deadlysansa

[deadlysansa]

Helo, i just recently reread tlol, again, still love it.. 🥹 but i was thinking and i guess this is just a prompt for you or an idea for your continuation of the story. Its not big but just something i thought of.

James’ grandfather invented Sleekeasy’s, which basically is the reason why the Potters are rich, but you haven’t mentioned any of this in the story so far (Potter being rich or sleekeasy).

I would love to read a scene where Lily somehow finds out that James is rich. James is a humble guy and never really mentions this, something that would impress lily. I just feel like this would fit into your characterisation of James and how as lily gets to know him more, he’s just full of surprises. Just an idea for you. :)

Good luck with writing the rest of the stories!❤️

hello! thank you for the love 🩷

i fear lily has made a rich joke about james in this fic but it sounds like you’ve read it more recently than me😂!!! so possibly not.

i think james’ wealth not being mentioned is accidentally on purpose very fitting because i really feel like they were all such good friends that nobody really fixated on his wealth. i also believe the people’s princess lily evans would never even give a thought to how much money james has, and it would absolutely smack her across the face when she finds out. i’ve written scenes like this in previous life times and i hope i can squeeze one into TLOL! if you see it, know i thought of you anon!!

✨🪽

-k

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you’re laughing? people on tiktok call sophie skelton the original lily evans and you’re LAUGHINGG?

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posting for proof of life🫡

I WANNA DO THEM ALL

31 Prompts 2024

🎶 “Before the dawn I hear you whisper in your sleep, ‘Don’t let the morning take him.’” 🎶 - Judas Priest - Before the Dawn.

A: “If anyone does X I’m going to love them forever.” B: Does X.

Spoiling Harry

Feature Mcgonagall (It’s her birthday after all)

🎶 “Get the car packed, throw me the keys. Run away with me.” 🎶 Aaron Tveit - Run Away With Me.

Making food together / food disasters

🎶“No grave can hold my body down, I’ll crawl home to her” - Work Song by Hozier

“Maybe we can find out what the hell your problem is over dinner sometime”

"You literally checked your phone 3 seconds ago"

Matchmaking parent(s)

🎶“Uncovering feelings unfound”🎶 - Out of the Blue by Katie Pruitt

"Sometimes I wonder if you're in love with me”

Using muggle technology

Surprise Party!!!

"You can kiss me, you know."

🎶“My words are my faith, to hell with our good name”🎶 - Hum Hallelujah by Fall Out Boy

“It’s cute when your face gets red like that.”

Neighbours

“You could say it a hundred times and I still won’t listen.”

🎶Try to move on, it's back to you that all my roads keep leading 🎶 - Before I Fall Apart by Elle Coves

"Let me distract you"

"How long have you been standing there?" "Longer than you'd like."

Indulging in hobbies

🎶Then I know everything is gonna be fine, Because you are mine🎶 -You Shine from Carrie - The Musical

"Are we going to talk about it?" "I'd rather not.”

🎶One bright morning goes so easy. Darkness always finds you either way🎶 - First Light by Hozier

“what if it doesn’t work” “what if it does work”

Holiday fic

Cold winter nights

🎶"where's the trophy? he just comes running over to me"🎶 - The Alchemy by Taylor Swift

Unintentional couples costumes

[deadlysansa]

i need to monitor what i listen to when writing because i’ve learned too many emotional movie scores has these 17 year olds delivering gut wrenching speeches in the school corridors and i’m like how’d we get here

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That feeling when the girls are back

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Just want to send this message for when you need motivation or support! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful story it gives me so much joy and can't wait to keep up with it!! The way you give life to lily and James is so special (literally my favourite fic and I've read it like 5 times lol how do you do that?! im just obsessed with the dialogue) Cant wait to see how it develops and we will wait and be with you on this journey!! thank you so much again wish you the best!! hope u are doing well

hi! you are just so lovely ahhh you got me smiling!! thank you, i love that you enjoy reading it so much, 5 times is crazy 🫶

i’m feeling super grateful to past me, because i’ve found a load of excerpts for chapter 14 i actually really like so a huge bulk is written! progress is happening…

[deadlysansa]

July 2024

lovely LOVELY dedicated loyal readers.

i am continually astounded that my inbox still receives message of support and curiosity about my lil fanfic These Lines of Lightning. i can’t even begin to talk about the fact that a lot of you just drop messages to say you hope i am well. you are just wonderful. and i owe you an answer in that i am here, doing well, just living a very different and busy life!

i am pretty sure i started writing TLOL in 2019. my life and the world were in such different places. the same applies to you guys! we’ve all LIVEDDDD. but i LOVED writing the fic. i loved maybe even more how much excitement you guys had for it. the marauders will always be my roman empire.

truth is i am not sure how to continue writing it. i have tried MANY times. there are so so many drafts of the next chapter in existence. i did not want to write a crap, slap dash ending to this fic as that would betray my hours of work into making it something we all enjoyed. so i sort of let it float in the ether. unfinished, like all the classic jily fics really.

but BOO to that.

so what now? my real aim is to not leave TLOL in the fanfic graveyard. i feel that realistically i can write a maximum of three chapters to finish the story. i want to do it for you all. there are thousands of fantastic marauders fics out there but you still wanted to read mine.

i don’t know if anyone has recently read the end of last chapter (a cliffhanger, that was so cruel of me), but i am going to time jump a measly month into the future, going back and forth. this seems to be the only thing that will obliterate the chokehold writer’s block has on TLOL and get the damn job DONE.

if you are still here and care, i cannot thank you enough for the way you have encouraged my writing. let’s f-cking go! if anyone has any real highlight moments from the fic that they’d love a recall to, let me know!

endlessly in adoration of the ff community,

-Kitty x

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omgeeeeeee! thank you whoever nominated my little drabble!? ❤️❤️❤️

Favorite Drabble Nominations

Never Really by @annabtg

“I couldn’t sleep” by @charmsandtealeaves

“How many books do you own?” by @deadlysansa

Lips by @gryffindormischief

Droplet by @gryffindormischief

The Waste Land by @mabeltothknows

Naked and Afraid by @mabeltothknows

Pumpkin Pastries by @petalstofish

“Someone needs to help keep your ego under control” by @sweeethinny

comfort by @swhatever

Ping! by @theresthesnitch

[deadlysansa]

@jilytoberfest 31 prompts for 31 days

13. “How many books do you own?”

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“How many books do you own?” Lily gasped in wonder.

She stood in the very centre of James’ parents’ library and James himself was all but forgotten.

“They’re not really mine,” James leaned against the doorway, amusement colouring his voice.

She whipped around, red hair flying. “They’re your legacy, have a little pride.”

James shoved off the wall, humming as he made his way towards her. “I’m not too bothered about a bunch of dusty books.”

She gasped again, this time in admonishment. “James Fleamont Potter, I’ll dump you so fast.”

He grinned, wrapping his arms around her shoulders from behind. “You and I both know that’s not true.”

“Not now I’ve seen your absolutely massive house,” she replied cheekily.

James pinched her side and she lapsed into giggles. Merlin, he was so happy. Here with his girlfriend, who he’d waited for what felt like eons for, in his childhood home.

“Maybe they’ll be your books one day,” he said once Lily had fallen silent.

For a few seconds she said nothing, and as he couldn’t see her face, he began to curse himself silently.

Then, “Ours?”

James smiled into her hair. “Deal.”

[deadlysansa]

A light in bad times 💘💞💕💘💗💓 love u

🥺 i am so touched thank you for supporting me still, i really wish you so much love 🪷💗

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@jilytoberfest 31 prompts for 31 days

2. “You didn’t have to do this…” and 4. “I know, but I wanted to”

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Lily toed the door to the boys’ dormitory open whilst balancing the tray of disaster cupcakes. Baking was not like Potions after all.

The creak of the ancient door echoed around the silent room and the mess of blankets also known as James Potter stirred. He squinted one eye adorably at her.

“Evans?” He mumbled.

“Happy eighteenth birthday!” She half whispered.

James sat up, hair all over the place just like Lily’s thoughts. She’d been in the dormitory, of course, but never when he was so…

“It is you. I was terrified I’d gone to heaven,” James said, and Lily’s heart pinched.

“Not on my watch.”

She set the tray of cupcakes at the foot of his bed.

James beheld the cakes and then Lily, emotion clear on his face. “You didn’t have to do this…”

“I know, but I wanted to,” She shoved his knees aside as she sat down, facing him as she leaned against one of the four poster beams. “You deserve a good birthday, James, despite… everything.”

Lily cringed at her own words. She didn’t know if it was better to just say it: James was an orphan now. Carefree, wonderful James. Alone.

Well, that wasn’t quite true.

Lily lit the candle on the middle cupcake and held it aloft. “Make a wish.”

James looked at Lily over the flame. “I wish you’d go out with me.” In the dawn light and quiet, the words were so simple. Honest. He grinned. “Even out of pity.”

Lily felt warmth crawl up her spine. “I’m not going to say yes out of pity just because it’s your birthday.” She couldn’t help her smile as she leaned forward and blew out the candle herself. “Ask me tomorrow.”

James pulled her to him as she started laughing, but the momentum of their eagerness landed them in a tangled heap on the floor.

Sirius’ grumble rose from his bed.

“Was that Evans in Prongs’ bed or am I in hell?”

[deadlysansa]

AFKASFHLOMGGGG I legit screamed when I saw your post!!!! Welcome back Queen! We missed you and TLOL so much!!

i am screaming right back at you with so much love!!!! thank you

[deadlysansa]

@jilytoberfest 31 prompts for 31 days

3. Teaming up when they aren’t really friends

*joins in chaotically, out of order*

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“I need this table.”

Lily rapped her knuckles on the wood of the prime spying table in The Three Broomsticks. Where James was annoyingly sat.

That lazy delight lit his features when he saw her. She was all business today. “So, take a seat,” he said.

Lily groaned. “Can’t you just move? Why are you alone, anyway? I don’t think I’ve seen you without your posse since 1973.”

James grinned at her irritation. “If I told you I was waiting for a date, would you be annoyed?”

“I’m already annoyed.”

“Perfect. Sit down, Evans.”

Lily ground her teeth together, but she really had no choice. She couldn’t make a scene, or she’d blow the whole operation.

“Fine.”

Lily perched on the very edge of the bench beside him, which only made him laugh.

“Why this table?” He asked. “If you wanted to go out with me, you could have just said yes this morning. Or last night. Or Tuesday.”

“Clearly you need the company,” Lily shot back derivatively as if she wasn’t alone herself. “I’m doing something actually important.”

Right on cue, across the pub Remus and Sirius took a seat opposite one another at a central table, right in her eyeline. She grinned.

James, who was watching her anyway, caught her expression. “Hang on. Are you spying on Moony and Padfoot’s date?��

Lily rolled her eyes at the nicknames. “Maybe.”

“So secretive,” James wiggled his eyebrows. “Well, I’m Sirius’ emotional support.”

Lily gestured to herself with a thumb, relenting (a little too quickly). “Remus’.”

James’ next smile was so warm, Lily had to look away.

“Look,” she exclaimed, waving her hands in the two boys’ direction. “Everyone knows you should sit on the same side of the table on a date.”

“That so?”

Crap. She cast a panicked glance at James, sat on the bench beside her. His lips were pressed together, trying not to laugh out loud in a display of uncharacteristic politeness.

“For Merlin’s sake,” she scoffed. “Shut up.”

“Come on, Evans,” James must have taken pity on her. She really was off her game today. “We can play Cupid together.”

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POV: fic author with the best readers has a weird year and also forgot her dang password. recovers said password and was then reeled in by @jilytoberfest notifications. she then was overwhelmed with emotion at all the asks she received in her absence, checking in. she then wrote a bunch of drabbles for the jilytober prompts. she then started reading her own fic to see how best to carry it on.

care for some drabble appetisers before the main event? (the main event being TLOL!!!!)

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Just to kindy inform you that I have started my 7th reread of TLOL and I enjoy it as if it’s the first time 😍

7TH!!!!! do you have a favourite part?!

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would you be able to give us a rough date you plan on updating and what your new schedule for posting will be? not meaning to sound passive aggressive i’m just curious!! love you!!

love YOU!!

i wanted to post this weekend but my cousin came to stay with me whilst she was doing a job nearby and it is impossible to write with her staying, and i say that with love lol!

my mission would be next 2 weeks! i’m keeping it breezy so as not to spook my writers block freedom. loads of love 🥰

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it’s officially been a year since you last posted and your fic still has me in a chokehold!! <3

a YEAR. booooo @ me. i am incredibly grateful for your support and let’s hope it reaches your expectations 💜