Today is a great day to remind everyone that Liam Payne’s death isn’t about One Direction. Liam Payne’s death is about Liam Payne.
And this brings us to a fundamental conclusion: the boys don’t owe us anything.They don’t owe us a tribute or a performance or a speech or even a tweet. It’s up to them (maybe) if they want to do something for Liam and this doesn’t concern us. Because Liam Payne’s death is neither about us.
The irony of the Grammys using an instrumental version of Story of my Life to advertise Grammy camp when they never once acknowledged the band is just REALLY SOMETHING ISNT IT
everyone who actually lived through the peak of zouis, the crash of bus 1, and then ten years later see them officially reunite during zayn’s first tour with louis supporting him from the balcony….. deserves a veterans discount and financial compensation for the rest of their lives.
so so many people won’t understand the gravity of this moment because they became fans too late but those of us who have been waiting since two thousand and fucking fifteen Know. those of us who watched them snipe at each other on twitter and say hurtful things in interviews… pretend the other didn’t even exist for so long… this is for us. those of us who watched them grow older and lose people close to them, watched zayn tentatively post clips of himself singing 1d songs and liking 1d edits. those of us who, only a couple of years ago, heard louis say they need to grow up more before they’re able to have the necessary conversations… those of us who know it’s not farfetched to say that liam loved these two the most in the band. he loved harry and niall, yes, but zayn was his best friend and he still went to louis for advice even years down the line. those of us who remember the time when it used to be harryandlouis & zaynandliam. now liam isnt here to watch his best friends reconcile (partly because of him) and i’m never going to recover from this
it is all the love to all of the boys, of course it is, but i think we all understand why it’s sending special love to louis because i just can’t wrap my head around going through so much pain again and again and again. and i know he will be coming out of this even stronger, but at some point you’ve got to ask yourself how much one single person can take
as someone who is never on tumblr anymore i just wanted to say that this was the first place i ran to last night when i read the news. but i was in such a shock that i had no idea what to say, so i just read everyone’s posts while trying to process. and still today i have no idea what to say. i still can’t believe it. so i just wanted to send all my love to you guys, please take care of yourselves and each other. i love you 🤍
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