#apalapucian*

[uncertainwallflower]

FIC REC

by @apalapucian

Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans. Rating: Teen And Up. Chapters: 2/2. Words: 11k. Content Warning: canon-typical violence, neck trauma, mentions of death.

james starts rolling his shoulders, wincing. "jesus, evans." "back at ya," says lily, testing her wrists. "ever heard of taking it easy?" "with you? never." "can’t believe you’d use confringo on me." "knew you'd block it," he says. "can’t believe you’d use depulso." she shrugs, grinning. "knew you'd block it." (or: seventh-year, auror-aspirant, academic rivals, head boy and head girl james and lily.)

AO3

So! Good! Amazing Narnia/Hunger Games/Camp Half-Blood vibes; funny and real dialogue; high stakes; academic rivals to lovers; protective James Potter; snarky head boy and girl—all the good stuff basically. Just pure excellence. Definitely recommend reading this.

#fic rec #gobbled this down #apalapucian #jily

[kay-elle-cee]

10 and 29 for the self-rec fic! :)

Hi there, thanks for sending these in! )

10. A fic that is a *hidden gem* I've previously answered this here, but I'll give you another! For Jilytober the last two years, I've written something for all 31 prompts and I definitely feel like they get lost in the shuffle. I particularly love this one from 2022.

29. A fic to know more about me Oh this is SO TOUGH. I feel like I could answer in a few different ways depending on what facet of myself I focus on, but for this I'm going with And The Roar Will Rise, my Jily/Newsies AU. I write about Jily nonstop but what do I listen to nonstop? MUSICALS. Showtunes are consistently my top genre on Spotify wrapped. The hold they have over me can't be overstated, and I get a lot of inspiration from them.

Thank you again, these are so fun to think about!

Drop a number in my ask and I'll self-rec a fic of mine!

#asked and answered #apalapucian #ask game

[letthebookbegin]

soft asks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14, 25, and 30 <3

thank you for sending in an ask!! <33

1. what song makes you feel better?

anything i can dance around to! stuff like i wanna get better by the bleachers, i don't feel like dancin' by the scissor sisters, waterloo by abba, misery business by paramore.... i could go on and on i've got a whole playlist hahah

2. what’s your feel-good movie?

answered here! <3

3. what’s your favorite candle scent?

i don't think i have one actually! i get so overwhelmed at the shop with all the different scents i never buy anything, and i do have a lot of candles gifted to me but they all smell the same to me 🥲

6. say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non-physical).

answered here (it was hard enough the first time i'm not going for another round hahahah) <3

13 & 14 answered here <3

25. what’s the best personal gift someone could give you (playlist, homemade card, etc.)

ooooh honestly if it's anything personal i'll treasure it forever! maybe a list of poems that reminded someone of me? but anything that says "i was thinking of you" i will NEVER forget <3

30. what reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

ahhh. laughing so hard with friends we're all gasping for breath, walking through woodland and grasslands with the wind making the trees whisper, and the city of london at night <3

#apalapucian #ask

[themaraudershavethephonebox]

you have the best tumblr username imo. i love it so much

thank you!!!! sometimes I think it's too long but I've held it with an iron grip for 12 years and at this point I think I'll die with it 😅

#asked and answered #apalapucian

[apalapucian]

call it young dumb love ♡

#jily #jily* #jily art #jily fanart #adding everything i can to the jily bucket lol #jily fanart* #apalapucian*

[jiilys]

this is jayne and i come back on here just to stalk u occasionally kjxzdnfjksfh i miss your writing wtf im so happy the latest is just DAYS AGO. never stop!!

oh my god jayne i love you so much. SO MUCH. literally i was thinking of your superhero au the OTHER DAY. im drinking a glass of wine and am FULL OF LOVE AT THIS MESSAGE. i will write forever purely because you told me too!!!!!

#truly if i could tell myself from five years ago that apalapucian thinks i can write she would DIE she would be simply DEAD #jayne i love u so much when the rising sun breathes is still so good. like its SO good #retirement lmao

[missgryffin]

snippet saturday

I didn't have anything snippetable when @nodirectionhome-ao3 tagged me Thursday, but since then I've tripped and fallen into my As Lovers Go document?!?! Many thanks to Cam for giving me an excuse to post this 🤭

no-pressure tags: @blitheringmcgonagall @apalapucian @nena-96

#missgryffin was tagged #as lovers go #missgryffin snippets

[jilyradar]

no questions asked 

by Apalapucian

Summary:

"evans, do you have another favor?"

"i... might."

he laughs. "alright, let's hear it."

a beat, and then: "date me," she says. "no questions asked."

james's mouth actually falls open. they both sit straighter.

"you can say no," she offers.

"like hell i'm doing that. but — "

she wilts a little from that last monosyllabic word. " — but?"

"well, it's just i have so many questions, that's all."

"too bad," she says, upbeat again. "it's the rules."

#jily #james x lily #jily fanfiction

[jilyawards]

The Jily Fandom Rec List 2024 is a compilation of Jily stories our readers want to keep an eye on for this year's awards.

APRIL

Choose Your Own (sexy) Adventure (WIP, 214.9k as of 30 April 2024) by @ghostofbambifanfiction. Rated E.

Too many cooks can occasionally write a story.

green light (completed, 4.7k) by @apalapucian. Rated T.

there are yellow roses on the kitchen table. a cup of coffee charmed to keep warm for a time. a scrawled "morning! :) –james & harry" on a scrap of paper, the torn bottom of a receipt for... milk, she finds. and strawberries. harry was signed by harry himself, and lily wants to cry at the shaky strokes, the crooked lines. she can hear them in the other room where james's window seat project is almost finished. harry is laughing. he asks questions, mocks his dad's shabby handiwork, drops the things he's asked to hand. roses and handwritten notes and coffee and giggles nearby. this is her life now. she skims the flowers, the sun itself in her heart. or: the war is over. everybody lives AU. (well, not everybody everybody, but the potter family + sirius + remus + even peter* live.) old fic rewrite. * = you'll see.

To Bring Down a Kingdom (WIP, 18.5k as of 30 April 2024) by @mppmaraudergirl. Rated M.

“If we do this…” “For all of time, they will say it was our love that brought down a kingdom.” A story about forbidden lovers, the battle between duty and love, and the cost of betrayal. Inspired by the film Tristan and Isolde.

your love thawed out (completed, 13.8k) by ML_Fox. Rated E.

He felt her pain in ways that made the cores of his bones ache, but by the end of it, she glowed. She beamed and laughed and cried happy tears that made her shine. Harry squalled and squirmed as she held him close to her chest, crying and sobbing and falling heavily against James, and the weight of both halves of his heart leaning against him made him feel like he was finally complete. Like falling in love all over again. In the first few weeks after Harry's birth, James tries to recover from the trauma of the delivery. To help him are moments of domestic bliss, happily married life, and mad, chaotic friends who will spoil the hell out of his beloved son.

Find the previous months' recs here!

Remember that all eligible Jily fics (written and/or updated anytime between Nov 2023 and till the end of Oct 2024) are welcome on the list, so don't forget to send in your suggestions!

Happy reading!

#jily fandom rec list 2024

[jfleamont]

Opening lines

Thank you for the tag @mppmaraudergirl and @eastwindmlk for tagging me!

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there’s a pattern!

1. Divination (from Jily drabbles and one shots)

“What the hell is wrong with me?”

2. The Falcon and The Squid

Marlene: what are you guys doing right now? wanna help us build our lego millennial falcon?

3. I Want To Hold Your Hand

Her legs are intertwined with his; she’s curled around him, and the palm of her hand is resting on his chest.

4. Ticket To Ride

The last few days of term are always spent like this, leisurely lying in the sun in front of the lake without a care in the world.

5. Treat Me Like You Did The Night Before

The common room was packed, filled to the brim with students celebrating the beginning of the Christmas break; the train was set to leave the following morning, and everyone was busy saying goodbye.

6. All The Things I Would Do

“Make it make sense, Moony. Why did Poland deserve to win the last Quidditch World Cup when their strategy relied solely on defense?”

7. The Love You Take

The sounds coming from the kitchen are her favourite.

8. Your Eyes The Door To Hell And All Within

Waking up early on a Saturday morning wasn't exactly Lily's thing.

9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

“I am finished.”

10. The Tree House

The radio had drowned out her footsteps, but not his thoughts.

Well, I rarely start with dialogues, I prefer setting the scene first and the sentences are all quite short; other than that, I haven't noticed anything else :)

I'm tagging @juniperpyre, @thecasualauthor18, @tinyluminaryzombie, @ohmygodshesinsane, @uncertainwallflower, @arianatwycross, @apalapucian, @annasghosts, @flowerpottlady @emeralddoeadeer and whoever wants to do it since I'm sure I'm forgetting someone lol

#tag game #jfleamont rambles

[firefeufuego]

WIP Tag

Thank you @alittlebitofeverything23, @emeralddoeadeer, @wearingaberetinparis, @oyprongs and @isahorcrux for the tags!!

1. List the titles of your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!) 2. An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing 3. Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on! 4. Then tag 10 writer friends!

Top Five Two Priorities:

Okay so this year I am really trying to narrow my focus so this might be a short list!

Chapter 4 of if it's a crime, then i'm guilty.

'you know you'll be gone by the morning'. Friends/rivals with benefits au of my au (self-indulgence ftw!) 'but he's a little bit too far away' where they start sleeping together while they're cadets.

That's kind of it! I am determined to get into the really juicy parts of it's a crime this year, so am keeping the plot bunnies at bay. Speaking of juicy bits.

Things I'm Looking Forward To:

I mean it's barely a spoiler to say that of course James actually does remember Lily, and the scene where that is revealed is coming up this chapter. This is also the chapter where the 'm' rating is earned but those two scenes have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Such fun!

Also, because I was tagged in a snippet tag, have a snippet!

In her defence, it wasn’t just the wig that did it. She made it through the first hour or so of the trial relatively unscathed, taking notes on the court’s procedures and the opening argument of the lawyer representing the claimant. There were, perhaps, a few glimpses at James in quiet moments, resulting in some objective observations that yes, the crisp, stark lines of his jabot did play nicely against his sharp jaw, or yes, there was something about the contrast between the tight, ordered curls of his powdered wig and the inky mess of his hair that was inordinately compelling. But still, nothing untoward. Then came James’s opening statement.

2. I'm really excited to revisit the absolutely shocking communication skills of 'a little bit too far away' jily. god i love them.

Poll

I am tagging @kay-elle-cee, @apalapucian, @stonecoldhedwig, and @padfootswhiskers

#my writing #if it’s a crime

[kay-elle-cee]

4, 7, 19, and 23!

Thank you for sending these, sorry for the delay!

4. a story idea you haven’t written yet

Oh boy I have several of those. I recently got an idea for a little hurt/comfort 7 year canon Jily and I'm excited to eventually get to that. A lot of the dialogue is already written, so hopefully sometime this year!

7. your preferred writing fonts

Unfortunately, I'm hella boring so I used the default Google Docs Arial. I think by the time I'm in Google Docs, I'm just ready to write, and I know I could waste hours picking fonts.

19. the most interesting topic you’ve researched for a fic

I don't know how interesting this is, but semaphore signalling for a literal throwaway line in my pirate AU, restless waves rise and fall.

23. pick three keywords that describe your writing

Ah this is so hard! I'll go with angsty, introspective, heartfelt.

Thank you again for these, they were great!

Fic Writer Asks

#asked and answered #apalapucian

[myuntoldstory]

five (5) things i like to write about

thank you very much for the tag @the960writers! 💙

the 5 things i like to write about are:

small moments that make big impact

it sounds ridiculous but there is something heart-wrenching about quiet conversations and hand-holding and second-long looks and anything even remotely close to things that are gone in a flash but just touch the heart in such a way that's unforgettable

2 love languages (acts of service and physical touch)

i'm a sucker for these because of how subtle it can be but it's one of those things that you start looking out for or highlighting when you read things and it tells more about a relationship than the actual narrative does if that makes sense. like this is the loud subtext that's fun to find

dialogue

before i actually write a proper story i build the bones using dialogue first lmao. i just like human interaction lol

soft and shy girls

they need love too. i wanna be an advocate for soft and shy girls. soft and shy doesn't mean boring.

people breaking their own personal rules for love

because i feel like this is one of my definitive definitions for love. obviously if it becomes destructive then its no good but people breaking their own walls to get to the person they love? PLEASE TELL ME MORE

tagging @apalapucian

#replies #mus tagged #okay i cheated a bit with the love languages thing but look i cant exclude one #also sorry i can only tag one #it's been a hot minute since i've engaged with tumblr in any meaningful way #majority of the writer blogs i follow are now inactive #dslkfjklsdjl any way sorry thank you! #sorry also for the explanations probably not necessary lol

[whistlingtunes]

old school (2010s ish) Jily recs

Thought I’d share a few of my favourite older Jily fics for anyone that hasn’t come across them before, or wants to reminisce.

Purely Business by Zayz (oneshot, rated M) - head students-with-benefits angst

"They didn’t do it out of love. They were not in love, nor did they want to be. They barely knew each other. None of this was romantic, not even close. What they had together was purely business."

and it burns like me for you by Wilhelmina Willoughby (oneshot, rated T)

She's almost to the library when a hand grabs her wrist and yanks her into what appears to be an empty classroom. It is. They've been here before. She's intimately acquainted with the desk nearest the door. But it's a good thing she's not honest.

Kiss and Tell by SunshineDaisiesWindmills (multi-chapter, rated M)

The rules were simple. Provoke each other. Scream at each other. Snog each other. Do this as frequently as possible, but don't ever, ever kiss and tell.

 If We Only Die Once by Apalapucian (multi-chapter, rated M)

Lily gets flak for dating James and gets sucked in to the belief that he's better off without her. She tells him she doesn't love him anymore, and after a while, she manages to make him believe the lie.

Bloody Shangrila by dorcasdeadowes (multi-chapter, rated M) - muggle AU

"The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promised land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la.

Love and Other Tragedies by Fancyeyes (multi-chapter, rated M) - Lily’s on a journey of self-discovery while trying to solve murders of students. This has one of the best plot twists I’ve ever read in fic.

And the Wolves All Cry by monroeslittle (long-shot, rated M) - AU angst (with a happy ending)

if a certain person doesn't hear a prophecy, does it still come true?

Literally everything written by @fetchalgernon​ / cgner - AU queen! Honorable mentions to:

To Live Nobly (oneshot, rated T) - this one will break your heart a little

Question Time (oneshot, rated E) - Prime Minister James & MP Lily AU

Key Limes (oneshot, rated T) - Prince James & actress Lily AU

#Jily #James Potter #Lily Evans #fic recs

[apalapucian]

it's lily who finds him. he's lying on the topmost bench on the quidditch stands, drenched and on his back, eyes open and narrowed against the rain. he's crumpled that leather jacket he loves so much into a lamentable pillow.

"i don't need your pity party," he says when she reaches him. she almost doesn't hear over the downpour. she wouldn't have if she hadn't seen his lips move, if she didn't know his voice so much that she can pick it up from anywhere.

she rolls her eyes. "you need a fucking umbrella," she points out, casting a drying spell and then sitting on the space beside his head.

sirius glares at the overly bright yellow umbrella now blocking his current best friend: his stupid, unforgiving ocean of nimbus clouds. lily waits for the cutting remark, the blunt admonishment. it doesn't come. he just huffs, and then closes his eyes.

eventually, he says, "my god, i am a drama queen," the ice not quite melting, but noticeably chipping at the edges.

"yes, you are."

"my brother's a fucking death eater though. that's got to be worse, isn't it?"

"regulus is not a death eater."

he flinches at the name. "not yet. but like we all just fucking heard, he's clearly — "

"that's not your fault."

he clenches his jaw. "feels like it is."

"it's not."

"how do you deal with all that shit with your sister?"

lily keeps her eyes on the pitch, but the umbrella sags an inch. this. this is why she sought him after that whole regulus fiasco. because he gets it. maybe she needed the pity party. she says, "well, not by storming off to brood in the rain alone, for sure."

he opens his eyes to raise an eyebrow up at her. when she perfectly mirrors his expression as an answer, he breaks and laughs. "why're you even here," he asks irritably, but he's sitting up now, and he's slackened, and lily doesn't need to answer his question because they both know that he knows why she's here.

he pries the umbrella from her hand and holds it up for them because he's taller. more on her side than his, she notices, but that's because he's already mostly rained down on. when she puts her head on his shoulder, he says, "stupid. i'm wasting effort here holding this up for you and you get yourself soaked anyway."

"shut up."

"if you get sick, james will kill me."

"if i get sick, i'll kill you myself."

that makes him chuckle, at least.

they stay like that until the rain softens to a drizzle, neither of them saying anything. when the mist has thinned and all the greens start coming back through, lily straightens up. "sirius."

"what," he says, in that eternally irate, snobbish tone of his.

"you have more than one brother, you know that?"

—

sirius thinks, i've got three more, yeah. i do know that.

he also thinks, and an annoying sister, seems like. do you know that?

and: thanks for being here. i feel like i'm losing my head.

and: it's not my fault it's not my fault reg's an idiot and that's not my fucking fault.

he says, "your hair makes my neck itch."

lily laughs.

—

james, remus, and peter see that laugh. they don't hear it, being too far down, but james knows exactly what lily's laugh sounds like, that one and all the rest, so he, at least, might as well have heard it. he pockets the map and starts walking back inside to the changing rooms. remus and peter exchange a glance before following suit.

"we're leaving?" asks peter, craning his neck while he talks, reluctant to wrench his eyes off sirius and lily.

"yep," says james brightly. "kitchens. let's go."

"but there'll be dinner in the great hall now," says remus, checking his watch.

"those two won't be feeling like dinner in the great hall tonight," says james. "we have to get them the good stuff before they run out."

"but i'm hungry," says peter.

"we can eat there, we don't have to wait for them," says james. "come on."

he slings an arm each around them, and off they go to the kitchens, james smiling to himself all the way.

#jily #jily* #blackevans #marauders #jily fic #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #jple #sirius black #lily evans #this is for everyone who liked/responded to that blackevans thing i posted last night and were like #THATS NOT A PROBLEM #here's a rewrite of an old fic #also im posting this out of spite because im annoyed this morning and work is kicking my ass lol #apalapucian*

[jilyarchive]

Hi! I'm quite new in the fandom and just read a bunch of muggle au's and I am obsessed! I checked the tag page and have read a few, can you rec any longer stories? something I can really get my teeth into!!

We love them too! Try scrolling down the Muggle AU tag - our fic recs all note the number of chapters in each fic so you can pick your own out from there. Some of the longer ones we remember are below:

Title: The Fight Before Christmas Author:GhostofBambi Rating: T Genre(s): Romance Chapters: 6 Word Count: 29,201 Summary: The heartwarming Christmas tale of Lily Evans and James Potter - two plucky kids who hated one other, until the day they really, really didn’t.

Title:The Underground Author: elanev91 Rating: M Genre(s): Romance, Fluff  Chapters: 12 Word Count: 91,923 Summary: James and Lily are doing the fluffy things. 

Title:Not Quite According to Plan Author: BeeDaily Rating: T Genre(s): Fluff, Humor Chapters: 17 [WIP] Word Count: 15,348 Summary: For Fleamont’s retirement party, Euphemia hires her favourite event planner, Lily Evans, and wrangles her son, James, into assisting in the planning.

Title:Bloody Shangrila Author: fabiansgoldwatch Rating: M Genre(s): Romance, Friendship Chapters: 26 Word Count: 132,926  Summary: "The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promise land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la."

Title:Seven Things Author: Apalapucian Rating: T Genre(s): Romance, Humour Chapters: 7 Word Count: 20,984 Summary: “James leans in. Lily hears the script crumple in his hands, but she doesn’t look to check. His lips touch the corner of hers, a hand coming up to cup her face. He is moving. So. Maddeningly. Slow… She curses in her head, makes up about a hundred thousand excuses for the next second—and then grabs him down by the back of his neck and kisses him fully, desperately, fervidly.” 

Title:Three strikes 'til you’re out Author: TherestheSnitch Rating: E Genre(s): Romance, Smut Chapters: 11 Word Count: 6,598 Summary: Lily Evans knows nothing about baseball. Or baseball players. She knows even less about James Potter. However, when some bad press risks James’s endorsement deals, Lily finds herself thrown into a fake relationship with him. Can they convince the world they are together and save James from the tabloids? Can Lily keep her heart as she learns about James? Or will they both strike out?

Title: real life has no appeal Author: lupinthropy Rating: G Genre(s): Romance, Humour, Muggle AU Chapters: 10 Word Count: 7,719 Summary: In which Remus is Lily’s roommate and Sirius, James and Peter break into places.

#muggle au #multichapter #fic request #anonymous