Narnia Snapshots: Beanies, Buzz Cuts, and Covert Bamboozling

 

Greetings to our guests!  Not sure how, but we're all still hanging in there after a holiday weekend and ready to start a new week, right?  Right?  😄 

We have flipped the page to a new month; where did the summer go?

Let's just roll up our sleeves and jump right in. Here we go!

 

•  What are the odds that again this year, something appears to be afflicting the Chiefs' left tackle (and Patrick Mahomes' primary defender), Josh Simmons?   Allegedly, the injury concerns his back now.  Last year it was an alleged personal issue which remained one of the best kept secrets in all time Chiefs history and still remains in the organization's vault.

The left tackle is a very important position in football for a right-handed quarterback, which is what Patrick is.  A quick look-up online of that position shows how crucial it is.  Left tackles protect the QB, often without assistance from other teammates. So they are basically the primary position that handles the opposing team's efforts to neutralize the quarterback's efforts to gain yardage.  

And so now for the second season in a row, the Chiefs player at that position has become a week-to-week concern with regard to practice availability (let alone being able to play). Thus mystifying and irritating both the fans and the media. In addition to just being an overall daily, repetitive big story as the NFL enters into the first week of the season.  And it's Andy Reid, the head coach, who week-to-week is the one who stands at the podium and answers on the organization's behalf.     

Directly below is Coach Andy Reid's quote from one of his post-practice pressers.  "See if it's right or what's wrong with it" - See if it's 'right'?  Well, if it's keeping him out of practice, then it couldn't be "right", could it?  Very strange wording by Andy, who has developed a habit of using vague or odd phrases just like that one.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So we have "Josh Simmons Watch" going on with an example directly below of a previous update.  And looks like the twitter account this author refers to as "Tone Deaf" is all about replying to multiple Chiefs-topic'd tweets with the repeated mantra of the Chiefs' locker room being "DOA" or broken.  I was already familiar with the "Tone Deaf" account because he had been noticed in Royals' twitter activity earlier in the baseball season, constantly replying to any tweet about rookie catcher, Carter Jensen, with his opinion on Carter's "inferiority".  So his account had already brought red flags. 🚩🚨🚩  

This was his reply to Farzin Vousoughian's update on Simmons: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, it should be noted that ultimately Andy Reid does not make the personnel moves.  At least in that department, he will defer to Chiefs General Manager, Brett Veach, the man behind all the decisions and transactions. It just seems that whenever there is a player controversy going on, it's always Andy at the podium addressing the questions. 🎤

And now, in a new development, it sounds like it is very possible that a rookie may be playing in Josh Simmons' place instead of proven veteran Jaylon Moore, in next Monday night's season opener against divisional opponent, the Denver Broncos.

 

Will we have another Harry Styles Trap Door situation taking place if indeed that is the plan? To start a rookie in place of Simmons?

Another critical player position to the entire Chiefs offense this season is running back and their newest player, Kenneth Walker, who was the 2025 Super Bowl MVP.  Now, he has had an ankle injury before, so swelling could be something he deals with the rest of his career/life, right?  It's possible.  But Narnia is still watching.  So far, it is looking like he will be ready to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully, there will not be as much melodrama this season, but ... that would be like expecting a snow-free winter in Jackson Hole, WY.  Why?  Because as long as: 

* 15 (Patrick) and 87 (Travis) are on the same team, 

* as long as 15 is trying to chase Tom Brady's records, 

* as long as Andy is trying to move up the ladder of coaches' wins, and 

* as long as Shifty, aka Taylor Swift, is associated with the Chiefs via Travis Kelce, 

* as long as we see the planted accounts every single day running Travis down and peddling a lot of the same old fake narratives 

 

then it seems there is bound to be manufactured melodrama.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• In Oct 2017, Narnia wrote a post "Behold the Emasculation Proclamation!  Part 4 - Revelations",  which was part of a series on various ways that TPTB utilized to control half of a closeted couple.  With Jared, it was (and still is) a beanie which oftentimes makes him look like a Q-Tip.  Don't ever doubt TPTB underlying intentions when it comes to "working uniforms".   Here he was in 2017 during an outing at Top Golf,

do you see anyone else wearing a beanie in the summer?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When asked by Jensen about the beanie earlier this year (via zoom) at the Norfolk Con (one that Jared just happened to have missed due to an alleged broken leg), Jared said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohhhhhh, Jared wears it indoors as well as outdoors because it's his (security) "blankie".  I think the 2026 term would be more like "emotional support beanie", wouldn't it?

So, one could say it's also become like a signature trademark, which is why it is puzzling why the "emotional support accessory" wasn't used in this recent promotional photo for an upcoming Netflix movie that Jared will be starring in with Leighton Meester and Andie MacDowell?

Huh, well, look at that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No beanie or Albert Einstein stylin' for Netflix?  😉

 

Seeing "Heated Rivalry"'s Connor Storrie buzz cutting his hair recently also brought to mind the old 2017 Emasculation Proclamation post and Jared's "emotional support" beanie.  

Who's buying this explanation from Connor?

TPTB sure had this explanation ready to go, didn't they?

 

While promoting Heated Rivalry season one in December 2025, Connor said he was ready to cut all of his hair off. 

“I’m ready to cut this stuff off, if y’all want me to be completely honest,” he replied to a fan tweet about his curly hair routine in a Teen Vogue video. “I’m ready to shave my head. I don’t know who’s out there, but someone hire me and give me a crazy haircut.” 

In a “Get Ready with Me” video for Vogue in January, Connor also teased cutting his hair.

“Just wait until we do something, and until we cut it all off,” he says in the clip while his groomer, Kerrie Urban, tousles his hair. “I want to.” 

The last time Connor had shorter hair was while filming his upcoming movie, April X, back in 2024. If you missed it, a new trailer was recently unveiled after the movie received a September release date. - Just Jared, August 23, 2026

 

"The last time Connor had shorter hair" was while filming April X?  You mean this short? 

 

Riiiight.  After all, what fashion conscious, out-and-about guy doesn't want to have everything accented with nearly coconut-shell length hair?

Look at this lone comment on that Just Jared post from a fan familiar with the Heated Rivalry book series:

 

Hmmmm.  Not keeping the characters true to form?  Interesting.

Here was Connor last night at the Creative Arts Emmys.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe Connor could give Jared a ring and they can compare notes on their imposed hair restrictions.  😉

 

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And, beards?  I mean, "wives", we know you're supposed to be "with child".  There is no need to keep putting the cradling hand under the "bump" like a laser pointer.  We know what that is and what it is announcing. 😉

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 Why is the official ABC News twitter account posting a remembrance for Liam Payne's "heavenly" birthday this past August 29, 2026?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's not Just Jared.   Not Page Six.  Not US Weekly.  Not Pop Base.  Not the Daily Fail, I mean Mail.

But ABC News.

As M&M told this author when this was seen on Twitter.

ABC is owned by Disney.

Disney and Sony/Simon Cowell have long had a special relationship and continue to partner on several business projects.  Also, One Direction took a number of stunt photos in Disney parks with their beards back in the day.   

Liam w beard Cassidy at Disney Paris 07 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Niall + beard Steinfeld at Disneyland 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zayn + beard (that's her blond hair) Perrie Edwards at Dis-Paris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And not to leave out Mr. Louis Tomlinson, who appeared at Disneyland Paris in August 2013. LOLLLL! The winter wear seems a bit out of place, don't you think?:

with Eleanor "me girlfriend" Calder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zayn and Edwards were at Disneyland Paris in 2014.   So as one can see, M&M recalled quite correctly.  Not only that, but Harry Styles' Pleasing brand collaborated with Disney for a 30-item line of skincare products, apparel, etc. in 2024.

One more Disney and Sony association:

In May 23, 2012, the members of One Direction attended actor Will Smith's premiere for "Men in Black III" in New York City.  

"Men in Black III" was distributed by Sony Pictures.

It would be ten (10) years later when Liam Payne was set up in that disastrous "accent" interview post-Oscars.  Oscar watchers also remember that awards show as the one where Will Smith allegedly was so upset at Chris Rock that he went up on stage and slapped him.  And then Liam was interviewed and ... well, Narnia talked about all of this in our post "December Drifts:  Signals From All Directions" in December '22 as well as "Liam Payne's Own 'Beautiful War' Against the Music Industry" in April '22. 

Do you the reader, feel like this dog yet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are other business partnerships between Sony and Disney, including Sony Pictures acquiring "control over Disney Home Entertainment" in 2024.

The daily number of stories that still continue about Liam's alleged fatality in Argentina continue to involve too many moving parts, too many rabbit holes.  In an admirable fashion, fans are militant about getting to the truth, now more than ever.  

Next month will be the "anniversary" of the incident.

Fans should notice though, who isn't as militant about finding out the truth.  And they should wonder why.

The family.  The band members. His close friends.

Of all people, they should be more up in arms than anyone if they're seeing all of the same missing puzzle pieces that the fans are.  Instead, all we're seeing are interviews of band mates reminiscing and family members posting lengthy missing-you messages. Two years later.

Please pause and contemplate before sending money to fund investigations unless you know for sure where, and for what purpose, that money is being used for. 

As we continue to watch any further possible proceedings as far as Liam's incident is concerned, a wise saying from Oh My Godot's Grand Poobah, "Special K" comes to mind:

 

"Sometimes you gotta go big, to hide big." 

 

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There were a couple of other items to be brought to the table that this author will instead tackle in the next post.   It's time to get this puppy published and on with our week!

Be generous with Good mornings, Hello's and smiles.  Right now, more than ever.  

 

Our sources:   Get Yarn, tenor, Just Jared, Deadline, Imdb, msn, pinterest, Mirror UK, 

                        note.com, Pop Crush, dc theater scene, instagram, buzzfeed

Our playlist:  Prime Time - The Alan Parsons Project

                      Run - Collective Soul 

                      Deathly - Aimee Mann

                      Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

                      Keep on Walkin' - CeCe Peniston

 

Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, 2026: Spirits that Can’t be Tamed; Voices that Could Never Be Silenced

 

Let’s start with a bit of context. Although the owners of this blog have been following Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles’ love story for fifteen years, we created this platform on May 15, 2016, partly with the expressed intent of documenting and exposing the shifting narratives that were about to be set into motion as a result of what we would eventually term the Hiatus from Hell™.  How did we know what was about to happen? Well, let’s just say this was not our first rodeo when it comes to The Closet, so the seamless exiting of a band member in a group valued in the billions less than two months after One Direction's fourth world tour began, quickly followed by the official announcement of a fifth album from the remaining four members, followed less than four months later by a high profile paternity "scandal" coincidentally involving one of the members of a long-rumored, same-sex couple in the group, was either the worst luck ever or a strategically planned sequence of events activated for a long-term purpose. A purpose known colloquially in the business world as a CYA (Cover Your Arse) operation.

Here's the first Larry pic uploaded to Narnia from the Graham Norton Show, Dec 5, 2014
Before Zayn's imposed departure. Before Louis', then Liam's, then Zayn's Babygates
Before The Hiatus from Hell™

Certainly, the existence of other celebrity closets was a large part of Narnia Dispatches' inception as well (Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols come to mind, along with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles), but for the purpose of the present post, this is a reminder that Narnia has been committed from the beginning, to documenting and exposing the ongoing attempts by TPTB (Simon Cowell, Sony, Modest Management, etc.) to rewrite history, fade memories, scrub the Internet of verifiable evidence, factionalize the formidable One Direction fanbase, and breakup, gaslight, and vilify the Larrie and Ziam fandoms.

On the Road Again, Promo for One Direction, Sydney, Australia Feb 7, 2015

Without a doubt, 2016, was the beginning of a coordinated campaign by TPTB to exploit an obvious power imbalance in relation to the members of One Direction while being protected by contractually enforced image clauses and NDAs, in addition to a corrupted/compromised media landscape. In short, TPTB predictably used the pretext of a group-initiated hiatus “break” to convince the public that down was up, black was white, and memories from the previous five years (2010-2015) were either false or fabricated by delusional fans.  Or, the result of a mass disorienting fever dream.

Some of the prominent components of this “clean up”/"reconfiguration" era include the following repeated storylines:

• Louis and Harry were arch enemies in real life. 
• Larries ruined Louis and Harry’s friendship. 
• Louis and Liam were homophobic lowlifes. 
• Zayn’s departure was self-imposed because he didn’t enjoy being in the group and wanted to live a normal life (LOLLLL!).  
• No secret relationships existed in One Direction. 
• The group was, in fact, comprised of all hot-blooded heterosexual men (roll out the Babygates, sorted by threat priority). 
• One Direction initiated their own indefinite Hiatus
• Harry Styles' selfish pursuit of a solo career was the primary reason for the group's breakup. 
• Never mind the serial denials of Larry Stylinson by Louis Tomlinson every five minutes. "Obviously."  /Sarcasm intended

Louis Tomlinson on the cover of Hunger Magazine, March 2026

That’s right. Reimaginings and rewrites, courtesy of TPTB. Ten years of flooding the zone with trickery and artifice, sleights of hand, enforced denials and metaphorical gun to the head retractions. All the while, the actual puppet masters hid in the shadows and shifted the blame onto what were termed as fandom “conspiracy theorists” and onto the five young men who were being victimized, year after year, like swinging piñatas.

Holding, holding out 
Hoping you will love me now

Having studied other celebrity closets before 2010, when One Direction arrived on the scene, it was not hard to see that a love story was unfolding between two young men who wanted, for the most part, to be authentic. Not another copy of a copy. Not another casualty of the closet. Two members of a boyband who only wanted to be heard, seen and accepted. Simply put, they wanted to be able to follow their dreams as artists and still be together as a romantic couple. What soon became all too clear, especially when the group hit America in 2012, was that the music industry was not about to let that happen. But, unlike other closeted celebrities, these two young men fought back with all their heart, mind and spirit, against the beards, the stunts, the manufactured het images, and the crafted scandals. Headline after headline designed to divide the fandom and separate Louis and Harry from each other and the public possibility of a future life together.

At this juncture in their story, ten years later, what no longer can be ignored and indeed needs to be openly celebrated more than ever is that as July 23, 2026 approaches, Louis and Harry’s voices have never been more publicly in sync. Never been louder or more aligned. That they and we have made it and appear to be beginning a new journey together.  Since their obviously coordinated music releases, in January 2026, Louis and Harry have been merging memories and moments. Blue greening their little hearts out. And for those who are listening, making references to one another and their lived past together.

Now you're all out of choices, are you listening yet?
Between your hеad and heart and somewherе else instead
Oh, can you hear the voice, the one inside your head?
Oh, are you listening yet? Oh, are you listening yet?

Side by side, No. 1's Jan 28, 2026

BLUE GREENING ON MAIN

HDWGH, Hamburg Opening Night, March 23, 2026

Together, Together, Amsterdam Opening Night May 16, 2026 

Louis and Harry are asking us to let the light in and embrace the truth. Reminders not only of their perseverance, but of their never-ending commitment to each other and to us. That’s what these upcoming Narnia posts will be about as we draw closer to the 16th anniversary that brought us all together in the first place. Let's take some time to celebrate what all this has always been about. Love, respect, and acceptance.

It's best you know what you don't
Aperture lets the light in

[Chorus]
We belong together
It finally appears its only love

Starting tomorrow the stroll down memory lane will begin, documented through photos, gifs and identifying time frames and locations whenever possible. Context will be provided when the added information helps to provide a better understanding of the timing of certain actions and reactions.  In part, to correct the record and refresh memories about those critical five years before The Hiatus from Hell™ was unleashed upon an unsuspecting fandom and a clueless, distracted public. In part, to take back Louis and Harry's truth. The truth that TPTB tried to obscure behind smoke and mirrors machinations ten years ago. Pull up a chair. Grab your favorite beverage and snacks. Narnia promises it will be worth the while. 

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

 Green Day, “Good Riddance”

Sources:  Tumblr, YouTube, Billboard, Instagram, X, Spotify, Hunger Magazine, The Graham Norton Show

Playlist: Good Riddance - Green Day
               Something Great - One Direction
               Same Mistakes - One Direction
               Iris - Goo Goo Dolls [Iris is the Goddess of the Rainbow, by the way)