I really liked him during 1D and I tried so hard to like him when he went solo but the fact that he’s so manufactured puts me off, it’s like we can’t get to know the real him and don’t really get much from him like the others (e.g. Louis goes live a lot, Louis and Niall tweet fans a lot) - in that sense I find him arrogant, like he thinks he’s something better. The narrative in-fandom (I still follow a lot of harry stans from my 1D days) is that he doesn’t use social media because of Larry which tbh I think is a
tit excuse and it’s just his fans trying to cling onto something rather than realise he doesn’t like them that much
- yes the Larry Stylinson thing may have hurt him and his r’ship with Louis, yes that’s awful but that doesn’t mean he can’t give back to the people who are giving him money - Louis does, so surely the point about Larry is moot. I just, I don’t get what his fans
get from him
maybe it’s a
crappy reflection of me, maybe I need too much from people to stay interested
I do have a few of his songs in my playlist though, I thought maybe that’d help me like him more - it hasn’t. I do like his songs. And his voice. Just not him.
Or at least not this manufactured version of him anyway.
Also, IME his fandom are the nastiest most toxic people I’ve ever been around, so much for treating people with kindness.
As for Larry, meh, and I say that as a huge Larry shipper back in the day. I don’t have the time or the energy to care who’s sleeping with who. I don’t agree with those who take it to Harry/Louis and their families, that’s wrong, but equally in recent years I haven’t really seen much of that.