#emerqldv

[clare-with-no-i]

CLARE HELLO!!!!! and the happiest of happy birthdays to you!!!!!! my goodness it is both a pleasure and a privilege to live in the same time as you posting your phenomenal words that i’ll never ever (ever) be over (ever)!!! you’re really holding the entire jily community up with not only your works, but your kindness and love that spreads like a wonderful wildfire!!! have the BEST day sending u kisses and love and hugs MWAH xoxox <3333

Liv 😭😭😭 you always know how to make me weep omg. Love you and I’m so so glad to know you and read your wonderful stories, you gem! Thank you for being lovely always 💕💕💕

#ask #emerqldv #SMOOCH !!!!!! #bd2

[jilyaya]

hello!! 12 for spotify wrapped!!! <3

One More Weekend by Maude Latour! I love her this song is such a vibe

#emerqldv #spotify ask game

[loverscrossmp3]

lily’s learned many lessons in seventeen years. the first is this: no one is coming to save you. you have to do it all yourself.

READ ON AO3

#jily #lily evans #james potter #marauders #jily fanfiction #harry potter #surprise! #it’s here n i’m terrified but it’s here nonetheless! all….. 25k of it LOLOLOL (<- crying shaking throwing up) #BREAKING NEWS: liv emerqldv writes a canon piece breaking her streak of au’s! more at 8 #don’t be fooled though the plot is still barely there <3 it’s what makes me me <3 #god so scared for this actually. i talk about how daunting it is to write canon n then go on to include two (2) dueling scenes in here #WHO said that was okay ! if it reads silly don’t tell me idek what i was doing. just stringing words together at random really! #anyway here’s angry lily trying to find her way through things. the good and bad ! #running away now n going to sleep before i regret putting this up lots of love xoxoxo #liv writes #astfb

[steelycunt]

hello for the word game i am looking for “sweet” xx just like my love for you <3

SWEET FOR MY SWEET! there were a couple of uses for this but then. well when i saw this one obviously this had to be the one i picked for you xx

James winds an arm around him, rallying Remus into his side; this simple affection he hands out like boiled sweets.

(send me a word, and if it's in the first tsah draft doc i'll give you the line it comes from!!)

#every mention of james and or lily that ive ever written is for liv emerqldv. so jot that down #tsah #ask game #liv tag

[jilyawards]

Favorite Canon Compliant

Mistletoe Mishaps by @annabtg

The Golden Couple by @annasghosts

No One Knows Us by annasghosts

The Art of Identification by @athenasparrow

Through the Rain by @bookeatingbean

Gilded by @charmingwillow

Hoodwinked by @maraudersftw

like a rabid dog by @emerqldv

Valorous by @gryffindormischief

In Love and War by icepen

The Price We Pay by @possessingtheproperspirit

It was a Clear Black Night, a Clear White Moon by @practicecourts

even if you and me go up in flames by @wearingaberetinparis

There's so much time by @startanewdream

Another Day in October by @thejilyship

I take you just the way you are by @theresthesnitch

#favorite canon #jily awards 2023

[emeralddoeadeer]

Fic Author Self-Rec Tag

thanks for the tag @kay-elle-cee

When you get this, reply with your 5 favourite fics that you’ve written. Then pass it on to five other writers. Spread some self-love.

I don't play favourites, but here are five fics.

1. Class of '78  - 38k words, rated M, Canon Divergent

Five years after graduating from Hogwarts the class of 1978 return for a weekend. This is their chance to reconnect, to come together as a team to face a weekend of trials. They soon find out that while many things have changed, some things never will.

2. this time I'll remember - 24k words, rated T, Modern au

Frank and Alice, due to wed at the end of summer, invite their wedding party to Frank’s aunt's house on the Norfolk coast for a weekend of getting to know each other before the big day. Follow the group through to the I do's. (for summer of jily 2022)

3. you don't know me (but I know you) 3.6k words T, Modern au

Lily has a crush, she knows his face well but can only imagine his name; until they meet that is. (your field au for jily week 2023)

4. the days are bright and filled with pain 1.5k words, rated T Canon Divergent

A small glimpse of the Potters and friends on Christmas Eve of 1981.

5. Everlong || Times Like These 274k + 6.5k words, Modern au

(it had to make the list, it's the big one. an emotional rollercoaster of a slow burn)

A group of twenty-somethings face challenges as they navigate through difficult times. A journey through pain, miscommunications and complexities of the heart.

tagging if you fancy it - @theesteemedladydebourgh @sunshinemarauder @joyseuphoria @emerqldv @arianatwycross

#was tagged #jily #all jily #fanfic #self rec #an exercise in discomfort

[dykefever]

hi ridi @steelycunt thank u for the tag i love you....

book that pleasantly surprised you: i think i saw one of the mutuals say this but the captive prince series! i was expecting it to be a bit goofy and cringe but the author is so intentional with all the characters - the developing relationship between damen and laurent was so well done and i just found it a super addictive series despite its heavy themes!

book that disappointed you: the secret history donna tartt....sorry to the mutuals that ik love this book. the idea of this book the concept of reading it and having read it is more interesting than Actually reading it... i’ve spoken about my issues with it here before so i shant say more..

your current read: just finished these violent delights about to read zadie smith on beauty (one of my op shop finds!!) + demonglass rachel hawkins (ren’s influence......)

top 2 books on your tbr: frankenstein and i’m desperate to read stone butch blues (coming 2 accept i will have to read it as a pdf)

an author you’re loving: haven’t read heaps of one author lately but audre lorde...brilliant woman i picked up the master’s tools will never dismantle the masters house the other week so i will be reading that soon!

rec a book to the person who tagged you: feel like i get all my recs from my beloved ridi but umm the sweet evil series (this is my hex hall) BUT also girl woman other by bernadine evaristo!

tagging: @drmthieves @emerqldv !!

#im so nervous for book stuff does everyone still think im hot pleek #tag game #ridi tag

[serethereal]

tag game

thanks for tagging me @nevvaraven @forlorngarden @loseraccount and @rollercoasterwords <33

current time: 12:22 pm

current activity: laying in bed (ignore the time). head hurts…

currently thinking about: whether i should sleep again or get up and eat something … and if so then what to eat…

current favorite song: i’m on fire - bruce springsteen

currently reading: nothing #illiteracywins

currently watching: dr cha

current favorite character: umm archer. (ridi shut UP)

current wips: 😅

high pressure tagging the besties @steelycunt @gaewaren @pancakehouse @colgatebluemintygel @moongays andddd @emerqldv <333

#this is maybe the most boring one i’m sorry guys but literally my life is: wake up. eat. study. eat. study. sleep. repeat #tag game

[fastasyoucan1999]

omg a new book tag game by none other than @pancakehouse … be the change u want 2 see!!!!

book that pleasantly surprised you: i’m gonna group the captive prince series up in this one. SUCH a fun and addictive read i think i read them all in the span of three days?? i thought they’d be a little cheesy but i was totally consumed by the messy messy relationship of damen + laurent

book that disappointed you: fleishman is in trouble by taffy brodesser-akner… was expecting this to be funnier than it was :/ also weird narration style that was more confusing and flat than interesting. also weirdly pessimistic and cruel which is fine but. didn’t land the way i would’ve wanted it to

your current read: thg..shocker. upstream by mary oliver, and hex hall by rachel hawkins (at the urging of ren..)

top 2 books on your tbr: idek…i usually just pick up which ever book i find first. i’ve got bag of bones by sk on stand by but i also want to read my brilliant friend too!!

an author you’re loving: sorry if i say stephen king!! his books are hit or miss but i usually walk away weirded out and satisfied :^)

rec a book to the person who tagged you: ok ok on thg theme…if you haven’t read the songbirds prequel you should!! definitely not as great as the original trilogy but i had fun!! outside of that, young mungo or shuggie bain by douglas stuart if u haven’t read them…i’m sure you’re familiar already bc. they’re all over the dash.. super excited to see what stuart puts out next !!

tagging the storygraph friends!! @winterssunday @steelycunt @emerqldv @boydykepdf @writteninverses

#:^))) thank u mads for indulging me..this was fun #also if anyone wants to follow me on story graph i’m @ brynnheart!! #everyone recommend me things now or i’ll cry #reading #tag game

[jilyradar]

like a rabid dog 

by emerqldv

Summary:

1978. war creeps, it prowls. forgive james if he is not yet adjusted to the stench of death.

#jily #james x lily #jily fanfiction

[uncertainwallflower]

WIP ASK GAME Cheers for the tag @charmsandtealeaves!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

If this has taught me one thing it’s that I need to make an actual WIP folder, rather than just having everything loose in Google Docs. Warning in advance: this is going to be chaos… Any crossed out have been answered.

Chapter 6: The Lonely Broomstick

Like Orpheus

Down to the Marrow

Bleeding Onto the Bathroom Floor

The Hanging Tree/The Hum of the Tracker Jacker

AWTEW Chapter 5

EE Chapter 2

After All This Time: The Burrow

BTDATS Chapter 1

AWTEW Notes

The Devil Himself Could Be Pulled Out of Me

Because You’re Mine

Chapter 10: Deck the Halls

Death Is Not A Lover

Can You Make It Last Forever?

A Well-Placed Bludger

The Quick Black Dog Jumps Over the Lazy Wolf

Chapter 11: The Surveying of Boris the Bewildered

Chapter 9: Butterflies for Breakfast

Chapter 7: Mrs MacDonald’s Fudge

ICLH Notes

Chapter ?: Woozy Witch

Chapter 8: The Absence of Broken Bones

Stay With Me

As for tagging as many people as I have WIPs... I don't think I have the facilities for that, big man. Sorry if you've already been tagged/done this.

He-hem: @merlinsbbeard @kay-elle-cee @efkgirldetective @emerqldv @firefeufuego @ghostofbambifanfiction @isahorcrux @maraudersftw @nought-shall-go-ill @possessingtheproperspirit @practicecourts @startanewdream @sunshinemarauder @tumbledfreckles @mppmaraudergirl @quotidian-oblivion

#wip game #tags = close enough

[clare-with-no-i]

was only going to do like two questions but i need your thoughts on everything it seems so 1 - 4 if you please for homonyme!!!! <333

HAHA you are consistently too kind to me, bb. thank you!

What inspired you to write the fic this way?

so, I'd been teasing writing bleur for ages, but when I sat down to write them I thought: how can I tell this story in a new way? what do I have to contribute to something that's laid out this way in canon? and I was talking to my sister about it and she suggested Hanahaki disease, and I was like…oh my god. oh my god her name is literally FLEUR it has to happen this is brilliant

I also just loved the idea of toying with why Bill is so different from all of the men in Fleur's life who admire her superficially, who treat her either like a pariah or like an object because she's a quarter Veela. like, she's probably never experienced unrequited love in her life, simply because of her appearance. but, now she has!

2. What scene did you first put down?

oh, GOOD question!

the first scene I put down was the one where Fleur is in the bathroom throwing up blood—the one after the first line break. I remember writing the sequence of how she used her Veela magic to charm-speak (is that a pjo term? lmao? who am I) the guy waiting outside, this very pretty demure and docile moment, and then wanting it to be bookended by this gruesome, painful reality she's living. so I wrote about the blood going down the drain. it was such a good way to throw myself into the story!

3. What's your favorite line of narration?

I think my favorite line in homonyme is

After all, love is not a fairytale.  It is messy and wretched, sometimes.  Longing underscored with heartache.  Pink camellia petals covered in blood.

Because in the floral dictionary I looked up, pink camellias literally mean 'longing,' so saying 'pink camellias covered in blood' is pretty much a repeat of 'longing underscored with heartache,' and I just thought that was really neat. and it's true! love can be messy and wretched and ugly, but it can also be beautiful and healing, as we see at the end.

4. What's your favorite line of dialogue?

I think one of them is:

“Oh, of course,” she breathes, and smoothes her skirt down. “Thank you for your time, Bill, I know this is not—this is now how you will like to spend your time.”

“Would,” he hums automatically, and then startles, looking sheepish, hands grasping at parchments and stuffing them into his bag. “Oh.  Sorry.  It’s just, it’s ‘how you would like to spend your time.’”  He pauses here to glance fleetingly at her and then continues, quietly: “And you’re wrong, you know.  I don’t mind this at all, and you’re doing really well.  English is a terrible language to learn; Arabic was a breeze compared to all of this.”

I wanted Bill to really be a source of comfort for her in this fic (even as he's, uh, inadvertently killing her), and one of the ways I tried to establish that was by stridently avoiding any time where he condescended or patronized her about learning English. People who move to English-speaking countries get so much shit for not speaking perfect English immediately, which is absolutely ridiculous, considering it's a nightmare Frankenstein language created by demons. And, duh, Fleur! he loves spending time with you!

thank you so so so much bb, sending love <3

#ask #ask game #emerqldv #homonyme #I didn't expect anyone to ask about this one! #this was such a delight tysm

[annasghosts]

My procrastinating ass has finally decided to do something I’ve been meaning to do for months. I’ll start sharing some Jily fics that I love (old and new) so they can get additional love and, if you want, we can talk about them together! This isn’t meant to exclude anyone and, since I have bookmarked an absurd amount of stories, sooner or later everyone will probably end up here 💀 (I hope you don’t mind).

The song remains the same by @startanewdream : When James Potter grows up as friend of Severus Snape, and on the first day of Hogwarts, Sirius Black befriends Lily Evans, some things change, but fate is inevitable.

I know, I know, the premise is unusual, but it works perfectly!!! There's not only Jily to enjoy but also the beautiful development of James and Sirius' friendship because like the title says, the song remains the same.

I've Got My Hate to Keep Me Warm by @dizzy--bird : When a mission for the Order goes badly wrong, Lily Evans must spend the holidays lying low in the middle of nowhere. The rules: no magic, no visitors, and absolutely no Christmas cheer. And the kicker? She’s sharing the safe house with Order darling – and rival – James Potter, who just happens to be the reason she’s in this mess in the first place.

Who doesn't love enemies to lovers/there's only one bed/let's cuddle to keep warm??

Shades of Red by cgner : Lily Evans is just too distracting. Especially her hair - what color is it, exactly? 1 distracted James + 1 poorly attended cauldron = 1 fortuitous (?) accident.

This is so funny and delicious (there's James accidentally brewing a love Potion and NOT liking the consequences 😂)

The Rise and Fall of the Extraordinary Jilysanschilly: Including Excerpts of their Best Collected Works by @elanev91: James Potter and Lily Evans are both wildly successful YouTubers and Sirius cannot believe that people ship them enough to write erotic fanfiction about them.

I need to thank @practicecourts for recommending this.. I had TEARS from laughing.

Hold me like you mean it by @emerqldv : But out of all of those moments, large or small, the biggest mistake of all was Lily Evans sleeping with her best friend all in favor of soothing his heartache. (And falling in love with him in the process.)

Mutual pining and friends with benefits!! My favorite trope (it hurts so good)

#jily #jple #jily fic #jily fic recs #annasghosts recs

[loverscrossmp3]

and the trouble is given the chance he’d probably offer peter a second chance too

#IF it weren’t for lily and harry #is this thing on? #user liv emerqldv when she thinks too long about j’s boundless kindness #someone shut her (liv) up! #still writing (trying). wip is nearly at 5k but forgot how to do this thing. if someone asks nicely maybe i’ll even share a snippet #meanwhile reflecting on the Betrayal. these stupid boys it truly is too much to handle sometimes

[steelycunt]

stresses me out beyond belief to think that my mutuals have real legal surnames that aren’t their tumblr urls. like what are you even saying are you actually kidding me right now

#you’re telling me it doesn’t say dykefever on laura’s birth certificate…gaewaren on lana’s…emerqldv on livs….are you serious #i feel sick just thinking about it. well it can’t be the truth

[jilyawards]

Favorite James Characterization

Deception and other ways to find love by @annasghosts

Pepper Up, Potter by @bookeatingbean

a million on the scoville scale by @clare-with-no-i

like a rabid dog by @emerqldv

Choose Your Own (sexy) Adventure by @ghostofbambifanfiction

Valorous by @gryffindormischief

Head Over Handlebars for You by @practicecourts

Raising A Kid With My Ex by @wearingaberetinparis

even if you and me go up in flames by wearingaberetinparis

fuck the rich by @tiffanytoms

I ain't missing you at all by @blitheringmcgonagall

#jily awards 2023 #favorite james characterization