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Now that I’ve had a good chance to listen through the album multiple times, here are my thoughts, in a random messy order similar to the album itself 🙃

Overall it’s okay. It’s not a horrible album but it’s definitely one of my least favorites.

Half of the songs could be cut. A lot of the good songs could be even better with some more polishing. In a way it feels like a first draft?

It’s hard to get past this being a Matty album. I’m not a fan of his and I really don’t get why she seems more into him than the guy she was with for 6 years.

Speaking of Joe, I hope this album isn’t the first time he’s hearing about Taylor’s Matty fantasies. Guilty as sin? Yeah, maybe. Emotional cheating is still cheating.

That said, the masturbation song is really catchy

If I were Matty, I’d be a little weirded out by how obsessed Taylor is with him. But maybe that’s something he’s into. I wouldn’t be surprised if they get together again at some point.

She’s kind of saying she’d leave Travis for Matty if given the chance huh 🤔 Wonder if Travis has really listened to the full album and what he thinks of it.

Post Malone is so underutilized in Fortnight. I was hoping for something more like exile/coney island

Most of the songs I like are from The Anthology, probably because of Aaron Dessner

I feel like if Joe is going to only get a few songs, they better be amazing. So Long, London lacks the emotion I wanted.

Clara Bow is decent but feels so out of place. It reminds me of Olivia Rodrigo (as well as imgonnagetyouback obviously)

My top 3 (for now): I Hate It Here, I Look In People’s Windows, imgonnagetyouback

But if you had asked me earlier I really liked these too: Down Bad, Guilty As Sin?, The Black Dog

I hate the emphasis on Joe’s mental health. Looking back on her older songs, it seems like it was always an issue for her

Is it possible Joe didn’t want to marry Taylor partly because he knew she loved Matty? I don’t want to ruin the previous albums for myself but pretty sure there have been more songs about him than I realized

I wish I didn’t know so much of the Taylor lore. I think casual fans who know nothing about her personal life might enjoy the album more.

The Kim K song was unnecessary

The Alchemy and So High School are so cringe. But even though I don’t like Travis, I prefer him to Matty

I’ve been called out in But Daddy I Love Him. I didn’t sign that petition or anything but yeah I have no regrets about disapproving of someone who’s made racist and misogynistic comments.

I know a lot of people are comparing this album to Midnights. I haven’t been able to decide which one I prefer yet

I do agree that this is one of Taylor’s most honest and vulnerable albums.

“Lights, camera, bitch smile” is going to be my new affirmation

As parasocial as it is, I really do hope Taylor finds whatever she’s looking for, which I guess now seems to be marriage and children. But I think she has too much baggage from these past relationships that only time and therapy can fix

This photo is STUNNING. Why wasn’t this the album cover? Why don’t the other photos and the music match this aesthetic more?

Also here’s what I’d pick for the album (tracklist in this order):

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Guilty As Sin?

But Daddy I Love Him

Down Bad

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The Black Dog

I Look In People’s Windows

I Hate It Here

The Albatross

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?

imgonnagetyouback

Peter

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

The Prophecy

How Did It End?

Also I love the chorus of Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me. As a big MCU/Scarlet Witch fan it instantly made me think of this part of WandaVision:

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As someone who’s been on both sides of a relationship impacted by depression as the girl who’s unwell and the girl who’s looking after the unwell partner…being partners with someone in the midst of clinical depression is HARD. Social media and ‘it’s ok not to be ok’ awareness campaigns sanitise how difficult and boring and mean-spirited and ugly mental illness can make a person. The partner (especially if it’s a woman) is given very little grace if they don’t have inhuman saint-like levels of patience when they’re basically doing unpaid care work. And sometimes the realisation dawns that you can love a person and you want to save them but you can’t save them and if you don’t get out you will drown. There are many stories and songs to be written out of being the partner in that situation about empathy and guilt and love and frustration and compassion and anger and more guilt. It would’ve been a more mature way to approach the topic if it had to be approached at all. ‘Fuck you for being too depressed to marry me’ is not the route I’d have taken.

i agree!

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Okay so I am a swiftie an I'm enjoying the new album but "So long London" gives me a bitter taste? Like "you are too depressed it makes me depressed, fuck you for that" vibes are just...

#taylor swift #ttpd #ts ttpd #so long london #sll

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How I Met Your Mother - Character Dynamics(4/11): Lily & Marshall

You're the love of my life.

#fandomstruckhimymcharacterdynamics #himym #mine #mine: gifs #how i met your mother #lily and marshall #marshmallow and lillypad

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Hey Neil! If you could describe yourself with a song, which song would it be?

Also who’s your favorite musician?

And I don't know. Living musician? Perhaps Bela Fleck.

#i first read it as Ben Affleck #and boy was i confused #it's time to go to sleep

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Saw this an immediately thought of Crowley and azieaphale and them proceeded to almost cry. This random has ruined me.

#reading it won't help #definitely not the crying part #possibly not even the Crowley and Aziraphale part #good omens #nightingale #no nightingales

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The resemblance is uncanny

his Winnie the Pooh lookin ass

#aziraphale #good omens #winnie the pooh #it came to my attention not everyone one knows winniee the pooh #shock horror #here are some gifs for proper comparison

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25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/25) ↳ the muppet christmas carol (1992)

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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), dir. Brian Henson

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How I Met Your Mother - Character Dynamics (3/11): Marshall & Barney

#how i met your mother #himym #fandomstruckhimymcharacterdynamics

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Favourite Pairings (5/?) : Firstprince (Alex & Henry) (Red White & Royal Blue)

History, huh? Bet we could make some.

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #firstprince #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #alex and henry #otp #fandomstruckfavouritepairings #mine #henry and alex

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Favourite Pairings (4/?) : Narlie (Nick & Charlie) (Heartstopper)

My life is way better because I met you. You’re my favourite person.

#nick and charlie #narlie #heartstopper #charlie and nick #nick nelson #charlie spring #otp #mine #mine: gifs #fandomstruckfavouritepairings

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Soulmates™

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Merry Christmas Beesly,

Hope you like your gift. Now you won’t have to walk past Michael every time you want some tea. I know that’s probably devastating, but I’m sure you’ll get over it.

I was really excited when I picked your name for Secret Santa. It’s about time, too. I’ve been holding on to this stuff for years.

If I wanted, I could tell you that it doesn’t mean anything that I kept all of these things. I could tell you that I threw the hot sauce packets in that junk drawer in my kitchen and forgot about them until I found them last week, and that it’s no big deal that I kept them.

I could tell you that, Beesly, but it’s not true. The truth is, I kept the hot sauce and the timer and that stupid pencil you threw at me because they make me think of you. They make me think of your face when you bit into that hot dog; how sure you were that you were going to win at mini golf (obviously you weren’t); and how much you laughed at my stupid joke about boggle even though it wasn’t that funny.

This might be weird for you to read in a Christmas Card, and I know you’re with Roy. But if any of these moments have meant as much to you as they have to me, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I didn’t tell you.

You’re my best friend. You’re the reason that coming to work is even halfway bearable. You’re the only person I’ve ever met who would enjoy bothering Dwight as much as I do. I think about you on the drive home every single day, and, if I’m being honest, for a long time after I get home.

I don’t know how you feel, and I hope I didn’t ruin your Christmas by writing this. I just needed you to know that all the inside jokes I’ve put inside this teapot are moments that really, in the grand scheme of things, shouldn’t have meant anything to me… but instead they have meant everything. I could be happy doing nothing but having little moments like these with you for my whole life.

Because that’s what love is supposed to be, right? When someone can make you smile three years later just from looking at a packet of hot sauce.

Merry Christmas. Here’s to more moments like these.

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How I Met Your Mother - Character Dynamics (2/11): Lily & Robin

She's the strongest person I know. I can not imagine my life without her. I love you, Lily.

#how i met your mother #himym #robin and lily #lily and robin #lily aldrin #robin sherbatsky #fandomstruckhimymcharacterdynamics

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How I Met Your Mother - Character Dynamics (1/11): Ted & Marshall

Marshall is my best friend.

#how i met your mother #himym #ted and marshall #ted mosby #marshall eriksen #fandomstruckhimymcharacterdynamics

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Favourite Pairings (3/?) : Shawn and Angela (Boy Meets World)

For mine is a love no experience, no measure, no words, could ever degrade into reality by virtue of degree.

#shawn and angela #boy meets world #shawn hunter #angela moore #fandomstruckfavouritepairings #otp #mine #angela and shawn