Loved this :( I always tell people that the 1D to K-pop pipeline is SO real! I would be nothing in a fandom space without the community I made as a Directioner when I was growing up.
Honestly, I've been trying to process the way I've been swinging between heartbreak and also total neutrality about Liam's death in the days since, especially as I watched the social media heat he was taking start to grow. I don't agree with plenty of his actions and his alleged victims have the right to feel whatever they feel without having their experiences diminished either. But the way the media has been exploiting him hasn't been sitting right with me at all. Between the horrific way TMZ broke the news, to the media releasing details about the last few days of his life...it has been making me feel physically ill to read. It's as if he wasn't a human at all.
I completely resonate with what you are saying. Grief and reacting to someone's death can be complex, and I too have been grappling with Liam's alleged behaviours and the stories that were being discussed of him in the weeks before. That's why it has been extra shocking to hear he died so suddenly. At the same time, he was human and deserves some peace and dignity. It all just feels so exploitative and I feel horribly for his family who is now left to pick up the pieces.
Loved this :( I always tell people that the 1D to K-pop pipeline is SO real! I would be nothing in a fandom space without the community I made as a Directioner when I was growing up.
Honestly, I've been trying to process the way I've been swinging between heartbreak and also total neutrality about Liam's death in the days since, especially as I watched the social media heat he was taking start to grow. I don't agree with plenty of his actions and his alleged victims have the right to feel whatever they feel without having their experiences diminished either. But the way the media has been exploiting him hasn't been sitting right with me at all. Between the horrific way TMZ broke the news, to the media releasing details about the last few days of his life...it has been making me feel physically ill to read. It's as if he wasn't a human at all.
I completely resonate with what you are saying. Grief and reacting to someone's death can be complex, and I too have been grappling with Liam's alleged behaviours and the stories that were being discussed of him in the weeks before. That's why it has been extra shocking to hear he died so suddenly. At the same time, he was human and deserves some peace and dignity. It all just feels so exploitative and I feel horribly for his family who is now left to pick up the pieces.