#all payne. no liam

[theoryofwhatnow]

i don’t know who needs to hear this, but Louis Tomlinson (former member of One Direction) was indeed in Like Minds.

[ahotknife]

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

[trashraccoongirl]

forever. ❤️

[nostalgiaonedirection]

💔 they all teared up

[liampaynememorial]

Honoring Liam Payne: A memorial across time and space

As we continue to process the heartbreaking news of Liam’s passing, I’ve created this tumblr as a space where we can come together and remember him.

Several of you, including some anons, suggested the idea of holding an online memorial, especially for those who can’t attend the services being held in various cities. I believe this is a beautiful way to honor him and support one another.

I’ll be posting more details on Monday, as it’s quite late now and I’ll be travelling tomorrow to attend one of the memorials. But I wanted to get this blog up and running to share a date and a way for us to contribute.

We’ll be holding the online memorial on October 29th. The time doesn’t matter — just join in whenever it’s October 29th where you are, so everyone can participate in their own time. What can you share?

You can contribute in any way that feels right for you —whether it’s edits, fan art, poems, a personal note or letter, song lyrics, gif sets, your favorite photos of him, special moments, stories… Just tag me and I’ll make sure to reblog it.

Please, take care and be gentle with yourselves during this time. I’m sending love and strength to all of you 💕

[ot5era]

its weird because usually when something sad happens i listen to one direction, still, after over 10 years. it's light, it's nostalgic, it's mindless and i know it better than the back of my hand

but now it doesn't feel like the comforting blanket that it usually is. now it feels hard and painful and i'm not sure what to do with that

[peoplesprincessgeorge]

How is rehabilitation ever going to work if y'all really think people are evil deep down and do evil shit cause it's their nature. Liam is a real person with a complicated life and feelings. Yes, he has done terrible shit, but he's had a terrible time, he has fans and family who care for him, all these things are true at the same time. What happened to his victim is tragic, but it is also tragic that his son will wake up without a dad tomorrow, and that he never got the chance to make up for the bad shit he's done.

We must be able to speak up against abuse without this black and white thinking.

[pukopukopowpow]

Rest Easy Now

[harrybirthdaytoya]

It makes me sad that this is what it took for people to rejuvenate their love for 1D. I’ve seen posts on other social media of people looking up 1D for the first time out of interest and realizing the quality of music is actually good (which is what this professional musician was screaming into the void a decade ago).

Liam is gone, and his death has made people appreciate him more, and the sad irony is that if he’d seen that appreciation consistently he might still be here. He would have loved this revival.

[harrywavycurly]

One Direction brought me to this hellsite and as much as sometimes I truly do not like it here, this place is still what I’d consider a safe space for me because it’s filled with people who just get it, when it comes to the boys and tonight I’ve seen people back on my dash I haven’t seen in months because when news like this hits this is still the main place we come to for comfort and to feel free to let out our emotions without having to explain ourselves because we all just get it.

[vampiradyke]

learned zayn left one direction during ap pysch in high school, learned liam died while working from home at my desk

[glittercashton]

it's heartbreaking to think that given better circumstances, one direction could have been happier for so much longer. more breaks, more control over their own schedules, given the chance to grow up between albums/tours. unfortunately we'll never know because of insatiable, unforgivable greed

[so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed]

(X)

[louisandthedagger]

he was reading letters from fans and thanking them ☹️♥️

[malinaa]

i found one direction and the fandom the same age the boys were when the band formed. and, like, when you’re a kid, you think, i want to be grown up. i want to do all the things i’ve never been able to do. and you say it over and over and over again until you’re sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and you’re staring down the barrel of leaving everything behind and suddenly everything’s just scary, and you’re a kid trapped in the dark, and there’s that peter pan syndrome knocking at the front door of your underdeveloped brain, screaming, i don’t wanna grow up, i want to be young forever.

i found the boys at the right time, or they found me. and my heart quintupled in size, and it just kept growing and growing and i kept growing up and, jesus christ, getting older is never easy when all your worries become so real. your friend gets sick, your family member passes away, your childhood self is bitterly wailing again, telling you that you never wanted to grow up because this would happened. and it did. it did.

liam died. he was part of my favorite band, and all i can remember is feeling utter hysterical joy watching one direction moments on youtube. isn’t that so silly. he had no idea who most of us were, but he made me laugh when all i wanted to do was cry. i can’t forget that.

and if you ever feel alone guys (hahaha) don’t </3

[voxina]

Liam, my dear darling Lima Bean, I hope you see how loved you are, and how loved you’ve always been.