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do you have any twilight blog recommendations? i would love to participate in the fandom and engage with others about this series, but it's like everywhere I go, especially on tiktok now, it's just endless negativity from people who supposedly love this series too. it feels like it went from good natured ribbing and valid criticism to just nonstop negativity and mocking and bad faith interpretations and criticism of the books and it's exhausting.

i feel you on this anon! i honestly don't know if some people on the fandom even like twilight lol

not all of these blogs post exclusively twilight, but i really enjoy their content and their stance on the franchise and fandom:

@exceptionally-unobservant @vampiresinforks @edwardskhakipants @twilight-good-yall-dumb @kellythepitiablefangirl @brontes @ginwhitlock @esmeisamilf

also @panlight and their @keepingupwiththecullens sideblog are a staple for criticism and fun commentary posts in general

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Title: Paint Me in A Million Dreams // Author: Green_feelings @greenfeelings // Rating: Mature // Word Count: 110024 // Chapter AU - Enemies to Lovers // Completed: 07/03/2017 

Actual Summary: Harry's one of Hollywood's biggest actors, has made a name for himself in prestigious films and lives the life of a superstar. There's just one thing missing to make it picture-perfect, but the one Harry's in love with is completely out of reach for him. Enter Louis, one of Hollywood's biggest actors himself, who just came out of the closet and taps new genres in the industry. When Louis sacks the role Harry auditioned for in Scorsese's next big film, their irrational feud starts. Who could have guessed it would get even worse when for promo season, their teams decide to present them as a couple for publicity?

In short, Harry's in love with someone and doesn't care about dating anyone else, Louis never felt home in L.A., Liam writes love songs for someone he shouldn't write love songs to, and Niall makes everything better with good food.

Green’s Summary: Louis and Harry are both actors. They’re both really good actors. Except that Louis has starred in more comedic roles while Harry has done more serious roles. So enter Louis with something to prove and a little bit of a chip on his shoulder and Harry an actor that’s been on the scene a little longer and is kind of bitter about not landing the lead role against Louis. So they hate each other until they don’t.

Review Under The Cut <3

Green’s Review: This is me, Green doing a review over a fic by green_feelings, and let me tell you I had a lot of feelings. Green ones. That is terribly cheesy. Ignore it. Anyways, if you have been in the Larry fandom for a couple years then you’ll definitely know green_feelings. She’s the author of great Larry fic classics like Empty Skies, Jump Before We Fall, and Nameless Night (which I hear might be getting a sequel and I’m super pumped for that). I have read everything that this author has put out and I have to agree that she is one of the most talented writers within our fandom. She is also incredibly sweet and patient with her fans - you should visit her on her blog because she is really sweet. She even helped us get our blog out there. Basically Bee Buddy Reviews is a major stan of Shai/green_feelings.

The first fic I read by green_feelings was Nameless Night and that fic chewed me up and spit me out. Honestly, I read it when it was still being updated and every time I got an alert I was like damn I wonder how messed up I’ll be after this chapter? Green_feelings is just really good at conveying emotion and angst in a believable way. And she continues this talent in Paint Me in a Million Dreams. Paint Me in A Million Dreams is a fresh new way to deliver the “enemies to lovers” trope. Which also happens to me one of my favorite tropes, so I was always a big fan of this fic. The thing I loved about this fic is that the reader gets to understand that both Louis and Harry are really great people so anytime one of them is talking bad about the other you’re like “no listen he’s really great.” I loved Harry and Louis pretty equally and was constantly wanting the best for both of them. That never really happens for me in fic because I am a huge harrie so I am usually biased in fics, but not this one.

I loved the interactions between Harry and Louis even when they’re fighting. Hate is just as passionate a feeling as love so, it made sense that they would feel so strongly about each other from the very beginning even if they were confusing those feelings for negative ones. One of my favorite scenes is when Louis shows up unexpectedly at Harry’s house where Harry is entertaining Luke and eventually Louis and Harry just get left alone - of course. And even that early into the story you know they’re falling for each other but green_feelings just makes it so subtle. Like Harry being kind of taken aback about having Louis snuggled up to him but he doesn’t realize why.

Another big part of this fic is miscommunication. Which I normally cannot do. Because it’s so easy to solve if you just sit down and have a five minute conversation. Fortunately, this offered enough communication to balance out what wasn’t being talked about. Harry and Louis were constantly making strides in the right direction for their relationship so even though their miscommunication was frustrating it made sense with the story and I really enjoyed watching them slowly open up to one another. I squealed out loud when Louis realized Harry had every single one of his movies. I loved that green_feelings included that part.

This fic was just brilliantly written and so fun even with all of the angst. I really enjoyed it and I cannot wait for the next fic that green_feelings begins working on.

Before I go I wanted to address something that really bothers me about this fandom and fic in general. The day the final chapter came out green_feelings received a lot of flak because Harry and Louis didn’t have penetrative sex. This reaction is common in this fandom. I know Blue and I have both been wary about releasing fic because neither of us write smut. Now I am not saying that a fic shouldn’t have smut, but I am saying there is no fanfiction out there that needs it. Writing smut is purely up to the author and their comfort level and the direction in which they want to take their story. The fact that people feel entitled to a sex scene is just kind of gross and uncalled for. I remember this same discourse happening with Young & Beautiful and just feeling completely shocked at the comments people would make because the fic didn’t have a sex scene. It is truly unbelievable to me. Paint Me in a Million Dreams was 110,000 words of amazing and talented work. And it should not be reduced to “oh well they didn’t have sex.”

Would You Recommend it to Blue?: Yes. I would. I think it’s really well written and very cute and I think Blue would enjoy it.

Speaking of Blue - my beautiful precious woodland elf - will be a little behind on her reviews.. Blue is a professor, a really good one, and she is currently teaching summer courses and preparing for next semester, so her schedule is going to be a little tight for awhile. If you are interested in what she is reading you can shoot her a message in our inbox. I’ll be posting as usual.

Thank you guys again for reading this review. As always please go leave green_feelings comments and kudos because feedback is important!

Until next Sunday,

Green.<3