#surprising i *hadn't* associated that line with him considering i do not like him sdkjlgfsjkl

[septembersghost]

What shocks me is that when that album came out every swiftie believed she loved him unless you thought it was pr. But 10 years later I have seen swifties claiming she only loved calvin jake and joe and harry while loved her she didn't love him back. And she wanted him as a fun hookup after everything with jake. Like if she only wanted him for hookups

She wouldn't have told him 'let's date again'

She wouldn't have made those snarky tour speeches where she said "people think they can walk in and out of your life anytime they want to" or every other AYHTDWS comment.

She wouldn't have got emotional during this love and removed it from the setlist

She wouldn't have gotten emotional during wonderland in 2018(nearly 3 years after their final interaction) after finding out he loved her

She wouldn't have gotten petty regarding AYHTDWS ryan Adam's interview("you could've stayed you didnt. So bye I dont miss you")

The 'immature' tumblr like(for which harries came for her)

Like the whole point of it was she thought she was the one who was more into him(she talked about being into him and excitedly texting him while he took hrs to give reply and he only came for hookups) but he loved her too much too but she found out too late. (This is my personal interpretation but 'I wounded the good and trusted the wicked seemed like trusting C over H to ME but it is personal).

i don't want this to be mean, but i feel like lyric comprehension and general media literacy in regards to what she's saying musically, and even what she's depicting visually, has plummeted lately, and i'm uncertain if quite a bit of that is due to a massive influx of new fans (who i'm happy to have join us!) who simply don't HAVE that context? or confusion over the real aspects of folkmore bleeding into everything else? which is understandable, but it's not difficult to find out more before making snap judgments. (it's nuts that anyone ever uses the pr accusation btw, the songs from both of them are clear and real. as if they would expend that much energy lying? please.) the frustrations and emotions she showed, and then what he further revealed, paint a clear picture. timing is a funny thing...

that part of daylight has had a different interpretation in my head, though that was long before midnights, so we do have even more reason to see C in the "trusted the wicked" line, and it easily could be about many situations (the kw/kk phone call, scott b., times she hurt joe, friends she felt she hadn't done right by or people she's ghosted, c and h, etc). i think that's something that has haunted her, the idea that she's put faith in people who have betrayed and hurt her deeply, and that she's lashed out at or let down people who are good and true and whom she loves. which i think most of us struggle with at one point, that lyric has a lot of resonance.