A fan about seeing Harry out having a meal with his team, family and friends on June 18 2023 (x)

New here, genuinely trying to get my head around certain things. Why do you think friends and family were particularly nasty to fans in terms of shutting down views on louis/harry relationship? It makes me feel uncomfortable reading them, they are really quite mean. It also seems to stand in contrast to louis and harry pointing out/thumbs up/encouraging larry signs at concerts. But maybe time has changed this? Like more open recently? I'm just confused!

Hi, love. Well, in a very generalized way, I think you have to imagine what it feels like to have people continuously messaging you/tagging you/leaving comments on your posts that essentially amount to them trying to out your brother/cousin/friend, etc. Their friends and family are never going to tell fans that Harry and Louis were/are dating, so what's the point of harassing them about it?

I'm not saying that being mean to fans is the answer, but I don't think any of us can appreciate how frustrating and upsetting it must be to be bombarded with blue and green hearts or "Larry is real" every time you post something on Instagram. While I do think H/L at times do acknowledge signs at concerts, I think they're the best judges of whether something is safe for them to do. I think it's unfair to put that pressure on their friends and family.

Additionally, I think Louis' sisters were very young when the band started, and I'd hazard a guess that they weren't told the truth until they were old enough to be trusted to keep such a massive secret. If memory serves me correctly, their manner of responses toward fans changed over time. But if you look at something like Jay's wedding, Lottie and Fizzy were having a lot of fun posting and liking things that alluded to the fact that H being there was a big deal. I do understand why some fans get confused.

the queen is dead: an internet round-up (plus: argentinian journalist celebrates her death)

"Red hair and a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley."

Ginny and Ron borrow clothes “handed down” from older siblings

"I don't like being back here. I never thought I'd be stuck in this house again."

regulus is a short little man but when he and sirius both stop growing he is a singular inch taller than sirius and they'll fight about it for the rest of their lives that is my truth

Lily, Harry and James!

James cuddling with a cat (aka reggie in animagus form) <3

David Beckham was at Harry's show tonight with his daughter!! He posted a reel of them singing along to Late Night Talking in their pink boas 🥰

Very sweet 🥰

LOTS AND LOTS OF CELEBS AT WEMBLEY 2!

And his whole family:

brain filled with jegulus uni au where james walks into the wrong lecture, all tired and sleep deprived, with baby harry on his chest. cue regulus falling in love with the hot dilf that doesn't belong in his post modernism class and who he knows for a fact is sirius' best friend

first chapter is officially out :) 

takes one to know one

James: hey Reggie, could you pass me my glasses?

Regulus: no. *gives him his glasses*

James: *staring blankly at him*

Regulus: what?

James: why do you say no every time someone asks you to do something but still proceeds to do it?

Regulus:...

Regulus: no.

Voyager is our Home.

okay I absolutely get and adore harry being oblivious about ot3 developments, but consider:

after breanna makes it explicitly clear she’s queer in the card game job, harry starts Researching™

he’s trying to be good, be better. he likes this girl and wants to be there to support her and be her friend, someone she can trust. it doesn’t help that she’s around the same age as his daughter, who barely wants to associate with him anymore

he learns breanna is queer and dives into researching. watching TED talks in his spare time. reading ebooks on his phone in between playing roles in a con (bringing a physical book is less convenient and he doesn’t want to wave around the fact that he’s researching like he’s trying to be performative about it). he reads about legislation and book bans and wonders about how they could work their magic through a con to fix those things. he reads about asexuality and recognizes the flag colors from the sticker on breanna’s laptop, which he files away for later

he learns a lot! he has been peripherally aware of queer stuff- it’s kind of hard not to be in the 2020s, but now he is much more informed on a lot of issues. he has memorized at least 50 different labels and terms and has an index of resources in his head (and on his phone) if anyone might need them. he wants to understand the people he loves and cares about, whether it’s breanna or one of his daughter’s friends, or anyone in his life that is queer and he doesn’t know it yet. he wants to be ready and prepared to support them!

he learns about sapphicness and bisexuality and intersex rights and the gender spectrum. he learns about karyotypes and stonewall and other queer history. he learns about kink (blushing, but still reads because it’s important!) and relationship diversity… which leads him to discover the term polyamory

he tries not to actively apply the terms he has learned on the people in his life because he knows it’s wrong to assume things about other people. BUT. harry spends a few days reflecting on parker, hardison and eliot’s interactions and wonders. he thinks about the long hugs and lack of personal space and near telepathic communication not just between parker and hardison, but parker and eliot AND hardison and eliot. how parker knows how to make eliot take care of himself, how he knows when she forgets to eat because she’s so hyperfixated on planning a con. how parker jumps on his back for fun and no matter what, he always catches her. hardison’s absence is felt when he’s gone, deeply by the both of them.

it could just be a deep friendship, he knows. they have been working and living together for over a decade, of course they would be close!!! maybe they could even be queerplatonic! (another new word he learned!)

but. still. he quietly observes, watches closely, and thinks.

"What happened?!"

"Fought off a load of thugs, fell down the catafalque hole, battled a bunch of ghosts. You know, the usual sort of thing"

The main trio in Lockwood and Co. (2023-)