I hate the Larry baiting debate that antis use but then sometimes it makes sense what are your thoughts
Would you care to share how it makes sense?
Because, frankly, it makes absolutely no sense to me. To accept the idea that they are “baiting” larries, you’d have to
1. Accept that they’re not a couple.
2. Accept that there is an enormous amount of money to be made by keeping larries active in their respective fandoms.
3. Accept that Harry and Louis are the type of people who have no problem gaslighting their queer fans.
4. Accept that they have coordinated for years to write dozens of songs that reference each other and tell the same stories from each other’s points of view.
5. Accept that they have coordinated for years to wear clothing that references each other, use social media in ways that references each other, use their album promo and art work in ways that references each other, etc.
None of that makes any sense. If they were never in a relationship, none of this would be needed. If they had been in a relationship and it ended, none of this would be needed.
Since 2015 there have been larries who were convinced they’d broken up. They either just left the fandom altogether, or they became solo fans.
Harry doesn’t need to hang on to larries to be successful. An argument could be made that Louis might need the numbers, but he would need Harry to play this stupid game with him if he was actually trying to “larrie bait.” And why would H put himself through that? Why would Louis do something so convoluted?
Antis grasp at straws to keep from admitting what is right in front of their faces: the only baiting that’s being done is straight baiting. The only people HSHQ and LTHQ (and 1DHQ before them) were desperate to hang on to were those people who couldn’t handle the idea of Harry and Louis being queer and being a couple.
The fact that this heterosexual nonsense is still going on is proof enough that they’re still together.