#about hl

[ssfoc]

You’re wrong sea. As a person that’s been around the fandom since 2011, all of them were touchy all the time and if Louis ever recoiled from someone touching him it was as a joke. If you just saw gifs of it I suggest watching the videos. There’s a master post by an anti including all the ships that could be good research material for you. I think it’s on toobadforthefacts

If I have time, I will check it out. Thanks.

[genuineconspiracy]

Hi! I’m a newer larrie and I was curious about one aspect of HL. I know they’re closeted but it seems like HL and their lives and who they interact with are so separate. Like some of the people H hangs with/vacation don’t ever seem to be associated with L (like the gerbers/ yacht friends). And H being on vacation on NYE etc when you’d think a couple would be together. Or Christmas when they could be mia but instead there r pics of them separate. I respect your thoughts so wanted your thoughts :)

People like the Gerbers who are seen with H or L are people who they go out with with the intention of being seen. That’s just how Hollywood works. Who you’re seen with matters, and if you don’t want to be seen together, you won’t be. As Louis puts it in Miss You:

Going out every weekend Staring at the stars or the ceiling Hollywood friends, got to see them Such a good time I believe it this time

The recent NYE trip was pretty clearly PR for mostly Adele, though obviously H and Corden benefited, too. I’m also pretty sure Louis wasn’t seen anywhere during that trip, but that’s only my recollection.

Regardless of that particular instance, they both spend plenty of time “MIA” - meaning off of the fandom radar. They’re able to see each other often. (That’s the 2-week rule, they don’t go more than 2 weeks without having time where they could feasibly spend some time together. A 2 week rule is a relatively common recommendation for busy couples /couples who travel separately a lot - do your best to check in at least every 2 weeks so you have a time together to look forward to and you don’t unintentionally drift apart for too long.)

You have to remember that these two built their relationship in a very intense 24/7 contact environment for five years. Their relationship has no doubt changed to accommodate their new schedules, and I’m sure it has taken some adjusting, but plenty of couples survive these kinds of massive changes. People spend years without seeing their spouse more than a handful of times and they are still married and remain married when they reunite. HL aren’t in that dire of a situation, they’re more comparable to two successful professionals with busy schedules that require a lot of travel.... because that’s what they are. There are plenty of people like that who are married.  So being apart, having crazy schedules, etc. do not mean that HL must surely have separated. It only means it’s harder for us to see, looking in (where frankly we have little business prying), when they are together. 

But if you want a “proof” - the Eroda account tweeted that it was sunny in Eroda the day Louis and Harry were together in London (publicly) for the first time in ages.

And as for Holidays, I don’t mean this rudely, but that’s a ridiculous way to approach it. Hell, within my own family, we have multiple “Thanksgiving” days with different parts of the family AND different families/couples come and go. So with a large family you could easily end up with 2+ days to celebrate any given holiday with part of the family, and any and all parts of the family could easily visit multiple households in one day. That’s just normal. Never mind being international pop stars trying to hide a near-decade committed relationship. 

Like, iirc, Louis was seen with the Tomlinson-Deakin clan on Christmas Day and Harry was seen with family friends on Boxing Day. And I think Anne might’ve posted a Christmas morning photo. The timeline (i think) we have doesn’t necessitate the two of them actually separating for the holiday at all, but even if it did, it’s not particularly strange for a young couple to go to their own family’s holiday events separately and have their own, private Christmas whenever the schedule works out. 

Basically, they’re closeted, and they both have busy schedules. There are some typical couple-y things that they might not be able to do as a result, but none of those things are necessary for a healthy and happy relationship. They’re all things that perfectly ordinary couples survive and there is no reason to think that HL, with all of their resources, wouldn’t also be able to survive as a couple if they wanted to. Even if we were to throw out all solo-era evidence that they’re still together (still goin’ strong), I find it hard to believe they’d abandon a strong, committed relationship like they clearly built during 1D simply because of scheduling conflicts.