#louis sabotage

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Stargate Universe "Sabotage"

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heyy, i think my ask got lost but:

regarding the rob stringer ask that you answered, i was wondering why is rob stringer such a big deal.? also, this kinda got me intrigued, curious and angry(blacklisting of louis from uk radio) so i went on to research for myself and i fumbled upon this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51360192

it was the very first article that showed up, i didn't even need to dig, and it's directly by BBC, so is this BBC not the same as BBC radio or what..?

it's a little confusing for me cuz in my country nobody really pays any mind to radios and what they are playing and we usually stay tuned to our fave artists via tv shows, social media or simply music apps etc etc

Hi love. Rob Stringer is “a big deal” because he was head of Columbia when 1D were together and then head of Sony (parent company of Columbia) when Harry went solo (and Louis got stuck with Syco). So he’s had his fingers all over whatever contracts were signed by all of the guys, and most likely had plenty of decision making power over the closeting of HL and the blocking of Louis’ solo career.

BBC Radio and BBC TV are both divisions of the British Broadcasting Company. Louis having that disastrous interview on the Morning Show wasn’t the beginning of his being blocked from BBC radio. I think his blacklisting and image damage extends as far back as XFactor and Simon Cowell. There are many people involved and I don’t know if you can really point a finger at Simon or Rob Stringer and say that’s this is the key person responsible for it all. But, him appearing on that show and that article being written is just part of a very complex pattern of abuse he’s been subject to.

As for radio being important… I really don’t know why it seems to make a difference. I do think being nominated for The Brits or The Grammys doesn’t have without radio airplay and even if we know The Grammys are bullshit, it’s still great advertising and it’s still seen as prestigious in that you’re “accepted” by the music industry insiders.

But I think when people complain about him being blacklisted, they mean that he’s almost entirely absent from everything—radio for sure, but also radio concert events like Jingle Bell Ball/Summertime Ball, British talk shows like Graham Norton etc., British award shows (even the Rolling Stone UK award show was tainted by his performance being removed and his interview being publicized using Harry’s name).

I don’t buy into a lot of the stuff some solo fans talk about in terms of Louis’ career blockades, but for an artist who has such an ardent fanbase to be shut out of so many ways of advancing his career, you can’t help but assume there’s something underhanded happening.

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are you a larrie? ik you’re a solo louie but i’ve seen you talk about larry so i’m confused

I am 100% sure Louis and Harry were together in band days (and think their sweet baby love was so fucking adorable and beautiful I want to die), feel certain they still were after the band and again after a split for a while, and consider it possible that they still are now, but I don't feel like I can know that so I'm also open to the possibility that they aren't anymore (I go back and forth! I kind of lean towards no they aren't, but I can't rule out the possibility that they're still together; we just don't see either of their private lives anymore, anything is possible.) So am I still a larry? I actually have wondered this, I feel like the fandom terms have gotten so confusing- you can be sure they WERE together but not be a larry if you think they aren't now I guess (solo louies) but that would have made people froth at the mouth and send death threats a couple years ago, and idk maybe it still does (guess I'm about to find out😂). There are plenty of other aspects of the solo louie agenda I find fucking intolerable though, so I don't identify as that even if I do seem to fit the bill EDIT: I take it back I'm a BIG OLD LARRIE!! I almost forgot the true meaning of larrie which is to flip a giant ass middle finger and FUCK YOU to the antis who go around harassing people, saying horrible things about the boys, and genuinely believe that Louis and Harry are heterosexual men who loooove boobs and stuff

[gracefullou]

Can't get over Louis' speech last night 😫

[alarrytale]

Has Louis won any awards with FITF?

Indeed he has!

He's won the following awards:

Best album by Louis Tomlinson voted by the Louies. Walls came in second place.

Best album in 2022 at the 13th consecutive One Direction awards.

Best bridge of all time at the prestigious International Bridge Awards for the bridge in Holding on to Heartache. He beat Golden Gate bridge and Storebælt.

Best worst placement of the word "girl" for the song "The Way I Do" at the Exasperated Queers Ceremony. The award has previously been won by One Direction for "Live While We're Young" (2012) and "They Don't Know About Us" (2013).

Best song to grab a pint to at the pub voted by the regulars at the Priory pub in Doncaster for the song "Silver Tongues".

Best reference to a made up conspiracy. He won for "All along" at the International Anti-Conspiracy Awards.

Best description of lack of communication between lovers in a song or a poem voted by the Sexual Therapist Association (STA) by poll. He won for "Written All Over Your Face".

[finexbright]

instead of listening to a banger of a no skip album, you all are out here having a discourse about something that's not even valid in this case. just listen to the album and enjoy how hard it slaps

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ok tbh I feel bad about this but like I'm getting rlly fucking tired of harry (harry not his team cuz tbh im done with people excusing his actions with omg it was his manager, his label sucks, harry would never 🥺) like yesterday with the queen applause thing....wtf. and the olivia shit, movie drama, (also I just in general hate when singers start acting as if it's a fucking fun little past time and not something people study YEARS to excel in and then they like don't act well but ppl still eat it up 😭), also the cop movie, the stupid shit he says, his awful merch sold at high prices, his expensive unnecessary makeup line (the nail polish is cute but everything else...it's giving Kardashian), the insane prices of his tickets (I'm not talking resale but also the azoffs, harrys besties, basically invented dynamic pricing so that says enough imo), the zionist shit (idk if it's true but if it is fuck him idc), how his every move in the media feels calculated, the tour around the world during the pandemic while turning around and selling stay at home shirts...it just feels like fans are being treated like moneybanks instead of ppl (and idc if the real harry shows up at concerts, I can't afford to go to his shows and he doesn't interact with fans on social media so it feels like all I see from him is well...stuff like this). it just feels like I shd just be a solo louie/niall fan (not that they don't have their flaws god knows they are rich yt men but imo the levels at which I see them are completely different) I feel like every other day with harry I'm questioning why tf am I a fan of him. but also if I'm not a fan ppl are like oh ur a rad. no I love harry it just feels like the harry styles I loved has turned into harry kardashian (which is crazy to me cuz I rmbr him and the boys preaching how they'd never become like that lmao). lol idk if this makes any sense feel free to ignore this tbh this was super long sorry for ranting just thought ud be safe to send this to cuz ur like the only larrie who openly doesn't take his shit lmfao.

im definitely not the only one, there are many people who have discussed all these things in great detail but i do highly recommend being a niall and louis fan. niall especially. no bullshit there

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[cloudslou]

why do ppl want to create a victim complex around louis SO MUCH

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"ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK TRAIN," Kingston Daily Standard. December 17, 1913. Page 1. --- Engineer Brought Train to Stop Just in Time. ---- London, Ont., Dec. 17. - Special Wabash detectives were hurried to New Sarum this morning to investigate the diabolical attempt to wreck the company's fast trains running from Buffalo to Detroit through Canadian territory.

Shortly after midnight the engineer on the St. Louis flyer, with 200 passengers aboard, when approaching a bridge noticed several ties jammed in between the rails and the bridge in such a manner that a train approaching from the east would be thrown clear down a steep bank into a creek 125 feet below.

He threw on the emergency brakes and brought the express to a standstill just as it struck the ties.