#bluegreen… rainbows.. and more rainbows…

[dreamings-free]

1/10/23

feat. one (1) single ducky 🐤

[statementlou]

why do you talk about Louis using blue and green signalling as if it isn't about Harry, that what the blue and green are- do you not believe in larrie?

short answer for the reading challenged trolls to cut down on asks yes I am a larrie, not that anything is wrong with not being one. But longer (much more interesting imo) answer: We know H and L were together, but no one really knows if they are still or again- I personally mostly believe that they are, but I get why people don't think so and can't see any reason to get pressed about it. But you make a solid point- blue and green and certainly things like Louis wearing the H shirt don't potentially signify anything other than larry right? Well that's what makes it so interesting to me- I kind of don't think Louis IS using those things that way! As my recent anon pointed out (and I agree) he wants people to think he is Freddie's dad, he is not presently trying to be perceived as gay in the face of people trying to force him in the closet- he is in charge of his image and is choosing to publicly put forward that he is a guy who got someone pregnant and dates women. And I do think him and H are together, but I don't think he particularly wants to talk to us about that, if that makes sense? But I believe he does want to connect with his beloved fans on a more personal level, to revel in the acceptance and love and shared wink, I know you know I know, me and you until the end, our eyes meet, together we're the greatest- and I think he uses the larry imagery to do that, rather than to talk about his relationship. I could do this for days he gives us SO MANY examples to choose from but just to pick one: the all blue and green lighting for All This Time. Think about it- if he actually had images of a rainbow flag on the screens at his shows or waved one or something, it would make the articles and press and be a whole thing and revive every rumor ever about him in every tabloid! But if he makes the entire lighting and screens for a song blue and green (or wears a shirt with a giant H on it or any of the other one million coded things he does), well so what? No journalist would think a thing of it, nothing to see here- but the larrie majority of his fanbase hears him saying "you were right about everything and yes I am gay and I love you for seeing it" and go completely bananas! It's fucking ingenious tbh, SBB at his finest! And the fact that the song he chose for his current unhinged bluegreener fest was All This Time was for me the thing that really cemented this theory for me; I know some people disagree, but to me that song reads as being about him being closeted and his public life and the fans and choosing this lighting for that rather than for like We Made It or something really feeds my conviction that he is bluegreening on main as a way to tell us that he is gay rather than to tell us anything about his personal relationship. TLDR yeah I DO think he is signaling, a lot, but I don't think it tells us anything about the status of his relationship with Harry or anyone else and the reasons I think they are together don't have anything to do with Louis' stage lighting choices, but also that means I don't think it makes sense to say he's not signaling anything ever because you don't think they're together; both can coexist and I think it's just weird to act like he's not making pretty clear choices

[alarrytale]

Louis’ live album was a suprise for me and I’ve never been a fan of live albums especially if I know those songs sound almost the same as studio version so I always prefer studio albms. So when Live dropped I was like “nah, I’ll probably won’t listen to it”. But then I gave a chance to We Made It because it’s one of my all time favouritest Louis’ songs. And yesteday I had a good and chilled day at work so after I caught Niall’s live stream of his show in Auckland (what another great show! I just love him so much!), I also gave chance to Louis’ live album. And oh my, I was caught from the beginning! I love how the love of the fandom is caught there no matter where the show took place and those songs really kind of blossom when they are played live. And when it comes to All This Time/SIBWAWC, it like a pure magic is happening both visually (that transition from solid bluegreening to rainbow is just a masterpiece) and sonically and I love those songs much more live - and I hope we’ll get a HD video from this megamix because it has to be recorded!

The only kind of weak song for me there is WAOYF as it doesn’t sound that great live but otherwise I love the whole album and of course I listened to it 3 times in a row yesterday. So hope you will like it as well!

Hi, anon!

That's good to hear! My favourite of his is Copy x3 (live from Lima) and that’s a live recording, so i think i probably will like the album.

[tobethemselves]

Las Vegas Recap

recap 1/173 📸 by @ amymariephoto

“[Do you know who you are] I do when I’m with you.”

— Harry during Lights Up

Las Vegas

Date: Saturday, 4 September 2021

Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, sold out, attendance: 13,413/ 13,413

Opening Act: Jenny Lewis

A Pre-Show Announcement from Harry

The Show:

Set List, Lyric Change during Golden, Lyrics, The very first "Sometimes you'll have my face and sometimes you'll have my ass" Announcement, Falling with a bit of Two Ghosts in the intro, Blue and Green lights and fist dance with Niji during the sunflower intro, Rainbow flag during TPWK and WMYB, Harry shocking us all by choosing dogs over cats and some more interactions with fans, Harry taking it all in during SOTT, Harry's emotional speech x x, First WS intro, this time inspired by Freddie Mercury, Dancing Harry, Harry nearly missing his cue for Kiwi, featuring the cutest little run to his mic First ever Water Fight and some more pictures of it because I already miss this Harry leaving the show.

Show Outfit:

PINK and WHITE NAILS more information about Harry’s rings here, First Post from Harry Lambert of Harry’s custom made Gucci outfit.

First Love On Tour Posts on Twitter (x , x , HSHQ) and Instagram.

Some great GIFs: Our beloved Bluegreener, Harry during Falling and some more precious dancing.

And last but not least some lovely fan art here, here and here.

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#it’s just super unclear as to what this actually is and i don’t get why they’d want to confuse people in order to market an event like this

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

i wish kanye west a very merry rotting in hell

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#4

💙💚 Larryversary 2022 recap 💙💚

September 28th:

- They played BTM outside the arena before Harry’s show

- Peace Ring for the 9th night in a row baby!!!

- Harry sang Medicine #gay

- Blue green lights during WMYB- the song Harry fell in love to *quiet sobs in the distance*

- Harry waved a pride flag over his head during Love of my Life

***BONUS: Gloria Gaynor posting the 1D version of “I Will Survive”

September 29th:

- Harry bluegreening on main via Pleasing promo

5 notes - Posted September 29, 2022

#3

I wanna change my pfp so I’m manifesting that Harry will be pictured holding some flowers at one of the upcoming shows 💐✨💐✨💐

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#2

god she really is glitching because of all the new people joining TUMBLR GET IT TOGETHER GIRL

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My #1 post of 2022

I AM SO FUCKING DRUNK RN AND IM SO HAPPYYYYY KISSING YOU ALL ON THE MOUTH RN TODAY IS SUCH A GOOD FUCKING DAY AHHHHH

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[bluewinnerangel]

How the fuck do you find a tshirt that's a sneaky H that looks like half a rainbow and inverts to bluegreen that has numbers on it that adds up to 7 fits your illuminati aesthetic and just says some shit like sciencey but make it weird telekinesis department? and their shop is just... people with pyramids on their heads. Also apparently this brand is founded by Jaden and Willow Smith the more you know im gonna take a nap.

[skepticalarrie]

Allie this blue green thing... When did it start?? I know green and blue were assigned to harry and Louis in 2014 when the blue bandana thing started but they weren't bluegreening this or ig not at all

Hey, anon! It was one of those things that became a thing because larries made it a thing at first and then they adopted it as well - we started associating these two colours together because of the colour of their microphones. And then it escalated in several different directions over the years. I believe they really started to use it and it was established it was officially thingTM with the rainbow bears.

And as I said, they used that in different ways over the years. From simply linking/posting blue and green pictures on instagram, to their clothes, stage lights, music videos, Louis' blue and of course the blue bandana (a classic) as you mentioned. But it definitely goes way back...

But I totally agree that they have been doing it more than usual. In the last few years they took to a whole new level. And after their tours and promo season started earlier this year... omg LMAO I totally lost count how many times it happened in the last couple of weeks, if I'm being honest. My guess is that they've been away from each other for a while now, incredibly busy, so that's probably why. And the more they do it, they know it gets more obvious and we're going to quickly acknowledge it. But at the same time it's just colours, just two random colours, so it can very easily be brushed off as a coincidence every single time.

[back-to-louis]

I actually noticed this a lot back in the fall during the US LOT dates, both here and on Twitter - the complete insistence than Harry’s current happiness comes from his career and how supported he is by his fans. This was such a strong narrative last fall (before Harry’s House came out, or we even knew when it was coming out). When he would get up and give his speech about how happy he was and how great he felt - fans would go on and on about how they were the ones responsible for this. And I thought - well maybe he’s talking about all aspects of his life? Friendship, his family, his girlfriend, etc. To me, it seems like that’s what had become the most important thing to him (as it should!!). I thought the fan projection as them being his sole or biggest source of happiness was really odd.

And then when the new album came out and Harry started giving all these interviews about realizing his career wasn’t the most important and that he’s connected in with his family and friends and all the other aspects of his life, I realized I was correct. I’m not saying Harry doesn’t love his fans and love performing and touring - he most definitely does. But it’s not the most important thing to him anymore, which is a huge change from his past, especially 1D days, and I’m actually so happy he seems to have found that balance.

But I think a lot of the fandom either doesn’t want to see this, or blatantly ignores it because then they have to recognize they aren’t the most important part of his life. And that’s why they continue to stalk him, ask for pics when he clearly doesn’t want to draw attention to himself and then get mad at him when he declines. Because that’s visual proof that he has a life and people in it that he values more than fans.

He has stated multiple times recently that he enjoys his work, but when he’s not working, he wants to just live his life and spend time with the people in it who matter to him. Fans hear this but I am not sure if they truly understand it - then when they see him during a time he’s not working and he’s clearly carved time out to spend with his girlfriend, they are furious. I’m not sure if this is just an age thing (he has gotten a lot new very young fans recently) or just a product of social media rotting everyone’s brains. I’m not sure when/if it will get better for him but I really hope it does. He was stalked a ton when he was in 1D and then it seemed to have gotten a bit better when he first went solo but I feel like it’s gotten so much worse in the past 2ish years in terms of stalking and the entitlement people feel over demanding things from him in public.

Having seen larries recently try to reassure themselves and one another to feel welcome at Harry's shows over Louis's just illustrates what you're saying: they are experiencing anxiety over not (or no longer) being perceived as the most important entity in Harry's life.

The rainbows are a red herring - - read how they now wear green and blue or "subtle" bluegreen pins/ribbons to indicate their status in the "in-group" as their actual reason for fear of exposure in public. *The rainbows are no longer adequate to signal their stance to one another.*

And again (because I must repeat myself), note that they take Harry's words to heart, as honest reflections of his feelings, and the evolution of his position hurts them, whereas they *expect* Louis to be lying to them when he calls Eleanor (not them) his "rock."

But onstage, where he does not drape himself in pride flags, Louis tells them he couldn't do any of this without them, and it turns out that's the content they came for.

[twopoppies]

Hi Gina! I just got back from MSG and I have so many thoughts! First of all, H is amazing, the show is great and didn’t feel rushed at all. He looked insanely good and the energy was great, we felt the floor literally shaking for at least three songs. The bluegreening during Sunflower and TBSL is honestly unhinged. It’s like, all encompassing and way more powerful in person than it is in the pics and videos I’d seen before. Also, I can’t remember if it was the same at the previous shows or if it’s something they changed, but during sunflower the lights right around the stage go from blue and green to a rainbow, and my jaw was on the floor.

He did the Golden lyric change, and seemed very emotional during his thank you speech, and also during Falling and SOT. The crowd was VERY young and very straight. It was my first H show and let me tell you, I have never felt the actual weight of his closet as much as I did tonight. I pictured him coming out, and couldn’t imagine how 3/4 of the audience would stick by him when it seems like they were there because he’s hot and a womanizer. I heard a dad tell his daughter and her friends “guys, I’m sorry but he’s gay” on the way out, and ten different girls were like “noooooo” and were basically screaming at him. However. I thought it was hilarious how he played “I’m coming out” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” back to back before the show, and those same girls were just dancing and singing. That boy is literally screaming and it doesn’t seem to even make a dent. Also, they played “Olivia” but only Harry’s chorus once. Was it like this at previous shows or is this new?

Anyhoo, just thought I’d share my thoughts now that they’re fresh in my head. The main thing is, he is a magical angel and we’re so so lucky.

That sounds so amazing and oh my god the rainbow lights during Sunflower? I hadn't noticed that!! I'm so sad he's still doing the Golden lyric change, but I get it, too. And ugh the commentary about the crowd. Just... ugh. It's changed SO much since the last tour. I'm laughing at that dad knowing what's up. I don't know about Olivia. I haven't heard anyone say that.

Thank you so much for sharing your story!

[tellmethisisnottumblisnextfuckup]

Sending this anonymously bc I know some of my irl friends who follow me on here are antis, and I don't want to cause drama because we don't really talk about them in order to avoid the drama, but I just wanted to share my thoughts regarding what you said about newbies joining the Larry Fandom... I became a One Direction fan in May of 2020, and was very shortly after introduced to Larry through Youtube... This was probably very shortly after freddieismyqueen had to delete her account, so I remember there was a lot of drama. At first, I thought it was a little bit crazy to think that Louis and Harry had been together, but I decided to keep an open mind, and the more I looked into it, the more I became convinced that they had to have dated. I think that the biggest thing that convinced me was seeing the way they'd look at each other early on, especially. I've watched several friends relationships over the years, and I realized very quickly that if either one of them had been female, no one would even consider questioning that these two were more than friends. By July of 2020, I joined the tumblr Fandom, and was introduced to your blog shortly after by someone I followed on Tiktok, and specifically the babygate masterpost. At that point, I was uncomfortable with everything involving L&F, and had not really developed an opinion on the issue because I didn't know enough about the situation, so again, I approached reading the masterpost with an open mind. After reading the post, I was fully convinced that Louis isn't F's dad, and I became convinced that they never broke up or cheated. Fast forward to 2021. The stunts got super messy super fast, the Fandom drama got worse, and my own mental health began declining, so I ended up leaving the Fandom in February or March last year. I've still kept my belief that L&H are together and never broke up, I just decided to focus on other things in my life. Then, I went to Louis' concert in Houston last week, and I've gotten sucked right back in to the Fandom as a result. What I saw at the Houston show further confirmed for me what I've known since 2020... One of the people who went with me to the show commented after the show that it reminded them of how annoying "blue-greeners" are, and I had the thought that if "blue-greeners" are so annoying, why was Louis literally wearing a blue and green shirt? Why did he use so many blue and green lights throughout the show? I noticed later when I was watching one of my videos that the lighting effects literally created a rainbow during one of the songs (I can't remember which one, I'll have to look it up)... It's just so strange to me that people find "blue-greeners" so annoying, when the original "blue-greeners" are literally L+H. The very first song he played after the show was literally "Can't Stop Believing"! As a "newer" Larrie, I most definitely am not ashamed. I am so happy that I was willing to open my mind and eyes and see and understand the truth through all the lies. It was a process but it was definitely worth it!

Wow thank you so much for sharing this with me!! It’s not been an easy ride, I co-sign that. And right as you said, the original bluegreeners are right there at the center of the stage, so that was an own goal from that anti. I’m so happy for you that you could see and hear him live! It was such a fun-loose-happy show, from what we could see from the pictures! Take care love! 💚💙

[cecils-dragons]

if ur referring to the bluegreen flag, don’t feel pressured to use it— i personally as a gay guy would recommend avoiding it since the flag was made explicitly by people who said the community flag ’isn’t for gay men’ and is also blatantly just a recolored lesbian flag, which lesbians have been trying to explain to people but a lot of them aren’t really listening

M, I don't know the full history of the flag but yeah I've main;y seen people say don't use it because it's a "boy"(blue) recolor of the lesbian flag. I'm also a gay little man but I mainly just use the rainbow flag for myself because I like rainbows :) Idk, I'm probably gonna look around for some more opinions but for now I'll just stick to the rainbow flag mainly because I like the flag. Thank you for your input tho! Did't know the the "isn't for gay men" thing, I thought it was made because there's no flag specifically for gay men so they use the pride flag.

[dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram]

I am actually really curious what you mean when you say that Louis and Harry are very engaged with the fandom - you say you could come up with many examples, but you only gave one and it's one I view very differently. The idea that Louis and Harry have been particularly engaged with Larrie fandom over the last year, has been a long way from how I've understood anything I've seen and I am really interested if you want to come back and explain a little bit more about what you mean.//

I knew you would ask about that. I just didn’t want my ask to be too long but I will explain what I meant. By saying they engage with that part of the fandom very clearly i mainly mean the way the both used Larry for their pr in the past, not only this year. So we have the Eroda thing. The Eroda Twitter Account back then liked the „Louis the fish“ tweet and basically confirmed the music video of adore you was inspired by that book. I could go on talking about the story that was told in the mv but i guess that depends on how you interpret it. But all in all the whole project was something that worked perfectly with the Larry fandom marketing wise. It’s about little clues and crumps they put out for the fans and since the rainbow bears it’s fair to say larries love to look for little easter eggs and certain hints. So the idea to put out cryptic stuff itself goes perfectly with Larries way to view Harry and Louis as artists and their idea of them communicating with larries through hidden messages.

The same with the yah campaign this year. The whole campaign seemed to be targeted to larries. By the end it was mainly larries who were still keeping track with the twitter account and the tweets. The tweets didn’t really make sense looking back on it now but they constantly used certain terms that larries use all the time. There were things like the „halfway home“ tweet two weeks after that song was registered by Louis. Again it’s probably on how one views this incident but I think it’s fair to discuss it especially since even people outside the fandom noticed that. Harry put lines in his songs like „stay green a little while, you bring blue lights to dreams“ when bluegreen is the most basic thing in the Larry fandom and everybody knows about it. I just find it naive to say this wasn’t done on purpose. Not to speak of his recent comment „green, blue.. I love it“ to that mother in the crowd. Things like that I find hard to not make about Larry lol.

Then we had the coordinates next to „Tomlinson road“ and next to a French „Louis“ restaurant (I don’t recall the exact name“), basically at least four coordinates that were obviously right next to „Louis“ named stuff. Louis did the same for his campaign for the „two of us“ song when he put out coordinates all around the globe for fans to figure out and there were countless references to Larry, Harry etc. you can look it up.

I totally understand your perspective of their supposed acknowledgment of Larry stuff in the crowd during shows, I kinda agree with you. I just feel like this year it happend way to often to ignore it. When so many people that were at the concert say it happend and they saw it with their own eyes and we also have much footage of different angles, how can this be debunked entirely? Again, I agree we never can be sure 100%! I already said what I think about his cover of 7 and how unnecessary it was when Louis is in fact so bothered by the Larry conspiracy. Just saying.

I didn’t mention the whole Coachella thing bc it feels like this again was something that larries gave a meaning that doesn’t necessarily have any, even tho I thought it was crazy. Also remember the tattoo Sketches used as Spotify covers last year?

All i tried to say was: in my opinion they clearly used Larry for their promotion, both of them and that’s how they engage with the Larry fandom. And whether or not it means anything that clearly always did feed into larries fantasies and into the conspiracy as well. And that’s why I don’t think it’s fair to completely blame fans for their beliefs. That doesn’t make their actions and their harassment less harmful. It’s completely unacceptable. If they want Larry stylinson to disappear they shouldn’t use it for promo (I don’t think it will ever disappear, regardless).

That’s all I’m saying. That’s what I find contradictory. I don’t blame them for anything else but that part just doesn’t make sense to me. I know a lot depends on the perspective which you look at things from. But there is too much that I find to explicit and too „obvious“ to claim it’s just fans reading too much into it. Also, im not even a larrie really, I don’t believe they are together and I view them as victims in this whole mess, for the most part. But in my opinion, the manipulative behavior goes both ways and it is very toxic sometimes. I feel like if you use larries for your pr you can’t blame them for falling for it.

Thanks for coming back anon - I really appreciate your perspective, because I was wondering what sort of things people were talking about.

So partly we just have really different perspective. I definitely don't think that the eroda account liking a tweet confirms that the perspective of that tweet was true. For me it seems really unlikely that the person running the social media account for the Eroda marketing campaign would know the inspiration for the video - so they're not a good source.

More broadly - I wouldn't look for anything about Harry's relationship from the marketing campaigns from the album. I think Harry signs off on them, and may be quite engaged with the creative. But the details - that's marketing's job and not his. In addition, I think most of the things you mention about places or whatever are just what you'd find when you give coordinates of newspaper offices.

I really think it helps to think of things from other people's perspectives and not ours. For example, the time when we learn about a song's existence is important for fans. But it's not going to be important to an artist (who isn't the person who does that paperwork, let alone pay attention to when the process is complete and the results are on the website). So to expect an artist's, boyfriend's marketing department to keep it in mind seems absurd.

I'm a Larrie - and nothing you've listed in this post seemed significant to me. It all seemed like coincidences, or in the case of the tattoo art, marketers responding to fandom enthusiasm (if I remember rightly - I didn't pay a lot of attention). I want you to understand how narrow the people who analyse Harry and Louis' marketing the way you do is - and how they can't be the centre of. I think in order not to deliver coincidences like 'Tomlinson road' everyone invovled would have to be fully briefed about Larries beliefs, and avoiding things that would be treated as confirmation would have to be a core part of their work. And then they'd do worse at their actual job - which is promoting Harry's music. If you treat anything but active avoidance as confirmation, then you are going to get occasional confirmation.

Again, at the very beginning you quoted me saying that I didn't think either X or Y is true. You again state as fact how Louis feels about the "Larrie conspiracy" - but we have no idea how he feels and things that are presented as screenshots of DMs doesn't change that.

You end by saying - "I feel like if you use larries for your pr you can’t blame them for falling for it". Where does the idea of blame even come from? Boundaries goes both ways - and we don't get to control what stories people tell about us. I think Louis and Harry get to feel any way they like about the stories people tell (and I'm sure they do, whether or not they're true). But I think you're unreasonably certain that there's blame, just like you're unreasonably certain that Larries are being used for marketing.

[uutpoetry]

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[alarrytale]

I work at my city's council and in my department lgbtq+ people outnumber straight people. Most of my co-workers are gay men and they all think Harry is straight. It's annoying having to listen to their bad takes. I've given my opinion but they get really defensive so I just stay out of it now. They're aware of 1D and think Louis is closeted, with internalized homophobia, but that Harry is a straight frat boy who sleeps with tons of models. They have mixed opinions ranging from hating him and thinking he is intentionally queerbaiting, or thinking he's a progressive straight man who means well. When I suggested he is closeted they see it as such an alien idea, that he can't be closeted because he doesn't act like it and that you can't get more straight than him. I've given up lol but it annoys me that these stereotypes still exist so much within the community, that all gay men are the same. But it's hard to argue with them when Harry has a really straight image when he isn't performing but a really gay image when performing. It gives people whiplash.

Hi, anon!

I'm sorry you have to deal with that lol! I think it sounds like they have the same opinions on the situation like the rest of the gp does. This is probably the most common take of them all. Harry is straight because the media tells me so and he's straight passing and not behaving like a closet case. So he must be straight. They do notice that he's acting gay on stage and that must be him queerbaiting.

Louis fits the gay stereotypes and does behave like a closet case by doing denials and lashing out at his own fans. He must be insecure, scared and have not come to terms with being gay. In stead of sympathising with him because of that, they see that he's overcompensating with a put on straight persona and they're probably not a fan of that. So they're not much of a fan of Louis. Much like the gp.

As i've said before, queer people aren't exempt from heteronormativity, gaslighting nor gay stereotypes. Queer people also aren't neccessarily more socially aware, aware of how the music and entertainment industry works, and aware of how much money is invested in Harry and how much is at stake. If they're out themselves, some are probably not grasping why they wouldn't just come out, if they don't have internalised homophobia that is. Since they don't, they must be straight.

Have you tried showing them some larry videos or some of the videos that shows that Harry isn't straight? The not that important video or the interview about his friends and family knowing his sexuality? That's not something a straight person would say at all. It's also not queerbaiting, the not that important video happened while he was in 1D and before he started exaggerating his queerness on stage (read as queerbaiting).

Also try turning the question on them, how would they behave and act if they were the ones who were straight passing, but closeted and gay, and in a relationship with their closeted bandmate and had to keep a straight image to the public, but wanting to show fellow queers and their supportive part of the fandom that they are queer and want out of the closet? Ask them to be creative. When stumped, suggest to them that they could speak through sign language, t-shirts and shared clothes, colours (bluegreening), lyrics, or even rainbow bondage bears showing different situations that's being used to closet them. Show them, not tell them. Make them see it for themselves and come to a new understanding on their own. You'll have them turned into larries in no time at all.

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I'd like to address something in relation to larry and larries.

I'm a larrie. I haven't been here from the start so I haven't gotten the opportunity to actually witness the happenings at the time maybe up until late 2014 ( before that I was a fan of 1d but not heavily and so I never bothered with keeping up with them before that) but! As of the 2014, I thought I'd actually invest myself into the fandom, and I was a full blown anti lmao ( I know..I was young and naive and dumb af, blinded by the bullshit, lies and deceit the media shoved down my ( our throats-that they still do..but we're past that, obviously and now, we see things for how they are, how the industry works and what they put the boys through. What HL had to and still continue to go through)

Anygays, just like it states in the ask, new larries don't know much of what went on and how things work, I was one of them..and now I can wholeheartedly say I am in fact aware of it all, I understand things and I see how deep it all, in fact, goes. It really isn't about how long you've been here for, it's about how an informed opinion will always carry more value than a poorly informed one...and it's true, the veteran larries who have been here from the get-go have witnessed everything so their opinions would certainly matter more than some random ass anti who knows little to nothing.

From what I've seen and continue to see through the language we've become so accustomed to, how we've become so good at reading Louis ( and Harry) and also through the messages they sneak into their songs and music videos, their body language and tones..they're so blatantly obvious and it's like a silent plea for us to hear them out y'know? I mean with RBB & SBB?? that shit felt like a damn fever dream! There's absolutely no other explanation for those chaotic bloody bears!! Niall being discreet and snapping his neck to look at Louis expectantly?? The foreshadowing tweets??? The reflections?? The way those rainbow bears showed up every single night on tour with different props and shit- they had on some expensive stuff ffs the crew would never go through such great lengths to waste their money on all of that!

Let me remind you that these are the same guys who created freaking fake islands with a mysterious website and twitter acc with creepy ass shit that got us thinking we were trapped and bound to die by joining a cult, just to promote a singe!!! Then went on to have us watch a table on the beach be setup for 3 whole whole days!!! Only for his equally chaotic spouse to make us run like headless chicken all around to these global hotspots ( In the places of most larry significance at that) just to unlock secret bloody messages for his new single!! And then went on to make us sit through 6 hours of watching paint dry on a wall.. for an album release!

Like??? Do you see the other members pulling cryptic shit like this? No!! Louis and Harry KNOW we analyse their every doing and they take fucking pride in that. They love it. They want us to figure shit out. I mean when Louis said his fans loved to look for secret messages and Easter eggs, when be called us his, and I quote "little detectives" he was talking about larries. When harry said we've been sleuthing about to try and connect the dots with the whole Eroda thing, he was talking about larries..because really, who else other than us larries are able to follow cryptic and obsurd leads?? To take what they're so sweetly throwing at us and run with it? Yeah.

Anygays.. I absolutely agree with everything said. It doesn't matter how long you've been in the fandom, just be open minded about things and don't be gullible and believe whatever the media says. It's their job to make money and care a fuck about the artist. So if you actually take the time to see things between the lines and see what HL are trying to tell you, good for you. You're a proper larrie.

If you're a new larrie, and don't know the difference between larries and, well..bluegreeners, just don't be fooled by antis. They're going around pretending to be larries to make fun of us. You'll notice easily though, bluegreeners are usually annoying and disrespectful to HL's friends and family, constantly making literally everything about larry without supporting them as individuals. They usually comment embarrassing shit like " is larry real/ touch your hair if larry is real" on people's livestreams and will use blue&green hearts everywhere. This is also what you should find if it's an anti pretending to be a "larrie" . Also, if you "ship them" you aren't a larrie. Being a larrie means you know that they're in a romantic relationship. Ship obviously meaning a bromance like Niam, Zouis, Zarry, Lirry, Nouis and...I'm sorry ( Ziam). Larry ain't it.

Just pointer to any newbies .

In conclusion though, at this point I don't care about proof, I know that they made it. I know they're still together and still going strong and nothing will change my mind. Babygate and stunting is real and I stand by my word.

Peace.

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About Me

Here is some information about me, since I hope to be working with you guys it would probably help if you knew more about me.

Name: Lorelai

Sexual Orientation: Biromantic Asexual 

Favorite Colors: Bluegreen and purple

Favorite Book: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Favorite Season: Fall

Favorite Food: Pasta pasta and more pasta