Literally The Response To Harrys “to Boyfriends Everywhere, 🖕 U”

Me staring into the eyes of god as I am tempted by one gay thing after the other:

PAG IKAW DI NAG POLO SA PINAS AWIT KA

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OBVIOUSLY!!!!!

literally the funniest thing to ever happen in this fandom is someone coming up with a very definitely green drink that combined orange and blue components to make green… and calling it The Blue Direction

guess Blue’s direction… orientation if you will… is Green

I feel like it’s time for me to share my theory about 1D’s formation (and why it had been planned well before this X-factor video was shot - though this video did very well at making it seem organic)

A lot of this theory comes from reading stuff from @verily-i-say who, if you weren’t around when she was, worked with reality television and talked about how casting for reality shows works (ie everyone is assigned a role before they are even cast and you just try to find someone who can fit the roles that you need)

Liam giving that talk a couple months back about how 1D was something he believed Simon made for him because of their talk only solidified this theory for me. So lets get into it.

Let’s start with what was going on in pop culture in the start of 2010, and what 1D was originally supposed to be. Because remember, 1D was never supposed to be as big as they ended up being! By 2010 boy bands still weren’t as big as they had been in the late 90s and early 00s. There were the Jonas Brothers who were starting to wind down their activities just by the nature of how long they had been. The producers of X-factor would have known this without any sort of inside knowledge it’s just how pop bands are. They have shelf lives. K-pop was trying hard to pierce the western market but so far nothing had stuck and there was a feeling at the time that kpop would never make it big in the west because of how their bands were crafted/promoted.

What that means is there was room for a boy band. I think Simon and the people in the X-factor knew it was a good time to make a boyband. There was a market for it, and something that needed filled. So they start crafting their story. No group had ever won the X-factor because pre-made groups kinda sucked/weren’t fully crafted the same way they used to be. Clearly this meant they would have more success making a group than anything else.

We know the producers knew of Liam and Louis. I think they started with Liam - and again this is all before we even got to the filmed auditions. I think they had the idea to make the band with these 5 boys from the original auditions and it was ALWAYS going to be them.

Niall filled the Irish niche. They had just opened auditions to Ireland. This was an easy way to gain success in Ireland.

Zayn filled the “ethnic” niche. How else is the group supposed to be “diverse” if they don’t have a POC?

Liam filled the group leader. The band was originally crafted around Liam and I will die by this.

Harry filled the “baby” role. He was the youngest. You think it was coincidence his age was brought up during his filmed audition? No it was meant to cast him as the “baby”. It’s not as intense a role as the “maknae” in kpop groups but it’s a role to fill. It also leads into him being marketed as “adorably slow”. He’s baby.

And Louis? Well Louis filled the “gay” role. Vee has talked about how obvious it is to anyone with eyes that 18 year old Louis was gay. I’ll get into why they needed a gay member in a moment.

So that was their initial set up: Irish, POC, Leader, Baby, Gay. Those are the roles the X-factor deemed they needed for a boyband in early 2010 and then they went about looking for people who fit those roles.

Now, like with any casting, it doesn’t always work out perfectly. You see it constantly in tv shows and reality shows. Audience reaction to people and also just general “character development” changes where people fall. Liam’s role of “leader” and “face” of the band swiftly fell apart because Harry is SO FUCKING CHARISMATIC. If you rewatch any X-factor stuff you can see it happen almost in real time. I could go on a whole tangent about how this affected Liam and Harry’s relationship but that’s not exactly the point of this post and it’s already way too long lol.

But what happened to Louis being “gay” and why did they need a “gay” member to begin with? It goes back to the idea 1D was never meant to be as successful as they are. In 2010 being gay and coming out/or being outted was like… pop culture candy. It was trendy. It got you promo. I’m not saying it’s right but that’s how it was. So I think they always wanted a gay member so that way they guaranteed a 3 album commitment from the boys. Album 1 rides off the back of X-factor. If Album 2 wasn’t as successful you pull out the gay card and BOOM instant interest in album 3. Enough to get Simon’s money worth from the band before they’re allowed to fade into obscurity.

Obviously that didn’t happen. Why? Well for starters the band was INSANELY popular. And secondly 🤷🏼‍♀️ Larry? They got put in a position with Larry where they couldn’t out Louis even if they needed to without outting Harry and ruining his “role” in the band.

And there’s my theory ✌🏻

I would like to vent something here since I know that no onehereknew me.

I am tired of being a mom. Of being just a mom. And being looked at like I should do every household stuff since im the mom. I am sick and tired of feeling that since I dont work and dont have any money I am the one who should be doing everything.

My s/o woke me up today around 10 am. “Wake up. We are hungry. Cook some food.”

I mean ok? There is food in the table already when I checked. He just have to literally get the food and eat it. 🤷‍♀️

But when I told him my side he was so angry he didnt eat. Even at lunch. I dont know. We have a 3 y/o and I am having a mental break down in front of her. I dont know what i should do. I feel trapped. Help. I want this to end already. I am so tired no one sees it.

Are they having a conversation during their gigs?????

“Personally what got me through the darkest moments of what we have been through is imagining being back on here. I missed you so much, I love you so much (…) it is so overwhelming and I can’t tell you how much I missed you.”

— Harry in Denver - 07/09 (via stylesnews)

Hi! Do you have any good sub/desperate Louis fics? I struggle to find ones that are not overly stereotypical so I thought you might be able to help. Thank you!

Hi sugar. I really don’t have a lot because I haven’t liked much of what I’ve read that fits into that scenario. But here’s what I can suggest:

Literally Making Love by Brooklyn_Babylon / @twopoppies (E, 30K)

Holding up one of the android’s eyes to the workshop’s windows, he smiled as the light picked up the gold flecks in the pale green of his irises. Louis had always paid attention to even the tiniest details.

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All Louis intended to do was rescue someone in need from loneliness. He had no idea it would be himself.

Come A Little Closer by eversincewefellapart. FeelsForBreakfast (E, 10K) A really sexy kink discovery body worship fic. 

the way the storms blow by rbbsbb (E, 22K) not subby, but Louis is plenty desperate in this super hot fic.

Night Out by @helloamhere (E, 10K) Although it’s not full-on D/s I like the way this author tends to write their dynamic. Louis is desperate, but in a way that still fits a characterization that feels realistic to me. This is the first part of a series and if you like it, the second part is terrific (and 125K)

Nicotine by KrisStylinson (E, 32K) the characters read a bit OOC, but “bad boy” Harry is fun to read as is Louis as the overwhelmed, inexperienced, drama school kid.

Right Side of the Wrong Bed by eyesofshinigami (E, 11K) Meet-cute with a side of sexy smut and quirky internal monologue from Louis. I don’t know if this really fits your idea of “desperate”, but as Louis says to Harry in this one, “I would very much like to date the fuck out of you and probably put your dick in my mouth, multiple times a day if I could”. Spoiler: Louis gets what he wants.

Had a dream about louis on the first day of 2023.

So it started like I am going to come and pick him up at the airport. And H was w/ me. So i picked him up and H was gone. It’s just me and louis. So weird to hear him talk in my language. He was very shy and asked me to go somewhere ( we were at a mall and he seems very shy ) he just looked for a music store and we saw Faith in the future was number 1 there and he smiled at me then we went to walk again. Then we arrived at what it seems like to be his apartment where there were people whose waiting for him there. We talked for a while and he noticed my scar at my wrist and he just touched it gently. Then we talked again bout his upcoming concert here and then my mom suddenly was in the picture and asking where I put the stuff we bought 😂 then I said goodbye to louis then we hugged and said “til next time”

I forgot what the conversations were all about. I wrote this after I woke up. I just want to remember this dream. Since it was my second time dreaming bout him. Nothing to analyze or what here.

Welcome 2023. FAITH IN THE FUTURE.

It’s the lou— ahh for me

the ‘—Lou’ in fanfics rb if you agree

SHIT SHIT SHIT

H: to think about…

Fan: LOUIS!

H: MY BOYFRIEND

Kill me now