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So I didn't watch the Alan Carr 1D interviews for the longest time because of reasons. (Longer, boring story: I watched his show at Christmas and everyone on it was genuinely drunk and awkward and Carr himself came off as the biggest dickend in the history of television. Whereas I really enjoyed Jimmy Carr's Christmas special and apparently he

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[nitedula]

I don't know anything about One Direction, but that bottom photo looks to me like a young Mick Jagger, or maybe Nicholas Hoult (the guy from Skins).

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So true! Mind you, I don't know either of those guys either. My life: not that fabulous.

[til_midnight]

Ugg, that video, my heart. <3<3

Also, the Alan Carr interviews were some of my first introductions to 1D and well, look what happened. I need to go back and rewatch them.

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There's something so weird about that show to me - maybe it's because the whole point of it is that Alan Carr doesn't really have any respect for his guests, they are simply there to provide fodder for his mockery, and it makes the whole entertainment value purpose of the paradigm really transparent?

Or maybe I have painted one too many walls today. FUMES, WHEEEE.

[pau494]

I think the Alan Carr interviews were my first exposure to One Direction? And I switched to something else halfway through, because I didn't see the appeal. o_O I don't know if I'm judging my former self or my former self is judging me.

The point is, those interviews are DELIGHTFUL. Harry Styles is a CHEEKY BASTARD, I love it.

I would read a million words of that! I think Harry gets branded with the whole whipped/pining thing because Louis comes off as the ring leader in some ways? And Harry follows his lead a lot. Idek, their relationship is so interesting to me! fiddleyoumust pointed out in a comment that Harry was probably a weird kid in his early days, a little charming but off-beat, and suddenly there's this guy who thinks he's THE SHIT. Not to mention, the rest of the world. So he probably had a moment of disconnect on how to deal with everything, all these people who suddenly want him! And then my feelings are that he'd probably be all THE MORE THE MERRIER and have a lot of fun with it, while Louis is EXACTLY how you described him! ...

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I am both judging your former self and envious of it. HARREH! So ingenuously disingenuous! How can you not love it.

Nono, I agree! See, fame caught Harreh &co at just the point where most people realise their grand dreams of the future and what adulthood is like start to merge into something more realistic. So Harreh probably told himself he was awesome a lot, and unlike in most people's lives it TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE. And he's like, SWEET. Whereas Louis maybe had to fight harder for most of what he got, so he's warier.

[katienyc]

I would read approximately one million and five thousand words of Louis being all sulky with Harry because all Harry has to do is smile, but he never smiles at Louis like that, and Harry being confused and then maybe pissed off with ANGST and PINING and STUPIDITY but in the end love puppies.OMG THIS IS ALL I WANT IN THE WORLD. Pining and boys being stupid are two of my favorite things

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I AM REALLY ENJOYING THE PROSPECT OF THIS PRIMER. :D I love primers. I think I already know more than is sane about this band, but I care not! Tell me more, internets!

Hell yeah, this. No one acts like that if they're fully comfortable in their own skin. People who give no fucks do not give a fuck if people notice them or not. That's the difference between the two of them. Harry is this beacon-light sort of person that everyone wants to either do or be, or maybe both, whereas Louis is run of the mill hot with a side order of issues. THIS IS A GREAT FIC IDEA WORLD. DO THAT FOR ME.

[katienyc]

I'm probably going to post it tomorrow or Tuesday! But beware, it's less a primer and more or a here is every second of footage that is available on youtube from when One Direction was on X Factor. /o\ I was joking the other day that if I didn't stop myself at some point, it was going to turn into a 16 part, Ken Burns-esque series of posts!

And YES to everything you said. With Louis, sometimes I wonder if he saw himself in those first few episodes of X Factor (bootcamp, judge's houses), where he is much more open and nervous and wearing his heart on his sleeve, and there was something he didn't like, because he started to be different, more "on" all the time, when they got to the live shows (except when they're performing and then you can see the nerves and earnestness). Not all the time, obviously, but still.

[babygotbass]

Katie. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT LOU. AND HARRY EVEN. ALL THE PINING IS ENOUGH TO BREAK MY HEART.

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RACHEL COME TALK TO ME ABOUT HARRY STYLES' FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

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technically i'm the same age as zayn so it's ok for me to perv on him