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cujoyAnd here we go!
Welcome to my first official One Direction Series in two years!
I'm so excited! It has been awhile, but I have finally been inspired to write more of my adventures in One Direction fandom. One Direction has been on Hiatus for the last two years, and so have I. But my Hiatus ends today, even if theirs goes on for another ten years. ;) (Or forever...)
The last series I wrote was my OTRA tour recap of 2015 which I titled Roadkill: A Love Story. 2015, and the OTRA tour feels like a long time ago now. I remember being quite drained by the time that series was finally finished. Perhaps that is why my hiatus has lasted this long.
That being said, I give you a warning, I'm pretty sure this recap of 2016 will also be another opus. A lot has happened these last two years. Real life has happened to One Direction, including both the births of children and the deaths of parents. This story isn't all fantasy this time, it's about babies and surprise romances and also about grievous loss.
First I have a few points of order.
*This is essentially a combo of the shipping series I did in 2014 and 15, with a Recap similar to the Roadkill series.
*I considered including Zay, but I decided I had my hands full just covering the recaps of OT4. I will include a Zayn in a follow up post attached to the next series I'm going to do... Speaking of which:
And yes, another warning because I am a glutton for punishment, I'm also planning a followup series to this one which will be called Solo Direction 2017. But that is down the road. First comes:
Hiatus Direction 2016: Birth, Love and Death
****
The story of One Direction 2016 was a journey. It literally begins with the birth of a baby boy, and ends with the death of his grandmother. I suppose that was a spoiler alert.
Lets set the stage for 2016 with these images in our minds from the X-Factor in London on December 13, 2015. This was the last appearance of One Direction together before the Hiatus began. Remember these. They are important.
<--- The boys together on the X-Factor stage where it all began for them five years earlier. Perhaps for the last time. Perhaps not. Only time will tell if we will ever see them together again.
<--- There are some great pictures from that night, though I have an unpopular opinion about Harry's suit...
<--- The last group hug ::sniffle::
This last picture is especially... entertaining... Hindsight being 20/20 and all, but you'll see ;).
<--- The boys with the X-Factor judges at the end of the evening.
After that last X-Factor performance, as that December moved towards the New Year, each boy prepared to go his own way. Here's what we knew about where they were headed.
***
Niall
I don't think that anyone had high exceptions regarding Niall starting a solo career. Towards the end of 2015 he had formed a company in partnership with 1D's Management team called Modest Golf. Niall's interest in golf and participation in various golfing events made everyone assume that his future lay on the course, and perhaps with this new Golf Management company it would.
<--- One of Niall's many Golf Outings in 2015
***
Liam
Liam had spoken several times in interviews that he was planning to write and produce music for others, but not necessarily for himself during the upcoming break. Believe me, lots of Liam girls were heartbroken about the prospect of no Solo Liam. But because of his statements there were few expectations for a solo career. He had also recently broken up with his long time girlfriend, Sophia Smith so it seemed that he was in a lonely place. He was posting a lot of pictures of quality time with his enormous Great Dane. Oh how little we knew... LOL
<--- Liam with his Great Dane, Watson
<--- Hint Hint
***
Harry
Because Harry is everyone's Media Darling, there was a rumored bidding war going on to sign Harry's solo record deal, which everyone other than the willfully blind* knew was going to happen. Harry did nothing to dissuade those rumors when he made an extremely public appearance on New Years weekend, in Saint Barts, on a Yacht, with Kendall Jenner and his music management company owning best friend Jeff Azoff. The paparazzi were all over it.
<---Harry & Kendall on the infamous St. Barts New Years Yacht excursion.
There was even what appeared to be a contract signing ceremony on New Years Day for Jeff to officially become Harry's new manager. The theory is that New Years day, 2016 was the first possible day that Harry was free to sign a new contract.
<--- signing ceremony photographed by Kendall herself...
* The Willfully Blind = the fandom's plague of tinhats... I'll probably address them in this series in one way or another.
***
Louis
Finally, Louis prepared for the upcoming birth of his child with his Ex Briana Jungwirth by revealing that he had a NEW girlfriend, Danielle Campbell (known for playing Davina on The Originals). In late December, she took him to meet her parents in Chicago, and fans spotted them all over various places in and around the Chicagoland area for a solid week. And then he took her to the UK for the Holidays with his family in Doncaster.
<--- Louis hugging Danielle from behind at an Oberwies, a local Ice Cream parlor.
<--- One of Louis and Danielle's stops was a tattoo parlor, where Louis apparently had a penguin tattooed on his ass.
Meanwhile Briana waited in Los Angeles for 2016 to come.
<--- Briana chilled out in L.A... Waiting. Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick.
***
And so began 2016, Year One Of Hiatus Direction.
Welcome to my first official One Direction Series in two years!
I'm so excited! It has been awhile, but I have finally been inspired to write more of my adventures in One Direction fandom. One Direction has been on Hiatus for the last two years, and so have I. But my Hiatus ends today, even if theirs goes on for another ten years. ;) (Or forever...)
The last series I wrote was my OTRA tour recap of 2015 which I titled Roadkill: A Love Story. 2015, and the OTRA tour feels like a long time ago now. I remember being quite drained by the time that series was finally finished. Perhaps that is why my hiatus has lasted this long.
That being said, I give you a warning, I'm pretty sure this recap of 2016 will also be another opus. A lot has happened these last two years. Real life has happened to One Direction, including both the births of children and the deaths of parents. This story isn't all fantasy this time, it's about babies and surprise romances and also about grievous loss.
First I have a few points of order.
*This is essentially a combo of the shipping series I did in 2014 and 15, with a Recap similar to the Roadkill series.
*I considered including Zay, but I decided I had my hands full just covering the recaps of OT4. I will include a Zayn in a follow up post attached to the next series I'm going to do... Speaking of which:
And yes, another warning because I am a glutton for punishment, I'm also planning a followup series to this one which will be called Solo Direction 2017. But that is down the road. First comes:
Hiatus Direction 2016: Birth, Love and Death
****
The story of One Direction 2016 was a journey. It literally begins with the birth of a baby boy, and ends with the death of his grandmother. I suppose that was a spoiler alert.
Lets set the stage for 2016 with these images in our minds from the X-Factor in London on December 13, 2015. This was the last appearance of One Direction together before the Hiatus began. Remember these. They are important.
<--- The boys together on the X-Factor stage where it all began for them five years earlier. Perhaps for the last time. Perhaps not. Only time will tell if we will ever see them together again.<--- There are some great pictures from that night, though I have an unpopular opinion about Harry's suit...<--- The last group hug ::sniffle::This last picture is especially... entertaining... Hindsight being 20/20 and all, but you'll see ;).
<--- The boys with the X-Factor judges at the end of the evening.After that last X-Factor performance, as that December moved towards the New Year, each boy prepared to go his own way. Here's what we knew about where they were headed.
***
Niall
I don't think that anyone had high exceptions regarding Niall starting a solo career. Towards the end of 2015 he had formed a company in partnership with 1D's Management team called Modest Golf. Niall's interest in golf and participation in various golfing events made everyone assume that his future lay on the course, and perhaps with this new Golf Management company it would.
<--- One of Niall's many Golf Outings in 2015***
Liam
Liam had spoken several times in interviews that he was planning to write and produce music for others, but not necessarily for himself during the upcoming break. Believe me, lots of Liam girls were heartbroken about the prospect of no Solo Liam. But because of his statements there were few expectations for a solo career. He had also recently broken up with his long time girlfriend, Sophia Smith so it seemed that he was in a lonely place. He was posting a lot of pictures of quality time with his enormous Great Dane. Oh how little we knew... LOL
<--- Liam with his Great Dane, Watson <--- Hint Hint***
Harry
Because Harry is everyone's Media Darling, there was a rumored bidding war going on to sign Harry's solo record deal, which everyone other than the willfully blind* knew was going to happen. Harry did nothing to dissuade those rumors when he made an extremely public appearance on New Years weekend, in Saint Barts, on a Yacht, with Kendall Jenner and his music management company owning best friend Jeff Azoff. The paparazzi were all over it.
<---Harry & Kendall on the infamous St. Barts New Years Yacht excursion.There was even what appeared to be a contract signing ceremony on New Years Day for Jeff to officially become Harry's new manager. The theory is that New Years day, 2016 was the first possible day that Harry was free to sign a new contract.
<--- signing ceremony photographed by Kendall herself...* The Willfully Blind = the fandom's plague of tinhats... I'll probably address them in this series in one way or another.
***
Louis
Finally, Louis prepared for the upcoming birth of his child with his Ex Briana Jungwirth by revealing that he had a NEW girlfriend, Danielle Campbell (known for playing Davina on The Originals). In late December, she took him to meet her parents in Chicago, and fans spotted them all over various places in and around the Chicagoland area for a solid week. And then he took her to the UK for the Holidays with his family in Doncaster.
<--- Louis hugging Danielle from behind at an Oberwies, a local Ice Cream parlor. <--- One of Louis and Danielle's stops was a tattoo parlor, where Louis apparently had a penguin tattooed on his ass.Meanwhile Briana waited in Los Angeles for 2016 to come.
<--- Briana chilled out in L.A... Waiting. Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick.***
And so began 2016, Year One Of Hiatus Direction.
