#commentarius

commentarius by b.c daily

written with a style inspired by meg cabots ‘the princess diaries’ commentarius starts every chapter with a jack handey quote and is written as lily’s diary (commentarius means diary in latin). lily is obsessed with rice and the island guam, lily is anxious and can’t make her mind up about anything. shes accident prone and says the wrong thing and isn’t the mary-sue that she has been made out to be across fanfic

while b.c daily’s portrayal of lily is what really stood out to me, their james potter is the most swoon-worthy romantic lead ever. he’s complicated, tries so so hard, patient, and extraordinarily witty. i’ve never laughed at my phone so much. but what this fic does so well is reconciling the expectations they initially had for each other - james’ crush on lily vs her being a real person with flaws and the james that had disgusted her at the lake and the james two years later.

this is largely canon-compliant, though written pre-hbp so snape being lily’s childhood best friend was not yet revealed and is obviously missing here, but in my opinion makes it all the more fun. original characters have charm and are interesting beyond the main couple. this is what i’d consider a pure romance with first wizarding war conflict not having as big a presence.

the fic starts from september of seventh year to november, and is sadly unfinished, but the author is still active and planning to update.