#spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay

[inverseofconverse]

god i want to fall in love so badly. these romantasy books are killing me but i don’t want to stop reading.

maybe someday i’ll find a love that’s magnetic and electrifying, where we can’t get enough of each other, and also tender and sweet and comfortable, where there’s understanding and no one i’d rather be spending time with.

[mutateddinonugget]

please,

i’ve been on my knees,

change the prophecy.

don’t want money,

just someone who wants

my company..

[stillgotscars]

timezones are so weird. australia is in 2025, america is in 2024, and i’m just a paperweight in shades of greige, spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay.

[venicebichxoxo]

when taylor swift said, “and i sound like an infant feeling like the very last drops on an ink pen a greater woman stays cool but i howl like a wolf at the moon and i look unstable gathered with a coven round a sorceress table a greater woman has faith but even statues crumble if their made to wait i’m so afraid i sealed my fait no sign of soulmates i’m just a paperweight in shades of greige spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay.” i felt that in my bones.

[dancing-in-the-rain-1104]

Will Herondale is just “The Prophecy” by Taylor Swift personified.

“And it was written I got cursed like Eve got bitten. Oh, was it punishment?”

“A greater woman [ahem man] wouldn’t beg, but I looked to the sky and said, ‘please, I’ve been on my knees, change the prophecy.’”

“Don’t want money just someone who wants my company”

“Let it once be me”

“Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand. Oh, still I dream of him [her, ahem]”

“And I sound like an infant, feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen”

“Even statues crumble if they’re made to wait. I’m so afraid I sealed my fate. No signs of soulmates, I’m just a paperweight”

“Spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay”

Need I say more?

[fallingforfictionalmen]

no bc obviously I see “The Prophecy” and I think percy

but that song is written from annabeth’s pov. that song is annabeth’s. she is internally screaming that song for the entire first series

“I guess a lesser woman would’ve lost hope”

“change the prophecy/ I don’t want money/ just someone who wants my company/ let it once be me”

“im so afraid I sealed my fate/no sign of soulmates”

“spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay”

[oncemorewithqueering]

lyrical breakdown of The Prophecy by Taylor Swift and why it’s basically buffy

the prophecy by Taylor Swift is so Buffy summers coded and here’s why:

Hand on the throttle Thought I caught lightning in a bottle Oh, but it's gone again

So, lightning in a bottle is like a metaphor for achieving something great, right? And here it’s “gone again,” like Buffy’s success. Because every time she accomplishes something, it’s on to the next tough thing. You killed the Master? Ok, your boyfriend goes evil and you have to kill him. She never gets a break.

And it was written I got cursed like Eve got bitten Oh, was it punishment?

I feel like this is about Angel, about how she was tempted by him, “got bitten” (had sex) and it’s punishment, because she blames herself for not being more careful.

Pad around when I get home

When I heard “pad around” I thought of tiptoeing, and how she keeps her Slaying a secret from Joyce, her own mother. This feels very early season Buffy to me.

I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope A greater woman wouldn't beg

Buffy is constantly in this limbo of being not quite human, or “lesser”, but feeling inadequate as a slayer because she doesn’t want it, she doesn’t fully own it. And she does beg during Prophecy Girl, for the prophecy to be changed.

But I looked to the sky and said

Please I've been on my knees Change the prophecy

I think this is fairly self explanatory. She’s sixteen years old and she doesn’t want to die, right?

Don't want money Just someone who wants my company Let it once be me Who do I have to speak to About if they can redo The prophecy?

Cards on the table Mine play out like fools in a fable, oh It was sinking in

I read this as being about the Gift, when Buffy realises that her fate, or her “fable” is to die for the sake of the world. Slow is the quicksand Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand Oh, still I dream of him

I think this relates to Angel, and how she’s pining after that kind of romance that she doesn’t have with anyone, and why she turns to Spike. And her spiral into depression.

And I sound like an infant

Sixteen and doesn’t want to die, anyone?

Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen A greater woman stays cool But I howl like a wolf at the moon And I look unstable

This is definitely season 6 buffy, who is holding on by a thread. She is unstable, she’s empty, she’s no longer able to be that greater woman. Gathered with a coven round a sorceress' table

I think this could be a nod to the Scoobies, with the “sorceress’ table” being the table in the library and then the Magic Box. That’s usually where she finds out about a life changing prophecy. A greater woman has faith But even statues crumble if they're made to wait I'm so afraid I sealed my fate No sign of soulmates

Definitely depressed Buffy, when she feels like nothing, being “made to wait” to be “normal” again, and afraid that she’ll never be as happy as she was with Angel.

I'm just a paperweight In shades of greige

Again, depression metaphor, being weighed down and being buried alive.

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me It'll be ok

Buffy constantly looks for reassurance from Giles and people around her who she trusts, so she needs someone to tell her it’ll be okay. Desperately.

anyway, this was long! And unhinged! I’m tired now, so I’ll go sleep.

[thewarmestbediveeverknown]

Part 16

[please-picturemeintheweeds]

Thinking about “spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay” in the context of feeling like she was fated to be lost in the folklorian woods forever, so to speak. And how she bought a getaway train ticket outta there! I’ve never felt like the prophecy is just about being destined to end up alone, though that’s a part of it, but splicing it with long story short made me think about “I’m so afraid I sealed my fate, no sign of soulmates. I’m just a paper weight in shades of greige..” as descriptive of the folklore era and how she handcuffed herself to this life of secrecy/enigma/poetry that was devoid of sparkle. And he still wasn’t sure if he even wanted to be there!!! This is kinda jumbled in my brain and idk if I’m reading too much into the pairing and getting too personal but yeah

[oncamelliastreet]

a greater woman has faith. but even statues crumble if they’re made to wait. i’m so afraid i sealed my fate. no sign of soulmates. i’m just a paperweight. in shades of greige. spending my last coin so someone will tell me. it’ll be okay.

[youreonyourownkid]

spending my last coin so someone will tell me. it’ll be okay

[introvertedsocialworker]

“The Prophecy” and “I Look in People’s Windows” but not asking for romantic love or even friendship love but begging to find yourself again after trauma and/or living with mental illness. The loss of Me Before and being deeply uncertain of the future because at times it feels like your life has long been written in stone. Wishing when you’re forcing yourself to chisel out something new that someone, anyone would tell you at least that it’s all going to work out.

“Spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay.”

“I look through people’s windows in case you’re at their table. What if your eyes looked up and met mine one more time?”

[my-wildflwr]

hand on the throttle thought i caught lightning in a bottle oh but it’s gone again and it was written i got cursed like eve got bitten oh was it punishment pad around when i get home i guess a lesser woman would’ve lost hope a greater woman wouldn’t beg but i looked to the sky and said please ive been on on my knees change the prophecy don’t want want money just someone who wants my company let it once be me who do i have to speak to about if the can re do the prophecy cards on the table mine play out like fools in a fable oh it was sinking in slow is the quicksand poison blood from the wound of the prickled hand oh still i dream of him and i sound like an infant feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen a greater woman stays cool but i howl like a wolf at the moon and i look unstable gather with a coven round a sorcerers table a greater woman has faith but even statues crumble if they’re made to wait im so afraid i sealed my faith no signs of soulmates im just a paperweight in shades of greige spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay please ive been on my knees change the prophecy don’t want money just someone who wants my company let it once be me who do i have to speak to about if the can redo the prophecy who do i have to speak to to change the prophecy hand on the throttle thought i caught lightning in a bottle oh but it’s gone again pad around when i get home i guess a lesser woman would’ve lost hope a greater woman would beg but i looked to the sky and said (please)

[boraxquinn]

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me it’ll be okay

Please

I’ve been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don’t want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo the prophecy?

Who do I have to speak to

To change the prophecy?

[hospitalllforsoullls]

& I sound like an infant,

Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen.

A greater woman stays cool,

But I howl like a wolf at the moon.

& I look unstable,

Gathered with a coven round a sorceress’ table.

A greater woman has faith,

But even statues crumble if they’re made to wait.

I’m so afraid, I sealed my fate,

No sign of soulmates.

I’m just a paper weight,

In shades of greige.

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me

It’ll be okay.

[ariesmoonbeam]

Spending my last coins so someone will tell me it’ll be okay.