#niall's about to be banned

[jlf23tumble]

Jen what do you think about the Louis ban on UK and US radio stations?

I think it demonstrates a singularly spectacular lack of reading comprehension and/or curiosity about current music played on UK and US radio stations

[releaseholiday]

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[raven-dor]

let me help you

In which george weasley gets the girl

PAIRING: george weasley x ravenclaw!reader, harry potter x PLATONIC!reader, hermione granger x PLATONIC!reader, ron wealey x PLATONIC!reader

WARNINGS: GIVEN LAST NAME, established relationship, blood, angst, banter, love confessions, hero complex (it's harry potter, what did you expect), young love, Umbridge

WORD COUNT: 2,213

🎶 : put a little love on me - niall horan

Y/N was not at all thrilled about this detention. After all, she had been there when Harry got back from his first detention. 

His hand still had the scar. 

It was horrifying. And it didn't help that Draco, who had been the one to tattle on her, was Umbridge's favorite. It's like trouble kept finding her, no matter how much she tried to be Little Miss Perfect. This year, she determined, was an exception. She didn't have to go down to the toad's office just yet, so she stopped by Gryffindor Tower.

"Hello, Frances!” She waved. “Can you please let me in?"

The Fat Lady squinted her eyes and hummed. "Fine."

The portrait opened up, and Y/N smiled, walking over the discarded red solo cups and confetti. Even though George, Fred, and Harry were banned from the team, they still had a party for their first win. 

She sat on the couch, not even bothering to tell any of her friends she was there. While she loved her own common room, it was nowhere near as warm and comforting as Gryffindor’s was. Ravenclaw did have a fireplace, but it didn't have as comfortable of couches. Or the same aroma. Or the same chocolatey eyes. Or ginger hair. She curled up, leaning on the plush pillow, dozing off, hoping she'd wake up and everything was just a horrible dream, the last week becoming void.

"Hello, Y/N."

She opened her eyes, shielding them from the light. "Harry."

He smiled, sitting beside her. "You alright?"

She sat up, staring at the fire. "I'm stressed, and it's exhausting."

Harry scoffed. "Tell me about it."

"Yeah." She stared back into the fire. 

"Can I ask why you’re here and not… in your own common room?"

She glared, nudging him playfully. "Just wanted to relax before I go into the belly of the beast."

He frowned. "I would go in your place. It's just-"

"It's just that Umbridge would immediately notice that you are not Y/N Monroe."

He laughed. "We look enough alike."

"Not that much, Harry." She stood up. "I'll be back. Don't wait up for me."

"No promises."

She smiled weakly. 

As she walked to the Defense classroom, she made multiple escape plans. Maybe she could run away. Or hide in the passageways forever. Or she could- She looked at the door in front of her and took a deep breath. Best to get it over with and be done with it. She looked at the classroom she had once been excited to enter with complete disdain. Making her way up the stairs to Umbridge’s office, she tried to gather herself, willing herself not to cry in front of that wench. Just like Harry had told her, if she doesn't know that it hurts you, it doesn't feed her ego.

"Hello, Ms. Monroe. Please sit."

Y/N approached the extremely pink desk. She moved to pick up the pen, but Umbridge stopped her.

"I want to tell you, Ms.Monroe, that Mr.Potter is lying about everything. I'm sorry that you've been manipulated, and if you tell me what he's done, I'll make sure that you get past this all unharmed." She leaned forward and put her hand on her forearm. "I’m aware that you are close friends with Mr. Malfoy, and I'm sure he'd be more than happy to help you with any problems you are facing."

Y/N rolled her eyes. "Professor, as much as I appreciate your gracious offer and reminder of my past friendships," she leaned forward, and Umbridge looked eager. "I would rather rot in hell than betray my actual friends. So I'll take your blood quill."

"Seventy-five lines. I must not retaliate."

Y/N had thought about how it would feel before, having your skin cut into, but this was much more excruciating than her imagination. Her eyes were so clouded that she couldn't see in front of her, but she kept going. She would finish all seventy-five lines, and she would walk out of that demon's office with her head held high.

She had walked out of Umbridge's office with her head held high for about a minute before she burst into tears. That was by far the worst experience of her life. Stumbling through the halls, she tried not to be obvious, but with the trickle of blood that was leaving her hand, it was hard to miss. She’d gotten past the moving staircases before anyone crossed her path. The first face she saw made her freeze, hoping that the ground would swallow her whole.

George Weasley was walking directly toward her. She knew that as soon as he saw her, he would know something was wrong. And she would break because that's just what George did to her. She tried to smile at him, but she was too busy forcing herself not to faint. 

Thanks to her excruciating pain, she became delusional from the tears and minor blood loss, walking like a third-year after their first firewhiskey. His strong hands held her shoulders. 

"Are you alright, love? You don't look so good."

She nodded, keeping her head down. "I'm fine, George. I just need to get back to my common room."

"Not so fast. What's-" He paled. "What the bloody hell is wrong with your hand?"

"I scratched it."

"Darling, a scratch does not produce this much blood." He held her hand gently, examining the back. "Who did this?"

"It doesn't matter Georgie. I-"

He looked rather heartbroken and angry at the same time. Her heart clenched; she knew couldn't lie to him. It was really annoying. She sighed and took a deep breath. 

"Umbridge."

He was eerily quiet, still staring at her hand. "I'm going to kill that horrible wicked toad."

"No, you're not."

He scoffed, raising his voice. "Look at what she did to you!"

Y/N tore her hand away, wincing. "You don't understand, George."

"Darling! She is torturing you!"

"Just leave it alone." She shoved past him, trying to walk away.

"I'm telling McGonagall. Or Dumbledore."

She whipped around, glaring. "You're insane!"

He laughed, his whole face covered in disbelief. "I'm insane? I'm insane? This woman-"

She put her hand over her eyes, trying to stop herself from passing out from the pain. "George-"

"This woman is torturing you! And getting away with it!" 

"George."

"And you won't even tell anyone. Merlin, love!" 

"George. You don't get it!" They were both quiet for a moment, their chests heaving from the adrenaline of their yelling match. "I'm sorry. But I can't let her know she's getting to me. Then she wins." She took a deep breath and walked away from him. "Just drop it."

He watched her in shock before snapping out of his trance and following after her. Grabbing her bicep, he twirled her around. "George, seriously-"

He shook his head. "You don't take care of yourself enough, you know. You never have, and you probably never will."

She scoffed like what he was saying wasn't a well-known fact. "What’s your-"

"Just let me speak, Y/N." He took a deep breath. "You've been putting yourself in harm's way since your second year, and it's-” He muttered, laughing to himself. “I can’t believe I’m about to say this. It’s frankly irresponsible." 

Her eyebrows scrunched, and her angry expression was replaced with one of shock. If someone had asked her to look back on what she said in response, she would probably pretend not to remember, when in reality, she was embarrassed for saying something entirely irrelevant.

"You knew who I was?"

George sighed, staring down lovingly at her. "Y/N/N-" He shook his head, trying to get back into the scolding mindset. "Stop distracting me! You're changing the point. You've been putting yourself in harm's way for three, almost four years now, and for a good cause, I can respect that..." He sighed. "But when are you going to start taking care of yourself? Thinking about if this-" He flung his arms about, gesturing to her hand, the castle, the Gryffindor Tower. "-is a good plan?"

She was still stuck in a trance, words failing to leave her. He nodded. "That's what I thought." Pulling her closer, he whispered. "So why don't you let me do the worrying here? Okay? Because I-" Her eyes were full of hope, and he tried to say it again. "You know that I-"

Time seemed to stop as Y/N held her breath. Maybe it was the fact that someone cared more for her well-being than she did, or maybe it was the fact that she had been in love with George Weasley since her third year, but something moved her, and she surged forward, grabbing his face and pulling it down to hers. 

And she kissed him. His worrying over her being too reckless and underreacting to a rather severe problem made her realize she didn't want to avoid the inevitable anymore. 

She let go of his face slowly and looked up, just then realizing that she wasn't one hundred percent sure he loved her- or even at the least loved her back.

George stuttered. "I- you-"

She winced, and she started to spiral into a bout of panic. "Sorry. I didn't even ask. I-"

He grinned widely, pulling her closer. "Just let me take care of you." He put his right hand on her cheek, caressing her face with his thumb. "Please."

His left hand let go of her wrist, and fell to her waist, pulling her as close as humanely possible.  He smiled as he kissed her back. He was scared that this was a dream, that he would stop kissing her, and he would wake up in his bed again, without her. They parted, faces still insanely close. They slowly caught their breaths, her smile so wide her face ached.

"I-" She took her head off of his chest, and looked up at his glowing face. "I love you."

He kissed her again, this time softer and yet just as passionate. "I've been in love with you since you tripped down the stairs."

She giggled, tears still in her eyes. "I love you."

"I love you."

She kissed him again, and he fell into it. "I really love you."

"Good. Because I honestly don't think I could have gone another moment without kissing you. You-" he pecked her lips between each word. "Are most definitely the love of my life.��� 

The remaining tears stuck in her eyes fell, laughing in his hold. "You are a dream, Weasley."

"Don't think that I'm going to forget about Umbridge. I’m talking to McGonagall first thing tomorrow."

She smiled up at him. "Whatever you say, love."

He walked her back to Gryffindor Tower, and she snorted, stopping him in his tracks. "I have an idea."

He hummed. "What's that?"

"What if we pull a," she brought her hand up and held her fingers close together, "small prank?"

He smirked. "I knew there was a reason I loved you."

"Haha., What if we don't tell anyone about us..." George looked skeptical. "Until you walk into breakfast, and we act like a couple. To freak them out."

"So you're targeting dear old Ronniekins."

"Obviously."

He looked at her deadpan, clapping slowly. "Amazing, my love! Truly revolutionary." 

She smacked him on the chest. "Oh, shut it."

"Let's do it."

She nodded. "Alright then. The prank begins... now."

Y/N walked towards the portrait but was quickly pulled back. He smirked, leaning down.

"I need one more kiss, just to hold me over until tomorrow."

"I think you'll be mhm-"

She melted into his arms, twirling the short locks by the top of his neck. They pulled apart, and she spoke breathily. "The prank starts now."

She walked into the tower, George following after her. Her face was still puffy, and her eyes were still slightly watery. Hermione gasped, rushing her over to the couch.

"Oh, Y/N."

"Nothing she hasn't already done before."

Ron grumbled. "I still don't understand why we can't tell Dumbledore."

"Tell Dumbledore what?"

She fought the urge to smile, turning towards the familiar voice.

"Oh, nothing."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "It isn't nothing. Umbridge had Y/N do lines with a special quill that cuts into your skin."

George's face looked just as it had before, and Y/N realized he wasn't pretending. He was still upset. He walked up to the couch, examining her hand.

"I can't believe she’s getting away with this. I'll be back. I have loads of bandages in case a prank gone wrong.”

He ran to his dorm, and Hermione laughed, nudging her friend. "Just friends. Really?"

The Ravenclaw shrugged, pink dusting her cheeks.

George appeared back in front of them, first aid kit in hand. "This should do the trick after you use the necessary healing spells." He looked at Harry. "You should use some, too. This muggle medicine works wonders."

"Thanks, Georgie."

"No problem, love."

Ron groaned. "Just get a room, you two."

Hermione scolded him. "Ronald, stop it."

Harry smirked. "Yeah, Ronald. Stop it."

"Shut up, Harry."

Harry gestured to Y/N/s hand, smiling sympathetically. "What did she make you write?"

"I must not retaliate."

He grinned, nodding. "Fitting."

"Oh, shut it, Harry."

[monbons]

Carry On Countdown Day 31: Where are they now?

Dev and Niall have been banned from Target due to their inappropriate use of shopping trolleys. They are channeling their energy into sending each other smutty texts instead.

Fiona turned out to be an exceptional great aunt… until she gifted Lucy her first vape. Baz supervises all visits now. 

The merwolf fell madly in love with bunBaz. It was a tearful separation when this bun took off to his permanent home in @bookish-bogwitch's SnowBaz shrine. 

Winged Baz is on his way to the UK. It’s a long flight. He is extremely displeased about it, so @hushed-chorus better have some tea waiting for him when he arrives. 

And Making Tarts Simon is being held hostage inside a cake until @thewholelemon comes to rescue him. He can’t wait to bake many tiny treats for her and her family when she finally takes him home. 

As for the doll maker herself? She has a lot of feelings about COC being over --- primarily relief that her fingers can finally heal. She is also extremely proud of herself for completing this ridiculous undertaking.

In all seriousness, this project was truly ridiculous! I spent two whole weeks on the map alone. I rarely keep what I make, so each doll was made specifically for this challenge and took 8-12 hours to hand sew. In the end, I think it was worth it. COC brings me so much joy every year. I hope I could bring you a bit of joy this season too.

Many, many thanks to my collaborators:

@rimeswithpurple made all this possible with her enthusiastic yes when I asked if she could redraw the buildings for my advent calendar

@iamamythologicalcreature and @thewholelemon helped me brainstorm every possible angle into the prompts when I needed to fill all thirty days

@hushed-chorus wrote up a storm so Winged Baz's chapters could be done in time for his debut

Finally, a huge thank you to you. Your likes and shares here, on Instagram, or on the Discord kept me going on the days it felt like my fingers would fall off, which were many!

I am in need of a very long nap. Before I go, I have three presents. You can find the master post to all of my dolls and puppets here. If you are in need of a very eclectic playlist, you can find every song I used for my videos below.

Finally, here is a fun video of everything I made for the countdown.

@carryon-countdown

Until next year! <3 monbons

[mykelneedssleep]

Idk why I keep thinking about it but Niall Lynch banning his sons from returning to the Barns in his will “unless a newer document is created” anticipating that Ronan will just dream up a new copy where that condition doesn’t exist and Cardan Greenbriar exiling Jude “until pardoned by the crown” expecting that she will just pardon herself and return have the same vibe to them

[harrywavycurly]

I can just imagine bff Harry and reader always sharing gossip over wine or coffee😂

Hiii lovey!!! Oh yes you know those two always have gossip to share with each other!! So I hope you enjoy these little conversations between them when one of them has something to tell the other😂💖

-find everything Where We Started here✨

“Harry? Are you decent?…Harry?” “Hmmm?” “Are you asleep? Get up I have something to tell you.” “S’not even seven in the morning….it can wait.” “It absolutely cannot wait now get up and I’ll have coffee waiting for you in the kitchen.” “Wait you’re…in my house? This isn’t…a dream?” “Do you dream about me often?” “Don’t be mean it’s too early to be mean.” “Oh stop whining and get up.” “Just tell me what it is and then I’ll decide if it’s worth getting up for.” “Niall has a girlfriend.” “Niall? Niall Horan? Niall James Horan of One Direction…that Niall Horan?” “Yes! Now get up!” “When the bloody fuck did this happen?” “While he was in London now please get up we have to go meet her.” “Meet her? When?” “For breakfast now I’ll pick your outfit if you’ll please start getting out of bed and go brush your hair and your teeth.” “Wait wait wait…Niall has a girlfriend and he didn’t tell us till we are headed to meet her? That’s a bit uncool don’t you think?” “Well uhm…I might have…known about her-” “and you didn’t tell me?” “He asked me not to until he knew it was serious.” “How long?” “How long what?” “Have you known about her?” “Uhm…since their first date…uh…two months…ago.” “Jesus! How did you manage to keep that to yourself for so long?” “It was hard now…get up.” “Sorry I’m getting up…but you’re not picking my outfit.”

“Did you drag me to a library to tell me this so I couldn’t scream?” “Possibly…yes…yes that’s exactly why I brought you here.” “Harry you can’t just drop this on me and not expect me to want to squeal and jump up and down this is huge news you asshole!” “Shhhhh you’re going to get us kicked out…it’s not that big of a deal it’s just a movie.” “Just a movie? It’s not just a movie…it’s a movie that you have one of the main roles in and you’ll be acting alongside Florence Pugh.” “And Chris Pine.” “I’m so excited!” “You are so loud…let’s get out of here before you get us put on some sort of list for people who are banned from public libraries.”

“Did you steal that bag from my closet?” “No I bought it off your website…you have these in your closet? And didn’t give me one?” “I figured you’d ask if you wanted one? You asked for the Pleasing sweatshirt when it dropped.” “So…why did you call this emergency picnic?” “I have some…news.” “News? About you or someone we know?” “Someone we know…” “ohh please enlighten me…who’s it about?” “Mitch…and Sarah…” “oh my god did they break up? Don’t make me cry Harry it’s not even noon.” “They are having a baby.” “Oh my god! I just said don’t make me cry!” “Ouch don’t go hitting the messenger! I just found out like an hour ago.” “That’s so exciting oh I love this for them.” “Yeah it’s gonna be cool to have another baby to be the god father of.” “Bold of you to assume you’re going to be this baby’s god parent.” “I’m the one who introduced them so uh yeah…I’m gonna be a god father.” “More like the weird uncle.” “Weird? I’m not…I mean…I’m not too weird like creepy weird or anything I’m just…me.” “Yes you’re just you and that’s why everyone loves you so much…you’re weird and it’s great.”

[allwaswell16]

A One Direction fic rec of fics that involve football (soccer) as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!

—Louis/Harry—

⚽ Learning to Breathe by youcomecrash

(E, 110k, uni) He’s playing football at one of the top universities in England and he should love everything about his life right now, but instead he’s moving backwards

⚽ Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by @1diamondinthesun

(NR, 84k, high school) the American high school AU loosely inspired by She's All That.

⚽ Bring Your Body Baby (I Could Bring You Fame) by @theboyfriendstagram

(E, 84k, famous/not famous) A self-indulgent AU that takes place over the summer of 2015. 18 year old Harry hates pining after people he can't have, and 23 year old footballer Louis loves flirting with people even though it never means anything.

⚽ Way in the World by flowsque / @mortediunfiore

(M, 74k, both players) the one where Harry has a knee injury and an embarrassing crush on Manchester United's pretty number ten.

⚽ Caught In Your Gravity by @lululawrence

(NR, 62k, Ted Lasso au) an AU inspired by a 30 second trailer of Ted Lasso that doesn't actually have much in common with the show at all.

⚽ so grab your passport and my hand by @infinitelymint

(M, 32k, strangers to lovers) The one in which Louis plays football and Harry sings a lot, and somehow that means they're meant to be. They'll figure it out soon enough.

⚽ Higher, Further, Faster by hazzahtomlinson / @itsnotreal

(E, 31k, uni) the one where Harry decides to go to college regardless of what his team warns him about and has to face the consequences, some of which aren’t so terrible after all.

⚽ Dive (series) by @allwaswell16

(E, 21k, famous/famous) Newly retired football star, Louis Tomlinson has left Manchester for Malibu. Along the way, he finds music, friendship, and love in the form of his pop star neighbour and the very fit movie star hiding out next door.

⚽ Hold My Breath by @zarah5

(M, 19k, injury) It's possible — possible — that his three-week ban from the football pitch makes Louis just a tad antsy. Surely it's not so bad that it warrants punishment in the form of his friends signing him up for a yoga class?

⚽ time slows down whenever you're around by wildestdreams / @thelavendrhaze

(E, 14k, flower shop) Louis plays "soccer" and falls for the wrong boy and Harry works in a flower shop and falls for Louis — again.

⚽ burn this flame by rainbowninja167 / @rainbowtitania

(E, 13k, famous/famous) When Harry gets invited to play in a celebrity charity match with Louis Tomlinson, Manchester United's star player, he's determined to impress him with brilliant football skills. The only flaw in Harry's otherwise foolproof plan? He has absolutely no football skills, brilliant or otherwise.

⚽ Come In and Change My Life by lightswoodmagic / @lightwoodsmagic

(E, 12k, neighbors) Harry and Louis become friends when Harry looks after Louis' cat during away games, until one night at a party changes everything between them. It's just a shame Louis' going to be away for the FIFA World Cup for three months.

⚽ Want you more than a melody by @softfonds

(E, 12k, mpreg) It's 2016, and Harry's life couldn't be better. His band is about to release their third studio album, he's dating the hottest football star on the planet, and tour is going to start the following year.

⚽ Just One Touch by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom

(E, 11k, Dr Harry) When footballer Louis Tomlinson needs to get match fit in a hurry, team doctor and best mate Niall Horan prescribes an unusual form of treatment.

⚽ Down the Field by @creamcoffeelou

(M, 9k, coach Louis) Louis, a pro football player of Chelsea, is forced to retire after a severe injury to his foot.

⚽ every day and tomorrow night by @justanothershadeofblue

(E, 8k, high school) Harry stares. The new boy is beautiful, there’s no other word for him. 

⚽ Eat Your Vegetables by @bananaheathen

(M, 8k, famous/not famous) In which Louis is a celebrity footballer and Harry is the new team nutritionist.

⚽ Glass Heart by @musketrois

(G, 7k, coming out) “26-year-old West Ham footballer Louis Tomlinson was seen getting acquainted with 24-year-old pop sensation Harry Styles and others. Although it is not unordinary for these two professions to be social, we can’t wait to see what this budding relationship will bring to London’s social scene.” -Celebrity Blurb 25 March, 2017

⚽ Down To Be a Distraction by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird

(E, 6k, famous/famous) The English national team is on the brink of winning the UEFA final and it all hinges on a penalty kick from team captain and national hero Louis Tomlinson, who was forcibly outed in the press right before the tournament. 

⚽ Game Changer by @neondiamond

(E, 6k, mpreg) A couple months before playing in his first long-awaited World Cup, Louis finds out he’s pregnant. Harry’s there for the ride.

⚽ The Air From My Lungs by Kikiberoski16 / @larrysballetslippers

(E, 5k, uni) Harry doesn't like to take showers in public for reasons he isn't willing to share, until Louis, the hot football captain, rocks his whole world.

⚽ the stars are coming home by lsforever / @kingonafiftymetreroad

(G, 5k, established relationship) After three years together and nearly a full year of marriage, Harry has finally been permitted to sit in for one of the team’s practices. 

⚽ every night with us (is like a dream) by moon_rose25 / @darkinfinity

(T, 2k, established relationship) A look into the life of a professional football player dating a physical therapist.

⚽ 2,870 Miles by @sadaveniren

(G, 1k, mpreg) Harry hated the BT Sports commentators, but considering he couldn’t fly to Baku while eight months pregnant this was all he had if he wanted to watch his husband in the Europa League final.

—Rare Pairs—

⚽ love and kickin'!verse by camiii

(E, 140k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw) the fic where Nick has no interest in football but is dragged to a football match, Louis is the Arsenal player that catches his attention, and maybe there are some redeeming qualities to the game after all.

⚽ Devoted by @nouies

(E, 5k, Louis/Alisson Becker) A collection of drabbles about Louis’ life as the housewife of a professional football player.

[directionerarecrazymofos]

Title: “The Great Nando’s Heist”

Summary: When the boys discover that their favorite Nando’s location is closing for “renovations” (read: being replaced by a health food café), chaos ensues. Determined to save their sacred chicken spot, Louis comes up with a foolproof plan: break in, “borrow” the secret peri-peri sauce recipe, and blackmail the franchise into staying open. Naturally, nothing goes according to plan.

Excerpt

The plan was simple. Too simple.

“Right, lads,” Louis said, spreading a crumpled napkin on the hotel table like it was a blueprint for the heist of the century. “Here’s how we do it. Liam, you’re the distraction. Your job is to ask for kale wraps until the staff is so annoyed they’ll forget we’re even there.”

“Kale wraps?” Liam looked offended. “I have dignity, you know.”

“Do you?” Harry muttered, leaning back in his chair with a smirk. “You still say ‘brilliant’ unironically.”

“Focus!” Louis barked, smacking the table. “Zayn, you’re on lookout. If anyone suspicious shows up, give us the signal.”

“What’s the signal?” Zayn asked, half-interested as he painted his nails black.

“Something subtle, like screaming ‘RUN!’ and pointing at the door.”

Niall raised his hand. “What about me?”

“You’re the getaway driver.”

“YES!” Niall punched the air. “Wait, can I bring snacks?”

“Sure,” Louis said with a shrug. “But only Nando’s snacks. We’re on brand here.”

Harry squinted at the napkin-turned-map. “And what’s my job?”

Louis gave him a devilish grin. “You, Hazza, are the sauce thief.”

The night of the heist was a disaster waiting to happen, but Louis was confident. Too confident.

“Alright, everyone knows their roles,” Louis whispered as they huddled outside the Nando’s back entrance. “Liam, you’re up.”

Liam strolled in, head held high. “Hello, fine people of Nando’s,” he announced loudly, slapping the counter. “I’d like to talk to you about kale wraps.”

The staff exchanged confused glances. “We don’t sell kale wraps,” the cashier said.

“Exactly!” Liam said, wagging a finger. “And that’s the problem!”

Meanwhile, Zayn was outside, completely engrossed in his reflection in the glass. He adjusted his hair for the fifth time and muttered, “I should really try a middle part.”

Inside, Harry had successfully located the peri-peri sauce vault—aka a cabinet with a very rusty lock. “I’ve got this,” he whispered to himself, pulling out a hairpin. He’d seen this work in movies.

Five minutes later, he was still jiggling the pin while muttering, “Why isn’t this working?!”

Behind him, Louis was attempting to climb into the ceiling vents, having insisted it was “the most dramatic way” to enter the kitchen. Instead, he got stuck halfway through and began shouting, “I’M WEDGED! SOMEONE PUSH ME!”

Niall, sitting in the getaway car with a bucket of wings, heard the commotion and sighed. “Every time,” he muttered, stuffing another piece of chicken in his mouth.

By the end of the night, Louis had been rescued from the vent by a very unimpressed firefighter, Harry had accidentally spilled peri-peri sauce all over his hair, and Zayn had entirely forgotten his lookout duties because he got distracted by a stray cat.

The boys were banned from Nando’s for life. But on the bright side, Liam did get a free kale wrap…from the health café next door.

Moral of the story? Don’t let Louis plan anything ever again.

[zot3-flopped]

https://x.com/stroompeer/status/1841858404639179244?s=46&t=Omebfpx0sPmV_4_JrB7M-g

He should be embarrassed but I’m certain he isn’t. People were giving him attention and that’s all he cares about. I hope Niall and Harry bans him from their shows.

Maybe he's embarrassed now that a UK broadsheet has written a negative story about it?

[friendofcars]

Please drop the essay you refrained from writing in the tags and would also love to hear your thoughts on the mask dream! I think it's one of the most interesting dreams ronan has, especially in tdt. Always really enjoy your thoughts and meta :)

hi so first of all thank you for this very kind message and second of all the 'essay' i mentioned was in fact about the mask dream. and third of all thank you for waiting for my belated response. i wrote the remainder of this post over multiple weeks and didn't proofread any of it and i'm almost positive it gets incoherent in places so please let me know if you want anything clarified.

so, the post i'm referencing is this one by parrishwife about adam and ronan's rather unhinged desire to simultaneously become and be with each other. i coincidentally read it immediately before reading chapter 17 of the dream thieves for the trc book club and my brain exploded a little because i think the mask nightmare plays with the same idea- not explicitly, and maybe not primarily, but there's an element of ronan both fearing and desiring the possibility of adam becoming ronan (or at least like ronan).

i think the most straightforward and plausible interpretation of this chapter is that ronan fears losing adam (to post-traumatic dissociation, to his bargain with cabeswater, as a rejection of ronan's desire for him, etc.) (btw parrishwife also has a brilliant post analyzing the mask dream.) i'm also suggesting that he has a simultaneous fear of adam reciprocating the attraction, which, for ronan, comes hand in hand with self-loathing; desire is fear, it is horror, it is anger; he fears rejection and miscommunication while also fearing that adam will experience self-hatred too. because ronan hasn’t realized his second secret yet, the fear/desire/self-loathing/projection is particularly muddled. This interpretation hinges on my observation that adam is profoundly ronan-like in the dream.

because of my complete inability to omit details, i’m going to put the meat of my observations + analysis under a cut:

first, before i write an absurdly long response, here was my initial comment in the trc book club server after reading the chapter:

and my follow up after some discussion:

and now after musing on this chapter for the past month, here’s a more detailed analysis, almost line by line:

first, in the dream, we're told that “the mask was his father's.” it's ambiguous as to whether niall dreamt, made, or bought the mask, but it's as if ronan has inherited the mask (along with the secret keeping, dreaming, perceived imbalanced devotion in romantic relationship, etc.). the important detail, aside from mask, of course, is father: a) ronan's self-hatred, grief, and depression are directly tied to guilt over niall's murder, all of which inform the way he dreams, unguided and alone, b) adam's bargain with cabeswater kicks off a plot that serves as a metaphor for adam's healing from trauma from his own father, which informs the way he isolates and hides himself from others and c) here we have two boys, traumatized by their fathers in different ways but still with the consequence of repression, with ronan fearing that adam will break/succumb to the fallout of his dual sacrifices (pressing charges and leaving the trailer/giving up his hands and eyes to cabeswater). i mention all of this to start drawing connections between ronan and adam's experiences, how they relate to one another, and how in which ronan's self-hatred manifests in a concern for adam ending up hating himself too (becoming [like] ronan).

we can also consider the setting of the dream: the original mask is at the barns, out of reach in multiple ways (hung high on the wall, on a property from which ronan is banned, and his subconscious won't let him return home in his dreams either) but the consequences of the dream do lead him back to the barns (he manifests the night horrors, which he buries at the barns with his friends; enlisting gansey to help literally kill his demons and everyone else to dispose of the bodies brings him home- it's something he can't do alone -> recurring fear of isolation, the magic of connection, etc.). but ronan already has access to the apartment at st. agnes- adam already lets him sleep there, on the floor, and he's only there in the first place because ronan helped him move there. ronan plays an active role in establishing and maintaining the apartment as adam’s home. and in the dream, the mask is at eye level, both within reach (and, of note, probably where you'd hang a mirror). greater proximity to ronan = greater risk of adam realizing (and reciprocating, or mirroring) ronan's attraction towards him.

all of this is to say that ronan's subconscious is asking him: what if adam was within reach? would you squander the opportunity? what if he's too far gone to cabeswater, out of reach in the wake of abuse? what if keeping adam close is putting him in danger? (there's a line about their changing proximity at the very end of the raven boys that i'm thinking about as i write this.) what if he falls and cuts himself on ronan?

like i mentioned, I think the more straightforward reading of the dream is ronan's fear of losing adam, whether via adam’s trauma responses/dissociation/bargain with cabeswater or as a rejection of ronan’s romantic interest. i'll try to be briefer here since i know it's been discussed (reading this a couple weeks later…i was not brief at all lol). shortly before the dream, cabeswater goes missing. due to the ambiguous consequences of adam's bargain with cabeswater, there's reason to fear adam will also disappear (or at least his hands and eyes, or what they represent -> his skill, his perception, his survival instincts, etc.). then there's the fear of the figurative consequence: adam disappearing in the sense that he completely withdraws and isolates himself from ronan and the others. gansey fears that adam's spirit will break; adam fears he will turn violent (which is why he withdraws). it's not clear which ronan fears, but it might as well be both, given the obscuring nature of the mask and adam's violence in the dream. i don't think ronan fears that adam will purposefully hurt him (given his prophetic refusal to hurt adam, even to save his own life) but he fears he will hurt adam by confessing feelings to him, or by trapping him in henrietta, etc.

in the dream, ronan tells opal (at this point, orphan girl) that cabeswater is gone, which triggers adam’s appearance in the dream (to emphasize the possibility of adam disappearing too). adam says, “far away isn’t the same thing as gone,” which is probably a rare display of optimism from ronan, especially as a counterpoint to the dreamt miniature white plane that is lost to the lake (this symbolizes the potential outcome of losing adam in the context of adam’s doubt/disbelief, which is dismantled by the end of the book when he figures out that ronan paid the rent and loves him, which coincides with ronan realizing he doesn’t hate himself, that the world will not end if adam knows how he feels, and thus the white nigh horror is born as a symbol of adam’s capability of belief in ronan and both of their acceptances of ronan’s feelings). whew.

we then get a description of adam in the dream. he's wearing his aglionby uniform, perhaps to represent a repressed adam hell bent on assimilation to pursue his ambition, but in my interpretation a detail that clues us into some mirroring/becoming of ronan. i'm specifically thinking of the flashback in trb chapter 20 in which adam recalls the catalyst for pursuing aglionby: a confident, affluent, friend-possessing aglionby kid who probably wasn’t but might as well have been ronan. as a counterpoint to the aglionby uniform, adam’s fingers are black with oil, an obvious nod to adam’s fear that his job as a mechanic and poverty betray his attempts at escaping his roots (side note- sacrificing himself to a sentient forest literally roots him further in henrietta/on the ley line), but i can’t help but draw a comparison between the oil mentioned here and nightwash- something we don’t even know whether ronan has canonically experienced yet, but still a visual parallel that signifies limiting, restricting factors in each of their lives (class, disability, etc.) that anchor them to henrietta. if this connection is a coincidence, which it very well could be, the shame both adam and ronan experience remains true in the text, in terms of adam feeling stained by his non-academic yet necessary-for-survival work and ronan’s complex relationship to dreaming. ronan also endures unmaking/nightwash in trk after adam, demon-possessed, chokes him and ronan has the same “will not choose hurting adam to evade death” experience, so this really does all connect in my “no coincidences in trc” brain.

adam takes the mask without asking permission nor hesitating, which seems out of character and ronan-like (read: impulsive), although adam does indeed reach for the mask without asking first when they visit the barns. in trb adam is constantly asking permission, clarifying invitations, hesitating, etc. until he makes his sacrifices, so perhaps ronan’s dream is exploring an adam that acts more and fixates on consequences less (which is quite ronan). the summative effect of these details is ronan’s perception of adam’s own insecurities, curiosities/introspection, etc.  which, perhaps unintentionally, make me simultaneously consider ronan’s own difficulty with reconciling his home life, identity, secrets, social position at school, etc. the touching without asking might also prod at a warped sense of intimacy for ronan, especially regarding the nature of ronan’s relationship with kavinsky, but i feel like i need to consider this perspective more before elaborating further.

then, adam holds the mask up to his face- nobody puts the mask on adam; it’s an autonomous choice. autonomy and choice are critical to both of their character arcs, especially in trb for adam and in tdt for ronan. then, adam “becom[es] something else” and the distinction between adam and the wooden mask dissolves as a nod to the concern that adam will become indistinguishable from cabeswater (also predominantly of wood). lots to comment on here: that adam must eventually accept that he isn’t cabeswater, much like he isn’t his father; adam becoming less human and ronan grappling with his human-ness/creature-ness, ronan grappling with the distinction between himself and his manifested dreams, which include cabeswater, etc. if adam is merging with cabeswater and cabeswater in its forest form is inherently an aspect of ronan/his heart/his soul/his mind… much to chew on, even if its founded on their insecurities. adam becoming a creature, like ronan; becoming magic or getting intertwined with it… also rolling around the concepts of a wooden mask, a wooden boy, lies (secrets), autonomy, atypical creation, etc. in my head and coming up with pinocchio which is probably absurd but. i had to admit this. ronan wanting to be a real boy (greywaren choosing humanity) is not not canon in td3. on adam seeming to be carved from wood, maybe a brief exploration of a fear of a lack of distinct identity (ronan fearing adam becoming cabeswater or a part of himself against adam’s wishes); Adam wants to be self-made, not made by anyone else…maybe references pygmalion, galatea, etc.

in the same paragraph, as adam becomes even less-adam like, his teeth become hungry, his jaw starves. teeth are frequently mentioned when describing the lynch brothers, and hunger is a predominant theme for both adam and ronan (“they were both hungry animals, but adam had been starving for longer), and chapter 11 of tdt loops in the gray man and the concept of a hungry knife; i'm not articulating this well but there’s something to say here about ronan being raised to think of himself as a weapon and him fearing adam will succumb to the same, and sharp teeth are the imagery by which i'm connecting these dots (?). adam’s eyes are “desperate and incensed.” he is not only afraid but angry (a very ronan combination of emotions), and the adjective “incensed” even links to ronan’s internal experiences being frequently described as fiery, burning, etc. a vein stands out from adam’s neck; veins stand out from ronan’s body later in the chapter when he’s awake but not yet back in his body. vulnerability, anger, desperation, tension, vitality. the physical parallels are numerous. or maybe just repetitive writing, but i read trc very generously in terms of assuming intention.

then, the dream becomes a nightmare. the mask becomes indistinguishable from adam’s face- anger like a second skin, second secret, tamquam alter idem, horror movie twins, double-headed night horror and all that- it’s a nightmare BECAUSE ronan could be into this (and by “this” i mean the conflation of adam returning his attraction and them becoming more and more like each other), and at this point in the narrative, this desire to be and to be with is obscured by ronan’s depression. adam is described as a creature, a word used to describe ronan too (a genuine compliment from gansey, but an alienating burden of a descriptor for adam and ronan). adam becomes a night horror, which, like cabeswater, is a manifestation of an aspect of ronan- like calls to like, and this is terrifying to ronan.

the night horrors are explicitly described as representations of ronan’s heart and are “in love with his blood and his sadness.” the word choice of “in love” when the night horrors are manifestations of self-hatred and depression and shame is more proof of ronan conflating desire + guilt. ronan’s heart is auto-cannibalizing. do you know what I’m trying to say. as a side note, the mentioned rhythm of ronan’s heartbeat works as a physiological and metaphorical tie to the very feeling of a nightmare. just some nice texture in the nightmare for me as a reader! re: adam, “adam was the horror now” -> adam has become inextricable from ronan/cabeswater/magic -> adam has become one with ronan’s self-hatred adam isn’t the horror for trying the mask on, he’s the horror for realizing and reacting to the mask (here i had a lightbulb moment and had to close my word doc to calm down lol)… and if we equate ronan himself to the mask (the teeth! the hunger! the eyes! a psychological prison only the prisoner can break!) and the nightmare is built upon this dream adam’s rage and terror at his union with the mask… we circle back to the two-headed fear of adam’s rejection AND reciprocation of ronan’s attraction. of course the merging of adam and ronan takes on a completely different connotation in greywaren when they are both eager to merge souls and their codependency and inability to maintain a stable reality without the other is… a lot to think about. Re: “toothful king” more teeth = lynch-like, as we’ve established, but ronan has also been described as a king in his dreamscape; this usually implies creative power but is that what Adam has here? maybe king is more intended to throw focus towards his power over ronan? also, in a ater paragraph, “tooth upon tooth upon tooth” makes me think of rows of teeth…which is sharklike. like the bmw (“if it was sharklike, it had learned how from [ronan]”.)

i'll also make a couple comments about the line “to think about it was to be immobilized with the horror of watching Adam be consumed from the inside out.” 1. the immobilization, whether literal or figurative, is notable in the context of ronan, who is often kinetic, restless, hyperactive, adrenaline-seeking, etc. but is also immobilized post-dream manifestation; taken together, ronan in motion and ronan frozen tell us that for ronan to stop moving and obscuring the secrets he hides in a maelstrom of posturing is to make him vulnerable- and this line is shortly before nightmare adam attacks him. to stay still is to look truth in the face and confess it and bear his heart to it- and his heart itself is the secret. ouroboros. i don’t know. also, cannibalism, probably. that's not really my wheelhouse but it’s in here a little bit. and ronan dreams creatures to love- chainsaw, matthew, opal. he's revulsed by the possibility of creating an adam that loves him, that is made of him or in his image, that lacks autonomy/mobility in relation to ronan.

then comes the violence. before it, ronan takes adam’s arm (as he does at the barns, later) and says his name- saying adam, not parrish, presumably, which is another marker of vulnerability. this line reminds me of “cabeswater: call it by name” or an act of creation, affirmation, that adam is adam (human, a man), and not a monster. despite this act of tenderness, of acknowledgment of independent identity, nightmare adam lunges for ronan while simultaneously trying to remove the mask from his own face (this brings me back to the idea of duality, violence vs. love wielded inwardly and outwardly, double edged swords, the two headed night horror, the self vs others, etc.). his fingers hook ronan the way the night horror hooks in the following chapter- a premonition that gets subverted with the eventual declaration of “claws and beak”/”unguibus et rostro.” adam's face is gone and the mask becomes invisible- the distinction between ronan’s feelings towards adam and adam’s feelings toward ronan is gone. however, perhaps condradicting what I literally just claimed (lol), ronan cannot kill bring himself to kill adam, even this nightmare version, but has not yet realized that he doesn’t want to kill himself either.

“the mouth gaped, door to bloody ruin.” the mouth, not adam’s mouth, not the mask’s mouth. disembodied. there's a whole thesis to write on adam’s relationship to his body and his dissociative experiences, the reintegration he experiences as he repairs the ley line, etc.  an open door, especially a door-like mouth, is a confessed secret (think of ronan’s closed door at monmouth), and here, a path to the worst possible outcome.

ronan removes the mask from adam and discovers that it’s easily removable, that the distinction between adam and the mask and that which it represents can be recovered simply and gently, but the removal still ruins adam. a petal peeled from a flower-he loves me, he loves me not… and the strange beautiful flowers ronan dreams… that love is beautiful and not inherently violent… something adam and ronan must individually learn for themselves. adam must distinguish himself from his trauma, from his family, from his bargain with cabeswater. his self-loathing creates an additional prison within the limiting circumstances of his poverty. but as gentle as the removal is, ronan’s heroic action still results in gore- his father’s, rather than his mother’s, account of his birth. adam is reduced to muscle, bone, teeth, eyeball- a collection of parts, but no holistically integrated face. a miracle of moving parts but gruesome. life leaks out of him like nightwash out of ronan. unmasking, confession, secrets you can’t take back, irreversible bargains… ronan says he’ll put the mask back on, will restore adam’s dignity and grant him a shield against vulnerability, but the damage is done. we get a rare “please” (“please work”) from ronan, maybe a prayer, maybe in the same vein of the “please” he thinks when he sees adam for the first time (cdth chapter 5).

and finally, the lab blood dna line around which i will talk in circles because I can’t do it justice, but after ronan wakes with the bloodied mask he wonders “whose dna…would a lab find in that blood?” this is THE merging of adam and ronan line imo that makes all of my tenuous claims that the nightmare is about adam becoming ronan hold actually hold water. it’s like if the narrator in kevin atwater’s my blood is your blood hated themselves and their partner too because their love felt like violence and guilt. and because both adam and ronan, due to their (father-related) trauma, struggle to distinguish between pain and attraction and desire and resentment, there’s an implication that reciprocated feelings between the two of them would also be mutually inflicted harm- that they’ll both make each other bleed. spring awakening word of your body. it reminds me of when dogs get into a fight and in the aftermath it’s hard to tell whose blood is whose, if one is bleeding or just covered in the other’s; ronan’s nightmare explores: who is capable of harming (loving) the other. because ronan’s refusal to harm adam as nightmare adam harms ronan is love, even if twisted up. ronan can’t extricate desire from violence at this point since he hasn’t woken up to his second secret yet (and undergone the character development required to realize it). the blood might as well be both of theirs.

Some other assorted details: the overlap between ronan’s self-hatred and his projection of this onto adam (ch 9: ronan had seen a face about to break in the mirror etc. terrible paraphrase but you know what i mean) so his nightmare is an exploration of him projecting onto adam; there’s a dual desire for adam/reciprocation but also a fear + assumption that adam is simultaneously terrorized by his own feelings (which tbh is not wrong) so adam being the horror in the nightmare is to say he’s Ronan since the horrors are an extension of Ronan’s depression, grief, guilt, etc. esp. regarding his faith and sexuality which are symbolized via the dreaming, and since ronan could not kill him (it wasn’t a choice! foreshadowing! he sees himself as a corrupting force on adam, etc.), ronan is eventually subconsciously led to the realization that he cannot kill himself either- he has to believe in himself (cheesy, but since the climax of tdt crucially involves adam’s belief in ronan and the dreaming and the second secret, it’s real) and to believe that his love for others is beautiful rather than dangerous, and that this love can be wielded back at himself too. “why do you hate you? I don’t. he woke up” is the same damn thing as “it was only for adam it had been a prison.” pretend i pasted in the spiral eyes emoji 1000 =x here. (adam’s own self-loathing, isolation, bargain w cabeswater, etc…. so very eight of swords. if only he would take the blindfold off etc.)

and this all ties back to the two headed night horror… tdt opening with ronan’s secrets and the plane and adam’s doubt in ronan’s dreaming and the first introduction of the black night horrors and the eventual acceptance of mirrored attraction or at least acknowledgement of ronan’s second secret and adam witnessing the manifestation of the white night horror which is double-headed and signifies both internal and external love/acceptance… i’m running out of steam here but it all ties together. it’s all connected I promise.

but in this chapter, before the plot of tdt plays out in full, we're left with the conclusion of what if adam reciprocates ronan's attraction? that's what he wants (this is why he pays the rent. this is why the dream is in the st. agnes apartment, where ronan has put adam.), but because at this point ronan can't differentiate between desire and self-loathing, adam wanting him back would make him a mirror of his desire and self-loathing, and the fear of this is explored in the nightmare. i hope this has made sense!

i think this was pretty comprehensive and perhaps too speculative but aside from opal's role in the dream, which i'm still thinking about, but i'd love to hear someone else's take on her in this chapter (or anything else about the mask nightmare!).

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Travel Destination: Scotland

Pine by Francine Toon

Lauren and her father Niall live in the highlands in a small village surrounded by pines. One Halloween Night a women stumbles in front of their car, they take her home with them and in the morning she’s gone, this isn’t the only mystery this small town holds, Lauren’s mother had vanished years before and now a local teenage has vanished as well.

Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin

On the Isle of Mab, reality has sifted, the tides are angry, memories are vanishing and the Selkies are coming up out of the ocean and people have begone to disappear.

A Rush of Wings by Laura E. Weymouth

Rowenna knows there’s magic in her, her mother disagrees and believes she need discipline and won’t teach her the craft, however her mother dies a tragic death and Rowenna only chance with her.

However on a storm tossed night Rowenna rescues a man from a shipwreck and her mother returns from the dead or did she?

The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

Liv has been commissioned to paint a mural in an old lighthouse on a remote island is Scotland, however this dream quickly turns dark when 2 of her 3 daughters go missing, the locals share with her the history of the lighthouse and creatures that mimic children.

22 years later Luna has been looking for her sisters and mother, and is excited to hear her sister has been found however Clover looks exactly the same as the day she went missing, and Luna is worried she’s a Wildling however she doesn’t remember much of her time on the island, she’ll will have to return to learn the truth.

Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury

Everyone knows what happened to Alva's mother, all those years ago. But when dark forces begin to stir in Ormscaula, Alva has to face a very different future - and question everything she thought she knew about her past...

[alarrytale]

Sorry for my rant again but I have to respond.

“They became bigger than the boyband they came from and stand alone artists, removed from the boyband. That's what H's goal was.”

- I get it but still don’t understand why so much efford to distant H from 1D when they will want him for the reunion and he’s still basically on the hiatus just like Niall and Louis. At the end of the day we got the N’Sync reunion like 2 years ago. And okay, I wasn’t paying any closer attention to JT at all when he was rebranding but was he distancing himself from his bandmates the same as H was/is when questions about his experience in 1D and his relationship with others are basically banned?

“And i don't agree that H is still distancing himself from 1d and the 1d members. He's been seen with both niall and louis this year.”

- Yep, but he never aknowledged his close friendship with Niall and we never got any official photo of them together like we got with Liam&Niall or any official words aknowledging their friendship bond like f.e. Niall did when he said he send his latest album to Louis to have his opinion. And another huge chapter is H&L because officially they were seen together at Liam’s funeral. That photo from Euros was only for us larries and I wasn’t there when he came to support Louis after Jay died but I came to a conclusion they weren’t meant to be seen together eventho H was very obviously sitting next to Louis when he was preparing for his performance as that moment was very obviously blacked out. So we know H loves 1D, he wears vintage 1D tshirts and caps and but nothing has happend in the official way that it reached the gp and who knows if he will ever be allowed to talk about 1D officially in written interviews and be able to be caught talking with others Niall and Zayn (not Louis because we know he officially still is a mortal enemy with him which is the most ridiculous thing ever).

Hi, again anon!

It's been almost ten years since 1D broke up, and when H started distancing himself, he wasn't thinking about how this would look and how it would postition him for a 1D reunion 10-20 years down the road. If we ever get a 1D reunion (when Sony has milked that cow dry and H is not their golden goose anymore, but 1D might yet again turn into one), then i'm sure we'd have years of 1D being publicly friends again beforehand. They're all working on it already. When it comes to H and L we know why they're still keeping distance. H didn’t get a photo with Niall because he didn’t want to steal Niall's thunder. H is he bigger celebrity, but it was Niall's show. Niall's time to shine and get attention. We didn’t get a photo of Liam and Louis together in Argentina either.

And Harry has in the later years started thanking the 1D boys by name in his award speeches, when he wouldn't have done that seven years ago. People were mad at him for not doing it back then. It made him seem ungrateful and like he thought he was better than them. Harry is also doing more 1D covers now. And now that they're all being seen in public in pairs again, talking about each other and covering 1D songs, the public loves it.

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These tags display a timeline of all Larry moments (see above) and all Larry-related moments, so that it is all compact and neatly together and so that you can see at one glance what happened and when. This tag is often used in conjunction with the “they never broke up” tag to get a rough idea of any time spent apart.

Larry tags

Larry Stylinson ❀

Best friends who are also married and are soulmates ❀

Larry are in a long-term committed monogamous homosexual relationship ❀

They never broke up ❀

RBB and SBB ❀

Body language ❀

Larry tattoos ❀

Jealous Louis ❀

Jealous Harry ❀

Innuendos ❀

Sign language ❀

Larry denials ❀

Louis loves Harry ❀

Harry loves Louis ❀

Harry is Louis’ baby ❀

Sharing is caring ❀

Blue & Green ❀

Larry outings ❀

Louis outing Larry ❀

Harry outing Larry ❀

Louis and Harry’s family ❀

Harry and Louis’ family ❀

Louis loves Larry ❀

Harry loves Larry ❀

Larry coming out ❀

Seeding ❀

Larry receipts ❀

Larry denials ❀

Larry parallels ❀

Plausible deniability ❀

Debunked ❀

Harry disliking Louis’ stunts ❀

Louis disliking Harry’s stunts ❀

Larry songs ❀

Lairport ❀

Always in my heart ❀

Wellington ❀

Larry pics ❀

Larry gifs ❀

Larry edits ❀

Larry art ❀

Larry fan fiction ❀

Larry as Disney ❀ 

Many of these tags are self-explanatory. The “Best friends who are also married and are soulmates” tag summarizes being best friends and becing THE ONE and IT for each other.

The “Larry are in a long-term committed monogamous homosexual relationship” tag covers discussion about monogamy, long-term relationships, open relationships, and polyamorous relationships concerning Larry or just on its own.

The “They never broke up” tag covers topics such as Louis and Harry breaking up, hooking up with others, and/or being with other people or in other relationships.

Finally, the “Blue & Green” tag makes it clear why everyone associates the colors blue and green with Louis and Harry and how they use it to their advantage to signal. 

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💰The music industry🐍

Information & techniques

The music industry ❀

Music business ❀

Exposing Hollywood ❀

PR relationships ❀

PR strategies ❀

Publicity stunts ❀

Narrative vs reality ❀

Paparazzi ❀

Closeting ❀

Coming out ❀

Bearding ❀

Contracts ❀

Image clauses ❀

NDA ❀

Super injunction ❀

Cleanliness clause ❀

Syco victims ❀

Photo ban ❀

Media training ❀ 

These tags provide information about the music industry and the tools used to create an abusive environment around artists. Most tags are self-explanatory, but I would like to clarify that the tag “music business” provides information about the label, management, publicist, journalists, and any other intermediaries. The “exposing Hollywood” tag gives you a collection of stories from celebrities about the abusive and toxic work environment.

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🍌Harry Styles🍌

Business

Harry Styles ❀ Harry’s contracts ❀ Harry’s abuse ❀ Harry’s closet ❀ The real Harry ❀ Harry’s sexuality ❀ Harry and gender ❀ Flamboyant Harry ❀ Harry is proud ❀ Harry and men ❀ Harry and girls ❀ Harry’s image ❀ Harry’s contracts ❀ Harry’s image vs reality ❀ Harry receipts ❀ Harry is loved ❀ Harry and fans ❀ Harry’s career ❀ Harry’s tattoos ❀ Harry and 1D ❀ Harry and music business ❀ Harry and Simon ❀ Harry disliking Sony ❀ Harry’s media training ❀ Harry’s health ❀ Not playing along ❀ Harry and politics ❀ Fake leaks and hacks ❀

These tags provide information about Harry Styles. Most tags are self-explanatory, however, the tag “Harry and 1D” covers Harry’s lovely relationship with the band (in his solo career) and other related information such as posts about Harry and 1D’s relationships while signing with the Azoffs. The tag “Harry and music business” covers the topic of Harry and his team. Finally, Harry’s rocky relationship with Simon and his dislike for Sony can be seen using the “Harry and Simon” and “Harry disliking Sony” tags. 

Albums and tours

HS1❀ Fine line ❀ Harry’s House ❀ Live on tour (city) ❀ Love on tour (city) ❀ 

Songs by Harry Styles

Meet me in the hallway ❀ Sign of the times ❀ Carolina ❀ Two ghosts ❀ Sweet creature ❀ Only angel ❀ Kiwi ❀ Ever since New York ❀ Woman ❀ From the dining table ❀ Golden ❀ Watermelon sugar ❀ Adore you ❀ Lights up ❀ Cherry ❀ Falling ❀ To be so lonely ❀ She ❀ Sunflower volume 6 ❀ Canyon moon ❀ Treat people with kindness ❀ Fine line ❀ Music for a sushi restaurant ❀ Late night talking ❀ Grapejuice ❀ As it was ❀ Daylight ❀ Little freak ❀ Matilda ❀ Cinema ❀ Daydreaming ❀ Keep driving ❀ Satellite ❀ Boyfriends ❀ Love of my life ❀

Songs written by Harry Styles (for other artists)

Just a little bit of your heart ❀ Someday ❀ Changes ❀ I love you (I fell in love with a beautiful girl) ❀ Alfie’s songs ❀ I wasn’t ready ❀ Make it feel right ❀ Not our fault ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs (to be continued)

Harry leaks ❀ 5280 miles ❀ 5378 miles ❀ Already home ❀ Better than being alone ❀ California ❀ Coco ❀ Can’t get enough ❀ Easy ❀ Endlessly ❀ Fall apart ❀ Fun for now ❀ Good girl ❀ Have and hold ❀ I can love you more ❀ I just wanna be your man ❀ Kiss it better ❀ Kiss me ❀ Kissed you in the rain ❀ Like everybody else ❀ Like you do ❀ Long time gone ❀ Love you like you’re leaving ❀ Might not want you ❀ Our desire / One desire ❀ One of those nights ❀ Starry nights ❀ Second chance ❀ This is the start ❀ The very first kiss ❀ The view ❀ Wake up the sun ❀ Whatever she wants ❀ You still have my heart (even if you don’t deserve it) ❀ Baby honey ❀ By your side ❀ Complicated freak ❀ Guess I’m alright ❀ Him ❀ Hunger ❀ I don’t wanna be the one you’re waiting on ❀ I’m not happy ❀ Lately ❀ Matthew ❀ Medicine ❀ Melody ❀ Anna ❀ One and only ❀ Pop tart ❀ Something I’ve been waiting for ❀ Spanish girl ❀ Super pretty ❀ Talk ❀ 30000 miles ❀ A modern life ❀ Anne ❀ I just wanna love you ❀ Isabella ❀ Oh yeah ❀ Ophelia ❀ Part of me ❀ Try honey ❀ You’re so American ❀ High tides ❀ Jesus Christ happy new year ❀ Make my day ❀ Pick you up / Pick me up ❀ Too much sauce ❀ Don’t let me go ❀ Most incredible girl in the world ❀ Want you to be there ❀ Raise me up ❀ Already here ❀ Don’t let go ❀ Here is where we are ❀ Raise me up ❀ Some are ❀

Stunts/ girlfriends

Felicite Skinner ❀ Unnamed girls ❀ Chery Lloyd ❀ Adele ❀ Sarita Borge ❀ Haroline (Harry and Caroline Flack) ❀ Pixie Geldoff ❀ Alexa Chung ❀ Alexandra Burke ❀ Jo Wood ❀ Denise Welch ❀ Georgia May Jagger ❀ Sarah-Louise Colivet ❀ Lily Halpern ❀ Jillian Harris ❀ Emma Ostilly ❀ Ellis Calcutt ❀ Emily Atack ❀ Lucy Horobin ❀ Caggie Dunlop ❀ Allyssa Reid ❀ Cara Delevigne ❀ Natalie Imbruglia ❀ Haylor (Harry and Taylor Swift) ❀ Hermione Way ❀ Millie Brady ❀ Shaniece Nesbitt ❀ Yvette Fielding ❀ Fia Litton ❀ Chelsea Ferguson ❀ Kimberly Stewart ❀ Camilla Foss ❀ Kara Rose Marshall ❀ Alexis Allen ❀ Haige (Harry and Paige Reifler) ❀ Sjana Earp ❀ Samantha Armytage ❀ Daisy Lowe ❀ Hendall (Harry and Kendall Jenner) ❀ Alison Mosshart ❀ Larissa de Macedo Machado ❀ Lou Teasdale ❀ Sinitta ❀ Meghan Trainor ❀ Katy Perry ❀ Erin Foster ❀ Kate Moss ❀ Hadine (Harry and Nadine Leopold) ❀ Emma Watson ❀ Suki Waterhouse ❀ Joy Muggli ❀ Sara Sampaio ❀ Georgia Fowler ❀  Nicole Scherzinger ❀ Pandora Lennard ❀ Lindsay Lohan ❀ Kara Rose Marshall ❀ Tess Ward ❀ Townes Adair Jones ❀ Hamille ❀ Sjana Earp ❀ Delta Goodrem ❀ Kiko Mizuhara ❀ Ratrry (Harry and Emily Ratajkowski) ❀ Louise Chen ❀ Shallon Lester ❀ Sharon Alexie ❀ Holivia ❀ Hussell (Harry and Taylor Russell) ❀ Yachtgate ❀ Porngate ❀

Type stunt name combination (example: “Elounor”) or name of the woman (if name combination doesn’t exist). 

Other tags

Harry with animals ❀ Harry and German boy ❀ Harry pics ❀ Harry gifs ❀ Harry edits ❀ Harry art ❀ Intimate scenes ❀

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🥕Louis Tomlinson🥕

Business

Louis Tomlinson ❀ Louis’ contracts ❀ Louis’ abuse ❀ Louis’ closet ❀ The real Louis ❀ Louis’ sexuality ❀ Louis and gender ❀ Flamboyant Louis ❀ Louis is proud ❀ Louis and men ❀ Louis and girls ❀ Louis’ image ❀ Louis’ contracts ❀ Louis’ image vs reality ❀ Louis receipts ❀ Louis is loved ❀ Louis and fans ❀ Louis’ career ❀ Louis’ tattoos ❀ Louis and 1D ❀ Louis and music business ❀ Louis disliking Sony ❀  Louis’ media training ❀ Louis’ health ❀ Louis exposing Sony ❀ Louis and Simon ❀ Louis not playing along ❀ Fake leaks and hacks ❀ Louis and politics ❀  

The tags above provide information about Louis Tomlinson. Most tags are self-explanatory, however, the tag “Louis’ abuse” includes information about the abuse Louis has suffered since the band (being blacklisted and so on). The “Louis and 1D” tag covers Louis’ amazing relationship with the band. The tag “Louis and music business” covers the topic of Louis and his team and stuff about pre and post-1D contracts during his solo career. Louis’ rocky relationship with Simon and his dislike for Sony can be seen using the “Louis and Simon” and “Louis disliking Sony” tags. Finally, Louis exposing Sony and the music industry (through the years) can be seen when clicking the “Louis exposing Sony” tag.

Albums and tours

Walls ❀ Faith in the future ❀ Louis Tomlinson world tour (city) ❀ Faith in the future world tour (city) ❀

Songs by Louis Tomlinson

Kill my mind ❀ Don’t let it break your heart ❀ Two of us ❀ We made it ❀ Too young ❀ Walls ❀ Habit ❀ Always you ❀ Fearless ❀ Perfect now ❀ Defenceless ❀ Only the brave ❀ Just hold on ❀ Miss you ❀ The greatest ❀ Written all over your face ❀ Bigger than me ❀ Lucky again ❀ Face the music ❀ Chicago ❀ Common people ❀ Out of my system ❀ Angels fly ❀ Saturdays ❀ Silver tongues ❀ She is beauty we are world class ❀ All this time ❀ That’s the way love goes ❀ Headline ❀ Holding on to heartache ❀ Paradise ❀ Copy of a copy of a copy ❀ Change ❀ High in California ❀ Back to you ❀

Songs written by Louis Tomlinson (for other artists)

Changes ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs (to be continued)

Louis leaks ❀ It’s a holiday ❀ Secret heart ❀ All along ❀ The way I do ❀ Under the sun ❀ Can we talk ❀ Paradise ❀ Pretender ❀ Faith in the future ❀ I broke it all ❀ Halfway home ❀ Help ❀ In n out ❀ Take it back ❀ Under the sun ❀ When I get wasted, I can taste you on my lips ❀ I found out ❀ I thought I lost you ❀

Stunts/ girlfriends

Bethaney Larkman ❀ Louannah ❀ Elounor ❀ Lucy Julian (WMYB girl) ❀ Pool girl ❀ Brouis ❀ Babygate ❀ Tamara Bell ❀ Lounielle ❀ Lofie ❀

Type stunt name combination (example: “Elounor”) or name of the woman (if name combination doesn’t exist). Additional information about (stunt) girlfriends can be seen if the woman’s name is typed in the search bar. 

Other tags

Louis with animals ❀ Louis’ bebo ❀ Louis gifs ❀ Louis pics ❀ Louis edits ❀ Louis art ❀ Blouis (soft Louis tag)❀ 

🪷One Direction🫱🏽‍🫲🏻

Business

One Direction ❀ 1D’s contracts ❀ Syco victims ❀ 1D’s abuse ❀ Louis and 1D ❀ Harry and 1D ❀ Liam and 1D ❀ Niall and 1D ❀ Zayn and 1D ❀ 1D and music business ❀ 1D are brothers ❀ 1D exposing Sony ❀ 

The “Syco victims” tag shares stories of individuals/victims who signed with X Factor, Syco, and Sony, exploring why Louis and Harry struggle to come out, and what happens if they fight back, break their contracts, or defy orders. It reflects the experiences that 1D also faced. The “1D’s abuse” tag explores the abuse the 1D boys have endured and openly discussed themselves.

Albums and tours

Up all night ❀ Take me home ❀ Midnight memories ❀ Four ❀ Made in the AM ❀ Up all night tour (city) ❀ Take me home tour (city) ❀ Where we are tour (city) ❀ On the road again tour (city) ❀

Leaked and unreleased songs

1D leaks ❀ All you need is love (do you feel it) ❀ Already home ❀ Blame it on you ❀ Crash into me ❀ Got away ❀ Half the world away ❀ Hunger ❀ I am ❀ Just can’t let her go ❀ Lay down ❀ Look into her eyes ❀ Muse ❀ Pick your poison ❀ She got away ❀ Somewhere in between ❀ Trouble ❀ We are ❀ Where we are ❀ Without you ❀ Adeline ❀ Whatever she wants ❀ Something that scares me about love ❀ One track mind ❀ 

Other tags

One direction with animals ❀ One direction pics ❀ One direction gifs ❀ One direction edits ❀ One direction art ❀ Fandom dynamics ❀ (for posts about a specific friendship, such as Zayn and Louis, check #Zouis and so on) ❀ 1D photoshoots (HQ wallpapers) ❀ 

Events

Hiatus ❀ Zayn leaving 1D ❀ Weedgate ❀ Belfast ❀ Breaking America ❀ 

This taglist will be updated when new content appears. It also may take a while before evey tag redirects you to posts, because I just started this blog :) Thank you for understanding!

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International stars are waiting in Finland for fans who are in a debt of gratitude

Louis Tomlinson came to Finland unlike many other big stars, and that's why he has exceptionally grateful fans here.

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The concert at the Helsinki Ice Hall was Louis Tomlinson's first appearance in Finland as a solo artist.

The concert at the Helsinki Ice Hall was Louis Tomlinson's first appearance in Finland as a solo artist. PHOTO: SAMI KERO / HS

Piritta Räsänen HS

BRITISH ARTIST Louis Tomlinson performed on Monday evening at the Helsinki Ice Hall. Finally, if you ask the fans.

I followed the atmosphere before the gig in front of the ice rink. Excitement was in the air as fans finished fan projects for the artist, purchased fan merchandise and lined up for permanto spots.

One thing was repeated in the fans' speeches: Louis is wonderful because he cares about his fans and also visits smaller countries on his tours that many miss.

In recent years, Finland has also increasingly been included in the countries falling in between.

MONDAY's show is Tomlinson's first appearance in Finland as a solo artist. The last time he took the stage in Finland was in 2015 as part of the boy band One Direction.

Later that year, the band went on a long hiatus, which in a way is still ongoing, because the band has never officially said that they have stopped. The band members started working on their solo career, and they haven't been seen in Finland since.

For example, One Direction's arguably most famous member, Harry Styles, performed in the summer of 2022 in Stockholm and Oslo. Finland had to miss out. Next spring [2024], the Irishman Niall Horan's tour, another member of the band, will cover Denmark, Norway and Sweden, but he will not be seen on the other side of the Gulf of Bothnia.

Of course, the problem is not limited to the members of the most popular boy band of the 2010s.

HS already reported last summer that big names are now touring Finland from far away. The problem is especially that Helsinki lacks a modern indoor arena, while Helsinki Hall is on the banned list due to its Russian owners.

It has also always been geographically more difficult to come to Finland than, for example, Sweden, where you can continue from Denmark. Instead, a ferry connection is needed to Finland, because the gig equipment cannot be moved through Russia.

Finns accept their fate in a kind of "no need to cook for me" spirit. However, if a world star gets lost on his tour all the way here, we feel at least a slight debt of gratitude towards the artist.

Finland's problems did not hinder TOMLINSON's tour.

At Monday's gig, the gratitude of the fans hardly went unnoticed: in the course of a couple of hours, several fan projects made by the audience were seen, some of which were already planned last year.

In one of them, the fans raised signs in the air that read "Thank you for having faith in Finland", i.e. thank you for believing in Finland.

After the concert in Helsinki, Tomlinson headed to Tallinn and Riga. Today, Friday, he will perform in Kaunas, which is the second largest city in Lithuania. In terms of population, Kaunas is slightly larger than Tampere.

Otherwise, you would find a modern indoor arena there.

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12-17 for Niall, if you’re up for it

cannot stress enough how much i am always up for talking about Niall, thank you for coming to hang out ✌️

12. Crack headcanon

you wouldn't think this would be the question to throw me, bc like. this would be so easy to answer for Dev, i have so many silly fuckin thoughts about him. but for Niall, i dunno. i tend to take him a little too seriously, i think. i still have fun with him and have lots of niche headcanons about him, but i dunno that i would call any of them "crack" headcanons, yk? a gen headcanon i have about him tho is that when they were kids, think somewhere between second and fourth year, Dev made him a charm (almost like a keychain) for his wand out of a tiny seashell bc Niall's magic smells like salt water and feels cold when he casts, and it's still on his wand to this day.

13. Dumbest thing they’ve ever done

answered this one here!

14. Most heroic moment

ok ok so stay with me here but for Simon Snow and the Five Blades, my headcanon is that the main problem Simon has to face that year (other than Baz) is this cliche narrative where he has to find something called the Eternity Stone, which is less a stone and more like a huge marble altar, that's leeching the magic out of the school's foundation, and Watford is so dusty that most of it is held together by magic, so as more and more of the magic is pulled away, the school literally starts to fall apart. in order to restore balance to the Stone and save the school, Simon has to track down five sacred magical swords and, yeah, long story short: one of the swords he needs belongs to the Pitches, bc of course it does, and Niall is the one to help Baz sneak said sword out of Pitch Manor after he eventually agrees to give it up, which, i wouldn't exactly call "heroic" but he did help save the school just a little bit. i would prolly have a better answer for this question if i spent more time working on headcanons for some of Simon's other school years but ngl the Five Blades and the Six White Hares are the only ones i've really given any notable amount of thought to.

15. Worst thing they’ve ever done

i think the answer here depends on who you're asking, like Simon would tell you, albeit lightheartedly these days, the worst thing Niall ever did was enable all of Baz's bullying, but Dev would look at you like you're spewing chunks and say Niall doesn't have the bones to do bad things. but if you asked Niall, he would prolly tell you it was ignoring calls, and later, after the mobile ban at Watford, letters from his mother for a while.

16. Deepest darkest secret they won’t even admit to themselves

Niall's mental health is really fucking bad, dude. he's been seeing a therapist for years, but he has such low self-esteem that he constantly brushes off and hides and downplays his issues, to the point where he doesn't even realise how bad shit actually is.

17. Songs that I associate with them