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i love that ‘away from home’ is yet another example of louis and plausible deniability. like is it a play on like the ‘stay at home’ orders that kept us from live music, sure. but is it also VERY obviously a nod to his true home (harry) ABSOLUTELY. he’s so smart and i love him so much.

I think the "stay at home" <--> "away from home" is definitely a play on words here. And you know, gonna state the obvious, considering all of us having been/still being stuck in our homes and everything including festivals being off the menu for a long time I think the choice of calling a festival "the away from home festival" at a stage where being away from your home should still be a rare occasion is very fitting.

Also there will be a livestream a couple of days after? So people will be able to enjoy this festival that's away from their home?

And when we think of just him it's very fitting too; he was supposed to be away from home, he had just started to travel, be on tour, but then the pandemic hit and he had to go home basically the second it started. This is the first time he's back on stage with a live audience, the first time he's "away from home" in that sense, all in all it's just perfect.

But then again we got this crisp coincidoink pattern where this was probably definitely meant in some of those ^ways or something along the lines of it, still, he had all the words in the world to choose from and what did he decide to call this? home. We know he knows we know he knows we know what home means here in this 🏡. As if Home, the song, wasn't enough, as if the songs that would follow weren't enough, as if that dude being loud with a "tomorrow I'll find my way home" tweet when said tomorrow would be someone's birthday just earlier this year wasn't enough, I mean come on. This man eats double entendres for breakfast everyday.

This also gives me the-fish-is-traveling-right-now-vibes, as this festival is happening just (and I'm talking kicking off that same week just) before a tour is ~planned~, it's not Louis who is or is going to be away from home here, at least not as far as we know.

I do think it's 92.8% a ~these times amirite~ stay-at-home nod more than anything, it's just yaknow, son went ghuh that works in so many ways, yep nope that's perfect I want that.

(Also I like how both @ialwaysknewyouwerepunk and I went off about some of these home songs yesterday and the day before - Sweet Creature and that whole Canyon Moon x Home chaos so I'm just gonna link these here as relevant readings because I can)

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10. LOUIS WILLIAM TOMLINSON

VIP, night III, The Forum

Alicia Silverstone

Halsey

Hunter Schafer 

Cristian Siriano

John Mayer 

Conan Grey

Noah Cyrus

Dan Levy

Ashe

I CANT BUY TICKETS OMG THE SITE CRASHED DUDE WTF

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

that’s all i have to say about what’s going on rn

For your anon who was concerned Harry coming out would somehow undermine the work he has put in for gender fluidity, trust me it won’t. An out gay man being a beloved, accepted, influential figure in pop culture has more power than a possibly cishet man embracing things that are considered “gay”. The reason is that much of the stigma against men in dresses comes from homophobia. The rhetoric needs to be “it’s okay if people think you might be gay” and not “you don’t have to be gay to wear a dress” because the later doesn’t dismantle the underlying homophobia. When he comes out, Harry will be gay, wearing dresses, and still considered incredibly attractive by cishet women. That sets the example to cishet men that they do not need to rigidly conform to gender roles to be attractive. And even if Harry was no longer considered attractive by his het fanbase, his choice to assert that a mainstream pop star can wear dresses at the height of his career if he wants to is still impactful for queer rights and the future of pop culture. He is different from his predecessors because of how mainstream he is. Coming out wont undermine the impact he has already had. It only opens up new doors for the future.

The rhetoric needs to be “it’s okay if people think you might be gay” and not “you don’t have to be gay to wear a dress” because the later doesn’t dismantle the underlying homophobia.

This is so important, beautifully said <3 Thank you!!

You know what, if larry isn’t real, I Wanna ask louis why he got the dagger tattoo that is perfectly complementary with Harry’s rose. its so ?? and its not like were making things up that its a matching one. He deadass got one and hets are like ok but L got an E tattoo which points to elk and i’m like uhm u serious it can also stand for edward so 👀

I dig the Edward theory, anon! 

The dagger tattoo is perhaps the most significant of them all. Not because he got it, after a year, but because of the timing that he got it. November 2014 was one hell of a fucking ride. Looking at all the facts, it was one loud scream for freedom and a big fuck you to everyone keeping them in the closet. It was as loud as he could get. And it was necessary. 

A quick recap of the preceding events:

2012: Louis and Harry start getting complimentary tattoos - mostly nautical - here a (non exhaustive i think) overview

Source: 78.media.tumblr.com

September 2013: Harry gets the rose, fans start speculating that Louis might get a dagger, but they get the anatomical heart and arrow. No dagger for a year.

….

30 October 2014: Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out as gay at which occasion the rainbow apple logo is revived by the papers. Interestingly the “not that important” and “don’t knock it til you try it” interviews are taped that same day. The fandom is still blissfully unaware though. 

3 November: The  “not that important” interview comes out - in short, asked which traits they find important in a girl, Liam says “female”, and Harry replies “not that important”. 

4 November: Harry’s statement is all over the papers and speculations become loud, everyone is asking: did he just come out as bisexual? Harry instagrams an armchair captioning “seated”. Might as well have said “where is the popcorn?”

5 November: Rainbow Direction launches the rainbow heart badges to show support to Harry’s “coming out” of sorts and create safe spaces for fans to discuss LGBTQ+issues - 22.000 people download them to their profiles that week - rainbow hearts are everywhere.

Later that same day, the live FOUR hangout is announced for Sunday Nov 9th and fans can send in their questions.

7 November: Louis shows up at the X factor rehearsal wearing a rainbow apple shirt. Considering context of the past week’s events, a LOT of people see that as support to Harry, and Tim Cook

9 November: The Independent’s Jenn Selby ’s article is published saying “Louis Tomlinson supports gay Apple CEO Tim Cook - days after Harry Styles’ comments on gender and sexuality” also referring to the fandom’s support for Harry with the rainbow hearts. This is how it’s featured on the front page:

That evening the FOUR hangout is broadcast and it’s the most akward interview ever. Rather than coming from fans, several of the questions seem to be set up to give Louis and Harry the opportunity to deny their rumoured sexuality/relationship . Except they don’t. (if you’re brave, watch 12 cringy long minutes from 8 to 20). Also, it’s November and it’s cold, but they are in their T shirts, matching tattoos out, and Louis keeps adjusting his boatneck “It is what it is”.  Also Liam asks “Have you read the article in the Independent?” Louis “No, is it good?” Liam “Yeah" 

10 November: We get papshots of Louis at the lawyer’s near Harry’s public house and he’s looking cheerful and therefore so are we, but that doesn’t last long. Late that afternoon shady agenda anons start imbuing the fandom with “it’s just the vintage apple logo” but we’re not having it. That evening, @Louis_Tomlinson tweets Jen Selby the same shit, but worse,it gets personal, it’s homophobic, it’s vicious and I’m not in a mood to recap or link it, may it disappear from the face of the earth. Interestingly a few minutes later followed by the more vague “Ridiculous I even have to tweet that shit” - some people think this is real Louis shading 1DHQ - we’ll never know - but I like to think so. 

11 November: Louis’ tweets to Selby get noticed and suddenly the story about that Independent article and @LT’s homophobic reaction is all over the place. Harry captions the following pic on his IG with “funny money”

???: Lottie :( on Twitter

14 November: Harry instagrams twice, one picture of a cracked wall saying “lovely view”, and another “no such green” which we think links to the funny money. 

15 November: The interview in which Harry says to Niall - “Don’t knock it til you try it” about sex with a man (also filmed 30 Oct) is aired. TMHFN/Rainbow Direction ask for an apology.

17 November: on Elounor’s anniversary, this appears on Jay’s Instagram

It’s is deleted minutes later and her twitter says it was a hack. 

Also, interestingly, Lottie tweets “no point in sorry when the damage is already done. some things can’t be forgiven”  

It’s a hectic few days, as while they are in Orlando, Zayn doesn’t show up for a gig, Harry serenades Louis, oh and news comes out that our beloved security guy/tour manager Paul quits. Supposedly something to do with Zayn. November 2014 was so wild on all levels. 

23 November: At the AMA’s Harry serenades Louis *again* and he also sits next to Louis’ parents. 

26 November: we see that Louis got the long anticipated dagger tattoo, a quote (given a chance), and a  second smiley xx) this time on his wrist

And in case we missed it, next shoot, he’s pointing right at it: 

I call that LOUD, LOUD, and LOUD. 

They were trying to break out of the closet in November 2014. Their family were trying to help them break them out of the closet in November 2014. Everyone wanted to help them break out of the closet in November 2014. 1DHQ pushed back. And Louis responded in the only way he could. I don’t see how you could interpret all of this any differently.