#separate to taylor herself

[judeharoldvich]

the eras-as-characters concept is so interesting to me. naturally lover and rep are girlfriends. folklore and evermore are sisters with evermore being the older sister...it just makes the most sense for some reason even though evermore came after folklore. but then 1989 and midnights feel connected in some way but are they sisters or girlfriends or something else? personally i think they're rivals, albeit with a begrudging respect for one another. no matter how hard they try they can't get on. 1989 is full of youthful optimism and energy, a real social butterfly and a bit of a party animal at times. meanwhile midnights is perpetually tired, cynical, moody and introverted. even at her low points, 1989 remains light and airy, meanwhile midnights has shimmering highs and stormy lows. even at her peaks midnights is tinged with wistfulness or bitterness, even when she's bejewelled she feels the need remind the people who dimmed her light how much better she's doing. 1989 tries to befriend midnights but is often met with a gloomy, snarky response, sometimes with a little trauma dump mixed in, and the only way she knows how to respond to this is by trying to make something positive out of it. but midnights likes to fester and wallow, she views her sadness as a blanket, like armour, and 1989s vulnerability unsettles her. midnights has tried to level with 1989 but gets overwhelmed by the conversation, both because of the volume and the overall tone. it's not entirely happy go lucky, but it's altogether too lighthearted for midnight's personal taste. they don't hate each other by any means, but no matter how hard they try 1989 and midnights just can't seem to get on.