Fans wrote - and still write - a lot of Larry fanfiction, which is well preserved online. While not too visually graphic, the scene is narrated by Zendaya, who puts on a British accent to voice the two pop stars’ affections.įor those of you who have blacked out the years 2010–2015, or who were simply lucky enough to avoid the theory, I’ll fill you in: “Larry Stylinson” is a One Direction fan conspiracy that insists that Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles are romantically and/or sexually involved. To help viewers visualize the story, the show added an animation of her most popular fanfiction piece in the story, titled “The First Night,” Tomlinson and Styles relieve each another of stage-fright tensions through oral sex. In the episode, character Kat Hernandez’s writing about the boy band is described in detail. This past Sunday night, the show - which follows several troubled teens dealing with secrets in the suburbs - had a subplot about homoerotic fanfiction, a noted teen pastime. : 'I can categorically say that I was not contacted nor did I approve it.Following an episode of HBO’s Euphoria that features an animated sex scene between former One Direction members Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, Tomlinson claimed on Twitter that he was not contacted ahead of it airing, nor did he approve the cartoon likeness. to the nature of the scene, fans quickly took to social media and wondered if HBO reached out to the former One Direction members for approval. 'i have a serious question: what is so bad about a larry sex scene in euphoria of you’re okay with explicit fanfics in general? like if you don’t like explicit fics anyways okay but what’s the difference that makes y’all say this is disrespectful and fics aren’t?' Other people saw the raunchy sequence as a critique of toxic fandoms, suggesting that many of the fans who took umbrage with it may have written similar fiction themselves. 'I just don’t understand why this euphoria show had to use their real names and show one direction images? They could have made it clear who they were referencing with out using names 'two members from the most popular boy band' would have got the message across just fine.' called the moment 'uncomfortable' and 'embarrassing,' suggesting that the artists should take legal action against HBO. 'It's (expletive) disrespectful and disgusting. 'As a Larrie (a fan who 'shipped' Styles and Tomlinson's fake relationship), I'd like to say that I do NOT wants 'Euphoria' to have a Larry sex scene,' Twitter user wrote. In the NSFW minute-long clip, Styles comes up behind Tomlinson backstage and starts massaging his shoulders, before getting on his knees and performing oral sex. Rue then proceeds to narrate an example of one such naughty scene, which is acted out on screen by animated versions of Styles and Tomlinson.

But it's not her first brush with internet fame: Rue reveals in voiceover that Kat used to write X-rated fan fiction about Styles and Tomlinson (dubbed 'Larry Stylinson'), which won her many fans of her own on Tumblr. In the episode, Rue (Zendaya) gives viewers a detailed backstory on heavyset classmate Kat (Barbie Ferreira), a relative social outcast who becomes a popular webcam girl.

Following Sunday's episode, the show has a new set of detractors in One Direction fans, who are up in arms over a graphic fantasy sequence involving former bandmates Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. HBO's unflinching high-school drama starring Zendaya has already drawn ire from parents and critics for its frequent depictions of explicit teen sex and substance abuse.

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