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Oh the way you said "it ends like this" I'll never not forget how they ended, what they meant. this made me cry. I hope you're okay because I certainly can't wrap my head around the fact "this is the end". sending hugs and lots of love.

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it’s crazy because it really does feel like the end now. not the hiatus, but this. it’s so devastating.

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I love the idea of being a fangirl. It brings joy and happiness to life! And what's so wrong with a little obsession when it brings people together for the sake of enjoyment which is always so important in life with so many ups and downs through it all.

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a lot of media trends and popularity wouldn’t be the same without fangirls and that’s just the facts

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Gorgeous piece of writing. It’s been a really tough week for directioners everywhere (myself included). It’s silly, but it truly feels like a little piece of me has gone, and I know so many people feel this way too. Heartbreaking and tragic. Sending lots of ❤️

(Ps I’m so interested in your dissertation topic???)

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Sending hugs, one directioner to other <3

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it really has….i just can’t wrap around my head around this happening when we are still so young, i always thought it’d happen years in the future. sending love to you 🤍🤍

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i can't even explain how much i loved this. we really were all just girls together

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always 🤍

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So simply put and honest. My 20-year-old self heard about the death but my 13-year-old self who had ripped pictures from magazine taped to my wall, felt it. Loved this piece!!

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exactly! i didn’t realise how much that fangirl part of me was still in there

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the way I’ve had a post drafted with the exact same title for over a month. I have found my people

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omg our minds

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leah this made me cry

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sorry 😭😭

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this hit hard! it’s been a tough week for directioners (me included). it truly feels like saying goodbye to our girlhood, little pieces of me are now gone in such a tragic way. sending lots and lots of love and hugs 💓

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sending love 🤍🤍

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That last paragraph 💔😢

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This is so beautiful ❤️

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thank you! 🤍

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This hit hard

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sending love 💌💌

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This❤️‍🩹so beautifully written and everything just so true…

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"it ends like this" okay i'll just jump off the cliff, then

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My first post touched base on this. It’s like I’m a teenage girl heartbroken all over again 😅

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“It ends like this” 🙁🙁

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being a fangirl in that particular era online is such a unique experience that just cannot be understood from the outside - you summed it up so beautifully here.

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