone with a personality and life aside of their relationship. Thats something you rarely see in fandoms and I appreciate how nuance you make these characters. This made me wonder,

1. How long was the time line was James and Sandy's relationship? Were they on again off again or were they stable?

2. Was Lily in any significant relationships ? I know from a fic you wrote that she had one bf, and went on a date with Aubrey(if it wasnt obvious I read all your work and am obsessed with writing from all the speculation🙈) but were there more? Lily stuck to me as someone with a lot of experience on relationships and dating than James but Im curious to know your take

3. What was Jily like as a couple? Were they private about their affection or did they have alot of PDA? How did their friends react when they found out? Did they keep it a secret for a while

Anyway, would love to know your takes on these and pls dont feel obligated to do so. Just KSFM always go a place in my heart and just consider this a love letter to all your amazing work I've been bless to read

Hey!! Thanks for this ask!!

I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed what I wrote about Sandy! I definitely agree that it's unfortunately far too common for female characters in fandom (and original fiction too) to be reduced to love interests and nothing more, and it means a lot to me that you find my characters to be nuanced. So thanks for that!

As for your questions:

I'm not entirely sure how long it was exactly, but I definitely think it was an on-again-off-again type of situation that happened in their sixth year. I think they had some good moments, but ultimately they just weren't the right fit for each other. (Different personalities, interests, senses of humor, etc.) I also have this idea that it started because James thought dating someone would help him get over Lily (in the aftermath of SWM). Spoiler alert: it didn't!😅 So yeah, I'd say they were together for a short time (A month maybe? 2?), and it was fairly tumultuous. But they both ended up finding people better suited for them!

I definitely think Lily had more experience in the dating department than James did before they got together. I can see her having a few boyfriends before James, and having at least 1 of those be a serious relationship that lasts for several months. (a big deal for teenagers!) But outside of those relationships I think she went on various first dates that were terrible before finally accepting that she fancied James. For Bertram Aubrey specifically, my headcanon was that it was kind of a Hermione/McLaggen situation – meaning Lily agreed to go on a date with him because she thought it would make James jealous but then the date was so awful she couldn't bare to go on a second one.😂

I sort of go back and forth on this. I think there's many interpretations that are equally fun. But I do like to think that Lily took her Head Girl role seriously and tried be good example for the younger students, so I think they tried to keep PDA to a minimum around strangers/acquaintances. But they were very comfortable with each other and didn't mind annoying the other Marauders and Lily's friends with their coupleness when it was just them😅 As for the secret dating thing, I think they tried to keep it a secret from the school at first in an effort to maintain some Head Girl-Head Boy professionalism, but I don't think that lasted very long because they just couldn't contain how crazy they were for each other. Plus, there was no way they fooled Sirius for even one second. James simply could not lie to him!😂

Thanks again for these questions, and for your kind words. I'm seriously touched to hear you've read all my fics and that you enjoyed them!! So consider this answer a love letter right back to you for this ask!!! 💕💌

#jily #jily headcanons #sandy keaton

[annabtg]

omg I love your headcanons and they're so similar to mine! What's funny is that I also believe them to be canon virgins simply because they were into each other from early on and just not into others, and in my mind I also referred to them exactly as Lilysexual and Jamessexual xD

Hahah great minds think alike!! I think if you consider their era, the fact that wizarding society is more backwards overall, and the fact that they already look interested in each other (to put it mildly, lol) when they're 15-16, it makes sense that they wouldn't be all that experienced. Plus we really are suckers for the One And Only Love, aren't we? 😁

#jily headcanons #jily #jple #james potter #lily evans #lovely anon!