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astrology moodboards: aquarius (january 20th - february 18th)

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usually, lily can judge the rest of the year by its start ; she should’ve realised in third year, for example, that if she hadn’t hexed anyone by the end of the ride into hogwarts, she’d be facing a year of sudden, not entirely-unpleasant endings of those urges. if that holds true for this year, she’s in for a biter. groaning, lily tosses her bag at the end of one of the common room’s couches and flops down next to it, entirely planning on planting her head in marly’s lap and not getting up for the next three months until christmas.   ❛ d’you think murder’s totally off the books ? morally, financially ... ? i’d take even a bit of bodily harm, at this rate. ❜ 

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vxxnity:

“at least it wouldn’t hurt, considering you’re not that far off from the ground yourself” the slytherin stated – clearly teasing since she was only a few inches taller than the red-headed.

❛ all the less distance it takes to ascend from hell, ❜  comes the perky retort. all guards aside, lily can never take it well when others tease her about her height — she’s perfectly within the range of average, thank you very much ; it isn’t her fault half the wizarding world seems descended from giants ( lovely hagrid not withstanding ) . but isn’t it nice to be in such good, common company ?

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this one time when i was seven i thought that i could talk to trees (because i had no friends), and i use to sit by them and say things and one day i was talking to my tree friend called kevin and this girl went up to me and said “are you talking to that tree, freak!” and i started crying and hugged on to the tree, and while she was laughing one of the branches fell on the girls head, thanks kevin.

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glorixus:

“You’ve got to be kidding. Those shoes don’t have an inch on me. There’s a point where you just have to admit you’re not that tall. I had to save you from not being stepped on. Tiny little kid, you were. Meanwhile, I was built. I even beat Sirius in arm wrestling when we were first years.” He smirked at her. “And I got to use two hands.” James pauses. Was he rambling now? Was mentioning Sirius too much? Oh. At this rate, Lily was probably losing interest as fast as he was talking. Which only made him talk faster. "Haven’t beat him since. He calls me a twig a lot. But you wouldn’t believe him after seeing me play quidditch. I’ll bet you’ve been to all my games. Everybody wants to see the great James Potter play in his prime. I mean, if I was watching me play, I’d probably make myself a sign saying ‘Potter’s the best” or something like that. Hey- maybe you should! But I only like red glitter glue. Green glitter glue makes me sneeze. Can you put my name in bold? That way I can see it better while knocking Malfoy off his broom.“ At the word 'quidditch’ a young third year quirks up. Turning to him, James exclaims, "Come try out for the quidditch team! The more players, the better.” Shifting his attention back to Lily, he gives her his most charming smile and says, “I need that sign or I’m going to be off my game. I will not hesitate to blame you.”

honestly, it’s a bit lucky that hogwarts pulls out the strong, antiquated, and thoroughly protectively charmed silverware for the great hall — otherwise, lily’d be convinced that she’d be bending her spoon in half by the effort she’s using not to gouge out potter’s ( hazel, quite pretty when they’re up to mischief ... but oh, so sickeningly smug ) eyes with it. as it is, she’s already taking out her building temper by glaring hotly at the third-year who’d perked at the wizard’s mention of quidditch ...  who is, lily recognises with equally-building guilt,  wilting under her glare and returning to talk quietly with her friends. returning her eyes back down to her plate, she hides a stricken expression ; why does james potter have to have this ... effect on her ? she’s closer to her temper this year, she knows, but he has this uncanny ability to arise her anger at the same rate some muggle-hating blood supremacist can. it’s his arrogance, lily decides as she looks back to him, all indications of her being previously charmed wiped from her face as her glare turns on him — the way he’s utterly enamoured with himself, the way he’d utterly steamrolled over anything she had to say just to talk more about ... what ? quidditch ?   ❛ if you’ve got to resort to knocking slytherin off their brooms, ❜   she sniffs, coldly,   ❛ and me making some gaudy little sign just to have a chance at being on your game, i don’t believe your ‘ prime’s ’ much to speak for. ❜   if lily could take the chance to storm off, she would ; as it is, their housemates pinning her to the bench and to potter’s side makes any chance of escape impossible. she’s stuck with him, which is as much of a torture for her as it is a danger for him, if he keeps putting his own ego above everyone else.   ❛ does your neck ever hurt, i wonder ? from holding up that fat head of yours ? ❜

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regsblackk:

regulus snorted, trying to hold in a laugh after hearing the words that came out of the gryffindor’s mouth. the image of seeing her tripping over little first years playing out in his head was one that was far too funny for the young male. “say, evans, would you allow me to catch the scene on film if that did happen? i think it would be a hit on that one website for uploading videos.”

a scowl marks lily’s cheeks that’s more playful than it would’ve been even half a year ago, and as she leans towards regulus it turns into the sweetest smile. ❛ you so much as glance at a camera, regulus black, and i swear you won’t spend another day in this castle without sticking your foot in one of the trick stairs. ❜ satisfied, she leans back and grins, shaking her head as she adds,   ❛ you were thinking of youtube, by the way. you'd get better out of one of the variety shows on telly. ❜ 

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glorixus:

“Guys, let’s sit our butts down over here!” James said, guiding one of the larger groups to a bigger section of the table. “Yeah!” He exclaimed, high-fiving many of them as he made his way up the Great Hall and over to where Lily was sitting. Plopping down next to her and sparing no dramatics, he said, “Were we that small, once. You were a whole head shorter than me, not even kidding. I’m sure you were the kid all the seventh years tripped over, huh?”

❛ don’t even bother to flatter yourself, potter. i can remember first year just as well as you, and at least half of that head was made up from our school shoes. and point in word: tripped, ❜   she retaliates, an unbidden smile kerning up the corner of her lips. there’s a force in how lily reminds herself that she’s allowed to be charmed by james potter ; even she can admit there’s something endearing about how much he’s stuck himself to goal of shepherding the awed first-years here and there.    ❛ they learned to stop walking over me as soon as they figured out i was deliberately putting myself in their way. these ones should do better. ❜   she can only hope. worry furrows between her brows, and she finds herself actually turning back to him with a considering glance.   ❛ you wouldn’t know which of ours are muggle-borns this year, would you ? ❜   as much as she loathes to admit it, potter does have the kind of natural charisma that you just can’t help catching yourself up in ( though she’s found it usually lasts just up until he decides to open up that mouth ) and maybe a few of his new admirers shared about themselves. there’s an added risk this year, after all, that puts some of them at greater risk of being a little more than tripped over.

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vanccs:

       “lily evans tripping over a first year - now that’d be the day,” emmeline couldn’t help but perk up at her friend’s ridiculous notion. in truth, she hadn’t payed the children much mind before the girl beside her mentioned them, although afterwards she found herself gazing in their direction with a furrowed brow. “honestly? m'not sure i ever was that small. they’re shrinking, lils, i swear it. when we were their age we stood at least a few inches taller.”

❛ but could you imagine : maybe you finally hit your long-awaited growth spurt. because this is just insane, really. ❜   she finally turns her gaze from the parade of first-years heading up to their sorting back to the other witch, smirk tilting her lips. honestly, there’s no limit to the picture they make, lily shrinking in comparison to her friend’s truly epic height. if em’s not asked to model sometime after school, lily’d eat her own wand.   ❛ what do you put the chances are of someones dousing the whole lot with a shrinking solution ? ❜    she’s only half-joking, casting a very pointed glance down the table at the undeniable scene of potter & his friends.

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❛ same, i s’ppose. ❜    if lily’s trying to avoid matching alice’s gaze, she’s trying her BEST to hide it in a casual shrug & half-hearted grin ; what’s the point, after all, in mentioning how she’d spent the last weeks of the summer with her stomach in a twist ?   ❛ tried out my first bit of of-age magic when my mum sent me out to weed the garden — i thought she might lose it, the way she went purple when she saw me up to my eyes in dandelions and the trowel floating off somewhere ‘round my head ! it almost made me miss having my sister around to take some of the attention off. ❜  

         ‘ my summer was quite- whats the word i want to use. it was interesting to say the least. what about you? ‘

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larluna:

Aurora silently pondered giving it to Kettleburn and Hagrid. “While I would like to say I didn’t waste a galleon, I feel like it’s too small for them.” Suddenly a thought popped into her head that made her break out into a wide grin. “I know! I could cast a growth charm on it!”

❛ might do —  but that could just make it into a dragon’s snack. i’m not too sure they’d know the difference between that and a coloured puffskein. ❜   once they were done giving the care of magical creatures professor a once over, of course. lily hoped he’d learn before he lost the last arm and a half.   ❛ why not transfigure it into a treat ? if they’re going to eat it, might as well keep safe. and you know fang’d take fair anything at this point. ❜  

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❛ can you ever imagine being that small ? ❜   for the moment, lily’s heart is settled as she watches the new gaggle of first-years go by, all thoroughly warmed & caught up in nostalgia. her head’s bent towards the other’s in full conspiracy, hiding a teasing smile as she whispers,   ❛ i keep getting worried i’m going to trip over one of them and go sprawling in the middle of the courtyard. ❜  

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rocking back on her heels, the witch’s sigh was grateful.   ❛ bless, ted, ❜   she thanked — it wasn’t that she’d have been utterly averse to the idea of climbing the shelves to get to the daisy roots she’s after, but lily wasn’t too gone on how much of a fool she’d have made of herself if she’d actually tried it.   ❛ ... d’you think you could bring down the rat spleens as well ? with the shrivelfigs ? ❜

“Here,” he offered as he saw the item sat high up. “I’ll get that.”

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took me forever & a day, but i FINALLY got lily’s wanted connections page finished !! they’re mostly a bunch of rlly general ideas, but they should work as p okay backbones to start plots out & get them blooming as things go on

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↳ lily evans // sufjan stevens - vesuvius.