Okay I'm not a 1D stan but isn't it kind of weird to put a sex scene of two people who actually exist in real life in a tv show? like I doubt it was done with any malicious intent but it's weird. It’s sort of allowing her wishes to come true.”īut while fan fiction is often a safe place for young fans to explore sexuality, as Levinson said, there has long been a debate even in that space as to whether writing about sexual encounters between celebrities, as opposed to writing about fictional characters, is appropriate.Īnd many fans upset by the scene feel that taking that a step further and actually animating real people and having those avatars for them engage in sexual acts is an invasion of privacy for Tomlinson and Styles. “It’s sort of what Kat’s dream would be if she could see an animation of one of her stories.
“Something that I thought was a fascinating or exciting idea was to take this burgeoning curiosity about sexuality that’s ultimately framed through the lens of fan fiction and allow it to come to life,” Euphoria showrunner Sam Levinson said. The scene is a rendering of a fan fiction written by one of the characters, Kat, who narrates their, um, activities.
An animated sequence featuring a graphic sex scene between One Direction’s Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson has drawn the ire of a number of 1D fans after it aired as part of an episode of the teen drama Euphoria on Sunday night.
