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jlf23tumble · 2 days ago

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Jen, v random but I think you follow the whatiwillsay pod? I was wondering if you had thoughts about their larry ep from a couple of years ago?

I do follow her on spotify, but I don't always listen (depends what I have in queue, the topic, etc). I *did* listen to that ep, though, and I disagreed with pretty much all of it MAINLY because you can't have it both ways, i.e., you can't say here's all this gryles proof, here's all this swiftgron proof, then dismiss larry or kaylor when it's the exact same amount of evidenceTM. Like, I'm all for reaching, reach away! But when you're matching, then match it! If it's fandom bullshit, call it as such, but where there's that much smoke, there's at least a wee bit of fire!

#it felt very much like well THIS one is real #but this exact same one isn't lol #all because of some insanity in the fanbase--and i get that #i saw it just recently in fact--like if you're gonna say shit like my ship is real! this 1/2 was pictured by himself in one city!#this 1/2 was pictured with fans in this other city half a world away!#THEY'RE MARRIED!!#it sounds insane because it is #and it means a lot of people will write off EVERYTHING ELSE accordingly #you can show randos outside of fandom early larry proof posts and the will 1000000% get it #but if you try to act like it carries over to today it not only does NOT carry over #it sounds literally insane and negates most of anything else #hence the big anti gap #if more larries left room for jesus (breakups etc) it would be a lot less crazy sounding #and yet!#ditto kaylors!!!!!#so I respect Cam as an outsider thinking hey yeah no #because she CAN accept that her ship (swiftgron) is done and over #but that said i still feel like if you're saying all this proof of gryles being so valid means you can't ipso facto larry NEVER existed #esp when you talk about louis's very clear jealousy...it's not purely just guys being bros who are pals...that just doesn't check out #and once again the fact that larries can't be YES they were a thing but they broke up later and/or it's messy #it has to be gold-star virgins who have only fucked each other #or else you're a full-on anti #well congrats you played yourself and excluded all room for nuance so OF COURSE you'll get podcasts saying larry is bullshit #it ain't that deep #it's also why a lot of this fandom is 'broken' etc #can someone like me be considered a larrie if i think they WERE a thing but they aren't any longer? i'm not saying they can't in the future #but i'd imagine i'm an ex-larrie in the eyes of the lord (redacted shitty blog names) and fine by me!#and yet that's not the full larrie definition you know?#so again OF COURSE podcasts not fully in this gatekeep mindfuck aren't gonna get it or even care #and more power to 'em i say

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