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Hey Man City just won the Champions League which I think might be a good opportunity for either one of you to pick up the phone lol

#just saying

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Liam

breathtaking man

#😍😍😍😍

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he's all over my TL wtf

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😫

#omg😰😰😰

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#this is what i am saying #wtf is going on #liam tweets

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haven't been following what's going on with our fav gallagher brothers for some time and now I'm completely shocked lol

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The Loch Lomond kiss - what was the reaction at the time?

I've been diving into #gcest and reading all sorts of super interesting observations, analysis, questions and answers, and this question was one that cropped up a couple of times, so thought I'd attempt to answer it as best I can.

For context: I'm a lifelong Oasis fan, but new to shipping the Gallaghers.

I do remember when that kiss appeared in the paper. And I do remember my reaction, and that of my friends. Obviously, I can't speak for a whole nation, or fan base; I'm just relaying my personal experience.

So how did people react? They were shocked. Nobody I knew thought it was funny, or cute, or sweet, or romantic.

'That's gross!' was the word I remember using (seems that word has fallen out of favour nowadays). All my friends - male and female - thought it was disgusting.

I was at uni at the time, and I'd shown my mother the picture on a visit home. She thought it was proof that modern society lacked a moral compass and thus was doomed. lol. Bear in mind, this parental opinion generally went with the entire grunge and post-grunge movement, maybe not so much with Brit pop.

Anyway, the shock didn't last because the image appeared once and, unless you held on to that paper, you didn't see it again as it wasn't published like that again (to my knowledge). Without the internet as we know it today to spread the image and amplify any subsequent chat/reaction, the kiss simply faded from people's collective consciousness. It quickly lost its Big-Dealness. Unlike today, we weren't given the means to dwell on it or analyse it. We just...moved on. Besides, there were so many other Gallagher antics making the news in those days.

Fast forward to today and we now have access to a plethora of historical video, photos, articles, gifs with slow-mo that we watch and rewatch endlessly, all the online musings that we read. And the more you watch, the more obvious and outlandish some of their antics appear (the numerous kisses, the numerous gropings, the questionable things said on live TV), until you're thinking HOW can this not have been talked about more over the years? Why isn't the entire fandom talking about this still?

I suspect it's just because your average older Oasis fan has put it to the back of their minds, like they did at the time. It's only the Gallagher shippers who really care, and we're in the minority.

I do wonder though...if there's a reunion and that image, along with all the different angles, starts to gain some traction with the new, young Oasis fans, how would Noel and Liam feel about it? Particularly as they have older kids now.

#omg this is so interesting thank you for sharing!! #so they DID get away with a lot of things at that time #hail to the first generation of gcest shippers who noticed it and made it a thing lol #loch lomond #gcest #gallaghercest

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No it’s not coincidence. The creators said it

good to know!! haha

and thank you for telling me＜3

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aww, such a nice little brother…

#🥺🥺🥺

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is it pure coincidence that shameless uk was set in manchester and there's a character named liam gallagher in it lol

#just curious

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cause of death: nostalgic melancholy

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https://youtu.be/sgTZHSTnU40

#our kid has been writing response songs to me for the past 20 years #TRUTH

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“How often do we argue? Every day. Hourly. But it’s not hate. It’s love. I don’t hate him. It’s love. It’s one of them. We’re brothers, man. It’s deep shit.”

— Liam Gallagher on his relationship with Noel (via gallagherwordsofwisdom)

#oh i remember there's a similar quote at the beginning of supersonic #not sure if it's a similar one or the same one #but it also def came from noel #those were the good old days man

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#liam is the biggest oasis fan™️ #liam tweets

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to be honest i'm shocked that so many ppl are taking this seriously.... when I first saw noel's interview I honestly thought (and still think) he's just making a joke and having a laugh...

why would ppl think he's ACTUALLY asking liam to give him a call??

Idk why I go in the live forever boards bc it’s always miserable people on there but this is the only one that makes sense to me.