The Character of Lily Evans
Quote from IFFIN on July 11, 2026, 9:28 pmSo many points were brought up on this post. Some I agree with and others I don't. We don't get much from the books about Lily or others during that period. I think it is great, because it gives our imagination so much freedom to develop our own backstory about the characters. Background stories that satisfy our imagination. Some of us share by fanfiction, art work or having discussions on websites. It is fun and when it is not, I leave and do other things.
I ship Snily because I find Severs and Lily more interesting than Jily. I have tried to think of interesting backstories for Jily, but I can't. I just don't find James interesting. I find Peter more interesting. I have a backstory in my mind about those two knowing each other before Hogwarts. Nothing romantic, but something that added to Peter's betrayal. My imagination just goes there and I go with that. I have written fanfiction in the past when my imagination won't let go of a backstory, but I don't really want to do it these days.
I can understand most people's point of view, but I don't understand when JILY fans tell other fans to stop shipping snily. I remember watching a Harry Potter influencer and she was upset about people shipping snily. Just because they don't like it. These are fictional characters that all of us imagine differently. And that is okay.
That was I am Hated about jily fans. I dont like jily and dramione but it does not mean I will told them to stop shipping. The reality is Fanon World is giving you freedom to ship whatever you wanted. And honestly,i felt dramione fanfic is much more capable of building healthy love rather than jily (since when james flirting with lily everday is healthy love? And abuse her bestfriend to belittle him and make him sinking more into death eater crowd)
And what I dont like about marauders fandom is they tend to buly snily shipper and bully snape. Especiall ATYD fans. Honestly? They say james is a bully yet they bully fans that shippinh fictional character. And ATYD is not best representation of severus character.
To me character of lily is not explore much because the one who having it is severus and severus is very private individual that didnt wanted to share his beloved memory, even to dumbledore. And i just hope scene of lily in prince tale is much longer.example
1. Show lily is the only one who give severus birthday present
2. Show how slytherin friend belittle snape for half blood and never care to make good friendship
3. Show scene in library show severus looking lily as person he loved while lily focused on homework
I think its much better to rebuke severus snape who are obssesive and Incel
Well,I have my opinion of character of lily evans. And my opinion,Is that lily evans
1. Lonely in her childhood. And didnt wanted to be alone. In flash back she didnt have play with friends other than petunia. Maybe because of accidental magic that makes her freak. This is my interpretation so it coud be wrong
2. Have mean streak. When people hurted her,she didnt crying,she bite back and crying later. That was her personality
3. Loyal. This is unpopular among fans,but I think she is loyal. Compared to sirius is like heaven and earth. When petunia and vernon go out of their dinner,she broke into tears. Show she is loving her sister even thought her sister always told her she is freak
4. Didnt liked to judge people based on appearance. She trying to befriended snape even thought she was reprimanded by petunua that snape boy from spinners end is awful boy
5. Have great moral stance. She is brave and readily join order of phoenix after hogwarts
6. Reckless. She is incapable of seeing themselves as inexperienced young adult thrown into cannon fooder. They foolishly believed they can stand up against death eater. But she wanted to stand up for what was right
