#2021 Larry moments

[twopoppies]

😍

https://x.com/vadastylinson/status/1851543964945379833?s=46&t=HJNgJeyaKbaPu8DTunwOUA

Oh my god he’s too much. 🤣

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[shitapril]

very often see posts about how the one direction fans grew up to be formula one fans, and the more I think of it, the more it makes sense. putting aside the fact that almost all my f1 friends were 1d fans (were ? are lol), it makes sense that a fandom who's fuel was hyperfixating on boys living out their dreams shifted from one form of it to another.

tha being said, it got me thinking - how do the girlies translate to f1 ? and by girlies i mean what your kpop fan would call a "bias". for example, if i was a niall girl - who's my favourite now ?

so here's a silly little non-sensical analysis and comparison that should not be taken seriously at all :

firstly, the zayn malik girlies are definitely lewis hamilton girlies. both zayn and lewis come from humble backgrounds, were subject to vile, inhumane racial discrimination and hate - all while being arguably the most talented in their respective fields (I mean, you've heard zayn's high note in you & I, and seen lewis' 7 world championships). they're hardworking, pet-loving, very fashionable men who stay out of unnecessary spotlight for the most part, and step out once in a while to remind the world they're drop-dead gorgeous. the zayn girls are safe with lewis.

next comes liam payne - and here on you'll have to hear me out with my comparison of every racer and bandmate. liam and george russell are both aggressively british, unapologetically goofy and true to themselves (and i'm talking about liam in 1d not the one on logan paul's podcast). they're both very talented, highly regarded in their boss' eyes (toto wolff and simon cowell - this post is going to be interesting wow) and still somehow not an immediate fan favourite. this comparison also goes wonderfully well with the whole ziam and britcedes parallels.

thirdly, louis tomlinson. easy peasy. max verstappen. both incredibly blunt, dry humour, pr nightmares, do not give two single hecks. people either love them, or hate them - no in between. both incredibly talented individuals (louis wrote majority of 1d's discography, max has 3 world championships under his belt) and yet are discredited ("louis is only famous cuz of his bandmates and the band itself" and "max just had a good car"). the zayn and louis fued also parallels abu dhabi 2021 quite well aye ? (i'm going insane)

harry styles, no debate. charles leclerc - regarded as the pretty boys (the prettiest, their fans would insist i'm sure) and the most popular, the well-liked. both extremely talented without a doubt, but a little bit overrated, and victimised to glorify and support fan narratives. i know i sound like a hater - forgive me, not my intention. i like them both as individuals - their fans on the other hand (and no, not all, i know) are so blind-sided, so insane and cause so much unpleasantness on the internet. almost ironic, how the most amicable ones have the least liked fans lol. that aside though, if you were a harry girl, chances are you went from one fan-favourite to the other. i also just realised - this supports the larry and lestappen narratives - am i genuinely, honestly onto something here ? (i absolutely am not)

lastly, niall horan. now this one i'm sure will divide you all, but here you go anyway. lando norris. both babied immensely by their fans and bandmates/teammates alike - churchboy persona. the moment they shed the insecurity, suddenly bam everyone hates them (niall's mofo t-shirts, lando's frat boy tendencies, and saying things that the internet will not find funny), promising at a young age, yet somehow grew up to be called overrated. their fans are stubbornly loyal to them, defending them through all their rights, and wrongs. it makes sense to me. one smiley boy to another.

this probably makes no sense - but feel free to add your own comparisons, theories, and notes ! there's 5 of them and 20 on the grid, obviosuly disparity for me to go on and on and on about (for example, I see a little zayn girls to carlos girls pipeline, louis to fernando - oldest boy syndrome and all that) so let me know ! let's yap :)

[cooloddball]

I have been in a sour mood since I saw a post alleging that Lestappen is the new “Larry” and that’s why Max deleted his “you are looking sexy out there” tweet to Charles and Esteban.

Not that you asked but I could use some cutesy Lestappen moments 🥹

the monaco gp hug (like hello they were so soft there and the way charles’ head laid on max’s shoulder. the way max was grinning after and how Charles couldn’t stop smiling after too 🥺)

the whole las vegas gp 2023; the joint interview, the car ride, the podium

them riding in the same car during the miami gp this year and they both had their own cars assigned like ???

charles narrating inchident saying ‘this i will never forget’

max apologising to charles last year for turn 1 when everyone on earth and the outer cosmos knows max emilian does not in fact apologise to anyone. the max literally almost pushed icon for messing up his race. in 2021 he said ‘that’s what you get…’ about his and lewis ’ incident in monza . calling George a d*ckhead 😬 he truly does treat charles differently

max choosing to film charles when his sole job was to film for mclaren

the paddle date

the 2022 f1 secret santa; charles’ reaction when he got max’s name, charles picking a kazoo for max, max’s reaction to the gift charles got him

charles saying that the biggest prize (can’t recall the exact wording) was max being okay after silverstone 2021

the way the look at each other

i could go on forever but these are just off the top of my head

[fookinhellcurlyy]

LARRY RESOURCES: A beginner's guide

Important Note: There’s a lot of debunked information that might not have reached other Larries yet (for example, the “rejected on Christmas return call” twitcam situation). Always double-check what you share on social media and try to add context whenever possible to avoid confusing baby Larries.

Most importantly, remember: H, L, their families, their friends, and all of us fans—including your fellow Larrie friends/moots—are real people. This is real life. TPWK. 💙

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I. BEGINNER RESEARCH

For easy digestion, I’ve included direct links and added credits wherever possible. There are other important discussions about the topics included here, but I only selected some 'quick read' ones where you can have the whole overview without scrolling through tons of posts. Other advanced deep dive resources will be added to the next section.

1. ANNUAL TIMELINES

Source: Cosmic Leeds Format: Video  Links: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023  Note: Road to Larrying starter pack. Great summary of the years’ highlights, but there are TONS of highly significant details (that were either not discussed or adds more contexts) that weren’t included, obviously for the sake of making a compact and coherent timeline. Source: BostonKatie617 (X/Twitter) Format: Excel Link: Larry’s Great Big Doc of Everything Note: Highlight - Collection of day-to-day evidence from 2022 to 2024 (as of writing) + promos from FITF and HH, etc.  Extra Source: Unknown (I’ll try to find the original source on Tumblr - I only got to save this link) Format: Excel Link: Solo OT4 Shows Note: Shows HL’s tour schedules and how they wrap around each other (newsflash, they fly together and support each other’s tours)

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2. IMPORTANT LARRY PLACES AND DATES

Leeds Masterpost by alarrytale | Link 𓏔 Important Festival in Larry history.

Manchester Masterpost by bulletprooflarry | Link 𓏔 “All Along”. Ed Sheeran in Manchester.  𓏔 Supporting info - such as the timeline of Ed’s shows in Manchester that aligned with the timeline of creation of All Along - is on Cosmic Leeds’ video. 

Dallas Masterpost by ohthefond | Link | Extra 𓏔Kidd Kraddick interview. “Genuinely, seriously” ‘denial’. Glassy-eyed, wrecked H.

Australia & NZ Masterpost | Link 𓏔 Larry honeymoon extravaganza. 𓏔LOTS of iconic interviews and Larry on tour moments came from here.

France / Valentines Day 2012 Masterposts | mybodyfails | thisismyoneluckyprize 𓏔Famous one and only Larry interview. Mario Kart interview analysis. 

Jamaica Masterpost by cristinayanggirl | Link 𓏔 Yahoo UK Reaction | Link 𓏔 Receipt 1 | Receipt 2 (taken with huge grains of salt)

Belfast / October 20, 2015 Masterpost by bulletprooflarry | Link | Extra | Extra 𓏔 Belfast is the only 1D Concert that was ever cancelled. The fans were inside the venue and the opening act had already taken the stage before someone went up to announce that the concert was cancelled. The reason given was Liam apparently had diarrhea. Meanwhile, another media outlet was to take an interview with Niall and heard that he was the one who was supposedly sick. Believed to be related to BBG. 

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3. TATTOOS

All about HL’s tattoos.

Tattoos Timeline by bulletprooflarry | Link

Tattoos Timeline by BPL repost by hoovesandfloorpaws | Link

Tattoos Timeline by Cosmic Leeds | Link 

Gay Sailor (Nautical) Tattoo Discussion on Reddit | Link

Gina (twopoppies) Papillon tag | Link

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4. 7 (x4) AND 28 REFERENCES

Significance of 28 / 7 (x4) to HL’s life. Harry instigated the 9/28 thing which led larries to dig more into the significance of the number.  

“28” X/Twitter Thread by teaandfrozenpea | Link

“7” Masterpost by so-idialed-9 | Link

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5. LARRY’S HOUSES

They live together.

Houses Timeline by bulletprooflarry | Link

Cosmic Leeds’ Houses Summary | Link

My Houses Tags | Link

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6. CONCEPT OF HOME

‘Home’ as a recurring theme in Larry’s work. 

Home Timeline | Link

Still The One Timeline | Link

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7. RBB/SBB AND THE BIG GAY WAR

Cosmic Leeds’ RBB/SBB Summary | Link

RBB/SBB for Dummies by louisandthealien | Link

Mr R.B. Bear & Co Financial Estimate | Link | Link 𓏔 Debunking the claim that it was ‘the sound guy’ who was behind the bears.

Fan RBB and Harry in 2022 | Link

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8. MUSIC/LYRIC ANALYSIS, PARALLELS, AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS

Lyric analyses and parallels, mainly. Other music promotion-related discussions may be checked through other blogs’ tags (i.e. Gina - twopoppies, Daisy - daisiesonafield, etc - added in the ‘Advanced Research’ section)

Larrylyrics Tumblr Archive | Link

Bluewinnerangel Tumblr Archive | Link

Ella (ialwaysknewyouwerepunk) Tumblr Archive | Link

Gina/Daisy/Allie’s Tumblr Archive | Link

Cosmic Leeds’ Lyric Analysis Summary Video | Link

EXTRA: As for lyric changes, they could sometimes be subjective. Sometimes, what you read also translates to what registers in your brain, but if you hadn’t seen the text prior, your ears might hear a different thing. For me personally, the clearest lyric changes I love are as follows:

Lou’s “I LOVE HIM, I HATE IT” for Back To You  𓏔 Compiled Summary, Context, + Timeline | Link

Harry’s Juice Lyric Change 𓏔 SXM “Louis ONTO my drawers” (with BBC) Analysis | Link 𓏔 BBC “Lou baby I’m a whole damn meal” Live Lounge by tonix3 | Link

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9. OTHER CODING / SIGNALING

Only adding some of the notable ones. It’s a big separate topic.

The Queer Code: Secret Languages of LGBTQ+ Art | Link 𓏔 Non-Larry related but a good video about queer coding

Harry and the Blue Bandana  𓏔 Summary by genuinelybelieve-blog | Link 𓏔 Timeline by bulletprooflarry | Link

Harry and Louis’ Blue | Link

Louis and Queercoding by No Stunts Magazine | Link

The Bears, Queer Culture, Coding, and Camp!Louis vs LT™ 𓏔 Part 1 by dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram 𓏔 Part 2 by hoovesandfloorpaws

Coded Clothing Tag by Gina | coding | blue and green

Signaling Tag by Gina | Link

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10. RECEIPTS

Collection of receipts/’proofs’ from HL, their families and friends, fans, and non-fans. Always take them with a huge grain of salt. 

Daisy (daisiesonafield) Tumblr Archive | Mobile | Desktop

Gina (twopoppies) Tumblr Archive | Mobile | Desktop

Larryreceiptsproof Tumblr Archive | Link

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11. BABYGATE 

Big docs about BBG. Read with caution and respect. It’s a very sensitive topic, but most larries approach/touch this topic without propagating hate or disrespect towards F (he is just a kid), but more about understanding the concept of babygate in Hollywood in general, how fake pregnancies and babies exist in the entertainment industry, and how the management+media can easily manipulate the narrative of an artist’s image.

Complete BBG Timeline PDF (95 pages) 𓏔 Ideal starting point. Concise and coherent. 

BBG Masterposts by tellmethisisnotlove (approx 100+pages) 𓏔 Great supporting document to the one above.

BBG Slideshow (107 slides)  𓏔 Photo references and comparisons of the Clark’s and Tomlinson’s. 𓏔 It’s a good addition in my opinion since most comments we see is how F is a carbon copy of L, and having the photo references could help you form your own opinion about it.

Babygate Analysis/Conclusions: A Non-Larry Perspective 𓏔 Important read. Non-biased opinion from a non-larrie perspective.  𓏔 Has BBG tags of popular Tumblr blogs at the bottom.

The Big Kiwi Talk 𓏔 Mainly about H’s Kiwi. Highlighting this: H did the famous ‘Kiwi x3’ during HSLOT’s encore in July 14, 2018. July 14 is the anniversary of the beginning of BBG. 

BBG Quick Summary and Masterpost 𓏔 Quick-look reference. Some links might be dead.

Note that all of these are backed up with documentation and real pieces of information released during the height of BBG (pre and post-birth of F) - whether as a form of an article, a tweet, pap pics, etc. In the end, it’s all up to the reader how you’d analyze and take them all in.

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12. OTHER TAGS TO CHECK

Check out the tags in the blogs cited under the Advanced Research section. There are too many to put here and/or hard to summarize, so it’s better to do deeper dives using the tags.

Beards and Stunts

Louis’ Sexuality

Harry’s Sexuality

Denials

Debunked 

Closeting and PR 

AND SO MUCH MORE. Take it easy - one topic at a time, as it could easily get overwhelming. This rabbit hole just gets deeper as you go, and don’t forget that we’ve condensed 15 years worth of stories.

Guide by @fookinhellcurlyy | originally posted on my now-backup account, @fookinhellcurly. Will update and create another part as needed.

[Part II—Advanced Research]

[londonfoginacup]

it's a holidate | disgruntledkittenface / @disgruntledkittenface Nick/Harry | 4k

“So you know me well enough to come in my mouth–” Nick’s head, along with Fiona’s next to him and those of practically every other attendee of the company holiday party, swivels in the direction of the girl in the red dress whose voice has risen enough to be heard over the music being piped across the 17th floor. “–but not well enough to get me a Christmas present?” Most of the crowd politely looks away at this point. Nick bursts out laughing. When Nick meets Harry at his company holiday party, he never would have predicted that he’d met his match. Luckily, he’s been known to be wrong on occasion.

A little jaunt away from larry fics again today, this time to bring you some Christmas Gryles! I felt like I was truly in the moment reading this fic, and loved every chaotic second of it. If you love Grimmy this is a MUST for the holiday season.

☕️ Pairing Suggestion: This fic pairs best with some bubbly, some champagne, but if you're doing something Reasonable like Being An Adult, I suggest some cranberry juice and lemonade!

For more Christmas fic recs: 2023; 2022; 2021; 2020; 2019; 2018; 2017

[skepticalarrie]

Hi! Have you ever thought that the larry moments Harry and Louis have given us during their solo careers in 2021-2022, especially through their music promotion (e.g., Eroda, the whole You Are Home promo, etc.), might just be their pr teams taking advantage of it, rather than HL trying to communicate something?

It's not that I don’t believe in Larry, but some of the clues in those years seem a bit far-fetched or like simple coincidences.

If their teams are larrybaiting, then Harry and Louis are definitely aware of it and approving it—especially since it’s happened over and over again. It's hard to call it a coincidence. It’s just like the rainbow bears.... if 1D’s team was behind it, they had to know about it and be fine with it because no one ever stopped it, for over a year. And if they supposedly hate the Larry rumours and all of that, then... yeah, something here really doesn’t add up.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Steven Beschloss at America, America:

On January 6, 2021, 147 members of Congress refused to certify the 2020 election which Joseph R. Biden won. This despite a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier that day. This after two months of constant lying by Trump and his enablers that the election was stolen and he really won. That election denialism didn’t fade, neither has the desire for a coup that would subvert the will of the people and reinstall the 2020 loser in office. Fast forward to May 30, 2024. Twelve ordinary citizens unanimously determined that Donald Trump was guilty of 34 felony charges after five grueling weeks of detailed evidence. This followed dozens of the defendant’s enablers in Congress appearing inside and outside the courthouse to insist that this trial was rigged, nothing more than a political show trial, and that their beloved leader didn’t do anything wrong or illegal. The jury’s verdict of guilt didn’t change their rejection of justice and the legitimacy of the judicial system. In fact, the trial denialism only grew louder, more insistent—and more dangerous.

We should not be surprised. The same people who rejected the factual reality of Trump’s loss in 2020 have only grown more extreme in their need to ignore the truth as their hunger for power by any means has grown stronger. Accepting that the court proceeding was legitimate and the jurors’ conclusion was fair and true would puncture the bubble of lies that have propelled Trump toward the 2024 nomination for president. If he is guilty now, then maybe it means he really lost then. If they accept that he is genuinely a convicted felon and doesn’t belong anywhere near the White House again, they would have to doubt their decision to stick by him and his lies dating back to the 2020 election and before.

[...]

We can count on the trial deniers to keep digging, led by the convicted felon who had already succeeded in convincing them to embrace election denialism. Their chosen leader will continue to provide them an endless stream of contempt—toward the trial, toward the judge, toward the Manhattan District Attorney, toward the court system, toward the president, toward anyone who sways from their dangerous message.

And if a Republican refuses to go along? Then they devour him. After the verdict, former Maryland Gov. and now Senate candidate Larry Hogan dared to post this rational statement: “Regardless of the result, I urge all Americans to respect the verdict and the legal process. At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders—regardless of party—must not pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship. We must reaffirm what has made this nation great: the rule of law.” In response, election-denying and trial-denying Republican National Committee chair and Trump daughter-in-law Lara Trump went on the attack. She said Hogan “doesn’t deserve the respect of anyone in the Republican Party at this point, and quite frankly anybody in America, if that’s the way you feel.” Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign advisor, was more direct in defining the consequence of Hogan’s lack of fealty. “You just ended your campaign,” he wrote in response. The insurrection did not end on Jan. 6, 2021. Since then, the rejection of factual reality has only intensified. 

Steven Beschloss’s America, America column on how the anti-reality MAGA Cult's election denial has extended into trial denialism is a must-read.

The MAGA Cult is all about showing fealty to the 34x convicted felon and domestic terrorist cult leader Donald Trump, facts be damned.

[haztobegood]

Oops & Hi!

Happy 28th! Here is a collection of fics where Harry and Louis say the Oops & Hi! This has always been one of my favorite fandom easter eggs in fics. Remember to leave the authors comments and kudos when you read!

💙 If You Find Yourself Here by @lululawrence G, 2k, Wrong apartment, Meet cute

Harry accidentally wanders into Louis' apartment. They've never met. Oops.

💚 Skate Into Your Heart by wabadabadaba @bigxrig G, 2k, Girl Direction, Roller skates, Puns

the one where Harry orders custom skates and runs into Louis at the skatepark, literally.

💙 Who'd You Rather - Larry Stylinson Edition by jetblackromance G, 3k, Talk Show Game, Celebrity Crush, Famous/Famous

the one in which Harry has a celebrity crush on Louis and the world knows about it after a game of Who'd You Rather on Ellen's talkshow

💚 The One With the Lemur on the Fire Escape by zita17 @louisandtheaquarian T, 4k, Neighbors, Fluff

Louis is an overworked bartender hoping to save up enough extra tips to buy a new air conditioner before he literally melts during a scorching NYC heat wave. Harry is the new neighbor that wakes him up by moving in his sole day off at 6am. An NYC enemies to neighbors to friends to lovers AU featuring a rickety fire escape, the 2021 Euros, Lirry bickering like a divorced couple, and enough OT5 clichés to rot your teeth. (If Harry's pastries don't get them first.)

💙 We're Getting Better With Time by @haztobegood T, 5k, Social Media, Second Chances, Older Larry

The one where Louis is single, Harry is recently divorced, and they reconnect on Facebook forty years after they first met.

💚 come on, jump out at me by g_uttertrash T, 7k, Halloween, Witch Harry, Vampire Louis

Harry is a witch who carries around a stuffed pumpkin, Louis is a vampire with too much time on his hands, and their best mates Zayn & Niall aren't exactly what they seem...

💙 You Came Along And Moved Me, Honey by @fairytalefem T, 8k, Youtuber Harry, ASMR, Candle Reviews

Louis was gone for Harry from the moment they met, already planning their wedding and picking out rings in his head, and after months of living in each other's pockets they knew almost everything about each other. The one thing Louis didn't know about Harry was what he did for a living. Faced with vague answers and question-evading, Louis begins to imagine scandalous and dangerous secrets that Harry must be keeping - but maybe Harry's secrets aren't so sinister after all.

💚 A Small Matter (A Matter of Trust) by @kingsofeverything E, 19k, Grindr, Coworkers, Tiny Penis

Harry knows he and his Grindr hookup would be perfect together, if only he could convince him to give a relationship a chance. Or Harry has a thing for jockstraps and Louis likes to wear them.

💙 Someone to Fly Home To by kingsofeverything E, 35k, Exes to Lovers, Pilot Louis, Older Larry

Louis and Harry’s marriage ended more than a decade ago, but fate keeps bringing them back together.

💚 There's Such a Lot of World to See by @crinkle-eyed-boo E, 125k, Doctor Who au, Angst

Louis has seen a great many things throughout his travels in time and space, but only one he can’t explain: He keeps meeting the same boy, who says the same thing to him each time. The boy should be impossible. Maybe he is. A love story that defies the boundaries of space and time. Doctor Who AU.

💙 Now In A Minute by thealmightyavocado @avocadolouie M, 150k, 13 Going On 30 au, Childhood Friends

13 feels like yesterday for many people, but for Louis it actually was. More than anything in the world, Louis Tomlinson dreams of growing up. Simply skipping over all of the awkward, embarrassing years of teenage existence and getting on with life. Real life. So when thirteen-year-old Louis wakes up in the body of his thirty-year-old self, he expected everything in his adult life to be picture perfect. And maybe it is. He has it all…or so it seems. Except his favorite person and lifelong best mate, Harry Styles, is totally missing from the equation and Louis doesn’t understand why. He has a lot of catching up to do and as adult life turns out to be more than what he bargained for, Louis can’t help wondering why a life that seemed so perfect, feels so empty.

[mariacallous]

Forget for a moment all the potential foreign-policy implications of a second Donald Trump presidency. What are the implications for U.S. foreign policy if Trump loses the election, denies its outcome, and tries to overturn it? How would the United States, longtime champion of democracy promotion abroad, be able to continue doing so when it has become clear that so much of the country has so little support for the actual exercise of democracy?

If Trump performs as he did in 2020 and narrowly loses the upcoming election—and polls suggest the race remains a toss-up—the likelihood of a repeat of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and a concerted effort to subvert the outcome again appears high. 

Both Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, have repeatedly refused to say whether they’ll accept the outcome of the election (unless they win). The mechanics for a similar challenge to the election’s outcome, focusing on replacing legitimate state electors with fraudulent electors, which was invented on the fly in late 2020, has been significantly built up. Election experts fear Trump has a more robust plan to overturn the election than his ultimately failed bid after the 2020 vote. And he’s already saying as much, launching broadsides in late October against allegedly fraudulent ballots in Pennsylvania, a critical state for both candidates.

His first effort to subvert a presidential election, culminating in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was harmful enough to the image of the United States as a bastion of democracy. 

“Our soft power, our ability to attract and inspire, has already been damaged by all this—by the threats that Trump made in 2016 that he wouldn’t accept the election unless it went his way, and then what he did in 2020,” said Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

But the Biden administration nevertheless made democracies-versus-authoritarians a guiding principle of its foreign policy during its first years in office, even convening a handful of democracy summits. It seems to be a losing battle. Illiberal and authoritarian regimes are growing in number (most recently in the republic of Georgia), while democracies and freedom are in retreat. Those regimes are banding together, whether through bilateral ties (such as Russia and North Korea), multilateral groupings (the expanded BRICS is taking an anti-Western tilt), or even inside the European Union (Hungary’s prime minister has become Russia’s new Vyacheslav Molotov).

If Trump wins the election outright, fears of another Jan. 6 are moot, and major concerns can revert to issues such as the future of NATO, the fate of Ukraine, and the promised global trade war. But a Trump victory would also severely diminish U.S. democratic credentials, Diamond argued.

“If Trump wins, particularly after the campaign of racism, misogyny, authoritarian threats and intimidation, xenophobia, and so on, if he wins after that, the damage from that compared to the fallout from a contested election will be far greater,” he said.

If Vice President Kamala Harris wins the vote—and takes office next January after a prolonged campaign to delegitimize the election—how much could U.S. democratic credentials suffer on the global stage?

“It’s a very plausible outcome, another period where we look like the problem when it comes to democratic practice,” said Richard Fontaine, chief executive of the Center for a New American Security, a D.C.-based think tank. Fontaine recently published a joint call for the next administration to revitalize democracy promotion to bolster U.S. national security.

“It would make it harder and be a major distraction. The world has become less democratic over the last 15 or so years, and I think that is a more dangerous world than otherwise,” he said. “The degree to which U.S. policy and leadership can influence that direction one way or the other is important for the world, and for our own security.”

For some 80 years, Washington has sought to promote democracy abroad as a way to boost its security and prosperity at home. More democracies generally means a more stable international order, with fewer threats to U.S. prosperity or core interests. The issue has become especially acute as illiberal and authoritarian states attempt to promote an alternative vision of the international order that would have both as its goal and its consequence a weaker United States. Democracy in disarray at home would only blunt that longtime fixture of U.S. diplomacy.

Democracy promotion “is in our DNA, so it should be part of our toolbox and a natural component because of who we are,” said Derek Mitchell, nonresident senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former president of the National Democratic Institute, a nongovernmental organization that promotes democracy globally. Mitchell also just wrote a piece underscoring the importance of democracy promotion.

“More than that, it is, I think, our comparative advantage right now in the defining question of the 21st century: What norms will guide the world in the decades ahead? The question is, are we going to be reaffirming those democratic norms both at home and abroad as something in our interest?” Mitchell said.

That’s why the risk of a repeat of a contested election, coming in a deeply polarized and paralyzed American society, would be problematic in that bigger contest.

“Obviously the brand is degraded, and the autocrats will be able to use what is happening in the United States as a cudgel against America’s pretension—I think real support—for democracy,” Mitchell said.

The other risk from a contested election and a repeat of January 2021 is the power of example. Diamond noted that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s effort to stay in office after losing in Brazil’s October 2022 election “was completely inspired by what Trump did and even the methods. So it’s not just that our soft power will be damaged by another post-election crisis, it will also have demonstration effects.”

Perhaps concerns over the tarnish left by another messy election are overblown. After all, Woodrow Wilson pledged to make the world “safe for democracy” while championing segregation, and before women’s suffrage was real. Succeeding presidents, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump officials all championed democracy abroad while grappling with democratic deficits at home.

“The United States has always had flaws in its democracy even while maximally promoting democracy and human rights,” Fontaine said.

History suggests that not even overt shows of support for authoritarianism and disdain for democracy can derail that train. Just two years after the first mass Nazi rally in New York City in 1939, Freedom House was created to promote democracy around the globe—the start of a decade that culminated with Roosevelt’s “arsenal of democracy,” the creation of the United Nations, and the birth of the Marshall Plan.

The United States’ own travails with democracy could, in the event of an eventual Harris win and successful inauguration, even give Washington the ability to more effectively promote democracy abroad tempered by the experience. That could make it better able to relate to fragile democracies that struggle against the seemingly never-ending attacks they face, Mitchell said.

“The U.S. struggle only points to how difficult it is,” he said. “Institutions are vitally important—that was the lesson of 2020, and maybe of 2024.”

[becomingflynn]

“I love it [The Dig] as a history geek, for connecting these two moments in the past: the summer of 1939, when there’s this sense of impending doom as Europe starts to dive into its own version of the Dark Ages [and the early medieval period],” Flynn says. “They unearth this kind of portal to another time that allows them to see beyond the horizon of their own very dangerous situation in that temporal moment. I found it profound and weirdly moving for that reason.”

Johnny talking about The Dig (2021), on Variety Magazine. Picture by Larry Horricks/Netflix. (x)

[fuckyeahmarkgatiss]

The recent Times article on Mark & Ian

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mark-gatiss-and-ian-hallard-i-asked-him-to-marry-me-the-afternoon-we-met-339v55jw2

The article is behind a paywall but I still had some access so here you all are!

Mark Gatiss & Ian Hallard: ‘I proposed on the afternoon we met.’

The League of Gentleman star and his actor husband on dating at the dawn of the internet and coming out to their parents.

Mark

Ian and I met online back in 1999, long before Grindr, when online dating still had a certain stigma attached to it. “Poor you! You can’t find anyone in the real world, so you have to go scrabbling around on the internet.” I didn’t tell my family how we’d met for several years.

You also have to remember that gay men didn’t necessarily go on dates in search of eternal happiness. Dates were fun and exciting. So, when we met in the glamorous surroundings of Finsbury Park Tube station and went back to my flat, I didn’t think it was anything serious. But it was. Ian loves to tell people that I asked him to marry me that afternoon. With hindsight I think I was probably joking, but I certainly had high hopes: “Maybe he’s ‘the one’.”

Having said that, it did take a while to get used to the idea of being a couple. All my previous relationships had sort of … fizzled out. With Ian it was the opposite; we seemed to grow closer and closer. We’ve even collaborated on several projects and I’m directing his first play at the moment [the Abba-inspired The Way Old Friends Do, which Ian wrote and stars in], but there’s never been any sense of rivalry. We get asked if it’s difficult living and working together, but why would it be a problem to spend time with the person you love?

I grew up in a working-class town near Durham, my dad worked at the pit. Telling people you were gay in that situation wasn’t easy. I came out to my friends when I was 15 and there were a few comments at school, but I was never bullied. The real problem for me in the Seventies and early Eighties was that I had no idea what to do about being gay.

Apart from the occasional storyline in [the drama series] Play for Today, the only gay men on TV were John Inman and Larry Grayson. I play Larry in the new TV drama Nolly [about Noele Gordon, a star of the soap Crossroads] and understand why John and Larry were regarded as torchbearers. But some gay activists in the Seventies saw them as the enemy: screamingly gay, but at the same time a sort of neutered Saturday-night camp.

Somehow I managed to put off telling my parents to the point where my mam was the one who brought it up. I was home from university and she simply asked me. It was a huge relief. I said, “Hadn’t we better tell Dad?” Mam looked at me. “Oh no! It’ll kill him.” So we didn’t.

A couple of weeks later I was talking to Mam on the phone and she said, “I told your dad. Ooh, we had some snow overnight.” Initially I thought that had saved me from having to talk to him about it, but it had just been popped at the back of a drawer.

Dad struggled at first, but considering his background it could have been a lot worse. Although it was a bit awkward when he met Ian, we never had “issues”. Sadly we lost him in 2021. The weird thing is that as he got older he became much more tolerant. Even after he lost Mam — his loneliness seemed to soothe his prejudices. He understood that love is where it falls.

It sounds like a complete cliché to say, “We make each other laugh all the time,” but it’s absolutely true. Our shared sense of humour has become the glue that has bonded us. Ian’s definitely more together than me when it comes to admin, and I’m pretty sure he did most of the organising when we had our civil partnership in 2008. The main problem is that, left to our own devices, we can be as bad as each other. We make all these grand plans, then we decide to take Bob [the labrador] for a walk instead.

Ian and I did have a brief period of broodiness, then we quickly realised that neither of us was responsible enough, so we got a dog. The ideal scenario would be that a fully formed, well-educated, extremely polite grown-up knocks on our door and declares that they are the fruit of my overeager teenage loins. We get to be parents without the hard work!

The couple in 1999, the year they met

Ian

Remember when Stelios from easyJet started his internet cafés? Without Stelios I wouldn’t have met Mark. I didn’t have the internet at my flat in London, so I would go to a Stelios café every day to check emails and log on to gay.com. Back then online dating didn’t involve pictures; it was just messages and a phone call. When Mark and I finally clapped eyes on each other, there was that awful moment of tension, trying to decide if we fancied each other. If not, I guess we would have headed off on our separate ways.

Mark was only the second man I’d made contact with online and the first one I’d met. I did sort of recognise him because The League of Gentlemen had been on telly, but I hadn’t actually seen it. That was probably a good thing. Had I been a massive fan, I’m not sure things would have worked out.

Mark’s career has taken a different trajectory to mine. He has been involved in a lot of high-profile projects and around the time of Sherlock [Gatiss was co-creator, co-writer and appeared as Holmes’s brother, Mycroft] things did go a bit crazy. That one-sided success can cause havoc in a relationship, especially with actors — lots of arguments and jealousy. Some relationships seem to thrive on that constant drama. Not us! I’ve never seen Mark have an argument with anyone. He’s unfailingly polite to the point of diffidence.

I hit my teens when TV was full of adverts about Aids — huge icebergs, tombstones. My parents were your typical easy-going, middle-class Brummies. There was no hint of homophobia but, in that climate, you can see why they might be concerned about having a gay son. What kind of future did I have? I was either going to die of Aids or kill myself out of loneliness and depression.

When I eventually told them I’d met someone and talked about bringing him home to meet them, they were very happy. I told them he was in this fantastic programme called The League of Gentlemen and proudly told them it had won a Bafta. Unfortunately they decided to watch it. They saw this collection of psychopaths and monsters and thought, “What’s he got himself involved with? Is it a cult?” Mum rang me up and said, “Please tell me it’s not him who plays that weirdo Mickey.” I paused for a second and then said, “Yes, Mum, that’s the man I’m going to marry.”

The Way Old Friends Do, Lyceum, Sheffield, Tue-Sat; Park Theatre, London N4, Mar 15-Apr 15; and touring until Jun 10; thewayoldfriendsdo.com

Strange habits

Mark on Ian

He’s incapable of keeping his side of the bed tidy. I call his pile of dirty clothes “the Bedroom Monster”

Ian on Mark

He worries about us travelling in the same car in case something happens to us both and Bob becomes an orphan

[twopoppies]

Hi Gina so I’m showing my friends a thread full of Larry proof from 2010 to 2021/22 but I can bearly find anything from 2023/24 apart from the euros do you have a masterpost or thread you could lend me please , it would be awesome and thanks !!!

I mean, there’s very little because Harry was MIA most of it and Louis was on tour. But here you go:

2023 LARRY MOMENTS

2024 LARRY MOMENTS

2024 LARRY RECEIPTS

Any other years can be found using the same formula

[cinder-lou]

ʚ♡ɞ Taglist ʚ♡ɞ

😇 Welcome to my taglist! This taglist is more elaborate than the neatly categorized ones on my blog (specifically the tags for Louis, Harry, 1D, and the music industry). It focuses on Larrie, One Direction, the music industry, and the boys individually. However, tags related to Liam, Zayn, and Niall can be found on my blog instead.

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🌹General tags🌹

Date + month + year ❀

Place ❀

Subject ❀

Name ❀

Generally, my posts are tagged with date + month + year (when the event occurred). The place and/or subject is also indicated. Finally, the names (of whom it concerns) are also noted.

Example: #22 April 2012 (date + month + year) & #Wellington (place/subject) & #Larry Stylinson (names).

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🌺Question tags🌺

Ask me anything + Subject 

Questions are tagged with #ask me anything & #subject. When necessary, the details above are also provided.

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🐸Larry Stylinson🦔

Moments

2010 Larry moments ❀

2011 Larry moments ❀

2012 Larry moments ❀

2013 Larry moments ❀

2014 Larry moments ❀

2015 Larry moments ❀

2016 Larry moments ❀

2017 Larry moments ❀

2018 Larry moments ❀

2019 Larry moments ❀

2020 Larry moments ❀

2022 Larry moments ❀

2023 Larry moments ❀

2024 Larry moments ❀

2025 Larry moments ❀

These tags represent all Larry moments over the years. This includes physical moments, but also instances when their locations were close to each other and moments when they signaled.

Timelines

2010 timeline ❀

2011 timeline ❀

2012 timeline ❀

2013 timeline ❀

2014 timeline ❀

2015 timeline ❀

2016 timeline ❀

2017 timeline ❀

2018 timeline ❀

2019 timeline ❀

2020 timeline ❀

2021 timeline ❀

2022 timeline ❀

2023 timeline ❀

2024 timeline ❀

2025 timeline

These tags display a timeline of all Larry moments (see above) and all Larry-related moments, so that it is all compact and neatly together and so that you can see at one glance what happened and when. This tag is often used in conjunction with the “they never broke up” tag to get a rough idea of any time spent apart.

Larry tags

Larry Stylinson ❀

Best friends who are also married and are soulmates ❀

Larry are in a long-term committed monogamous homosexual relationship ❀

They never broke up ❀

RBB and SBB ❀

Body language ❀

Larry tattoos ❀

Jealous Louis ❀

Jealous Harry ❀

Innuendos ❀

Sign language ❀

Larry denials ❀

Louis loves Harry ❀

Harry loves Louis ❀

Harry is Louis’ baby ❀

Sharing is caring ❀

Blue & Green ❀

Larry outings ❀

Louis outing Larry ❀

Harry outing Larry ❀

Louis and Harry’s family ❀

Harry and Louis’ family ❀

Louis loves Larry ❀

Harry loves Larry ❀

Larry coming out ❀

Seeding ❀

Larry receipts ❀

Larry denials ❀

Larry parallels ❀

Plausible deniability ❀

Debunked ❀

Harry disliking Louis’ stunts ❀

Louis disliking Harry’s stunts ❀

Larry songs ❀

Lairport ❀

Always in my heart ❀

Wellington ❀

Larry pics ❀

Larry gifs ❀

Larry edits ❀

Larry art ❀

Larry fan fiction ❀

Larry as Disney ❀ 

Many of these tags are self-explanatory. The “Best friends who are also married and are soulmates” tag summarizes being best friends and becing THE ONE and IT for each other.

The “Larry are in a long-term committed monogamous homosexual relationship” tag covers discussion about monogamy, long-term relationships, open relationships, and polyamorous relationships concerning Larry or just on its own.

The “They never broke up” tag covers topics such as Louis and Harry breaking up, hooking up with others, and/or being with other people or in other relationships.

Finally, the “Blue & Green” tag makes it clear why everyone associates the colors blue and green with Louis and Harry and how they use it to their advantage to signal. 

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💰The music industry🐍

Information & techniques

The music industry ❀

Music business ❀

Exposing Hollywood ❀

PR relationships ❀

PR strategies ❀

Publicity stunts ❀

Narrative vs reality ❀

Paparazzi ❀

Closeting ❀

Coming out ❀

Bearding ❀

Contracts ❀

Image clauses ❀

NDA ❀

Super injunction ❀

Cleanliness clause ❀

Syco victims ❀

Photo ban ❀

Media training ❀ 

These tags provide information about the music industry and the tools used to create an abusive environment around artists. Most tags are self-explanatory, but I would like to clarify that the tag “music business” provides information about the label, management, publicist, journalists, and any other intermediaries. The “exposing Hollywood” tag gives you a collection of stories from celebrities about the abusive and toxic work environment.

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🍌Harry Styles🍌

Business

Harry Styles ❀ Harry’s contracts ❀ Harry’s abuse ❀ Harry’s closet ❀ The real Harry ❀ Harry’s sexuality ❀ Harry and gender ❀ Flamboyant Harry ❀ Harry is proud ❀ Harry and men ❀ Harry and girls ❀ Harry’s image ❀ Harry’s contracts ❀ Harry’s image vs reality ❀ Harry receipts ❀ Harry is loved ❀ Harry and fans ❀ Harry’s career ❀ Harry’s tattoos ❀ Harry and 1D ❀ Harry and music business ❀ Harry and Simon ❀ Harry disliking Sony ❀ Harry’s media training ❀ Harry’s health ❀ Not playing along ❀ Harry and politics ❀ Fake leaks and hacks ❀

These tags provide information about Harry Styles. Most tags are self-explanatory, however, the tag “Harry and 1D” covers Harry’s lovely relationship with the band (in his solo career) and other related information such as posts about Harry and 1D’s relationships while signing with the Azoffs. The tag “Harry and music business” covers the topic of Harry and his team. Finally, Harry’s rocky relationship with Simon and his dislike for Sony can be seen using the “Harry and Simon” and “Harry disliking Sony” tags. 

Albums and tours

HS1❀ Fine line ❀ Harry’s House ❀ Live on tour (city) ❀ Love on tour (city) ❀ 

Songs by Harry Styles

Meet me in the hallway ❀ Sign of the times ❀ Carolina ❀ Two ghosts ❀ Sweet creature ❀ Only angel ❀ Kiwi ❀ Ever since New York ❀ Woman ❀ From the dining table ❀ Golden ❀ Watermelon sugar ❀ Adore you ❀ Lights up ❀ Cherry ❀ Falling ❀ To be so lonely ❀ She ❀ Sunflower volume 6 ❀ Canyon moon ❀ Treat people with kindness ❀ Fine line ❀ Music for a sushi restaurant ❀ Late night talking ❀ Grapejuice ❀ As it was ❀ Daylight ❀ Little freak ❀ Matilda ❀ Cinema ❀ Daydreaming ❀ Keep driving ❀ Satellite ❀ Boyfriends ❀ Love of my life ❀

Songs written by Harry Styles (for other artists)

Just a little bit of your heart ❀ Someday ❀ Changes ❀ I love you (I fell in love with a beautiful girl) ❀ Alfie’s songs ❀ I wasn’t ready ❀ Make it feel right ❀ Not our fault ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs (to be continued)

Harry leaks ❀ 5280 miles ❀ 5378 miles ❀ Already home ❀ Better than being alone ❀ California ❀ Coco ❀ Can’t get enough ❀ Easy ❀ Endlessly ❀ Fall apart ❀ Fun for now ❀ Good girl ❀ Have and hold ❀ I can love you more ❀ I just wanna be your man ❀ Kiss it better ❀ Kiss me ❀ Kissed you in the rain ❀ Like everybody else ❀ Like you do ❀ Long time gone ❀ Love you like you’re leaving ❀ Might not want you ❀ Our desire / One desire ❀ One of those nights ❀ Starry nights ❀ Second chance ❀ This is the start ❀ The very first kiss ❀ The view ❀ Wake up the sun ❀ Whatever she wants ❀ You still have my heart (even if you don’t deserve it) ❀ Baby honey ❀ By your side ❀ Complicated freak ❀ Guess I’m alright ❀ Him ❀ Hunger ❀ I don’t wanna be the one you’re waiting on ❀ I’m not happy ❀ Lately ❀ Matthew ❀ Medicine ❀ Melody ❀ Anna ❀ One and only ❀ Pop tart ❀ Something I’ve been waiting for ❀ Spanish girl ❀ Super pretty ❀ Talk ❀ 30000 miles ❀ A modern life ❀ Anne ❀ I just wanna love you ❀ Isabella ❀ Oh yeah ❀ Ophelia ❀ Part of me ❀ Try honey ❀ You’re so American ❀ High tides ❀ Jesus Christ happy new year ❀ Make my day ❀ Pick you up / Pick me up ❀ Too much sauce ❀ Don’t let me go ❀ Most incredible girl in the world ❀ Want you to be there ❀ Raise me up ❀ Already here ❀ Don’t let go ❀ Here is where we are ❀ Raise me up ❀ Some are ❀

Stunts/ girlfriends

Felicite Skinner ❀ Unnamed girls ❀ Chery Lloyd ❀ Adele ❀ Sarita Borge ❀ Haroline (Harry and Caroline Flack) ❀ Pixie Geldoff ❀ Alexa Chung ❀ Alexandra Burke ❀ Jo Wood ❀ Denise Welch ❀ Georgia May Jagger ❀ Sarah-Louise Colivet ❀ Lily Halpern ❀ Jillian Harris ❀ Emma Ostilly ❀ Ellis Calcutt ❀ Emily Atack ❀ Lucy Horobin ❀ Caggie Dunlop ❀ Allyssa Reid ❀ Cara Delevigne ❀ Natalie Imbruglia ❀ Haylor (Harry and Taylor Swift) ❀ Hermione Way ❀ Millie Brady ❀ Shaniece Nesbitt ❀ Yvette Fielding ❀ Fia Litton ❀ Chelsea Ferguson ❀ Kimberly Stewart ❀ Camilla Foss ❀ Kara Rose Marshall ❀ Alexis Allen ❀ Haige (Harry and Paige Reifler) ❀ Sjana Earp ❀ Samantha Armytage ❀ Daisy Lowe ❀ Hendall (Harry and Kendall Jenner) ❀ Alison Mosshart ❀ Larissa de Macedo Machado ❀ Lou Teasdale ❀ Sinitta ❀ Meghan Trainor ❀ Katy Perry ❀ Erin Foster ❀ Kate Moss ❀ Hadine (Harry and Nadine Leopold) ❀ Emma Watson ❀ Suki Waterhouse ❀ Joy Muggli ❀ Sara Sampaio ❀ Georgia Fowler ❀  Nicole Scherzinger ❀ Pandora Lennard ❀ Lindsay Lohan ❀ Kara Rose Marshall ❀ Tess Ward ❀ Townes Adair Jones ❀ Hamille ❀ Sjana Earp ❀ Delta Goodrem ❀ Kiko Mizuhara ❀ Ratrry (Harry and Emily Ratajkowski) ❀ Louise Chen ❀ Shallon Lester ❀ Sharon Alexie ❀ Holivia ❀ Hussell (Harry and Taylor Russell) ❀ Yachtgate ❀ Porngate ❀

Type stunt name combination (example: “Elounor”) or name of the woman (if name combination doesn’t exist). 

Other tags

Harry with animals ❀ Harry and German boy ❀ Harry pics ❀ Harry gifs ❀ Harry edits ❀ Harry art ❀ Intimate scenes ❀

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🥕Louis Tomlinson🥕

Business

Louis Tomlinson ❀ Louis’ contracts ❀ Louis’ abuse ❀ Louis’ closet ❀ The real Louis ❀ Louis’ sexuality ❀ Louis and gender ❀ Flamboyant Louis ❀ Louis is proud ❀ Louis and men ❀ Louis and girls ❀ Louis’ image ❀ Louis’ contracts ❀ Louis’ image vs reality ❀ Louis receipts ❀ Louis is loved ❀ Louis and fans ❀ Louis’ career ❀ Louis’ tattoos ❀ Louis and 1D ❀ Louis and music business ❀ Louis disliking Sony ❀  Louis’ media training ❀ Louis’ health ❀ Louis exposing Sony ❀ Louis and Simon ❀ Louis not playing along ❀ Fake leaks and hacks ❀ Louis and politics ❀  

The tags above provide information about Louis Tomlinson. Most tags are self-explanatory, however, the tag “Louis’ abuse” includes information about the abuse Louis has suffered since the band (being blacklisted and so on). The “Louis and 1D” tag covers Louis’ amazing relationship with the band. The tag “Louis and music business” covers the topic of Louis and his team and stuff about pre and post-1D contracts during his solo career. Louis’ rocky relationship with Simon and his dislike for Sony can be seen using the “Louis and Simon” and “Louis disliking Sony” tags. Finally, Louis exposing Sony and the music industry (through the years) can be seen when clicking the “Louis exposing Sony” tag.

Albums and tours

Walls ❀ Faith in the future ❀ Louis Tomlinson world tour (city) ❀ Faith in the future world tour (city) ❀

Songs by Louis Tomlinson

Kill my mind ❀ Don’t let it break your heart ❀ Two of us ❀ We made it ❀ Too young ❀ Walls ❀ Habit ❀ Always you ❀ Fearless ❀ Perfect now ❀ Defenceless ❀ Only the brave ❀ Just hold on ❀ Miss you ❀ The greatest ❀ Written all over your face ❀ Bigger than me ❀ Lucky again ❀ Face the music ❀ Chicago ❀ Common people ❀ Out of my system ❀ Angels fly ❀ Saturdays ❀ Silver tongues ❀ She is beauty we are world class ❀ All this time ❀ That’s the way love goes ❀ Headline ❀ Holding on to heartache ❀ Paradise ❀ Copy of a copy of a copy ❀ Change ❀ High in California ❀ Back to you ❀

Songs written by Louis Tomlinson (for other artists)

Changes ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs (to be continued)

Louis leaks ❀ It’s a holiday ❀ Secret heart ❀ All along ❀ The way I do ❀ Under the sun ❀ Can we talk ❀ Paradise ❀ Pretender ❀ Faith in the future ❀ I broke it all ❀ Halfway home ❀ Help ❀ In n out ❀ Take it back ❀ Under the sun ❀ When I get wasted, I can taste you on my lips ❀ I found out ❀ I thought I lost you ❀

Stunts/ girlfriends

Bethaney Larkman ❀ Louannah ❀ Elounor ❀ Lucy Julian (WMYB girl) ❀ Pool girl ❀ Brouis ❀ Babygate ❀ Tamara Bell ❀ Lounielle ❀ Lofie ❀

Type stunt name combination (example: “Elounor”) or name of the woman (if name combination doesn’t exist). Additional information about (stunt) girlfriends can be seen if the woman’s name is typed in the search bar. 

Other tags

Louis with animals ❀ Louis’ bebo ❀ Louis gifs ❀ Louis pics ❀ Louis edits ❀ Louis art ❀ Blouis (soft Louis tag)❀ 

🪷One Direction🫱🏽‍🫲🏻

Business

One Direction ❀ 1D’s contracts ❀ Syco victims ❀ 1D’s abuse ❀ Louis and 1D ❀ Harry and 1D ❀ Liam and 1D ❀ Niall and 1D ❀ Zayn and 1D ❀ 1D and music business ❀ 1D are brothers ❀ 1D exposing Sony ❀ 

The “Syco victims” tag shares stories of individuals/victims who signed with X Factor, Syco, and Sony, exploring why Louis and Harry struggle to come out, and what happens if they fight back, break their contracts, or defy orders. It reflects the experiences that 1D also faced. The “1D’s abuse” tag explores the abuse the 1D boys have endured and openly discussed themselves.

Albums and tours

Up all night ❀ Take me home ❀ Midnight memories ❀ Four ❀ Made in the AM ❀ Up all night tour (city) ❀ Take me home tour (city) ❀ Where we are tour (city) ❀ On the road again tour (city) ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs

1D leaks ❀ All you need is love (do you feel it) ❀ Already home ❀ Blame it on you ❀ Crash into me ❀ Got away ❀ Half the world away ❀ Hunger ❀ I am ❀ Just can’t let her go ❀ Lay down ❀ Look into her eyes ❀ Muse ❀ Pick your poison ❀ She got away ❀ Somewhere in between ❀ Trouble ❀ We are ❀ Where we are ❀ Without you ❀ Adeline ❀ Whatever she wants ❀ Something that scares me about love ❀ One track mind ❀ 

Other tags

One direction with animals ❀ One direction pics ❀ One direction gifs ❀ One direction edits ❀ One direction art ❀ Fandom dynamics ❀ (for posts about a specific friendship, such as Zayn and Louis, check #Zouis and so on) ❀ 1D photoshoots (HQ wallpapers) ❀ 

Events

Hiatus ❀ Zayn leaving 1D ❀ Weedgate ❀ Belfast ❀ Breaking America ❀ 

This taglist will be updated when new content appears. It also may take a while before evey tag redirects you to posts, because I just started this blog :) Thank you for understanding!

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Hi BPP, How will I know when the implosion begins? Is there an inverted yield curve for fandoms? Point form answers are are acceptable! Happy D-DAY!! 💜💜

Thank you for all the work you’ve put into this blog. It’s been a super interesting and enjoyable part of SM for me!

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Hi @babyyourelemonade

An inverted yield curve for fandoms! Now that's a brilliant idea. I'd personally pay to contribute to funds for research on that topic honestly. And it could have implications outside of fandom too, such as for whole countries since many fandoms now work like splintered political communities more than anything else. I imagine it would be an upgrade to the theory on what caused the fall of Rome, or something like that.

I think I'm alone (mostly) in my opinions on the fandom imploding, and I don't want to talk much about it because I genuinely hope I'm very wrong, and because I don't have a lot of evidence to back up why I feel this way, so there's little point in going on about it.

But you've asked so I'll be brief:

Personally, I think the implosion has already started lol. The moment the fandom decided that taekookers were someone else's problem and should only be ignored, the seeds for implosion were already set. In my opinion. Think about Larries and the 1D fandom. Shipping is one thing but as I've said before, there are theories unique to taekook shipping that are inherently subversive to the very idea of BTS, and all it takes is someone crazy enough to do real damage. But that risk was somewhat contained so long as BTS was active and things were predictable. After the 2022 Festa Dinner and the fandom now experiencing Chapter 2 where so much is now unpredictable, where indulging in competition between the members is more permissible, the control on that risk has reduced somewhat. Solo stans, akgaes, and toxic shippers are like an immuno-virus that weakens from within because they're just as passionate and involved as regular fans, they're just twisted enough to prioritize their desires over everyone else, including the members they claim to stan.

The second problem is ARMYs. Lol. Specifically the ARMYs who have tied BTS's worth to the records and titles they hold, because those are the people most likely to do stupid shit when they feel threats to those records are imminent. At some point in 2021, I noticed when people would discuss what BTS means to them and to the industry, they'd just rattle off only records and accomplishments as if that was it. Before then, at least in my experience, people would talk about the lyrical impact of BTS's songs, they'd talk about the stylistic choices made in this or that album that relative to the other albums out at the time, and so on. There's nothing wrong with gloating about BTS's records because frankly that's the only thing that shuts up some antis. But it becomes a problem I think, when those records become the primary reason you think BTS have the status and caliber they have, and you’ve tied it to a central part of your identity.

Because records will always be broken.

And in Chapter 2 that is nearly guaranteed to happen. So the ARMYs who make that both their identity, and BTS's, will expose BTS to even more ridicule than they would've faced otherwise and will be disproportionately affected. If another group gets a Grammys nomination this year for example, or *gasp* actually wins the award next year, lol just pack it all up and give it to God. It will be bloody in these purple streets. Because too many ARMYs have tied BTS's worth to their achievements and only heightened the risk for implosion before 2026.

I've got a few more reasons but I've already written enough, and like I said I don't have much evidence for what I'm thinking anyway. But I suggest anyone who calls themselves a fan of BTS, reflect sometimes on why they're a fan, why they spend time in fandom spaces, and think about how to build real, honest community with people here while trying not to take too much personally.

[alarrytale]

Hiiiiiii, the first thing I want to tell you is that I love your account, I have only recently started following you because I didn't have Tumblr before, but since I found your account my experience in the fandom has been better.

I've been in the fandom since 2021, at first I was a 1D fan but Louis made me fall in love from the first moment. Before I thought Larry was fake and all those theories and "coincidences" that the fandom said seemed absurd to me. Until one day I saw the video of Louis touching Harry's arm in an interview (I think in 2012) and there was no turning back JAJAJAJJAJAJ. And since then I've read everything I could about the closeting and about the industry (I love researching and learning new things). The thing is, since I've been in the fandom I've always heard that Louis's personality changed a lot from 2013 onwards and the truth is that watching videos of him in 2010-2012 it is very noticeable compared to 2013 onwards. And I don't know if you were there at the time, but was Louis' change noticeable at that moment? Thank you very much and sorry for my English 😅

Hi, anon! 🧡

Thank you for your kind words! And your english is nothing you should worry about on this blog. I understand you perfectly well. The Palisades Mall interview (the arm touch interview) from march 2012 has made many a skeptic into a larrie, so you're not alone.

I came into fandom in august 2012 so i saw the transformation of Louis. It was very noticable after the bullshit tweet in september 2012, because the whole fandom imploded and Louis knew he was the cause of it. I think Ha*lor was also an awakening for him. He was so miserable and you could tell he was hurting. I think he became jaded and felt the full power of the industry for the first time. We still got glimpses of the cheeky, happy go lucky, smart boy, but he drew further and further into himself, as he was reprimanded for fighting against his imposed closet, and we saw less and less of the person he used to be. When the mortal enemies narrative started, it's like he was a different person alltogether. Reserved, careful, stoic, going through the motions and relying more on the others.

I wouldn't say it was very noticable, because he was still himself from time to time, but the larry denials and the stunting created a chasm between him and his fans that took a while to repair. People turned on him and feared him. The trust was gone. I think the industry and label has done a number on him, that he still struggles with today. I know that boy of 2010 is still there, he's just being repressed. I hope someday we'll meet him again 💙

[adultswim2021]

Yappy Broads #1 | February 22, 2010 (online) | Pilot

Yappy Broads isn’t too complicated to explain. It’s a The View style women’s program with five “women”, four of which are men in drag doing very little to actually act like women. We got Larry Dorf, Tommy Blacha, Earthquake, and Dino Stamatopoulos all wearing freaking dresses and dang-ass woman wigs. Their straight woman is Shandi Finnessey, an actual former beauty queen. One could sexistly say that she is there to look hot, but that would suggest that anyone else involved had some other higher purpose for being there.

First they talk to a woman peddling a workout for your face called “Facersize”. There’s chatter about various topics of the day, and then Corey Feldman stinks it up by hawking his CD and his bad Lost Boys sequel. Have you seen it? I haven’t, but I bet it’s bad. The closing credits feature a close-up of Shandi holding a shaky bunny rabbit, which is pretty nice. 

The entire thing is ad-libbed, with a group of funny fellas all chiming in with attempts to be funny. There are moments that show promise, and they usually involve Dino being cantankerous. It seems highly edited down, yet the highlights are still sparse. The single defining moment of this show is Earthquake commenting on a nose exercise: “you know how much cocaine you could do with your nose like this? (no audience response) You be tore up! (no laughter).” To be fair to the show, I did laugh at that, but not in a nice way.

There’s something special about watching TV go off the rails. But this seems like it was designed to already be off the rails. I didn’t really enjoy this. I can’t tell if the problem is that they’ve edited it down too much or if they didn’t edit it down enough. I would love to see the unedited taping of these segments to judge for myself. Even if this were especially funny, it still seems a little wrong to air something like this on a weekly basis.

Anyway, Shandi Finnessey has only done one nude photoshoot and it was for Peta.

MAIL BAG

The Simpsons has killed off its beloved character Larry Dalrymple or "Larry The Barfly." Thoughts on this development? Memories to share? Comments? Questions? Dyns?

I actually watched some of a YouTube video about this and the commenter took issue with the story of the episode being about Larry being lonely and left-out Homer and his friend's fun adventures, because they observed that Larry seemed like he was friends with the hat guy, and that it was a horrible omission. Like the writers should just be presenting an episode that strives to not contradict the previous 800 episodes instead of doing a specific, interesting story. Seemed like a baby-brained way of complaining about the show. My baby-brained takes on cartoons are the only takes that truly matter.

Soul Quest Overdrive has the leader of the proud boys as a voice actor on the show. He was the one who spearheaded that whole January 6th insurrection thing back in 2021, the one that every news outlet was comparing to 9/11 when it was really more like the world's biggest temper-tantrum. He blamed the show being cancelled on the other VA's "Not being as funny" as him.

It's weird how I've hated that guy for as long as I've known about him, and him doing a 180 politics-wise did nothing to affect his standings. But January 6th is maybe the hardest I've ever laughed at anything, so I guess he does deserve some credit.

I don't really know WHY they changed them to sports equipment, this is pure conjecture, but maybe AS felt like having 2 food shows on at the same time was a bit too cheap/cash grabby, so they changed them to differentiate it a bit more. I know they've shot down shows related to hell and food when Development Meeting was still running since they hit that well so many times.

Yeah, that actually does sell the case for it being a creative decision. Maybe it's not sneaky at all, what they're doing.

As for "Eggball", if you look closely on the pinball machine you can see black shake as a decal on it, still on (HBO)max. They can erase a HNIC but they can never erase history.

I had read about black guy cup being on the machine, but I simply must admit that I did not notice it myself!!! Not sure what those letters mean there, but I'm going to assume that none of them are slurs and publish this immediately without looking it up.