Lily Evans Potter
Matriarch of House Potter
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Lily Jayalalita Evans Potter, formerly known as Lily Jessamine Evans and famously as Voldemort's Vanquisher, is the Matriarch of the Potter family, the Lady of Nagaraja Hall, and Senior Unspeakable of the British Department of Mysteries' Brain Room. She is the wife of James Potter and Regulus Potter, and the mother of Harry Potter and Madhuri Potter.
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What's in a Name?
Jayalalita जयाललितायै
— Lily's birth name that she reclaimed after she reunited with her Telugu family
जया Jaya – victory, one of the 108 names of the Hindu goddess Durga
ललितायै Lalita – She Who is Pleasant, Charming, Desirable, one of the 108 names of the Hindu goddess Durga
An Ode to Growing Up "Other"...
Lily knew she was different long before Severus told her about her Magic. She didn't look like her parents nor her older sister Petunia. Mr. and Mrs. Evans had adopted her from a family in India out of the goodness of their hearts. However, they went into it thinking all they needed to do was love and care for Lily enough in order to make up for their inability to keep her connected to her heritage.
There is something to be said about growing up and trying your best to fit in anywhere but every time you find a way to be more comfortable with one facet of your identity, you become ostracised with another facet. You could never be everything at once in the eyes of society. You have to be one, or the other. And even then, you will never be enough.
When Lily met Severus and was introduced to the world of Magic, it had cost her Petunia who couldn't follow her and who decided to cope with the loss of Lily through hatred. And when Lily grew closer to James and Sharanya and her Telugu identity, Severus coped with the change in a manner that was simply too reminiscent of Petunia.
...And Finding Your Way Home
Lily's transition from childhood to adolescence was marked by two major losses and one big reconnection. Her first experience with people who actually looked like her happened when she was first Sorted into Gryffindor. In her new House, she met James Potter, who laughed at Severus' appearance and poverty but offered to teach her about her culture in the same breath.
While James Potter introduced her to the broader Indian culture, C. Sharanya of Ravenclaw and her future best friend made her aware of the diversity of the Indian subcontinent. James' Tamil culture was different from her Kannadiga culture, as was Paresh Patil's Marathi culture. From there, Lily wanted to discover her own.
In the midst of her studies and crumbling relationships with Petunia and Severus, Lily slowly reconnected with her own Indian identity. And then one day James Potter approached her again. This time not with another plead for a date, but a name and an address.
"You can meet your birth family this summer, if you want. I can take you. Or pay for the trip. Or something."
"You know this wouldn't make me say yes to you, right?"
"I didn't do this for brownie points, my dear Lily. I did this because I wanted to help you."
"Oh."
She was Telugu. She had biological, living family in Telangana, the land where she was born.
They had given her the name Jayalalita (victory, desirable. They loved and wanted her.). They wanted to meet her.
It felt like coming home at last.
Collected Miscellany
Little bits of extra information/headcanons for her. This section will be updated from time to time.
Was adopted as a baby by the Evans family, a white British couple who lived in Cokeworth, England
Her biological family, who are all mundane, hails from Telangana. Her parents died when she was a baby and her relatives could not afford to take care of her so they were forced to put her up for adoption
Struggled to connect with her peers as a child due to being the only POC in the area and, later on, being Magical
Severus Snape was her first friend
Completely cut contact with him when he insulted her Muggleborn and Indian identities during an argument between the two of them
Prior to this, Lily had attempted to rein in James and his friends’ bullying and reconcile both sides since she considered them both her friends and she didn’t want to see them hurting each other
James did eventually mellow out, but Snape on the other hand chose to stew in bitterness. He saw her friendship with James as a great betrayal, insisting that Lily didn’t need James since she had Sharanya to teach her about Indian culture instead
Another factor that added to the strain in their relationship was Snape adopting bigoted views and ideas. Snape insisted she wasn’t “one of the bad ones”.
Her alma mater is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where she was Sorted into Gryffindor
She was made Head Girl in her seventh year, with James as Head Boy
James was her first actual connection to her culture. Though she disliked him at first, James was able to get on friendlier terms with her when he realised Lily was disconnected from her Indian identity and offered to help her reconnect
Fell for James for real when he spent several summers relentlessly tracking down her birth family for her and his efforts bore fruit on their sixth year. James brought Lily with him to Telangana so she can meet them at last
Lily possesses prodigious skills in Potions, Charms and Transfiguration. Out of the three, she chose to pursue a Charms Mastery.
In addition to her position as the Potter family Matriarch, Lily is also an Unspeakable in the Brain Room of the Department of Mysteries
Fluent in Tamil and Telugu, conversational in Sanskrit, Middle Tamil, and Classical Sanskrit
Considered sending Harry and Madhu to Tamil Nadu for their education but ultimately decided to let them attend Hogwarts since the children wanted to
Befriended Andromeda Black and Narcissa Black through Sirius and Regulus
Befriended Alice Fawley and C.(Chirayu) Sharanya (Patil twins’ mother) in Hogwarts
Befriended Pandora Lovegood (nee Malfoy) at work as an Unspeakable
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