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dangerous" and, further, question what paradigm they might be dangerous to. They say that framing
Larries exclusively as consumers and spreaders of fake news "miss the overarching socio-political paradigms that shape what can be seen, heard, and represented in the first instance." Kaitlyn Tiffany challenges this viewpoint, claiming fans were "robbed" of neutrality towards Larry once it was seen as "serious business" due to it interfering with Styles and Tomlinson's personal lives.
319:, the conspiracy theory called "babygate" was created. The theory asserts the pregnancy was fake and manufactured by his management. Larries claim that the "baby" born from the pregnancy was at first a doll, but as the "baby" aged, it was replaced by an actor or another member of his friend's family. The bodies and behavior of Tomlinson and his friend were scrutinized for signs that she was faking the pregnancy, and photos of them were analyzed in
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has been subjected to fans speculating about his wife's pregnancy. Zayn Malik and Liam Payne have also been subjected to "babygates" of their own. According to academic Anna Martin, these conspiracies are so common because "Star texts allow for fantasies not only of wealth and leisure, but of a life
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Tiffany, author and Directioner, states that "... would often kind of accuse other fans of being homophobic if they didn’t support Larry Stylinson. Anti-Larries would often dwell on Larries and try to pick apart their logic and shout them down in a way that was maybe unnecessary. It became
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People who become intrigued by the conspiracy may be directed to more detailed written content, which ranges from day-by-day timelines of their relationship to intricate explanations of the babygate theory. Many accounts that update on One
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Direction generally) and Larries. Some Harries and Louies are former Larries and self-identify as ex-Larries. There is also a substantial community of One Direction-adjacent fans called "antis" who spend large amounts of time online countering the things that Larries say
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to create a television documentary about fans of One
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writer. The show portrays Kat as the inventor of the Larry
Stylinson ship. Following the release of the episode, both Larry conspiracy theorists and non-conspiracy theorist fans of Styles and Tomlinson expressed outrage that the ship was portrayed in the show. Styles and Tomlinson had not approved
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Richards, who researches disinformation on TikTok, has said of conspiracy theories, "We've seen that time and time again this can absolutely translate to real-world harm." However, academics Hannah McCann and Clare Southerton question the motives behind "dismissing Larries as merely
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of Styles behaving this way while
Tomlinson has explicitly stated he is straight, Larries have constructed a martyrdom narrative for Tomlinson. Tomlinson is seen as being kept "in chains" so that Styles can experience a life where he is commercially successful and sexually free. At the same time,
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Ever since the Larry conspiracy began, the passion of this group of fans has caused harassment of Styles and
Tomlinson, their friends and family, and journalists covering Larries. As early as 2012, Tomlinson admitted that the popularity of the theory was negatively affecting the way he and Styles
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Like many other conspiracy theorists, Larries have a strong presence on social media, and on TikTok in particular. The #larrystylinson tag on TikTok has 7.5 billion collective views as of May 2022. The spread of conspiracy theories on TikTok is well documented. According to anthropologist Joseph
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In the documentary, Larries were accused of bringing shame onto the One
Direction fandom by making all One Direction fans look crazy. Hashtags like #thisisnotus were used by One Direction members to separate themselves from Larries after the documentary's release. The increased visibility of the
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in 2010 and the self-called Larries formed soon after, inspired by the pair's close and public friendship. Since the beginning, most Larries have been insistent that Styles and Tomlinson's relationship is real. According to an anonymous One Direction fan interviewed by
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behaved in public. Tomlinson also referred to Larry as "bullshit" and "conspiracy theories" on Twitter around this time. This did not deter conspiracy theorist fans from regularly speculating when Styles and Tomlinson might announce their relationship to the public.
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in 2012, "There’s no real space in fandom for people who ship Harry/Louis in the fictional sense." However, Larries were not the majority of the fanbase (called "Directioners"), with only "a couple thousand" Larries estimated to exist by one fan in 2012.
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related to the number 28, which Larries believe to be related to Styles and Tomlinson's supposed wedding day, September 28, 2013. The number has been found in many things, from Tomlinson's number 28 football jersey to the release date of Styles' movie
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Russo, "In a moment in which young people feel they're living in a really chaotic world where not much makes sense, certain conspiracy theories can feel like a security blanket, because they tell us there is actually an order underneath it all."
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This obscure clue-finding process has allowed the conspiracy theory to sustain itself up to the present day, despite Styles and Tomlinson being noticeably absent from each other's lives since One Direction went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.
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Larries have bullied and harassed Styles' and Tomlinson's girlfriends. The harassment extended to include the mother of Tomlinson's child, the family of one of his girlfriends, as well as an unrelated family with the same surname.
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the figure of the fangirl, we find that far from simply lusting after their boyband idols, Larries desire desire itself. While fake news framings are concerned with getting to "truth," they often miss the overarching
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paradigms The ultimate lesson from the Larry fandom is not proof of whether Larry is real, but rather, the creation of a space for the queerness of Larry to be real, whether really real, or not.
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many Larries still hold the contradictory belief that Styles dates women as an attempt to hide his relationship with Tomlinson. This has resulted in the harassment of Styles' then girlfriend
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a huge distraction." She also says that non-Larry Directioners dislike media coverage that made the Larries something of the public face of the fandom.
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