#hl teams interacting

[casthefallenangel]

Larry

[twopoppies]

Hi Gina. Hope you are doing good! I just wanted to put something out there that has been discussed before but I just saw something that brought it back. So I dabble a bit in F1 and one of the first things you get to know is about all the ships fans have between the drivers. And what was apparent to me was that the official team social media accounts sometimes sort of play into it. like for instance very recently a moment between Sainz and Leclerc at a photoshoot was literally shared and pointed out on the Ferrari IG. And this happens in other fandoms too like with Supernatural and so many other fictional and non-fictional people. What I am getting at is, if "Larry" was not a thing and just a crazy fan theory, why don't they just laugh it off like others seem to do? Logically there is no reason to go to the lengths they have gone to, to deny/hide that they are even friends. I know it's redundant at this point, but I keep coming back to this point every time I try to breakdown this shit show. Atleast now it seems (even if temporary) that Harry and Louis have found what works for them.

Oh, yeah. Absolutely. We've been saying it for years. All it did was make Harry and Louis look homophobic and give people a reason to believe that Larry was/is real. The fact that even now, they don't interact and barely mention each other is so ridiculous. If they'd approached it normally way back when, Larry would never have become such a thing.

But it's clear they couldn't approach it normally because HL were so starry-eyed over each other that they could never have played off an actual platonic friendship.

[superlinguo]

Himalayan Linguistics turns 20: Celebrating two decades of Diamond Open Access publish

The publication of Himalayan Linguistics issue 23(1) marks 20 years of the journal. To celebrate this milestone, the current team of editors, including myself, teamed up with two key former editors to write a special editorial about the history of the journal. Below are some excerpts from this history, as well as the article list for HL23(1) and a newly published Archives piece.

In early 2004, the first issue of Himalayan Linguistics was published. This first issue contained a single article: “An Analysis of Syntax and Prosody Interactions in a Dolakhā Newar: Rendition of The Mahābhārata”, by Carol Genetti and Keith Slater. In 2024, with the publication of Issue 23.1, Himalayan Linguistics celebrates twenty years of publishing fee-free Open Access research scholarship on the languages of the Himalayas. In these twenty years, Himalayan Linguistics has published almost 200 pieces of scholarship, all freely available online. In this special introductory article, we chart the history of the journal and look to its future. In its twenty years of publication, Himalayan Linguistics has published 144 original research articles, 18 review articles, and 14 Archive and Field Reports. The Archive publications include grammars, dictionaries, text collections and extended descriptive works. Himalayan Linguistics is well-placed to continue into the next twenty years. Indeed, the need for accessible online journals, which do not gatekeep with article processing charges, is even greater. The rise of digital-first research publication has seen an even contraction and concentration in the publishing market, which is now predominantly an oligopoly of a few giant commercial publishers (Larivière et al. 2015). This landscape creates a barrier, particularly for scholars who cannot afford processing fees.

Himalayan Linguistics, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2024

Editorial: Twenty years of Himalayan Linguistics Lauren Gawne, Gregory Anderson, You-Jing Lin,  Kristine A. Hildebrandt, Carol Genetti,

Spoken and sung vowels produced by bilingual Nepali speakers: A brief comparison Arnav Darnal,

A corpus-based study of cassifiers and measure words in Khortha Netra P. Paudyal

The grammar and meaning of atemporal complement clauses in Assamese: A cognitive linguistics approach Bisalakshi Sawarni, Gautam K. Borah

Possessive prefixes in Proto-Kusunda Augie Spendley

Expressing inner sensations in Denjongke: A contrast with the general Tibetic pattern Juha Sakari Yliniemi

New in Archives and Field Reports

Facts and attitudes: on the so-called ‘factual’ markers of the modern Tibetic languages [HL ARCHIVE 14] Bettina Zeisler

You can read all of Himalayan Linguistics, always Open Access at: https://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics

[macirollfights]

Baldurs gate 3 x Metaphor Refantazio

"You know Faerûn could use a king like you, will or perhaps traveling boy! Tell me more of those archetype magic,I want one" "A.Alright" A baldurs gate 3 x metaphor refantazio crossover, Why? Well I noticed the similarities and how much they shared voice actors plus some of the baldurs gate 3 team did recommend this game to people, So really I had to make one haha But yeah, Also I was curios how the interaction would go with the baldurs gate 3 party and metaphor refantazio party, I especially wanna see the interactions between la'zael and hulkenburg Not to mention astarion would definitely get a archetype which is the "masquerade" which would dabble with hp and mp stealing so will the other baldurs gate 3 followers I think he will also be really interested in will's book seeing a utopia with glass towers that reach the sky and vehicles that drive through magic. really would make things quite interesting

Yeaah soo much to fanboy on, I can tell you that, But enjoy!

Proof for the andrew wincott part btw: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBEGzqZoySP/?hl=en

[blackmesa-official]

Normally we here at blackmesa-official are happy to commit to the bit at all times, but today we'd like to take a moment to break character, to deliver news of the upcoming games in Valve's release cycle!

Neon Prime - August 2024 An asymmetric five-player real-time strategy game, set on a formerly combine-occupied planetoid on the far side of Xen. Battle your way to the top of the ruined citadel, and take control of the core for yourself!

Currently unnamed Counter-Strike 2 Expansion Pack - September 2024 Terrorists are active in the snowy tundras of Siberia, and it's up to you to stop them! This expansion pack will add new cosmetics, maps, and missions to the game. Crossover cosmetics will also appear in Team Fortress 2 Winter cosmetic cases.

Half-Life 2: Episode 1 And A Half - April 2025 A fanmade project picked up by Valve to tide fans over while they wait for a new Half-Life release. Play through Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2 through the eyes of Barney Calhoun in this 'wacky' take on the HL Universe!

Facility Control - April 2026 Another portal-themed tech demo for an as of yet undisclosed new Valve technology. Play as GLaDOS and interface with the Aperture facility in this groundbreaking thirty-minute experience.

DOTA 3 - December 2026

Portal: Kore Kerfuffle! - June 2027 A VR rougelike where you play as Wheatley, guiding test subject after test subject in an effort to escape Aperture Science. Try, try again in this relentlessly addictive adventure!

TF Comics: The Playable Series - January 2028 The release of TF Comics #7 comes as a playable, interactive experience along with the first 6 comics, reimagined as a playable campaign for Team Fortress 2.

Half Life: Otis - December 2028 The Half-Life series concludes with a fantastic final entry. Play as rebel commander Otis Laurey over the course of his life. Escape the Black Mesa facility, fight against the combine, and lead the rebels to victory in this showstopping title.

Return to Ravenholm - October 2030 A bitter ex-employee of Arkane Studios leaks the source code for the cancelled Return To Revanholm on 4chan. Gabe Newell is summarily executed.

[chevvy-yates]

WIP WEDNESDAY

Decided it is time for another update so here's a longer post to what I've been up to and stuff that circles around in my head lately.

tagging:

@medtech-mara, @imaginarycyberpunk2023, @itzsassha, @humberg, @kittenchrissy, @rosapexa, @cinnamon-mey, @heywoodvirgin, @dreamskug, @drunkchasind, and everyone who sees and wants to do as well.

No pressure as always!

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1. CHARACTERS & LORE

Let's begin with sth. first I have on my mind for a while: As this fandom (sadly) seems to fall more and more apart, I would like to know if there are still people interested in reading actual lore content or not. As some of you know my dear friend @nervouswizardcycle and I are continously building up some sort of our own expansion after the main game events with rp/fic, character builds, backstory lore and support by vp and it eats a lot of time. The lack of interactions on tblr during the last few months and in several discord servers has led to me not posting a lot anymore either (beside my mental exhaustion phases that come and go). It seems more active again though, as majority already played Phantom Liberty by now or are right into it, so they slowly come back bc they presumably avoided spoilers. —————— So, here is me wondering how many following my blog are 'really' interested to see me sharing all lore of the boys (including story parts) or does the majority prefer just to see pretty pics and that's it? —————— (I've wanted to add a poll here but it doesn't let me save my post so I might do it in a seperate one a bit later) I know: it's my blog, I post what I like in the first place, and I'll likely continue that way but somehow I would like to know if it's worth the effort of formating and thinking about how the posts could look or if I can take that time to do something else with it instead if there's less interest. So, I would just keep it in my tiny discord server I share with my rp partner(s)/in private chats with those interested bc it's gotten to be a lot and we are still at the very start it feels.

2. SKILLS, CYBERWARE & HUMANITY LOSS

As I'm the type that can't have ocs with no background/lore, I sat down the other day and did a build for each with their skills, wrote down what chrome everyone got (incl. additional c-ware from the lore books plus I'm reading e.g. into what programs my runner twins are likely to make use of). It went this far that my friend used the amount of the game's 'cyberware capacity' as 'humanity loss'. It is used in the lore books/ttrpg anyways. So I've counted all my boys possible capacity* and use it as humanity loss (HL) now which led me to thinking about which one of my ocs goes to get treatment and how often they go to see a MedTech on regular base. I thought I could give them a certain minus amount to reduce the HL for each depending on how much or less c-ware they got — e.g. Thyjs as soldier has most (but all is good Militech chrome) and used to go and still goes regularly so his HL gets a huge reduce — whereas Ryder's gets always nulled no matter how often he gets threatment, because BEAST (rogue AI) eats it away each time (to understand that in full you probably have to know the story). Ry must have most HL loss as he often walks along the edge towards cyberpsychosis, so I'm forced to reduce Thyjs' with most c-ware installed a huge amount. And that's how I made it now. It's probably far away from canon ttrpg as my 'canon cp world' consists of 75% game, 20% lorebooks and 5% own added ideas I haven't seen on the lore yet. And I like it that way I gotta say. On a little side note: It also had me thinking about creating a new support character for the team that could be in fact a MedTech. But I won't do that anytime soon.

* some things might still change as I slowly started playing their playthroughs and skill them for real now. I love each build so far because it's a whole different experience! And playing someone with noe netrunning ability is hell as I was only usedto paly netrunner before.

3. FIC SNIPPET TIME

I decided to give you an insight of what I've roughly written yesterday about Ryder and Thyjs having a talk about how they feel for each other:

“Ik ben eerlijk. I liked that accidental kiss we shared a-and i-ik find je leuk, Ry. Probably more as— a friend is supposed to do.” De Wit instantly starts feeling nauseous and something tightens around his stomach but he needs to get it off of his heavy feeling soul. “I-I guess I have stronger feelings for you than I had expected and it’s confusing me.” He frowns, “It’s not usual for me. Never felt any kind of such an attraction towards other men. I-It’s just you— I think I might be into you, Ryder.” The last sentences came in a mere murmur than spoken and Ryder’s name was only a light whisper. Thyjs didn’t dare to look to his left. He feared he would lose his new gained friend now because he said his stupid thoughts aloud. Instead he continues staring at the distant horizon feeling the lump in his throat only getting heavier. The sun was already half arisen and the sky was painted in a bright orange and yellow fading out into never ending blue. After de Wit seems to have finally finished his long talk, Ryder realizes the pack has fallen out of his hands. He needed to repeat in his mind what Thyjs just told him. Did the man really pour out his heart to him at this very moment? He couldn’t believe it at first. The pale soldier he obviously secretly fell for just told him he was having feelings for him that reach further than friendship? It took him what seemed like an eternity to get out of his frozen state. Ry moves up into a straighter position, still supporting his body with his right forearm, turning more towards Thyjs, who is still watching the rising sun with a rather sad look on his face blinking every once in a while. Eventually Scharfenberg brings up his left hand to reach for the older man’s face and de Wit suddenly feels two fingers under his chin making him look at the younger man again. He sees a tiny smile on those dark lips he caught himself looking at so many times in utter secrecy. That tiny smile that’s usually the base for a brighter even more heartwarming smile baring dangerous fangs who make the man look frightening, but smiling like that? Thyjs often caught himself thinking Ry looked cute with these fangs as well. Ry sees Thyjs’ confusion as his eyes look questioning right back at him. So Ry better says something now. “I-Ich äh—” he clears his throat, “—I don’t know where to start. How to talk feelings in the first place.” Letting Thyjs talk himself off seemed to be right for Ryder and it was worth it, because he thinks it’s the most earnest confession someone has ever made to him, yet he doesn’t know how to answer to all this best. So he decides to place himself into a sitting position, to look the soldier boy straight into the eyes. His gaze gets distracted by Thy’s slightly opened lips for a split second. It is the same situation as earlier downstairs, only that Ry has his fingers still under de Wit’s chin and starts to lead his face towards the other man. Just a few inches are left between them and Thyjs can feel the younger man’s warm breath on his skin. He also has this incredible sight at those beautiful male black eyelashes again the very moment they cast down and then he feels those same lips from before on his own with such a soft pressure that again he closes his eyes in an instant and starts to revel in that same electricity running through him but also the revenant paralyze surrounding him again.

It is just a brief kiss, similar to the one in the apartment downstairs but shyer in its move. As soon as it happened it ended. Ryder opens his eyes afterwards immediately because he fears somehow the man in front of him would get up, step back and turn away but instead he still feels his chin pressed softly against his fingers. It casts another tiny smile onto Ryder’s face as his now racing heart skips a beat or two, seeing that Thyjs didn’t make a move nor a sound. His eyes open now as well and Ry swears he’s never seen heterochromia looking so soft but also surprised at the same time at him like Thyjs does right now. He waits for a reaction but Thyjs just keeps looking at him, lips parting shortly just to close again. “What? — Did that make you that speechless now?” Ry asks with nearly the same surprisement. Thyjs lets out a heavy breath and nods, eyes totally lost looking at him which lets Scharfenberg put on a warm smile. “Want to— try again?” Thyjs swallows his unspoken words that gathered in his throat he couldn’t speak aloud and nods again. Heavier, his lips turning into a smile as well and his eyes are suddenly filled with happiness and relief, like he’s telling Ryder that he cannot wait to have their lips meeting once more and to feel that intense buzz from before as it spreads through his entire body like when he’s powering up electricity. This feeling right now? It’s strong and sends an entirely new sensation through him. Is dat het gevoel van vlinders in je buik? He wonders but doesn’t get much more time to think about it because Ryder choses to lean in for a second time.

It can and probably will be rewritten or changed but I definitely want to have it this way! Thjys starts talking and talking almost doing a monologue instead of a dialogue until he comes to the final point and Ryder wants to respond with words but doesn't know how to (he may find them a bit later) and just does what's best: kiss this soldier. I'll max out this kissing scene for a lot more pages just because I can.

I love the idea of Thyjs as war machine being totally romantic and getting super takative when alone with Ryder. And Ryder definitely is a soft romatic boy, alsways was bu Beast made his life harder to show this side more but Thyjs gets to see it also in private.

4. VP

Since I do more 'actual play the game' now even though I have installed most of all mods back, I rarely do pics atm. If I do, they are just rather nice pics where I try to use the ingame light rather than to spawn spot lights. here's a preview of what comes next:

I have so many ideas I want to put into reality. Especially pics that underline the rp/fic chapters mentioned above. But I'm not going to force myself. I'll see what I can realize for the rest of the year and what gets to be stamped as a New Year's resolution. I'll probably focus on a few blorbo pics this weekend because Ryder's birthday is around the corner (31st October) and Jay's boyfriend Enzolino has just a day prior. So if I can manage, I'll do that in the first place.

Thanks for reading! <3

[holyshit]

honestly, that's an amazing point that i also always stumble across. i had an "easier" time to believe that larry isn't real and never was if they hadn't worked so hard to convince us that it's not real. i don't need to convince people i'm not dating my best friend. because i'm not. nobody ever tried to keep liam and louis away from each other. or harry and zayn. or literally any of the other boys. because there was nothing to see there. i just want them to be free, whatever that looks like for them. but something i noticed during louis' promo was that he mentioned harry a couple of times which, iirc, he didn't really do before. why do you think that was? i know there are people who believe in this "friendship narrative" thing but i don't think it's that easy😅

yeah, that was also a major point in me being like "huh, something's up here" especially since i was coming into fandom in spring 2012 when the separation aspect was really starting to become a thing in a major way, and how over the top they were about trying to get eyes away from them was the thing that really cinched it for me. like you said, no other friendship in the band was treated that way, so it made HL stick out like a sore thumb. it was so heavy handed and unnecessary and counterproductive to their goal.

also taking into account how important the chemistry and friendships in the band were to the band's success!! i would argue that one of the things that made one direction stand out from other boybands at the time was that they had such great chemistry as a band and the individual friendships were fun to watch, and people were drawn in because of that!! and larry was a major part of that! so to take your most popular pairing who had the closest relationship (larry) and then purposefully separate them is an absurd business move if they were just friends because their interactions and chemistry were a major draw for a lot of people. even for the people who think HL genuinely became enemies and that is why they didn't interact anymore, it doesn't make logical sense because they did all they could so that we DIDN'T know that louis/liam had tension at the beginning or that harry/zayn had tension. which is the more standard practice move for these kinds of things- hide tension between band members. but no, they instead actively promoted the idea of harry and louis being enemies which is absolutely absurd.

when it comes to your question, i think it mainly comes down to that they don't have to follow the exact same heavy-handed approaches (in that way at least) that were used in the 1d days since they're in an absolutely new context, i.e. it's been years since the band, their teams have been shaken up in various ways, and they aren't seen publicly interacting anymore, so the same approaches aren't necessarily going to be used in all areas and some wouldn't be considered "necessary" anymore, i imagine.

[theendwrites]

I don't really know how to start this, but heya! I'm an artist that is currently obsessed with HL, and has WAY TOO MANY characters in it! I'm mostly on twitter, but I had a tumblr some years ago and decided it was time to come back... especially if I could get to see more content on this game especially Garreth because I have a need and there is so little in comparison to other characters! Character info below!!

I guess I should start by presenting my characters, so here they are:

(MC) Selene Nichols: Ravenclaw. Introverted, Curious, Adventurous and Caring. Loves puzzles and exploring. They teached her how to be a "proper lady" and sometimes has a hard time breaking out of that. (Estella's sister, I pair her with Ominis)

Estella Nichols: Slytherin. Extroverted, Charismatic and Bold. Beater on the Slytherin quiddich team. She has a bit lost for most of her time in hogwarts (not literally) but she little by little finds her voice. (Selene's sister, I pair her with Sebastian or Imelda)

Sofia Krowe: Ravenclaw. Introverted, Protective, Stern and Warm. She is the ravenclaw Prefect/head Girl of her year. She is a seer and uses her visions to catch troublemakers when they are in danger or putting others in danger. You'll find her mostly on the library. She seems cold and misterious, but once you get to know her she is more like a mom friend that you can count on. (I pair her with Garreth)

Silas Lacklan: Hufflepuff. Amvivert, Kind, Loyal and Calm. He loves rescuing and taking care of beasts especially dragons. He considers both his beast and human friends important and takes really good care of them. He will always bring extra snacks to give. He plays as a Chaser.

Sun Owens: Ravenclaw. Extrovert. Logical, Organized, Trustworthy, Optimistic and Honest. He is the other prefect/Head Boy from their year in Ravenclaw. He is less forgiving than Sofia when it comes to that, even if he doesn't look like that, but does not go overboard. Has a fascination for troublemakers. He lives alone with his father, and they are poor, his goal is to have the best grades so he can have a cushy job and just relax without having to worry.

(MC) Caden Sawyer: Gryffindor. Extroverted, Kind, Confident, Sensitive and Charming. He loves exploring and the outdoors. He always ends up helping people. He is very aware of people being afraid of him, so he tries his best to make people comfortable around him, even if that means to leave. Comes from a family of witchunters, but escaped and was adopted by the Hills. (Cyrus and Killa's adoptive brother)

Cyrus Hill: (+2 years than MCs) Hufflepuff. Nervous, Timid and mature. He is the Hufflepuff HeadBoy, but doesn't believe he deserves it. He is self-concious (appearance), mainly because of his scars. Has flashbacks and axiety problems from being kidnapped and tortured, so his personality has taken a bit of a toll, but he always tries his best to make the rest feel better, especially his family (Caden & Killa)

Killa Hill: (-4 years than MCs) Slytherin. Extrovert, Energetic, Loud, Friendly and Ceerfull. She admires his brothers very much, and wants to become strong to protect them. She is a bit of an airhead, and her determination has no bounds. She will get what she wants. She is adorable.

Passer Lestrange: Slytherin. Introvert, Obnoxious, Pridefull, Spoiled, Clever. He is from the Lestrange family, and has been taught that he is better than others (blood purity shennaningans) but then Caden arrives and kind of, withough knowing breaks all of that down slowly. But untill the end of his 6th or during his 7th year... yeah no, he is insufferable. He likes Cheese.

Relationships between them!! I have two parallel worlds with a different story and characters each. They do not cross over (except AUs and interacting with other MCs... you know.) So many of my characters do not exist in the same place! I made a badly written infographic to provide help😊 If you read all of that, wow, thank you! I really appreciate it!! If you have any question do not hesitate to ask! See ya next time!!

[alarrytale]

Hi Marte,

Do you think that HL are friends or on friendly terms with their beards? I always assumed that Louis didn’t click with Danielle and Harry looked miserable around Olivia. But I see nowadays even larries find Louis and Danielle cute and think they were friends and I wonder if I’m projecting my frustrations on them and they indeed are good friends?

Hi, anon!

No, i don't think they are friends with the beards. I think they're friendly with them (they try to at least...) and they treat them like they would a work colleague. It's purely professional. I think the less serious the relationship, the less stunting and the shorter the relationship is the better they get on with the beard. H and Cara Delevigne seemed to get along fine as an example.

If you look at it from L and H's point of view, all these beards are hired by their team and label (or Sony). The beards work for the oppressor and are willing to fake a relationship for money/PR with an unwilling partner with no choice (and maybe no say in anything). They must resent these beards so much. They also got nothing in common with these women most of the time. L must have hated being linked to a tory. L didn’t get along with E most of the time and H seems to dislike his partners more and more as the relationship progresses (ie TS and O).

Louis seemed to get along fine with D to me, better than he did with E, so i think that's why people like D. I don't think you're projecting your frustrations at all. Bearding is not cute. Being so desperate for attention that you're willing to be papped topless isn't cute. They're not good friends at all, they've got nothing in common except for the fact that both needed PR. But i don't think that bearding relationships ended on a sour note, so maybe that's why people got the impression that they're friends.

I will say, that i understand people liking L around women, even larries. It's due to him having zero public female friendships and fans are desperate to see him interact with females who're not all about toxic masculinity. Louis acts more normal and himself around women than men (no need to act tough) so i get wanting him to strike up friendships with female celebrities. I do too. Just not the beards. They can fuck off.

[missnight0wl]

Hey, Marta! I have no hp related to say except that whatever's going on hogwarts legacy seems to be just romancing sad white boys and nothing on plot or whatever, disappointing. (Which is fine on fics and romance centered stories, but so far I heard no one complementing or even commenting on the story.)

I think a lot of these media/game developers think they can simply rely on the brand Harry Potter and just spew any half assed stories with the cover of 'ohh spells and references'. I don't even have nostalgia for anything and it makes me sad to see it watered down to the technicalities of the world and not the story that lies in its core.

But capitalism I guess.

Anyway, I took so long to listen to Eat Your Young and oh my, what a bop! Why does Hozier use such a sexy voice to sing the horrors??? I truly hadn't heard him in interview in a while so when I heard Through Me, I got whiplash. While Scottish still my darling accent, Normal People gave me an appreciation for Irish accent.

Well, those were just some random meanderings. I hope you're doing well 💖 *virtual hug*

Hello, Bee! It’s really good to hear from you! ☺

I’m gonna be honest, I’m actively not following information on Hogwarts Legacy, so I can’t really comment on that. I have a vague idea about the plot thanks to my friend who’s more interested in it, but she also said that the story is rather bleak overall. So... there’s that, I guess. But as I said, I don’t know enough to give my opinion.

That being said, I do want to comment on your thought about “abusing” the HP brand because… yeah, that’s true. Well, sort of. Because, for example, I still believe that HPHM wasn’t just about that at the very beginning. I do think that Matt London and his team created this story with some level of passion. Were they also hoping for easy money? Yeah, probably. But it seems that they cared about something more, too. Sadly, at this point, HPHM became what you’re describing: a half assed story with the cover of 'ohh spells and references'. And I hate to say it, but I also think that the fans are partially responsible for that.

I mean, I remember seeing people being like: “Oh I can’t wait when HPMA/HL comes out, so I can leave this shitty game (HPHM)”. And I was always like… You don’t HAVE TO play this game if you don’t enjoy it. I feel like this mentality was actually quite common at some point, especially on Reddit, at least when I was still checking it. But personally, I just don’t get it. You might still like HP without interacting with every single title in the franchise.

But that also brings me to your second thought: capitalism. Because honestly, it’s not just the problem of the HP brand. Let’s take The Sims, for example. People are complaining for years that TS4 is lacking even now when we have dozens of DLCs. There are many new bugs with each pack and many old bugs that needs to be fixed. But it doesn’t matter for EA because they know that people will still buy the next new pack. Why? Because of the brand. And because The Sims has no real competition, at least yet.

Another example: Apple. Personally, I don’t use Apple products so I won’t comment on their quality. But I remember when people talked about the new iPhone without a headphone jack. Again, I don’t know if it actually influenced the quality of a phone in a meaningful way, but it’s rather hard to not see it as a mechanism forcing people to buy wireless headphones. And again, Apple knows they can do that because people will still want to have the iPhone.

So, yeah. Capitalism.

And what a lovely segue to Eat Your Young it is!

Seriously, I love this song! I can’t help it but sway to it every time I hear it. Though I totally feel you – it is absolutely morbid! But it’s that clash that makes it so strong. By the way, my favourite part has to be:

Get some

Pull up the ladder when the flood comes

Throw enough rope until the legs have swung

Seven new ways that you can eat your young

Back in 2019, Hozier was performing on his tour one of his unreleased songs, But The Wages (which many suspects will be on the new full album). And in one video of this song, he said: “If you’re not making the right people uncomfortable you might be wasting your time as a musician”. I feel it’s basically gonna be a subtitle of Unreal Unearth.

And finally: YES, HIS ACCENT! 😄 I’d say I’m quite familiar with it as I listened to some interviews fairly recently (there was Blood Upon Snow not so long ago and now the new EP), but yes! The Irish accent is very lovely! :3

And I write Normal People down as another title to look into because I did hear about it, but I never paid more attention to it.

Anyway, I hope you’re doing well, too! 💖

[medicaltechnician]

Intro post!

Heyo welcome to my kin account, I’m Ker/Noah, or Kin names it don’t matter 🤙 (My main is @snazum btw, keep forgetting to put it somewhere)

I can’t promise I’ll be to active on here but ya know whateves.

Main kins atm: Medic and Engineer | Team Fortress 2.

Main kins over my life time:

• Kerry Eurodyne | Cyberpunk

• Kaidan Alenko | Mass Effect

• Cullen Rutherford | Dragon Age

• John Shepard | Mass Effect

• Freemind | Freeman’s Mind

Other kins I guess are important to bring up 👍:

Geralt (The Witcher), Scott Ryder (ME:A), Dorian Pavus (DA:I), Gordon (HLVRAI & HL) , James Ironwood and Qrow Branwen (RWBY), Isaac Clarke (DS), and others lol

Interests:

• TF2

• Game Design/Development

• Costuming/Cosplay

• Film making

• Hockey

I don’t really have a DNI cause idc, if I don’t like I’ll just block lmao. (Ig I’d prefer if y’all are adults interacting with me, i’m 20 so.)

DM me if u wanna play tf2 tho cause I need friends to play with, and take me under their wing I’ve got like 10 hrs in this game XD 99% on medic

I FORGOT TO MENTION I SMOKE WEED (a lot somtimes)! And post bout it sometimes! Without warning sometimes too! So ya gotta be comfortable with that if you’re gonna interact with me (tagged here cause ya know this the main post)

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I’m a newer Larrie and pretty naive about the One Direction days because I didn’t listen to that type of music during the time they were a band. I started liking them individually and somehow found myself in this fandom. I guess my question is why do fans compare them constantly? They all came from the same band, they all seem to support each other at least privately if not publicly and appear to be pretty grateful to have had that same experience. I’ve seen some some solo Harry fans really attack Liam and Louis negatively with even comments on their looks. They constantly compare them to Harry and how they’re somehow losers because they don’t currently have the kind of commercial success as Harry. I’ve seen other solo fans also go after Harry for all kinds of reasons too, which is just so sad to see. Was it like this in the band too? Or has this all heightened because they all went solo? They all have different sounds, so why compare them? Am I missing something maybe?

Hi darling. Welcome to the hellhole fandom. So, no. When they were in the band it was actually unusual for anyone to ever voice a dislike for any one of them. People had their favorites, but publicly everyone supported everyone.

1DHQ started the fracture with the constant pushing of Harry vs the band. They really wanted to position Harry as being separate from (and better than) the other guys. Then Zayn left. There were people who were disappointed/angry with him or who no longer cared about his career, so we started having OT5 vs OT4 discourse. Then babygate started and we had the next fracture where people began to think maybe Larry broke up or Louis cheated on Harry. This was when people became houies (people who thought HL has dated, but now has broken up). Then that was followed by the hiatus and Harry/his team pushing the separation of Harry up a notch.

There were still many OT4 supporters until HS1 dropped and then there was a whole faction of people who flipped out over Harry’s lyrics and image not meeting their expectations and I think that was when houies really divided into harries and louies. There were still larries and antis. But now there were also louies who were only interested in Louis and “rad louies” (radical louies) who hated Harry and thought he was the reason Louis’ career was being “sabotaged”. And there were also harries — some of whom hated Louis because they thought he cheated on Harry and some also bought into the idea that Harry was just better than everyone else.

The fractured nature of our fandom really went into overdrive with the popularity of Fine Line and quarantine. Thousands and thousands of people entered the fandom and many had zero interest in 1D. Harry’s het image was in overdrive with Watermelon Sugar and the idea that Camille broke his heart (thus, being inspiration for the album). Holivia, DWD, As It Was, Harry’s House and Harry’s growing fame really made things worse in that department.

It seems as though a lot of Harry’s newest fans see any link back to 1D or his former bandmates as being a step backwards or as the other guys trying to “use” Harry as a way to promote themselves. And until recently, Harry spoke very little about the band and had very little public interaction with them, so unless you paid very close attention, it was easy to think he didn’t care much for or about them. I think many fans do this weird thing of needing their fave to be “the best” — as if that somehow reflects on them, as well. Like, the way many Harries went overboard making sure Lloyd won best tour photographer only because they didn’t want Louis’ photographer to win. It’s ridiculous.

Some of the hatred towards Harry is rooted in jealousy because people feel he had an unfair advantage over the others, thus having a success the others could have had just as well. Some of the hate is people feeling as though he has the power to do whatever he wants in terms of his image and stunts, so he must be fake and only cares about fame and money. Some of it is people buying into the idea that Harry ended the band because he wanted to be a star and he’s actively trying to ruin Louis’ career. There are a million different reasons people send hate his way.

As for comparing the five of them, as you say, they all have different sounds and none of them compete with each other. But I do think Sony very much wants Harry to be the Justin Timberlake and be the only one who reaches that huge level of success. And the media doesn’t help because many of the articles are written in a way that praises Harry and puts the others down (for no reason at all), so fans feel defensive and lash out. I tend to think Liam, Niall, Louis, and Harry all care about each other very much and are supportive of each other. And I really doubt they like the articles that do that nor would they support the nasty way some of the fans behave.

Sorry this was so long. And at the same time, this barely touched the surface, but I hope it helped a little.

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https://twitter.com/bradrrylovers/status/1678042459698331653?t=9lTdJujzf31Bqk3KzMEAdQ&s=19

Sorry for sharing from that account.. but it is clear that harry is looking at B and larries are very quick to deny that they are involved..

What made me believe that HL are not together is how distant louis is from H.. it is expected from H but louis is always hinting or talking openly about H.. but L is ignoring H blatantly..

Goodbye.. will be leaving the space!

I don't have mental space for this.. and it's just frustrating not having any one irl to discuss.. sorry about the rant.. I just wish louis finds someone much better..

Hi Love,

Honestly, I’m a little confused by this entire ask.

Lou blatantly ignoring Harry- I’m assuming you’re referring to how Lou has supported / commented on the other boys things on social media in recent months? If anything, Lou not commenting just makes it obvious that there is some sort of gag order / ban on them interacting.

You go from saying that Lou is ignoring Harry, to wishing that Louis finds someone better- yet, if you believe that Louis is ignoring Harry, wouldn’t you want Harry to find someone better?

I’m not even going to touch the Bradrry thing. He’s a member of H’s team- of course he’s going to look at him sometimes. Just like he knows where Lloyd is, or he knows where his friends are in the crowd.

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