#dance!!

･ﾟ: ｡･:*:･ﾟ dance like it’s the nineteentwenty*:｡･:*:･ﾟ

*takes long drag of cigarette while i sit in my glass box at the internet’s version of the hague*

in retrospect (aka i’m an adult now) there were/are real relationships with women that the 1d boys sustained. eleanor + louis’ current relationship were probably real, perrie was at least somewhat real. i think liam is married now? that’s probably real 

but there was also the time harry went out with one of the jenner children, and his bisexuality was CONSTANTLY covered up. i’m pretty sure he said, in an interview point blank, that he is bisexual, and for years everyone ignored it (that’s more of a biphobia thing but stay with me here). every interaction that every 1d member had with a woman was obviously contrived, and even if it originally wasn’t, there was some intention. like, i think originally perrie and zayn were for realsies, but when i read in some gossip magazine that they said they wanted the fans to be a part of the wedding? that’s when you know it’s at LEAST being exploited. as a general guideline, the less you know about the relationship the better. 

((there are obvi exceptions to this: like was tswizzle’s relationship with thomas hiddlesbitch a pr move originally? no. but him wearing a swift tshirt to the beach probably was))

but i digress:

the point of a PR stunt is to entertain and to catch the eye of the press and fans. the more high quality, “candid” shots that exist of two people (or, in sebstan’s case, that’s ALL we have) the more likely it is that all of it was staged and they need paps so that gossip mags can reap the benefits. there’s an entire discussion here about communication, “free press,” word of mouth, etcetc - but my ritalin’s wore off and i’m pretty tired and oh my god i have the munchies but the ritalin is stopping me from feeling hunger and i want mcdonalds more than i want to breathe correctly. 

so blah blah blah, a PR stunt is meant to entertain. it’s meant to get people talking. louis having a “fake baby” was such a big deal that pretty major news outlets were reporting on it, which drew attention to 1d’s music and gave them a boost. the larry theory allowed 1d to covet die hard gay mens and straight girls into listening to their music and “dissecting lyrics” for subtle clues, shit like that. like, i was ENTERTAINED by all this shit. and even if i didn’t buy that harry and kylie/kendell were on a real date - watching harrry styles speed off into the night gave me a good chuckle. 

all the shit that was pulled caught my eye, it made me laugh, it stuck in my brain so long it’s 2020 and i’m just sort of now processing that louis tomlinson and liam payne both have children??? what??? the fuck???