the best thing at this party

Let’s also not ignore that Travis DID meet her during / around this time so he probably SAW it happening somewhat in real time and decided for himself he wasn’t afraid of the intensity of it. He instead became her biggest supporter and personal hype man. While that wasn’t the #1 thing that “fixed” her, I’m sure it helped to be with someone who was, probably for the first time, a safe place for her.

i keep seeing tiktoks that are like “maybe this makes me toxic but i’m so disappointed fortnight is worse than the ai version! the album should’ve sounded more like that 🤪” like yes girl that does make you toxic

i legitimately feel so bad for taylor because people beg and beg and beg more from her and then when she gives it they hate her for it. they begged for 1989 TV then complained jack antonoff ruined it. they begged for a double album for years and she finally made one and they say it sucks. they beg for better lyrics than “hey kids spelling is fun” and then hate TTPD because it’s “too confusing.” like did these people ever consider that taylor is a human who is making art about her actual life? and that she should get to enjoy what she makes too?

she was not fucking joking

Peter

not to give a man credit but shout out to killatrav for pursuing his celeb crush who turned out to be an unhinged mess at the time and sticking around anyway to be her hype man

taylor: the fucking sky is falling and im going to die right now

travis kelce rolling up with a friendship bracelet:

this whole album is literally “never take advice from someone who’s falling apart”

Derry Girls (2018-2022) Season 1 | Episode 3

what's a tumblr influencer? what am i influencing? my mental illness? 😭

loml is very much about matty and the whole song lays that out for us, but just like the rest of the album, feelings she felt towards joe are represented via matty because she felt the same things with both of them. imo it’s more so that the same thing (being promised stability and a future and then the other person bailing) happened twice. once over the course of more than half a decade, and the other in less than a month. i think with joe she was like “okay i already have this boy to go to, he’s been chasing me” and she did, but it turned out to be tragic. also, i think with joe, she refused to feel the loss in the beginning and convinced herself that it’s for the better, and then matty and his fake-love-filled-promises happened and the succession of it was so quick that the second time around, she indeed felt like it was the loss of her life. and she talks about it all in “in summation.” out of the oven and into the microwave, out of the slammer and into a tidal wave indeed.

Mihail Sebastian, Women (trans. Phillip Ó Ceallaigh)

you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

im gonna stop talking about taylor swift no im not but you should see your faces

I snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate -> I'm so afraid I sealed my fate, no sign of soulmates, I'm just a paperweight in shades of grey

TAYLOR SWIFT & POST MALONE Fortnight Music Video (2024)

the most interesting part of this album is that it begs the question of why taylor must only tell stories that are palatable to us. people not liking matty doesn’t mean it happened any less. and just because people don’t want to hear it doesn’t mean she’s obligated not to tell it? idk, it’s just a really interesting thing to think about and is imo the genesis of the fame throughline on the album.

If I see one more person throw that "I don't need a therapist" quote around, I will punch a fucking wall

the prophecy is like evil invisible string

its like... at the time i thought that invisible string was ~the~ song that she had been waiting her entire career to be able to write. the answer to why have i spent my whole life trying to put it into words. that all the pain and heartbreak was worth it for that love that felt like it was fated for her. but two heartbreaks later and now she thinks that she's fated to not have that love. that its written by the gods that she will never have it.

and what i love so much about the prophecy is that even though she feels that way from time to time that she will never have that love she can't bring herself to ~actually~ believe it because she always has been and always will be a romantic at heart. a lesser woman would've lost hope, a greater woman wouldn't beg, but i looked to the sky and said please..... its just soooo swiftian