I find it intellectuallyĀ rivetingānay, anthropologically spellbinding how the phrase āshipping real people is grossā only ever seems to escape the lips of those morally panicked individuals when the ship in question isĀ Larry. Ah yes, the ancient art of selective sanctimony. A tale as old as heteronormativity.
Like, where was this moral grandstanding when the internet descended into collective hysteria over Haylor, a coupling that lasted roughly the same amount of time it takes to microwave a burrito? Or when Elounope was treated like a royal marriage forged by the gods of coordinated pap walks? Not a murmur. Not even the faint rustling of a hypocriteās conscience.
But theĀ minuteĀ someone so much as breathes the word āLarry,ā people start clutching their pearls like Victorian debutantes confronted with ankles.
Apparently, concern for the psychological sanctity of celebrities only activates when twoĀ menĀ are involved. Fascinating! PositivelyĀ textbook! Freud is doing the Macarena in his grave.
And letās be abundantly clear: Larry is not and hasnāt been ājust a shipā since likeā¦2012? This is not your average, garden-variety ātheyād be cute togetherā scenario. This is a multi-layered, intertextual, slow-burn epic spanning over a decade, filled with mirrored lyrics, shared wardrobes, matching tattoos, suspicious silences, and the kind of emotionally-charged eye contact that could power a small European village.
Weāre not shipping. Weāre conducting a longitudinal queer study with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and footnotes. Our thesis is due. MLA format. Peer-reviewed by Tumblr.
And the most mind boggling part? There is objectively more compelling, tangible, eyebrow-raising evidence that Harry and Louis are together than thereĀ everĀ was for Louis and Eleanor. Whose vibe resembled two wax figures posing for a Sears catalogue titled āHeterosexuality: We Swear.ā Meanwhile, H&L were out here singing at each other like star-crossed lovers in a tragic musical sponsored by Modest management and Syco entertainment.
But sure,Ā weāreĀ the ones who need psychological evaluation.
And the absoluteĀ audacityĀ of people dissecting one side-eye in a red carpet photo of a straight couple and calling it proof of eternal love, then turning around and calling Larries ādelusionalā for noticing literal patterns that have spanned an entire decade⦠itās giving hypocritical rococo goblin.
If you genuinely believe shipping real people is wrong, then please kindly evacuate from every straight ship tag with the urgency of a possum in a Whole Foods. But donāt masquerade as the Patron Saint of Privacy while gleefully reposting Haylor edits with āAll Too Well (10 min version)ā playing in the background.
Itās not about ethics. Itās about comfort. And queer love storiesāespecially the ones they tried to bury under PR and denialāmake peopleĀ uncomfortable.
So no, weāre not āinvading privacy.ā Weāre just exceptionally observant, chronically online, and possibly a little feral. But also? Right.
(sorry for the rant lol)
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