This whole thing has raised so many feelings in me that I haven't been able to articulate.
The people around him and his fans mourning maybe not his current self, but the version they knew and how that can be valid. The posts from Zayn and Louis made me cry. But also how all that grief and immortalization of him as a good person can be difficult for those he hurt to hear.
Then you have the consumption of not only people but teenagers as a form of celebrity. This very 2015 tumblr post recirculated on my dash today and it really dug into parts of it. It's a miracle any of them are even a fraction of well adjusted when you think about it
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“The version they knew”- this is exactly how I felt with Aaron Carter. I met him a million times and he was lovely and always recognized and talked to me and that is who i chose to mourn, not who he was for the last few tragic years of his life when the world failed him.
My entire exposure to 1D was through that user and to see her reblog it again today? It really freaking hit.
Their entire images/careers were made to be consumable. How do you retain your identity in that light? How do you deal with becoming less desired and thus less consumed, when your life as you've come to know it depends on it?
Your last paragraph is something I've been talking about and remembering for a few months now. I could get hit by a bus tomorrow. I'm learning how to let go of holding onto things that don't matter, and being kinder to myself and others because not every day is guaranteed.
The people around him and his fans mourning maybe not his current self, but the version they knew and how that can be valid. The posts from Zayn and Louis made me cry. But also how all that grief and immortalization of him as a good person can be difficult for those he hurt to hear.
Then you have the consumption of not only people but teenagers as a form of celebrity. This very 2015 tumblr post recirculated on my dash today and it really dug into parts of it. It's a miracle any of them are even a fraction of well adjusted when you think about it ( ... )
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Their entire images/careers were made to be consumable. How do you retain your identity in that light? How do you deal with becoming less desired and thus less consumed, when your life as you've come to know it depends on it?
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