Lily Evans

Lily Evans is the mother of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series. She marries James Potter to become Lily Potter (not to be confused with her granddaughter of the same name)
==Canon==
Lily is a muggle-born witch, the younger sister of Petunia. A childhood friend of Severus Snape, she repudiates him when he shows Death Eater sympathies and later marries wealthy pureblood James Potter, who is shown to have pursued her since fifth year, though she initially refused to date him. After Hogwarts, she and James join the Order of the Phoenix to fight Voldemort. They are betrayed by supposed friend Peter Pettigrew and both are murdered by Voldemort. Lily's loving maternal sacrifice mysteriously protects her infant son Harry, a protection that lasts until he's an adult as long as he lives with her blood relatives.
Lily's maiden name was first revealed in an interview with J.K. Rowling in 2000, and then appeared in Order of the Phoenix. In a 2001 interview, Rowling established Snape's age and thereby also Lily and James's; from this fans first concluded that Lily and James died at age 21 and married shortly after leaving school.Lily Evans Potter at the Harry Potter Lexicon, archived 17 April 2001. Their ages were confirmed in Deathly Hallows.
==Fandom==
Considering how little is known about her, Lily receives a lot of fannish attention. Meta focuses on her relationships with Snape and James, and particularly why she switches allegiance between them. There's also speculation on why her sacrifice protects Harry and discussion of her as a (anti-)feminist character.
Lily is also sometimes headcannoned as plus-sized.
==Ships==
Most fanfiction featuring Lily involves her eventual relationship with James Potter during her Hogwarts years. In AUs where Lily and James both survive, she mostly remains with James to raise Harry, and is usually portrayed as an excellent mother. She is also often paired with Severus Snape, who was canonically in love with her for many years. Other common ships include Marauders Sirius Black & Remus Lupin. In threesome pairings, she is often paired with the above characters (for example Lily/Remus/Severus and Lily/Remus/Sirius).
There are also several fanfics headcannoning Lily as queer. With popular ships being, Marylily (Lily Evans/Mary MacDonald) and Pandora Lovegood/Lily Evans. 
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
*The Prefect's Portrait by Arsinoe de Blassenville. Lily & Hermione friendship story, where Hermione revives a portrait of school-aged Lily (2004–5)
*The White Road by Perverse Idyll. Deathly Hallows fix-it novel in which Lily in the afterlife watches a relationship develop between her son Harry & Severus Snape, the childhood friend who betrayed her (2008). Svartalfur writes Lily's character is probably the most outstanding feat of the story. The petty and shallow girl from canon finally gets to be a person, three dimensional and even likable.crack-broom: open rec - Snape/Harry, "The White Road" by perverse_idyll (accessed 29 April 2015)
*Wait, What? by Esama. Popular crackfic with a BAMF-Lily (2011)
===Fanart===
* Lily Evans (wearing James’ quidditch vest, obviously) by scarmander
* a hogsmeade date by wingedcorgi
* punk-ish!Maradeurs, huh? by dasstark
* Lily Evans on her wedding day by lily-lou-love
===Meta===
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===Other===
* The Lily Evans Series, a series of four fan films from Apple Juice Productions
==Archives and Communities==
* Lily Evans Potter works tagged at AO3
* Lily Evans Potter works at FFN
LiveJournal Communities:
*Lily Centric
*Lily100
*Lily Evans tag at Marauder Fans community
==Resources==
*Lily Evans Potter at Harry Potter Wikia
Yahoo! Groups:
* White Asphodel, a Lily Evans mailing list
Recs:
* Pre-HBP Lily Reclist by pashesofautumn
* Lily Potter recs at Coffee and Chocolate
==References==
Category:Harry Potter CharactersCategory:Marauders Characters