rpf tier ranking

tier 0: actors. too easy. actors fall in love all the time due to proximity and amount of time spent together, especially if they are playing characters who are themselves in a relationship.

tier 1: bands (post-80s). writing songs together is incredibly intimate and requires emotional vulnerability. tours are great opportunities to spend a lot of time in an enclosed space together. sometimes they will sing into the same microphone at the same time so their mouths are close together which is basically making out if you think about it.

tier 2: bands (pre-80s). see above. however this requires slightly more mental fortitude because a lot of their fans will insist on their heterosexuality and get really mad when you say simon and garfunkel were kissing on each other or whatever.

tier 3: contact sports team. sports can be emotionally intense if you care about that sort of thing and obviously there are a lot of opportunities for intricate rituals wrt touching another's skin and locker rooms and all that. but this requires more imagination because there is less text (i.e. songs or correspondence) to use as evidence.

tier 4: solo artists. this is where things can fall apart. you have to choose both figures in the ship wisely and exercise a decent amount of creativity because they are not compelled to be together all the time (see above). you can cast a wider net but that lack of specificity may hurt those with weaker imaginations. also they don't always write their own songs.

tier 5: historical figures. this varies a lot both in terms of plausibility and social acceptability. depending on how old the figures are you could legitimately turn this into an academic dissertation if you wanted to commit that hard to it. however you may also come up against a lot of opposition among your colleagues. one must be intellectually prepared to present concrete evidence and argue one's point. (however, you are also more likely to convince people b/c the figures are old and dead and can't deny it. and probably didn't know what rpf is.)

tier 5.5: historical figures who have been fictionalized in media. this depends on the tone you take but unfortunately you will always be up against thomas jefferson hatsune miku binder as the starting point for the general public's thoughts on your hobby. so good luck.

tier 6: racecar drivers. if you are into racecar rpf i assume you are capable of seeing colors that are not visible to the ordinary human eye. they are literally in cars. the creativity required to wring a [romantic] narrative from people driving cars around a track is beyond my comprehension.

tier π: living politicians. you are a pariah among even your most deranged peers. no one respects you. you are categorically a weirdo and beyond help.

Another angle of Louis’ arrival in Lima being celebrated by his Louies! (25 May 2024)

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i think this is one of louis’ funniest tweets it deserves appreciation

Fantasy AU | larry | 39k

Louis is a London zoologist sent by the University Of Highlands and Islands to assess the safety of the island of Eroda as part of the Wonder Seekers Project for sustainable tourism. With his signature needed to write off the concerns raised by the investors -- owing to dragons -- he faces the true, unpretending local life, and finds himself blindsided by the forms it takes.

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Part of the @onedirectionbigbang with my wonderful collaborator's art in the epilogue and featured in a second post on her blog @cuddles-and-cinnamon . Massive thanks to the mods for absolutely crushing it another year! 🫶

I love this silly boot wearing boy.

Louis at the CCME’s M&G (posted on 20/09/19)

adjudication by @bottomlinsons​

Words: 75,139 // Rating: Mature

Harry’s been engaged to Princess Charlotte of Ryde for as long as he can remember. He’s come to know her, to love her, through the letters she’s sent him over the past three years.

But when the wedding finally arrives, Harry quickly learns that nothing is as it seems. With his crown and country at stake, Harry must decide who to trust in this strange new land. And the sly Crown Prince of Ryde doesn’t seem inclined to make things easy.

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You Can Lay Your Hands On Me

by abaddxns/momrryrights for @subharryficfest '21

explicit | non-famous, est. relationship | sub!H/dom!L | 31k

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(planned sequel coming soon!)

Copy of A Copy of A Copy fan project in Santiago - 24.05

Beautiful Louis on stage! - 24.05.24

Louis on stage in Santiago photographed by Andie Borie