Then and Now

[nicole21290]

Originally Posted by teedeerocks

I just watched FM Live in Boston-haven't seen it in years.The difference in Stevie and Lindsey's stage presence and communication compared to this past years tour is unbelievable.Stevie hardly looked at Lind's and hardly spoke or smiled.She looked like she would've loved to be anywhere but THERE.If she couldn't fake it for a show that she knew was going to be taped she must've been REALLY pissed off.I think some of the stunts they did during the recent tour were staged but the happiness couldn't have been.I hope they keep it up for this next tour

One must also take into consideration that that's ONE show. Under different circumstances. Certainly, there seemed be a lack of consistency in their interaction and mood during SYW which was there this time around, whether we attribute that to a true reconciliation for once, a lack of certain others hanging around quite so much, less health issues, the embracing of the 'power couple' image, etc. I wouldn't say she barely looked at Lindsey and barely smiled, however, even in just that one example. But yes, it was a more up and down affair. I'll let their favourite artist Ms Perry explain, lol:

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up

I find this emphasis on putting things down as 'stunts' quite amusing, really. Planning to hug or kiss Stevie's hand neither precludes it containing emotional meaning for them nor does it mean that every evolution of said hug, for example, is also planned to a tee, just to appease poor shippers. The MOST amusing thing, however, is how Stevie, last year, decided to call a lot of the past interactions 'fake' and she refused to do that anymore for this tour. And yet, I would say the level of open emotional intimacy and overall amusing interaction across the board increased. I would also say that this tour, last tour, the SYW tour - it's nearly always been the improvised moments, the off the cuff interactions, or the evolution of moments etc (not the most basic level of Tusk embrace or Sara hug that they began with) that have been the most 'shippy' or 'intimate'. Which doesn't quite fit with the idea some people fixate on of 'playing things up', to be honest.











If we're comparing now and then, I also wouldn't have complained last year if we'd gotten some of the stuff we got back then. Fits in quite well with the lovefest theme...









But yes, agreed on the last point. I'm optimistic.