It’s often ‘omg the whole world describes them as if they’re in love with each other/marriage/boyfriend and girlfriend/backstage atmosphere like a wedding’ but have we considered that in a world where there is NO real feasible avenue for them to declare their love in public beyond the boundaries of ‘of course I love him (fraternally), he’s my brother’, the press doing the comparisons for them very publicly is basically the next step down from displaying a wedding ring on your finger. It is, isn’t it? If the whole point (besides owning property and taxes) is to tell the world you love each other (idk man I’m asexual).
It just makes me think of the time a journalist described Noel and Liam as very close and loving with each other, and Noel was so happy about it, he found the journalist’s address and posted him a thank you letter for being one of the only people out there to ‘get [his] and Liam’s relationship right.’
They’re known for talking to each other through the press. Gaze straight at a camera and look your brother in the eye. Do you have a message for him? Ask Liam this when you interview him. You’ll have to ask him. I know he’s watching this— say hello to him, everyone.
These guys are infamous for using national and international primetime media to talk to each other instead of picking up the phone. The band has always been their proxy for commitment to each other, see Liam getting mad when Noel hinted at solo with in the early 00s. The music has been a proxy for communication: always writing songs to and at each other. The way Liam can show his songs to Andy or Gem or even Paul Weller, write freely with Bonehead and John Squire (1 song with Seahorses) but can’t show Noel his work, because that’s who it’s about. Always proxies.
Have we considered that for them, the act of being all lovely doves to the point of the press saying they’re getting along and act like a couple, is basically their way of publicly declaring love for each other
