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the rush of rarities
Failure is just a stepping stone to success. (Or, Lily is just trying to keep Pandora alive, Pandora is making that startlingly difficult, and Myrtle hopes Lily fails. Somewhere in the lingering death of a haunted bathroom, there's a lot of love brewing.)
200 pages, ebook
Published February 28, 2022
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August 4, 2025
4.75 stars ୨ৎ
so so cute. and the autism rep in this>>>
so so cute. and the autism rep in this>>>
August 4, 2023
i got autism flaps reading this
July 26, 2023
the autism representation in this fic is too good!! I feel too seen!! throughout the whole thing zar is holding up a mirror and asking this you?🤨 and um actually🤓☝️ I plead the fifth
August 16, 2023
OH MY GOD I’D NEVER READ PANDALILY BEFORE BUT I LOVED THIS.
they’re dynamic was so precious to me & i really ship them now. i loved reading from lily’s perspective. also love to read pandora & reg’s relationship from pandora’s perspective for a change <3
they’re dynamic was so precious to me & i really ship them now. i loved reading from lily’s perspective. also love to read pandora & reg’s relationship from pandora’s perspective for a change <3
September 29, 2025
fluffy and comforting <3
sorry to disappoint but i truly enjoyed the background (blink-and-you-miss-it) jegulus and wolfstar..........
sorry to disappoint but i truly enjoyed the background (blink-and-you-miss-it) jegulus and wolfstar..........
March 11, 2025
3.5
this was so incredibly cute
i'm now a pandalily devoted fan
this was so incredibly cute
i'm now a pandalily devoted fan
December 13, 2023
1. que coño es esa portada? que tiene que ver con lily y pandora?
2. sigo sin entender la movida zeppazariel y bizarrestars. no son la misma persona? pensaba que zar (zeppazariel) habia tenido un hiatus y habia vuelto a ao3 con otro @ pero resulta que no? son dos personas aparentemente? jude y zar? idk anymore man (edit: he mirado y resulta que si son la misma persona. slay.
vale. seguimos. o empezamos, mas bien. increible el fic. es lo primero que leo con pandalily de protagonistas y son tan monas :(( they make so much sense together actually. they get each other. ugh.
1. pandalily. lo dicho. adorables. pandora tiene que maskear continuamente y lo ha pasado muy mal por ser diferente pero lily LA ENTIENDE. osea. no que la entienda en el sentido de que tambien es neurodivergente, sino que le gusta su personalidad tal y como es, aunque a veces sea blunt or weird o tenga manías que la gente no suele entender. la acepta tal y como es y todo lo que hace le parece adorable o maravilloso o simplemente chill. y la admira tanto. she sees her for who she is. she aknowledges her potential and her brilliance and her creativity. and she encourages it. basta. no esto bien. she sees her!! and she thinks shes lovely!! just the way she is!! estoy fatal. soy lagrimas. te lo mereces pandora eres la mejor.
y eso. como se adoran la una a la otra y desde el principio se miran con ojos de corazones y yo que se. y academicamente se retan la una a la otra constantemente y se equilibran. basta. son perfectas la una para la otra. sigh. y saben lo que la otra necesita y si no se comunican!! thank you!!
aparte el momento en el que se dan cuenta de que se gustan... so well written. muy natural, mucho sentido en sus cabezas. que gusto. está muy bien hecho. y son tan momas con el contacto fisico y el banter y tan monas!!! basta. i love girls. y el articulo en el periodico de lily :(( y como pandora la anima a ir a la boda y se encarga de todo :((( enough.
y bueno pues eso ya hemos hablado de pandora y sus struggles; por otro lado lily. wow. me ha encantado leer sobre ella y sus movidas. están tan bien escritas las dos. todo tiene tanto sentido. como lily no baja la guardia nunca y quiere ser perfecta. siento que hermione tiene movidas parecidas. la metafora esa de que es como una parada de descanso en un viaje??? que la geente acude a ella asking for help and then they kind of forget her?? (que no creo que sea cierto lily es la mejor pero aun asi es su percepcion) wow. wow wow wow. y como esta exhausta de tener esa fachada perfecta y de tener su mierda junta para que sus amigos puedan confiar en ella :((( y cree que solo asi es digna de amor y sera querida :((( basta. y las movidas con petunia. y como todo es tan complicado y el fnal de su subplot es increible. como a veces no hay final feliz como tal y no puedes arreglar las cosas. y si quieres a alguien tienes que respetar sus decisiones. sigh. y como la consuela sirius. con lo del found family. basta hes so. ugh. so charming and so ready to help people and UGH I LOVE THIS FUCKING FANDOM. BRO. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME U DONT GET IT!!! dios. remus sabiendo que hacer para ayudarla. y marlene y mery miradas complices en plan dejamos que se de cuenta ella sola o? y todos tio todos. les quiero tanto a todos. y eso de que cada amigo le aporta algo y se apoya en ellos y la completan. sigh. es que. de verdad.
y bueno por no hablar de pandora y regulus metiendose en el grupo de los merodeadores. literalmente soy lagrimas. regulus con remus en la biblioteca con james volando :((( estoy fatal fatal. basta. es que son tan !!!!! UGH. y regulus y pandora. y beloveds. su relacion. regulus es tan bitchy y tan mean pero quiere tanto a pandora. y su relacion con sirius. basta. bas. ta.
enfin. y lo de las pociones tambien ha sido super guay love that. tendre que buscar potion fanfics.
2. sigo sin entender la movida zeppazariel y bizarrestars. no son la misma persona? pensaba que zar (zeppazariel) habia tenido un hiatus y habia vuelto a ao3 con otro @ pero resulta que no? son dos personas aparentemente? jude y zar? idk anymore man (edit: he mirado y resulta que si son la misma persona. slay.
vale. seguimos. o empezamos, mas bien. increible el fic. es lo primero que leo con pandalily de protagonistas y son tan monas :(( they make so much sense together actually. they get each other. ugh.
1. pandalily. lo dicho. adorables. pandora tiene que maskear continuamente y lo ha pasado muy mal por ser diferente pero lily LA ENTIENDE. osea. no que la entienda en el sentido de que tambien es neurodivergente, sino que le gusta su personalidad tal y como es, aunque a veces sea blunt or weird o tenga manías que la gente no suele entender. la acepta tal y como es y todo lo que hace le parece adorable o maravilloso o simplemente chill. y la admira tanto. she sees her for who she is. she aknowledges her potential and her brilliance and her creativity. and she encourages it. basta. no esto bien. she sees her!! and she thinks shes lovely!! just the way she is!! estoy fatal. soy lagrimas. te lo mereces pandora eres la mejor.
y eso. como se adoran la una a la otra y desde el principio se miran con ojos de corazones y yo que se. y academicamente se retan la una a la otra constantemente y se equilibran. basta. son perfectas la una para la otra. sigh. y saben lo que la otra necesita y si no se comunican!! thank you!!
aparte el momento en el que se dan cuenta de que se gustan... so well written. muy natural, mucho sentido en sus cabezas. que gusto. está muy bien hecho. y son tan momas con el contacto fisico y el banter y tan monas!!! basta. i love girls. y el articulo en el periodico de lily :(( y como pandora la anima a ir a la boda y se encarga de todo :((( enough.
y bueno pues eso ya hemos hablado de pandora y sus struggles; por otro lado lily. wow. me ha encantado leer sobre ella y sus movidas. están tan bien escritas las dos. todo tiene tanto sentido. como lily no baja la guardia nunca y quiere ser perfecta. siento que hermione tiene movidas parecidas. la metafora esa de que es como una parada de descanso en un viaje??? que la geente acude a ella asking for help and then they kind of forget her?? (que no creo que sea cierto lily es la mejor pero aun asi es su percepcion) wow. wow wow wow. y como esta exhausta de tener esa fachada perfecta y de tener su mierda junta para que sus amigos puedan confiar en ella :((( y cree que solo asi es digna de amor y sera querida :((( basta. y las movidas con petunia. y como todo es tan complicado y el fnal de su subplot es increible. como a veces no hay final feliz como tal y no puedes arreglar las cosas. y si quieres a alguien tienes que respetar sus decisiones. sigh. y como la consuela sirius. con lo del found family. basta hes so. ugh. so charming and so ready to help people and UGH I LOVE THIS FUCKING FANDOM. BRO. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME U DONT GET IT!!! dios. remus sabiendo que hacer para ayudarla. y marlene y mery miradas complices en plan dejamos que se de cuenta ella sola o? y todos tio todos. les quiero tanto a todos. y eso de que cada amigo le aporta algo y se apoya en ellos y la completan. sigh. es que. de verdad.
y bueno por no hablar de pandora y regulus metiendose en el grupo de los merodeadores. literalmente soy lagrimas. regulus con remus en la biblioteca con james volando :((( estoy fatal fatal. basta. es que son tan !!!!! UGH. y regulus y pandora. y beloveds. su relacion. regulus es tan bitchy y tan mean pero quiere tanto a pandora. y su relacion con sirius. basta. bas. ta.
enfin. y lo de las pociones tambien ha sido super guay love that. tendre que buscar potion fanfics.
August 19, 2025
I‘ve been in love with bizzarestars writing style ever since crimson rivers and i’ll never shut up about it. Something about the way they write about Pandoras thoughts and the authors ability to characterize people is so well-written, I wouldn‘t know its a fanfiction i‘m reading.
„People need to be lazy sometimes.
Dirty. Unhappy. They need to rest and relax. They need to push away the worst parts of reality, every once in a while, and allow themselves to breathe. They need to make mistakes and learn from them. They need to know nothing and be confused, and just accept that, and be okay with that. People need to let themselves be people.“
„People need to be lazy sometimes.
Dirty. Unhappy. They need to rest and relax. They need to push away the worst parts of reality, every once in a while, and allow themselves to breathe. They need to make mistakes and learn from them. They need to know nothing and be confused, and just accept that, and be okay with that. People need to let themselves be people.“
September 30, 2023
Giggling & stomping my feet with happiness.
' Lily can feel her heart thumping in her chest. Her mouth is dry when she rasps, "Don't we all do what we think is expected of us, at least a little?"
"I—well, yes, I imagine we all do, at least a little. I do, because people are cruel, and I don't want to be hated. So, what, you do it because people like it, and you want to be loved?" Pandora asks, eyebrows drawing together, a wrinkle there that Lily's fingers twitch with the urge to touch. "But I don't do it to the people I care about, Lily. It's—it is scary sometimes, but to be yourself and loved is far more valuable than to be someone they're predisposed to love. Don't you want to know yourself? Don't you want to be known?"
"What if I don't like who I am when I'm not the best version I can be?" Lily croaks.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?" '
Agh, this was simply so beautiful & happy. JK Rowling WISHES she could write autistic & sapphic rep like this!! I haven't read many fics with Pandora in them, but I loved her . Her happy hand flaps were so endearing & her friendship with Regulus had me silly grinning.
'People need to be lazy sometimes. Dirty. Unhappy. They need to rest and relax. They need to push away the worst parts of reality, every once in a while, and allow themselves to breathe. They need to make mistakes and learn from them. They need to know nothing and be confused, and just accept that, and be okay with that. People need to let themselves be people. '
The sibling relationship was hitting me in the gut a little, & all the stress of the N.E.W.Ts gave me A-Levels flash backs, but i still loved reading about it, through Lily's mind. Also the party scene had me aching for the messy house party's from when I was 17.
'Pandora likes leaving her fair share of marks almost as much as she likes wearing Lily's. Beneath it all, there's a violent tenderness in how they want to be close to each other and held by one another. Loved and loving. '
Overall: a win for the Sapphics!
' Lily can feel her heart thumping in her chest. Her mouth is dry when she rasps, "Don't we all do what we think is expected of us, at least a little?"
"I—well, yes, I imagine we all do, at least a little. I do, because people are cruel, and I don't want to be hated. So, what, you do it because people like it, and you want to be loved?" Pandora asks, eyebrows drawing together, a wrinkle there that Lily's fingers twitch with the urge to touch. "But I don't do it to the people I care about, Lily. It's—it is scary sometimes, but to be yourself and loved is far more valuable than to be someone they're predisposed to love. Don't you want to know yourself? Don't you want to be known?"
"What if I don't like who I am when I'm not the best version I can be?" Lily croaks.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?" '
Agh, this was simply so beautiful & happy. JK Rowling WISHES she could write autistic & sapphic rep like this!! I haven't read many fics with Pandora in them, but I loved her . Her happy hand flaps were so endearing & her friendship with Regulus had me silly grinning.
'People need to be lazy sometimes. Dirty. Unhappy. They need to rest and relax. They need to push away the worst parts of reality, every once in a while, and allow themselves to breathe. They need to make mistakes and learn from them. They need to know nothing and be confused, and just accept that, and be okay with that. People need to let themselves be people. '
The sibling relationship was hitting me in the gut a little, & all the stress of the N.E.W.Ts gave me A-Levels flash backs, but i still loved reading about it, through Lily's mind. Also the party scene had me aching for the messy house party's from when I was 17.
'Pandora likes leaving her fair share of marks almost as much as she likes wearing Lily's. Beneath it all, there's a violent tenderness in how they want to be close to each other and held by one another. Loved and loving. '
Overall: a win for the Sapphics!
March 7, 2024
🥹🥹🥹🥹
brak mi slow, to bylo przeslodkie
ostatni rozdzial to juz w ogole, rozpuscilam sie, jestem ciecza, trzeba mnie lopatka zbierac do wiaderka
zarowno z pandora, jak i z lily bardzo, ale tak wyjatkowo bardzo sie tutaj utozsamialam, przez co automatycznie bylo to dla mnie wazne na poziome osobistym
osoba autorska cudownie pisze, uwielbiam
no i jeszcze kilka cytacikow✨
« "What if I don't like who I am when I'm not the best version I can be?" Lily croaks.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?" »
« Pandora likes having more of Lily to hold onto. Likes the curves of her hips, the round of her stomach, the soft rolls on her back and sides like those pretty sculptures in muggle museums her dad has taken her to, those women captured in marble, nude beauty that depicts the wonder of a woman's body, folded limbs and ethereal hair and fat and, oftentimes, anguish on their faces, because what's a woman without her tribulations? She didn't see one where a woman looked happy, and she wondered, in her own head, if anyone could ever truly capture and freeze the beauty of that, of a woman wonderfully, gloriously happy. She thinks it's something so magnificent that it can't be captured, not fully, just art that shines in life and can't be translated elsewhere. »
« It felt like the end of the world to me, and he told me, you know, he said I don't gain anything from not doing what I love just because I think it's not good enough. I don't have to aim higher. I don't have to achieve something, just for an excuse to do things I'm passionate about. If I'm enjoying myself, then that's all that matters, and I have to say it's like a weight lifted off my chest. »
brak mi slow, to bylo przeslodkie
ostatni rozdzial to juz w ogole, rozpuscilam sie, jestem ciecza, trzeba mnie lopatka zbierac do wiaderka
zarowno z pandora, jak i z lily bardzo, ale tak wyjatkowo bardzo sie tutaj utozsamialam, przez co automatycznie bylo to dla mnie wazne na poziome osobistym
osoba autorska cudownie pisze, uwielbiam
no i jeszcze kilka cytacikow✨
« "What if I don't like who I am when I'm not the best version I can be?" Lily croaks.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?" »
« Pandora likes having more of Lily to hold onto. Likes the curves of her hips, the round of her stomach, the soft rolls on her back and sides like those pretty sculptures in muggle museums her dad has taken her to, those women captured in marble, nude beauty that depicts the wonder of a woman's body, folded limbs and ethereal hair and fat and, oftentimes, anguish on their faces, because what's a woman without her tribulations? She didn't see one where a woman looked happy, and she wondered, in her own head, if anyone could ever truly capture and freeze the beauty of that, of a woman wonderfully, gloriously happy. She thinks it's something so magnificent that it can't be captured, not fully, just art that shines in life and can't be translated elsewhere. »
« It felt like the end of the world to me, and he told me, you know, he said I don't gain anything from not doing what I love just because I think it's not good enough. I don't have to aim higher. I don't have to achieve something, just for an excuse to do things I'm passionate about. If I'm enjoying myself, then that's all that matters, and I have to say it's like a weight lifted off my chest. »
April 2, 2024
4.5
"I'll never meet another like you, Lily. You're a rarity I'd like to keep. Can I?"
"Pandora is wind. That's all Lily can think. She can be a gentle breeze, or a fucking hurricane."
What can I say? I love them so much. The autistic representation is wonderful and their relationship is the sweetest most endearing thing in the world :( I adore them, deeply. Also the siblings angst and the cameo of the other characters? God, i love it.They deserve everything.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?"
"I'll never meet another like you, Lily. You're a rarity I'd like to keep. Can I?"
"Pandora is wind. That's all Lily can think. She can be a gentle breeze, or a fucking hurricane."
What can I say? I love them so much. The autistic representation is wonderful and their relationship is the sweetest most endearing thing in the world :( I adore them, deeply. Also the siblings angst and the cameo of the other characters? God, i love it.They deserve everything.
"There is no best version. There is you, just you, doing your best or needing to rest, and either way, you deserve to be loved and accepted as is," Pandora whispers. "Don't we all?"
December 24, 2023
I get here with big expectations, I left shipping as crazy, crying and completely in love with this girls.
January 24, 2024
Very sweet and the writing was extremely satisfying.
July 22, 2024
Long live fanfics de los merodeadores
August 7, 2024
THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!
Lily and Pandora deserve the world.
Lily and Pandora deserve the world.
October 20, 2024
This was everything and more
July 1, 2025
Omg pandalily my babies!!!!
July 17, 2025
AHHG SO CUTEEEEE
March 3, 2024
this fic made me so happy omg <333
July 30, 2025
as a lesbian who loves to read, i actually very rarely read sapphic pairings just because i feel like lesbian stories tend to lack the characterization often given to their male counterparts and this fic blew my mind the first time i read it because zar truly does write his female characters exactly the same way he writes his male characters and it’s truly so refreshing to see. i would imprint this fic into the walls of my skull if i could
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