#please

😂

So there was a glitch and now she’s bolting…backwards…did the glitch turn back time?

This one piece of evidence is enough for me

Can we talk about how if Taylor had phrased it "lesbian pride makes me me!" they'd still be arguing "SHE JUST SUPPORTS LESBIANS!"

There is literally 0 logic to thinking it's not an identity statement, yet they find a way.

If you're not trans like myself then are you really going to say trans pride makes you who you are just because you're an ally???

Who you support does not correlate with personal identity. Something cannot make you who you are unless you are that something. This isn't a complicated concept

I think it's just one of the biggest proofs that it has never mattered what Taylor says or does, and that is why hairpin drop was dismissed when it has 0 other meaning and she doubled down to use it again 2 years after non-stop discourse about it.

It's simply 1 of 2 things:

1. They know Taylor is queer but will always force an act that they don't believe it simply because they don't want her to be or for that to be normalized.

2. They genuinely will not recognize anything explicity queer as queer because of that deep dislike towards the community even if it stems from internalization.

At this point there is simply not anyone that doesn't have homophobic views that cannot see at the very least that the Lover era was a coming out. I do not believe it.

The same song that she said "gay pride makes me me" about is a song about herself, her own love, characterized by queer pride, music video released on lesbian visibility day, and then you further pair that with all the promo posts for it being captioned the date of lesbian visibility with the pictures solely using the lesbian flag colors as the theme. Nobody is confused, it's just hate.

Travis Kelce & Golden Roses—Oh, We’re Keeping Count.

If you’re not spiraling yet, congratulations on your rose-colored glasses.

If you are spiraling, welcome aboard. Let’s get into it. 🌹

1. The Fit

Travis Kelce arrived at the biggest game of his career in a full rust-brown Amiri suit, paired with a shimmering, deep-V shirt and—pay attention—a golden rose brooch.

2. The Golden Rose: A Valentine’s Gift for… Who?

First, let's begin with Valentine's Day 2024. It was Travis and Taylor's first time celebrating the holiday as a couple. While Taylor was in Melbourne for The Eras Tour and Travis was absent, he adorned her with gifts. One of the gifts being... a golden stemmed rose.

So, in 2024, this was a romantic gesture of love to Miss Americana on Valentine's Day, right? Glad we can agree. Let's fast forward to February 9th, 2025.

It's time to talk about the golden rose brooch on Travis’ lapel.

While Travis was wearing one gold rose, his “best friend” Ross Travis posted a photo from the Super Bowl of a nearly identical golden rose sitting on his lap. This time, the entire rose is fully gold plated, a bit of an upgrade from last year's Valentine's gift, if I do say so myself. This rose will never wilt.

The picture above on the right was the only story Ross Travis posted that night.

Just guys being dudes? Or is there more to this?

If you swapped out one of these men for a woman, we wouldn’t even be having a debate—everyone would be freaking out over what an obvious romantic gesture this is. It was taken as a romantically sweet gesture when Taylor received one last year...

And we’re not done yet.

3. So, Why Isn’t Mainstream Media Talking About This?

Because there has only ever been ONE openly queer active NFL player.

For an industry that thrives on hyper-masculinity, it’s no surprise that this golden rose exchange isn’t making headlines. The NFL isn’t exactly known for celebrating queer relationships, and speculation around a player’s sexuality isn’t something sports media is going to touch unless it’s explicitly acknowledged.

But just because they won’t talk about it doesn’t mean we can’t see it. It doesn't mean they aren't showing us.

4. The Taylor Swift Connection: A Golden Rose, A Valentine’s Emoji, and a 2017 Throwback

Back in 2017, Taylor launched The Swift Life app, which included a set of custom Swift-themed emojis (affectionately called Taymojis).

One of the emojis in the Valentine’s Day pack was a golden rose—identical to the one Travis and Ross wore.

And the caption under that emoji?

🫡 “This will last forever.”

Yes. You read that correctly.

Every emoji in that pack was love-themed. "I <3 U." "Look out! You might catch feelings!" "Kisses!" And then we have this golden rose, captioned as something eternal.

The timing? This rose exchange between Ross and Travis happened five days before Valentine’s Day.

Now, I’m not saying Taylor had a hand in this… but I’m also saying we’ve seen too much to ignore it.

I can see the rose given to Taylor in 2024 as a symbol of temporary love, while the rose in Ross' lap at the 2025 Superbowl seems to symbolize forever, according to Taymojis and the fact that the rose is completely frozen in gold.

5. The Reputation Era Callback & Call It What You Want

This isn’t just about a golden rose and a well-tailored suit—it’s about timing.

At this same game, Taylor wore her infamous T chain, a direct reference to Call It What You Want. That alone was enough to make us dig. But when we zoom out and look at what era she’s teasing, things get even more interesting.

We are on the cusp of Reputation (Taylor’s Version), and Taylor has already warned us that the vault tracks are going to be fire. 🔥

And let’s be honest—Gaylors have been saying for YEARS that if Taylor was ever going to use a vault track to say something explicitly sapphic, Reputation TV is the place to do it.

Why? Because Reputation wasn’t just about damage control. It was about narrative control. It was about hiding in plain sight. It was about creating an image that served a purpose, while the truth stayed in the shadows.

So what if this rollout isn’t just about reclaiming her masters?

What if it’s about reclaiming her true reputation—not the one the public crafted one, not the one she had to play along with, but the one she’s been teasing at for years through hidden meanings, visual cues, and layered storytelling?

She’s nodding to Call It What You Want.

She’s doubling down on Reputation-coded imagery.

The golden rose, a symbol of permanence and love, reappears in a way that directly connects to her own past branding and gifts from Travis.

If 1989 TV was about nostalgia and reinvention, Reputation TV could be about revision and revelation.

And that, my friends, is why this moment feels bigger than just a suit, a rose, and a Super Bowl flex.

6. Final Thoughts: “Best Friends” or Something More?

If any of this had happened between a male athlete and a woman, the entire internet would be calling it romance, just as we saw in 2024.

But because it’s happening, now, between two men, we’re supposed to pretend it’s just a meaningless fashion moment?

Let’s be real:

The golden rose was a choice.

Ross Travis posting the exact same golden rose was a choice.

The Taymoji connection is insane.

The timing with Reputation references makes this undeniable.

At the end of the day, whether this is romance or just another hidden narrative, it’s very clear that this is more than just a suit.

And if you’re still not convinced? Well…

🌹 Call it what you want, I guess. 🌹

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

Posting this thread here bc it perfectly summarizes my thoughts on this theory and I want to reference it later

👼 VSFS Angel Wing Ring Masterpost 👼

ah yes 😌 the ring brought before us unto heaven. so much can be and has been said about it, that i thought it my duty to compile it in one place. here we go…

origins

taylor started wearing the angel wing ring in 2017, though it was likely gifted in november 2016. we say november 2016 because that’s the time when various victoria’s secret Angels posted to instagram about receiving them (only contracted Angels received them, not just any models working for vsfs). its worth noting that from a swiftie canon perspective, taylor was gifted this ring from victoria’s secret management for her appearance in multiple shows.

nine wing one for taylor 📯

nine wing one for taylor 📯

yup! here are two examples. here’s taylor wearing it before and more recently where she wore it at a party and everyone thought it was a rin

why it’s a Kaylor symbol

well there are a variety of ways to explain things away if you want to, i’m sure, but if you’ve been around these parts since rep era you will know that this ring has been a definitive kaylor bat signal—something talked about a ton! and taylor surely knows that. but this aside, we mainly associate it with kaylor because of how iconic taylor’s two vsfs appearances were, both of which were with karlie. to be clear, the association does not hinge on an assumption that karlie herself gave the ring, rather that it represents taylor’s time with the show, that was spent with karlie.

separate from this, and arguably the biggest point, is that she wears the ring in the clip where she is strumming Call It What You Want to a certain unseen somebody (who we have speculated and offered reason as to why it is karlie) holding the camera. that aside, that song is so clearly a play on sounds and words that sound like karlie. (karlie what you want, call it what you want, karlie).

nine wing one for taylor 📯

nine wing one for taylor 📯

yes

another more visual reason why one might associate this jewelry with karlie in particular is that she was the face of Victoria’s Secret Heavenly fragrance, a bottle that came with similar adornments and accessories.

nine wing one for taylor 📯

nothing new just a reminder

nothing new just a reminder

but now to the meat and potatoes of the matter..

here are all the times taylor has been seen wearing the vsfs angel wing ring:

👼 call it what you want home video clip (late 2016-early 2017)

👼 recording sessions with jack for Getaway Car and TIWWCHNT, and recording session with max martin for …Ready For It? (late 2016-early 2017)

👼 reputation promo UPS ad where she’s writing in the diary (released August 25th, 2017)

👼 delicate vertical video (March 30th, 2018)

👼 CATS wrap up party (March 30th, 2019)

👼 stella mccartney lover collab promo photos (August 20th, 2019)

👼 stella mccartney lover collab promo interview (August 20th, 2019)

👼 getting papped walking out of stella mccartney’s studio with the folklore jacket (December 4th, 2019 (kissgate anniversary)

👼 NMPA songwriter icon award speech (June 9th, 2021)

👼 her 32nd birthday party in tribeca (December 13th, 2021)

why is this established timeline significant?

so for me, to see that this ring has been quite consistently worn since rep era, so far all the way up to the very end of 2021, *and*, often on special occasions at that, gives me a certain peace of mind. if one is to believe that a ring from an event where taylor was both introduced to karlie and one where she walked down a runway hand in hand on stage on prime-time tv together with her, is something associable with karlie, then the following would seem puzzling:

how could taylor be wearing this ring on days or during times where the memory of karlie might be upsetting to her. footage of the recording of rep era songs, footage for rep era promo, an official music video right before tour, to an event she went with with her beau after rep era ended, footage at the start of lover era played during a livestream even where she had to give a talk—footage taped not too far after her masters were bought by scooter, during an award acceptance speech in mid 2021, to her own birthday party just this past year, etc etc… why wear a ring that is obviously symbolic of a time with someone that would now be triggering, to places and occasions where you need to keep your shit together?

times being as they are, i will limit conveying the scope of what i feel, but i find it worth saying that for me? all these crafted narratives and stories over the years asserting that karlie has been an upsetting presence in taylor’s life? the whole cornucopia of them? well they can all take a hike!

At least we got something interesting

Cornelia Street? With Maroon? TODAY?

Bonus Karlie at the Cornelia Street apartment:

A gaylor reading of the TTPD Prologue

*I do not claim to know the sexuality of Taylor swift. I simply think interpreting her lyrics from a gaylor perspective is more interesting and leads to interpretations of her music I personally find more impressive and complex.*

At this hearing

I stand before the fellow

Members

Of the Tortured Poets Department

(Ok so we are establishing that Taylor is a member of the tortured poets department and she is talking directly to the other members. This is important because it sets the whole context of the album. She is a tortured poet, and this album is for other tortured poets. Why is she tortured though?)

With a summary of my findings

A debrief, a detailed rewinding

For the purpose of warning

For the sake of reminding

(She wants to warn us about something by reminding us of what’s happened so far. Got it.)

As you might all

Unfortunately recall

I had been struck with a case

Of restricted humanity

Which explains my plea here today

Of temporary insanity

(To me, restricted humanity reads as fame. Taylor talks regularly about feeling caged by fame and like she’s not treated like a person. So fame has been restricting her humanity and it’s made her do something crazy.)

You see, the pendulum swings

Oh, the chaos it brings

Leads the caged beast to do

The most curious things

(Pendulum swings = what goes around comes around, time keeps on moving…. The word “curious” here is very interesting to me, because that’s a word so commonly associated with being in the closet- as well as its connection to Wonderland and the line “don’t you know what becomes of curious minds”. Taylor has done “curious” things before in her time in the spotlight. The cage is still her fame.)

Lovers spend years denying what’s ill fated

Resentment rotting away

Galaxies were created

(Lovers is an interesting word to use here because of the obvious connection to her past music! Now, why are the lovers Ill fated? Were they destined to not work out, and if so, why? What’s keeping them apart?

Resentment rotting away- Taylor’s resentment, or both of theirs? The obvious interpretation of this section of the poem is it’s about her and Joe’s failing relationship. But if we’re taking the gaylor perspective here- I think this section could very well describe being in love with someone you can’t be with, and the resentment that builds up as you see them move on with their life and even get married and have kids.

Galaxies were created reminds me of the lavander haze music video where Taylor created galaxies in her lovers back, and also of the Mastermind vinyl in her room in Lavander Haze with the constellations on it. To my ears, these galaxies are the stories she’s creating for the public. Her public romances, her relationships with the men she’s bearding with. She’s the one who put her and Joe’s constellations together in Lavander Haze, she’s the mastermind who’s created these galaxies.)

Stars placed and glued meticulously by the ceiling fan

(The galaxies are fake! She’s created them from her room, or her prison. She’s meticulously crafted these romances or stories with these men, but they’re not the real thing. )

Tried wishing on comets

Tried dimming the shine

Tried to orbit his planet

Some stars never align

(What is she wishing for? Could be her and Joe to work. Or it could be freedom? Or to be like everyone else? Or to be with her lover? Tried dimming the shine- the shine of what? To me this line is very easy to interpret from a gaylor lense. “Tried dimming the shine,” to my ears, implies dimming down who she really is, dulling the truth, hiding her true colors. Why couldn’t she orbit his planet when they were in a relationship for 6 years? It could certainly be it was a toxic relationship, could it also be that the “him” doesn’t matter, she can’t make that relationship work because it’s with a man? Regardless of the reason, she tried to make this relationship work but couldn’t. The stars never aligned. I also think it’s interesting That we’ve already discussed that the sky is fake, she meticulously created it next to her ceiling fan. So does she have control over these stars? Could it be that she never wanted the relationship, that’s why those stars could not align, because she, the one meticulously placing them, did not line them up? Was the end of the relationship part of a plan?)

And in one conversation

I tore down the whole sky.

(Again, the sky is fake, it’s the meticulously crafted relationships she’s created with these men or in this case Joe. In one conversation, she ended it all. I do think conversation is a notable word choice here, it implies civility and almost a sense that the moment is casual. This was not a fight, not a devastating breakup, they had a conversation and she tore up the whole story she created, or ended their bearding relationship.)

Spring sprung forth with dazzling freedom hues

(This is possibly the most gaylor line of the poem in my opinion. It also reminds me of the line in Ivy where she says “spring breaks lose, time is near.” I think it’s relevant that in gaylor lore, the summer around Lover is when we thought Tay was going to come out, but it got ruined by the masters heist, so we’ve regularly referred to that summer as her “sparkling summer.” The summer when she wore bright colors and rainbows and released Me! This is not the same spring, obviously, but I do think summer has significant metaphorical meaning in the Taylor verse one way or another. So, back to where we were, Taylor ends her bearding relationship with Joe and spring breaks forth in beautiful freedom hues. She’s not at all sad about the end of this relationship, it’s freedom.)

Then a crash from the skylight bursting through

(Interesting! Something real. If the ceiling galaxies represents fake relationships, is something crashing through the skylight representative of something real? Real emotions… I also think this ties in with the lavander haze music video, where she tears down the walls to discover galaxies of koi fish outside.)

Something old,

Someone hallowed,

Who told me he could

be brand new

(I’m not gonna lie, this is one of the harder lines to interpret from a gaylor perspective, it does seem obviously Rathew Healy coded. But, let’s break it down anyways. It’s notable that this section is a play on the wedding phrase, “something old something new something borrowed something blue.” Which of her possible muses has gotten married? I can think of one. Something old seems to reference a past relationship, it could also be a reference to something that’s been with her all along, a feeling, or a secret, that she’s always had. Someone hallowed- empty, this person is a shell. He told her he could be brand new. I think there are a few ways to interpret this. The obvious seems to be that a past relationship came back and told her he could be different this time. Could it also be that old feelings came up and crashed through her skylight, or through her constructed relationships, and she needed a new shell, or puppet, to conceal them? Was the shell saying he could be brand new offering to be whatever Taylor needed him to be?)

And so I was out of the oven

And into the microwave

(Taylor was preparing something, she was getting ready for something, but she had to rush it.)

Out of the slammer

And into the tidal wave

(The obvious interpretation is that the slammer is her relationship with Joe and the tidal wave is Matty, hence guilty as sin. However, what she’s saying at the core here is that as soon as she’s free, she’s in danger. Freedom will drown her. )

How gallant to save the empress from her guilded tower

Swinging a sword he could barely lift

But loneliness struck at that fateful hour

Low hanging fruit on his wine stained lips.

(Now I actually do believe this section is about Matty! He “saved” Taylor, took on a bearding relationship with her, but he couldn’t handle the responsibility. I think it’s very telling that she says loneliness struck. If they were in a real relationship, one that was a close and intense and passionate as she describes throughout this album, why is loneliness what tore them apart? Why were they lonely if they were twin flames? To me, the answer that makes the most sense is they were not. This relationship was not real, either. She got out of the prison of her bearding relationship with Joe and into the tidal wave of chaos that was a bearding relationship with Matty, but they were still both lonely in the end. And that loneliness drove him to say something drunkenly she couldn’t forgive. What low hanging fruit did he reach for? What nerve did he strike?)

He never even scratched the surface of me.

None of them did.

(This seems extremely telling from a gaylor perspective. NONE of them. Not a single one of these men truly understood Taylor. I do think it’s worth noting that Travis songs are on this album, and she does not say, ‘none until him,’ or even include Travis in this prologue. none of the men have scratched the surface of her, period.)

“In summation, it was not a love affair!”

I screamed while bringing my fist to my coffee ringed desk

(She’s screaming at us that this album is not about a love affair, and none of what happened was real love or romance. Her desk is coffee ringed because she’s been there a long time, writing, trying to explain herself.)

It was a mutual manic phase.

It was self harm.

It was house and then cardiac arrest.

(Her and Matty were a mutual manic phase. Why was that relationship self harm? It certainly could be bc Ratty is a terrible person and that relationship was toxic. It could also be that ALL of her relationships with men, or at least the ones referenced in this prologue, were self harm. She’s forcing herself into situations that hurt her for the sake of fame. The relationship was house arrest because she was trapped and then cardiac arrest because her heart died, there was no emotion or passion.)

A smirk creeps onto this poets face

Because it’s the worst men I write the best.

(She writes the men!! She is saying right here, she is the writer of the stories, the mastermind behind the galaxies. She’s smirking because she’s tricking us and she knows it. She knows she’s going to be misunderstood, she knows something we don’t.)

And so I enter into evidence my tarnished coat of arms

(Okay so she’s entering these things into evidence. Time to revisit the beginning. What is this evidence of? What is she warning us against? Is this evidence of her plea of insanity, or evidence to support her warning? At this point in the poem, what exactly is she warning us against? In my opinion, she’s warning us against idolizing her or trusting her at face value, she’s warning us against worshiping her relationship so she’s saying over and over, “this is a story I’ve constructed and now it’s torturing me.”

A coat of arms is a family sigil- it could also be seen on a shield. So Taylor’s coat of arms is something that protects her and identifies her- is it her brand? The public Taylor? It’s tarnished, is that because her reputation was tarnished with Matty? Is she saying, my tarnished brand is evidence this is torturing me?)

My muses, acquired like bruises

(She paid a price for each muse in her songs. Each one of these relationships she’s written about hurt her in some way. I also think it’s notable that bruises are visible signs of injury- we all see the bruises, we all define her by them. I think it’s obvious to see how her muse bruises are evidence she’s being tortured.)

My talismans and charms

(Talismans and charms reminds me of Easter eggs. Hidden symbols and messages and codes. Gaylors regularly use symbolism and Easter eggs as evidence that Taylor is not happy, she’s being tortured.)

The tick tick tick of love bombs

(The love bombs could certainly be love bombing in relationships- I think it could also mean love bombing from fans, and how it’s going to blow up in everyone’s face.)

My veins of pitch black ink

(Interesting for a few reasons. She’s dark and bitter on the inside, she doesn’t feel like she bleeds the same as everyone else. And, she has to bleed to write. She has to suffer for her art.)

Alls fair in love and poetry

(All of this, all the lies, all the constructions, everything I’m doing is fair because it’s for the sake of love and my art. This poem, and this album, is a warning against getting swept up in the stories of her relationships, because they’re constructions that she’s made for her art.)

Sincerely,

The chairman of the tortured poets department

(She’s not only in the tortured poets department, she’s the chairman. She’s in charge. She’s the head tortured poet. SHE IS BEING TORTURED FOR HER ART and we’re misunderstanding her.)

Or, you know, maybe it’s just about how she went insane and dated Matty Healy and now she wants to be seen as tortured and edgy.

If you made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read!

This was entirely for my own enjoyment, but if anything resonates with you or if you have another complex or unusual reading I’d love to hear it ✨