sea, I'm kind of worried about the new content from louis... larries are not happy with harry's behaviour, but obviously it won't affect him bc "he's a poor guy stuck in contracts by evil jeffrey" but "louis is a millionaire, so he doesn't need our money". I wouldn't be surprised if they pull the boycott bs again, but they'll obviously buy his new make-up line bc "he's gone through so much". literally don't understand their mindset, they could be mad at any of them but louis will always get the bad side :/ and if their promo coincide once again, we can forget about any good reviews/ interviews đ
I have some thoughts about this, and I donât want to be mean to Larries who genuinely love Louis, but here it is.
Itâs very clear, after five years, that Harryâs and Louisâ careers are going down two very different paths. Whatever their relationship to each other (or not), their professional opportunities, their career outlook, their influence, their sales, their general public popularity differ exponentially.
All of that is not without mental and emotional consequence to Harry and Louis.
Weâre happy when we get promoted at work, or see our efforts lead to better outcomes in our lives.
The same thing happens to Harry and Louis. Being multimillionaires doesnât protect them from wanting to create admirable art or wanting recognition for it. It isnât enough to please a fandom who already loves them and is ready to support whatever they do; they also want to grow as artists, reach other audiences, know that their hard work will be worthwhile to their own peers.
Harry has achieved this. Both his industry support and fandom support have given him freedom to fly. Spending three days taking photos with Olivia from a yacht is no hardship compared to the opportunities he has been given (not earned) â the opportunity to do whatever he wants and be secure in knowing that his work, as such, will be properly promoted and rewarded. His horizon is wide open.
Louis has had the opposite. A perverse, immoral industry has closed contacts, opportunities, fair chances to him, and itâs been going on both in obvious, transparent ways, as well as less obvious ways.
We talk about this over and over, but I think what weâre seeing is the result of years of fandom perversely helping to hype Harry up and kick Louis down.
Harries are the main, unconscionable, huge group that facilitated itâ and I include Harries in influential areas of industry, from editors to critics to pop culture figures.
But Larries are a big part of this too.
They should take responsibility for it. I know they wonât, and sometimes they cause big damage and leave (or come back to double down on the damage).
From Louisâ perspective, as much as he has edited that part of his life away, it is impossible for him not to see his fandom sayingâ over and over, for yearsâ that he didnât want a solo career, he lied about having LT1, he wants Harryâs career to flourish, he sacrificed himself for Harryâs happiness, that Harry promised to âgive up everything if he asked him to,â when the reality is so completely opposite.
It is impossible for Louis to meet roadblock after roadblock after a huge, international career, and not be affected somehow. Itâs even worse to see his own fans perversely saying that he chose it, and itâs his lack of ambition or self-sacrificial nature or love, instead of admitting that there IS some objective abnormality.
As for Harry himself, throughout this solo era, he has emerged a mercenary and Machiavellian creature.
I used to love him as a teen and young performer, but I no longer expect him to have any extraordinary kindness or human goodness. Iâm not expecting him to behave any differently than any other public figureâ politician, pop star, etc. Maybe heâs neither better nor worse than anyone else, the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, etc. ⊠just celebrities living in their own bubbles, insulated, invulnerable. Harry isnât a complicated person. Heâs quite simple and straightforward.
Harry has never had to suffer, so he has never needed to have empathy. Empathy is not crucial to his survival nor an intrinsic part of his character. So heâs efficiently eliminated it. His fandom doesnât miss it. He, and they, are simple.
Louis⊠has empathy. He always had it, from the very beginning. His years of experience have taught him to value humility and to work harder in response to negativity. He has had to mentally tune out haters and âheadlines that I canât stand,â to ignore the negative noise around him and put his head down to keep working. Hard work, creating his own opportunities, words of kindness and support to his friends and colleagues, charity and generosityâ all are simply part of Louisâ core make up.
But it all takes an emotional toll.
Fans should realize that Louis isnât superhuman. He is a man, a real person. He jokes and checks in with us, but fandom is a double-edged sword. Louis leaves himself open to feelings, makes himself vulnerableâ but this takes a toll too. We want him to perform for us. Weâre impatient. Weâre worried. We want results, good news. But Louis is one person, a single human being. Itâs always good to keep that in mind.
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