Alexander Skarsgård

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Kitkath70 said:
This was posted earlier today on Alexanderssskarsbrow.tumblr

http://alexanderssskarsbrow.tumblr.com/post/139276590812

I think that's where she came across the picture.

Here's a screen cap of her Instagram post.

http://alexanderssskarsbrow.tumblr.com/image/139307928642

I think Alexa came across the photo this morning, thought it was cute and posted it. I don't think it was calculated at all. It got a lot of attention fast, so she pulled it. I don't think Alex told her not to or anything like that. I do think it's silly that she didn't keep it up. It was sweet and funny.
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She's searching Tumblr for photo's of her boyfriend?? I'm sorry KK, I just don't buy that.

And she knows she gets attention, she has how many followers? It's why she posts photos of her friends events, and the labels/products she has deals with. She uses SM to promote. And she knows a small % of those follow her because of Alex.

If she wants to post it, cool, go for it. It was funny. But it's the post, delete, post, delete that's just a little strange to me.
 
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I think she googles Alex to see what comes up. Why else would she post that photo, a photo that was taken a few years ago, on the same day it was posted again on tumblr? Even if she didn't find it on tumblr, she would have gotten it from goggle. She knows she gets attention. Maybe she was testing the waters to see just how much attention his posts actually get. It's got to drive her crazy not to be able to post things with or about him. I don't get the post and delete thing at all. She deleted a couple other photos yesterday that had nothing to do with Alex. Maybe she pulled it do to photo rights. It's not sourced and I think it was a pap photo.
 
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FreeSpirit71 said:
I think a lot of distribution deals were done a while ago.

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(BC, just saw your edit change to American distributors)
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You've got a distribution deal, we don't. :p

audiogirl said:
Oh I think Valentine's Day sentiment got the best of Alexa. Then she thought better of it and decided it was too overt.

She probably does want to post more about Alex, but doesn't because of his preferences. Odds are she came across this cute photo, and it struck her funny since it did sum up how he made her feel.

She posts shots of her personal activities on her IG, like most celebs. To the extent it keeps her followers interested, it supports her career. She doesn't need attention. She has plenty of attention. But she also uses her social media like most people do, except she has more followers than most.

I'm going take this at face value and assume it expressed her feelings, so she posted it. Then she worried it might bother him and took it down.
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This photo is probably one of my favorite photos of a fan and a celeb, especially because it's Alex and there's a funny backstory to it.
And yes, I have no doubt she thinks it's a funny pic that also expresses her feelings. But part of me does think she knew what she was doing and only had second thoughts after she posted it. It's a hazard for someone who likes to post all that personal stuff on social media and who happens to be dating a celeb who doesn't like it all.
It's not just celebs, alas.

ETA: Since I stopped in the middle of writing this, I missed a couple of posts. I do find it odd that she posted that photo after it showed up again on Tumblr. You're dating him, why do you need to Google/Tumblr him? I hope she's not checking out fan sites/Tumblrs, because that's going down a dark, weird rabbit hole! :)
 
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She posted pics of herself all the time, also from the events ... and she had recently event in LA with Gucci and Florence Welch. I think that her app is also based on some inspiration from the pics ... and she and her style is very important with selling it ;) People expect that she will put her photos on it ... she is the face.

ETA. ... and let's not forget about friends, they always find interesting photos ;)
 
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jooa said:
She posted pics of herself all the time, also from the events ... and she had recently event in LA with Gucci and Florence Welch. I think that her app is also based on some inspiration from the pics ... and she and her style is very important with selling it ;)
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I 'get' that, but it's also weird. I know she's not the only one who does this. I can't tell if they're able to disconnect themselves from what they're doing when they look at pap/event photos of themselves or when they Google themselves, or if there's a bit of narcissism involved. Or both.

ETA: I think this is why I stopped looking at her IG, except on very rare occasion. While I enjoyed some of her better interviews, where you can see the snark and the humor that is probably very attractive to Alex, her IG is very much fashionista/branding. And it's not my thing.
 
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jooa said:
She posted pics of herself all the time, also from the events ... and she had recently event in LA with Gucci and Florence Welch. I think that her app is also based on some inspiration from the pics ... and she and her style is very important with selling it ;) People expect that she will put her photos on it ... she is the face.
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Yeah and? That's exactly what I'm saying. She knows that her SM gets attention. and I think that's ok. It seems like a lot of people do it, from Instagram to Twitter etc, especially when you're not really connected with just one brand. Her SM is her brand. And again, I have no issues with it. She's not an island in that regard.

But because of that, she knows that photo would be seen by those who follow her for that reason. I think that's obvious. It's a storm in a teacup but I'd love to know why she took it down. I'm kind of glad I don't follow her on SM, that kind of erratic posting would drive me bonkers.
 
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@BuckeyeChicago All celebrities do it, just look at their instagrams. Pics from premieres, events, photos from theirs films, magazines, newspapers ...

ETA. The comments were really embarrasing this weird way ;) Most goes like "He is so pretty; I want to be you; I love him; I would look the same; ALEX!!!!; ERIC!!!; it's true, how sad; I envy you etc.".
 
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jooa said:
^^ All celebrities do it, just look at their instagrams. Pics from premieres, events, photos from theirs films ...
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You're reading my posts, right Jooa? That's what I'm saying.

However I'm talking about this one photo (and actually any Alex related posts). And I still think she knows Alex doesn't like stuff like this on her SM, but can't help herself. So either she rethinks it soon after it's posted or someone asks her to take it down IMO. Anyway, to me it looks ridiculous.
 
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jooa said:
@BuckeyeChicago All celebrities do it, just look at their instagrams. Pics from premieres, events, photos from theirs films, magazines, newspapers ...
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No, not really. And while some do it, they don't all do it at the same scale. There's a way of promoting without being narcissistic. Some people have figured it out, some don't.

ETA: I'll note that Alexa is very aware of what her audience wants, and she delivers it. I also feel that the fashionista world is even more narcissistic and butt kissing than even the movie/film world, and that's probably why I don't look at most fashionista/reality star social media accounts.
 
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I wrote something additional, and it took me some time. I tried to remember the "spirit" of the comments under the photo. Even for me it was something bizarre.

ETA. ... and a part of the comments were just "links" to other people.
 
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