#and the taylor hcs i do have (especially pre-canon) are less What Are Their Favorite Things and more [just depressing shit]

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in the course of pondering concepts for pre canon taylor, any hcs that wouldn't be [secrets for wip purposes] abt things that were their Faves or similar trivia stats about likes, affinities, significance of kinds of stuff in the realm of cereals they liked or movies they'd get riled over, as are dropped on us in canon. or, no limits, same kind of ideas for present day taylor when casual aspects of taste or routine are More unknown, really. or, idk: speculate on one or invent one for jokes here

hmm well nothing comes to mind right away. let’s do a rundown of their canonical interests (or canonical references that could indicate their Particular interests. or at least the ones i can remember without searching all my transcripts) and see if that inspires anything

movies: Tom Cruise movies (The Firm, Top Gun, A Few Good Men, and Minority Report); sci-fi (Star Wars, Starship Troopers, Minority Report again; also Netrunner, which obviously is a game but it’s still sci-fi); Y tu mamá también (though they only watched it once); Pretty Woman; Pulp Fiction, although mostly in response to mafee; Ocean’s Thirteen

music: Rush, canonically; Annie Lennox, according to asia kate dillon (and i did throw a line about taylor having a signed annie lennox poster into one wip); they’ve also referenced Bob Dylan, Kid Rock, the Turtles, Turandot, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, and Yngwie Malmsteen when winston mentioned him

television: The Bachelor, famously; Mindhunter

sports: the Boston Celtics / Larry Bird; softball, if knowing various types of pitches counts for anything; swimming, of course; NASCAR, if namedropping Tony Stewart counts for anything

assorted stuff from their childhood: Frosted Flakes, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Sims, online poker, hiding hunkering down in bathtubs or similar spaces

other stuff: escape rooms, ginger scones, lattes, dogs (especially akitas), twizzlers, colorful outfits like evel knievel’s suits

(i did end up searching some transcripts, shockingly.)

conclusions to draw from this: uhh idk. the writers should tell us more about taylor’s likes and dislikes and pre-canon life