#he sold the band to his kid. looool

[judasisgayriot]

Bel’s Boys (2006, CITV) was like the opposite of ‘parents sell you to one direction’. It was literally like ‘what if your parents sold one direction to you’

[bisluthq]

I do think Harry cemented his legacy tbh. He has the biggest song of the decade (and we’re halfway through the decade, other contenders have appeared but none have cleared him). One of the biggest tours in history. Three incredibly successful records. A ton of prestigious awards. He was the breakout star of one of the biggest bands of our generation. He sold out Wembley six times as a solo artist. Played Slane castle and sold it out in a matter of minutes (that’s 84k sold out tickets). He sold out 104,000 tickets for his last show. He has a banner at MSG and a banner at the Forum, something only Phish and Billy Joel have achieved.

I’m not sure how much more he can possibly achieve to cement his status. He’s a household name. And all of this was just done with 3 solo albums and his 1D career. I think his is a name that will forever be remembered. He could retire right now and that would be the case already, and presumably that’s not happening any time soon (who the hell knows with that man tho).

see, but the question remains like is that “legendary” or is it “zeitgeisty”? He’s very much part of the current zeitgeist but I feel like there HAVE been huge zeitgeisty stars in the past who haven’t gone down as durable legends (ie still legit relevant years later and inspiring new artists way after their prime). No one is questioning that Harry is super duper successful, but I’m not sure that translates to relevance in 30 years time - even in terms of like playing him for future kids lol necessarily. Like Charli XCX is not my cup of tea but I can see people playing Brat for their kids to be like “this was HUGE when I was your age looool” (not saying she’s a legend either) but I’m not sure As It Was - despite how huge the song is - would have the same effect?

[pkmn-downtheline]

How about a teacher AU? Where the fankids are all teachers at the same school

Since this is just a random AU post, I'm gonna base it on the American high school system. That's just what I'm most familiar with and don't have enough knowledge/experience with other schooling systems to give valid opinions lol

Skye and Nick: Physical Education. Most schools (in my experience) have a male and female phys ed teacher, so Skye and Nick work together. Honestly, a class with them sounds like chaos--especially when phys ed teachers need to give their classes health talks looool Skye and Nick would not know how to handle that and would just fumble over their words and give stupid examples. Skye also coaches the school soccer team and Nick coaches track and field.

Briar: Art/Illustration. This one seems pretty obvious. Briar is that cool teacher that everyone wants to have because he's so laid back. He's generally really helpful to his students and isn't one of those teachers who calls out drawing anime as "not real art". He encourages all kinds of art and wants to do what he can to help his students pursue their medium of choice.

Kierra: History. Specifically ancient history. She teaches a lot of high-level (AP and honors) classes. She tends to ramble on and on during her lectures and students always need to ask her to back up and repeat herself lol And she will... gladly. Three times. She usually gives insane levels of work and doesn't think it's a big deal, so it takes a lot to do well in her class lol

Lizzie: English. Literally the only subject I can see Lizzie teaching. I wouldn't say she's an especially popular teacher, but I think she would have a small number of students whom she's really close with. She's the type of teacher who you go to when you want a college recommendation written out because if she likes you, she'll write you a really good one lol

Allie and Cade: Music (Voice and Band). Competitive music teachers to the end. Allie teaches voice and Cade teaches band. They often have class going on at the same time and Cade purposely has the band play loudly so they'll disrupt Allie's class. They're very hostile towards each other and it shows in the teacher's lounge lol Allie insists that her class is better than Cade's.

Amber: Biology. I'm actually not totally sold on this one lol I mainly picked it because it's the closest thing that I can see her doing in a school setting. She likes teaching kids about plants and animals lol I'm not totally sure what else she could do.

Emilie: Councilor. Honestly, it's kind of hard to picture Emilie doing anything in a school setting, let alone getting up in front of a class that would probably walk all over her and make her cry daily lol I think she'd do a lot better in a one-on-one setting as a councilor/advisor. She helps students finding out what they want to do with their lives/where they want to go to college/how they can do better in school, etc.

Louvel: Theater. He's THAT theater teacher. He acts like the school production of Beauty and the Beast is being shown on the West End. It's honestly not that different from how he is as a Pokemon Director lmao He's insanely over the top with all of his productions even though it's just a bunch of 15-year-old kids.

Sorrel: Math. Honestly, the only reason I picked math for Sorrel is because he absolutely seems like that asshole pre-calc teacher that everyone has in high school that everyone hates. He's an asshole who's a super harsh grader and is constantly circling CORRECT answers and taking off points because "you didn't show the steps". He's always writing "SEE ME!!!" on top of students' work. Everyone hates taking his class and he absolutely plays favorites with his students lol