call your girlfriend, it’s time you had the talk / give your reasons, say it’s not her fault / but you just met somebody new / and you tell her that the only way her heart will mend / is when she learns to love again / and it won’t make sense right now but you’re still her friend / and then you let her down easy

day 19 - best breakup: tallie grey/wes chandar (wellies)

this choice was obvious for me. i can’t even begin to explain what the breakup of these two characters is like for me emotionally. i’ve been a diehard wellies fan for the longest time and it was so painful to see them break up, and i felt especially guilty because of it since my character was part of the plot that caused it to happen. the entire scene was one of the most emotional ones i’ve read in hf so far and i honestly teared up at it. there’s no way not to. i think the betrayal and cheating aspect was such an original idea and it only made this breakup that much harder to go through. i just want to applaud jenny and shar for the beautiful writing they did during this scene, which i’m sure was one of the toughest moments to scene, because the way they brought their characters and those emotions to life is honestly what makes this breakup so tragic. the connection to the characters and how much you know wes and tallie care about each other is just so plain to see in the scene and i still have trouble when bringing myself to re-read it. i just… i need to stop, because i know i could go on forever.

- vicki

day 13 - best omg wtf? moment: riley blaming tallie for her kidnapping

this was a tough choice because i was veeeeery tempted to choose tallie finding out her parents were behind all the experiments and kidnappings. that came as such a HUGE surprise to me but i think this was even bigger. i really loved riley and tallie’s growing friendship over the year and i was in shock when their argument in the library happened. when riley is usually so reserved, she was suddenly very fierce and angry and i was really not expecting it. and tallie didn’t simply let her get away with it but fought back and the way their friendship suddenly turned into this heated argument was huuuuge for me. i remember being hooked reading this scene the first time especially since i adore arguments in scenes. though tallie’s parents being the bad guys was surprising, i think getting to see the reactions like riley’s was even better so this easily took the top spot for me on omg moments.

- vicki

day 11 - a ship you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving: tallie grey/wes chandar (wellies)

okay this is weird considering they’re one of my favorite couples now, LOL but i really didn’t see anything attractive in wellies at first. like, when they first started scening i barely skimmed it and was like “yeah, whatever, like THAT’LL ever happen” because they were in different years and houses and it seemed so unlikely. then i literally ate my words at the masquerade ball when i was addicted to reading them. i loved their witty verbal exchanges and how flirty they could be with each other and how that really added to the ~*build up*~ of when they finally kissed :’) so right afterwards i ran out and re-read every scene they’d done before that and i’ve basically been in love with them ever since. i can’t imagine NOT liking wellies now, they’re just wonderful <3

- vicki

Helix Felicis Love Triangles

Riley Tuft/Louis Weasley/Natalie Grey

Helix Felicis Love Triangles

Natalie Grey/Wesley Chandar/Abbey Diaz

and i’m haunted
by the lives that i have loved
and actions i have hated
i’m haunted
by the promises i’ve made
and others i have broken
i’m haunted
by the lives that wove the web
inside my haunted head

she said, there just must be more to life than this
he said, careful, ‘cause you might just get your wish

albus potter/tallie grey