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How to use Em Dash (—) and Semi Colon ( ; )

Since the ai accusations are still being thrown around, here's how i personally like to use these GASP ai telltales. 🦄✨

Em Dashes (—)

To emphasize a shift / action / thought.

They're accusing us—actually accusing us—of using AI.

To add drama.

They dismissed our skills as AI—didn't even think twice, the dimwits—and believed they were onto something.

To insert a sudden thought. Surely they wouldn't do that to us—would they?

To interrupt someone's speech. "Hey, please don't say that. I honed my craft through years of blood and tears—" "Shut up, prompter."

To interrupt someone's thoughts / insert a sudden event.

We're going to get those kudos. We're going to get those reblogs—

A chronically online Steve commented, “it sounds like ai, idk.”

Semi Colons ( ; )

To join two closely related independent sentences / connect ideas.

Not only ChatGPT is capable of correct punctuation; who do you think it learned from in the first place?

Ultimate pro tip: use them whenever the fuck you want. You don't owe anyone your creative process. 🌈

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July

Before I Knew Better: Sugar Lilies and Other Mistakes (completed, 3.1k) by @heldinconstellations. Rated T.

She found herself wondering if James noticed. If he felt the same quiet pull when they exchanged what might seem like nothing to anyone else. If the smallness of the moments meant as much to him as they did to her. Sometimes, she thought he did. Especially when his hand lingered just a second longer than it needed to.

All the Wrong Ways to Be Seen (completed, 3.5k) by @heldinconstellations. Rated T.

Fancying someone sounded serious. Like scribbling initials in hearts or picking flowers or doing something daft like composing a sonnet. And James ... well, he was thirteen. He didn’t do sonnets. What he did do was spend far too much time trying to make Lily laugh.

I Have Never Known a Silence Like the One Fallen Here (WIP, 33.1k as of 31 July 2025) by @muddledinthebog. Rated M.

An Order mission goes wrong, and James has to put his shattered world back together Sirius Black is drowning in everything: the bottle, his guilt, his shame, and the ever-growing ocean between him and Remus

It's a Date (completed, 829 words) by @kay-elle-cee. Rated T.

The night before her sister's engagement party, Lily finds herself unexpectedly single and dreading going to the party solo. Another thing she wasn't expecting? A proposition from the fit bartender.

Tequila (completed, 1.8k words) by @bowieluvr91. Rated M.

“James raises the bottle, moving his grip so that his thumb is now placed on Lily’s chin, pulling it open ever so slightly wider. He pours for only a few seconds, only a shots worth, but it feels like longer. This is not how she thought her night would start out, but she won’t complain, not when James is looking at her like that.” or, a stupid little one shot in which James serves Lily a very sexually charged tequila shot.

heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i (WIP, 81.9k as of 31 July 2025) by @jilyflowers. Rated M.

Lily Evans should be happy. She's an Olympic gold medalist figure skater, she's got her childhood best friend by her side, and she finally can give back to her family after all they've done for her. So why does she feel stuck? James Potter should be happy. Once his NHL team, the San Diego Orcas, turns around their losing streak they're sure to be Stanley Cup contenders. He's on top of the world, but there's something missing. That missing piece might be in the next practice rink over.

As You Walk On By (Will You Call My Name?) (WIP, 26k as of 31 July 2025) by @notyournecromancer. Rated M.

His Royal Highness, James Potter, is attending University this year. Lily Evans doesn't care. Not one bit. Or Set in the eighties, James convinces his parents to allow him to attend Hogwarts uni with Sirius and Peter. He and his friends will come face to face with people who don't worship the ground he walks on, nor are they particularly impressed by any of their money or status. Add in some royal scandals, protests and musical declarations of love, and we've got ourselves a bit of a romcom.

Bikini Barista (completed, 4.7k) by @petalsonparchment. Rated T.

When the customer is so hot, you drop a coffee and undress for him all at once...

on sinking ships (completed, 29.8k) by @keep--driving. Rated T.

lantern burning, flickered in my mind for only you. but you were still gone, gone, gone. in losing grip, on sinking ships, you showed up just in time. (little sequel to in losing grip, James’ POV, the childhood years)

i love you, ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard? (completed, 1.1k) by @joyseuphoria. Rated T.

James has been avoiding Lily and she’s determined to find out why

We'll Go from There (WIP, 10.9k as of 31 July 2025) by imacrazyangel13. Rated G.

In this modern Hogwarts AU, the students of a Marauders High are putting on a production of Anastasia: The Musical. Lily Evans, a passionate senior recently deferred from Yale Drama, lands the role of Anya. She’s less than thrilled when James Potter, a charming, popular varsity athlete who’s only joined theatre on a whim, is cast opposite her as Dmitri. Their fiery enemies-to-lovers dynamic ignites both onstage and off, fueled by undeniable chemistry and begrudging respect. Sirius Black, James’s best friend and NYU-bound theatre kid, plays Vlad, while his younger brother Regulus—a talented but intense junior—expected to land Dmitri is fuming. Tensions rise in the rehearsal room and beyond, with the cast/crew also including Severus Snape as Gleb (much to everyone’s dismay), and a variety of magical and muggle-born students across grades and cliques, blending chaotic teen energy with high-stakes theatre drama. Group chats, hallway drama, callbacks, and after-rehearsal parties at the Blacks’ lavish (and unsupervised) home add layers of tension, flirting, secrets, and revelations. As opening night approaches, lines blur between performance and reality, and relationships are tested under the spotlight.

Make Death Proud To Take Us (completed, 6.8k) by @wearingaberetinparis. Rated T.

Two hopelessly devoted curse breakers forget to follow (most of) the advice in Touch Nothing: A Veteran’s Guide to Surviving Cursed Sites.

In the Cracks of Light (completed, 12.1k) by emmathecasualauthor. Rated T.

He blinks several times, and Lily can tell he’s trying to work out what he’s seeing. Who he’s seeing. Then, whatever has been keeping him from registering the sight in front of him falls, because he manages to speak. “Lily?” Her heart positively plummets. In which Lily Evans is a Muggleborn street thief, and her latest target is a man she hasn't seen since she was seventeen.

stages of grief (completed, 4.5k) by @vagueshadows-fics. Rated T.

James paces outside the Hogwarts library, feeling uncharacteristically nervous as he braces himself for the most formidable task any 15-year-old boy can undertake: asking a girl out. Or: Over the course of his 5th and 6th years, James works through the stages of grief as he tries to win the affection of Lily Evans, and grows up a bit in the process.

marginalia (completed, 45.1k) by @petalsandantlers. Rated E.

As Head Boy and Head Girl, James and Lily are required to keep a meticulous record of all detentions. But what starts as mundane paperwork quickly spirals into something else when they begin leaving notes, arguments, doodles, and accidental confessions in the margins. When McGonagall confiscates the logbook, they’re forced to confront everything they’ve written—because now, she wants an explanation.

Postscript (completed, 11k) by @wingardiumlewiso. Rated T.

From the moment he meets the Marauders to the night he dies for his son, James Potter lives a life shaped by love: friendship, romance, family, grief, sacrifice. It starts with his death. What follows is the life he would have given anything to keep.

+ Honourable mention:

A Very Muggle Date (completed, 13.4k) by Pseudoavatar - a 2016 story from FF.net which was cross-posted on AO3 just a few days ago! It is not eligible for the next awards, but worth a read anyway!

Find the previous months' recs: November & December | January | February | March | April | May | June

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actually jily

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once more to see you, a canon-setting university professor james & grad student lily au

rated E, jily, side pairings, infidelity, secret relationship, age gap, they do fall in love! they are lovers, D/s & kink, angst & romance, lily & james povs

Lily is a second-year apprentice with Horace Slughorn at The Universitas Magistrorum of Hogwarts studying untested applications of Transfiguration to Potions. James is the best Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts, so she begins to attend his classes, and his office hours—all of them. James has a wife and two children and Lily has a boyfriend. They both have responsibilities, their work, their family, their morals. But they have a connection: intellectual, physical, emotional. And they fuck nasty about it!

chapter 11 posted today!

“Lily, wait—”

The scrape of wood on wood filled the room extra-naturally loud as Lily pulled the drawer open, and James’ protest hung dead in the air. 

“Professor,” she said, voice layered but light. “What’s this?”

“I’m sorry,” he said quickly. 

“For what?” Lily turned to him with a threatening smile. “I gave them to you.” She took a few slow steps to reach him, standing at the other end of his desk, now a hair’s breadth apart, her pretty eyes on his. “What do you do with them?”

“I—it’s not very, er, respectful.”

“They’re not people, professor, they’re underwear.” She pressed her fingers lightly to his chest. “Tell me, please.”

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Sirius *breaks Ron* *threatens Hermione* *chokes out Harry* Black: so anyways, I’m your godfather and I love you and also that rat’s a fake.

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james & lily in 1977: the photobooth, the photo

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All fics in the Mystery Microfic May Collection for 2025 have now been revealed!

Thanks for voting and we hope you had fun sleuthing and being fooled by some of our authors!

The Bird Feeder by @jamesunderwater

Body bag by @livelaughlovetoread

Brave Little Darcy by @ginnyw-potter

Forever by emmathecasualauthor

Icebreaker by @tedwardremus

It's a Date by @kay-elle-cee

Koo by @joyseuphoria

Oh, That You Only Meant Well? by @itstherisingdaylight

On by @sophie-hatter-jenkins

On the Battlefield by @formerlymmp

taking the plunge by @littlefoldedpaperstars

Terms of Engagement by @charmsandtealeaves

Too Soon To Tell You by @blackseatwenty

White Swan by @annabtg

A Wild Goose Chase by @siriuslychessi

The Witch Hunter by @neverenoughmarauders

Once again a big thank you to all this year’s authors, this event couldn’t run without you! 

See you next year for MMM 2026 🔍

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According to the poll results for The Bird Feeder was a four-way tie between @tedwardremus, @charmsandtealeaves, @formerlymmp & @jamesunderwater

I can now confirm you were…. (IN)CORRECT!-ish The author was @jamesunderwater

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According to the poll results for Body bag the majority of you (18.8%) thought the author was @sophie-hatter-jenkins

I can now confirm you were…. INCORRECT! The author was @livelaughlovetoread

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According to the poll results for Brave Little Darcy the majority of you (40%) thought the author was @ginnyw-potter

I can now confirm you were…. CORRECT!

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According to the poll results for Forever the majority of you (20%) thought the author was @formerlymmp

I can now confirm you were…. INCORRECT! The author was emmathecausalauthor

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According to the poll results for Icebreaker the majority of you (18.2%) thought the author was @jamesunderwater

I can now confirm you were…. INCORRECT! The author was @tedwardremus

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According to the poll results for Koo the majority of you (31.3%) thought the author was @blackseatwenty

I can now confirm you were…. INCORRECT! The author was @joyseuphoria

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According to the poll results for Oh, That You Only Meant Well? the majority of you (18.8%) thought the author was @itstherisingdaylight or @jamesunderwater

I can now confirm you were…. (IN)CORRECT-ish! The author was @itstherisingdaylight

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According to the poll results for On the majority of you (18.8%) thought the author was @tedwardremus, @itstherisingdaylight or emmathecasualauthor

I can now confirm you were…. INCORRECT! The author was @sophie-hatter-jenkins