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me:

Now, in order for my own rationalization to make sense, you have to know that I firmly believe that 1DHQ is a new team. Modest may still be behind the scenes a bit but they are not making any major decisions and have not been for several months. Based on the publicity Louis is getting, the rebranded image of the group i.e. the Honda Civic Tour, and other related events, I don’t think for a second Modest has the ability, connections, wherewithal, or interest to facilitate any of these things. So when I refer to 1DHQ, I am not referring to Modest and, by extension, HJPR. I’m referring to a new regime.

So yesterday after the initial shock wore off and I realized that no, I was not still asleep trying to shake off a migraine, I had one major question on my mind: Was this sanctioned by 1DHQ? The thing that threw me off was it was released by People. People has become the new mouthpiece for the group in recent months, and this seemed counterproductive to my thinking that they were setting the stage for H&L to come out by the fifth album release. Why would they release something that perpetuates a hetero image? Furthermore, why the emphasis on Louis and Briana being just *friends*? Given the impossibility of the pregnancy and the fact that the story is so farfetched, I didn’t know if 1DHQ facilitated this. So if they didn’t, what did that mean? Did People go off book and go rogue? Would 1DHQ release a denial? Would Louis lose his shit and take out People like he’s destroyed so many other careers? As of last night, these were all thoughts running through my head, and the later it got without a comment, the more confused I was.

As I said, I wanted to reserve judgment until I saw how today went. Now that we’re approaching the end of the day west coast time, I’m going to toss in my own theory about this fuckery.

So the one thing we all have seen is that the media reaction to this rumor has been to laugh it off. Grimshaw did it, Andy Cohen did it, even random local newscasters are like WTF is this shit? The other noticeable thing is the fact that Harry and Larry have been dropped into the conversation more times than is necessary. Because it isn’t necessary to mention them at all. Harry has nothing to do with Louis getting a girl pregnant, so why bring it up?

I’ve seen some chatter about how their team is stupid for doing this because in trying to reinforce a hetero image for Louis, all they’ve done is perpetuate Larry and encourage people to look into it. Because let’s face it, even if the general public has heard of Larry, they probably don’t know too much about it. In seeing edits of Harry pretending to have a baby belly paired with a headline about Louis becoming a dad, or reading an article asking what this means for Larry Stylinson, or jokingly asking if the baby is really Harry’s, then that reader who is unfamiliar with the inner workings of Larry will go, “What does Harry have to do with this?” and might just Google to figure out what the joke is, or just read more into the article that most likely gives a summary that “some fans believe Louis and Harry are in a romantic relationship.” Boom.

I think the silence from their team on this matter says everything. The team won’t comment because they WANT people to read the articles, they WANT people to laugh it off, and they ultimately want them to get it into their heads that Larry is a thing, even if it’s tabloid fodder. Because guess what. In two weeks, or two months, or however long it takes for H&L to come out, those people who read about Larry in these articles will remember it. They’ll think, “Oh yeah, I read that in the article about the pregnancy scare.” Mass seeding done, just like that.

Because as much as this is bullshit for us to witness, and as much as we’re tired of the nonsense that follows this band around like a rain cloud, this stunt isn’t for us. This is mass exposure on an international scale that not only gets Louis’ name in the headlines but links Harry and Louis together indirectly without having to do much work at all.

I reject the idea that this scheme is reinforcing a hetero image on Louis. I don’t think this is another case of their team “ignoring things like they always do” (like Weedgate) because their old team is not responsible for this. I don’t believe Louis agreed to this because he wants to continue the closet. I believe he agreed to this because he wants the closet to end, and soon. Because his name has never been bigger, this is the widest scale Larry has mentioned on in years, and they will capitalize on this.

I get the exhaustion and the frustration and the anxiety. I get that the team not commenting looks bad. But the longer they leave this festering, the more time Louis’ name simmers in the public consciousness right along with Larry. Again, they don’t care if this is causing us stress and feeling like we should jump ship. Because this is not about us, and it never was. This is about long term longevity in the press and the need to set up the coming out on a massive scale where everyone who finds out will not only know who Louis is but have a vague understanding of what Larry is.

I could be completely wrong. The world could implode tomorrow. It might take five years for them to come out. But I truly don’t think so. I think this is setting the stage for the final moves before and including the coming out.