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Stunt
| Synonyms: | PR stunt |
| See also: | Larry is real, Big Gay War, 1DHQ |
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In One Direction fandom, stunt is a term that larries use to label any public action or event that they believe is a publicity stunt and not a genuine candid moment. In practice, anything that Harry Styles or Louis Tomlinson does that contradicts larries' belief that the two are in a secret gay relationship will probably be labeled a stunt. Some larries believe that some stunts were actually set up as punishments.[1]
On twitter the term no stunts larrie became popular around late 2020[2][3] to describe larries who don't believe that any of the "stunts" are real. In practice, this usually means larries who believe that Louis is not a father.
Examples of Stunts
Note that not all larries necessarily agree on everything that has been theorized to be a stunt.[4]
- Babygate
- Louis's girlfriend Eleanor being attacked at the LA airport and Louis being arrested for defending her in 2017[5]
- The existence of Dunkirk[6]
- the photos of Louis and/or Eleanor with their dogs[7]
- Zayn leaving One Direction, Zayn breaking up with Perrie[8]
- Haylor
- Harry's sexual fluidity[9]
- all of One Direction's girlfriends
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Fan Reactions
Larry fan reactions on Twitter, TikTok, and Tumblr explode around stunts.
@alexiaahoude: the stunt ended right after dwd released as well as harry finished the us leg of tour… if you can’t see it was a stunt get some glasses 💀.[10]
alibrat19 replied: for someone who likes to look good, why is [harry] never dressed slick with his “gf”[12]
References
- ^ According to larrieask (back-to-louis): a couple they actively believe gets punished with stunts out of spite for failure to cooperate March 26, 2016
- ^ The earliest Twitter search result is I didn’t even need a single masterpost to become a no stunts larrie. I just saw so many twarrie timelines and realized a lot of big proofs we use wouldn’t make sense if they broke up in 2015 ++, Archived version, tweet by starrrylou, 11 November 2020. Accessed 2 April 2022.
- ^ Twitter search results show few examples of the phrase before 2021 - "no stunts larrie" until:2021-01-01, Archived version - and lots of results in 2021 - "no stunts larrie" until:2021-03-01, Archived version. Accessed 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Personally I think this fandom is far too quick to call every little thing planned and deliberate and strategy and stunt. Sometimes shit just happens, you know?" tumblr post by verily-i-say, Archived version May 21, 2017.
- ^ todays1dhistory. Today is one year since Eleanor was attacked at LAX and Louis ran to help her. Tweet. 10:23 AM - 3 Mar 2018. Replies included: Yeah, it was like the biggest stunt., that whole thing was the biggest set-up in the world who are you trying to fool here, I was like what?? And then I realized u meant the most obvious set up ever.
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/tobe-sogolden/693165453982498816/you-are-right-dunkirk-was-called-a-stunt-movie?source=share
- ^ ask answered by thelarrative, Archived version, February 7th 2018. ask answered by thelarrative, Archived version, January 30th 2018.
- ^ "Most of those who believe it's a pr stunt say the goal is to make ppl talk about 1d- sell more tickets + rebrand." "I never thought Zayn’s departure was a stunt - the whole breakup/Perrie thing: yes - but him leaving the tour, then the band, then announcing a solo career: I am afraid that is just what it is." anon ask, Archived version answered by thisiskatsblog, 1 April 2015.
- ^ Note: the man that larries believe Harry "stunted" with is a private citizen. https://twitter.com/Houis_Barry/status/1544575480002621442?s=20&t=boqN3KxuK3IC9iuVfs4uqQ
- ^ tweet by alexiaahoude, Nov 18, 2022.
- ^ anonymous ask in lapelosa's tumblr, Archived version, 20 January 2016
- ^ tiktok video by @hrrysluvrlou
- ^ anonymous ask in lapelosa's tumblr, Archived version, 22 January 2016.