#i wouldn’t even consider myself a swiftie but

[unhinged-nymph]

3.18.23 - Arizona

[phaoi]

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[reminiscentreader]

tell my why i just saw a video of a grown ass 70 year old man buying a SIGNED TAYLOR SWIFT GUITAR, just to destroy it with a hammer, what the fuck is wrong with these men. ive always loved taylor but i wouldn’t consider myself a taylor swift meat rider, but this is actually crazy, people hate taylor swift to a point where they will do anything to make anyone who does enjoy her music absolutely miserable. i haven’t ever seen an artist get as goodmuch hate as taylor swift. dont these OLD MEN, may i add, GROWN ASS MEN WITH A WIFE AND KIDS have anything better to do with their life other than making swifties miserable?!? plus what do they even think will happen, taylor is a fucking billonare, she doesnt care.

video btw

[ididntwanttohavetohauntyou]

On the double standards of Taylor’s love life and Swifties’ role in Taylor’s reputation

{Fair warning: this is kind of long and I actually originally wrote it during the Ratty stuff but it’s relevant now and this post from @9w1ft (specifically the tweet) made me think that maybe this needed to be really laid out there. }

Disclaimer: I am in no way claiming to know what Taylor’s sexuality is definitively, nor am I suggesting that every relationship she’s had with a man was fake, or that she is a lesbian. I myself have experienced enough bi erasure and biphobia to know better, but I had to put this out there explicitly so hetlors don’t have that as a “gotcha”.

Swifties have the lowest possible standards for whom they consider to be a boyfriend of Taylor’s.

Their standards are a) the media has to stir something up b) they have to interact distantly in some public capacity before they c) walk around together (holding hands or not).

I can give you the names so many women with whom Taylor acted like that, often for longer periods of time and with more interaction than a couple dinners and pap walks or whatever she’s done with those men. And that’s without time to go do research which would doubtlessly turn up more names.

To name some examples:

Karlie Kloss, Diana Agron, Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively, Cara Delevingne, Martha Hunt, Sophie Turner, Lorde, all three Haim sisters, Zoe Kravitz, Emma Stone, Camila Cabello, Lily Aldridge, Lily Donaldson.

(To be clear, I’m not suggesting that Taylor dated all or most of those women.)

Now, I have no doubt that if most swifties looked up photos of Taylor with a lot of those women they’d go “they aren’t even doing anything in that picture” or “they’re just walking side by side” or whatever else.

THAT’S THE POINT

I’m 1000% sure that if you photoshopped a man into basically any of those pics people would assume they’re dating because they’re walking together.

Almost all of Taylor’s supposed boyfriends have had significantly less interaction with her than those women, but people don’t hesitate to say she’s dating the men. Her team can and will deny it, but swifties will add a name to their list anyway, and that creates a whole other problem.

The sl*t shaming:

In my opinion, the sl*t shaming that Taylor has experienced for about the last 15 years has been, at least in part, because of swifties who jump to conclusions about men she’s seen with. When her own fans believe she’s dated however many guys, it’s that much easier for the media to repeat that and twist it to be negative.

If you wouldn’t look at a random guy and girl standing within a few feet of each other or walking together and come to the conclusion that they must be dating, why do you assume that about Taylor? Or, for that matter, does every person of the opposite gender that you associate with have to be your SO?

[And yes that can easily be turned around on Gaylors, but the whole point is that we aren’t solely using proximity to link potential exes or lovers to Taylor. We actually do the analysis of the lyrics, we break down the connections, we do the research.]

My point is that swifties have contributed on a large scale to Taylor’s sl*t shaming in a way that should make them think twice about who they claim she’s dating. Unfortunately as we’ve seen with this M*tty situation {and now the football guy}, they don’t seem to have the self awareness to realize how they’ve aided such a disgusting campaign of hate.

One more thing: you can say that no one will say those things now anyway because Taylor is on top of the world and they wouldn’t dare sl*t shame the Queen of Pop or “The Music Industry”. You might even be right. But if you do this and feel no guilt or shame over how your actions may have played a part in the several intense periods of sl*t shaming that Taylor has gone through previously, you need to think about why that is.

Taylor said it best in her speech at the Grammy museum in September 2015. She was introducing Blank Space and talking about the situation that made her write the song.

“In the last couple of years the media have had a really wonderful fixation on kind of painting me as like the psycho serial dater girl… It got pretty out of control there for a couple of years because… every article would be like, Taylor Swift Standing Near Some Guy. Watch Out Guy!”

That sounds insane, and it was definitely worse then than it is now, but the fact that it’s happening right now at all is ridiculous. Swifties need to stop helping the media tie Taylor’s name to men as if that makes her relevant. She’s a highly awarded singer, songwriter, and performer who has set and broken records (and then broken the ones she’s set) countless times. Swifties need to stop pretending that dating someone is what makes her interesting or we’re no better than the people who think she only writes breakup songs.

[notanotherockstar]

Your conspiracy theory about why swifties don't like Olivia is so funny and interesting to me because I remember back in 2021 my brother, who was a fan of the show Olivia was in, was getting annoyed at all the swifties taking over the fandom. I told him it's because of the whole Olivia being Taylor's daughter thing so they've sort of adopted her, and I distinctly remember him saying they only like her because she's a small artist and that if she was big enough to threaten Taylor they would start hating her the way some already hate on Arianna. Lo and behold, once it was clear that Olivia wasn't going to be a one hit wonder or a mid fame artist, but was instead being labelled the next big thing in pop, they started turning on her.

I didn't hear about Taylor getting writing credits on deja vu until a couple of months ago when I saw a tiktok that broke the situation down, but apparently first Paramore sued because good 4 U sounds like a song of theirs and they settled for 50% and then Taylor sued and she got 34% or something for some reason. Whilst neither party will probably ever come out and tell the full story outside of careful PR lines, I'm leaning towards white women doing what they do when it comes to successful woc rather than Olivia decided to one day randomly give away a good chunk of her change away for shits and giggles.

sorry for the late response anon 😅

your brother was so on point about the whole ordeal with liv — it didn’t even strike me till after the release of vampire and the amount of hate she was getting from swifties who were simultaneously praising sabrina carpenter and gracie abrams

also i honestly didn’t know that taylor also sued and it’s kinda icky to me that she would do that knowing full well that olivia would face the same obstacles she did only it’ll be worse for her as a woman of colour

i wouldn’t want to think that taylor is so malicious as to leech off of a child but considering she basically used ice spice to clean up her nasty ex’s reputation and convince the world that she isn’t a shitty asf human being for dating an antisemitic, homophobic, misogynistic, racist maybe i’m just deluding myself by believing that

anyways, sorry again for the late response — i’ve been really busy with uni and stuff

[notyouraryang0dd3ss]

Thank you!! Never been a swiftie but have been around her shit for years by vague associations w swifties and just pop culture and she used Lover/related activism in the era to rebrand and get back into mainstream while the Kim/Kanye stuff was still going on. Like yes reputation was mainstream but at the time ppl would still talk about her lying (and there were a lot of takes around her perceived antiblackness)

The only way she was able to scrub her reputation like that was w YNTCD, coming out as a democrat, those George Floyd tweets etc. if she hadn’t done all that I promise u no fans would care this much about Matty bc they just wouldn’t have higher expectations. She raised the bar for herself then complained ppl were bitching and moaning when she didn’t meet it.

Tbh I think it’s also a big part of gaylor takes went a little bigger following lover, she raked in a huge lgbt following w that album and when they saw she didn’t actually give a shit about them they went straight to saying she’s closeted/it’s not safe for her to speak up/as a queer artist she can do what she wants w this. like she’s the straightest woman alive they just needed an excuse why she used the community and doesn’t have to be a good ally anymore and her being gay is the only answer.

Also why I will never stand anyone who defends the 1930s lyric bc like girl - we all know you don’t mind racists, you don’t have to throw in a line about it in what is the most peak bit of performative activism I’ve ever seen.

I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next couple of years we see her shifting away from appealing to the left and going back to centrism/alt right pop princess core tbh, like since she’s been w travis she’s not around POC like that anymore and I think marginalised fans are greeting close to jumping ship, keeping politics out/going conservative is her only route really.

Anyway Stan queer black artists and honestly goodbye Taylor.

yupppppp she should’ve never done the (performative) activist rebrand if she didn’t want to be held accountable for her actions later. like her fans would’ve been ok with stanning her without all the performative feminism and anti racist work because they continue to support her even after she dated that white supremacist! like she only did that whole rebrand to distance herself from the aryan goddess controversy and only did the rebrand to kickstart her marketing for the Lover album.

But I completely blame gaylors for thinking miss swift is gay like that one is completely on them. Taylor not dispelling the rumors immediately was intentional because she knew it would generate more interest and therefore more money from new audiences, but nothing she did was exactly…queer? i say this as a sapphic woman myself with a gaylor ex gf (she was black…). the fact that taylor came out as straight multiple times and gaylors truly believe she is closeted and unsafe is just…unbelievable to say the least

tbh the more i think about it the more i believe the 1830s lyric was actually bait so people could talk about her album and drive engagement/interaction up on streaming services. i know i sound like a conspiracy theorist but i don’t put anything past this woman honestly

tbh when has she ever left/liberal? this girl has been a centrist her entire career, the only difference is that throughout the years the totem pole of what is considered “centrist” shifted considerably right of what it was in 2019/20. her dating travis was definitely an appeasement to her liberal and conservative fanbases, dating a football player who has explicitly said #BLM and has black exes.

dare i say travis kelce is the closest taylor will ever get to dating a black man (let alone any man of color)?

okay let’s be honest when has taylor ever had poc friends like that 😭 there was zendaya but that was like 7 years ago. i mean taylor has friends who are not white like selena, who is half mexican, but i’d argue she doesn’t have any friends that are like…VISIBLY poc you know? she’s basically only ever had white friends.

i think she’s just not performing to care anymore, especially since she now knows her fans will support her racist ass no matter what. and i feel bad for her nonwhite fans, like that sucks that she doesn’t care, but also the red flags were there all along. honestly, she’ll only start caring when she’ll lose her large swathe of white fans. they’ve been her stronghold so if she loses them, she’ll lose everything.

taylor genuinely did fuck up by incorporating politics into her branding because if she backtracks now her liberal swiftie base is definitely going to fall apart (we can already see the cracks forming right now). she should’ve just stuck to being apolitical like how she was 2012-2016 because she would’ve never been in this mess

tl;dr save yourself the time and trouble:

✨ Stan Black Queer Artists ✨

[bitchin-tubs]

Complain time again tee hee but I’m just like UGHHHH talking genuinely to these ppl is SO hardddddd

With girl A, I spent almost a whole class lecture (friendly) debating with this one girl on why people medically diagnosed as psychopaths and sociopaths are not inherently dangerous, are not narcissistic by default and how ‘masking’ is not a form a manipulation. Her source for all of these… You. The Netflix show…

With girl B, I feel like she’s sooooo,,,, dismissive ?? Idk like I tried to introduce her to my friends once and she genuinely did not gaf. Like I said hi B this is C then she says hi to me and me only. Like my girl C is right here. But at the same time she’s always bringing me into her friend groups which is fine but I dont connect easily so most times I’m kinda just there SPECIALLY if it’s an all men group when I have specially told her I tend to be uncomfortable with men for “no” reason

I was having a conversation with girl A and the topic of autism was brought up, I told her that I think I may be low on the spectrum but there are some things I tend to relate to with autism behaviors, and considering opened up to me about her anxiety and how she had previously talked very openly abt diagnosis I thought maybe she’d get it. I know,,, self diagnosis (u are free to feel any type of way abt it) but idk I thought she’d have any type of nuanced comment about it but I should’ve known from the psychopath talk… I had told her that I find meeting new people very hard, I have difficulty talking to said people and I tend to be very restrictive about who I make a meaningful connection to. She said that my personality is and I quote “mamona” (jerk/snob/asshole ish) and completely dismissed my masking, overstimulation, 10 year old special interest, taking shit to literal and not understanding social cues or instructions as “just being different” yeah so I thought… yknow I might not have autism valid but idk I felt so ignored at that moment

Also don’t think I just unpack shit on her unannounced, we talk and convos play out as they usually do and since the topic was out I was like sometimes I wonder if I have it because of so and so plus she was unwinded with me before so it wasn’t impossible for us to talk abt personal stuff, even though we not so tight we are still close

Another thing I’m very bad at making friends, I think I mirror good enough to have nice interactions with people but not to the point they invite me to shit or talk to me outside of classes. Back when I was in my exchange program I was sharing a room with 3 swifties so I had to pretend to like Taylor swift so I wouldn’t feel singled out, I also watched the summer I turned pretty and witnessed these girls thirst over bad boy #2 when I thought the character was so shitty (the actor is good looking but I’m not attracted to him) and also would also unknowingly spend all-nighters on school nights (as in I didn’t know they were meant to be all-nighters) with them watching a movie I didn’t particularly like and see everyone thirsting over annoying man on screen (one of them was some straight outta wattpad step-sibling story ew, the other pride and prejudice IM SORRY YALL I DIDNT GET THE HYPE 😭 call me uncultured it’s okay

A and B are sólo also hardcore swifties and I can only be neutral abt her otherwise they get on my ass about it and saying I like Taylor swift or her music is too big of a lie even for me

I told girl A about this (or at least a bit) and she said that I should’ve just been me. Girl I can’t be me we were both witnessing a girl being actively bullied (tv show ass bullying they printed a picture of her and drew over it ugly, taped it to her dorm room. Still hurtful and bullying tho) I’m NOT about to ostracize myself

HOWEVERRR these are not my main friends, these are like the friends I made to not be lonely in these extra classes for an American 🦅🦅🦅 diploma. My close CLOSE friends are from my same career classes and they are so much more understanding and can interact more naturally with. So in my day to day I got good genuine friends by my side

I recognize that I can be perceiving these memories differently than how they actually happened, misinterpret their actions and just be in my feeling right now but idk I feel like I’m so difficult and constantly just have to comply with people in order to make others comfortable

[jewishbarbies]

I’ve gotta say that every time Taylor releases music it makes social media an even bigger nightmare than usual. I cant escape her. Spotify suggests her. Radio stations play her latest hit on repeat. She’s on tv. She’s playing in my local town center. Youtube suggests me album reviews. TikTok goes wild.

I can’t fucking stand it.

In my opinion, she’s not all that impressive of an artist. If she didn’t have a rich father who basically made her career and made it so she’s heard literally everywhere, than she wouldn’t be distinguishable from most artists. She’s not bad, I have a handful of songs I like myself, but she’s not amazing. Where I start to dislike her as a person, or at least a public figure, is that her activism is so painfully performative that I don’t actually consider it activism at all. She’s one of the most influential people in the world yet she won’t use her platform for anything productive. Yes, one could argue that she doesn’t have to, but c’mon. Be real.

The whole thing with Matty really cemented it for me. She went out and dated a guy known for being openly bigoted, particularly his disgusting comments about black women, and then to cover her own ass did a shitty collab with Ice Spice, a woman of color who Matty had talked about, and then decided that was enough. It astounded me truly.

She’s also complained about how people only talk about her breakups and not her music, but you can’t talk about one without the other. SHE made it a talking point not everyone else because at least half her songs are about her breakups and exes. I’m not saying there wasn’t any misogyny behind the hate, there absolutely is, but people can’t pretend we focus on her dating life for no reason other than she’s a woman.

Worst part is that you can’t even question whether or not she might be the problem because how the fuck do you have almost 40 exes without Swifties appearing out of thin air to tell you all about how they sucked and were bad and how Taylor has done nothing wrong ever. Like I’m sure some of them did suck, an older man dating a younger woman is always a little suspicious to me, but I refuse to believe all of almost 40 guys were the problem when there is one common denominator.

And you can’t even say any of this without the Swifties coming after you like you committed sacrilege against God. The Swifties need to be studied.

✨rant over✨

Thanks for giving me a place to rant.

— N

[lcndonboysstuff]

So.. im not the only one who thinks youre a swiftie! Even though you said "no i wouldn’t consider myself a “swiftie”", you still a fan of hers, right? Im not saying that just because you went to her concert, but actually based it on some of your responses here. Now i kinda get why you sometimes sound like a covert ts defender. 😭

i only defend her when i think people are being totally unreasonable though? if you said something critical about taylor that i thought was true i’d agree. like the whole billie situation

[thenighttrain]

I was watching this youtuber and she was talking about concerts she wants to go to and she’s all like “even Taylor swift. Like I wouldn’t even consider myself a swiftie, but everything I’ve seen of the eras tour looks so amazing” ugh the way she said it just rubbed me the wrong way. Why does she have to say it like being a taylor fan is a bad thing? These are the people we’re fighting with to get tickets?? so annoying.

this pisses me or so much cause u know their opinions about swifties and taylor havent changed- they’d turn on her in an instant if something happened. but they just want clout!

[straykidsnerd255]

Hi can I get a stranger things match up?

I'm a female and a scorpio! 19 years old, I'm straight and use she/her pronouns. I'm 5'3 with long blonde and blue hair and blue eyes. My love language is quality time. I am quite shy when u first get to know me, but once I'm out of my shell I am loud and always making jokes. I'm considered the funny friend, slight people pleaser, and will do anything to protect my friends and family. I am also very blunt and can't help speaking my mind, even when I shouldn't. I would consider myself witty, but am lazy when it comes to academics. My main hobby is playing video games. One of the most important things to me is spending time with my dog. I love going to events especially concerts and getting dressed up for the theme. My fav genres of music are pop, indie, and alternative. I am also a massive swiftie!

Here you are, sweetie! Sorry, this took me so long to get out!! My creativity took a nose dive but I am back! Hope you enjoy this little drabble of your match-up!

I match you with…

Steve Harrington!!

When he first met you, you both clicked instantly. You both did everything together. He loved everything about you. When you told Steve about your favorite hobbies and things you loved doing, he didn’t care if they were not the things he liked. He would do them if it meant he could see you smile and laugh. One afternoon, after school, Steve had asked if you wanted to come over to his house since his parents were gone on another business trip and work on some homework but also wanted to know if you wanted to hang out with him. You agreed instantly. You loved spending time with him. It was your second favorite thing next to your dog. 

You had asked Steve if you could bring your dog along and you both could take your dog on a walk if he was ok with it. Steve nodded his head and smiled at the thought. “Yeah. We can walk your dog together.” He said. Your smile grew bigger and you hugged him tightly before leaving for home once the end of the day bell ran through the building. You quickly made your way to your car. Throwing everything you had in the back seat and climbing in the front seat. You started your car and immediately pulled out of the parking space and headed home. When you had parked your car, you turned it off, grabbed the schoolwork you had finished, and placed it in the house on the counter. 

You grabbed your dog's leash, placed it on her collar, and took her out to the car. Your dog sat in the seat next to you as you drove to Steve’s house. Upon arriving, Steve was already outside sitting on the pouch waiting for you. You smiled softly before pulling into his driveway, turning the car off, and hopping out of the car. He met you at your passenger side door and leaned down to give you a kiss, which you accepted. 

Pulling back from the kiss, you smiled softly before turning to open the door. Your dog jumped out of the car and immediately went over to Steve. Her tail started wagging harder before she jumped up and gave a surprise lick to Steve’s face making him sputter and laugh loudly. You covered your mouth as you tried to keep your laugh down but it didn’t work. You and Steve were both laughing as your dog finally calmed down. Taking her leash and placing your hand through the loop, you, Steve, and your dog made your way down the sidewalk. 

During the walk, Steve intertwined his fingers with yours, holding your hand. You loved the feeling of his hand in yours. You both looked like the picture-perfect couple. Now, you and Steve did have your arguments, but it never drove you or Steve to break up with each other. He loved you no matter what and a silly little argument wouldn’t break the two of you apart. He would always come back once he had time to think and would instantly apologize to you. Whether it was his fault entirely or a combination of yours and his. He would always apologize to you. He hated seeing you sad and hated it even more when he saw tears falling down your face. 

If you start crying, he’s going to start crying. He loves you way too much. He will move the stars if he sees you crying because of something he did. He will beg for your forgiveness even if it wasn’t something huge that had hurt you. He just hates seeing you sad. Expect lots and lots of cuddles and kisses from this man. He is going to kiss you no matter what time of the day it is. Oh! You’re going to a different class than he is? He’s kissing your forehead. You’re going to gym class and he’s going to math, he’s pressing a kiss to your cheek. It's like you two are soulmates that have finally found each other. And he is bound and determined to keep you safe no matter what happens.

[addierose444]

Spotify Wrapped 2023

Not sure whether or not this is a good thing, but according to my Spotify Wrapped 2023, I’m in the top 3% of listeners worldwide having listened for a total of 66,742 minutes which equates to 46 days. 

Most of those minutes were spent listening to music, but I also listened to 16,060 minutes of podcasts. I think I’ve mentioned most if not all of these podcasts in the past, so won’t delve into them now. You can check out my prior posts about podcasts here. 

My top artists this year were Taylor Swift, James Taylor, The Beatles, Red Molly, and Brandi Carlile. A fair bit of overlap with my Spotify Wrapped 2022, but noticeably missing are The Chicks who’ve historically been my favorite band. I did listen to them a bunch over Thanksgiving break which reminded me how much I adore their music. And while Kacey Musgraves didn’t make my top five this year, her song Rainbow was my second most listened-to song this year (last year it was in the number one spot). While The Beatles have almost certainly been my most listened-to band in the past three months, I was initially surprised to see them in the number three spot. 

With Taylor Swift being my most listened-to artist this year and me apparently being in the top 0.5% of listeners, I suppose I’m more of a Swiftie than I care to admit. Given my listening habits, why then do I resist the Swiftie title? The historical reason is just that I wasn’t a fan of her music growing up and was naturally predisposed to disliking really popular things. And while I still wouldn’t put her in my top five favorite artists, over the past two years I’ve discovered more of her songs that I enjoy and have had fun following the releases of her re-recorded albums. I’ve also found that my Taylor Swift playlist is solid to put on while working. Even so, I don’t see myself as a true Swiftie as there’s only a small subset of her music that I enjoy. I did briefly consider attending the Eras tour concert film but quickly discovered that I only knew about half of the setlist and didn’t even enjoy all of the songs that I did know. Furthermore, I even misspelled Swiftie as “Swifty” in last year’s post! 

My most listened-to song this year was Taylor Swift’s Begin Again. While this song was first released in 2012, I only really discovered it at the beginning of this year. The fact that it mentions my favorite artist (James Taylor) by name is what initially caught my attention. I mentioned this in last year’s post, but my other fun fact about Taylor Swift is that she was named after James Taylor. The source of this fun fact is this video during which they perform Fire and Rain together. Speaking of Fire and Rain, it was my most listened-to James Taylor song this year. 

Not totally sure what this means, but Spotify classified my listening style as vampire. 

[glenpowcll]

tylrswfts·:

Queen of summer, hm? I used to think that was a self-proclaimed title, but look at you bestowing it upon me without even having to prompt you – I like this vibe already. You hardly get to consider yourself a peasant, Powell. I, for one, would never stoop so low as to refer to you as such. You mean to tell me you were there and you didn’t tell me? This is a forgivable offense, but just barely. I totally would’ve grabbed dinner with you or something after the show! Well, that settles in – I suppose you just have to try to make one of the international dates, the UK dates, or the second round of US shows… jeez, just rattling off that list makes me exhausted. Anyway, come to another one so I can actually give you the full Shifty Swifty experience! I’m giving myself a bit of a break - I’m off to Mexico at the end of the month, but that gives me a solid few weeks of laying low. What’re you up to these days?

Abso-freakin-lutely! You can’t tell me that anyone else is the queen of summer because that crown and throne belong to one Taylor Alison Swift. I’ll bestow it upon you any day you’d like. Oh come on now...Peasant Powell has such a lovely ring to it though. I wouldn’t consider it stooping to that level and if you had called me I’d probably thank you. Shit! I’ve gone and upset the queen. Of course I was there and singing along to all the songs the entire night. Traded friendship bracelets with my fellow Swifties. Shut the front door! You would have had dinner with little ole, Glenny P? Now I am upset with myself and need to find a way to turn back time and redo that life decision. Don’t tempt me with an incredible time because I will definitely try and make another show and tell you that I am going to be there. Happy to hear you are allowing yourself to have some down time because you rightfully deserve it. Me? Well, I am heading back from Mykonos right now and just waiting to see where my next adventure takes me. 

[9w1ft]

hi, i'm the anon who asked about twinning.

thank you so much for your answer :)

i used to get very excited whenever i saw koincidences. but after seeing so many swifties - particularly fellow gaylors bash on koincidences and claim that those are diluting everything this fandom is doing, it ruined that excitement for me and thus my skepticism grew.

but you are right, there's a rich background to the frequent twinning and the argument i sent would be ignorant of so much context and many factors.

even if they can feel silly at times, i just feel glad i can get excited over koincidences and have fun again and not take things too seriously over here.

have a great one 9w1!

i understand where you’re coming from! and i know the kind comments you are talking about.

which in a way are perspectives i can usually respect if i put myself in these peoples shoes. when you don’t see it get it or believe it, i think it’s incredibly natural to feel this way.

the thing for me is that, taylor is the one that continues to sing about one love in particular, and i believe they’re still together so.. the kaylor story is something that is both fascinating to think about and enjoyable to talk about, plus, taylor is the one singing about the singularly complex story of her life and love!

i think non-kaylors often confuse a lot of kaylor blogging with the notion that we are all out on a mission to prove it to them personally. but it’s like.. whenever i point something out, it’s just about the thrill of the moment of recognition of what i think is the love story of our time. and about sharing in the moment with others who see it the same way. it’s our culture! every part of the fandom has theirs.

separate from that, the part where you said people say kaylors dilute everything this fandom is doing really got to me.

because i think this is like… ugh it’s like at the very crux of the message of this album. just this notion that.. how can i articulate this properly… it’s this idea that gaylorism is about the potential of taylor coming out and the social impact that might have and so by focusing on the queer interpretations of her songs and bringing non gaylor people to an understanding of things we are doing important work. and that… that kaylors wilding out makes the gaylor cause look bad. is that close to being right? am i making all of this up off the top of my head?

because i think that this tiptoes close to focusing taylor’s queerness around the idea of how it can benefit the causes of her fans. and while i think that taylor could impact society positively, i don’t think that its advisable to place any expectations on her.

because i think one of the key messages of this album is taylor saying time and again not to put her on a pedestal. that first and foremost she wants to protect her love above all. she say, she’s the problem, she’s too soft for all of it, you wouldn’t listen to her if you knew who was talking or where she was walking… she did a whole music video scene about her children that co-opt her story and bicker over it when they don’t get a prize at the end. these people keep getting frustrated when taylor is not queer in the way they see optimal (ex: her handling of betty or of lavender haze) and while i don’t really agree with how taylor handled either example situation empirically, i can also understand why she might have done these things given how i view her individually: someone with a controversial calamitous catastrophic love, with complexities that bar her from acting a certain way, but are worth it to her to protect. i think people expect so much of her, especially on our side (the greater our side) of the fandom, but we never consider whether what we are doing or asking of her is appealing at all to taylor. i think taylor tells us an answer so clearly in sweet nothing, for example. i hope people take a real moment with this album to think about what she’s saying, instead of ragging on the kaylor pool party like they invented the concept.

[johnkrrasinski]

i dreamt of you all sumer long;

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Pairings: Bucky Barnes x female!reader

Word count: 2,607

Warning: angst with a happy ending :)

Summary: based on the song ‘betty’ by taylor swift except bucky ain’t no cheater.

a/n: i dedicate this one to all my fellow swifties. betty was an instant favourite as soon as i first heard it when folklore came out. it has been begging for me to write a fanfic inspired by it and now it’s finally out and i’m really happy about it. hope you like it. please leave a comment & like :) 

He stood on the doorstep of your house, with a bouquet of pink roses in his hands and a hood over his head. A little tipsy and full of sorry. “You can always turn around," the voice in his head whispered just a few minutes ago when he stopped at a streetlight illuminating his path to the street he had passed a million times before.

But now that he was standing in your front porch light of this cozy little house he had grown to know as if it was his second home before the avalanche this summer was, the feeling was finally sinking in.

“Have you seen Bucky?”

“No, I thought he was with you.”

“Well, he was but then Steve asked me to dance and he just… disappeared.”

“Maybe he went to the bathroom?”

“Yeah, I’ll just try to call him again. Thanks, Nat.”

You searched for him in the halls and within the classrooms but there was no sign of him. You knew that Bucky hated the crowds and he always tried to avoid them. But Bucky knew how much this dance meant to you and how long you had been looking forward to this night. You put on your best dress and makeup for him tonight and you wanted to sway to your favourite song with him. He promised that he would try to make this night an incredible one for you. He seemed to have forgotten that promise because he wasn’t even answering your calls or texts to let you know where he was hiding.

You went to the boys’ locker room and what you saw was a bullet right in the centre of your heart. Bucky had his lips on a classmate of yours’ with his back pressed against the locker.

“Bucky…?”

He drew this moment out in his head after weeks of yearning for the way your lips tasted when you used to kiss in his car and downtown bars. And the pattern of your braids that adorned the view of you under the sunset, and the star-shaped traces of his fingers around your scars.

The only thing he wanted to do was make it up to you.

Bucky was a deer caught in headlights when he heard your meek voice calling out his name. He was too stunned by the act she had just caught him off guard with. He was on his way to somewhere less congested to calm himself down because the crowds always evoked the anxiety in him and Steve had asked her to dance when her favourite song was playing from the far side of the gym when he heard the sound of cries from the locker room. He couldn’t help but approach the sound, he really should’ve kept walking instead of interfering. He saw her sitting on the bench in her dress with a tissue in her hand and sobbed.

“Hey, you okay?”

“James… What are you doing here?” She looked up with her swollen eyes.

“I was on my way to the library but I heard someone was crying so I had to check it out.” He scratched the back of his head. “Maybe I should’ve given you some space instead…”

“No, it’s okay. Thank you, James.” She smiled. “Wanna sit?”

“…Yeah, sure.” He doubtfully accepted the offer. “What happened?”

“Kevin broke up with me over the phone while I was on my way to the dance and he came with Cecilia.”

“Jeez, what a dickhead.”

“Yeah, I knew he and Cecil had been fooling around behind my back for months but he always told me that I was being crazy and that I have to trust him more, and I always believed him until tonight he showed me what a jackass he actually is.”

“Hey, he doesn’t deserve you. You should be with someone who loves you and treats you better.” Bucky was never one to give good advice or comfort to his friends but his mama raised him to be a gentleman and to treat a girl like a queen. She always reminded him that if he ever broke a girl’s heart, she would beat his ass.

She smiled, “thanks, James. You’re really sweet.”

He nodded, “well, I should go. Y/N might be looking for me.”

“…Right, you are with Y/N.” For a moment there, she forgot that he and you were the school’s favourite couple.  

“Yeah, so, you’ll be okay?”

“Yeah, don’t worry about me.”

He got up and started walking toward the exit when he heard her call his name. “James…”

He turned around to see her on her feet already when she threw herself into him and startled him by pressing her lips onto his and pushed him onto the locker as it rattled with the pressure of his body against it. He was too dumbfounded to get her off of him when he heard your voice, “Bucky…?”

He could hear the music emanating from within the house as another of his classmate passed by, bumping his shoulder to get through the entrance. Another one of your stupid friends, he used to say, and you used to chide at him for that. But now he felt like he was the biggest idiot. "You got this, don't be a fucking coward." He braced himself.

So he showed up uninvited and his eyes scanned every corner of the room, seeking for that one face that haunted his dreams all summer long. Will you have me? will you love me? Will you kiss me? The lingering questions loomed over his head like a heavy cloud. What if you told him to go fuck myself instead? If you kissed me, will it patch you broken wings? He was only seventeen, he didn’t know anything but he knew that he missed you.

You greeted each one of your friends who came to your birthday party. You were grateful for another year and your friends whom you consider your second family. You were the type of person who was friends with everyone even though you only considered Natasha as and Wanda as your best friends, your most trusted confidants, they were the ones who stitched you back together after you caught Bucky cheating… Or at least that’s what you thought.  

So you invented the whole school to your party and almost everyone came. The jocks, the popular girls, the nerds, even some of your seniors were there too. Your house was packed with high school kids dancing, drinking and laughing… But there was something missing.

He should’ve been there with you. He should’ve been the one standing right beside you when your schoolmates were singing happy birthday to you. He should’ve been there to kiss you and hold you after the party was over and everyone had gone home. But he wasn’t. Because you thought you knew someone and you thought someone loved you but sometimes you’re just enough for them and they would go looking for excitement in somewhere else.

“Y/N! Wait a minute, would you listen to me?!”

“I’ve heard enough. Most importantly… I’ve seen enough.”

“No, you don’t understand, she kissed me! She was crying and, and, I was trying to comfort her and we talked and the next thing I knew she kissed me!” He frantically explained through his ragged breaths.

“But did you stop her?”

He was silent. What the hell was he supposed to say? He couldn’t stop her because he didn’t have it in him to reject a vulnerable woman? That’s how his mama raised him right? To treat every girl with respect and to take care of a girl especially when she’s emotional. Why is being seventeen so confusing?

“I was… I was trying to but-”

“I’ve heard enough of your bullshit, James.” Oh no, you called his first name. Oh man, he had truly fucked up.

“I- I would never cheat on you, y/n! You really think I could do such a thing to you?”

“Not anymore.” You glared at him with all conviction in your heart and your classmates gathered around to watch the quarrel as your heart was bisecting.

“Well, I guess then this is it.” He didn’t mean it. He wished he had fought a little harder for you. To make you stay and hearken. But he gave up too easily. He has always been a lover than a fighter after all, but how he wished he had turned himself into the other one at that moment.  

You chatted with Natasha and Wanda in your living room and you giggled at another witty joke Natasha had just said. Natasha and Wanda always had a way of making you giggle even when your mood was contrasting the expressions on your face. The conversation faded into the background as your mind drifted to Bucky’s face. And that’s when you saw him…

Bucky’s breath hitched when he saw you for the first time after all these weeks. He swore he had prepared every word he was going to say to you and how he was going to act when- if You agreed to talk to him. But it was always easier said than done.

He couldn’t decipher the look on your face when your eyes met. Was it longing? Was it contempt? Was it disbelief? You were always difficult to read. God, he wished he was a mind reader sometimes.

Kids started murmuring things from one another because the entire school loved you and Bucky and everyone started talking when you two ended things and that he was caught ‘cheating.’ And now everyone’s jaws dropped when they thought you and Bucky were truly over and that he was the last person that would be invited to your party.

Bucky stopped in his tracks and if the earth could open up and swallow him so he wouldn’t have to deal with his annoying schoolmates and your fury, that wouldn’t be the worst scenario right now. But he was here and he might’ve had been a fool and a recreant once but he was going to fix it now. He can’t keep running away when things get the slightest bit inconvenient.

So he dragged his feet towards you with the bouquet of flowers still in his hands and once he was close enough to you, he sheepishly spoke, “hi.”

“You���ve got some balls to show up here.” You gritted through your teeth.

He gulped, “I wanted to talk… And to wish you, happy birthday.” He handed you the flowers and also a piece of his heart, hoping that you would take him back.

You accepted it. They were lovely but could a bouquet of flowers really mend the wounds he had inflicted? “What do you want, Bucky?”

“Just a few minutes to explain… everything. After this, if you never wanna see me or talk to me ever again, I’ll leave you alone.”

Was it really what you wanted? Curse your heart for always knowing better. But your stubborn head always had its hands on the wheel, so, forever can spare a minute… right? “Okay, let’s talk in the garden.”

Your garden, the place where you and Bucky used to make out when your parents weren’t home and laid under the broad daylight. Was it wise to lead him here? You shushed the whispers of your heart. Memories came swirling through like a hurricane, banging on your door, begging for you to open up and let him back in.

“Go ahead.”

“Okay, I’m just gonna make this quick but um…” He cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head. Something he always did when he was nervous or didn’t know what to say. He looked down and spoke, “y/n, I am so sorry for what I did to you at the dance. I know I should’ve- God I should’ve stopped her and should’ve stayed with you. I should’ve kept my promise to try harder for you but I didn’t. And I know I’m a fucking idiot but… I’ve missed you. So badly. And I wish I could turn back the time and fixed it but all I can do now is apologize.” Your tears were threatening to fall at the sincerity of his words. You never wanted this. You wished Bucky had known better but to love is to lose your mind and you were at fault for this mess too.

“I understand if you don’t wanna see me around or deal with me again, I came here knowing you’d never take me back because you told me once that cheating was your dealbreaker and what I did was just as shitty but, if this is the last time you’ll ever talk to me, I had to get it out of my chest. That’s all.” He sighed, the gloom in his heart wasn’t withering away but at least the weight in his heard was lighter now that he had come clean.  “I’m gonna go now, you should go back to your friends, they are waiting.” He inched his face closer to you to kiss you on the cheek and you were too mesmerized by the blue in his eyes to shun away.

“Goodbye, y/n. And once again, happy birthday.” He turned around to leave, going for the exit door of your garden so he didn’t have to walk past through the crowds and deal with prying questions about their… whatever they are now or what truly happened at the dance. He had made peace with you and that’s all that mattered to him.

He was a few steps away from her when he heard her voice calling his name, “Bucky, wait…”

He stopped and turned to your direction only to catch you narrowing the gap and jumped on him. He was quick to catch her as they used to after a few days of not seeing each other and they both had missed each other terribly. She pressed her lips on top of his and circled her arms around his neck to hold onto him. Because who was she kidding? She had missed him so badly too. She dreamt of him calling her to apologize or to show up at her party but never once did she admit it. And now, her heart was back in her arms and she didn’t want to let him go ever again.

Their kiss with filled of longing as their lips moved like a perfect symphony. One of his hands moved to her face to hold her even closer because everything he desired was coming true and he was desperate to make it stay a reality. Your hands grabbed his hair as your tongues tangled, dancing in sync. You pulled away when the need for air was overwhelming, “I forgive you.” You smiled as your foreheads were pressed together.

He too smiled at that, “does this mean you will take me back?”

You nodded, “it does.” Bucky grinned wider, the bliss in his face was palpable. Oh, how good it felt to see him smile again. Bucky could say the same.

He kissed you once more with his hand cupping your cheek and when he pulled away, he gazed into your beautiful eyes and confessed, “I love you. So much. I never stopped loving you.”

“I love you too.” You meant it with every bit of your heart.

He put you on the ground and you were still intertwined with each other, too in love and too elated to pay attention to the curious peeks and snooping ears. “Let’s go back inside, yeah? It’s cold here. And you should be there with me.”

“There’s nowhere else I’d rather be anyway.”

[notyouraryang0dd3ss]

i think people wouldn’t complain as much about the 1830 line (don’t get me wrong, it’s a cringe ass line even within the context of the song and the emily dickinson* connection) if swifties weren’t know for being racists. i think they don’t see themselves as racists, but it’s not uncommon to see them just being extremely shitty towards beyoncé for example, some people were saying cowboy carter will win aoty just because jay-z complained at the ceremony, as if black artists can’t win awards because they worked hard for it. and then, when the eras tour in brazil happened, i saw swifties being xenophobic and racist, saying that brazil didn’t deserve taylor, that it was an unsafe place etc. they also say beyoncé fans use racism as a crutch** because it’s the only excuse they have to say beyoncé deserves recognition.

i’m talking about beyoncé because it seems like the longest “rivalry” (since the 2009 vmas and now the movies), but yeah, it’s weird to see comparisons with mj, and some swifties also shit talked zendaya last year when she liked one of taylor’s posts

*if you want to reference emily at least cut the golden retriever line lmao

**english is not my first language so i don’t know if i made myself clear sorry

she references emily dickinson???? emily dickinson did not spend her life as a lesbian reclusive writer to be co opted by taylor swift my god 😭

TRUE the 1830’s line is made MUCH worse because of how racist swifties are point blank period. theyre deeply delusional ppl and i have no idea what they consider racist when they literally respond to black ppl who point out taylor’s white privilege with “the race card” and call Beyoncé’s music “zimbawbe ringtone sales” (no im not joking look it up). when they saw taylor’s wealth surpassed kanye’s and said taylor could “buy” him as a #own like how much more blatant can you get in your racism (why does she still have black fans?!?).

swifties truly and honestly must listen to no other artist except taylor swift because of the way they act about black music. they really do think black people are #diversityhires and the awards we receive for our work are out of pity/anti racism rather than legitimate achievements. and telling Beyoncé fans they use racism as a crutch as if 1989 winning over To Pimp A Butterfly wasn’t peak racism. and swifties shit talking brazil isnt surprising because of how racist they are. they truly honestly hate brown and black people and view this thin blonde haired blue eyed white woman as the most superior and wonder why everyone calls them racist 😭

its always funny when swifties try to compare miss swift to Beyoncé as if Beyoncé didn’t have her first #1 by the time Taylor was 9 years old. They’re not even contemporaries. Beyoncé literally escorted Taylor back on stage after the MTV incident as if she was escorting a child. It’s so inappropriate to compare those two artists by age alone, let alone TALENT. Also swifties talked about Zendaya for LIKING one of taylor swift’s posts????? why?????