#( thread ‣ taylor. )

[backtoaugust-ts]

I have realized that the perfect form of media must have a delicate balance between absolutely heart wrenching pure emotional devastation and the most ridiculous nonsense you have ever seen in your whole life

#miraculous ladybug #owl house #the owl house #toh #ml #she ra #spop #throne of glass #tog #kipo #kataow #adventure time #at #steven universe #steven universe future #su #suf #acotar #the selection #gravity falls #50k #60k #this woven kingdom #these infinite threads #70k #actually you know what #also the love of my life #taylor swift #80k #percy jackson

[esotericswiftie]

1. anti-hero, taylor swift / 2, 19. “taylor swift’s ‘sexy baby’ lyric is more than a ‘30 rock’ reference,” sophia june for nylon magazine / 3, 4, 12, 22. taylor swift ages 14-16, photographed by andrew orth / 5, 23. dominique swain age 15, photographed for lolita (1997) / 6, 17. “the fetishization of girlhood,” m.c. easton / 7. lolita (1962), dir. stanley kubrick / 8. 22 (mv), taylor swift / 9. anti-hero (mv), taylor swift / 10, 14, 18. nothing new, taylor swift ft. phoebe bridgers / 11. “2008’s country lolita: taylor swift,” gavin edwards for rolling stone / 13, 21. lolita (1997), dir. adrian lyne / 15. okcupid dating chart: age preferences by gender / 16. all too well (ten minute version), taylor swift / 20. university of pittsburgh 2021-2022 undergraduate catalog / 23. would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, taylor swift

apologies for this ridiculously long megathread, but i found a ton of these photographs of taylor from when before she was famous, around ages 14-16, and ooh boy, did they get me thinking…

sometimes i wonder if she just really lucked out with the mostly desexualized “innocent girl-next-door” persona becoming her brand throughout her early career, because it looks like things could have gone in a very different direction for her in another universe.

like you can literally see taylor being de-aged between her debut and fearless era as her public image cemented…the posing, the makeup, the hair, the clothing…it’s all very deliberate and sinister.

and now, all these years later, no one knows better than taylor herself that the most desirable thing a woman can be is not a woman, but a girl…a sexy baby, if you must.

her heart-shaped sunglasses, nothing new, the ten minute version of all too well, would’ve could’ve should’ve…she knows all about society’s sickness, its simultaneous fetishization and destruction of girlhood. she knows because she’s lived through it.

we don’t often categorize her or think of her as one, but she was a child star, and she barely escaped its curse. just barely. but unlike so many other child stars, unlike dolores haze, she survived with her voice and her pen, and she can see it all now, it was wrong.

#web weaving #parallels #connections #thread #taylor swift #midnights #midnights ts #dolores haze #swifties #girl blogger #girl blog #girlblogging #girlhood #lyrics #lyric analysis #nothing new #phoebe bridgers #dominique swaine #anti-hero #would’ve could’ve should’ve #all too well #all too well ten minute version #thoughts #feminism #feminist

[crowhoonter]

rating Parahumans guys on how well I think they'd be as parents

Brian: I think Brian would believe he is a great father, but there is too much repressed emotions and depression in there to properly care for and raise a child. 3/10, Not particularly good.

Alec: Alec has lacked a real positive parental unit in his life, and while I don't think he would purposefully be shitty to a kid, I think he might fall back on what he knows from his own youth. Might be a fun older brother though. 3/10, needs to focus on himself first

Danny Hebert: Too sad about his wife dying to properly parent. no further notes. 2/10, Danny please get it together Taylor is relying on you

Armsmaster: Would rub off his worst personality traits onto a kid, resulting in them being the average r/malelivingspace user. Might also encourage child to grow poor facial hair. 1/10, I feel bad for whatever unfortunate soul is consigned to this fate.

Coil: Coil would be an absent father for 90% of your childhood, unless you were useful for his plans. In that case, he would feed you drugs or some other unethical thing and make you work for him (child labor (bad)). 2/10, conditions are poor but you might get to meet some of the other children he has, fixing the playdate situation.

Kaiser: See in story results. -5/10 Nazis don't make good parents.

Uber and Leet: They come as a package deal obviously, and they are actually pretty okay parents, they aren't great obviously but they aren't tremendous failures either. That is until you show up on one of their livestreams and then you are the laughingstock of the school. 4/10 Don't upload your kids online.

Scion: Too sad about his wife dying to properly parent. Also not emotionally available. 1/10, get it together man people are relying on you.

Mark Dallon: Not necessarily a bad parent, but he has a laundry list of problems that he needs to work through before he can begin to think to focus on his kids. 3/10, he's trying by god. He's not doing good but he's trying.

Number Man: He would probably respond to any question his kid asks with some weird philosophical math metaphor. Is a killer cook though. Also math classes would be a breeze. Unfortunately, most of his time is dedicated to cauldron. 5/10, grades will be great.

Accord: The worst type of helicopter parent. He would make itineraries to follow any time his kid went out and would require them home in pristine condition super early. Has a rigorous study schedule and puts a lot of pressure on you to succeed, and you know he wants whats best for you but like its stifling and you aren't really living for you but for him. Sure grades are good but you just can't do it anymore. 4/10, the depression and GPA are soaring.

Jack Slash: As seen in Worm, he is an absolutely killer parent. Has a fun family vibe? check. Engages with his children's interest and allows them to pursue it? check. Keeps his child intellectually and creatively stimulated? check. Takes his family all over the country to see new exciting places and people? check. Dude is simply top tier on the parenting skill. Sure the family dynamic is a bit unorthodox, but when the results look this good can you really argue? 10/10 Jack Slash has got it going on.

#inspired by all those weird reddit threads talking about if Taylor would be a good mother #why is that such a popular discussion? #geniunely I don't understand #worm #parahumans #wormblr #jack slash #armsmaster #number man #accord #scion #alec vasil #brian laborn

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

This saga is cracking me up.

#taylor swift #like what do you expect? #you’re doing something illegal and doing it repeatedly of course they’re going to crack down on you #also they were like I was just about to leak ttpd in the thread #so like by all means take legal action because there’s no intent to stop #they also posted a screen recording of an email they got sent a legit email from a legal branch dealing with copyrighted music

[hyunpic]

he said new year new piercing new me

#hyunjin #skz #stray kids #bystay #gifs #im listening to taylor swift you are loosing me cause #i am hanging on by a thread and i might need someone to give me mouth to mouth and pump up my heart. preferably him but idk 😁😍🫠😂😰 #otherwise u will b loosing me..

[tswiftupdatess]

Taylor Swift has joined Instagram Threads!

— She's already the 5th most followed person in the app (with 9 million followers)

#taylor swift #the tortured poets department #instagram #charts #taylorswift #april 19 #instagram threads

[troythecatfish]

#taylor swift #swifties #threads #threads app #leftist politics #leftist #leftism #leftisim #left wing #left wing politics #late stage capitalism #socialist politics #socialist #socialism #capitalism #anti capitalism #feminism #feminist #climate crisis #environmentalism #environmental #environmental justice #environmental impact #environmental responsibility

[abitofboth]

#my god you weirdos #I’ve seen so much after the golden globes #can you PLEASE turn your phone off and go outside to breathe some fresh air every once in a while #I saw a whole ass twitter thread documenting how shitty it is for taylor swift to queer bait all of her fans #and their evidence was… a picture of her hugging a woman #my god #be so fucking for real #millie talks

[onceintwentylifetimes]

I get myself twisted in threads To meet you at The Alcott...

#tswiftedit #taylorswift #the national #the alcott #vickisedits #cuz this bridge! #honestly love this song #such evocative lyrics #also that first line referencing threads and then the imagery of shredding a gown.... #like taylor's lyrical prowess when making her additions... they fit right in so perfectly #but no doubt it would've been a brilliant song regardless #she's made it divine though

[midnightsslut]

i know swifties are known for appreciating taylor’s lyrics, but i’m starting to wonder if the fandom has grown so large and her music so dense that a lot of people don’t understand what she’s saying at all. add the general trend of media illiteracy, the weird handwringing about whether her lyrics are autobiographical, and the increasingly popular view that you cannot see the author in the work, and a lot of people (largely not on here) are starting to have zero appreciation for the meaning of her lyrics beyond ‘this sounds pretty. that’s such a good metaphor!’ a lot of people are genuinely amazing at analyzing her music and post insightful takes, but the opposite is becoming prevalent as well imo.

#there was a thread on twitter about a month ago asking people to reply/qrt with the lyrics they didn’t understand #and it was just. the most basic stuff. #I remember the argument about what ‘maybe it was egos swinging / maybe it was her’ meant even on here when I thought that was just obvious? #syntactically it makes no sense for the her to be taylor’s ego #idk this fandom is unmanageable #and to be clear there are a lot of great takes on here and on twittergenuinely #but it’s hard to discuss anything without someone coming out of the woodwork to criticize you because they don’t understand

[purrvaire]

good omens season 2 + text posts I have on my phone (3/?)

1 / 2

#good morning again lovely people in my phone #back on my bullshit #day 4 of coping after the finale: not doing well #made two playlist #one is just taylor swift #made a thread about it on twitter and sobbed a little #still this wont prevent me to be the silliest clown on this hellsite #last one is inspired by all the people me noticing aziraphale checking out crowley throughout the season #cant blame him #they looked like a five course meal followed by fruits dessert and coffee #a feast even #anyway #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #gos2 spoilers #good omens season two spoilers #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #beelzebub good omens #ineffable bureaucracy #muriel good omens #good omens memes #tumblr text meme #my screenshots #user purrvaire #third one is actually me fr

[biblicallyaccurateslut]

People saying the tortured poets department is somehow tied to Joe because of ONE word that coincides with Joe friends groupchat , but dismissing queer analysis of Taylor lyrics based on queer history and references and parallels that Taylor has done herself is wild to me.

We are all just guessing. Is just guessing. Hetlors are speculating as much as gaylors are.

The only difference is that gaylors get harrased because of that speculation

#gaylor #taylor swift #queer #gaylor swift #kaylor #swiftgron #eras tour #the eras tour #hetlors #hetlors are so fucking anoying #just admit that we are all just speculating #and stop sending death threads #and if you dont like gaylor content #just dont interact #or block people #but stop the harrassement

[esotericswiftie]

1. illicit affairs, taylor swift / 2. [you fit into me], margaret atwood / 3. alone together (2012), maria kreyn / 4. bag of bones, mitski / 5. love poems, anne sexton / 6, 11. my dark vanessa, kate elizabeth russell / 7. save me, aimee mann / 8. @mountainqoats (going to scotland, the mountain goats + two girls (lovers) (1911), egon schiele) / 9. when the party’s over, billie eilish / 10. cardigan, taylor swift / 12. your love is killing me, sharon van etten / 13. romeo and juliet (1968), dir. franco zeffirelli / 14. letters to milena, franz kafka / 15. the unabridged journals of sylvia plath, sylvia plath

imagine this: love as self-destruction.

is emotional self-harm a thing? because sometimes that’s what i think i was doing when it all went down.

at the time, i was so depressed, so full of self-loathing. i didn’t want to die, not quite, but i wanted to self-destruct.

i knew doing that shit with him was gonna traumatize me, but i didn’t care. i not only didn’t care, i actively craved it. i WANTED it to hurt me. i WANTED to be ruined.

i knew exactly how much it was gonna leave me bleeding, tear me apart, turn the knife inside me, etc…i knew and yet i did it anyways.

the truth is, i wasn’t stupid. i wasn’t even naïve. i just hated myself.

sometimes i really do wonder if that’s any better. i don’t think it is.

#web weaving #parallels #thread #connections #girl blogger #girl blog #girlblogging #esoteric #swiftie #self destruction #taylor swift #folklore #illicit affairs #margaret atwood #mitski #anne sexton #my dark vanessa #kate elizabeth russell #cardigan #romeo and juliet #sylvia plath #kafka #thoughts #literature #poetry #art #lyrics #quotes #words #ideas

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Ugh now I’m thinking about the evolution of the topic of marriage/commitment over the years

I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover -> I’d marry you with paper rings -> one single thread of gold tied me to you -> give you my wild, give you a child -> are you really going to talk about timing in times like these? -> all they keep asking me is if I’m going to be your bride -> I wouldn’t marry me either -> do something babe, say something -> you’re losing me

#Taylor swift #you’re losing me #lyrics analysis #writing letters addressed to the fire #ugh it’s like the evolution of a relationship in lyric form #I’d also add the part from it’s nice to have a friend #Church bells ring carry me home / Rice on the ground looks like snow #which I always thought was wedding imagery/metaphor for them #(as in this is where the story of it’s nice to have a friend would end) #but I don’t know if that’s an accepted reading of it #also I will always always be convinced the single thread of gold tied me to you line meant marriage #so that’s why I’m including it #it’s too strong of a metaphor for a wedding band to me to be ignored

[pop-punklouis]

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#just got around to reading taylor swift’s profile for Time and….. #and i’m saying this as someone who went to her show #who spent a lot of money to see her with my sister #and who genuinely likes her and her music #the profile was fucking bad lmfao #reading through it i kept wincing at how cringe-girl boss-capitalism it all was #and then the entire part where the journalist refuses to challenge taylor’s narrative about being canceled in 2016 #even though she FELT canceled her numbers and success did not show it at all with reputation #like. a journalist just. spoke about it in their own article but not TO her #when it’s so important for anyone but especially journalists to challenge people’s narratives especially inner narratives that might warp #the reality of the situation #it was just a puff piece obviously but god was it…. not good imo dkdkkd #also her talking about mastermind and how it connected to the end of phantom thread made me wanna 💀 #like girlie go back to your eras tour enough interviews for now #it did its job. but at what cost to my brain to read for both @ taylor and @ the journalist

[killyridols]

i can rage without losing you by taylor kibby, 2022, stoneware, mason stain, & embroidery thread, 35 × 23.5 × 5.5 inches

#taylor kibby #american art #sculpture #stoneware #mason stain #embroidery thread #chain #grey #2020s