#Years and Years

[crashing9against9the9walls]

Before any of y'all could begin to dunk on Olly, may I remind you all that Israel once urged the BBC to pull out Olly Alexander for petitioning against Israel's participation in Eurovision since last year.

I get what Queers for Palestine is urging him to do but to put him in the pedestal ALONE like that and not call out for all the other artists (or at least the other LGBTQ artist) is just so infuriating. And the worst part of it is, whatever he does will not be enough for them. He already release a statement and it wasn't enough for them (it had likely gone through many revisions in order to get past the BBC). Had he remained silent, people would start accusing of of being complicit despite the fact he's been vocally pro-Palestine from the beginning.

Also, I feel like people are not getting the financial and legal consequences of him or any of the other artist just withdrawing all willy-nilly especially since they are all under contract with the broadcasters*. Like, some of them might be working part-time job, some like Silia are still in High School, some literally have music as their only source of income and we all know that's not enough to cover the legal fees and potential lawsuits that would entail. Also, there's a huge risk of being blacklisted, not only in the broadcaster from ever returning to the song contest, but also in the entire music industry, which is already hard to enter/make it. On top that, poorer countries like Albania or Moldova just couldn't afford to do that and jeopardize everything.

It's literally just impossible to win.

This whole mess is a lose-lose situation where nobody but Israel wins. Like, if they do withdraw, that's exactly what Israel wants because less competition for them. But if they compete, that's also what Israel wants because it meant validation of them being there even thought everyone wanted them gone.

All and all, this is literally the EBU's fault by allowing Israel compete in the first place. They literally created a impossible situation where, one way or another, the artist will be thrown under the bus.

Tl:dr... BLAME THE EBU, NOT OLLY!

Edit: * I just really need to put the one out there.

#eurovision #eurovision song contest #eurovision 2024 #olly alexander #years and years #ebu #i really needed to get that out off my chest #but even then #I'm still angry about it #just think about the unfairness of it all #you just can't win that situation

[twopoppies]

did you see this?

https://twitter.com/Heidipie10/status/1762168428033396995?t=hPx1WyGtPPMJ4NZ-j1k-9g&s=19

No, I hadn’t. Thank you for sharing it. It truly is just the same shit that we hear over and over. It makes me furious to think about how Harry and Louis were manipulated for so long at such a young age. What they’ve dealt with is literally traumatizing.

x x

#olly alexander #years and years #celebrity coming out #pr and marketing #closeting #music industry

[requirings]

and of course, despite being tenderly held, gaara doesn't know if lee's speaking platonically or romantically.

#gaalee #leegaa #sketches #gaara #rock lee #naruto #may or may not be a part of years and years fic but i havent fully figured it put #*out #anyways my fav trope is enemies to friends to idiots #years and years

[besaya-glantaya]

Sanctify the love that you crave

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #alex claremont diaz #prince henry rwrb #rwrb film #first prince #henry fox #red white and royal blue movie #nicholas galitzine #taylor zakhar perez #rwrb edit #years and years

[maioliv]

Watching It’s a sin (again) and Ritchie and Ash are so Jegulus coded 🫠

#it’s a sin #jegulus #dead gay wizards #james potter #regulus black #years and years #Nathaniel curtis will always be James Potter in my mind #olly alexander #lydia west #marauders

[danskjavlarna]

"He wears the years well, looking more self-assured than age-weary" (Craig Faustus Buck).  Photo from The Current Sauce, 1955.

Larger version.

Timely: my collection of vintage Father Time imagery.

#1950s #vintage men #years and years #father time #men

[yourdailyqueer]

Updated Olly Alexander's post to show that he is representing UK in Eurovision for 2024.

#Olly Alexander #years and years #queerness #eurovision #lgbtq

[ollywears]

Olly Alexander wearing a Palomo Spain S/S 2024 suit in an Instagram photo (December 24, 2023).

#olly alexander #years and years #years & years #style #it's a sin #night call #crave #starstruck #sweet talker #sooner or later #hallucination #100% pure love #instagram #palomo spain #Palomo Spain S/S 2024 #Suit #Jacket #Pants #Trousers

[lillotte17]

L'Ange du Mal

AN: So, this started as a joke, because there is a famous statue of the devil that was so sexy that they had to remove it from the church, and I...got carried away. And now it is set sometime after their breakup over the holy water, and it's about #pining.

#good omens #crowley x aziraphale #artwork #do not ask how long this took #it's been YEARS #years and years #oops >_>;

[ffjj5]

In 2015 a young Jungkook posted this song recommendation on Twitter

I admit I had never listened to it until today when I downloaded Years and Years back catalogue.

When I tell you it hit me like a punch to the gut and made me tear up, this young man was feeling things and he had found the perfect song to shout it out.

If you haven't listened to it then do, Olly Alexander's voice is beautiful.

Let's not forget 2015 was the year we got this from Jungkook

The shy boy who couldn't maintain eye contact was suddenly looking into Jimins eyes, during a performance on stage. He was letting Jimin know his feelings, and Jimin was pleasantly surprised.

Full performance here where you can watch Jimin afterwards, he kept stealing glances at Jungkook, I think he had got the message.

2015 also gave us Jungkook struggling to keep his emotions in check when he was feeling jealous...I hate that word and it is too often used incorrectly with Jungkook but here I think it's right.

He was a mix of emotions, coming to terms with his feelings.

For a comprehensive run down of 2015 Jikook I recommend @kanmom51's Jikook through the year's timeline.

And this is Olly in all his confident queer glory in Tokyo recently

🌈🌈🌈🌈

💜💛🌈

#jimin #jungkook #jikook #park jimin #jeon jungkook #kookmin #jm #jk #olly alexander #years and years #Youtube

[sung-jinwoo]

MAXIM BALDRY as VIKTOR GORAYA — Years & Years, s1 ep1

#maxim baldry #maxim baldry gifs #years and years #years and years gifs #viktor goraya #isildur #trop #the rings of power #my gifs

[cassandragoth26]

✨Hit me like a meteorite✨ Meteorite - Years & Years

For a long time I wanted to do it, precisely with the sims who are the "Cover" of the Del Sol Valley Arts Academy, in the dance presentation part and that qwq

#wolfgang munch #aurelio robles #jacob volkov #luna villareal #malcolm landgraab #sofia bjergsen #julie van garden #yuki behr #years and years #meteorite #sims #sims 4 townies #the10disasters

[baldrysbaddies]

Behind the scenes for Years and Years

#maxim baldry #years and years

[requirings]

ch. 9

the closest thing to a beach

#gaalee #leegaa #gaara #rock lee #naruto #sketches #drawings #years and years #literally posting this at the worst time sldkjjkfdgsh #anyways i think this was an unfinished drawing from like. 2.5 yrs ago......

[theblvckvenus]

Rory Kinnear is actually criminally underrated. he’s so good in everything and the range is unmatched

#theblvckvenus #Rory kinnear #black mirror #years and years #man up

[jameswoodall]

Here's the livestream of my talk with Emily Garside on her book "Gay Aliens and Queer Folk: How Russell T Davies Changed TV."

#common press #doctor who #it's a sin #torchwood #years and years #queer as folk #lgbtqia+ #queer #russell t davies #Youtube