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A lot of times, I qualify statements with ‘this is so embarrassing, but…’ or ‘I’m kinda ashamed to say this’.But really? I don’t have to do that! I don’t need to justify my tastes, no matter how much I feel like I do. I’m sure most of you guys don’t judge me incessantly, or if you do side-eye me on something, well, it’s not the end of the world. We
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I am... *checks* at chapter 13. I got up to the part where she says she loves him and they make out and then I crack up laughing at the part where he works out they could've been kissing months ago and she's mentally kicking herself for not asking whether it was safe, lolol.
I just...I had such a huge groundswell of emotion, I didn't realize how invested I was in their relationship til I squeed and heart!sploded over this and now...now I'm kind of scared to keep reading because IDK if they'll end up together in the end or not! *quivers* WHY DO I CARE SO MUCH, OH, MY HEART.
I looooooove Bella as a proactive protagonist who takes an active interest in the direction of her life!
THIS. COMPLETELY. None of this sitting by a window for months on end to Lykke Li's heartbroken wailing for Bella from Luminosity, I'm sure. I cannot get over how much I adore the fact that she has a backbone and she's not a weak-willed little pushover.
I have to say, I kind of adore the shift in dynamics- in the book, Bella's so devoted to Edward and pathetically grateful to be in his presence and so scared of doing anything that might make him send her away. In the fic, it's the opposite (not to the same nauseating degree, but still similar, only it's understandable what with the vampire mating bond thingy)- but when Bella realizes that's how he feels, she's appalled that he would feel like he has to 'deserve' her or 'earn' time with her. *snuggles her*
it doesn't matter that she doesn't have vampire super strength because her agency matters to the world that she is living in!
How frakking AWESOME was she when she got kidnapped? I loved how that turned out! I mean, I thought her decisions meant that she wouldn't get kidnapped at all, but I loved how it happened here SO MUCH as I kept reading. There's a difference between 'I'm so stupid I'll walk into a trap because that makes sense'*and 'I'm going to do everything in my power to stay safe, but oh, the bad guy outsmarted our plans'. It's how she behaved when whatshisface got to her that really impressed me, SHE'S SO CLEVER, I LOVE HER.
*(also, there was a part where she mocked what happened in the book and it was hilarious)
She is both in a position of power and also in a very vulnerable place with regards to her relationship, and I love how this is faced head on by Bella, both in her own mind and in her interactions with other characters!
THIS FOR SURE. I mean. I feel ridic for saying how fascinating I find her relationship with Edward BUT IT IS SO WELL-PORTRAYED IN ALL ITS MESSED-UP-NESS WITH ALL THE ISSUES INHERENT TO THAT DYNAMIC ACTUALLY BEING EXPLORED, OMG.
Thing is, with canon!Bella, I was constantly eyerolling at her wimpishness and just disgusted at how being a doormat was apparently a virtue, blah blah blah. This Bella? Is someone I admire and actually would like to emulate with her maturity and the way she faces up to tough situations. ♥
I cannot get over how in love I am with this fic. Please tell me it has a happy ending?
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Oh goodness, I was ridiculously invested in them from day one as well! I went into the fic like, "oh I wonder if she would end up with someone else that would be interesting!", but the way that Bella and Edward are written in this context-- with her actively imposing her own values on his behavior and enforcing her boundaries, with Edward needing her as much as he does, I was totally sold.
And don't worry, Bella/Edward is Luminosity/Radiance endgame otp.
How frakking AWESOME was she when she got kidnapped? I loved how that turned out! I mean, I thought her decisions meant that she wouldn't get kidnapped at all, but I loved how it happened here SO MUCH as I kept reading.
UGH UGH UGH YES. That was pretty much what I was thinking about when I said that-- she's still human, still vulnerable, but she's so smart and rational minded that she's able to work her way out of the tricky situation with the resources that she does have! IT IS. PRETTY GREAT. Like, that is the mark of a strong protagonist to me-- the ability to use their personal resources to change their situation to the better!
*(also, there was a part where she mocked what happened in the book and it was hilarious)
These are always the best. Pffthahah you need to get to the little snide remark about the name "Renesmee", it is pretty great.
Please tell me it has a happy ending?
Uhh. You're probably gonna want to read Radiance right after you finish Luminosity.
That one's got the happy ending. Luminosity is just the first part in a two-part series. (It is totally worth it though, like, COMPLETELY. You will be left wanting more, I promise you.)
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