#except really

[seradae]

Welp, our tests were false negatives. It was COVID the whole time.

At least I know now and took precautions to not expose anyone regardless.

[beardedmrbean]

This is not David and Goliath here my guy, this is not one the little guy is going to win.

[apiratecalledav]

If Harrow really is Pip, when he gets de-bird-ed, I need the following to happen:

Rayla and Callum are being cute dorks

Harrow:

Callum sees him looking:

Later:

Harrow, giving Callum a bear hug and swinging him around: My son has his first girlfriend!!!

Callum: Daaaad!

Harrow: You called me “Dad?”

Callum: You called me your son.

[kuhcra]

Damnit, fucked my timings! Missing the start of my last Leo-Sergio match cause still making food 🤦🏻‍♀️

[rjalker]

This thing has a song now and it’s Firelight by Within Temptation because Ships got it stuck in my head so yeah.

[kaminaepicwin]

Sexual Dimorphism: *Exists* The Patriarchy: You see! Creatures of different sexes are different and thus we are valid! Scientists: But that just means- The Patriarchy: Lalalala, I can’t hear you!

[thehours2002]

let 2018 be the year of idk... Pragmatism

[louehvolution]

Et Canada's headline " Louis Tomlinson slams Coachella 2018 line ups " saying where the fuck are the bands ?". We're already getting these types of headlines . This is horrible for his image :(

Hi! I agree. This isn’t a good image at all. This isn’t positive press. This does not raise his profile or expose him to new audiences in a positive manner. This doesn’t sell his music or him as an artist.

Twitter Moments. ET Canada. MTV. Billboard

The Coachella line-up is out, but @Louis_Tomlinson isn’t impressed.

Louis Tomlinson Isn’t Happy With The Coachella Line-Up

Louis Tomlinson Isn’t Happy With the 2018 Coachella Lineup: ‘Where the F— Are All The Bands?’

And the picture chosen for the BB tweet is not coincidental, in my opinion.

Even if he isn’t being outright insulted in the press, the implications are clear when the articles talk about him complaining and not being impressed, and then follow it up with how Coachella is a “star-studded event” and “world-renowned festival” with Beyonce, Eminem, and The Weeknd headlining, and featuring other “huge acts” including “major bands”. MTV delivers a sardonic “Better luck next time…” to end the article, and Billboard points out how “Apart from Tomlinson’s disappointment, celebs and performers alike were pretty excited about the lineup.”

To me, this is intended to a) alienate him from other celebrities and artists—not getting to go to events or have interaction with anyone but Niall, isn’t enough, apparently—and b) give the impression of someone coarse, pugnacious, arrogant and snobbish. And this, in my opinion, is a ‘subtle’ way to mock him and demean him further, because Louis doesn’t have the same name recognition as Harry or Zayn, and that Niall and Liam are gaining—the first reply under the Twitter Moments I saw was ‘Who the hell is Louis Tomlinson?’ and considering the lack of promotion around Louis except for tabloid press, is that surprising? And really, even Ed Sheeran would look like an idiot if he said the Coachella line-up was disappointing when Beyonce is performing. It reminds me of BTY promo when they ran press about him ‘slamming’ Justin Bieber for cancelling his tour—even though his actual answer was very carefully worded and diplomatic—while Bieber was in everyone’s good graces. They set him up to lose and to be antagonised to the public and isolated from his peers— because what celebrity is going to side with him?

And the wording and tone, as usual: churlish and rough. It’s so awfully at odds with what Louis is actually like? I cannot understand how any fan who has listened and watched his interviews can think this is the same person. Louis is very articulate, thoughtful, and polite. Bebe talked about how kind he was to her and her team. Interviewers have described him as sweet and almost shy. When have we ever heard him act or talk like @Louis or Tabloid!Louis do? And for some mixing it up with credible activity means all of it must be Louis and real. That is a tactic of manipulation? You build lies around kernels of truth and illusions of intimacy and disclosure—the ‘personal’ Twitter and IG account, and the involvement of his family in order to validate the stunts, for instance. Think about the stunt items in the background of ‘real’ pictures. And they take something real and distort it. Louis loves Doncaster becomes Louis is a chav who doesn’t want to be a global artist, for example. Yet somehow fans fall for it, ignoring the incongruity. Or they would rather believe it’s him in order to have that perceived connection on SM mean something, I suppose. Or because it’s convenient to further some head canon, even. Personally, I think the connection Louis has given us to him through his music and through other means… those pink triangles in MY, those articles in the JLY music video… the shirts and the selfies… means more than anything else.

And just think about how Louis has defined himself as an artist? Despite the push of the chav image, he has still emphasised—and demonstrated—an honest vulnerability and intense humanity, as well as an almost painful humility. Compare that to the boorish, snappish, blustering persona that is created through his social media and print.

And a person who has shown how aware he is about how the industry works and what it means to be professional is the same person who suddenly feels the need to go on and on grouching on SM about clean versions on radio, and photographers selling prints from their copyrighted art, and calling for attitude and ‘trouble causes’ and potentially escalating a situation with a radio host? Always with middle finger emojis and swear words and the same limited vocabulary…

What they are doing is damaging his brand and reputation, and erasing and misrepresenting who Louis is as a person. Just one more piece in their game. :( It’s so, so unfair.