#the whole oooh he just went for promo and press like DUDES!! Harry literally went to see niall
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forgive me if this is too serious for an anon ask.. feel free to ignore it..
but this week shook me in ways i didnt see coming. i wasnt a one direction fan growing up.. tbh im still not, i listen to only a few songs. im same age as louis. so, i found one direction through him.
i have great affection for all of the boys though. and even in my short time in fandom, i've always been surprised and saddened by the bullying liam has gotten.. he just always seemed like a good person with really poor communication skills. to understand his point, you had to give him some space and context.
but this year has been a constant worried watch over liam. it was so plain things were desperate.
stan twitter got to me so bad that i left twitter the day louis' tour ended. so i was very peripherally aware of his recent harassment, but i did worry.
and now the unimaginable has happened, i am just at loss. not just in the sense of how to make sense of this loss, but also the complete lack of empathy for him still? even for other boys' fans.?? after they've seen how all of the boys' are hurting?
and just in the bigger picture.. how is this real? what loving god/higher power/whatver has allowed this to be the state of the world? he was so kind, so generous, just a boy. JUST A BOY. just trying to find a place to fit and feel safe. why was he dealt such cruelty? just while he was pursuing something he loved? something he was gifted with? in life and in death?
im just at loss. heartbreak doesnt even begin to cover it.
for me I've felt it was a constant worried watch over Liam for many years now, but other than that, yeah. It's hard to feel hope or faith in the face of so much senseless cruelty and pointless loss; all I can say is I would hope the millions of people who are shocked and saddened by this take away something lasting both about the fact that there are real people on the other side of the computer screen and cruelty has a real impact, and that addiction can afflict anyone. Nothing can make this other than tragic and regrettable forever; but I would love to see the amazing power of fandom mobilized to support programs for addicts and to fight stereotyping and dismissing of people who use drugs in Liam's name. To see people use this as a realization to really understand that it wasn't strange or exceptional that someone talented and worthwhile could succumb to addiction and ultimately die of it, but rather a plague that our society is allowing to run unchecked because of stigma. IDK, maybe I'm just grasping at straws trying to find something remotely positive that could come out of this situation but what else can you do? It's just so sad.
#related to the part about his communication skills first of 100% he was smart! and clever! just not like book smart#well also the context thing which was just him as a person; and its literally the same exact stuff that#made everyone be like awwww quirky about harry its fucking hypocritical#but actually I'm ashamed that I never clocked it until this week but like... he was dyslexic wasn't he??#and with that in mind so many of the things he was laughed at for... it really fits#and ofc says nothign to his intelligence some of the smartest people I know are dyslexic#it just means some things about words and stuff are harder for them#speaking of the harry thing though also I saw someone being like he got shit for dancing at nialls concert when harry did the same fkn thin#and like you know what YEAH but I would ADD TO THAT#the whole oooh he just went for promo and press like DUDES!! Harry literally went to see niall#to get promo for that crap ass venue#and no one gave him shit for that like???????#liam discourse#<- in case people aren't ready for this stuff yet
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