#Rob Pattinson - Let Me Sign

[twilight-saga-soundtracks-polls]

🍎Twilight🍎, Round 2, poll 3!

[blue-aconite]

Goodbye 2022, welcome 2023

It’s been a long year. Longer than I thought it would be. Full of surprises and hurt. Happiness and longing. 

I’ve made so many friends but I’ve also lost some. That’s life. You grow apart, find different paths and they don’t always lead you the same way. But let’s not focus on the sad things. 

to @anniesocsandgeneralstore I have never been more grateful for top gun and werewolves, because they brought me you. You’re an incredible friend and I cannot say thank you enough for how much you’ve done for me. I love you.

to @yanna-banana @hollandorks batman and rob pattinsons sharp jawline brought us together and I couldn’t be more grateful. You’ve made such an impact in my life. 

to @writercole @wildbornsiren @hederasgarden @imjess-themess @princessmisery666 @princessphilly @antiquitea @therebeccaw @fuckyeahhangman @a-reader-and-a-writer I have no words for this group of people. Wonderful, stunning and absolutely amazing. You’re my greatest inspiration and I’m so blessed by your friendship. Special shoutout to the silly plane movie with shirtless people on a beach, covered in oil. Thank you for bringing us together.

to @ereardon we found each other nearing the years end but it doesn’t matter. Thank you for being a friend and listening to me ranting. 

to @crescentwolf @ayorooster @lovers-liability @coyotesamachado @rhettabbotts @fanboygarcia @seresinhangmanjake @bobfloydsbabe @call-sign-jinx @potato-girl99981 @green-socks @luminousnotmatterwe don’t talk a lot but I see you in my notifications and it always brings a smile to my face. Thank you!

to @septemberrie @astrid-v @skloomdumpster @fitztragedy @gossipqueen2000 @somenamewithepineapple @faytalepsy @rivusa @hibiscusia @loulis-fate my fate squad, who I’m eternally grateful for. You made me start writing again and for that, there’s never going to be enough ways to say thank you. I miss you. 

If your not on this list it’s because my brain is tired and hungover but I adore you and I’m sorry for not remembering right now. 

I hope 2023 will treat you with kindness and bring you happiness. Thank you for putting up with me. 

[andsalttheearthbehindyou]

November reading wrapup

hmmm pretty good month for quantity but hit or miss for quality, i either loved or hated almost all of these. 💆🏻‍♀️

1. the lover, marguerite duras — tumblr girl classic, ur fav web weaving posts almost definitely feature a snippet of this. like woah 😭 ok very timeless very vivid and real. I did cry.

2. icebreaker, hannah grace — this is EMBARASSINGGGGGG i was going to a hockey game and was like woah let me get into this mindset... into this world… THIS BOOK WAS MISLEADING i thought itd be equal parts hockey world ice skater world equal parts romance and no.. it was nothing of the sort... this was just tooooo porny like WAY too much, even for me. AND I USED TO WRITE SM- *gunshot*

3. throne of glass, sarah j mass — does anyone have any good fantasy series recs that arent this?? like this is what years without winds of winter will do to a woman. im settling for this subpar garbage. but i am gonna keep reading it bc what else do i have, george???

4. mickey7, edward ashton — been on my tbr since rob pattinson was announced to be the lead in this in the bong joon-ho movie… i feel like with the creatives behind it thisll end up being one of those rare bones and all situations where the adaptation is wayyyyy better than the book. but idk. book itself was whatever good concept but didnt even really go anywhere. i thought that i had guessed a twist lie 3 quarters of the way thru but there was no twist literally nothing happened. therefore MID

5. blood meridian, cormac mccarthy — the only other time i had like a visceral tummy churning reaction to a book like this was when i read theons chapters in a dance with dragons 😭😭😭 anyway i like the lack of quotation marks and i also find it easier to write without them SHOOT ME

6. death valley, melissa broder — im really endeared to broder as a writer because i feel like she can only do one thing really well and shes very self aware of that.. which i respect.. also what the protag is going thru here at the start of the book is something ive also gone thru and it felt very strangely accurate and bizarre as a real person reading about a fake person going thru it. and literally within the book the protag references how writers poorly portray their characters accurately 'going thru it' (i keep saying going thru it bcoz im trying not to spoil even tho no ones gonna read my recs ALTHO this one deserves to be read i think) so that was cray and meta but umm what im trying to say is.. melissa i wanted to go to ur book signing i literally had my day cleared in my planner for u. why did u have to cancel the event.

7. indelicacy, amina cain — public announcement i guess but hey girl @noumenongirl i think you would love this one i dont know why but the whole time i was reading i was just like woah she’d love this😭 i liked it a lot

8. the penelopiad, margaret atwood — this is what circe by madeline miller wanted and tried to be but failed tremendously at.....

9. crown of midnight, sarah j mass — was better than throne of glass in the beginning actually but then they halfway thru lost me again..

10. the assassins blade, sarah j mass — im just hate reading at this point like i dont have anything else to do. Celaena youll never be daenerys girl like stop

11. elvis and me, priscilla beaulieu presley — ohhhh…. :,(((( my fav celeb memoir yet i think.....

+ bonus — im gonna add this to my december list but im like 75% of the way with fourth wing rn, good fawking heavens i wishthat grrm could trademark copyright the concept of dragons like i dont think anyone should be allowed to write about DRAGONS only him. like mini spoilers for fourth wing SORRY but WHY DO THE DRAGONS SPEAK ENGLISH, WHY DO THEY EVEN SPEAK AT ALL....cringe. but better than throne of glass at least😭 but it doesnt take much to be better than throne of glass to be fair. OK reading wrapup over.

[thisgirlcanstrut]

Tag 8 people you want to get to know better ☺️

Tagged by @aperfectphantom thank you!!!

Name: Adrianne

Birthday: sept 18th

Zodiac sign: virgo ♍️

Hobbies: reading, coloring books, word search and sudoku puzzles, wine tasting, coffee making, movies, and simulation games

Favorite colour: magenta

Favourite books: bone black, when and where I enter, room, to kill a mockingbird, the hunger games, bad feminist

Last song you listened to: misery business (paramore has had me by the throat lately)

Last film you watched: blood red sky (fantastic vampire/monster flick, the lead female character had me feeling all the emotions)

Something that helps people: doing your best looks different everyday. sometimes your best is only 50% of your true potential and that’s ok. your best may also look like not enough to some people. only you know how much you can handle at any given time…don’t let anyone set that standard for you.

Meaning behind url: i used to do runway modeling.

I tag @lahnoirdiary @rob-pattinson @freak-nasty-thick-dick-mando @jamesbvck @outmymind-justintime @mandoispunk

[lovelyandproblematic]

OMG can we talk about the A+ cinematic techniques and MUSIC CHOICES?? This took it there. And TVD should have done the same, NO excuses! It's not like it's a bunch of fancy elements that cost money to add. It's simple artistic choices. That's what drove home the vibes and visceral scenes of twilight, namely when Bella was bitten and they had to extract the venom out whilst burning her attacker alive amongst the sounds of Rob Pattinson singing "Let Me Sign."

BUT THIS! First of all Feelin Good (specifically the Buble cover) should be Klaus' theme song. And not only is Stayin Alive a classic but it is also horrifically and humorously ironic in this sense.

CAN WE AT LEAST AGREE that it was 10000% a CRIME that out of THREE shows we NEVER saw Klaus' wolf form?!? He is THE Original Hybrid but we never saw it. Yet they through every side character's wolf transformation up there?? W h a t .

They could've amped up the Originals' badassery to insane levels if they had just gone for it in a rated mature but still tasteful way.

How TVD Could Have Been 10,000 Times Better:

(Some Creative Writing Disguised as an Essay)

Look, I think we're all aware that TVD sucks. But that doesn't mean it had to be that way. The CW ruined plenty of shows; SPN, TVD, TO, Legacies, Arrow - I could go on. In spite of weak plot or disappointing endings, these shows had some excellent character concepts and could have been so much better if someone had put just a touch of creative thought into them.

Now, I can't pretend to know much about acting or the world of production, and I can't say I could actually direct anything effectively, but I do have something of an artistic eye. So if I had been the one to direct something like TVD, then I can guarantee that at least the cinematography and music choice would have been ten times better.

Allow me to demonstrate.

Example One:

Do y'all remember the scene where Klaus breaks his curse? (Of course you do.) Let's face it, there are plenty of very cheap, practical tricks that could have made that scene feel ten times as natural and formidable. But, for now, let's just focus on camera and music. The ending to that particular episode with that big, frightening cliffhanger was alright. But you know what could have made it that much better?

Some gosh darn cinematography. So, picture this, if you will:

The full moon has passed it's apex and now sets over the tops of the trees - the forest beyond is black as night. On the edge of the trees, a lone wolf - wild and fierce - is seen prowling into the woods and the camera spins, flipping upside down and you realize... The moon isn't going down at all, it's only just begun to rise. The eerie howls of a wolf pack can be heard in the distance as Feelin' Good by Michael Buble plays full blast....

Significantly better, right? Let's have another.

Example Two:

In season 4, Kol (aka the love of my life) slaughters a bar full of freshly turned vampires. Such would have been an excellent opportunity to exploit the show's TV-14 rating for use of gore, and seeing as vampires aren't technically human, that gives a show a little extra leniency with its gore total. (TVD rarely used gore to it's fullest potential, just a little bit of set dressing and makeup can really drive a scene home. Just watch The Originals: The Awakening web series. That was well used gore.)

Now, even after all the show did to dismiss him, Kol is still a reasonably intimidating character. However, that extra carnage allotment could have been used to create a truly terrifying antagonist. Instead, the show chose to reduce a one-thousand-year-old being's massacre of a dozen or more relatively innocent people to some vague off-screen unfortunate mishap. This was - pardon my French - AN ABSOLUTE PUSSY MOVE!

They could have shown the kills and brought all the horror, without breaking the season's gore total. How? Why like this of course...

The woods are quite dark, but not black. The old pine trees lining a well-traveled dirt road are individually discernable but only just, lit in tones of grey. It's just barely sunrise, yet shadowy figures seem to flit through the dim light. The camera angle is set on the ground, like a person lying in the dirt.

An early morning fog creeps along, pooling in the clearing provided by the path as it carves its way through these forboding woods. The fog rolls and shifts - you're unsure if something or someone has disturbed it. You wait - another moment, another heartbeat - and then you see it: A tall, shadowed silhouette appears through the fog - small and faint at first but growing clearer, stronger as he approaches, much like the music that begins to play - heard by the viewers through the dark figure's headphones. The terrible stranger stalks closer and closer, seeming to grow larger than life, thanks to the camera angle which changes as he passes. The camera moves with him, circling around him once in one continuous shot before settling just a short distance behind. The song heard in his headphones is Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees' and he sways to the beat - casually, carelessly - as he walks toward that absolute dump of a bar.

The figure opens the door and the music becomes just a bit muffled as the door swings shut behind him. The song continues for a moment - just a second or three - calm and ordinary as one would expect and then

BAM!

BLOOD SPRAYS ACROSS A WINDOW!

Suddenly, the audio is no longer confined to those headphones; it expands outward, and now intertwined with the music, the audience hears the screams, the pleas, and the tortured cries of those poor souls as they're slaughtered like pigs. One by one, the screams cut off until it's once again only the music. Then, just as you thought it was all finally over, there's a loud crash - the door opens with a bang and you see a pair of hands latch onto the doorframe. They scrabble and scratch, burning under the faintest touch of sunlight. Something tugs at them, drawing them back inside, but they fight! Then, with a spray of blood across the camera, the hands go slack and are yanked back inside.

The screen goes black and the music stops...

See what I mean?

With just a little bit of camera creativity and a dash of practical effects, TVD could have been so much better, right?

[bellasredchevy]

Hey sorry to bother you but uh what does that post that has Robert Pattinson screaming “let me sign” while Edward was sucking the venom out of Bella mean?

the song that plays over the scene where edward sucks the venom out of bella in the ballet studio is called “let me sign”— written and performed by robert pattinson himself. hope this was helpful!!

[navstuffs]

i love ur account so much!

could you maybe do a robert pattinson x reader (fem)

where y/n is a very famous singer and she’s doing a concert while singing a song she wrote about rob while he’s in the crowd and she takes him to the stage at the end of the song?

Falling for you

Pairing: Robert Pattinson x Female Famous Singer!Reader

Warning: none, pure fluff

Summary: (Y/N) surprises Robert during her first concert in her new tour.

Authors note: hiii, thank you so much for your request. i apologize for taking so long, i had an idea in mind and then changed it again! i hope you enjoy it <3

If (Y/N) was Robert's number one fan, Robert was her number one fan: he knew all her songs, had all deluxe albums signed and always went to her concerts if he could. During her England Tour, he couldn't look prouder, going to all her shows. (Y/N)'s fans would always snatch a picture of him trying to be disguise himself in the middle of the crowd, usually with a cap and beard. Robert tried to dress as simple as he could so he didn't take attention from (Y/N).

Robert was called by (Y/N)'s fans "The President" of her fan club. And although he was very good at hiding it, he would fangirl at every new song. Robert actually had to ask her to not show any new song before the official release, since he didn't want to be spoiled.

Which was the case with (Y/N)'s new album. Robert wasn't surprised when she topped sales around the world. His girlfriend was a very talented musician (more than him) and had very dedicated fans. Her new tour would start in Europe, her first concert in London (some fans even thanked Robert on Twitter) before (Y/N)'s tour would go around the world. Robert was very excited to see what she was preparing and he was sure it would be great.

-x-

When (Y/N) entered the stage, the excited screams were loud. It was always emotional for (Y/N) how many people loved her and her art. She couldn't be more grateful for doing what she loved and being successful in it.

"Hi, London, how are we doing tonight?" Excited screams answered. She smiled at them, making her fans cheer even louder than before. (Y/N) always tried to look in their faces for a second or so as she sang and paid very close attention to the crowd.

The concert was a huge success. (Y/N) had given her all and in the middle of the concert, bought some fans on stage to sing with her like she always did it. The critics would be acclaiming (Y/N) tomorrow, depicting how vibrant and powerful she looked the entire time, Robert just knew it. It had to be one of his favorite Top Five Concerts of (Y/N). The fans probably got one or two videos of him dancing, embarrassing himself.

It was time for the last song. Robert watched as (Y/N) brought her guitar out, the one he gave her on their last anniversary. She waited until the crowd calmed down to speak.

"I want to thank you all for coming here today. You know, I say this many times but none of this would be possible without you, so thank you. From the bottom of my heart" More cheers from the crowd. "Let me just say something about this next song: it is actually going to be a bonus soundtrack on the new album that I haven't released yet so- yes yes, bring your phones out, everyone, if you want."

Part of the crowd -and Robert- rushed between shock and getting their phones out.

"And this song, well, I dedicate to someone very important to me. He didn't know about the existence of this song so I am sure he will be very surprised as well. It is about us. It is about who we were before and who we are now. I can't thank you enough for you to walk in my life and love me as much as you do. Robert, this is Falling for you."

Robert stared at (Y/N), enchanted. It was like the crowd didn't matter anymore or the multiple phones in his direction instead of hers. There was just him and (Y/N) in that empty stadium. She was putting so much emotion in that song, so much love he could feel it on his body, warming with her love. Robert couldn't take his eyes off her. He couldn't be prouder, couldn't be happier, couldn't be more in love with (Y/N) than right now.

When the song was over, it was like he was back on Earth. (Y/N) was saying something he couldn't quite comprehend yet, still affected by her voice, but soon someone from her team appeared, saying in his ear she was inviting him to the stage, no pressure to accept but if he was fine going. Robert agreed. When the crowd realized what was happening they went insane, as Robert walked toward the stage, surrounded by security.

(Y/N) felt anxious she was putting them under too much pressure when she invited him to the stage. She knew how reserved Rob could be about them, about their particular life. When she saw him being helped get up on the stage and walk in her direction to hug her, she was happy.

"I should have come more well dressed if I knew you were going invite me up here." Robert whispered in her ear, while they ignored all the screams behind him.

"Sorry, Rob. You are still the prettiest man in this place." (Y/N) comforted him. They broke apart, (Y/N) holding him on his hip.

"Robert Pattinson everyone! Needless to say but my boyfriend."

Robert knew they were going to be the first cover of every single magazine, journal, and article tomorrow morning. He had been wanting to do something since she started singing their song, his song, so why not make things worse?

"Can I kiss you?" He whispered in her ear, getting a surprised stare from his girlfriend that rapidly became a smile and a nod.

They kissed in front of the entire stage making the stadium vibrate with loud cheers of happiness. For a minute in their romantic kiss, they were just (Y/N) and Robert. There was no sound, nothing, just two people in love with each other. When they broke apart, (Y/N) wished a Goodnight. The fans seemed to wish them to stay longer, but (Y/N) grabbed Robert by his hand and exited backstage.

"We are crazy you know that?" (Y/N) started, already in her dressing room, putting a fluffy white robe over her outfit. They had to ask for privacy from her team so they could stay alone.

"People will be upset with you, (Y/N)" Robert stated as the most obvious thing in the world, splattered on the sofa, watching her remove her make-up.

"And why is that?"

"All the other fans on tour. They got a kiss tonight from us and others won't get anything. You might get sued for that, love."

"Very funny, Rob." She answered, sitting on his lap. She looked exhausted but still looked so pretty.

"You looked so damn good tonight. Powerful. Vibrant. Badass. Happy. And our song...you almost made me cry, love. People will be posting on how crazy I looked for you and how you made me cry."

"Is that bad?" (Y/N) asked, getting comfortable on his lap, his arms holding tightly to her body. She knew she needed to shower and get proper rest but she just needed a few minutes in Robert's arms.

"Of course not. Everyone knows I am crazy in love with you anyway." Robert replied, kissing the top of her head. (Y/N) had closed her eyes and he knew he shouldn't let her sleep, (Y/N) hated resting sweaty/dirty, but she looked so peaceful. He would give her at least ten minutes, before waking her. She deserved those. Robert knew he also needed those as well before her World Tour, so he let himself rest, holding (Y/N) tightly in his arms.

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Let me be clear I still like Rob*** Pattinson and FKA Tw*gs talks like a baby but I like that song and I love when earth signs r in love and even when they breakup cuz it’s always insane

[animeaesthtic]

Otp Playlists: Slow Songs

My personal selection of songs to fuel your maladaptive day dreams (and a few of the pairings that inspired them)

Outro - M83 ~Rivetra

StarWaves - M83 ~Rivetra

when the party’s over - Billie Eilish ~SasuSaku

I Found - Amber Run ~KakaSaku

The Yawning Grave - Lord Huron ~Vegebul

Let Me Sign - Rob Pattinson ~Rivetra

Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation ~Vegebul

Video Games - Lana del Rey ~SasuSaku

Fire in the Water - Feist ~KakaSaku

Young and Beautiful (DH Orchestral) - Lana del Rey ~Vegebul

Take Me to Church - Hozier ~KakaSaku

Cherry Wine (Live) - Hozier ~Jiratsu

The Night We Met - Lord Huron ~Jiratsu

my tears ricochet - Taylor Swift ~SasuSaku

The End of Love - Florence + Machine ~KakaSaku

On The Nature of Daylight - Max Richter

My Love - Sia ~Rivetra

Yamaha - Delta Spirit

[twilight-saga-soundtracks-polls]

🍎Twilight🍎, Round 1, poll 6!

[jacaranda-bloom]

October Fic Rec

I’ve been super slack in doing my monthly fic recs of late (sorry!) so this list covers the last 3 months and there’s lots of lovely fics to devour!

In this instalment, there are fics from @lesbianiconharrystyles @kingsofeverything @mediawhorefics @lululawrence @harryanthus @evilovesyou @fallinglikethis @cocoalou @gaycousinlarry @comebackassholes @daggerandrose @allwaswell16 @sadaveniren @all-these-larrythings @wait4ever @jaerie @laynefaire @harrybridgers and @missandrogyny.

Thank you to all the writers for sharing their wonderful talent with us. Please don’t forget to leave kudos and a comment if you enjoy their work. 💜

New Reads

💜 Ever Since I Tried Your Way | @lesbianiconharrystyles / flowercrownfemme | E | 26k | June 2020 | 1940′s/50′s, farm/ranch, farmer Louis, farmer Harry, virgin Harry, gay cowboys, repression, internalised homophobia, hurt/comfort, gender exploration, marriage kink, feminisation, romantic face shaving, body worship, country music | As soon as I started this fic I knew it wouldn’t be able to put it down. It’s just... gosh. The writing is stunning and I was completely immersed from the first page to the last.

💜 Have Love, Will Travel | @kingsofeverything | E | 97k | Sept 2020 | road trip, camping, friends to lovers, smut, humour, youtube, POV Louis, slow burn | God, this story was everything I wanted it to be and so much more. Amazing relationship building and great communication. Hilarious, brilliant dialogue, heartwarming.

💜 Love You In The Dark | Perzikje | E | 10k | Oct 2020 | wedding night, arranged marriage, smut, dubious consent | Sexual exploration and first times. Check authors note.

💜 All These Lights | @mediawhorefics | E | 35k | Nov 2015 | ABO, X Factor, consensual under age sex, omega Harry, alpha Louis, angst with a happy ending, smut | I’m a sucker for a good ABO fic and this one didn’t disappoint.

💜 I Go Down Blazing, Feeling Like I’m Going Crazy (series) | @lululawrence | NR | 30k | Niall / Rory McIlroy | Oct 2020 | soulmates, famous/famous, singer Niall, golfer Rory, pining, diet angst, no smut, heartbreak weather, based on Dear Patience and Bend The Rules | This was my first time reading Niall/Rory and I adored it. Brilliant take on the soulmate trope too, heartwarming and tender. 

💜 Who Do You Burn For | @harryanthus | NR | 4k | Oct 2020 | strangers to lovers, implied/referenced drug use, references to addition | I am such a massive fan of this author and I will inhale anything they publish. More like poetry than prose. So evocative.

💜 Point. Drop, Call. | @evilovesyou / 4ureyesonly28 | G | 1.6k | Jan 2020 | summer, best friends, summer romance, first kiss, party games, mutual crushes, coming out | This was absolutely adorable and managed to provide a whole-ass story in 1,610 words. All the summer feels.

💜 Eat Your Vegetables | bananaheathen | M | 9k | Aug 2020 | soccer player Louis, nutritionist Harry, shopping, banter, sexual realisation, smut | This fic sucked me in from the very first page, so much so that when I went back to grab the link to add to this post I ended up re-reading the entire thing. So witty and sweet and all the goodness in the world.

💜 For Wanting | anonymous | E | 5k | Oct 2020 | post mpreg Louis, male lactation, body worship, lactation kink, strangers to lovers, neighbours, dirty talk | Really sweet and hot, beautifully written. 

💜 Pillow Talk | @fallinglikethis | E | 26k | Feb 2016 | friends to lovers, sexuality crisis, first time, mutual pining | I have no idea how I’ve never read this fic. Such a clever plot and perfectly delivered. Hot and funny and sweet and all the loveliness.

💜 The End | @harryanthus | T | 5k | Aug 2020 | post-war, selectively mute Louis, soldier Harry, psychological trauma, hopeful ending, non-specific time period | This is everything I usually avoid reading but this writer’s words just do something to my brain and I let down all of my protective barriers and dive in not caring about what I’m going to be faced with. I’m yet to be disappointed. When I read their fics I always feel like I’m floating or drowning or... I don’t even know how to describe it, but yeah. Wow.

💜 The Anticipation of Knowing You | @cocoalou / sweetrevenge | T | 13k | Sept 2020 | strangers to lovers, neighbours, pen pals, love letters, baked goods as a wooing technique | This was all kinds of lovely and funny and sweet. The premise is brilliant and I understand that we’re to be blessed with parts 2 and 3 in the near future, so yay!

💜 It’s Halftime. Are You Ready To Go? | @gaycousinlarry / momentofclarity | E | 12k | Oct 2017 | friends to lovers, awkward boners, pining, banter, flirting, dirty talk, body worship, smut, watching football as a seduction technique, Niall texts Harry terrible sporting innuendos to make him sweat, jockstraps | So fucking good. Sexy and cute and funny. Could read this one again and again.

💜 Salvation Let’s Their Wings Unfold | twoshipstiedup | M | 14k | May 2019 | angels and demons, heaven and hell, angel Louis, demon Harry, humour, fluff, romance | So much love for this fic. Way less heavy than the tags suggest. Niall is both supremely unhelpful and the captain of the ship as always. Fluffy and fun and romantic.

💜 Dom Louis (series) | @comebackassholes / dimpled_halo | E | 12k | Mar 2020 | dom Louis, sub Marcel, BDSM, kink negotiation | God. This series is amazing. Hot and sweet and nnnrrgggh. Really hope we get more in this universe.

💜 For You I’d Bleed Myself Dry | @daggerandrose / amomentoflove | E | 50k | May 2019 | vampire Louis, human Harry, soulmates, king Louis, angst, depression, blood drinking, past abuse, past kidnapping | I absolutely loved this fic. Beautifully written and so thick with emotion. Check tags, summary and author notes.

💜 Interview With The Vampire | @allwaswell16 | E | 4k | Louis / Robert Pattinson | Sept 2020 | ABO, omega Louis, alpha Rob, journalist Louis, actor, Rob, interviews, humour, bad cooking, bad flirting, scenting, knotting, smut | The rare pair I never knew I needed. Wow. Brilliantly told story. Cute and cheeky and fluffy and hot. Loved it.

💜 Fellowship of Eroda | @sadaveniren | E | 5k | Feb 2020 | dungeons and dragons, gaming, hate to love, BDSM, face slapping, facials, wrestling, choking, spanking, Louis is a brat, so is Harry a bit | Adored this. Such a clever plot and the writing is amazing as always.

💜 Brooklyn Saw Me | alreadyhome | E | 29k | Nov 2017 | homeless Louis, uni student Harry, no-graphic violence, homophobia, angst, slow burn, hurt/comfort, NYC | Painfully beautiful and so well written. Loved it from start to finish.

💜 It Feels Different When You’re With Me | @all-these-larrythings / rearviewdreamer | M | 45k | May 2020 | deaf Louis, sign language instructor Harry, slow burn, mentions of major character injury in the past | God. This fic is amazing. Gorgeous writing and so romantic and sweet.

💜 You’re Music To My Eyes | @fallinglikethis @wait4ever / recycledstardust | T | 6k | July 2020 | blind Louis, Be My Eyes app, volunteer Harry, TPWK | This fic is truly wonderful, romantic and so sweet. It even encouraged me to sign up for the app and I’ve taken two calls already!

💜 We’ll Be Alright | @jaerie | E | 20k | Feb 2020 | ABO, alpha Harry, omega Louis, major illness, sick Harry, sex therapist Louis, dubious ethics, sexual dysfunction, depression, recovery, mating, knotting, unplanned pregnancy | Gosh. So good. So hot. So lovely.

💜 Let Me Be Your Everlasting Light | @laynefaire | M | 12k | Aug 2020 | established relationship, northern lights, Norway, romance, proposal | Loved every beautiful word of this. So romantic and sweet. Can I go to Norway please?

Re-Reads

💜 Here In The Afterglow | @harrybridgers / fondleeds | E | 89k | Dec 2016 | 1970′s AU, small town America, gay rights movement, period-typical homophobia, strange to friends to lovers, angst, hurt/comfort, bullying, high school | Re-read of an old fave which hits differently each time I revisit it. Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking in some parts, but ultimately uplifting and hopeful.

💜 Led By Your Beating Heart | @missandrogyny | E | 30k | Oct 2015 | famous Harry, non-famous Louis, Call or Delete, Cute Lou from the Loo, coming out, smut, banter, romance | Still one of my all time faves. The plot is delicious and the flow of the whole story just makes me smile throughout. I find myself going back to this one every few months. Romantic and fluffy and sexy as all hell.

💜 Is This Seat Taken? | Lainy122 | E 35k | Dec 2015 | famous Harry, non-famous Louis, popstar Harry, seat-filler Louis (eventually), Louis and Zayn make bets, penis-shaped cashew nuts, miscommunication, shitty PR tactics | One of my all-time fave fics. I must’ve read this one more than ten times by now and it never disappoints. Funny and sweet and hot.

💜 When The Sun Won’t Let You Sleep | @allwaswell16 | E | 30k | July 2018 | enemies to lovers, scientist Louis, scientist Harry, Antarctica, sexual tension, smut, diet angst | Such an interesting plot that is handled so beautifully. I adore all of this authors work but this definitely up there with my faves.

[allwaswell16]

5 favorites of 2020

I was tagged by @kingsofeverything & @disgruntledkittenface Thanks Lauren and Maggie!!! 

RULES: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work.

1. Until (series) - Ohhh this fic. I feel like this fic came along and saved me this year. I actually intended to write the prompt this came from (well an irl situation that @jaerie got herself into actually lol) last year and it was going to be short. But when I went to write it, all these other ideas popped up, so I shelved it and decided to write it for Big Bang. I was concerned about getting 25k out of hahahahahahahaha This series clocks in at almost 62k. My main goal was just to get to write about cowboys lol, but then it turned into a fic about finding your place in the world and how the concept of home looks different for different people. I didn’t know where to set the fic, but then a friend @big-sue suggested this area of Colorado and it just really fell into place then. I could just see it all happening once I had the location. And I just grew to love these characters so much. The side pairing of Niall/Shawn Mendes felt like it’s own side story, which I then turned into the second part of the series. These characters comforted me when I needed comfort, and as you’ll see I’m a sucker for my friends, so I wrote a third part...a wedding time stamp for @nouies who mentioned she’d like to read it. This series was an escape for me this year, and I just hoped that it could bring a little bit of comfort or escape for anyone who read it.

2. When You Know - I do this thing where I feel a need to challenge myself to write things I’ve never written before, so at the beginning of the year when my friend Laura came to me with a prompt, I decided it was just what I needed. The prompt was simple: assassin Louis and cupcake Harry. So there was a lot of room to do what I wanted with it. I’m actually really proud of how it turned out. I set out to create a certain mood with the fic, which is something I’ve been trying to work on in my writing. And I really feel like I captured just what I wanted with it. 

3. Interview with the vampire - I am a huge fan of reading rare pairs, but the only rare pair I’d written before this one was Tomlinshaw. So I decided to sign up for the Louis and Men Fest and try out a different pairing. Well, I originally was going to write Louis+Cillian Murphy, but then my friend @outropeace asked for Louis+Rob Pattinson after Rob had that absurdly delightful interview with GQ. So I somehow ended up making it a/b/o and used the interview as part of it and included a plot twist. It feels like a fever dream tbh. lol. But I think I really captured Rob’s chaotic personality, so I’m pretty damn proud of it. Also, I was shocked that people actually read this, the rarest of rare pairs (it’s literally the only one in the pairing). a;lsdkfj I had low expectations for its reception, but surprisingly, some people actually read it! It has better stats than some of the other rare pair fics I wrote this year lol. 

4. Over - Are you sensing a theme wherein I am weak for my friends and I write their prompts? lol. This is another one that Laura prompted me to write. I wrote this for the 1d Breakup Fest and it’s based on a viral tweet, but I changed it from strangers to lovers into exes to lovers to fit the fest. I put all my favorite things to write in this fic...exes, pining, sexual tension. And the thing I discovered while writing this was that I don’t dread writing smut anymore. I have been forcing myself to practice writing it for years, and I finally reached the point where it’s no longer hard to write. I’ve gone back to reread that part of the fic because of a few comments people had made about that part, and I realized that I’d managed to do what I always wanted to do...write smut that felt emotional and relevant to the story. And I was like, hey I did it! lol (Only took me 83 fics to get there a;lsjdkfd)

5. Hesitate - So I had finished writing for the breakup fest, and as a mod, I realized there were no rare pairs in the fest. So I decided to write a second fic for the fest (and convince @taggiecb to write one too lol) but this time a Lilo one. So I let it simmer in my mind for about a week and then sat down and wrote this pretty much right from my head, which just never happens. The whole story just spilled out of me and I just knew exactly the dynamic I wanted between them, which later I realized was probably due to long talks with @magicalrocketships about Louis. LOL. But it’s fine because she was my target audience anyway. Writing this felt so joyful, so it’s one of my favs. 

I tag anyone I tagged above and also @brickredtoe @thepolourryexpress @cocoalou @mynameisrainbow @absoloutenonsense @reminiscingintherain @2tiedships2 @vintageumbroshirt @joliepetitelou 

[joealwyndaily]

Ever since Taylor told us about joe randomly play and singing in a room all the time kinda reminds me of rob pattinson's random song on twilight and when we all found out he actually can sing but doesn't choose to sing. Maybe thats kinda how joe sounds lol have you heard let me sign by rob pattinson from the twilight soundtrack? i imagine joe sounding like that

yeah i remember hearing that years ago! can’t remember what Robert sounded like but Taylor mentioned Joe has a very low voice, and also on his CV for drama school he was listed as a bass 😍

[parsnipt]

Me, wine drunk, singing to myself

[kellythepitiablefangirl]

Rob’s new interview with GQ is so crazy, I can barely breathe

https://www.gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-on-batman-tenet-isolation-june-cover

I wish I could tell you whether what I’m about to describe here is a bit, or a piece of performance art, or is in fact sincere—even now, I don’t totally know. I think parts of it are real and parts of it can’t be real. “He’s not mean,” Claire Denis says about Pattinson. “But he’s always trying to escape a little. He doesn’t want you to put your claws too deep in him. Sometimes I forget, and I’ll send him a text with something a little personal. And he will always answer: hahahaha. ‘This is the limit, Claire.’ You know?”

I know.

Anyway, the story Pattinson tells to preface what he is about to do is roughly this:

Last year, he says, he had a business idea. What if, he said to himself, “pasta really had the same kind of fast-food credentials as burgers and pizzas? I was trying to figure out how to capitalize in this area of the market, and I was trying to think: How do you make a pasta which you can hold in your hand?”

He says he went so far as to design a prototype that involved the use of a panini press, and then, he says, he went even further, setting up a meeting with Los Angeles restaurant royalty Lele Massimini, the cofounder of Sugarfish and proprietor of the Santa Monica pasta restaurant Uovo. “And I told him my business plan,” Pattinson recalls, “and his facial expression didn’t even change afterwards. Let alone acknowledge what my plan was. There was absolutely no sign of anything from him, literally. And so it kind of put me off a little bit.” (Massimini says: “It’s 100 percent true, everything he told you.”)

Nevertheless, Pattinson says, he conceived of a brand name for his product, a soft little moniker that kind of summed up what he thought his pasta creation looked like: Piccolini Cuscino. Little Pillow. He thought he’d give the product another go, with me now: “Maybe if I say it in GQ, maybe, like, a partner will just come along.”

So he now takes hold of the bag that he’s brought from the corner store, out of which he produces the following:

One (1) giant, filthy, dust-covered box of cornflakes. (“I went to the shop, and they didn’t sell breadcrumbs. I’m like, ‘Oh, fuck it! I’m just getting cornflakes. That’s basically the same shit.’ ”)

One (1) incredibly large novelty lighter. (“I always liked the idea of doing a little flambé, like the brand name, with kind of burnt ends at the top.”)

Nine (9) packs of presliced cheese. (“I got, like, nine packs of presliced cheese.”)

Sauce. (Like a tomato sauce? “Just any sauce.”)

He puts on latex gloves. He pulls out some sugar and some aluminum foil and makes a bed, a kind of hollowed-out sphere, with the foil. He holds up a box of penne pasta that he had in the house. “All right,” Pattinson says. “So obviously, first things first, you gotta microwave the pasta.”

I watch as he pours dry penne into a cereal bowl, covers it with water, and places it in the microwave for eight minutes. He says using penne is already new territory for him. Usually he uses…well… “Do you know the pasta that’s, like, a little, it’s like a blob, a sort of squiggly blob?”

“Gnocchi?”

“No, no, no, no, it looks like—what would you even call it? It looks like a sort of messy…like, the hair bun on a girl.”

“I have literally no idea what you’re talking about,” I say.

“There was one type of pasta that worked. It definitely wasn’t penne.”

Nevertheless, penne and water in the microwave for eight minutes. In the meantime, he takes the foil and he begins dumping sugar on top of it. “I found after a lot of experimentation that you really need to congeal everything in an enormous amount of sugar and cheese.” So after the sugar, he opens his first package of cheese and begins layering slice after slice onto the sugar-foil. Then more sugar: “It really needs a sugar crust.”

Then he realizes that he’s forgotten the outer layer, which is supposed to be breadcrumbs but today will be crushed-up cornflakes, and so he lifts the pile of cheese and sugar and crumbles some cornflakes onto the aluminum foil before placing the sugar-cheese back on top of it. Then he adds sauce, which is red. The microwave dings, and Pattinson promptly burns himself on the bowl of pasta. He sighs, heavily, looking at it. “No idea if it’s cooked or not.” He dumps the pasta in anyway. At this point, his spirits have visibly begun to flag. “I mean, there’s absolutely no chance this is gonna work. Absolutely none.”

The little pillow now mostly built, he pours more sugar on top of it and then produces the top half of a bun, which he hollows out, places it on top of the rest of whatever the hell this thing is, and…begins burning the top of the bun with the giant novelty lighter. “I’m just gonna do the initials.…”

“You look like you’re cooking meth,” I say, because he does.

“I’m really trying to sell this company. I’m doing this for my brand.”

At this point, he accidentally ignites one of his latex gloves, which promptly melts onto his palm. He yells in pain. Then he gingerly holds up the finished product: some approximation of a P, followed by a C, for Piccolini Cuscino, burned into the top of a hamburger bun.

He starts wrapping the whole thing up with more aluminum foil, and then compacts it, and then wraps it some more, and then squeezes it again. Suddenly he stops: “Can you actually put foil in an oven?”

I say yes, you can, but what you absolutely cannot do is put foil in a microwave. And he says cool, cool, and then he goes looking for his oven, which he’s never used before, and this is a nice house, so there are multiple options, and the one he settles on, well: It looks like another microwave to me. He assures me it is not.

“I reckon probably…10 minutes?”

He puts the aluminum sphere, the little pillow, into what he thinks is an oven and I think is a microwave. He attempts to turn it on. “I actually knew how to do this before,” he tells me. “I literally did this yesterday. And now it’s just impossible. It’s going to look like I can’t cook at all.”

He fumbles at some more buttons. “Oh, oh, oh,” he says, excitedly now. “A thousand watts, there you go.”

Proudly he is walking back toward the counter that his phone is on when, behind him, a lightning bolt erupts from the oven/microwave, and Pattinson ducks like someone outside has opened fire. He’s giggling and crouching as the oven throws off stray flickers of light and sound.

“The fucking electricity…oh, my God,” he says, still on the floor. And then, with a loud, final bang, the oven/microwave goes dark.

In the silence, Pattinson and I both stare at the mysterious piece of machinery built into the wall behind him.

“Yeah, I think I have to leave that alone,” he says, sighing again, picking himself off the floor. “But that is a Piccolini Cuscino.”

[leahlee-thebadwolves]

I’ve always said the best thing about this movie, was it’s soundtrack.

music in film » Twilight (2008), Dir. Catherine Hardwicke

Original Soundtrack by Various Artists