Sad to find out I didn’t make an official 15 years of one direction post even though I wrote about it a day later BUT!!!! Now I’m here to say….. HAPPY 16 YEARS OF ONE DIRECTIONNNNNN!!!!! They literally helped me through my worst times in life and will always be there when I need them. So proud to say that Im in this fandom. Every one Ive met in this fandom is so damn dedicated and it makes me feel a little less like a crazy teenage girl in her room screaming and dancing to “Little White Lies” like no one is watching. This fandom and band brought the best out of me and changed my overall view on the world. I bet no one is going to read this and I’ll probably regret it 15 years later when I find my old Wattpad account and see this but everything I’m saying is coming from the bottom of my heart. Im so happy to be a directioner, even if it gets me called boy crazy, or a stereotype, or just another teen stuck in 2010. If feeling the way I do for a band gets me called strange, so be it. This is to Louis, Liam, Zayn, Harry, and Niall. Grown men who never met me (and probably never will) have changed my life. Sounds crazy innit? Whatever. This is to everyone who celebrates!!!! Have a cake (or a left over, broken, and sad cookie in my case) and start that playlist for the day. Scroll on tumblr in the evening. Watched edits in the night. Whatever makes you feel good and connected to the boys in anyway to celebrate. Whether that be scream to “C’mon C’mon” on the drive to your workplace or doodle Niall into a sketchbook at summer camp. Do whatever you want. Be whoever you want. Because that’s what being a directioner is all about. Freedom. That’s how I feel when I listen to 1D. Free. I gain this freedom that not even a single person can take away. Happy 16 years of one direction every one!!! - L x
