#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]

[donovankinard]

“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

[prettysymbiosis]

https://www.tumblr.com/prettysymbiosis/767988057532252160/and-if-i-said-this-is-liams-zayn?source=share

I've just seen this post. If "It's You" is a Ziam song don't you think Zayn would find it hard to sing on tour? Especially without getting emotional?

Zayn is performing several songs on this tour that I consider to be Liam/Ziam songs, with It's You being the most tender, so it makes sense to wonder how he's handling that. I do think that for all his past performance anxiety, Zayn is both a professional singer and a celebrity who is well-practiced at separating himself from his stage persona, so I would not expect him to well up with tears every time he sings a certain song live.

Zayn is definitely enjoying himself on this tour, finding his stage presence again, and having been at his show this past Saturday I felt so much genuine sincerity in his interactions with the audience and the band. So I don't mean to imply that he is switched off while performing, because I actually feel he is being quite authentic in a way that is beautiful to see. But performing even a very personal song live requires a lot of focus and skill, so I think his mind and body are more dialed into that in the moment.

That being said, at my show he introduced It's You, paused for a moment, then said "It's you" again for some reason. At the end of the show, he reminded us to hug our loved ones (and we all know what he said he wished he could do one last time in his goodbye note). I also feel like I remember a clip from one of the UK shows where he did seem a little choked up after one of the songs (I think it was It's You but I can't 100% remember).

All of this to say, I perceive Zayn as someone who is deeply emotional but very practiced at veiling the details through his music, and also committed to doing a good job as a performer in this new grown era he's in. He chose his own setlist, and there's no doubt in my mind that a lot of these songs are Liam songs, especially It's You because he explicitly dedicated it to Liam during the Wolverhampton show. Rather than be crushed by sadness in performing them, I think the chance to honor and celebrate Liam's spirit and the connection they shared is a positive thing for Zayn, a conscious choice he made for himself and for us and for Liam ❤️💛

[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.

[tarnished-butsogrand]

When I first opened this account in 2017, I was a different person. I was going through a challenging time academically and I sought refuge in an online community which at that point of time provided me with the escape I so desperately needed. The fanart artists, the fanfic writers who I still idolise even though they don't even write for this fandom even more, the gifs. I love Ziam but there was a time I used to devour all kinds of pairings, the rarest of the OTPs. I had a Lirry fic I wanted to write that I made the cover for and never wrote. I have a Ziam fic that I never ended up finishing and probably won't ever complete to be honest. 😭I knew I was late to the party and I was eager to consume all that I had missed out on. I have loved One Direction since I was thirteen. That's more than a decade. I remember discussing their new songs, albums, interviews, so excited for what was to come. I remember listening to This Town which was the first song released after the hiatus, and all the subsequent releases, vibing to both Harry and Liam's music, the Strip that Down trailer release. I remember Louis' performance and how they all showed up for him. I remember Back To You fucking slapped. Zayn already had a chart topper by then. So many wonderful things happened, and kept on happening even in the subsequent years when I couldn't be here.

Now I am at another point in my life, that's eerily similar to where I was in 2017, just a lot tougher, older, wearier and it kills me to say this, but sadder. I wish I could explain in words how much all the people I have had the opportunity to talk to or interact with over the years have meant to me. How much I loved sharing my love for this band and its members with all of you! Nothing is the same anymore and losing someone, and by extension something you have loved so deeply, that has connected you with so many wonderful people just hurts in a way that I probably won't be able to express. So I won't try. I just cannot watch this circus any longer because it just hurts and it keeps on hurting. Every time I try to move on there's a new interview or article, and I just. Cannot. Liam was a person. Maybe a flawed person, but he still deserves dignity in his death. He deserves to explain his side but that's not going to happen.

I probably will try to keep my queue running whenever it's possible, and I probably will be online once in a while, but I guess I am putting this blog on a semi hiatus. I will be back, hopefully with good news academically. Till then, take care and stay safe, all of you. My best wishes, always.

[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?

[whollyfook]

nikki. 30s. professional fangirl. slytherin. bi-but somewhere on the ace spectrum. tired & chronically ill. i write sometimes. sometimes i make gifs. i do ask nicely that minors not follow, please. I am tracking #tusernikki and would love to hype you up. rarely do i ever take requests these days, unless I'm just bored and feeling up to it. in those cases, i will ask for prompts/requests!

definitely a larrie (and a ziam shipper, and a narry shipper and…), though not an insane one; seriously if you believe freddie is a conspiracy please god do not interact with me. if you take fandom outside of fandom spaces do not interact with me. if you have any sort of hatred in your heart towards any of 1D for any reason, ffs, do not interact with me. the same goes for any nonsense or shit stirring in any other fandom. i am here for a good time, and i cannot stress enough how much I do not want and will not put up with drama.

this blog is a multifandom mess, I'd apologize, but alas... anons are on....for now. y'all behave. <3