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the main industry thing you need to understand about larry: a rant thread
to understand how larry works you need to understand the damage that’s been done to their images. why would their own team damage their images? to punish them into “behaving,” to cover up the truth that will threaten their money income.
you have to look at when the damage started: when 1D was trying to break into the american market
all through the xfactor and early 2011 H&L were free to be all over each other, and they were. always touching, staring, tweeting each other, and ALWAYS referred to as a unit
all through the xfactor and early 2011 H&L were free to be all over each other, and they were. always touching, staring, tweeting each other, and ALWAYS referred to as a unit
then eleanor was introduced right as album promo in the UK was picking up majorly, and her twitter wasn’t created until mid-january, right when 1D was in talks to do the icarly episode. her first trip to see louis coincided with 1Ds USA tour announcement too
it was laughably obvious that she was a marketing tool for the american debut. she even openly tweeted about making plans in the UK, but randomly flew back the USA after the very first ever larry denial (in dallas) went wrong
elounor appearances and articles about harry and women were always exactly lined up with 1D announcements, drops, events, etc. they were promo tools.
so the damage to their image began when UAN released, but as the years went on, H&L were forced apart further and further and kept completely separate (no interviews together, barely any interactions, no more tweeting about each other, no 1Dday segment, etc.)
with carefully placed articles, a few fake tweets, and not letting them near each other, they convinced the world H&L were enemies. people choose to believe that THE PUBLIC ruined their clearly very strong relationship
regardless of the fact that they stared at each other fondly?? did what they could to interact on stage?? got so jealous of other people touching them that it was glaringly obvious?? got matching tattoos?? sang to each other??
how can anyone believe the PUBLIC/dating rumors made them HATE eachother? they lived together. shared all their clothes. were always together. their families were extremely close.
the public is ALL it took for two people who are THAT close to suddenly stop interacting and “hate” each other? and in what world does a team ADVERTISE two band members’ hatred for each other? that’s something any team would be working to cover up. H&Ls was broadcasted.
this is how the industry works. there’s countless stories of people being forced to hide their sexuality for the sake of sales and for keeping money from parents of young children. these labels and teams will do whatever it takes. it’s also obvious that both of them HATED their +
team in 1D: the glaring at them, louis refusing to shake their hand, looking beyond uncomfortable around simon. not to mention H&L continue to write songs with the reoccurring themes of running, freedom, being locked, feeling like they can’t love because of obstacles, young love
the other thing about the industry is the public narratives they’ve ingrained so deeply in people’s heads. harry continues to be seen as some sex hungry womanizer regardless of how hard he’s always fought against it, in the later years he even played up his male interactions
then there’s louis who gets portrayed as a careless aggressive homophobe, in which their team completely silenced his natural flamboyance and cut back his public interactions with harry. it’s almost scary to watch his mannerisms and demeanor change from 2010-now
there was a clear difference between louis tomlinson and louis_tomlinson and a lot of people knew it. how he addressed things in person was blatantly different than how “he” did in tweets and in news articles
nobody will ever be able to cover the decade-long image destruction they have been doing to these boys. ever. but being a larrie is a LOT easier when you understand the industry, and why they did it.
all they wanted was to fulfill the narrative that 1D was a band with a flirty ladies man and a guy in a sweet committed relationship with a pretty female student back home, rather than a band that included a very obvious inter-band, gay relationship
so they stuck with the enemy narrative, which is still ingrained in so many peoples brains even though H&L have said theyre in love in all the ways they could; repeatedly, consistently, through many methods. they were BEGGING people to see past their public narrative.
if you’re interested in larry analysis like this i suggest bookmarking this tumblr masterpost and learning as much as u can from it https://thelourryalmighty.tumblr.com/post/117852659186/larry-stylinson-resource-masterpost/amp
strong larries follow me we’re in it together <3 end of my rant thread
