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Kit | she/her | probably too old for this, but you only live once | Larrie AF...they're totally married

[awesomefringey]

Here's from Reddit - most of the videos have been archived

Larry Stylinson Timelines

Copies of Cosmic Leeds / Learning Larry 2010 to 2021. Still looking for backups of 2022 and 2023. There was no video made in 2024, and OP re

Other Cosmic Leeds

Backups - not my videos

The Larry Stylinson Timeline — 2022 1080.mp4

The Larry Stylinson Timeline — 2023 1080.mp4

[cosmicleeds] RBB, SBB, and the “big gay war” against Harry and Louis.mp4

Thank you Cat! 🩵🩵🩵 I hope Arden stays safe.

[daisiesonafield-blog]

What are your current thoughts on Larry in 2025?

I think they’re still together

I think they broke up

I’m not sure if they’re still together

I think they were together only during 1D but have been broken up for years

I don’t think they were ever together

Other - say in tags

See results

Voting ended onJun 6, 2025

As a reminder all votes are anonymous.

[emilarry]

You know, Something Great didn’t need to end like that. Louis didn’t need to come in out of nowhere with his hauntingly beautiful voice and heartbreaking words about how he’s hurting from wanting someone so much; he’s like, “Here, hold this a minute, it’s my pain,” and then the song just ends, he never comes back for it. I’ve still got your pain, Louis, can’t seem to let it go; why you gotta do us like that?

[twopoppies]

Dear Gina. Do you really think it’s what Louis wanted?

https://www.tumblr.com/twopoppies/712635296830963712/i-cant-believe-how-many-people-now-think-louis-is

I mean, I think if he had his choice, babygate never would have happened. But he’s stuck with it at the point and yes, I do think he wanted to make a statement with this film. This is his narrative going forward (until there’s a new narrative) And part of it is that he’s a doting father.

I don’t think he wants fans to continue making waves about babygate — not because Freddie is actually his child, but I’d imagine the constant conversation is a legal concern of some sort. Hopefully he’ll be able to extricate himself down the road, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we never heard anything about it. Whatever the case may be, I don’t want to keep talking about it. You can gaslight me till Kingdom come, but I know what I have seen over the last eight years. But what’s the point of continuing to talk about it?

[skepticalarrie]

Ah there it is.! i'm so happy I'm not the only one who didn't like the trailer and it was super confused. I see people speculating Sony could be behind the doc, just to set narratives straight (sorry the pun) but what do you think? And is that possible because Sony don’t own Louis anymore right?

I was slightly holding that back as well, anon. Because I realised there were a lot of emotions already about Freddie and 1D, and everything. But fuck yeah the narrative for the trailer really bothered me quite a bit because it gave us nothing... it didn't tell me what this documentary is about, why should I go see it. Even as a fan, it didn't make me incredibly interested. Are they really going to make an over 100 minutes documentary about Louis being "forced" to go solo? And then struggling with his self-esteem as a solo artist? I'm sure this is a solid part of his struggles and his solo career, and it's fair... but I'm curious to understand how deep they're going with this? Because all that struggle is coming from a place of abuse of power and greedy people in the industry seeing boybands as 💰 ka-ching 💰 profit profit profit. And it doesn't seem he's going to touch that part of it.

As for Sony, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it quite yet. I really have no idea whose interest it is to keep babygate going at this point. But documentaries are a great way to solidify narratives, and yeah... it seems to me like they're going for a father-of-the-year and louis-the-underdog-one, which makes me side-eye the entire thing because it doesn't sound like this is something Louis would want and deliberately choose for his documentary. As for Sony "owning" Louis, well... Sony owns One Direction, and everything of Louis' before FITF. It's impossible to tell the extent of things. BUT, you may have forgotten that Sony's golden boy currently is the one and only Harry Styles. And if there's one thing about HL that we know for sure is that they're a unit, and that's both a blessing and a curse. Because that's probably the only reason why we're here and why they're so grounded and why they fought so much and so openly over the years. But that also gives people a lot of control over both of them, even with separate solo careers, they're still a unit. So. I really have no idea.

[unicornamy]

My parting gift to you all....

bbg.pdf

Shared with Dropbox

go to my original post - not the reblogged versions - i updated one part in here and reuploaded.

[twopoppies]

Hello! Do you think they are pushing the bbg so that it ends soon? Or why do you think they're involving the minor so much?

I think everyone who is creating theories about BG ending is talking out of their asses. I think anyone who thought this doc was going to be a big exposé, and a coming out, lives in a fantasy world. I think people are scrambling to justify why Freddie is such a big part of a two-second long trailer by saying maybe it’s leading up to XYZ. It’s not.

I have no idea why the kid is in the film, but I’m completely unsurprised given the last two years of Louis suddenly acting like father of the year. Do I understand it? Absolutely not. But I’m not going to work overtime to gaslight myself into thinking there’s some big payoff around the corner.

I don’t understand much of anything that Louis has been doing the last two years. But I assume he has a goal and everything he’s doing is to achieve that goal. I wish I understood it better. I’m having a very hard time with his image right now and I’m honestly not sure where this latest wrinkle leaves me.

[momrrymilkers]

I'm just here, wondering, why am I even here, honestly? Because checking in when they drop music and skipping everything else sounds so good rn. It's not even because this is too much for me, it's that I don't really... see the point? In always having an eye on Harry and Louis? If this is how things are, permanently.

Almost everybody pretty much agrees now that babygate is never ending, doesn't matter if it's because people now believe the kid is his (somehow) or just realize Louis has no intention of ending it. Most people also agree that they're either never coming out or they'll do it in a few decades. So like, what's the point of all this? To keep repeating this cycle of stunts that nobody likes but hey they wore this one shirt, or said this one line, or sang this one song. At this point... I don't really care about that stuff, y'know? because it's meaningless. It's fun to gush about for like, maybe an hour. But does that really counteract the fact that Louis is permanently a dad now? Or that Harry's always gonna have very public tour girlfriends?

I'm still gonna be here because I never could resist a good shitstorm and I can feel one coming the moment that documentary drops, but honestly this is just... boring. And tiring. Always talking about the same stuff happening again and again and again, good or bad. Wouldn't be surprised if I reached a point where I stop caring that they're together, tbh.

[leeminholinoing]

Your tags deserve to be seen too 

like#at what point does it even matter to me if they're queer and in a relationship#when clearly they're content with us knowing but staying as the black sheep of fandom#they use us when they want- to solve their little marketing shit because clearly the rest of the fandom can't be bothered#but the rest of the time we're not the fans who they want to acknowledge. at all.#when literally we're at the point of not complaining as long as they don't shove their bs everywhere#it would be SO EASY to keep us chill#but they can't even do that#is it too much to ask louis doesn't bring up a kid that isn't his at every interview?#or is that somehow not respecting his closet or whatever the fuck bnfs like to say these days#sighs all around#.txt#froddo#hlClose notes002

[27goldensun]

Is it worth it? An analysis on Louis’ stunts

Lately there has been a shift in how Louis’ stunts are being presented to the fandom, with babygate mentions growing and seemingly being pushed by Louis himself.

I have taken some time to go over some (very arbitrary) success indicators that could possibly justify this push in stunts as a marketing ploy, however I have only confirmed my suspicions that the fanbase IS NOT HAPPY and that has been translating in Louis’ numbers.

(May I add that I focused more on louis’ relationship with his fanbase and I know that’s not everyone’s definition of success so I also added streaming numbers)

I took my numbers from this website and I looked through late 2021 and 2022 mostly

Starting off, lets look at Louis’ twitter following and activity:

Number of followers

Throughout August, September, October and November 2021, louis gained between 20k and 40k followers each month, those numbers were much higher during the earlier months of 2021, so what could have sparked that change?

The first picture of louis with F in years dropped in August, which happens to coincide with the sudden drop in Louis’ following

In December, the First Christmas BS happened, and that generated a drop in his following (he didn’t actually start losing followers until 2022, but he only gained 4K in December 2021) that would be weird on its on, but paired with the start of his tour (in which his numbers should be increasing much more) it was very obviously correlated.

Now onto 2022, which was quite an eventful year

2022 marked the start of LTWT which was not only an incredible time for preexisting fans could have been a great opportunity to increase his fanbase by giving him more visibility, especially paired up with a new album. We’ll see that this wasn’t the case

The beginning of the year presented Louis with a slow, especially if compared to 2021, but steady raise in following. This drastically changed in July.

The infamous dm leak happened on July 30th 2022 and it greatly impacted the fandom, which was translated into Louis social media following. Looking at it comparatively, in June 2022 he gained 129k followers, in July that number dropped to 26k, showing the impact of those final 2 days. In August, his numbers only continued to drop.

With the album announcement, one could’ve expect a raise in following and activity, but the opposite happened, and I can’t help but link it with the marketing strategy that was chosen, with further mentions of his “personal” life, especially bbg

The promotional interviews began July 2022 still during LTWT and, at first, they were stunt free (with the exception of one Interview on July 21 2022, in which he stumbled when saying F’s name, something he seemed much more comfortable with later on).

September 6, 2022: It is during an interview with Radio Deejay Itália that the mentions truly begin. Louis brings up Freddie unprompted and says he travels to LA often to visit him, from this point forward, the kid is often brought up.

November 2022 we get all those articles saying “louis finds parenting to be challenging”, over 100 copy and paste articles of this nature were posted.

December 2022 the Christmas Bs 2.0 took place, with the kid being flown to the UK and spending around a week there, between Christmas and New Years. The only footage of louis and F interacting was posted on Louis’ birthday, in a short video of the two in a dinner with the rest of the Tomlinsons.

How did this translate in his twitter following? When FITF promo started, Louis only lost followers

August 2022 he lost 7k

September 2022 he lost 33k

October 2022 he lost 24k

November 2022 he lost 29k followers (not good right after an album announcement)

December 2022 he lost 28k followers

January 2023 he lost 43.9k (the most so far)

But did all this only happen to his twitter following? Surely that’s not the only indicator of his success and relationship with his fanbase?

I agree, although louis does seem to use twitter the most when connecting with fans, lets look through his instagram

When FITF promo started, Louis only lost followers

August 2022 he lost 24k

September 2022 he lost 18k

October 2022 he lost 30k

November 2022 he lost 49k followers (not good right after an album announcement)

December 2022 he lost 33k followers

January 2023 he lost 62.8k (the most so far)

Looking at his streaming statistics

(I’m using walls as a comparison for timeline purposes, although im well aware walls promo was far from stunt free, it seems most fans have, understandably, a harder time dealing with bbg than Eleanor)

*Walls debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with 39,000 album-equivalent units

*Faith in the Future debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 selling 43,000 album-equivalent units

So there was obviously an improvement on FITF debut, but has it been consistent since the album release?

The “this is Louis tomlinson playlist” on Spotify

May 2021 The "This Is Louis Tomlinson" playlist reached 250k likes

February 2023 The "This Is Louis Tomlinson" playlist reached 320k likes

Album stream milestones

Walls

Over 100 million streams on Spotify: February 6th, 1 week after its release

FITF

Over 100 million streams on Spotify: December 10th, 1 month after its release

So, overall, the situation does not seem to be improving…

I will later go through his tour sales, but given the different venue sizes this could be a bit tricky

My interpretation of those numbers i presented is that no, it is not worth it. Regardless on your opinion about bbg, from a marketing standpoint this image doesn’t seem to be doing Louis any favors…

(Please feel free to add your thoughts, I’d love to deepen this discussion)

Also, I don’t think any stunt that furthers a queer person’s closeting could ever be “worth it”, this was just my attempt to try to see what could be their motivations for this (although if its commercial success, it’s definitely not working)

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

face the music - a close reading

faith in the future, track 5

LYRIC ANALYSIS

Good and bad and right and wrong Are stories made up when we’re young to scare us Love and hate are in between Depends on your reality to see them

// “do you ever ask why it’s not black and white”, bigger than me

“scare us” - scared into walking a straight line (pun intended) young people being scared into following someone else’s will/rules // “don’t know why they put all of this on us when we’re so young”, we made it

// “i can’t believe i gave in to the pressure, when they said a love like this would never last”, too young

love and hate are in a grey area, and sometimes they even cross over; they’re far from opposites. stop trying to define love, put it all into boxes

-> “depends on your reality”: can everyone finally accept that their very personal experience with emotions can’t be applied to everyone else?

PERSPECTIVE

I just wanna stay in the moment the rest of my life

So one more night I’m gonna choose I don’t wanna face the music But I still wanna dance with you

Let’s buy some time For what we shouldn’t do I don’t wanna face the music But I still wanna dance with you I still wanna dance with

“your reality” followed by “in the moment” -> he wants to stay in his reality, in his love, for the rest of his life. no more giving in to pressure, other voices trying to convince them of something they could never know better anyway

“for the rest of my life” <> “one more night” and “i’m gonna choose” -> where is the choice he’s making? it sounds like he’s choosing to stay in the moment for just one more night, while the “but” after “i don’t wanna” implies that he kind of has no choice.

he knows where his responsibilities are, he knows how to get through this life after figuring a lot out on his own, by following his own instincts. // bigger than me, we made it, the greatest, etc. he knows he has to face his responsibilities, but he doesn’t want to lose love in the process (this time around). he’s realised he can make his own reality, away from the made-up stories, where he can be a responsible person while also thriving in love

“face the music”: figure of speech that means you have to face reality/life/consequences, but it’s also amazingly applicable to louis’s life in a literal sense - the responsibilities he has to face in the music industry, with his career

“dance with you” // perfect now

Close your eyes and count to ten If you’re standing on the edge of falling Open up and looking down Everything that matters is forgotten I just wanna stay in the moment the rest of my life

-> change your perspective // bigger than me, all this time, she is beauty, “look at the horizon, does it make you feel small” angels fly, holding on to heartache, (paradise)

louis and sadness, depression: on the edge of falling - he knows what it’s like you feel like you’re slipping into darkness, and this album is full of louis saying that you have to hold on to yourself. it’s you doing the counting, it’s you doing the breathing, it’s you taking the time to prevent yourself from falling. - in the context of the song, it’s about feeling lost in what others have been telling you to do, in what responsibilities have come with life, things that seem like they’ll take away what makes you you / who you love.

what sometimes seems like it matters most in the entire world can change. take a breather, take a step back, and you’ll already see things differently - especially if you’re standing on the edge and it’s either standing ground and braving the challenges up there or falling down into unknown darkness

- staying in the moment helps him put the darkness of his life in perspective, helps let in the light. enjoying the little things, the moments of joy, of simplicity, help brave the challenges. his problems aren’t solved, and maybe they can never be solved, and he realises it can’t be his sole focus to try to fix them - and that that’s also not a case of forgetting his responsibilities

So one more night …

SYNTHESIS

Face the Music’s opening sounds ring from ear to ear, like we’re dizzy, disoriented. The rush of what others are saying, of how much pressure there is, all the responsibilities you have to fulfill. Then it’s Louis breaking through and putting his foot down, because he won’t be led anymore by that whirlwind. He knows what he has to do in his life, things that make him happy and things that don’t make him happy, but it’s all in balance. There are times when you can lose perspective, and feel forced to (only) do things that are expected of you, while you feel like you’re neglecting what makes you happy. It feels like you should always be doing the right thing, because doing something purely for pleasure has the connotation of getting you nowhere. Louis says fuck that! Let’s have both! He’ll so what’s best for the life he wants to live, and that also includes following his heart and having fun, next to his responsibilities. He’ll slow down and live in the moment, enjoy the bright sparks of joy that he experiences, which otherwise he wouldn’t have appreciated if he’d always focused on the heavy duties in his life. Those heavy duties also become easier to bear once happiness is let in. The darkness is kept at bay with the light shining a little brighter.

Once again a testament to perspective and how it can turn your entire life around for the better - something Louis is telling us from experience, and also as a reminder to himself.

[music]

Artist of the Month: Louis Tomlinson

November isn't over just yet. Louis Tomlinson is our Artist of the Month and we're sharing some behind-the-scenes footage from the "Silver Tongues" music video.

Check it out and listen to Louis’ new album Faith in the Future right here.

[thelarriefics]

FIC REC MASTERPOST: Below you’ll find links to all fic recs that have been made so far.

📕 ABO

📕 ABO Part II

📕 ABO Part III

📕 Actor

📕 Actor Part II

📕 Amnesia

📕 Angst

📕 Arranged Marriage

📕 Artist

📕 Autumn

📕 Bakery

📕 Big Bang 2018

📕 Book

📕 Canon 

📕 Childhood Friends

📕 Classical Music

📕 Coffee Shop

📕 Doctor 

📕 Endgame

📕 Enemies to Lovers

📕 Established Relationship

📕 Exes to Lovers

📕 Fairy Tale

📕 Fake Relationship

📕 Famous/Famous

📕 Famous/Non-Famous

📕 Famous/Non-Famous II

📕 Fantasy

📕 Farm

📕 Fashion

📕 Florist

📕 Fluff

📕 Friends to Lovers

📕 Friends with Benefits

📕 Girl Direction

📕 Halloween

📕 Halloween Part II

📕 High School 

📕 Historical 

📕 Historical Part II

📕 Historical Part III

📕 Historical Part IV

📕 Holiday

📕 Holiday Part II

📕 Holiday Part III

📕 Holiday Part IV

📕 Hogwarts

📕 Marcel

📕 Movie/TV

📕 Movie/TV Part II

📕 Movie/TV Part III

📕 Mpreg

📕 Neighbors

📕 New Classics

📕 Nobility 

📕 Older Larry

📕 One Night Stand

📕 Parent

📕 Pet

📕 Pirate

📕 Roommates

📕 Royal

📕 Royal Part II

📕 Royal Part III

📕 Secret Relationship

📕 Strangers to Lovers

📕 Slow Burn

📕 Slow Burn Part II

📕 Soulmate

📕 Soulmate Part II

📕 Sports

📕 Summer

📕 Teacher

📕 Travel

📕 University

📕 Valentine

📕 Valentine Part II

*updated October 2022*

🔖Fic Covers Masterpost

🔖Author Spotlight Masterpost 

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Hi! This is a dumb question but when do you think Louis and Harry started dating??

Hi dear,

Not a dumb question at all.

I think they started dating during the xfactor. They met in mid July, and by July 23 they were already super into each other, as evidenced by Louis literally jumping into Harry's arms and wrapping his legs around him when 1D got formed.

In August they spent around 2 weeks at Robin's bungalow, and they were for sure together then and all the time after that. If they hadn't kissed/hooked up before the bungalow, then I think they were just flirting with each other, but they certainly got together by August. And the rest is history.

There are piles of receipts, timelines, tweets, videos, pictures and other events that back up this view. This is why I say they fell in love at first sight, because they really really did.

I wouldn't be shocked if someday they said they got together within the first week of knowing each other. But as it stands, I think it's safe to say they started dating/got together within a month of knowing each other.

Here's a quick rundown of how fast they got together with dates.

Here's a xfactor timeline (July, August and September).

Here's a detailed xfactor timeline (thru December).

Here's a receipt that states that Larry started dating in the xfactor (the blurred out name is Olly Murs).

Here's proof Louis got together with Harry during the xfactor. Courtesy of Hannah's (Louis' 1st gf) homophobic brother.

Here's a list of evidence about Larry getting together during xfactor.

[erodavisitorcenter]

Faith In The Future sorter

battle all FITF songs against each other to get your ranking

click HERE for the Faith In The Future sorter

(click here to sort Louis entire discography or here to see other sorters)

[twopoppies]

If you found out Louis and Harry split a while back and he’s actually dating Olivia, would you stop supporting Harry?

Here’s the thing, love. If he was actually dating her, I would have a very different impression of who he was. Not just that he’s not with Louis—because my support for him isn’t based on that—but because if he was actually dating her, that would mean he had an affair with a woman who not only was engaged to another man, but also had two kids with him. It would mean he behaved incredibly unprofessionally on set and created a massively uncomfortable situation for hundreds of people. It would also mean that he’s spent two years barely acknowledging her presence and sometimes outright ignoring her. It would mean he was fine with her following him around the globe instead of spending time with her very young children, even immediately after she was served with custody papers. It would mean that he had no problems with her fake feminism and questionable morals. I just think if he really was dating a woman, he’d choose someone whose values align with his own. I don’t see him ever, in a million years, choosing someone like Olivia Wilde.

If they were actually dating, I would have a problem with who Harry Styles was as a person, and that would mean I would have a tough time being a fan of his.

I hope that answers your question.

[daisiesonafield-blog]

where's the

TARZAN DUDE IN HIS BAND

receipt

[perksofbeingasunflowerblog]

used to be on this one but they've banned comments now

[statementlou]

can I just say in the context of an interview with someone who is deep in what the fans say and think and was like yeah fuck it I’m asking about that stuff, like stuff we don’t hear usually, from did you leak your own music to so how about that getting choked to detail about his label and a dozen other fan things, all the shit we chatter and speculate about, and about Zayn and Liam, it stands out even more glaringly than usual that talking about larry openly is simply. Not. On the table… and as usual its the silence that truly screams like. honestly. this is not normal