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Kit Connor as Nick Nelson Heartstopper, S02E06
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I needed that second pic
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He should just do one big arena tour of all the Azoff owned venues. Just get them all out of the way in one go. They can call it “Irving Azoff Presents Harry Styles”
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harry threw the chicken nugget
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2017 / 2019 / 2022
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they wear flowers on their chest
for @mc5ftjillo, who inspired this post
so, as many may have noticed, our two favorite queers have been in the habit of showing off the flowers they really like. most significantly, we have louis putting flowers on his chest with his very own fashion line, 28 programme, and harry wearing a pair of coats in the late night talking mv where the boutonnières almost cover their entire fronts. this is - obviously - not random, but it really holds more significance than i even realised at first glance.
from the expo at the V&A museum: fashioning masculinities
history of the boutonnière
- boutonnière, or flowers in the lapel of a suit/coat jacket
- origin: (probably, likely) the war on roses: two neighboring houses in the north of england, fighting for the throne - wearing a red (house of lancaster) or white (house of york) rose on their chest to show off which house they belonged to
- prince albert supposedly started the modern trend of the lapel flower, after queen victoria offered him flowers on their first wedding anniversary, which he subsequently put on display in his jacket. since there were photos made of the event, which was a rarity back then, the gesture spread as a trend
- from then on, and especially through the years, it was a sign of a dressed-up gent. formal, masculine, and a show of love - wiki: symbol of good breeding, elegance, and sophistication
- green carnation, oscar wilde:
- oscar wilde, a famously queer writer, made a statement by wearing a green carnation in his lapel at the premiere of his play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, in 1892, urging his friends to do the same. it instantly became a symbol for solidarity among queer men, for men who loved other men
- ‘unnatural’ color for a flower:
- “Blooming Haus speculates this may have been Oscar Wilde’s way of poking fun at the authorities, using an unnatural green flower to mock the idea that, at the time, love between two men was seen as “unnatural.”
queerness of flowers, flowers symbolising queerness
flowers have borrowed their names and meanings to the queer community, for all sorts of nicknames or secret codes. like the slang ‘pansy’ for a gay man, which is just a little flower, or how a violet is an ancient lesbian symbol. (or how “evening botanist” is an old school term for a gay man which i think is just the funniest thing ever)
- love, esp love between gay men in japan
- key part of identity! f.e. Pokémon character James is often shown carrying a rose, which is an established symbol in anime to signify a character is gay
- in japan, a popular genre of manga is known as yuri, revolving around romantic relationships between women
- depictions of female genitalia
- “Both the Greeks and Romans held the Lily in very high regard, including it in dozens of their religious myths and breeding the plants extensively. Alchemists considered it a lunar plant with feminine qualities, while the Lily is in high demand in China for weddings because its name sounds like the start of a phrase wishing the couple a happy union for a century.”
AND THEN WE COMBINE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
louis came on stage at the afhf last summer with a custom-made jersey, designed by the man himself, which was pretty much covered in flowers. a flower on his right pec, a bouquet on his left.
NOW what’s super interesting here, is that louis is channelling the origins of the boutonnière with the abstract flower symbol he’s adopted as the 28 official programme logo!! it’s a yorkshire rose, the emblem of his home county. AND THEN on the OTHER SIDE he’s got ROSES, a whole bouquet of them, a universal symbol of romance, as well as that of a gay man. with the added fuck-me-up detail that the fabric of the jersey is green, the typical color of a certain someone we know, making the flowers green. just like the green coronation. ok. ok.
then we have harry, who has used lilies before, in the photo shoot for the fine line cover art and booklet, where it was used to symbolise rebirth and femininity. now, in the late night talking mv, he wore the lilies on his chest, first in the museum scene, which flows into the date scene, as well as at the end, where he officiates a wedding and then falls from the sky.
it’s completely meant to fit into the tradition of the boutonnière. harry is conveying the message: i am queer, and i am wearing it proudly on my chest. it’s not subtle, is it? it’s meant as a clear symbol for those who understand, just like oscar wilde and his friends wore the green carnation. it’s so beautiful that it’s the lily on his chest, causing the flower to be a theme in his art, of rebirth and femininity.
when you look at when exactly harry is wearing the boutonnières in the mv, it’s just…?? in the museum, he’s the art exhibit. he’s wearing the lilies openly on his chest. then, he’s on a private date with a man. his napkin is even pushed to the side a little to show off the flowers in full. then, when he’s officiating a queer wedding, he’s wearing them, and then he seems to be shot from the sky by lightning, and he’s falling through the sky on his bed. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? harry’s gayness, or the way he’s shown it with messages, isn’t hidden. irl he walks around with a pride enamel pin. he’s being scrutinised, studied, and he’s still not hiding it. then he’s in private, celebrating love, and he shows it, loud and proud. it reminds me of how harry’s stated in the past that he has shown us who he is. that he’s said it in enough ways. he hides in plain sight, just like oscar wilde and his entourage. general society knew what the green flower meant, but it remained something unspoken. now, any casual observer could see that harry is at least not straight. and yet, still, you are deemed straight until stated otherwise.
so what does one do, when one can’t say it out loud? a bit of queer signalling. with flowers.
safe to say we’re not okay. we’re all dead
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....is louis gonna have the husband glow tonight 🤧
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Did Harry make a joke about finishing fast :(
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Anonymous asked:
Did you see what Billy Porter said about Harry?
i did. he has every right to say what he did, and i agree with his statement. queer POC have been doing this for ages, and there was a lot of discussion about this when the cover dropped as well. the dismissal of giving platform to a queer POC for a shoot such as this can definitely be insulting for that community. it’s just unfortunate that harry’s image is essentially a balancing beam where they craft his marketing to appease every side because then you have opinions like this and labels like this that aren’t necessarily true in regards to how harry possibly identifies, but to the GP and those who don’t keep a close eye on harry and his signals/codings and behavior it is their reality of who he is. HSHQ has leaned into this chameleon type strategy hard ever since 2017, and the longer it goes on, it isn’t surprising that people are vocalizing their perspective on it. i’ve said it before, but this marketing is not sustainable and is getting more and more shaky as well as harmful as it goes on. it’s very sad to see sigh
