One Direction fic | Soft Like Circles Strong Like Squares | Harry/Lous | ~ 4,750 words | NC-17

[disarm_d]

Soft Like Circles Strong Like Squares
Harry/Louis | NC-17 | ~4,750 words | A/B/O AU
The producers took a risk putting an alpha in the group, but alpha exposure in the media had been increasingly trendy and Harry was sweet for an alpha. They always said it like that -- sweet for an alpha. Polite for an alpha. Smart for an alpha.Epic gratitude and

Comments

[inure]

THIS IS SO AMAZING. I AM SPEECHLESS RIGHT NOW. AJDFJG.

I absolutely loved this 'verse and how this society painted alphas as the degenerates with no self control instead of omegas, as per usual in typical a/b/o fics. I love, love, love how you went and did your own 180 flip of how the trope is usually carried out (!!!!!)

Also, a lot of the times in a/b/o you lose the characters in their roles/set-out dynamics like if you swapped names with completely different characters in a completely different fandom the fic characterization would be exactly the same so long as you keep the alpha/or the omega the same. But that wasn't the case here, you kept in tact their personalities so well I almost thought this was canon for a sec lol \o/ Like, how Harry was still so tactile and how much he needed to be loved and included and how caught up in Louis because how affectionate he was with him even though he was an alpha. And your Louis was glorious. He was bossy, so affectionate, and totally in control of him and Harry's whole dynamic even

[threeturn]

YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS AND YOU BUT I JUST FELT LIKE SCREAMING SOME MORE AND ALSO INURE'S PERFECT COMMENT! WHAT SHE SAID!!!!! ESPECIALLY ABOUT CHARACTERIZATION! bc she's so right, the characters have absolute integrity as themselves but you are uncannily sharp about also thinking through how their particular selves would fare in this particular world. Which is theoretically what all AUs should do but don't. And I DON'T UNDERSTAND how it was possible for you to be that incredibly perfect with your characterization and also deploy that characterization in service of this brilliant commentary about a/b/o tropes and sexuality in general in a way that is so seamless and unpretentious and wrenching. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY. (and also, re your author's note, NO YOU)

[anonymous]

I've read quite a few a/b/o fics & this is the first one I've seen where it was the alphas being discriminated against, I love that you flipped that.

It was really well written too (tho that didn't surprise me, I remember enjoying your stories back in bandom days), a lot of world building & details set up throughout with just a few words (you're really good at that, some ppl need paragraphs of long explanations whereas you're all about 'show, don't tell').

I also really appreciated the microaggressions from ppl who mean well but still fall short, especially that scene with liam, too many ppl wouldn't think to do that, thinking you have to be blatantly hateful to hurt.

Basically, this story was hard reading but in the best way possible. I'm still gonna go hug something tho bcs ouch.

[disarm_d]

Thanks a lot, anon! This was seriously the kindest comment. I'm so pleased that you thought the story worked - with the microagressions and the world building, etc. All the stuff you've said about the writing is exactly what I was hoping to do, so I'm super pleased if you actually thought it worked and super super super grateful that you would take the time to leave such a lovely comment!!!!

Thank you!!!