#do i tag this lukola? i guess

[dollypopup]

the fact that Luke opened every single bag of chips (because Nicola has her nails done and opening bags with fancy nails can be such a nuisance) and then offered them to her so she could have first pick each time?

this is a man who understands women

[biancadoes1]

Hi,

First off, thank you for posting my post. Organized Anon. I never thought people would care what I had to write, just had to get that off my chest and I love a good list lol. I guess, I have more so here is part 2. Lol

Today will be the Wild West west for Lukolas. I see people sending in post that are all over the place.

I myself am not a lukola -per se. I love Nic and Luke. I would love if they dated. But I like to remain neutral. I find it is the best for me. For me.

I am seeing posts saying Nic and Luke are beefing bc he did not post for her bday and she has not liked her post. My advice is to not engage with people who think Nic is dating Jake. It is a waste of time. You could have ET standing next to you saying aliens are real and they still will not believe you. It doesn’t matter about posts talking about the meaning of sweet one, they will not listen. The only thing to prove a jakola wrong is to let them use their brain. Trust me, if you ask question that requires thinking, in a respectful way, they will not know how to respond or what to do.

again, saying Nic is with JD bc she went to his premiere is childish. Saying she is mad with Luke and she has been showing JD off since Luke went to Rome is childish. Saying there is beef between them is childish. yes, I am even calling so called Lukolas on this site out who are agreeing with things.

there is nothing we can say to prove or show. But again, ask yourself those key questions.. if she is dating Jake and they have been out an about all this time, why not just post or tag that is who she was with in her photo. Nic has a brain and smart. We know they went to the WT movie together and we know they spend time together so why not post or tag him- and she might later do this- but why be public with JD on certain days and private with him on other days- makes no sense. No logical sense. People already think they date, so why hide him on the bday post. -Because his is most likely isnt dating him. This is just from rational thinking.

again, think rationally. Why would two adults- who play a beloved fan favorite of Polin be beefing and put in on SM for the world to think so. It’s bad for the product. Look at the Amazon show, culpa tuya. The leads are apparently beefing and yea people are talking but Polin is a different type of love story. Shonda would not let dirty laundry out so stop with the beefing theory. People sound like children. And these are grown adult women. Stop thinking that people are vindictive and want to manipulate others. Go seek therapy and figure out why toxicity is a driving force in your life. If Nic was beefing, why is Luke all over her end of year dump. His photo is on the back of her phone. At the least, they are besties.

now the million dollar question- why did he post for Claudia Bday and not Nic. There are only two possible reasons. A. JD is her man and he did not want to take away from JD on her special day. OR B. Luke is her man or her and Luke are getting close and decided to make it private - no attention. I believe the latter based on rational clues. Extra extra eyes were on them this year. Commenting on her SAG post was loud but not posting is louder. Personal stays private.

Could I be wrong yes- lol. But I’ll leave with this. If Nic is dating JD, you will have people saying she trolled the fandom. And if you are being honest, it can be seen that way. Posting and not posting jd. Jd trolling as well, saying things like people want me to marry Luke , doing that audiobook. It’s just too much. And she will get push back and fans will leave. I don’t care how nice people think JD is, he is not worth losing fans for. But let’s not think on this. We will cross that bridge, when or a big big big big if we need too. thanks!!!

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[just-trust-me-bro]

Hmm 🧐

The Sincerely Ignorant, Conscientiously Stupid & Fact Finders?

A new breed...

I guess this is as good of a place as any to start dismantling addressing common theories circulating with the Lukola shipping fandom.

Yes, I know. Who the fuck am I to be shitting on what someone else has to say? I guess you could call me an actual "Fact Finder."

Unlike most within the sphere I won't be blowing smoke.

Now I don't want to be completely unfair to the OP above as I too once believed that Luke's "I won't let her ruin our night" post meant something much more.

Funny how time is a cruel mistress.

The argument presented by OP is this:

"Luke’s character is telling Nicola’s character he won’t let another woman ruin their evening.

Let me repeat that again for you:  Luke’s character is telling Nicola’s character he won’t let another woman ruin their evening."

So what? He just had this pic ready to go in case of an emergency? Ya know, just on the offhand that some gal, A or whoever, would "fuck things up" for him and Nic.

Seriously? Like can we be for real?

He posted said pic 2 days after the infamous pap pics dropped, so the damage was already done. What night is he referring to in this dream like scenario?

If we can truly be honest with ourselves here, Luke was already in Milan on June 15th for fashion week. We all know Antonia was with him. We also know she has continued to tag along with him everywhere this summer. So even if there was a deeper meaning to the pic (there isn't) it would mean fuck all.

Not once did he do anything to stave off the adverse reactions to the pap pics. In fact, he seemed to mostly bury his head. Only popping up for social/work events. He was working that day.

The pic was definitely planned as it followed director Billie Woodruff dropping several BTS pics, as well as Bessie Carter, and Sesley Hope.

Now the argument OP had against Luke posting the pic as PR was quite unimaginative, a hay house of sorts, but let's break it down.

"No one is going to convince me that Luke and Antonia were in a blissful relationship after that IG story was posted. Why? Because the deductive reasoning part of my brain tells me Luke chose Nicola straight outta Pap-gate.

The Conscientiously Stupid may [rather they WILL] argue that it was just for PR. Okay, but that would mean Antonia accepted the comparison between Cressida, the Evening-Ruiner, and herself. Take a moment and put yourself in Antonia’s shoes. Would you accept this from your partner? (P.S. If you said yes, you have bigger problems in life than following real people’s relationships.)  We know Antonia accepted this role to some extent because we have evidence she attended events with Luke over the summer. So, what the fuck?"

Stating the pic was posted as continued PR for Part 2 release does not equate to "Antonia accepting a Cressida Comparison." This is the laziest form of "arguing the other side" I have ever come across.

The pic has nothing to do with Antonia at all. Luke was probably given the pic to post and did so without another thought about it. In fact it was probably already queued up as he was busy enough in Milan, for fashion week, with Antonia.

But let me just indulge you and say, "OP you're right. Luke posted that message directly to Nic. An olive branch."

Shit fell on deaf ears because the very next day is when we get the SATC TT from Nic and well...

[brynnsasha191]

Listen, the last thing I ever want to do is to tell anyone how to tag their own post because stuff like that is a big pet peeve of mine. It's your post, tag it however you want. But I'd be a huge liar if I said I'm not starting to get bothered by the overabundance of lukola shippers in the polin tag. I'm just trying to look at nice polin posts but all I get is shippers arguing over the personal lives of actors and those actors partners. Lukola and polin are two different ships and I guess this is just me whining about them not being tagged separately. But y'know whatever, I can't control people or their tagging. Btw the reason I'm tagging this as polin and lukola is because I'm talking about both, it's when people are only talking about lukola and still tag it as polin that I get annoyed.

[for-ships-that-never-sail]

LISTEN

I’m on the ✨ #LukolaEndgame ✨ hopes and dreams delulu (but hopefully not actually delulu) train 🚂 just as much as the next person here

BUT ALSO

I wouldn’t be mad at this?? 👀

Like…. He’s a handsome man, and if Nic intends to respectfully climb him like a tree, I GET IT. 👀🤤

See below for more Lukola positive thoughts though…

👇🏼

SO Nic has already mentioned Eamon by name (as a friend) in at least 2 or 3 interviews during the recent press tour… She’s also said she very much believes in the friends to lovers trope that is just as applicable here…. Andddddddd I’ve seen Nic hug A on video in a very friendly way (not that she wouldn’t hug her or be nice to her even if she didddd want L rn) and I also just saw someone’s theory on the Lukola tag about Nic’s “shit or get off the pot” paddle hit side eye vibes potentially being about her just giving L friendly advise on his stuff with A, which I can technically see as plausible…

So yeah, I know those ideas are gonna pisssss people off, but I’m just saying…. It would be a gorgeous love story for Lukola to one day be endgame, BUT in the meantime, I can see their current situations being all of thisss^

NOW in terms of my personal hopes and dreams of Lukola actually being endgame… I see it the way I see #Beliza 😅

Is anyone here from THOSE days?? When we used to look at #Bellarke and say, “if Bellamy is not supposed to be in love with Clarke, someone needs to tell Bob to stop looking at Eliza like that” (because we thought it was justtttt an acting choice)???

And then BAMMM

Out of absolutely fucking NOWHERE (I mean for some of us crazies that were following too closely it wasn’t 100% out of nowhere… but I knooooow that’s how the majority felt) they’re about to be filming the last season of the show and they’re just like yeah so GUESS WHAT GUYS I MARRIED MY BEST FRIEND and everyone is like ??? 🤯 I mean y’all were definitely close friends when you were shooting and doing promo every year for sure but like when the fuck did you become actual bestttt friends irl??? When the fuck did you start dating???? When did you even decide you’d get married?? Cause just a few months ago we were still seeing both of your other public shipssss!!! (Let’s also fully jump over THAT drama 👀) And then they were just like, so ummm we kissed after our first date and we just KNEW this was ITTTT so we got married 2 seconds later cause like why wouldn’t we?? We are best friends and soulmatesssss ✨🌈🦄 🥰🦞

Anyway

That’s how I imagine Lukola to one day become official 🤷🏻‍♀️ Like they’ll date other people openly, and then suddenly OUT OF THE BLUE they’re MARRIED and everyone’s fucking confused AND elated! Lol

I do wonder if already having been so intimate with each other as Polin (unlike Bellarke, which, let’s just not think about that anymore either 😫) would delay or speed up Lukola if this were the case.

Like either it’ll speed them up because they know they LIKED all of THAT 👀 so by the time Bridgerton is officially coming to a close they’ll feel comfortable enough to stop being so professional about their relationship and acknowledge the 🐘 in the room and get on itttttt and get married 4 dates in… ORRRRR it will slow them down because they would continue to think they LIKED IT only because they were experiencing emotional residue from being too in character as Polin. Meaning the show would have to end and they’d have to actually part ways for a while, and they’d have to miss each other a LOTTT, and realize it wasn’t just Polin that created all this 🌩️ energy 🌩️ between them, and then one of them would need to just jump in the deep end and be like, so uhmmmm I thought I was feeling the tingles cause I was just super into being Colin but maybeee that wasn’t ittt…. so do you, errr… wanna??? 👀

My concern with option 2 is that it has higher potential for “ships that pass in the night” vibes 😫

So

GOD I humbly pray that it’s actually the first version, and that they’re just sowing their wild oats until Bridgerton is nearly over, justttt because they don’t wanna accidentally fuck up any work dynamics, and that as soon as the official end is in sight, they will just get married two seconds into dating irl AMEN 🙏🏼

[lukolabrainrot]

Since we’re accepting all the theories, I figured I’d throw my super delusional theory out there ;)

L and A were casual from their first meeting to throughout most of the press tour, and L was very open with A and N about this.

Somewhere on the press tour, L and N discussed their feelings and concluded together that they wanted to pursue those feelings. I think this conversation probably happened during the world tour portion of the press tour, particularly near the end (Brazil/Italy/Canada/Ireland, if I had to guess). This, to me, explains the change in behavior between L and N around this time.

L told N he would talk to A, and L broke off whatever romantic/sexual relationship they had. However, L already had trips planned with A/his friend group throughout the summer (Milan, GQ, R’s Italy birthday trip), and furthermore A was already integrated into the friend group. I believe L made it clear to both N and A that A would continue being part of the friend group and would still get to tag along to all the events/on all the trips.

I’ve always believed that A was with L less because she liked him/wanted to be with him, and more because she wanted the perks/the attention that came with being with him. So, when L broke things off, she was not happy. Being in the friend group would still get her the perks, but in order to fully capitalize, she would need to be perceived as L’s romantic partner.

Thus, Pap Gate 1.0. I’ve always believed that L had no idea about it, and that A or someone around her was behind it. It would also explain her behavior in the pics (reaching for his hand/trying to push the girlfriend narrative).

N gets upset, but L quickly explains to her that he had no idea that the pap walk was going to happen. N truly knows L, and therefore she (rightfully, in my mind) believes him.

Now, L and N have to change course. They still want to figure things out privately, but they realize that the public narrative has now been changed. The media are stating that L and A are rumored to be together.

I think L and N take this very unfortunate situation and decide to do with it the best that they can. They decide that the best course of action is for L and his team to not correct People magazine and to just continue letting the media push this narrative.

Why? Because it takes all of the heat off of their (L and N’s) relationship. So much of the media during the press tour was very much focused on their friendship and whether or not it was more than just friendship.

By L having a girlfriend who is not N, at least according to the public eye, the media had their answer: L and N were just good friends and L was dating A.

Meanwhile, A plays along because she craves the attention and wants to continue receiving the perks.

But L… God bless him. He’s a phenomenal actor, but he just can’t seem to act like he’s into A. The fandom continues to spin because his behavior does not match the narrative that he/his team are decidedly not pushing against.

The summer continues, and A realizes that L’s behavior around her is not giving off a good impression onto her. She needs the media to perceive her as L’s girlfriend, so she continues to create leaks in order to keep the narrative alive.

A’s posts eventually go too far and compromise L’s safety and she gets slapped with an NDA.

L and N still need a smokescreen, so they go with JD, who is happy to play along for the sake of his very good friend, N.

You know what... I'm loving the delulu Lukola theories rn.

Keep em coming y'all!

[gleefullypolin]

I hate that Shondaland is encouraging the fans shipping Nicola and Luke after the actors finally got them to stop after MONTHS of harassment because they're seemingly dating other people. And even if they weren't why would anyone ship two people and want them to marry? Can't Nic and Luke just have an incredible friendship like Kate and Leonardo? Shondaland doesn't care about its actors and it is so obvious. Now everyone on Twitter and Tumblr are shipping the actors again and I feel so bad for Nic and Luke.

Oh boy....

Well I have done my best to stay out of this discourse in our fandom but you caught me on an early morning work day and I'm hating work so I guess I'm gonna answer this.

First let me put this out there, there is nothing wrong with shipping. In fact, I got caught up in it myself during the World Tour as come on, Nic/Luke are adorable and they play our couple well and they have insane natural chemistry and well the WT was off the charts insane.

What I do have issue with, is taking shipping to the actors. Oof. That should always stay in fandom and never leave the brain rot of fandom. Tagging them, talking about it, doxxing, being crazy to one or the other about the other, stalking, the stuff I see out there....yeah that makes me nuts because it alters their behavior toward fandom. It causes them to withdraw or post differently and then fandom loses out and that's sad.

The other part is just personal respect for their lives, while I know they asked for this. They basically signed up for it by becoming actors, that signature only goes so far and we should respect that. When they choose to even mildly associate with other people in their personal life, that's a line I don't cross.

And look, I get it, while not trying to age myself, I come as an OG Glee fandom member. I was a day one Finchel shipper and I was there when Monchel was created. My friends and I followed every scrap there was of "where is Cory Monteith and Lea Michelle today" I was there when the Christmas Choir scene photo was posted by Kevin McHale and everyone in the world lost their fucking minds. I know how to follow a bread trail. I know who Perez Hilton is because he caught them eating dinner together and blew the whole thing open. I followed Cory Monteith from show to show like a fucking groupie and met him multiple times. So I get shipping real life and it almost broke me in two when he died.

So my point with that embarrassing detail about my past is that I'm not about to judge anyone for shipping Lukola, but maybe just dial it back people. It's not worth the heartache it causes when it either doesn't end up working out or it just ends up not being true. Shipping should be enjoyable, not a fight.

It wouldn't hurt to learn to tag properly tho. Lukola isn't polin and vice versa, the tags are a fucking mess and I get why those not on the train truly hate going to the Polin tag to see the discourse. Myself included. Sometimes you just want to enjoy the fictional couple in peace. That's the piece everyone signed on for with Polin in their username.

Anyway, just my two cents, I don't normally comment on this at all because I hate all the fighting so you caught me on a good day, or maybe a bad one, who knows.

[lukola4evs]

Last time I checked Galway wasn’t in Cyprus.

Turns out my realistic take was right. And confirmed by a family member on a public platform. And this is after we got the Christmas wrap drop by a dif family member. This changes nothing for me in my shipping tbh.

I’m gonna repin my thoughts.

Hopefully this can be a reset for those that are always trying to uncover morsels that aren’t there or explain everything adjacent away.

Team Reactionary and Petty still in play I see.

Also if you’re gonna dig I guess don’t send this to anyone involved or tag on sm. Keep it to the group chats. That’s like the least you could do for Lukola.

I’m sure the see it if they search for it though. Or they get it sent to them.

This is out there and was sent to me a ton today.

So I’m responding. There’s no pr/nda/hackers involved. Stop writing fanfiction. There’s no continuity in your plot!!!

Ok, someone sent me the ig account of the relative and the conversation is there and the comment is coming from Luke's mother with 514 friends, it's real. I checked it myself.

Please keep yourself away from their Fb. Thanks.

PS. This conversation was about where to travel during autumn. Nothing else.

Ps2.

It can be a big family and a distant relative, so it's plausible that they have not known Luke's gf is from where.