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Anonymous asked:

Hi please I'm new here so I'm begging you not to be mad at me for my question. I'm genuinely just trying to form an opinion. I just want to know how Harry's not benefiting from his closet. Louis is definitely being punished and there's nothing nice about his Mr I am in fact straight with a child image but w Harry he gets to play both sides and wear a dress and work in Hollywood. It also confuses me how Harry's songs seem to be him begging not to be left and I'm like??Something's not adding up

twopoppies:

I’m not mad at you, but I’m not a research robot who can just spit out answers the second someone wants them. I just don’t have the time or energy to continually prove things to people. I’m sorry that that makes it harder for some new fans, but I’m exhausted. This line of questioning has been going in for well over a year and I just can’t do it every time a new fan discovers this band or has a question. . 

All I can say is that someone accusing him of “benefitting” from being closeted, doesn’t understand what it’s like to be closeted. No one would choose to lie about such an enormous part of who they are unless they felt they had to. Feel free to search my blog for tags like

Harry’s image

PR and Marketing

Closeting

Bearding

Music Industry

Hollywood Homophobia

Record Contracts

The only song I can think of on Fine Line that even comes close to Harry “begging not to be left” is Falling. I answered someone about Falling recently, here (including links to some other people’s analyses).

When he spoke with Zane Lowe, he said about Falling: “I kind of started to feel like threads of you know, where I could see myself becoming someone that I didn’t want to be.” Harry has spoken about how the sequencing of his songs is so important and how much time it took to get right, He also has said that this song, in particular, is “very centered in what the record is… centered in a time that a lot of the record was kind of built around”. So I think it’s important that Falling is in the middle of the album, smack between the first group of songs that are all about the euphoria of first falling in love, and the second group of songs that seem to be about rediscovering and deepening love, and learning to understand yourself on a deeper level. 

Just because someone has a period of deep unhappiness, feeling abandoned, feeling like all is lost, doesn’t mean it’s the overall theme of their life (or album). And there’s a huge assumption (based on the way the narrative of this album was pushed) that what Harry is talking about in a song like this is the end of a romantic relationship. But I honestly believe so much of Fine Line (the album) is actually about Harry’s relationship with himself and with gender. And I think Falling can be looked at through that lens, as well. Especially if we think about what he said about Falling being centered in a time that much of the record was built around. Being afraid of losing themselves and/or their parter because of gender confusion is not exactly uncommon (this analysis discusses the concept from Louis’ POV)

I’m not saying there aren’t songs about romantic struggles, but I think people are trying too hard to look at their albums and say aha! They’re together. Or aha! They broke up. And I just think it’s a lot more complex. 

For many of us, Harry and Louis’ relationship is the primary reason we’re here. But when you’re settled in a long term relationship, it’s unlikely that everything you want to express as an artist is about your love life. Harry grappling with his gender identity seems to have been of much greater importance to him while making FL. Here’s a tag for posts on Harry’s Gender.

As for the rest of the album, please just search my song analysis tag. There’s lots there. 

seiyuna:

Evgeni Plushenko, one of the most renowned figure skaters, is probably who Victor is based off of. He is a 4x Olympic medalist, 3x World champion, 7x European champion, 4x Grand Prix Final champion, and 10x Russian national champion. His official Facebook page consistently posts about YOI, but it is confirmed that his media twitter is linked to the page. He has an official personal twitter and a media twitter account run by his staff.

Kenji Miyamoto, an ice dancer and figure skating coach who is the choreographer for YOI, posts about YOI on his blog. He has also choreographed for both Evgeni Plushenko and Yuzuru Hanyu in the past. Here’s a photo of him with Plushenko.

Evgenia Medvedeva, a 16-year-old Russian figure skater who is the 2016 World champion, 2016 European champion, 2015 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2016 Russian national champion, posts about YOI and other anime often on her twitter account. She also borrowed the official Japanese uniform from fellow skater Wakaba Higuchi and cosplayed as Yuuri! You may have seen her Sailor Moon program before!

Masato Kimura, a Japanese figure skater who has competed in national championships such as the 2015 Japan Figure Skating Championships, posts about YOI on his twitter and even posted a video of himself skating to History Maker.

Nobunari Oda, is a retired Japanese figure skater who is a former Olympian, 2006 Four Continents champion, 4x Grand Prix Final medalist, and 2008 Japanese national champion. He is also a TV personality and often gives figure skating commentary. He tweeted the following, which roughly translates to: “Yuri!!! On Ice is really amusing.”

Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea, are partners and American pair skaters who are the 2014 Four Continents silver medalists and 2016 U.S. national champions. They exchanged the following tweets:

Thanks to @offtosingapore for the last two!

Michael Martinez is a Filipino figure skater who is the 2015 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, 2x Triglav Trophy champion, and medalist at the 2014 Warsaw Cup. He is the first skater from Southeast Asia to qualify for the Olympics and the only athlete to represent the Philippines at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He tweeted videos of watching YOI and his resemblance to Phichit!

Johnny Weir is a renowned American figure skater who is the 2008 World bronze medalist, a 2x Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and 3x U.S. national champion. Although he has retired from competitions, he continues to skate in ice shows and makes TV appearances. He has designed figure skating costumes for various figure skaters, including Yuzuru Hanyu. He retweeted one of Evgenia Medvedeva’s tweets:

Kevin Reynolds is a Canadian figure skater who is the 2013 Four Continents champion, 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist, and a 4x Canadian national medalist. He took a photo with a YOI poster he received from TV Asashi. He has also skated to Cowboy Bepop’s opening song in the past!

Ashley Wagner is an American figure skater. She is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the 2016 World silver medalist, 2012 Four Continents champion, 3x Grand Prix Final medalist, and 3x U.S. national champion. She tweeted the following:

Nam Nguyen is an 18-year-old Canadian figure skater who is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2014 Skate America bronze medalist and 2015 Canadian national champion. He tweeted:

Deniss Vasiļjevs is a 17-year-old Latvian figure skater. He is the silver medalist at the 2016 Youth Olympics and also won bronze in the team event. He also won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. He tweeted the following:

Michal Brezina is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2013 European bronze medalist, 2011 Skate America champion, 2009 World Junior silver medalist, and 2010 Czech national champion. He is also the winner of the 2014-15 ISU Challenger Series. He noted his resemblance to Jean Jacques Leroy.

Valentina Marchei is an Italian figure skater who is the 5x Italian national champion. She represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics and placed 11th. She tweeted about her resemblance to Sara Crispino:

history-huhh:

let oscar isaac play a gay man and cast him as rafael luna in the rwrb movie

This!