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[louehvolution]

When Did “Victim” Become a Bad Word?

[louehvolution]

Recognising that someone is a victim, being a victim—that is, someone who is, or has been, hurt—isn’t an insult?

Complimenting someone on their strength, insisting on someone being smart and powerful, shouldn’t be an excuse to dismiss their pain or the reality of their abuse.

Strength doesn’t mean being immune to pain. Intelligence doesn’t mean being invincible. Being trapped in a situation, rendered powerless, by circumstance, or abuse, is not being a loser. Hurting is not weakness. And neither is needing understanding and compassion.

Louis is a victim of corporate greed and manipulation, of abuse. He is trapped in a horrible situation outside of his control. Admitting that this has caused him and is causing him pain, recognising what he has shared with us about it, and extending understanding and compassion, is not infantilising him, not insulting him, not reducing him as a person.

To me, what denial does here is actually silence a victim who is speaking out. Therefore keeping them from receiving support—and being heard, receiving understanding and compassion, is important even if it can’t fix the situation—as well as playing into the superstructure of power that allows those abuses to continue to be perpetrated without consequences.

Downplaying abuse and its consequences benefits the abuser. Calling it demeaning to recognise Louis as a victim is a manipulative tactic that supports the plan to put the blame on him. The idea that Louis is too strong to let anything affect him; too smart and powerful to not come out on top in negotiations, to ever find himself trapped in a situation he doesn’t want, is a  convenient stepping stone to the idea that he must therefore be in charge and this all must be his choice. (Thanks @cassandraatthegates and @adam-my-adam for your on point comments.)

Also, there is an element in this fandom when mocking people’s concern for Louis, of mocking mental health problems, as well. Scoffing at him ‘crying alone in his room’ and stuff like that… I wonder at those people who seem lucky enough not to have experienced—themselves or in others near to them—grief, or depression, or the like, so that it’s a ludicrous idea and one to sneer at. Isn’t that more insulting? Mocking the idea of a person’s suffering?

Finally, it seems like many around here expect and demand Louis to remain unaffected by all that he has been through; to keep proving himself again and again; and continue to be a supportive rock for other people. Which is unfair. He has been fighting for too long, has done enough—more than enough. And he deserves for his happiness and well-being to be prioritised.

He deserves respect as a human being, love and support, for himself. Just for him. It shouldn’t depend on him being able to fulfill your personal interests, uphold your headcanons, or not be a distraction to your entertainment.

[yoongisgoawaydoormat]

here, have my snapchat rant about that harry styles lesbian icon article

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[positivelouie-blog]

I will never understand people who attack or disparage louies for caring about Louis and his well-being?? His career is literally being tanked in front of our eyes, he has no promo lined up, people are mocking him left and right, and we still don’t have the right to say on our own blogs that we worry about him??

[larents]

louis lost his mom, gets abuse from this fandom for years, famous people attacking him, media created false damaging image becoming the only thing he’s known for, works hard but people dont give a fuck about his work, doesnt get the recognition or chance to proof himself, people in music industry talked down on him so much that he lost his confidence and didnt think he was important or talented, is belittled by his own fans, people only care about him when they feel like, people care more about who he is dating than his work, has a ‘team’ that BLATANTLY puts everyone else above him, dont care to promo him, have their bffs in media write damaging articles about him instead, sabotage his work and pull his songs from radios, he has little to no rights to his name, image or songs, is stuck with a toxic label in a disgusting industry that is known to abuse and destroy with contracts, “you only get half of the story, the cash and the cars and the glory”, had an entire song and mv dedicated to universal problems and artists that got their life destroyed reminding people he is human too, “if you only knew”

some of you who claim to be his fan: idc he’s a rich white boy he’ll be fine lol

[louwie-luna]

Yeah I feel the same as you do, Same stress same shit to go through,

I’m just like you

[gpalmora]

Louis “let’s make someone happy today” Tomlinson. 😊

[louisquinnzel]

July 11th, 2015 Santa Clara, California ©digital-pixels

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[waitingforthatday-deactivated20]

There is a special place in hell for people who are unnecessarily cruel to Louis Tomlinson, in any capacity.

[seahorseharry]

27.8.15 - cleveland

[clarz]

#this is the most quintessentially Lilo photo ever taken #LET HIM LOVE YOU LOUIS ( @veryniceandgood )

[deactive-account-deactivated201]

I’m feeling really pessimistic today, so apologies in advance. I was just really struck yesterday, by the level at which Sony is still able to manipulate this fandom. I guess it’s easier to turn a blind eye when they give you something you’ve been wanting. At this point, part of me wonders if they’ll even let Louis release an album, or if they will even let him tour. Currently I think maybe on the album, even less on tour. They continually try to silence him, and that would be another method.

i have some worrisomely cynical thoughts about louis’ tour that i’ve been biting my tongue about for a while but since you brought it up …

little mix released their second album, salute, in late 2013 and announced in april 2014 that they were going to tour north america for the first time the following year. my friend and i jumped on tickets immediately.

the only problem? no one fucking knew about the tour outside of people on fandom. little mix did a grand total of zero promotion for the tour or the album in north america and there was no way for people outside of the fandom bubble to even know they were coming to the US and Canada. it was basically the tour equivalent to the complete and utter lack of promo in NA for miss you.

the NA leg of the tour was cancelled a handful of months after it was announced with the excuse being given that the girls needed the time to focus on their next album (which came out in late 2015 [aka more than a year later] anyhow so …) but you could see how many unsold seats were left online and deduce the real reason for the cancellation fairly easily:

why am i bringing this up? because i’m concerned that’s what they’re going to do to louis. announce a tour, sell tickets, not promote the tour or him OR HIS MUSIC (which includes getting radio play in north america and encouraging him to play at festivals like niall and liam have done) at all so most people don’t even realize he’s going to be touring, and then cancel the tour.

only rather than coming up with a flimsy excuse to shift the attention away from poor ticket sales like they did with little mix, they’ll blame louis directly for it and make it seem like the label’s tried their best and given him every opportunity but  he just couldn’t hack it.

remember, little mix shares a lot of the same team with louis. they’ve already pulled this shit once. there’s a precedent. i hope to god it doesn’t happen but, as always, i’d rather be prepared than ignorant as to the reality of the situation.

[deactive-account-deactivated201]

#solo louis#for the most part he has been very hesitant when talking about the tour. and in general. and look at what’s gone down with miss you#literally no promo in the us. and minimal in the uk. focused on the x factor performance. blacklisted. or not serviced to radio…#bad. irrelevant press. or no press#and. everyone seems to ignore the fact that this all has consequences? the gradual process has been of tearing him down#even from where he started. at a disadvantage. rather than building him up as a solo artist. and working toward the release of the album#and. for all that we can gather millions of votes on twitter. that is not necessarily representative of the size of his fandom. really#or of purchasing power. of albums and concert tickets#the number of streams and views for miss you. which is pretty much down to just his fandom. are something to consider#and. as much as we like to talk about small venues. how small and of what ilk are we talking about?#intimate is not the same as beneath his level of fame. him being downgraded and devalued is not something to celebrate#and how many concerts? and where? etc.#personally. i’m still concerned about the album. too. if it’s going to be released. and how it can do in these circumstances#it’s so unfair @louehvolution

[fluffyyorkshirepudding]

Thank you to everyone who voted for Louis for the iHeart Award……but also, TREMENDOUS MASSIVE HUGE THANKS to all the Louies who put together post after post after post with instructions, links, hints, tips and motivation to keep Louies voting – you guys are truly heroes! 

[wellthatwasaletdown]

Look, Harry can pander all he wants with his tweets and pretend to be some woke activist with robotic drivel about International Women’s Day, but it won’t change the fact that behind closed doors, when no one was looking, he wrote songs depicting women as nothing but objects meant for sex, in short skirts with only a little bit of intellect. His twitter might say one thing, but when he was being “honest” and “authentic” it was a very different story. Sorry not sorry, but if the media wants to pretend that women have come a long way and are more powerful than ever with things like “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” then they better check themselves when they praise someone like Harry for doing the pointless bits of “activism” he does. I know he hasn’t physically hurt anyone, but it’s the types of messages in his songs that drive the patriarchal mindset of the men who do. He only cares about playing rock star, but in fact he’s undermining the female power he claims to support.

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[cassandraatthegates]

I think you hit the nail on the head saying Sony kept Louis for control. Even though NDAs are in place, if Sony didn't keep Louis and he went to another label, Sony would lose control over Louis' image, his stunts, his social media, his profile in terms of his success and exposure, and to a certain extent Larry because then they couldn't force Larry denials from him or control how/when Louis spoke about Harry even just as a former bandmate. I really think it's about control.

You summed it up beautifully anon. Thats how I see it too. Its about control.

[deactive-account-deactivated201]

i know we always do the whole ‘circles we’re going in circles’ thing but seriously … we’re in a holding pattern and louis’ dumpster fire of a team will not just let him go rogue. 

every single time we’ve thought maybe something positive was coming we’ve been proven wrong and that is not going to change while he’s still tied to his current team.

so can we please, please stop attacking people for ~being too negative~? Because right now the ~negative fans~ are the ones who keep being proven right and, like it or not, are currently the ones with the best track record of spotting the bullshit and anticipating the fallout.