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"  Since the dawn of time, boy bands everywhere have been created using a sophisticated combination of archetypes. These archetypes vary from group to group\u00A0\u2014 sometimes there&amp;#039;s a WTF one (Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC), or a &amp;quot;LOL no&amp;quot; one (Justin Jeffre of 98 Degrees)\u00A0\u2014\u00A0but there is always a bad boy, a pretty one, and a mysterious one. The Backstreet Boys in their prime were the perfect example of the archetype phenomenon: Nick was pretty, A.J. was bad, and so on and so forth. Herewith, an examination of One Direction as they relate to BSB. \u00A0\u00A0 Harry Styles = Nick Carter, aka the Pretty One.\u00A0Harry is the most famous One Direction dude, which is the most solid evidence that he&amp;#039;s the pretty one. He is the only one whose name your dad knows. He is also the one whose hair your dad makes fun of when he sees him on TV. As the Pretty One, Harry can date famous people like Cara Delevingne and Taylor Swift. Nick Carter, you may remember, dated Willa &amp;quot;I Wanna Be Bad&amp;quot; Ford and Paris Hilton, who in their day were at least as famous as Cara D. is now. strong&amp;gt;Louis Tomlinson = Kevin Richardson, aka the Mysterious One.\u00A0Like Kevin, Louis is a perfect elf prince of a man and the oldest member of his group. This gives him a wise-beyond-his-years vibe. He&amp;#039;s hot, but it&amp;#039;s subtle. He&amp;#039;s the thinking woman&amp;#039;s Harry, much like Kevin was the thinking woman&amp;#039;s Nick. He&amp;#039;s the kind of guy who&amp;#039;s capable of quoting love poetry in everyday speech without it seeming cheesy. His weird tattoos (the stag/heart on his arm, the &amp;quot;it is what it is&amp;quot; chest piece) would read as douchey on a normal guy, but on Louis, it&amp;#039;s like, &amp;quot;That guy is deep and I want to know him.&amp;quot;  Niall Horan = Brian Littrell, aka the Funny One.\u00A0Niall is one of those dudes who&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;cute,&amp;quot; but never &amp;quot;hot.&amp;quot; He&amp;#039;s from Ireland, which like Brian&amp;#039;s home state of Kentucky, is known mostly for its whiskey. He&amp;#039;s a good singer and he&amp;#039;s hilarious, but you probably don&amp;#039;t have dreams about him running toward you naked in the rain.  Zayn Malik = A.J. McLean, aka the Bad Boy.\u00A0Zayn is hard to pin down. His mysterious ways almost make him the Kevin, but Louis is hotter than Zayn, so no. Zayn used to be a smoker and has shown up to press appearances hung over. AJ, you will recall, did a stint in rehab for alcoholism in 2001, and always had the most tattoos, the most bandannas, and the biggest hoop earrings. They are the ones that make your parents worry about the youth.  Liam Payne = Howie &amp;quot;Howie D&amp;quot; Dorough, aka the Weird One.\u00A0Sorry, but it&amp;#039;s true. Nobody ever liked Howie. Sure, people like Liam, but he&amp;#039;s always the one that people forget about when they&amp;#039;re trying to recite the names of all the 1D members at parties (this is entirely hypothetical, I have never done such a thing). He also, like Howie, has that thing where he looks way older than he actually is, which is very confusing for older ladies trying to figure out if it&amp;#039;s legal for them to think he&amp;#039;s hot. (Also, look at him in that top picture. His eyes are closed on the red carpet. TOTALLY THE HOWIE.)  Putting this here for good measure:  Follow Eliza on Twitter. Photo credits: Getty Images RELATED ARTICLES: 16 of Taylor Swift&amp;#039;s BFFs Why Miley Cyrus Is Secretly Your Favorite Disney Princess 8 Controversial Things Rihanna Can Do That Justin Bieber Can&amp;#039;t "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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