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  • wildestdreams

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    comment for epilogue: WOW! i finished and i'm soo so so happy with the way things tied up. i'm glad that louise was able to find a happy ending back home. she was heartbroken that nashville didn't work out and her plan got botched. but she found herself again and she found love, her family, and music. it was so sweet and lovely. really enjoyed this :)
    May 7th, 2018 at 01:13am
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    comment for ch 3: hiii again. after like a year. i was starting to read one of ur one-shots but then i remembered i started this and never finished. i'm here to finish it and just completed chapter 3. the growth that we see in louise as she embraces being back home and apologizing and making up with her loved ones was so wonderful and heart-warming. i loved the scene with her sister, how she and harry reacquainted in his home whilst missing his parents, and the welcoming of liam and sophia's baby. the last bit definitely brought some vulnerability to the story, esp for louise who realized how much her parents must have hurt when she hurt. and the way you ended the chapter. wow! it was really powerful. i can't wait to get into the epilogue, hopefully tomorrow or later this week when i have a bit of time! :)
    May 6th, 2018 at 05:07am
  • sicknostalgia

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    @ exploding boy.
    wow, thank you so much for this. it means a lot to me that you had no idea it was fic until harry's name because i've been trying to dip my toes back into the world of original fiction again. i'm so glad you liked the concept behind it, i also have read so many stories where the person who leaves to 'make it' achieves everything they ever wanted and it works out perfectly. i wanted to write something more raw and realistic. ahhh, emmy and harry are two of my fave characters!! they both love louise so much and so fiercely but both of them are so scorned and aren't going to let her creep back into their hearts so easily. thank you so much for this again, it made my week. xxxx
    April 17th, 2017 at 06:48am
  • nearly witches.

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    The layout for this is gorgeous. I love how simple it is. The summary has me immediately intrigued -- it instantly tells me this is going to be a story different to any I've read before. I also had no idea this was fanfiction until I got to the mention of Harry Styles -- you do a very good job in this of writing it almost like a piece of original fiction! I know nothing about One Direction and I was still able to read this just as if it were an original character you were using. Major props to you for that.

    I love this idea of having to come back disgraced because stardom didn't make it for her. It's almost like the reverse of every single story I've read where the girl leaves to become a star and makes it. It's more realistic, too. People think the entertainment industry is easy enough to break into, but just like Louise discovers here, it's nothing like that. I love that her parents almost don't bat an eyelid, either. I feel like no matter how far from home a person goes, their parents will always welcome them back with open arms, so it was really lovely to see Louise's parents do that.

    I feel like the stark difference in the younger characters, though. Emmy and Harry have the reaction that I guess is much more human to somebody trying to sneak back into their lives, and it's interesting to contrast that with the reaction of Louise's parents. Especially when we see Harry slowly start to soften to Louise as the chapters go on. You can tell he has feelings for her, and the fact that he softens to her gradually shows how much she hurt him by leaving. It's definitely really interesting to see that materialise throughout.

    This is such a lovely fic. It's got the perfect amount of regret, sweetness and realism to really read well. Your characters are three-dimensional and well-developed, and although short, the entire thing works very well together. Nice job!
    April 9th, 2017 at 09:45pm
  • Ne0nAbyss

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    Oh you did the character wonderfully! That version just isn't my cup of tea, but you did do the character wonderfully Mr. Green
    April 6th, 2017 at 05:51am
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    @ TheGoodMadame
    thank you!! i'm really attached to southern!harry but i'm glad you liked it anyway
    April 6th, 2017 at 04:19am
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    I just finished reading it and I gotta say that I love it. It's short and sweet but packed full of emotions that swim through you while you read it. I wasnt incredibly fond of Southern Harry, mostly because I am used to reading bad boy Harry, but the story was really good and he was such a sweet character.
    April 2nd, 2017 at 11:35pm
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    @ wildestdreams
    IM REPLYING TO THIS ALL IN ONE BC IM LAZY BUT THANK U SO MUCH IM SO GLAD U LIKE IT SO FAR i love the subtle drama tho it's my fave!! BUT YES i love when harry isn't 'The Bad Guy' and YES THE ANGST i can't believe i started writing this when sophiam were still together TBT! YES harry does sell the berries he basically took over his dad's farm/small business and was left everything, so yes louise is getting paid! I LOVE EMILIA AND HER ATTITUDE ALSO THAT CLIFFHANGER WAS SO FUN TO WRITE!! I CANT WAIT TO SHARE MORE THANK U FOR THIS SRY IF THIS REPLY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE IM EXHAUSTED I LOVE U
    March 21st, 2017 at 03:19am
  • wildestdreams

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    CHAPTER 2:

    im caught up and im fucked up. harry's story (about his parents) is so sad and throw in a gf who just UP AND LEFT HIM is...even more sad. no wonder he's all sad and alone. and it was so cute when he like helped louise when she got sick during work. is he paying her btw? i kept thinking about this while reading. where does he get his money? does he sell his strawberries? i need to make sure for some reason

    and YIKES about emilia. homegirl's been pissed with louise and then she slapped her and told her FUCK YOU. that is just..........

    v good chapter. i hope we get to read more about harry and louise and i hope we also get to see more sophiam and niall :))
    March 19th, 2017 at 05:44am
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    comment for CHAPTER 1: okay so im P messed up!!! this is so much more angstier than i thought it would be. harry was so....mean to her but like i wasnt mad cause u could tell she hurt him. HECK SHE KNEW SHE HURT HIM. she made him cold and cruel and he was spitting stuff at her like "WHAT MORE COULD U WANT FROM ME" yikes!!!!! also tho THIS LINE: He feels as cold as the moon when she swore she used to revolve around him like he was the sun.

    WOW....JUST WOW and now theyre gonna work together so im just like hmmmmmmm. this is gonna be interesting *think emoji*

    the bar scene was hella angsty too but i was living. sophiam and niall so perfect wow and then harry comes out of nowhere and hes drunk and theyre dancing and i am sad........... Sad
    March 19th, 2017 at 02:05am
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    i hope this goes to the right chapter!!!!! but just in case it does not THIS IS FOR THE PROLOGUE. anywho!!!!! very interesting intro. i loved the whole anticipation of her making it home, but loving that it wasn't like OVER THE TOP DRAMATIC. she just strolled back in after 3 years and her parents and sis were like.....um can we help u? clearly she was a dickhead before she left. loving the "fuck this small town IM GONNA BE A STAR" vibe to her bc every small town has one of them and we needed a fic where it was the girl and not HARRY. but speaking of harry, they were high school sweethearts RIP ME and she goes to him for a job and he calls her LITTLE LOUISE ABEL BYE!!!! i was picturing like him on top of a horse with his flannel on and like some bIG HAT god im living. V GOOD START IM HYPED TO READ WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Mr. Green
    March 18th, 2017 at 07:42am