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It’s like 3 friends watching a romcom and the main characters are about to kiss

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from my TikTok

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shit a whole month?

Happy 1 month of Louis liking a Larry reel

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At this point I expect Louis to namedrop Harry on lt3 because what even is this

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can't wait to hear all the LT3 songs about a lifetime of loving and cherishing your other half and knowing each other inside and out and falling in love as teenagers and overcoming the greatest obstacles in life as long as you're together and how it feels to be seen and known by your people while having to stay in the shadows of your truth and it then being sold as having been written within 1 month about a 4 months long stunt lmfao

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okay this is actually fuckin hilarious

the funniest part about the lthq discord is that if you try to type the word 'larry' you have to sit in time out for five minutes...like do you think those five minutes are going to make me rethink the last three years of my life??

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Re reading the original hunger games is so funny bcus katniss can literally read haymitch's mind like what. I'm dying of thirst but haymitch hasn't sent me water, that must mean that there's some nearby!! And one kiss is one pot of broth!! Like she even acknowledges that it's strange when she's like oh to peeta this would just be a pot of broth. Haymitch will give her one look and katniss knows immediately what he means and she's right every time

Meanwhile peeta is like your dress really suits you and you look nice :) and katniss is like he's trying to kill me

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“about my relationship”… actually all of this is because Louis doesn’t want us to talk about H’s red shorts, he’s jealous

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Well I think is obvious he was talking about his girlfriend???

if you think she’s his girlfriend, sure.

i don’t. i think i’ve been pretty clear on that?

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just saw a supposedly larry-themed blog rant about how delusional larries are for the “ideas we make up in our heads,” only to then confidently declare that louis isn’t with harry—he’s happily married with a son. you lost me at happily married because who the hell is he married to if not harry? 🤨 the ghost of eleanor’s contract? a metaphor? zara? surely not.

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Harry & Louis' Closets Are Connected

To some of you, this whole post is gonna be old news. But some of yall seem to desperately need a refresher, so allow me to break down how Harry and Louis' closets are connected and why they intertwine the way that they do. Consider this a reminder of the fact that their closets are still ever-present, still not their choice, and still affected by the fact that they're with each other and not just queer and single.

Harry has been the golden boy since the band days. They tried to market Liam as the face of the band until it became clear that the fans were favouring Harry a lot. This caused a shift to where they put Harry moreso at the forefront, nearly in a "lead singer" type of position. Obviously this was picked up on by people like Jeff Azoff, who started scouting Harry in 2013 to eventually scoop him up as a solo artist.

Louis, on the other hand, was seen as less valuable by Syco and less valuable by other companies. He got stuck with Syco after the band split, only escaping Syco when their company was dissolving. He was somewhat blacklisted, not fully (or he wouldn't have a career right now) but he was limited in where he could go.

When Harry became a solo artist, his fanbase very quickly outgrew the 1D carry-over fans. It grew to the point that Harry was in a different celebrity level altogether, to the point some of his fans have no idea he was even in 1D, and many of his fans have no idea what Larry Stylinson is.

Louis, on the other hand, took a while to start his solo career. He'd spent years being manipulated into believing he was less valuable as a band member and that he wouldn't do well as a soloist, so he took a few years to build up the confidence to start putting out solo albums. This, alongside Syco not particularly liking or helping him, led to his fanbase staying majorly 1D fans and Larries who'd carried over. That isn't a bad thing, but it is relevant.

See, because of the difference in 1D & Larrie populations in Harry and Louis' fanbases, the way their teams (closeters) have to go about denying and minimizing Larry rumours is very different. For Louis, it's verbal denials, social media denials, more harsh phrasings and occasionally even naming Larry Stylinson as the conspiracy he's denying. For Harry, it's usually putting him into a stunt to show the GP he's not gay.

If Harry were to address Larry as directly as Louis does, it would cause more problems than it solves. His fanbase majorly doesn't know or care about Larry Stylinson, so a direct denial from him would just spark more rumours and probably raise a lot of questions as to why he's even bringing up a supposed conspiracy theory from 15 years ago. But for Louis, his fanbase has such a strong Larrie (and Directioner) presence that his denials more effectively damage the thick concentration of Larries that reside in his fanbase. He has very few solo fans who aren't aware of Larry, so there's little risk of sparking new Larries when he does a denial. That's why his denials work so well at making people un-Larrie en masse.

Now, to get into their teams' opinions of them as artists. I wanna start by saying that there is an established pattern of Harry and/or Louis pushing against their closet, followed by the punishment from their teams of Louis doing a denial and Harry starting a new stunt. I know a friend of mine is working on a post showing all of the examples of this pattern, so I won't detail every instance here, but this is a pattern. Anyway, teams & opinions;

Harry, as I said, has always been the golden boy. The money maker. His level of fame means his team has to be VERY good at their job to avoid anything going wrong. His public image is very carefully created, and any controversial aspects (such as his womanizer rep) is very carefully constructed on purpose to add reasonable flavour to his public persona that will attract fans more than it turns them away. His team is smart in that way, and they're always working in the best interest of making Harry palatable to the most amount of people possible.

Louis, on the other hand, doesn't seem to even be liked by his team. He's been kept in this weird stasis where he can't seem to break out of his primarily 1D fanbase, but he also doesn't ever sink out of the industry and get fully blacklisted like people like Katie Waissel or Rebecca Ferguson were. KW and RF have to be fully independent now because of blacklisting, to give an example of how Louis hasn't been fully blacklisted.

Louis' team frequently makes moves that actively damage his rep, and they've been doing this since babygate started. That was a major rep-ruiner, and it's only continued as much as he tries to fight it. The party boy image, the lazy laddy lad image, the homophobia image, none of it helps his career. Zara very MUCH doesn't help his career. His team doesn't even seem to enjoy promoting his shows and works, he doesn't get a ton of radio play, the list could go on and on forever.

Now, if Louis' team doesn't like him, why are they keeping him as an artist? Well, Harry. This is what I mean by they're keeping him in stasis; Louis can't be fully blacklisted and kicked out of the industry as much as his team seems to want to do because that would give him the freedom to talk shit and expose things like KW and RF did after getting blacklisted. Even if he's not a huge 'asset' to his team, the connection to Harry makes his freedom too risky. If Louis were to come out or talk shit because he got blacklisted fully, it would affect Harry's carefully constructed image and career.

Harry is a HUGE artist. Fucking HUGE. His team isn't going to risk something like that, which is why Louis is in this stasis. He isn't allowed to get too big, he's harshly punished for Larrying and hinting at his true self, but he isn't let go entirely as an artist. They keep him tied up in contracts so he can't affect Harry's career. It's very very interwoven.

And yeah, it's not fair. It's not fair to either of them, and I know Harry is likely just as upset by the fact that Louis always gets the shit end of the stick as we are. It's part of this not being their choice, because if this was something either of them could control, the balance wouldn't be so skewed. Closeting is never a willing choice, and in HL's case specifically it's evident that neither of them want the intense closet they're stuck in with all of the things they're forced to say/do to maintain it.

It's so important that we not blame Harry and Louis for their closet. Feeling your feelings when a denial happens is one thing, but be SO mindful of what you post and where you throw your accusations and hate. Remember who is in control here, remember who your enemy really is. This isn't a case of "they made their bed and now they must lie in it," it's a case of over a DECADE of interwoven closeting and contracts and blackmail and threats that has culminated in the dynamics we see today and the patterns that have never once changed.

Yes, they're grown men now, but they were not grown men when they signed their first contracts and when the closeting started. They've been funnelled through the industry in such a way to maintain these closets and maintain these dynamics in the best interest of greedy companies who want to profit off of Harry and minimize how much of a "problem" Louis is. That's where we are at, this has not changed, and if you call yourself a Larrie it is so important to understand the situation they are in so we don't unknowingly aid their closeters by pedalling hate towards HL for a situation they didn't ask to be in.

Don't make the jobs of their closeters easier.

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June 2025

01.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA [Instagram: The Away From Home Festival posts via story, changes the profile pic and updates the bio, Soccer Aid posts another video of L, Twitter: Afhf changes the header and profile pic]

02.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA [Daily Mail publishes pap pics of H in London (probably taken on June 1st)]

03.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [LTHQ posts a link to their socials, it leads to a sign up for a Louis discord server that is coming soon]

04.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA

05.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [Chloe Burcham posts a pic of H brushing his teeth with Gemma in Italy (May 2025, exact date unknown), L follows Rockstar Games on Instagram]

06.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA [A pic of H with fans in London recently is posted, L likes Niall’s post on Instagram]

07.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA [H is also seen at the LIDO Festival in London the same evening]

08.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is MIA [Daily Mail and Metro UK publish Articles about H at LIDO]

09.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

10.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [A TV Magazine Interview with L is published, Soccer Aids posts another reel of L playing the kids TV emoji game]

11.06.2025 Pap pics of Harry in London / Louis is MIA [Daily Mail Article of H in London (posted 12.06)]

12.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is at the Soccer Aid training day 1 in Hertfordshire, UK [Pap pics of H in London with James Cordon are published, LTHQ via IG Story, L's interview with talkSPORT (airs as a livestream on the same day),

13.06.2025 Harry is in Lisbon, Portugal / Louis is in Hertfordshire [find a daily recap here]

14.06.2025 Harry is in Lisbon / Louis is in Hertfordshire [find a daily recap here]

15.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is at the Soccer Aid event in Manchester [find a Soccer Aid recap here, find a daily recap here]

16.06.2025 Harry is in Rome / Louis is MIA [More pap pics of H in London (from 12.06) this time with Tommy are published, L follows Carlos Tevez on IG, ITV posts a Soccer Aid match recap on YT, more Articles about L and Sam Thompson]

17.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [Mcdomlinson Social Media Interactions, L follows Zara McDermott's brand RISE, Tobi Brown and Joe Hart on IG]

18.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L follows Leonardo Bonucci on IG]

19.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L IG follows (Robbie Keane and Roman Kemp), The Soccer Aid sponsored ad for Marvel is posted with L being featured there briefly, The Wingrove Family posts a video on YT featuring L meeting a young football fan (both clips are recorded on 15.06)]

20.06.2025 Harry is in Rome / Louis is MIA

21.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

22.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA

23.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L follows Rolling Stones UK on Instagram and likes a IG reel from a self-tanning brand Endless Luxe, L's signed Soccer Aid dressing room card is up for auction]

24.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [L follows Paddy McGuinness on IG and unlikes the self tanning reel]

25.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is in Glastonbury

26.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is in Glastonbury [L with Zara at Glastonbury]

27.06.2025 Both Harry and Louis are in Glastonbury

28.06.2025 Harry is in Glastonbury / Louis is in Glastonbury

29.06.2025 Harry is in London / Louis is in Glastonbury [find a complete Glastonbury Recap here, L likes a larry reel on IG and unlikes it a while later, he also wears a hopelessly romantic shirt, The Sun publishes an exclusive about H kissing a "mystery woman" last night, H follows Gracie Abrams on IG]

30.06.2025 Harry is MIA / Louis is MIA [The Sun publishes an Article about the identity of the "mystery woman"]

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INFLUENCED.

by @louisandtheaquarian and @zaynmaliksmiddlefinger

hl | ziam | enemies to lovers | famous/not-famous | fake dating

rating: e

chapters: 44/?

When Louis Tomlinson goes to bed on New Year's Eve, he is not prepared to wake up to a job offer that’s layered in more NDAs than he's ever seen, courtesy of ZAYN, A-list pop star and Louis’ best friend Liam's celebrity crush. But what is Louis even less prepared for? Zayn's Very! Enthusiastic! Influencer! boyfriend Harry Styles.

When Harry Styles signs on to become Zayn’s fake boyfriend, he's expecting 12 months of good press and a generous paycheck to help launch his hair and skincare line—he doesn't expect to fall in love at first sight with the man who'll apparently be following Zayn around All. The. Damn. Time. The Entire Year.

Otherwise known as a fake dating with a twist, famous/not-famous, enemies to friends to secret lovers au where Larry and Ziam fall in love behind the scenes while Zarry bicker in public.

Subscribe now for updates every Monday.

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babe you liked that reel not us !!!!!

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need i remind you that this is exactly what louis’ team wants? they want the chaos. they want people to either jump ship on larry or turn their backs on louis the second they think he’s anything other than straight.

you have to really look at that tweet — it doesn’t read like him. he didn’t name zara. he said “my relationship.” and if we’re out here decoding everything else, connecting dots from song lyrics to clothes to tattoos, then why the hell are we suddenly taking this at face value? why is “my relationship” immediately about zara now?

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I don't know guys I did nsfw art or are we all just gonna pretend they're dancing? Also, should ao3 writers write you wedding vows? Cause we can.

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Thinking about the history of Prussia and shaking my head in disbelief