#end of babygate schedule

[awesomefringey]

If you're a fan of Louis there's only two options! You believe he's not a dad or you believe he's a really really bad one. Like with everything we know idk how anyone can think he's a good dad, to list some examples...

- The primary custody of his son is in the hands of a woman who introduces a new father figure once every two months and expense the little money he sends in things for her. The support network of the kid relays on a gross family with life views very different to Louis but he cares so little about the kid that he doesn't have plans to challenge that "custody agreement". WE KNOW he's a family person but he doesn't care a lot about what happens to the kid.

- Being a millionaire he sends so little money to his kid that he doesn't even has health insurance and some random had to bought it an ipad.

- He sees the kid on Christmas and whenever he has a concert on LA and I know what some people are going to say that maybe he sees him privately but when? Because for someone that lately says that the kid is the most important thing in his life he doesn't show it. Everytime he has some free time he tends to be not near the kid and when louis mia there's proof of the kid being with his maternal family.

- Everytime Louis has a milestone concert everyone and their families are there, except the kid. He ended a world tour and jump to work right away, he's about to end another tour and you know what he did??? Fill up his summer schedule with festivals around the world. He son is going to be in summer vacation and he's going to be at the other part of the world. And I know is his work and everything but looking how other famous musicians (Adele, Ed Sheeran, Jhon Legend) balance work life with their kids he's not doing an effort to see him. It's clear that he values his work more than the kid.

- He has said multiple times how he values the privacy of his family, especially the little kids. But doesn't have a problem with exposing the kid the two times a year he sees him.

I'm sure there's a lot more examples but I mean is he not a dad or is he a pretty shitty one? There's not other way

Exactly. Plus Louis has largely contributed himself to babygate and fans believing that the child isn’t his.

If you thought Louis had an oopsie baby and accepted this is how a dad-to-be behaves, even years later with plenty of pap walks and daddy cool tweets to prove you’re a fabulous father now, he would still choose to wear a Billie Jean shirt? Just for jokes? How would that man even be worth your time? A family group pic once a year for IG couldn’t make up for all the pain and trauma this kid is going to face for the rest of his life…

[saintqueer]

jordan! let's try to think of something. when bg comes to its end, what will you do? cry? throw a party? i'm curious!

OHHHH BOYYYYY you wanna know my plan when it ends???

minute 0: stare at my screen in shock

minute 1: cry while trying to navigate to my private group chats with shaking hands

minute 2: scream with my group chat besties while crying

minute 7: text my irl besties that babygate ended

minute 10: go to tumblr to feel the euphoria of the dash and laugh hysterically in relief

minute 15: go outside and scream "BABYGATE HAS ENDED"

minute 18: check to see if i have any alcohol in the house...i don't

minute 20: make memes for my gc besties and cry when i see people show up on the tumblr dash who haven't been online since the old days

minute 28: leave for the grocery store to get alcohol

minute 82: pop the champagne and have a glass on video chat with gc besties

minute 95: take 4 shots of tequila

minute 105: bully simon cowell online

minute 128: video myself drunkenly dancing to Kiwi and send it to gc

minute 135: block every single member of the trash family on ig perhaps after leaving a strongly worded comment

minute 140: schedule a night out with my irl non-fandom friend who said she wanted to celebrate the end of babygate together

minute 160: take another 3 shots of tequila

minute 165: cry about all the time that louis lost to this demonic stunt and likely get a little upset about the way in which they ended it the repercussions it could cause

minute 175: cry about harry and louis getting to have their own baby one day

minute 200: pass out

[kiwikiwiandkiwi]

unpopular opinion time, maybe? i think louis saying he didn’t want to go on hiatus was part of a narrative then and still is part of a narrative to this day. do i think they were all happy to be over with 1d? of course not, you can tell how much these boys loved and still love the band, but i also don’t think louis was the only one who didn’t want the hiatus.

you think harry is overworked now? the band was touring, writing an album and promoting a new album every single year for 5 years on a row - without any breaks. so i find it a little naive to think they (all of them!!) weren’t at least a little bit relieved to be over with that schedule. if they kept going like that who knows what would’ve happened.

people like to say (and yes, that was the story that was pushed in the media) that harry was the one begging for a hiatus, he was the one who wanted to leave the band and have a solo career… well, correct me if i’m wrong, but as far as i remember harry stuck with the band until the very end, and was pretty much the last one to release a song after going solo.

it’s damn well clear now that louis was the one who made 1d what it truly was, he was the one who realized that they needed a more mature image than UAN and TMH, and he fought for it, and he got it with MM, Four, and MITAM, so he would obviously have a say on whether the band should go on hiatus or not (and honestly if louis said he wanted to keep going and that he thought they would be fine, the boys would’ve followed him blindly, because louis always knew what was best for the band)

honestly i think louis had a lot of reasons to want the hiatus (babygate, his and harry’s closet, the way him and management didn’t seem to see eye to eye), and so i believe he actually fought for it, louis has consistently been the one to see the smart business moves for the band and to fight for them, so yeah, i think they were all sad to see this huge part of their lives being over, but i also think they all wanted the break, no exceptions. the way louis talks about it makes it seems like it’s very black and white, when we all know it never is.

(and also, the fact that the media kept saying harry wanted the hiatus and louis didn’t, makes me think it was a way to keep the mortal enemies narrative)

[twopoppies]

The whole 369 weeks since babygate announcement seems like a reach to me go link to the gutted tweet. Because if it’s sudden news he’s not the ‘father’ then it looks weird he’s been shouting about 369 for years to then tweet that 369 weeks after bbg. But then again, plausible deniability because it could just be a ‘coincidence’ with the 369 coming into play for both things. Or the tweet really is just about the album thing only and we’re all clowns as usual lol

Yeah, I’m fully ready to pull out my clown wig because it’s so absolutely ridiculous. But what a weird fucking coincidence that it’s 369 weeks since that first announcement.

Although, let me just say that absolutely NO ONE outside of the fandom will bat an eye if babygate ends and this tweet is linked to it. Like, WE will all know. But everyone else will say we’re crazy and it’s a coincidence because that’s what they always say about us.

So, maybe it’s about the album “leak”, but honestly that makes no sense to me. What does make some sense is that the “leak” happened as scheduled, everyone is on social media watching his account for some kind of confirmation about it and bam! He tweets and deletes “absolutely gutted” with zero context. Maximum impact for whatever it was he wanted to achieve.

[moldisgoodforyou]

don’t tell her

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That weekend was a whirlwind for Rafe - he packed all his things overnight and booked a flight to get back to Columbus by Saturday. Colin picked him up from the airport, greeting him with a big grin. “Welcome back, Cameron!” 

“Thanks, man. Missed you.” Rafe pulled him into a quick hug before hauling his suitcase into the car. “You’re sure your parents are still cool with me staying over?” 

“Yeah, yeah, they’re chill.” Colin waved his hand in dismissal. “April hasn’t shut up about it since I told her you were coming - and since I told her that she needs to leave you alone,” he added with a scowl. 

Rafe laughed, shaking his head. “It’ll be fine. I do, uh, have another problem though.” 

Colin just raised one eyebrow in response. 

“You remember Brooklyn? That girl I -” 

“Rafe.” 

He shifted in his seat uncomfortably, wary of the tone of Colin’s voice and the glare he was receiving. “What?” 

“Do not mess up what you have with Sophie.” 

Rafe’s eyes went wide and he shook his head quickly. “No, no! Not that, god, I would never. No, it’s just, she got an internship at Jeni’s too, and I can’t tell if I should be worried about it or not.” 

“Oh.” Colin frowned, drumming his fingers on the wheel. Both he and James were not fans of Brooklyn, and tried to make that clear several times while she and Rafe were dating, but he wouldn’t listen. “She was pretty bitchy to Sophie when they met, right?” 

“It was bad, yeah. But here’s the thing, like, she knows Sophie and I are together, and she’s in a different department anyways, so it’ll be fine. Right?” Rafe offered, starting to nervously pick at the leather on his watch band. 

Colin noticed right away and reached over, swatting his hand away. “Quit. If she’s in a different department, it shouldn’t be a big deal.” 

“Okay, so what about Sophie?” 

“Don’t tell her, man.” 

Rafe furrowed his brow, unsure. “Don’t tell her? I don’t know…” 

“Look, the last thing she needs while she’s in Barcelona is to be worrying about you working with your ex. Just stay from Brooklyn and you’ll be fine.” Colin reasoned. The more Rafe thought about it, the more it sounded like solid advice - he didn’t need to stress Sophie out more than she already was when there was nothing to worry about.

_

Rafe had never been more wrong. The internship program was way more involved than just show up to work, do your job and leave like he anticipated - their schedule was full of networking events, weekly hangouts with all the interns at dinner after work or at the bar. Brooklyn also went out of her way to walk by his desk on the regular - leaving Rafe to force a somewhat-friendly grimace every time so he didn’t seem like an asshole to his coworkers. It was slowly wearing down on him day-by-day, but he was convinced by Colin that it wasn’t worth mentioning to Sophie. He’d just grin and bear it the rest of the summer - doable, right? 

Every time he FaceTimed Sophie, it got harder and harder to not spill the secret. She caught on after his first week of work, interrupting his questions all about her job and classes. “What’s going on?” 

“...What?” 

She frowned, starting to twist the ends of her hair as a nervous habit. “You haven’t told me hardly anything about your internship. Do you not like it?” 

“Oh.” He shrugged. “It’s alright? We haven’t done much.” 

“Okay, but I want to hear about it. Do you like your boss, are the other interns cool, did you get me some ice cream yet?” She teased, hoping to see his smile. 

He was more distracted, focusing on what he couldn’t say. “My boss is nice. The interns are, um, fine, we haven’t done much together. We have plans to meet up at some bar tonight. What was your last question?” 

Sophie bit the inside of her cheek, not liking his hesitancy. “Nothing, just joking. Has staying at Colin’s been okay?” 

“Yeah, it’s nice to be with him again, his parents are cool too. And I think I’m gonna see Allie and Julia later this week.” He grinned. “Julia insisted I take them out on a date night.” 

Sophie smiled fondly, loving that he could hang out with her friends so easily. “I’m sure she did. April hasn’t given you any trouble, right?” 

“Uh.” He hedged. She’d been more flirty than usual, but it was all easy to ignore for him - and honestly, he didn’t pick up on any of her more subtle cues. “Not really?” 

As if on cue, April walked into Rafe’s room unannounced, wearing a skimpy bikini and positioning herself so she was fully in Sophie’s view on the FaceTime call. “I heard my name. Who are you talking to?”

“Hi April,” Sophie said dryly, clearly annoyed.

“Oh, hi.” April’s voice immediately fell flat, then turned back to syrupy sweet when she addressed Rafe. “Rafe, are you coming out to the pool? I need help putting sunscreen on my back, I can’t reach,” she pouted. 

“Uh, yeah, maybe in a bit, if Colin goes out too.” He replied, oblivious to her scheme. Sophie could see right through it, her lips pressed together in a thin line.

“Will you bring me a popsicle if you do? The long red ones.” She asked, putting a subtle emphasis on long. 

“Yeah, sure.” He nodded distractedly, keeping his attention on Sophie and her now-pissed expression. April smiled, satisfied, and strolled away, and Rafe got up to close his door before talking again. “Something up, Soph?” 

“Call her back. I want to talk to her.” She told him, her nose flaring a little. 

“What? No. You don’t want to talk with me?” Rafe furrowed his brow, confused. 

“Fine, then, go find Colin and let me talk to him. And for the love of god, do not get her a damn popsicle. Is she always like that?” 

“Like what?” 

“Like - are you kidding me?” Sophie scoffed, shaking her head and putting on a higher-pitched voice. “Bring me a popsicle, Rafe, put some sunscreen on my back, Rafe, let me suck your dick, Rafe -” 

“Sophie!” He exclaimed, laughing. “Okay, fine, maybe I see your point, a little bit. But she’s harmless. And I’m in love with you, remember that.” 

She wrinkled her nose. “Yeah, yeah, I still don’t like her coming onto you.” Sophie’s name was called again from her roommates in the living room, trying to coax her to go out, and she grumbled, leaning over to grab her things - and was well aware she was giving him a view, not wearing a bra under her loose-fitting low-cut top. “Look, I have to go, but -” 

“Did you mean to do that?” Rafe interrupted with his eyes suddenly glazed over. She resisted a giggle at how damn easy it was to switch his focus. “Do what? I don’t know what you mean.” 

He wore a slight flush on his cheeks. “You - your -” He stuttered, then shook his head. “Um, have fun. Text me when you’re home safe, alright?” 

“You got it.” She grinned and blew him a kiss, then hung up. Once his initial shock wore off, a few minutes later, he texted her:

- You know, I wouldn’t mind seeing more of that later

She laughed reading his message, and shot back a quick response:

- send me a voice message and you have yourself a deal

He cocked his head, reading the reply. 

- A voice message? 

- yes, a picture on your end doesn’t quite do the trick 

His responses came in a quick succession. 

- Oh 

- OH 

- You’re dirty

She just sent back the angel emoji in response.

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[the28thofseptemberr]

over the past couple of days i’ve seen some more theories concerning the h+o stunt, so i thought i would compile some of the information people have found and add some more detail, as well some of my own thoughts!

olivia + stunts

@/purplehazelwt on twitter found that olivia has a history doing pr stunts, especially where she is romantically linked to someone she’s doing a movie with.

exhibit a: olivia and her first husband announced their separation in early february 2011. on march 1st, 2011, she and ryan gosling were filmed on a “secret date” and numerous articles came out about them being a couple (link to some of these articles: here and here). they weren’t co-stars or working together on a movie, but ryan had an upcoming film called “crazy, stupid, love” that was released later in july 2011. olivia was also going to be in another upcoming film - more details in the next example.

exhibit b: olivia was in a movie called “in time” that was released in october 2011. justin timberlake was the male lead in the movie, and in april 2011 several articles came out about justin and olivia getting cozy in a nightclub, and of course speculation that they were a couple (link to some of these articles: here and here).

exhibit c: in june 2011, it was announced that olivia would be joining the cast of a movie called “the words”, in which bradley cooper is the male lead. in may 2011 (the month before), they were seen getting close and quite a few articles were released about them possibly being in a relationship (link to one of these articles: here).

olivia began dating her ex-fiancé, jason sudeikis, in november 2011, so she didn’t really get romantically linked to anyone for years, up until now. however, from the above examples, it shows that olivia has a history of doing pr stunts for projects she’s involved in, and that’s likely what’s happening right now with harry.

did olivia + jason really break up?

@/whosheisss on twitter raised the theory that olivia and jason sudeikis (her  ex-fiancé) didn’t break up. a quick history of their relationship: as i said before, they began dating in november 2011, then they got engaged in january 2013. they have two children together, and in november 2020 they announced that they had broken up earlier that year. here’s why their break up might not have been real:

olivia and jason’s split was announced in a people exclusive article (link: here) on november 13, 2020, where a source close to them told people magazine that olivia and jason had split earlier in 2020, but they were on good terms and were co-parenting well.

the source said they split in early 2020, so maybe around january to march. but in august, jason did an interview with access hollywood and said this (link: here):

and in august he also did an interview with et where he said olivia helped inspire his new show (link: here):

on september 9 and 16, jason and olivia were papped at a beach in malibu, where they were laughing, hugging, playing and looking like they were having a lot of fun (link to september 9 pictures: here)

in october, jason went on the drew barrymore show (link: here) and said this:

on november 16, olivia and jason were seen embracing and getting pretty close, 3 days after their split was announced. in the pictures, she was also still wearing her engagement ring (link to article: here):

on december 20, olivia and jason were seen sharing a “long and loving embrace” (as just jared puts it). olivia was also holding jason’s face into her hands and “staring deep into jason’s eyes” (again, just jared’s words and not mine) and essentially looking like they were still very close (link to article & more pictures: here):

and of course, olivia was seen still wearing her engagement ring in the recent pap pics with harry:

olivia was also seen going to jason’s house on january 4th (link: here).

obviously, pictures of olivia and jason meeting up and hugging don’t necessarily mean they’re still together, as the breakup article stated they were still on good terms. however, the way jason was talking about olivia in interviews and the fact that olivia still wears her engagement ring suggests they might not have broken up at all and their breakup is a publicity stunt.

recently, there have been articles about jason being heartbroken about harry and olivia and him being willing to repair things with olivia (link: here). and of course there was this anon:

it does seem very plausible that olivia and jason never broke up, but they announced that they did and coordinated this stunt with harry. if jason is going to start “fighting for the love of his life and his family” and he and olivia get back together, it would bring a lot of publicity to all parties involved (jason, olivia and harry), so it would be a win-win situation for everyone - theoretically, anyway.

the timing

as mentioned before, olivia and jason’s split was announced in november 2020, even though they had apparently split in early 2020 and were still acting like a couple before and after the announcement. the pap pics of harry and olivia are theorized to have been taken in november, as the wedding venue and the restaurants in santa barbara where they were seen have been closed for a while because of the pandemic. so, if the pap pictures were taken in november then released in january, and olivia and jason’s split was announced in november as well, it definitely looks like this is a planned publicity stunt and olivia and jason might not have broken up at all.

why they want publicity

so if all of this is an elaborate stunt to get harry, jason and olivia publicity, what is it for? olivia and harry have dwd of course, and since olivia is directing and acting in it, plus it’s got well-known celebrities like harry, florence pugh, chris pine, etc. in the cast, it makes sense her team would want to hype up this movie. besides just promoting dwd, harry is also nominated for 3 grammys this year. the ceremony was originally scheduled for january 31st but was pushed to march 14th recently. but since this stunt was likely thought of in november 2020, they wouldn’t have known that and assumed the ceremony would be in january. as for jason, he co-writes and stars in an apple tv+ show called “ted lasso”. the first season was released in august 2020 and apparently the production of the second season could be starting this month, so he’d want to promote his show too, especially since he’s the star.

this could also help distract people from the babygate situation, a theory that @/ONLYGOLDENN on twitter raised. basically, recently louis flew to la and people are speculating it might be because of briana’s court case, which supposedly will be happening on january 20th. people have also been theorizing that louis may get involved in the case and take a paternity test and babygate could be ending - in any case, things may be happening soon and this stunt with harry and olivia might be trying to distract people.

conclusion

sorry for another unnecessarily long post, but essentially this is the possible reason for the stunt and the direction the stunt could be going in (jason and olivia getting back together). credit to @/purplehazelwt, @/ONLYGOLDENN and @/whosheisss on twitter for finding some of this information!!

[betweentheracks]

Updates//Recent Inactivity

Hello all! This is me finally taking some time to sit down and offer up a rundown on how life is currently going as a means of explaining my inactivity. This is a personal post that is guaranteed to be both rambling and emotional so if that is not your cup of tea, I understand and happily advise you just skip over this post as it is not relevant to the actual content this blog was intended for.

EDITED: After reading this back I now realize this is really just me spilling the tea on my own life and is laughably dishy in details which is extremely not my usual stance on my personal privacy. But idk, it was cathartic so I'm leaving it as is despite the urge to redact 70% of what I say.

I'll start with the good news that I am officially out of lockdown and have remained COVID-19 free since my return home from the hospital. This also means my son finally was allowed to come home to me which is dazzling and exciting and also a little terrible too. He's at a precocious age where tantrums are the cool way to communicate and having been gone for so long completely thrashing his established routine has caused friction. He came home and his parent was not the same as when he left; is much weaker and less energetic than before, paler and shaky - but also there's the addition of my best friend having moved in to assist and take care of me/him while we all do our best to muddle through.

The readjustment has been rough and a lot of this week has made me incredibly thankful to have practically zero memory of how I was as a child. There have been injuries: I have been whacked in the face with the metal cover for a floor vent while dozing on the sofa instead of paying rapt attention to whatever silliness he was showing off to me, there was his complete dismissal of me asking him to stay back and away from the hot oven as I pulled lunch from it's fiery jaws only to then be faced with a toddler quickly approaching with his hand raised to touch so I naturally made a move to block him and in the process I let go of the oven door which slammed upward and clamped my arm tightly between it and the inside cavern of the oven while it was set to a roasty 400 degrees Fahrenheit - earning me a mangled arm with burns of varying degrees, and then we also had that fit where it seemed like a much more grand idea to scale the babygate cordoning the stairs and I had to rush up them to stop him from tumbling face first down two flights and of course did the falling all on my own and did it backwards then slammed painfully into the wall of the landing. This all happened within a 48hr time frame and makes me wonder why I am so catastrophically inclined.

I have bruises that range the majority of my spine courtesy of the wall and stairs, two minor first degree burns on my forearm that are in the shape of an equals and quite large despite the lack of actual pain I feel from them, and the underside of my forearm was instantly blistered then popped then melted down into a horrid glob of skin mush and sticky red-orange and is a second degree burn that I have been assured is no real cause for concern as long as I tend it with care. In all, I managed to escape my momjuries relatively unscathed and with a child that was scared senseless at having hurt his momma and is quick to listen and never stops cuddling me in the time since. Here's hoping he isn't significantly traumatized from this since exactly none of this is especially his fault and is due to my clumsy, accident-prone status in life.

So yes, The Toddler has returned home to me and after some happenings we have settled and are happy. However, his blast from the past father has suddenly just decided to reemerge after more than a year of radio silence and static and has slapped me with a custody petition. Hooray. While I have no worries on this matter due to my mother working for one of the top custody lawyers in the state and snagging him as my representation, and the utter lack of competency on my estranged baby daddy's end clearly being displayed in literally anything and everything the idiot does/says, I do have to now go through the overhaul of a custody case and that is just so weak and exhaustive. Not to mention the basis of his claims that I am not fit to raise a child are founded in my health concerns and the crazy work schedule I keep; ironically, my health is making it so that I have much less insane hours and makes this fairly moot but to each their own I guess. Also worth noting on this matter is that he only did this now because he was recently placed under penalty for child support back pay and nothing in this world matters to him like his money and this is his special way of getting one over on me for tampering with his meager earnings. (He's a wannabe musician - the soundcloud rapper sort, just so we are all on the same page here). If I thought for even a second this was a genuine desire to be an active and stable parent I would be a lot less pressed to act in favor of making it legally binding that he can only see him under a supervisory condition and share time evenly, but it just is not believable in the slightest.

So the thing is - my health is actually quite dismal presently. I'm due in for open heart surgery on the 8th of April and until then I have been doing my utmost to mind all the nagging I get from doctors, PT specialists, the surgeons that will be slicing and dicing me, and my in-family medical practitioner that sometimes remembers he is also my brother and not just an MD. But like, you guys, this surgery is terrifying and technically is two surgeries rolled into one. They'll be cracking my chest open and then stopping my heart while they lift it from where it sits sweetly unhinged and lopsided in my body and very finely shave away some of the excess muscle that has built up around the wall of my heart as well as some unfriendly scar tissue that has lingered since my last surgery years ago. Granted there is no accidental slip that nicks my ugly gargantuan heart and renders me as good as dead, once this first part is finished the other surgeon will need to be deft and very quick to place this ventricular assisting piece in the valve that has all but given up on functioning altogether and do so in the time remaining before the time limit for my heart being essentially unplugged from by body is up, which would also feasibly mean my death. Lots of exciting and terrible sounding consequences, am I right?

Well let's bear it in mind that I am just below 30 in age and therefore not duly experienced in the realm of facing down my own mortality via making all necessary legal arrangements and managing my affairs and assets so that, in event of my untimely death, the custody case still doesn't stand a chance of snatching my son away to the sad misfortune of being raised by a man that has stated openly he only has interest in his kids so far as what they can do for him/get for him in terms of benefit and that he would be unwilling to be hypocritical and never deter his children from drugs and a lifestyle of extremely questionable moral integrity and hygiene alike. Eugh. But I also have had to make sure there is a DNR in place just in case things go wrong during the operation, my will has also been finalized and notarized, all my savings and financial/material assets have been squared away to come into my child's inheritance when he is of age and, most importantly, a document that states clear and direct instructions for him to be placed in care of my mother or, if she is unwilling or incapable, he will be under custodial order and guardianship of my best friend whom he has always viewed as a pseudo-dad anyway. Legally binding and even in light of the paternity petition this document supersedes parental right by way of the provided evidence I have submitted to prove a lack of parental credibility. That's right, I spent days lowkey stalking and sleuthing about to capture what I needed to show this man for what he actually is and I have precisely zero guilt or shame for doing it; this is my child on the line and that means momma doesn't have to play by the rules of snitches getting stitches or whatever other scary street rules he tosses at me as idle threats. (He's done this routinely for all the years I have known him, and it is somehow both pathetic and hilarious because he knows for a fact that, if I wanted, I could throttle him in less time than it would take for him to form a rational thought between his drug soaked braincells - I was also a person of less than savory character not too long ago and can handle myself very well. But I digress because I am losing my track of thought.

After the surgery I will have so damn much PT and rehab, all of which will be specific to varying parts of my body that will need to be reworked and strengthened. Weeks, months of it really. This surgery is major and hits heavy enough that I will be in the hospital for at least 10-14 days just recovering from it without taking into consideration any number of complications that could pop up. Hell, if they get in there and find a situation worse than they currently have an understanding of in the limited capacity of cardiology tech can provide of such a gnarled beastly heart and realize they can't really do anything with it after all, I'll be added to the transplant list. I think this is more daunting to consider than the surgery, honestly.

In that way that doctors have about them, I was "comforted" by being informed that this was an inevitability and I would have been faced with this in a matter of years - less than a handful actually - but the way COVID-19 chewed through me sped it up. I'm sure my years of substance issues were also very helpful in this endeavor, but either way I still am unsure whether I feel better knowing this or not? Mostly I think I feel conflicted and hopeful tempered with the caution of life being super shady in the ways it has often brought me to the doorsteps of dying in situations that seem like odd chance. I also am gifted with being so capable in jinxing myself that I brought myself to COVID-19 ("The way life is going I'll probably square up with Rona next week or some bullshit." Positive test flagged within the following week) and also into labor ("Watch me go into labor on Labor Day since that would be the sort of universal pun that would strike my bad penny having ass." Indeed hatched my youngling on Labor Day of that year) by saying some things within the scope of my bad humor that instantly manifested as reality so I'm not taking any risks here lol.

The gist is that life is really stirring up the winds over here and so I haven't been online and posting anything that would make my blog valid in a fat minute. I do apologize for this and also for the fact that this post took me nearly a week to type up, but when things calm a little I will be back in full. For the time being I will be sporadic and do what I can when I can!

Thanks to anyone that read this mess all the way here! And a big thank you to all of you still supporting me!

[cantquitu]

Did you see the Doll Lady get all upset by Louis' Freddie dedication? She wrote 'i have no place in this fandom' and 'tour is going to be hell' bc she knows she's easily recognisable and the regular non Babygate Louies despise her.

It's time for one of her regularly-scheduled pity parties. "im hanging on by a thread and i’m a larrie for life (so no worries there LOL) but it’s getting hard to just always feel like the fool"

Her anons are the very definition of delusional: "Whoever runs this stunt ['stunt' = Louis' son Freddie] though, was serious about hanging it like a dead weight around Louis’ neck until the bitter end. No relenting. No vagueness"... "Every single effort made for it to look like his choice"

[motleycrueimagine]

This Ain’t A  Love Song - Part Sixx - Nikki Sixx Fanfiction

Words count:    1771

Warnings: Language, alcol, drugs

N/A: Believe it or not I’m struggling to stick to my own deadlines XD I’ll try to post more regularly but i cannot fix a precisce schedule, at least for now. For the story i’m trying to keep all the events in a believable timeline and at the same time I’m trying to stick to some key events that marked the Crue’s real lives. I let you read now, as always taglist is open and feedbacks are really appreciated. xx

Huge thanks to @blonde-shamrock

Summary:

Maya Prescott has done anything possible to fix her life. It was 1977 when she left her groupie life: no more parties, no more concerts, no more drugs, alcohol or casual sex, just to achieve a full standard life. Now it’s 1981 and after a four years disappearance  Maya Prescott unexpectedly shows up to the party of one of the most promising emerging bands of the LA’s rock’n roll scene: Motley Crue. But what should be her last ride is destined to change her life in so many unexpected ways.  

TagList: @motleycrueee  @babygal-babygal@unknownoblivion @sweetshutter

Masterlist

31 December 1981

We were singing out loud down the stage of the Troubadour; the guys were rocking their New Year’s Eve performance. The beginning of Live Wire was marking the end of the concert and the crowd was ecstatic.

Vince came closer to us and shared the mic, “Cause I’m hot young running free a little bit better than I use to be!”  we sang out loud, I kissed his cheek before he got back up to keep singing the refrain.

Carol patted my shoulder and came closer to my ear, “Nik is looking at you,” she informed me and immediately my eyes wandered towards him.

“As always” I replied sending him a kiss, he winked back. He was outstandingly beautiful, even with all that makeup smudged around his face.

As the song ended, they started thanking the audience and saying goodbye to the fans. Me and my friends moved over to the back stage where a bouncer, 6 ft tall and covered in muscles, tasked with letting through the prettiest girls of the club, was already waiting for us.

“Thank you, Clive” I waved at him and then headed towards the back of the stage, Allan Coffman, Motley’s manager was waiting for them as well. I did not like him at all, he was weird and honestly made me kind of uncomfortable.

“Maya, it’s always a pleasure to see you around,” he greeted me, as always. I was struggling to understand if he was being sarcastic or not.

“Hi Allen.” I kept a neutral tone. Tommy ran down the stage clearly overexcited

“Woah it was fucking great!” he exclaimed grabbing a bottle of water and emptying it directly on his head. All the guys followed him.

“You did amazing guys.” I assured them, tossing a water bottle to Nikki and he grabbed it promptly.

“Thank you, honey.” While he reached to me sliding his arm around my shoulders.

“Oh c’mon you’re all sweaty, “ I laughed trying at the same time to free myself from him.

He was able to kiss my cheek playfully before being pushed away. “Really? You don’t like my hyper manly perfume?” he joked gaining another push on his shoulder.

“Cut it Nikki, go get cleaned up and we’ll talk about your manly perfume,” I retorted while he was walking towards the changing room. My eyes followed his figure until he disappeared behind the door, followed by Mick.

“What was that?” Emma asked as I turned to face my friends.

“What?” I was confused.

“All that flirtiness and puppy eyes,” Carol continued. All of my friends were looking at me.

“It was nothing -we weren’t flirting! We’re just friends, so stop dreaming.”

I knew how the relationship between me and Nikki could be perceived by the people, but the truth was that there was nothing. Yes, we had bonded in the last month because we had spent a lot of time together, but just as I had bonded with Vince, Tommy and Mick. I get that there was chemistry, and the sexual attraction was clear, but I wasn’t going to involve myself with that adorable dickhead.

“So if I were to fuck him, you wouldn’t be jealous?” Emma teased, making me raise a brow.

“No?” I answered just before letting a puff out of my mouth, “I can’t stand you. Let’s go I need a drink.” And without waiting for them I headed in the direction of the small living room where the staff had prepared some drinks for the guys.

—

Three hours and a new year later we were still drunkenly partying at the Rainbow. I was laying on the table letting the guys drink shots from my body, Tommy was licking rum from my collarbone while I was giggling because his tongue was tickling me.

“Okay enough, enough!” I laughed trying to catch my breath, I sat on the table feeling the alcohol flow from my skin into my top.

“C’mon I wasn’t done yet!” Tommy protested with a childish smile.

“You were tickling me on purpose you asshole!” His face was enough to confirm my theory. I jumped down the table and attempted to regain my balance before staggering towards the bar.

“Two shots of tequila please.” I asked the bartender. I was clinging to the bar counter trying to stand straight and to compose myself.

“I was patiently waiting for my turn and then I sadly discover that you are done with body shots.” Nikki’s fake sad voice joined me.

“It’s Tommy’s fault.” I cackled. I used to try to not be alone around Nikki when I was drunk, incidents would always occur when it happened.

“You ignored me for most of the night” he accused while the guy behind the bar served my shots. I frowned.

“I haven’t ignored you, I just decided not to ruin your date,” I explained. Beth had brought a friend that had clearly gone mad for Nikki, and they seemed to get along pretty well during the night.

“Well my date went home a few hours ago…” the smirk he gave me drove me crazy as always.

“Don’t look at me like that.” I warned him, gently pushing is face away.

“Like what?” He questioned making very clear how amused he was.

I chose not to answer - ignoring him was the best tactic. I started pouring salt on the back of my hand.

“Like what?” He repeated poking my side.

“Do you want your shot or not?!” He nodded in response, “So shut up and drink.” I licked the salt and then, with all the courage that the alcohol had gave me, I kissed him. It was not the kind of kiss you’d see in a romantic movie, more likely in a porn film. It had clearly caught him by surprise but he didn’t back down. His lips tasted like the cheap liquors he had drank the whole night. The flavour mixed weirdly well with the salt on my tongue. His hands reached my hair keeping me close and allowing him to deepen the kiss. That wet, breath-taking kiss lasted for a few seconds before I took a step back ending it to drink my tequila shot as nothing had happened.

Nikki took a little longer to finally drink his shot; I must had caught him a little off guard. Standing against the counter I was now looking at him with a drunk smirk.

“Was it worth the waiting?” I asked then biting my lower lip softly. Bad ideas were accumulating in my head. He came towards me, locking his eyes into mine.

“I’m still not sure, lemme…” and as he got dangerously close…

“Maya! We need a referee over here!” Tommy and his perfect timing were screaming from the other side of the club.

I was still looking at Nikki “I’m coming, honey!” And the atmosphere was over.

—

Nikki’s POV

As I entered the room, I found Maya sitting on the ground laughing hysterically, I was pretty confused.

“Are you testing the softness of the moquette?” I asked helping her to get back on her feet.

“Your stupid boots made me fall,” She mumbled while gripping my shoulder to get rid of her heels.

“I’m tired… my feet hurt, and I think I’m gonna throw up…” she walked across my room throwing her shoes to the side.

“Please don’t throw up in here,” I begged her. She was completely shitfaced. The night full of alcohol and drugs had destroyed all of us, but Maya and Tommy’s decision to attempt to roll in the middle of the road had sobered me up in seconds. So now here I was babysitting this stubborn beautiful girl that… well was now getting undressed in my room.

“Maya what are you doing?” I asked again for the millionth time.

“Making myself comfortable,” she answered while fighting with the dress that was stuck on her head. I got closer and I helped her free herself. She looked at me with a weird gaze.

“Let me guess, this doesn’t mean we’re about to fuck, right?” Already knowing the answer, I allowed myself to take a longer look at her exposed body.

Her flat belly was crossed by a big tattoo that I had only glimpsed till now, it was a huge snake: its tail was tangled on her left thigh and it went up crossing her hip diagonally till her right ribcage. The sight was almost enough to make me hard.

“Are you done staring at me like a creep?” she asked before turning around to get to the bed. And no, I definitely wasn’t done - not looking at that perfectly round butt would have been a real shame. Alright, now I was definitely hard.

“Maya where are you going?” I asked her as she slipped under my sheets. I was being a good boy but she could not sleep with me half naked and expect me to resist the temptation to put a hand on her.

“When you’re done complaining turn the light off.” I sighed passing my hand through my messy hair. I could not believe I was about to have the hardest night of my life.

So, I took all my self-control, got rid of my clothes and I joined her in bed.

“I was pretty sure you were going to sleep on the couch,” she said with an amused pitch, turning on my side “oh god…” she started giggling covering her eyes with one hand, “What the hell, why are you naked?!” she asked with a full sweet and drunk laughter.

“Well this is my bed, and I always sleep like this so…” since she wanted to play it dirty, I was going to do the same. “Just don’t touch me, I don’t want to fuck you tonight,” I said mimicking her voice.

“Oh shut up, I know you want it. This reverse psychology is not going to work with me,” she continued playfully before turning around again with her back to me. I gave her a not-so-gentle spank because the temptation was too strong.

“I knew it was coming,” she laughed shaking her head a little bit. “Can you at least cover yourself so that if I turn around I’m not gonna get blinded by your manhood?” I smiled enjoying this scene way too much.

“I don’t know if I feel like it,” I simply stated turning on my side. “Have a good night, Maya,” I wished her and then I turned the lights off.

[princessconsuelapark]

What's the meaning of his 369 tweet?

oh gosh, god knows. like, listen. he's the darkest demon larrie on earth, could mean literally anything. it could be the number of times harry married him, the amount of rings he bought harry over the years, could fucking well be how many houses they bloody own, the rich bastards.

it could also be a big picture thing, something that will only make sense years into the future (or perhaps never, if circumstances change). also, he could just be fucking with us and it could mean absolutely nothing, lol. the evil little muppet he is, i wouldn't put it past him.

there's a bunch of theories floating about though, most notably that today is significant for some reason, as he tweeted the number exactly 369 days ago today. and today he tweeted 'faith in the future' again, exactly a year after he first tweeted the phrase. maybe there's some behind the scenes stuff going on, something to be hopeful about? i've seen some people theorise about it perhaps being weeks instead of days, which would add up to about 7 years, so perhaps the end of babygate coming soon? i also saw someone point out that 3+6+9 is 18, which i believe was the exact number of minutes between his tweet and Harry's 'you are home' twitter account's daily one (which have been scheduled and tweeted at the exact same time every day since they started).

but i mean, who knows, honestly. Louis is a bloody menace when it comes to little clues and puzzles. he likes to drive the fandom crazy. i'm hopeful though. numbers mean precise, known, pre-calculated things. which means endings. and therefore new beginnings.

[fluffyyorkshirepudding]

Things I can do, and am doing, to help BTY

Stream the song 24/7 on multiple accounts

Play the video 24/7 on multiple accounts

Buy and gift the song on multiple platforms (original and remix -- give me the clean version, and I’ll buy and gift that one, too)

Request the song on radio through Twitter and Mediabase

Thank radio stations when they do play it!

Reblog promo posts on Tumblr and Twitter

Participate in MostRequestedLive on Saturdays

Vote for Louis and BTY in polls

Share articles about Louis and BTY

Complete Rate the Music surveys

Talk the song up to anyone and everyone

Things I cannot do to help BTY so someone else needs to, but boy if I could, I would 

Schedule interviews with the media

Book live performances

Record performances that can be aired at strategic times

Negotiate/push for radio airplay

Contract with other artists to promote the song

Schedule appearances at high-profile events

Release the motherfucking clean version of the goddamned song

Optimize the use of Louis’ social media (this is a huge and broad category, but yeah -- that’s why it’s so important)

Schedule listening events with the artist, open to the general public (and DON’T fill it up with stalkers)

Launch contests, activities, etc. designed to engage the public (e.g., Liam’s lyric scavenger hunt)

Actively manage his press coverage, both positive and negative

I know there’s more but I’m not a professional music marketer, nor am I paid to be, but Louis has a team full of them so they should have some ideas

I’d also recommend ending Babygate and, at the very least, pulling back on the Elounor focus.

[strangenewfriends]

If you were to run Louis' promo starting now what would you do

End babygate after the round of press from the Observer dies down, so like...the upcoming Tuesday for example. Say he wanted to settle things before he got down to business, learned it wasn’t is, is heartbroken but he will push forward and move on. He lays low for a few days while that round of press goes through it’s round and Dunkirk promo kicks off and distracts fandom for a bit. Then tweet something vague about being thankful for love and support and being excited for the upcoming single (including single date). Make some public appearances before the song drop. Go through the promo period with questions about his “private life” blacklisted, get some radio shows, do TV appearances, the usual good things. I would personally drop Eleanor right away but if not keep her there in name only and then announce that they broke up “due to schedule conflicts” but “remain good friends” once the single promo is over.

[sexatoxbridge]

Unintentional anon here 🙌🏻 just meant that they didn't film the Harry ad and put it on hold waiting patiently for Cheryl's elephant term-like pregnancy to end. They used the situation to their advantage though, afterall, hype is hype is hype

I completely agree that that would be insane. 

HOWEVER, given that Cheryl has used this pregnancy for as much promo as possible and that Liam and Harry are under the same management (Dawbell), I would not put it past them to announce the birth on the day they announce the album release. 

Nowhere in this post does it say that the baby was born today, or have the typical date/time of birth that accompanies some traditional forms of birth announcements. 

I didn’t take this announcement to mean that the baby was born today. 

Oh I just looked at Cheryl’s IG and...

Can nothing be normal? Why is that the only photo they have? Why is it a photo of a polaroid photo?? Whatever. But yeah, they conveniently waited until today, not even until actual Mother’s Day, which is tomorrow, to release this on the day that Harry drops the news about his album. 

I would like nothing more than to be genuinely happy for life events that happen to the members of One Direction, but this pregnancy was announced by DAN WOOTTON, this relationship was called out as a PR stunt from the beginning, and the idea of Cheryl and Liam having a baby was (if even possible) even more ludicrous than Louis’ baby that they announced before the end of the first trimester in that they announced that they were trying to have a baby before she was apparently pregnant, not to mention before she was even divorced. What 24 year old is trying to get the woman they just started dating pregnant immediately? 

Just, take a step back and think about if this was anyone but Liam. Imagine if they tried this with Harry. Granted, Harry is obsessed with babies, but shouldn’t the fact that Harry is OBSESSED WITH BABIES, and that it’s dismissible that Harry “hates” the rest of 1D enough to make the fact that Harry has never once mentioned Louis or Liam having a child strange?? 

NO ONE from 1D has said anything to Liam! Not even “fellow 1D dad” Louis. Who probably could have taken time out of his busy tweeting about Ultra schedule to at least be like, “Congrats, mate!” Zayn, who is still at the very least amicable from a public perspective with Liam hasn’t said anything. And Noll, who rushed out to very publicly buy Ben Winston’s baby a gift and take photos with it, has stayed silent as well. I say “Babygate 2.0″ because this is almost exactly what happened last time, just with a bit less of “what the actual fuck” that came with the Granny announcement and the Sunglasses Hut pap walk and the “Daddy Daddy Cool” but still very, very, strange nonetheless. 

I wouldn’t be like 

if it all didn’t seem so incredibly, well, fake. 

[bakagamieru]

Hey Gami I'm so happy with the recent changes in the official narrative!! It really seems like they're taking small steps towards a public OT5 reconciliation. I was wondering do u think this could all be leading to a reunion tour/album at the end of this year? Since the boys did say the break would 1-2 years it would fit perfectly. Plus Liam's sister slipped and tweeted the break would be 2 yrs. Do u think it would fit in with the boy's other solo projects or will we have to wait till 2018?

I always had the feeling the the break would be over at the end of 2017, but I had started thinking we might have to wait until 2018 because of things seeming to get delayed with babygate and the 1D and Zayn reconciliation. With some of the stuff going on now, I’m starting to think it will be end of 2017 again.

Niall and Liam’s albums are supposed to come out earlier in the year.  Zayn’s 2nd album sounds like it would be done earlier in the year rather than later. The timeline the papers are giving (and yes, I do believe them because of the WAY they’re reporting it) Harry’s album is relatively early in the year as well. Louis hasn’t confirmed an album yet, but he seems to be writing and recording.  There’s no timeline on that.  

I suspect that if they wanted to do something at the end of 2017, they’d all be clear of solo releases to do it though.  I think they’re going to tour MITAM before releasing a new album anyway.  Niall seems to be under that impression based on what he’s said.  If so, they could easily start a leisurely tour pace and play one or two shows a week or less.  Even if they were doing solo stuff during that time, it would still probably work out with that schedule.

I think 2017 is looking good for a comeback, but even if it’s 2018, I won’t be disappointed.  There’s so much solo stuff coming up this year that it’s going to be busy and fun anyway.  There are things that can happen without a full blown reunion too.  

Babygate and 2.0 ending would be a great relief for a large chunk of the fans.  If we can get Zayn and Harry publicly hanging out with the others again, that will be a great improvement.  Even if they just give us a concrete date for a return, that will be huge for the fandom.