"Harry helped to actually keep all of them down and make sure the industry kept them in the dark to favour him." (goongiveusnothing) OH FUCK OFF
My observation of how Harry behaves or doesn't behave towards the others is this:
He knew from quite early on that he was the most popular. In the band, he didn't milk that, and he never acknowledged it. Since then if it's been addressed in interviews, he ignores the questions and redirects the focus. He did start dressing differently once Harry Lambert was involved, but that's it. There is no end of shade he could have directed at all the others and he didn't and does not.
He waited till April 2017 to release a single. He didn't craft it to be a better version of what anyone else was doing. There wasn't even a radio cut of SOTT. Had he wanted to 'keep all of them down' he could have released a pop hit but actually, he held off and released something that wouldn't compete. Was that him giving everyone time and space to do their thing? He will never tell. It's an interpretation, though. (One of many, I admit!)
He's never talked about Larry except that mealy-mouthed roundabout answer (that was still a clear no!) when someone suggested Sweet Creature was about Louis. So we know that a lot of Larries will ignore his words regardless, as they do with Louis, but if Harry weighed in on Larry, Louis would have lost some fans, which he couldn't afford. That's just how Louis' fanbase shook down at the end of 1D. Harry could have kept Louis down by losing him fans if he said Larry was all bullshit. An easy win, if he wanted to win.
He mentions the others so rarely by name. What would happen if he did? A big old Harry Styles headline and more reunion talk in the press. It's my belief that Harry isn't hankering after a reunion, so he doesn't want that to overshadow his solo work. But the others have all had solo work as well, and if you notice, they don't bring up the reunion either: it is the interviewers. It's not just him trying to achieve space between 1D and solo work, they are all doing it. The exception was Liam and that's just a sad story, he needed the mentions and the connection, for himself if not for his work.
The simple fact about Harry is he looks the part, he seems to enjoy dressing the part, he and his people make music that the GP like as well as 1D stans, and that is that. He has aged into a face and a body that's intensely appealing to a lot of women of all ages. He doesn't talk too much, he is an enigma, and he seems to be lovely to people when he does talk. Fgs, he is hardly keeping anyone down through good looks and good manners lol. He is not wearing a sparkly jumpsuit with his pecs out in order to make Niall, Louis, Liam and Zayn look bad.
(I'm sorry this is so long, it is just such a stupid idea, I don't even know why I wasted my time writing it out, that person is a total lost cause.)
👏👏👏 Agree that if Harry really wanted to 'keep the others down' there's plenty he could have said. A hint that he found one of them difficult to get along with, or favouring one member's solo music over the others in a big interview. He never did.
I've wondered for a while where the extreme rage and bitterness on that Nothing account comes from, and finally we know. She's a Louis Tomlinson fan. Unfortunately for her, Harry lives a quiet, blameless life, so she has to focus on things that make her look ridiculous - endless obsessing over his hair, for instance.