Drag Me Down: Or, How The Engagement Team Became Shameless 1D Fandom Trash (A Year In Review)

It’s no secret that Wattpad is a cesspool for the One Direction fandom and no place is more incriminating of this fact than upstairs where the Engagement Team resides. Not only is that where you’ll find our beloved Harry Styles of the Cardboard Cut Outs, but it’s not uncommon to hear a 1D playlist or an argument worthy of a Masters thesis taking place at their table at any moment of the day.

Have you ever wondered what in the sweetest pits of hell is so interesting about these boys? Not only for Wattpadders, but also the staff, who were once completely whole women, completely unplagued by the dramatic ebb and flow of boy band life.

Today Sam, Jen, and Alessandra are 1D fandom trash in the worst way. But after reading this, we’re not sure you’ll be able to blame or judge them any longer. Never has a fandom inspired this level of batshit crazy . Never have so many emotional tornadoes wreaked their devastation on the battered souls of devoted fans. Not even the N’Sync or Backstreet Boys fall out of the 90s could have prepared them for the whirlwind of fangirl life.

Here we recount the most memorable, shattering, shocking, and swoon-worthy moments of 2015 as experienced by One Direction and the Wattpadders who love them.