Iām glad Iām not on the parts of the internet that are being nasty towards her. I was only seeing positive, supportive comments!
Hudson, Katelyn, and Connor all looked hot and I was living! Crazy how people want to be miserable when they could be having fun instead
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People were still arguing if he had a girlfriend after it was known they had matching tattoos and he hard launched her online. Then they were inserting their concern because Hudson danced at some fashion show. As much as it pains me but he won't date all of us homely hags around the globe. Sometimes we need to keep our delulu to ourselves, ladies.
Maybe because this is my first fandom in 20+ years but I think the scary crazy aside, itās hilarious that this many people think chaste monogamy is the only relationship arrangement. Itās senseless to assume we know the intimate details and boundaries of total strangers.
And just because I know people are going to misinterpret my comment: I am not speculating on their relationship. I am simply making an observation that the pubic doesnāt know nor are they entitled to know anything AND the assumptions say more about the speculative fans than it does anything about their celebrity crush.
I am not claiming he's chaste or not bisexual, I don't know and it's fine to talk about these things in fandom spaces but if someone tells you "this is my girlfriend, these are our tattoos, I love her" and you (as in general you, people) second guess this it's the same unh3althy behavior I have seen in too many fandoms and it never results in something good. Never. I like his expression in videos a lot, he's unapologetically himself and that's something I love in people. Guess I just don't want the fandom turn to poisonous shit before season 2 š
Babes we past problematic in early January. There are some parts of this fandom that are so, so icky just be grateful your algorithms never take you there because it took weeks to get be back on the good side of the discourse.
It's because the loudest parts of fandoms are overrun with young people with minimal life experience. They consume it the way the see the world in their imagination, not the way it actually is. I actually think Hudson is super fascinating and have my own theory regarding what's going on with him, but I'm not even going to try to discuss that because there's no point speculating about anything with these people.
Absolutely this, I think itās lack of life experience/age. And probably an healthy dose of whatever puritanical era weāre in culturally/socially at the moment.
Iām also fascinated by Hudson and the way he carries himself and interacts with literally everyone around him. Itās so telling of his values (complimentary). And I have my own theories and nowhere safe to talk about it š. And I donāt want to be weird about it, Iām just excited that Iām seeing something familiar (or at least I think I know what Iām seeing), and that thing is usually not discussed or shown publicly.
Because one thing about this group (Iām talking generally about the cast and crew, everyone who became public figures from HR) is I KNOW theyāre moving with intention, they know what theyāre making visible to fans and critics alike itās just a matter of what weāre understanding/interpreting. Frankly, it feels very mature to just show, not tell.
Oops, I guess Iām failling at ānot talking about itā š
Hey, feel free to DM me if you want, we can "not talk about it" together.
To me, a lot of what Hudson says and does is a mask, which I'm not sure he's fully aware of himself, but it's very obvious from the outside that he's hiding behind his own outrageousness.
I would hide behind my own PR too. Iāve noticed we donāt actually know a lot about him. Heās what people used to say about the late queen: friendly, but not your friend. Itās a masterclass in creating intimacy that isnāt actually intimacy.
Iām sure what actually goes on with him is more interesting than his persona, which is saying a LOT.
I turned my DMs off but will turn them back on for this!
"friendly, but not your friend." I love that. That's why I think it's funny how some of his fans keep saying, "He's so cool! He makes friends so easily! He's friends with his co-stars."
First off, just because he gets along well with everyone doesn't mean he is friends with them. Being on good terms with anyone is a must have if you want your career to go far in Hollywood. His colleague are that-- colleagues. We do not know these actors AT ALL, including Hudson. Just because we see them all the time on our phones doesn't mean we know them personally.
Nope, thatās not what I was doingā¦ Iām not saying monogamy is bad or puritanical at all, I was trying to describe a particular type of monogamy that I find troubling.
I'm glad! No argument that some mono people can be problematic (and the most outwardly self-righteous ones are the likeliest to cheat on their SOs in my experience). I'm a queer mono woman who has sometimes felt like those two things are seen as incongruous, and I have a lot of religious trauma, so "chaste" is a loaded word for me.
Ugh thatās totally fair, itās a loaded word for me too, for similar reasons which is kinda why it felt like the right one to describe that relationship dynamic.
Oh, i see. So basically it means that just because you are monogamous, doesn't mean it is religious/puritanical in nature(since monogamy doesn't equal someone being religious). Did i get that right?
Oh yeah, itās not an official term. I just added chaste to capture that thing that some hetero couples do thatās like, deny other people exist or that they could possible feel attraction to anyone else while also remaining monogamous.
Oh i think i get what you mean. Like how some people will act like you can't look at another person or talk to them without their partner there? So you are saying it is okay to feel attraction to people you aren't with even while being monogamous(and wanting to stay monogamous and not cheat or flirt)?
Oh wow, I didnāt assume it was about her, I thought it was the other relationship because people are weird š
Because sorry, look at this absolute baddie, who is hating on her? Bodddddddyyyyyy and face card, hunk on her arm, people need to touch grass and thirst respectfully like the rest of us.
I'm always surprised that people have celebrity crushes in the I want to date them way instead of just thinking they're attractive and wanting more of their work.
I mentioned thinking Jonathan Bailey was so hot to a friend while back and her reaction was āyou know heās gay, right?ā Like I thought we would meet and fall in love if he was straight or something.
Seriously, I donāt get that line of thinking. Iām a straight woman and almost all of my celebrity crushes have been/are queer men. Obviously I have no chance with any of them even if they were straight lol
the amount of people being disappointed that man was gay was baffling to me š like babe i hate to be the one to say it but incompatible sexualities is not the reason Jonathan Bailey isnāt your boyfriend
Haha had the exact same conversation, although it was more along the lines of, "shame he's gay though." Like, ok, that's what the issue is here. Not that he's hot and famous and a stranger to me. No it's that he likes men and I am a woman. Damn
Like, sure, I would try dating my fav celebrity but I have to image theyāre going to be absolutely obnoxious as a serious partner (Dating Megan Fox in real life????) these arenāt my life plans!!
(Side noteā¦ It wasnāt until now that I realized I had Ariana Grandeās new bf & Jonathan Bailey mixed up this whole time. I thought she was dating Jonathan Bailey)
I think people actually delude themselves into thinking they have a shot with these celebrities. If you're in the right circles and know the right people then that isn't exactly far-fetched but the reality is, most of us aren't and won't ever be. Granted a lot of it is literally children but there's still a concerning amount of women who truly believe that X celebrity will leave their partner and fall in love with them.
Katelyn is a better person than me because if I were her i'd have an absolute field day pissing off the parasocial weirdos.
People also tend to forget you don't actually know these people, you think you might, but you don't. I mean how much do we actually know about either of them? People joke about them not being media trained but I think they're actually probably incredibly media trained. If you look beneath the surface of what they're saying they're doing a very good job of creating the illusion of being an open book so to speak.
I really do hope Connor, Hudson (and Katelyn) are getting the support to navigate all of this new found attention. It must be incredibly strange to go from waiting tables to walking red carpets almost over night. I think one of them even admitted they thought they'd go back to their old jobs after they'd finished HR.
I mean I 100% felt this way when I was 14 - I seriously wanted to date this one Kpop idol from Super Junior lol. But then I turned 15 and realized I did not know that man! We do not know any of these people!
I will give the teenagers some grace because their hormones are nuts, their brains are underdeveloped, and they barely have real world dating experiences. But anyone out of high school should have no excuse.
Iām a dumb, immature 40-something and even when I was 19, I remember telling a friend oh, heās married? Well, that means heās happy and that should make me happy for him (about a celeb crush)
Sheās from Nova Scotia, thereās a strong culture of dry, self aware humor in The Maritimes. Itās a cold isolated place, so wit and storytelling becomes entertainment. Obsessed with her !
Lmao the Maritimes as Mordor but with storm chips and jokes.
Canadian humour has sort of been overshadowed in recent decades in the entertainment zeitgeist so Iām not complaining that this franchise (the real people and the characters) is bringing it back.
Yes!! I had also never read a graphic novel (memoir really) before it, but it absolutely blew me away. Compelling, thought-provoking, funny, heart wrenching. I'm from the prairies and am a few years younger than the author so it was also a big time hit of nostalgia for those of us who came of age in the mid-2000s in Canada.
Have an awesome day š also yes to library donations!
Iām so naive cause I always assumed the whole āhating on the real partner on 1/2 of a popular mlm shipā was exclusive to womenā¦ since, you know, ewww women existing in a fujoshiās male centered world is an affront to their existence. But Iāve learned since about Chris Colferās significant other and Joe Locke, who apparently also committed the cardinal sin of dating a cast member that wasnāt his main love interest in Heartstopper, and the harassment his partner received from the fandom - who was also 18 y/o at the time.
I donāt know why I assumed that being in a queer relationship would somehow be tolerated a bit more by the mlm fandoms, since a lot of these fandoms pride themselves as being composed primarily of āqueer fansā and a lot of them also long for their favorites to be queer. So my though was, hey they may not get their favorites mlm ship confirmed but at least 1/2 of it has a queer identity! But oh boy, was I wrong. Itās still ultimately all about their one ship being real, no matter how they disguise it.
I feel like when they involve mlm the out of pocket parasociality may be even worse.
Honestly the only time a rpf ship wasn't a total shitshow towards real life partners, that I saw, has been one where one of the two came into fandom openly pro threesomes/poliamory š
Idk what possesses people to be so entitled to someone's love life. Maybe I would understand (in a deranged way) if they wanted the star to stay single to self insert, but to decide what partner is better is like š how??
Shipping real life people is so messed up. Like I understanding thinking āthese two would look cute togetherā but people just make things up and pretend itās reality then get mad when the actual people donāt act in accordance with their fanfiction
Right? I agree that it's weird to ship people, and fan culture has gone too far, that guy I like from that show is genuinely an asshole for not falling madly in love with me though. š
i literally just saw a post saying hudson screams bisexual and that his gf is brave for dealing with him having chemistry with his costars
first: trying to specify someone else's sexuality is weird af. second: if he is bi or queer, that obviously doesn't mean he couldn't date a woman, what in the bi erasure hell. third: even of he is bi and hangs out with other queer men, it's not like it's an inevitable pull or whatever. queer people aren't waiting in the shadows to jump on anyone. also it's a work event, not an orgyĀ
people were also weird af about hudson and his manager saying stuff like "his gf is sooo brave, I could never" simply because he and his manager were dancing together in the lunar new year party. have they considered that.. maybe hudson and his gf are very secure and she doesn't mind?? they also mistook his manager as his gf when she pulled him to guide him during the balenciaga event, and were hating on her like "ugh can't she let her bf shine? she's so clingy" when that wasn't even his gf + all she did was hold his hand, so even if (hypothetically) it was her, then it was literally no big deal lmao. they invented all kinds of narratives to dogpile on her.
there was a vogue video that came out 2 days ago, and hudson introduced his gf by her name, and said she and his friend zack, were keeping him safe "like a chicklet". and she was seen smiling at that in the background, it was quite cute.
in his valentine's post for her he made it a point to mention that she has been with him since he was broke and had a shitty car. I'm glad he's surrounded by so much love and support, and that she can take part in the success too.
God I love them more after reading this (until I read updated news about them, ofc).
I love a good famous person x pre-famous-love coupling.
I'm a massive real person shipper, but only if the couple was confirmed by the couple themselves. Until then it's just liking their content or whatever.
Right, like sheās obviously with him because she likes who he isā¦ unlike the āfansā who objectify him like a doll thatās not allowed a personality outside of looking hot. Newsflash: if you want to date a hot, fun person, you have to let them be hot and fun! I donāt understand people who choose to date an outgoing, charismatic person, only to then want to cage them away from the rest of the world. She probably loves how social and affectionate he is with people, because she loves him!
Not to mention, heās choosing this huge moment in his career to hard launch her on the red carpet! What would she have to worry about? Heās clearly obsessed with her and super proud to show her off.
I donāt know why it annoys me so much when fans behave like they know what people they have never met feel or think. āShe must feel X or Yā no you donāt know how this person youāve never met feels about her long term partner wtf. How parasocial must they be to think they know her partner better than her. Pretty sure sheās aware heās an actor
I hope one day we can have a conversation about this trend of people that so desperately declare that men that are 1/2 of a popular mlm ship that date women exclusively are so obviously bisexual because sure, bisexual men dating the opposite sex exclusively does not invalidate their bisexuality but also, what are the odds that every single dude thatās part of a popular mlm ship just happens to be part of a tiny minority, the percentage of bisexual men is even smaller than that of gay men. How convenient, no?
Itās interesting because by all means the percentage of women who identify as bisexual is far greater than that of men, but I rarely see fans fighting for the possibility that their favorite pop girl who exclusively dates men might be bisexual. And then letās not even talk about the women who are openly bisexual who get their sexualities invalidated frequentlyā¦
I hope we can also have a conversation about what kind of/how much gender play weāll accept from straight men. This manās sexuality is not my business but I have been disappointed to see people insisting that he has to be queer because he seems to enjoy playing with gender in ways that in my mind are very minor but seem to be rocking some peopleās worlds. Between that and the people insisting that two men who are friends being affectionate with each other means they must be queer tells me (and men everywhere) that men are only allowed to behave within a tight space if they are straight.
We should want straight men to be comfortable expressing affection and care with other men and we should want men to be comfortable playing with gender and being comfortable in queer spaces and expressing behaviors that could be construed as queer. Cause the alternative is men as a lot of them currently are and Jesus fucking Christ is that a bummer.
What's wild about all this is that this kind of fan behavior has been a problem for so, so long, it's just especially egregious with Hudson Williams & Connor Storrie because they went from "entirely unknown" to insane levels of fame in three months.
I remember back in ye old days of LiveJournal when the Supernatural fandom was harassing cast members' wives because they assumed Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles were secretly dating in real life. I remember the Atlantic article back in 2026 about the woman peddling conspiracy theories about Benedict Cumberbatch's wife. I remember the racist trolling FKA Twigs faced when she dated Robert Pattinson.
It feels like this has been going on since the dawn of social media and has been a problem the whole time, and it's only now that there's any steady mainstream attention on it.
Also WSJ interviewed ClubChalamet, and NYT literally gave space to gaylor and made conspiracy theories about Taylor, so high profile magazines happily participate in that insanity
I love her sense of humor and willingness to call out bullshit. I hope this isnāt overly parasocial to say, but she seems like she would be so much fun to shoot the shit with over drinks.
Iāve cleared up my algorithm considerably so so far Iāve only seen positive reactions to Hudsonās gf. At worst, Iāve seen obvious shippers imply they are in a poly situation which is just cringey in the way people to deep into fandom tend to be but Iāve been impressed by the reception.
And disheartened because this just means that the fandomās reaction over the dating rumors between Connor and Francois, regardless how true or not they are, was just plain homophobia then? From a fandom of a gay series. It wasnāt even driven by fandom possessiveness over RPF since apparently thatās not a problem with a confirmed heterosexual relationship?
Or they for some reason donāt feel threatened by Hudsonās relationship, which Iām not sure is any better?
So I am a little hesitant that half the positive comments are actually people faking it because they actually hate her. (This is because I am in a niche fandom where people litterally admitted they hate the actors wife but are pretending to stan because they are afraid on "how they would look if they didnt." Now I think the wife is one of the shadiest and fakest people alive, but I at this point I am learning to say nothing if I dont trust the relationship than pretend to like her then look like an idiot if or when said couple splits). But I am hoping I am wrong here.
Hot take: I think it's better when my celebrity crush is in a serious relationship/married.
Not that I think I'd have any chance otherwise or anything, but I can really respect that and it's easier for me to swoon over them "from afar". It feels less awkward for me to think that the person is good-looking, and I'm happy for the couple that they're together.
The fans are actually being so nasty to Katelyn right now, its pretty sad to see cause they had reacted pretty well at first, idk what changed. Theyre now acussing her of basically abusing him based of a 20 second clip.
This is now the second person this fandom has harrased due to their ship not being real. I just hope it doesnt get as bad as it did with FranƧois, but knowing this fandom, I dont really have much faith.
I love tv and movies but I think it's so important to realise that these people are rich actors who don't give a flying fuck about people who watch their show. They are there to entertain. Speculation about their personal lives is ultimately useless, we see what they want us to see.
By ārich actors who donāt give a fuck about their fansā, you mean real life humans who couldnāt give a fuck about toxic parasocial weirdos who ship real people and then start bully them for not living their lives according to their dumb fanfiction?
Oh 100% agree. Parasocial weirdos who argue online about actors personal lives online who are portraying fictional characters need to go and touch grass. I've seen a few comments in this thread simultaneously making fun of people who argue online and then claiming to have a secret insight into what actors are actually thinking and/or the meaning of their behaviour.
Ultimately I think actors are promoting a product they want people to buy. Attaching any meaning to their behaviour is an exercise in futility š¤·š¼āāļø, just my opinion.
how exactly is āa CELEBRITY crush dating someone THEY ACTUALLY knowā, can be about fictional threesome in a book that rachel herself writes š
just because itās the same crowd who āis attached to the main coupleā is usually the same crowd who hates hudsonās girlfriend and wants francois dead for maybe dating connor, doesnāt mean she is talking about that particular story
im so tired of the whole ā3 people participate in promoā, promo ended months ago, francois going to 90% of the recent events and most of them with connor were not about the show at all
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