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Like when holivia started, and many people were shocked because it had been so long since the last time, because he seemed more free, because he wore a dress on vogue... (as if the album he had released this year didn't have a song with an audio of 'his ex' and a song promoted as the 'pussy song', yk. And that he has gained many many new fans that don't really consider him not being straight). And yet, we still had many talks about how he was choosing it, that even if he wasn't super excited he must have his reasons and a bigger plan, that it was for promo, that his stunts are always for promo (unlike louis), that he needs success and then he will be more free. And you got to start wondering when this then will be. And I don't want to project or make him a vicitim more than he actually is etc. But yeah, I think that somehow from a certain moment the power of the industry and of the closet has been underestimated, that some things have been a bit 'taken for granted'.

I don't know what is happening on his side, if people and things that he thought were on his side have been disappointed or what, so I will just stop now to speculate. But I will for sure be a bit concerned and try to see when he's trying to say something, and I won't take his 'openess' for granted, he's still closeted.

i think you’re misreading the tone here. what i’m not about to do is entertain insults @ him or his character.

i definitely think thats a part of it but honestly i think its more than that. from their perspective, the idea of harry being attracted to men wasnt even a concept until more recently. larries were being attacked left and right for pointing out from as early as 2011 that harry wasnt straight. even after harry was signalling at it more obviously and even after the “not that important” statement so many people were wilfully ignorant to what he was trying to tell us. they didnt want to agree with the larries and realise that maybe we were right all along. 

it wasnt really until medicine and the sun article, and then more recent things that he’s been doing, that they couldnt ignore it any longer. now sure they accept his attraction to men but they dont consider it in the same way that they do his (in their eyes) attraction to women. ive seen them say in their own words that they dont think harry has ever had a relationship with a man that the most he’s probably done is “experiment”. i have never seen them speculate, in a serious way, about any of the men in harrys life or the men he’s been pictured with. its always women again and again and again. even yesterday with bananagate (lol) i had a look and they skimmed over it asap. his overt attraction to men and his gay signalling doesnt fit into their image of him. the idea that he could ever be closeted and actually be gay terrifies them because god forbid they support harry for who he is and align themselves with larries.

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