Colored

ppl should be making james a bit more mean in the fics bc the happy sunshine that loves everyone and shits rainbow is boring

ugh ppl get james so wrong

they either make him this pinkie pie sunshine golden retriever who’s the pinnacle of purity culture or they make him horrendously cruel to everybody and a sex-addicted alpha dom daddy.

like-

neither are right!

james is overall a good, upstanding person. he believes in what’s right. he fights for those who can’t fight for themselves. he’s clever and curious and passionate.

but he’s also mean. he bullies snape because it makes sirius laugh, he does what he wants when he wants without much regard for consequences, and his offhanded remarks can sting.

he’s not a perfect person but he’s also not evil. and the main thing about james that people don’t do right is his devotion.

everyone always makes james so obsessed with his romantic partners but that’s not how james’ devotion is. it’s not obsession. it’s tender, it’s rich, it’s gentle. james isn’t like this with everyone, but he’s clearly kind to those he loves, and the closer he gets to them, the more gentle he becomes. he loves so deeply, but this doesn’t erase or take away from his own personality and nuance. it only ENHANCES these details. he’ll fight tooth and nail for lily even if it means hanging snape upside down for hours. but he also beats himself up when he feels like he lost his temper when somebody didn’t deserve it.

james is his own person. he doesn’t need a romantic partner to be interesting, and his personality shouldn’t be how obsessed he is with his partner, nor how perfect he is, nor how much of a senseless bully he is, and those are the only characterizations of him i tend to see. it pisses me off.

Dancing queen and king

Volleyball jily pt 2- lily

Pt 1 of jily volleyball- james

Hot tears run down her cheeks, blurring the words on the parchment, but she can’t stop herself. She sniffles, tracing the last sentence, that with love, James both heart breaking and achingly beautiful.

She only now realises it’s all she has ever wanted to hear, but was too afraid to reach for. She thinks of all the small moments, of the missed chances, of the times when he lingered a little too long, when she was sure he wanted to say something, but she changed the subject, cowardly as she’s been only with him, scared of losing someone that along the way started to feel like a part of her. The regret steals her breath now, now that it’s too late, now that he left, now that she is alone with just his words.

Oh oh oh!!! I am praying he'll come back and they'll find their way together!!! 😭😭😭

guide to potions and ingredients

I don't think I've ever shared this here, but many years ago I created an extremely exhaustive guide to potions and ingredients in the Harry Potter canon, also based heavily on real-world knowledge and history of herbalism.

I use it as a reference all the time so I thought it might be useful! In the interest of completeness I also included stuff that's only vaguely canon (from video games etc) but since it was made so long ago it doesn't include information from the FB films, Cursed Child, Hogwarts Legacy or the mobile game lol. But it's very very exhaustive and detailed haha, much more than the wiki if I do say so myself.

It's split into first a list of potions (many of which include relevant historical information, probable ingredients, and even brewing instructions where those exist) and then a list of ingredients (also with discussion of real-world applications/significance of those ingredients.)

It's designed so you can easily invent your own potions for fic-writing purposes or make a more educated guess as to the ingredients of potions that exist in canon, rather than a hard-and-fast guide to what is or isn't canon. Basically you don't have to follow the information exactly haha, it's just a guide. If you look at the ingredients of potions that we do see in canon, they usually make complete sense with the purpose of the potion and have obviously been well researched.

Saving this, thank you! I am super interested in Potions and like to browse the wiki for ingredients etc - and also borrow from my work background ;D This will be useful!

Hes so gone for her

James back aka lilys lowkey obsession

Inked older jily

Bangs or no bangs for lily?

Oh I love her with bangs!! She looks very 70s ;)

It really is crazy how if you mention you write fanfiction with people outside fandom, they're always like "you should change the names and try to sell it." It misses the point (fun), but more importantly to me, I get slightly (and I know irrationally) insulted on a craft letter. Excuse me, my fanfic is entwined with the canon, thank you very much. I wish sometimes less entwined. You wouldn't believe the stupid bullshit some of my fics have to include because of canon.

"Her eyes"

Idk james staring into lilys eyes or sthing

SO PRETTY!! 😍😍😍 The way you've used colour here is magnificent!! ❤️❤️❤️

James showing off his ring and calling himself "mr evans" is canon to me

I love all the kisses you've been drawing 😍😍😍 so good!!

"You're beautiful"

"I know"