#smiley-jily

🥰 Thank you @practicecourts that's very sweet!

I feel like I haven't actually written that many fics, just very long ones, but let's try.

What Are You Doing To Me?

Enemy Within

Baby Bird

Wickedly Twisted

Right Reasons

Hi! Thanks!

Wow, omgosh, yes, I feel like you just asked me if I was human. Of course I do!

I am very much aware that I will never have the poetry of @maraudersftw ‘s words, or the depth of stories as @scriibble-fics, the dedication of @breaniebree (MULTIPLE MILLION WORDS?!), the characterizations of @smiley-jily, the patience of @acid-rain2912 (how anyone doesn’t combust writing slow burns is so beyond me…), the compartmentalization abilities of having multiple awesome stories going at once like @chiechie97, or the super cool intense knowledge of something wonderful and fun like @moonawrites ! ⚽️

But you know what? These people have these skills, and HOW AWESOME is it that I can read their stories about my same favorite idiots and enjoy those special skills? 🤩 Everybody has their strengths, and I think that’s why we can be here, story after story, still having fun ☺️

Okay, this is probably NBD for the really established writers on here, but as a plebeian just trying to entertain as many peeps as possible while surviving the pandemic, this is PRETTY FRIGGIN’ NEAT to me! 🤯

Thank you guys ☺️

And I know it wouldn’t be possible without awesome ppl like @breaniebree , @all-things-jily, @smileyjily, @jilytho, @lilyjamespotter, @imgoodwhataboutyou & @maraudersftw recommending WAYDTM along the way, so thank you. I appreciate you all 🤗💜💛🧡💚💙❤️

So glad you asked! Obviously I’m still reading a ton myself, so this list is going to keep growing 😄 I tend to skew to M stories.

TIFF’s FAV JILY LIST:

You probably have already seen my newest obsession: The Bet by @smileyjily (If you really want perfect Marauder characterization, feel like Lily was a perfectionist and James was a bit of a lovable prat sometimes, love pranks, the handling of deep topics, sultry hookups)

If you wanna ugly cry because of how unfair Jily’s lives are whilst also getting turned on and wowed at every turn: Love and Other Tragedies by Fancyeyes (Seriously this is so good — I have never had a story make me cry this much and just start blabbering to my bf. If I was trying to go for the tone of any story before writing WAYDTM, it was this one. I mean, it’s way out of my league, but one can dream 😅)

If you love The Bachelor and want to bite your fingernails off because of sexual tension (and how hot James is): Eligible by @elanev91 (Already read twice — so worth it)

If you’re into sports and a James that is completely devoted to a Lily who has to realize her feelings because she’s too busy trying to be an Olympian: Golden Waltz by newromaantic (really cute and fun, I’m normally not even into skating, but it had me YouTubing performances like crazy, not M)

If you want something different and are feeling a little dark and want to give into the naughtiness of a bad James: Ruin by baguette2016 (very dark themes, sexy af)

If you just want to see James get psychologically tortured to completion (not dark, more delightfully indulgent scenario) : It’s My Party by Oynnej

If you want a quick, sexually charged, hot hot hot strangers meeting at a bar while he’s performing (seriously, James is so hot here): Dive by @elanev91

And obviously anything @scriibble-fics writes is instant smutty gold!

HA! Okay, funny story… I was like 50% sure it was a typo, bc of the wording and rest of the review…. But then I showed it to my fiancé and he legit said: “Nah, she used an apostrophe. I think she meant it.” And then I had a downward spiral and thought you’d served me a compliment sandwich and was like, well, at least she told me kindly I need to work on it? 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😅

Oh boy! I feel like these authors are gonna get a restraining order for how much I gush about their fics, BUT, here we go:

You know I love me some The Bet by @smileyjily. The characters felt very real and flawed but lovable and you could relate to their triumphs and fuck ups. The plot was super tight and cohesive and obviously the Jily was great! I am also a huge fan of the little canon references and tie-ins along the way. Love love love ❤️

Now there are so many good choices, but these are 2 I loved so much, I read them twice in the past year already:

Love and Other Tragedies by Fancyeyes. This one started out unlike any other Jily I’d ever read, so off the bat, that was very exciting. It was dark and sad and smutty and all things I love. I have to say, on the reread I did realize that I wish there was more of a payoff with Jily being happy (I mean, after how much they had to suffer to get together) and that directly influenced WAYDTM, bc I think you guys EARNED READING FLUFF as much as they earned having it as a couple. You know, it makes all the suffering worth it a little bit. But yes, I have never cared so much about an original character, let alone cried for one 😢

And for massively AU: Eligible by @elanev91 ! James is the Bachelor (🌹!) and Lily’s his producer and it’s a master class in pining and sexual tension and just hot damn, you never want it to end. So so good.

Huh, I’m not sure. @smileyjily do we have an answer to this? I’m assuming they’re the same since they seem to have the same word count and chapter count, no?