#ziam interactions

[ziammyloves25]

Liam Likes and Comments on Zayn’s IG post.

Here in 2023. In June. Pride Month. Cheering on his new music before it’s released.

Not a manip. This is real. Like really really really real.

June 30, 2023

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[whoreforlarrystuff]

I feel like the 1D group chat right now is just all of them laughing at just how much we are freaking out over the Liam and Zayn interaction, but they’re laughing at us in a very affectionate way 🤷‍♀️

[super-oddity]

i’m being so totally normal about this

[whenziamwere18]

It’s been years YEARS years Y-E-A-R-S years and you tell me this was nothing that THIS was ?nothing? I think I’ll never get over it and now Ziam interaction is… back!

[notaboutafish]

If you want to prove that ziam isn’t real the best way to NOT prove that is to have them stunt immediately after an interaction.

[statementlou]

could not love this more

[cliffordmebf]

[christmassavestheyear]

“check ur dms🥰🫶” or “check ur dms🤬” or “check ur dms😏”

[louiswmalik]

So you’re telling me that while Louis is slutting it up on stage, shirt ripped open, dancing in shorts, graduating with cunt honours — Zayn is having his first interview in six years on a podcast that was originally a how-to on being more dominant in the bedroom?

[yaz-the-spaz]

tags via @1ds5directions who is apparently a psychic lol: #If zayn replies with thanks bro xx I am gonna fling myself into the sun

[louisisalarrie]

there’s quite the convo that was going on on twitter today, which is super interesting to me, because it’s brought up often and usually from newer members to the fandom, particularly solos. we’ve been talking about this for years. so��� idk, let’s talk.

this convo is of the gist that Larries made Harry and louis stop interacting due to our interest in them being together. we, apparently, are the ones who made either mgmt, or Harry and Louis themselves, entirely separate and go from best friends to absolutely nothing. and when I say absolutely nothing, like… they were so distanced it was ridiculous.

but here’s the thing… if you weren’t around at the time (there’s no issue with that btw!), ziam was the second biggest ship after larry. A bunch of Larries shipped ziam, and a lot of larry antis shipped ziam, as well as ziam having their own following regardless of larry. And yes, I was there, so im fully aware ziam wasn’t as big as Larry, but they were definitely a close second as far as “ships” go. there was also narry, zarry, lilo, and all the others, but larry and ziam dominated.

But… funnily enough, ziam weren’t separating due to a large speculation of them being in a relationship. it was printed and posted in multiple formats that zayn had said in an interview he told Liam to kiss him and he did (early days, yes), and they really gave off relationship vibes for a long time there, but they were still close and interacting very lovingly throughout the entirety of 1d. and regardless of your stance on ziam, they were clearly very close.

The thing with this is, is that gay rumours can be harmful to a fanbase with a demographic of young women, who the idea is to make the band desirable for women to be with to keep them interested etc., we’re all aware of that, but why wasn’t ziam separated? why weren’t all the boys asked to be super straight with each other? why was it so intense with larry?

Because if you don’t have anything to hide, you don’t hide anything. ziam still were carrying on in front of our faces while larry went through a multitude of stunts (that antis and now some solos also believed were stunts), and were so strictly kept apart that it was blindingly obvious something was going on. To make it seem the most real, you’d have all the boys being laddy bro pals with one another. but it was specifically larry who were extremely drastically pushed apart. of course there was no public “fight” printed to give us a reason as to why they became so far apart (that would signal an end to the band and worry etc.) to make sense of it, but they just were forced in their own lanes. anyone with two eyes can see that, and you could easily tell if they hated each other or not. but the small moments they did interact, showed us otherwise.

anyway, it’s very important to note that ziam did not stop being ziam regardless of the rumours, but larry did stop being larry drastically. they’re not homophobes, they weren’t scared of encouraging the rumours (AIMH and all the playful tweets and interactions), but they were clearly separated when larry kept being talked about further down the track. and if you can’t see that, well you may need to reevaluate and use some critical thinking. it’s happened before 1d too, it’s not rocket science.

anyway, sorry for the rant. it’s just frustrating when I see this convo when we’ve had it over and over again. so, for all the newer larries,if you haven’t already, take this into consideration as one of the very biggest pieces of larry evidence we have. because, well, it is. it may seem insignificant as it’s not a “moment”, but rather it’s a long and ongoing piece of evidence that there was something to hide, so they hid it. and they still do.

[hellolovers13]

i did not have a ziam interaction on my 2023 bingo card. damn it.

[justapayneaway]

I swear I'm completely normal about the Ziam interaction I swear OMEGWKWOSHEH!!!djsjhahahshshshs....

All of us when we saw that the answer was real:

[devilsainz]

First, Thank you @watercolor-hearts for tagging me! when i saw it i knew it wouldnt be an easy task (mostly because i love to talk a lot lmao) but i liked the concept and felt that it would be interesting way to dive more into the ships i am fond of.

Pairing/Shippy list!

Here are the rules:

1. List your top seven ships.

2. Put them all in order for your love for them; 7 to 1, 1 being your favourite.

3. Name the fandom.

4. Put a picture of the guys in question.

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7. Ziam (Zayn/Liam Payne) (One Direction)

weird way to start this list, since its not f1 related, and i very much believe it's a dead ship now. But honestly they deserve this honorable mention for being the first ship i adopted, and i didnt even care about One Direction or their music around that time (in fact i cant remember even how i stumbled upon this ship lmao). These two together just had so much chemistry for me, either on stage, interviews, or anything really. also they were my introduction to this whole idea of "ship" (Larry was the absolute more popular one obviously, but it was Ziam that really SUCKED me in like a vacuum cleaner). Unfortunately, Liam's distasteful comments last year bursted my bubble about them (even though he has explained this year he wasn't in a good place, and i personally think they are okay with each other, even though still distant), but i still like to watch their compilation videos on youtube sometimes, it's quite bittersweet :')

6. Martian (Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber) (Formula 1)

honestly i feel i just dont put these two higher because they feel somewhat new to me, like i need to dive into them more. I just think its such a fun ship in the sense that it has a looot of things going on at the same time, their very public rivalry and the famous multi 21, mark's angry face at that one press conference, it could be so so angsty but they just make me laugh (also, the making love on track quote is now burned into my brain so in no way they could be out of this list).

5. Christian horner/Toto wolff (Formula 1)

okay okay this is the part yall realize im actually crazy. but... they DO have chemistry when they are interacting, even in their non-amicable moments, and i do love myself some good enemies to lovers. Obviously it helps that i think they both are very actrattive, sexy middle aged men that have hunger for victory and i believe they hold so much respect and admiration for each other, considering they are the two most sucessfull TP's at this point. Also, HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.

4. Versainz (Max Verstappen/Carlos Sainz) (Formula 1)

(i wanted to find that ONE gif where he lifts carlos a little so bad but this one will do) Oh, this one really rocketed fast into my favorites. I just think they are just so wholesome. I always feel Max is warmer towards a certain number of drivers, and Carlos is one of them. And i dont even ship them in a ... kind of way, even tho it makes sense in my head the narrative that both were each others "first's" before going into bigger ships. Its just that it feels so special that both debuted together as teammates and, both took different trajectories in the way their career planned out, but theres still a genuine connection between them, at least in my view.

3. Maxiel (Max Verstappen/Daniel Ricciardo) (Formula 1)

I know its weird because i dont really post about them. But this falls into the same category as versainz for me, except that here there's a kind of dynamic that it makes me go "hmm... interesting". I always like to see max smiling and being happy because this boy went thru so much in his childhood, and oh how Daniel knows how to bring this side of Max. If Max can be warmer to certain drivers, for Daniel he has a whole SOFT SPOT, and i think that's very endearing. IMO, Daniel feels like the person that changed him in deeper ways we know, that one person that was indirectly a "life teacher" to him maybe, and thats special to me.

2. Brocedes (Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg) (Formula 1)

Oh, the ANGSTY in this one. yes, this one deserves the ANGSTY in all caps because to me that's them. Oh to have lived through their divorce must have been heartbreaking but what a freaking cinematic ship this one is. I just can't ignore it. How it feels to me that Nico is the one who wears his heart on his sleeve, while Lewis has that chilling Capricorn control over his emotions is so. just so. And the fact that Nico's legacy is forever entangled in Lewis' name. If a movie screenwriter would come up with this, i'd think it would be overdramatic, but no, theyre actually this unhinged.

Charlos (Charles Leclerc/Carlos Sainz) (Formula 1)

how do i even start talking about these two idiots? Okay, so obviously i think they're both very attractive and that definetely helped me to ship them lmao. But thats kind of reductive, because these two have sooo much chemistry in my opinion, even before their ferrari days, there was so much potential waiting to bloom, and it did. I love their banter, their competitiveness, how they can get childlike around each other sometimes. How they are so physical, how they make each other laugh (let me not talk about their gazes to each other or i will not end this today). I love how Carlos doesn't hide he wants to compete with Charles (which brings him unnecessary hate sadly), and how both respect each other in this stance. There's a bit of angsty underneath this soft/fluffy surface too (more from Carlos' perspective imo - but lets not forget Charles and Silverstone 2022 too - this is my charlos angsty origin story), but they still find their way, and that kind of compels me even more into them. I just think theres so many layers, multitudes, in the way we can create, write and read about them. Absolute favorites.

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Tagging @schumiatspa and @sainzjpeg 😊

obviously, feel free to ignore if you dont want to play, no hard feelings around here ❤, and also 7 ships are quite a work! if you're not tagged but want to make your list, feel free to do it and consider yourself tagged by me 😘

[twopoppies]

Hey Gina! I hope you’re doing well during this difficult time. Thank you for being so active on here, your responses are always great, and your blog has been a huge help as I catch up on the timelines after rejoining the fandom after five years.

Do you happen to have any recs for somewhat recent canon fics? I just got back into reading fics in general, and I’ve already read all of your canon recs and loved them so much (the 1d days, xfactor, 2014 to 2017), but none of those authors seem to write new stuff these days :( I’d really love to read some canon fics from 2023-2024.

By the way, since I’m still pretty new to fic terminology, I’m not sure if “canon” is the right word to use. Does it specifically refer to stories based on events we know happened (like them on stage during the 1D days), or does it also apply to stories inspired by real-life events (like Harry doing an interview we know happened, and then the story builds around that)? I’m mostly looking for fics based on real-life events or ones that depict reality these days :) hope it makes sense!

Thanks a lot, take care <3

Hi, sugar. Very few people seem to write canon fic anymore. Partly because the guys are in their 30s and partly because they've barely interacted in the past nine years. So I sadly don't have any suggestions for you. You could just do a search on AO3 for canon compliant, though. And yes, "Canon" means accepted "lore," like, all 5 boys were on X Factor and put into the band etc. Canon is a bit more difficult when it comes to RPF because a lot is based on assumptions (like, Simon Cowell is a bad person, Harry and Louis are a couple, Nck Grimshaw is a BBC Radio personality etc) and will include a lot of different versions of "canon" (like, people who believe Ziam is a real couple will make that canon. Others won't). It's a lot simpler with something like a movie or a book (Harry Potter and Draco are wizards who are clearly canon enemies. Making everything else as it is in the books except making them lovers would be "canon adjacent").

does anyone have recently written canon fics to suggest?

[surrowndedbylights]

You don't know how much that ziam interaction has affected me now that I saw it. I'm once again asking for my therapy bills.