not to be that person, but that lighthouse was 100% the insp. for the inside of the lighthouse in the fic. like... i sent that exact photo to my bb artist 😂😂
here's a set of pictures i took in Scotland in 2019 to celebrate tts's release as a little throwback! (yes, i bought cupcakes to celebrate my own fic... i worked hard, okay?)
you guys 😭😭😭 its like 2am and i dont even know what to say, but tts hit 400k hits on ao3 which is absolutely bonkers!!! if you’re one of the people who connected with or related to that story, please know i’m sending so much love and gratitude your way x
tts got to 300k hits while i wasn’t looking which is absolutely fucking insane for a baby fic that’s only turning 2 yo this month and i don’t quite have the words to say thank you for reading it/sharing it/connecting with it but please know it means the world to me 💕
i gotta get ready for work but i want to take 2 sec to thank everyone who has read, recced, loved, engaged with tts in the past 2y. the fact that what is essentially a part of my soul, a story so deeply personal was received with such warmth will always be amazing to me. thanks❤️
can y’all believe my bb tts is THREE WHOLE YEARS OLD today??? an actual toddler ❤️ big thanks to all of you who read it/shared it/commented/drew fanart/made edits/made fanvids/wrote songs/got tattoos/engaged with its themes. you have all made me feel so loved and lucky.
it always makes me laugh when people try to give deep meanings to the dates in tts because half the time it’s like ... my friends’ bdays or other personal easter eggs 😅😂
'fighting for your kind of quiet' really is the most romantic thing i'll ever write uh. like... as an introvert with anxiety, people i can be quiet with/people who make my brain quiet are IT.
just got sent a french translation of tts, which ??? they’re ALL disrespectful because i said i didn’t want translations soooo many times, but as a native french speaker, that’s personal. if i wanted to write it in french, i would have done that myself.
didn't have time to write or prepare anything for y'all for tts' bday but here are some convos b/w my beta and i re: h&l's separation... for those of you interested in harry's pov & authorial intent !
I really doubt that I would ever. I’m really proud of what I accomplished with the fic and I don’t really want to touch that. But hey never say never lol.
louis at the beginning of tts: okay this is the first hot guy we've seen in a million years cos we live on an island with only 60 people. stay cool. stay calm. stay collected. we can do this.
louis five seconds later: IM SO GAY 🗣️🗣️🌈🌈
you know you're a writer when you're googling a very specific brand of fridges at 11 pm to find if it's realistically in your character's price range 👀👀
trying to work on a list of books i imagine are on the b&b's shelves and honestly, it's harder than i thought.... why did i go the super vague route ?? @ past me didn't you think it'd be fun to know ?? anyways, what do y'all think tts!louis has on his shelf??
okay here's a hl fic rec thread. there's quite a few of these i haven't read in a while so don't come @ me if they don't hold up 😂 in no particular order...
sometimes i see people confused/complaining about louis putting a book in the back pocket of his jeans in tts and it's like ??? they ?? don't ??? even?? know ?? about?? jess mariano??????
i’m OBSESSED with the ‘part time fanboy’ bit because while i dont know that he’d be THIS public with their relationship (tts louis is v private), if he WAS he’d 100% take the piss like this 😂
every time someone says i managed to make them love rain/winter/the cold/storms because of tts while they normally hate that ten years are added to my life 😌🌊☂️✨
ao3 comments aren't like... a forum, yk? they're addressed to me. i get email alerts and stuff. i mean i love you all, but comments that go 'x other fic is the best one in the fandom though' can be put somewhere else ❤️
(tts is getting closer and closer to 500k hits which is fucking insaaaaane. have i told you guys thank you for reading my story with that much enthusiasm lately? because damn y'all are 🥰🥰🥰🥰)
So I've decided to put it out there in the world today. I'm going to start my own music management company to help develop new artists. Watch this space
this might be the equivalent of kicking a hornet's nest considering i might never ever do it again but: top tts scene you'd kill to get a h pov coda?
i'm genuinely curious, esp. since i'm thinking about him a lot rn.
l made them pasta and he gave h a 2nd copy of the cheesiest romance novel he could find with a really long romantic note written in it. it made h cry. h prob. gave l a really cosy jumper. and he bought a new toy for cliff. they def. bundled up and watched the stars for a bit.
saw these sea glass pendants on pinterest and it made me think maybe that is what ends up happening with THE sea glass in tts 👀👀👀👀
question is which one of them makes it into a necklace 🤔
so tts just got 500k hits on ao3 (which is WILD thank u guys) which i didn't notice until tonight. then i got possessed by tts harry i guess. anyways this was more emotional to write than i thought it would be ?? but happy belated h bday i guess ?? idk ?? nobody looks at me🤦♀️🙈🫣
i don’t know how to say this in a way that won’t incite drama 🤦🏻♀️ but i meant it yesterday when i said i was a HUGE FAN of the 4th wall. don’t reach out to people outside of our fandom bubble about my fics. if my writing has ever meant anything to you, please don’t dont that.
y'all, i wrote today. something i'm never gonna finish or publish, but i wrote 3k. for the first time in weeks. and i'm gonna celebrate for a min before going back to thinking i'm an unproductive creative piece of trash!
now everyone is sending those 'tts louis' results. do y'all think i'm a JOKE! i exposed my inability to peel potatoes? i was so vulnerable? and for what ?????? 😂😂😂😂😂
is it just me or my writing seems better when quoted by the bot?
me: everything i write is garbage. i hate writing. i hate the words. *insert other insecurities*
tts quote bot: no ❤️
and suddenly, Louis is alone with that quiet, that silence. That silence that Harry clearly treasures, still, but that Louis is finding a little difficult to face alone now that he knows what it’s like to share it with someone that he loves.
He’s fine though. He’ll be fine.
Pls don’t read my stories on wattpad. Pls. You guys, its so fucking disheartening and heartbreaking to have your hard work STOLEN like this. Every time one of my stories is posted there it’s like a slap in the face. The fucking disrespect...
today is the anniversary of vincent van gogh's death so here's a little reminder that suffering is not inherent to the creative process, that you can make good art out of happiness, and that it's never shameful to reach out for help when you need it ❤︎
hey guys, real talk, no matter how heated these fic debates are, and no matter how hurt fic writers can get, sending people threats (death or otherwise) is unacceptable.
ofc the pandemic ruined my mental health and my general self-esteem/body image but it also taught me to run errands in sweatpants and not give a fuck. is it a fair trade-off ? no. but at this point, i'll take it.
oh everybody send me good vibes because i just saw a job offer that would be so perfect for me !! even more perfect than the one i applied for a while back...