It's still wild how fast Sigzai left the rarepair space and became one of the top popular ships in bsd this year. Like chapter 106.5 released and I swear they just shot up and have been going up ever since. ESPECIALLY with their recent animated scenes because Bones loves them.
It's like seeing an old school friend leave your village to go the the city and they become an overnight celebrity.
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anyway, I think we should all be very loud and vocal and angry about Taylor’s continued practice of releasing different variations of her albums that force you to either pick and choose bonus tracks or else purchase every version in order to own them all, because, uhhhhh, she is not above criticism and what she’s doing here is a cruel and predatory business practice that flies in the face of the art she claims she wants to share with us.
“No one’s forcing you to buy every version” should be saved for material differences like collectible covers or items like the Lover journals or even TTPD’s special magnets and bookmarks and things; it should NOT apply to the music itself.
“It’s all going to end up on streaming anyway,” doesn’t count either because I actually like physical media and I’m still mad about Taylor banishing If This Was A Movie to streaming after she kicked it off Speak Now but didn’t bother to actually put it on Fearless. I’m also mad that Sweeter Than Fiction was only released on one special vinyl because I don’t use vinyls?? I want to have all my music in one place. I want to have a CD I can play in my car without having to switch it out to hear one different song. I spend money on my music because I want to actually own the album I have: something that is not guaranteed with iTunes or streaming.
the more Taylor does this, the less I’m even supportive of having an album + a deluxe edition. Like. Why would I ever want an incomplete version?
I love Taylor as an artist and I want to believe her when she says that she loves creating and then sharing her art with us, but when she gatekeeps and oversells her music like this, I’ve got to doubt her. Everyone knows she doesn’t need to release multiple versions just to make a profit. She’s breaking records with every album she announces! But if she thinks this is a fun way to release albums, then I actually need everyone to get on the same page by telling her it’s NOT. I don’t care if you, personally, random reader, don’t mind forking out a hundred dollars for 5 slightly different version of the same album; it should not be REQUIRED. Some people can’t afford it. Some people are never even offered the other versions (looking at you past Target exclusives + clean variants of all the Midnights CDs that never went up on the Canadian site). If Taylor loves her fans, she shouldn’t be taking advantage of them: full stop.
tl;dr: collectible versions of albums should be limited to aesthetic and bonus materials, NOT songs; every version of the album should be announced together so people can buy responsibly; every song should be equally available on physical media as it is on streaming; Taylor Swift needs to be held accountable for these predatory releases.
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"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me" being turned into a meme because obviously it's self indulgent & narrow about her life as if the point isn't specifically to express what being torn apart and also put on a pedestal had done to her mind to make her feel both paranoid and on the opposite end have a god complex as a part of the development of severe mental illness. like I am sorry you don't get that it's self aware and also unreliable like the rest of her album is but let's be real did you even listen to it.
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giggling at a post a bunch of girls i went to (a private super conservative homophobic) highschool with about taylor swift making fun of christians in her new album (by literally using religious imagery as a poetic device?)
and also assuming she's referring to christians the second she mentions "judgemental creeps"?
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I just found out John Green is a swiftie. my year has just been made. in the words of John Green
“I like Taylor Swift’s music and lyrics. You don’t have to, but I get to.”
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Something something scary talking down to Taylor as he morns his dad. Something something Scary trying to internalize that because she constantly thinks about how she cared about Terry jr dying.
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