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Jilytober diner au
I don’t remember how many votes this one got, but it was a lot and it also got my vote, so here it is. A baby monster drabble/one-shot
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James was almost positive that his head was going to split open and the contents would just spill right out onto the concrete. After a night out with the lads and having consumed more alcohol than he cared to recollect, he needed a good meal and a lot of water after the night he’d just had.
They’d just finished up with Peter’s stag party, and while Sirius had tried to get them to stay out later, James had been glad when Peter declined, because James didn’t want to be the only one who vomited. Damn Peter and his taste for fruity beverages that had too much sugar. And damn Sirius for telling him that he had to keep pace with him all night. Sirius didn’t care what kind of alcohol they were drinking, he always drank a lot of it.
He was stupid. He didn’t have to keep pace with Sirius, and he knew that. But he did it anyway, and now he was paying for it. And he would keep paying for it until next week probably.
He was also not headed home like he should have been doing. Instead he was walking toward a diner that was miraculously still open. He didn’t know that there were any 24-hour diners near his place, and that was probably a good thing, since he would have gone in too often at three am if he had known.
He pushed the door open and a small bell chimed above his head. He quickly turned to look up, making his head and stomach swirl in protest and he had to grip the door handle for a moment so he didn’t fall over or get sick.
“Oh no,” Someone said from across the restaurant, and James assumed they were talking to someone else until he heard footsteps coming in his direction. He opened his eyes, not having realized that they were shut, and looked up to find himself face to face with perhaps the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She looked angry, but that did nothing to detract from her beauty, and nothing to stop him from staring at her either.
Qualities of a Winning Personality
1. Exhibit integrity – A person is said to have integrity if what they say and what they do are rooted in the same set of core values.
2. Don’t speak badly of others – If you speak badly about others to a friend, the chances are you’ll also speak badly about them. Hence, they are likely to be hesitant in what they share with you.
3. Be an optimist – This doesn’t mean burying your head in the sand. It meanschoosing not to dwell on the negatives, and actively looking for the positives.
4. Make the effort to be helpful – Life is so much sweeter if you’re thoughtful and kind – and we rarely forget someone who’s caring and warm.
5. Set some goals and have some ambition - This is an extremely contagious quality. Not only will you achieve higher goals for yourself, you’ll give hope to others, and inspire them to try.
6. Seek to be compassionate and understanding – All of us face battles and experience hard times. Empathising with others when life is tough helps to ease their burden and renew their inner spark.
7. Believe in, love and respect yourself - If you don’t accept, respect and love yourself, then you’ll send out vibes that you’re inadequate. However, it you love, believe in and treat yourself well then it’s likely that others will treat you that way, too.
8. Persist until you succeed – Although ambition is important, it is not enough. You have to persevere if you’re going to succeed. So when you stumble or fall down just get up and start again. Then keep on going till you finally succeed.
9. Be open minded and willing to learn - If you’re closed in your thinking and set in your ways then you’ll never discover a different, better way .. and you’ll close yourself off to other possibilities.
10. Take responsibility for your life - Blaming others for your problems, or acting like a victim won’t help you to move forwards, and have the life you want. Take control of your destiny. Success is up to you.
idreamalotofthings asked:
Ciao! :) Stavo "bazzicando" su efp fanfiction e ho trovato la tua storia "There is a light that never goes out"... mi chiedevo se è stata abbandonata per mancanza di ispirazione o se semplicemente non hai trovato più tempo per scrivere...
Ciao! Che immenso piacere che tu mi abbia scritto:)
Non ho ultimamente moltissimi stimoli per continuare a scriverla: efp mi sembra cambiato tantissimo e ormai quasi abbandonato, per chi ha assistito ai suoi tempi d’oro è quasi deprimente e ho moltissimi problemi a gestire tutto quello che vorrei fare. Non mi sento di dirti che è destinata a rimanere incompiuta, però, anche perché nella mia mente ha già un finale, una conclusione che mi piacerebbe davvero poter scrivere (perché Percy continua a tormentarmi, sì).
Grazie mille per il tuo commento, spero di risentirti presto. Ti auguro un buon weekend
jily multichapter fanfiction recommendations
hey!! so i’ve gotten a ton of asks recently for some jily/marauders fanfiction recs, and i figured instead of replying to each of them it’d be easier for me to just make a masterpost type thing so yeah under the cut are all my jily/marauder multichapter fanfic recommendations!! i’ll do another post at some point for one-shots
a comprehensive list of the best jily fanfiction cliches
- the heads common room - listen, idk when or how this started but there’s rarely a 7th year fanfic without one and let me tell you…. it’s one of the best cliches. hands down. james and lily are literally forced to spend time with each other. late night talks in their private common room. lily walking in on james-with-only-a-towel-on because for some reason there’s only one bathroom. lily falling asleep on the couch and james putting her into bed. better yet, the bedroom doors having locks and james putting her into his bed. sirius/lily’s best friend walking in on a make out session. the possibilities are endless
- james is good at transfiguration, lily is good at charms - where did this come from??? why is it everywhere?? did jk rowling say this somewhere or?? i don’t care it’s great and leads to tutoring
- lily dating some asshat - usually amos diggory, or the likes. usually hufflepuff. usually makes james really jealous. usually ends when lily’s realizes “oh that’s awkward turns out i have no feelings for you anymore” but doesn’t realize that it’s the fact that she has feelings for james. usually leads to many a hostile!james, hostile!boyfriend, confused!lily situation. beautiful
- james having dated some girl on and off sixth year - said girl usually lives in the same dorm as lily. lily hates said girl. said girl hates lily. said girl still wants james all through seventh year. you know, the carlotta meloni, elizabeth saunders type
- lily getting attacked/almost attacked by a group of slytherins - like, don’t get me wrong, lily’s a strong ass witch. and she usually gets out of it fairly well. or has the potential too. but angry, worried james is quite possibly the best thing ever
- a hogsmeade attack - death eaters infiltrating hogsmeade, james and lily yelling for each other, trying to make sure the other person is okay, immense relief when they find that they are
- lily going to quidditch game, james getting injured - lily being ridiculously worried. staying by his hospital bed. “no you guys i don’t have feelings for him he’s just a friend and i’m worried and being a good friend and sticking around till he wakes up!!!!”
- a yelling match that leads to an “i like you/i love you” - the former usually by lily, the latter by james. stunned silence. “you what?” because nothing’s ever simple with these two idiots
- lily seeing/interacting with james in animagus form, not realizing it’s him - then he tells her later about him being an animagus and she’s like “omg??”
- sirius being hostile towards lily - because he feels like she’s messing with his best mate’s feelings and so he’s mad at her and then he gets to know her and suddenly they’re like… really good friends and james is like “the hell???”
- DENIAL - it isn’t a jily fic if there isn’t a healthy dose of denial. “i promise, guys, i don’t have feelings for her anymore” shut up james we all know you still have feelings for her. you know you still have feelings for her. and then james realizing he still has feelings for her and being all like “oh fucking shit.” “no guys i don’t like him i don’t! james and i are just friends” like okay lily literally everyone can tell you love him but that’s fine. keep torturing yourself. keep hiding the fact that you want to kiss him
- the whole school literally flipping shit when they finally get together
feel free to add any you can think of
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