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melmel137
7 months ago

Why the two "contradicting" flags? - A story about CompHet

Why The Two "contradicting" Flags? - A Story About CompHet
Why The Two "contradicting" Flags? - A Story About CompHet
Why The Two "contradicting" Flags? - A Story About CompHet
Why The Two "contradicting" Flags? - A Story About CompHet
Why The Two "contradicting" Flags? - A Story About CompHet

Wow what an emotional Monday! I swear I cried on three different occasions today over different videos of Taylor singing about daylight and being out of the woods and rolling the stone away all whilst draped in pride flag colours and purple glitter (purple is the gayest colour!).

But I see a lot of confusion about the seeming contradiction of wearing a bi flag dress on Friday night and a lesbian flag dress on Sunday. And while we don’t know which of those (if any) labels she identifies with, I don’t see a contradiction at all, I see a progression. She could have worn these dresses in any order, but she specifically chose to build up to the gayest one by wearing

💙💜🩷 -> 💜 -> ❤️🧡🩷

That’s a story of unpacking comphet to me. And before you come at me, no, bisexuality is not a stepping stone identity, it can absolutely be a permanent label. But the journey of slowly unpacking societal expectations and trying on identities, landing on one that maybe fit for a while but wasn’t the right one in the end is also very common, especially for queer women. We get raised into the expectation of centring our sexuality, our gender expression, our whole lives around men. That’s the heteronormative world we live in. If your environment is religious, there’s an added layer of unlearning. Unlearning what you’ve been taught you should feel, and listening to yourself about what it is you actually feel. Unlearning that being anything other than straight is bad or sinful when you’ve been raised to be the good girl. Yes, I went through the same stages. A lot of women seemingly did during the pandemic when we were all having a break from heteronormativity and sitting at home reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle 😉. (Yes, Taylor did too, she tweeted Glennon’s wife to say how much the book had helped her. And there are actually a lot of nods to this book in both Taylor’s lyrics and the June Bates poetry books).

Coming all that way out the other end to where you can fully accept your identity and wear your colours proudly is such a special and joyful moment and happy, visible queer people still bring me to happy tears every time. And for a self-declared people pleaser that’s such a big step. I can’t tell you how many people hate lesbians simply for not centring their lives around men and rejecting the male gaze. Especially in the entertainment industry, you can maybe be bi or unlabelled but don’t ever date or (god forbid) kiss someone of the same sex in public. Rose by any other name is a scandal… and all that. But no more shame, now she’s out there full of smiles and queer joy twirling in those screaming colours. And I’ve not felt this elated on her behalf since she sang Hits Different for the first time in Chicago last year. What a joyful Monday indeed. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

melmel137
1 year ago

taylor: i am obviously very heterosexual 🙄

also taylor: remember when we hung out in closets and then you left me inside the closet, back when you were mine, and then said you’d come back for me after you grew up? are you still a natural scene-stealer? can you still read my mind, twin? things were always so easy for you and i’m jealous and think about you and our oceans of promises every time we cross jet plane paths. i waited through a bunch of useless, masquerading men for you to come back

also taylor: once you touch up your makeup i’m going to flip you around and fuck you inside this closet and then leave you there like a house party and torpedo your life the cars you’re really bad at driving

also taylor: bisexual lover of mine from a decade ago, do you remember when i switched out all my partners over the last decade and it still wasn’t enough to keep us together and i still wonder if we would’ve worked out and how it would’ve been if we were brave? i changed myself a million times hoping you’d come back and i guess i am trapped in this scarlet maroon hell i built with my former roommate.

melmel137
1 year ago

I am 100% convinced pumpkin anon is legit. I mean there’s just no way they could’ve written these messages w so many parallels to ttpd w some phrases being almost exactly the same. And there’s undoubtedly more connections between them. My mind is absolutely blown rn

I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
I Am 100% Convinced Pumpkin Anon Is Legit. I Mean There’s Just No Way They Could’ve Written These
melmel137
1 year ago

the other big reason why i think a lot of lesbians have always really resonated with taylor's music is because her earliest work was so clearly not written from the point of view of someone talking about real relationships she'd really had, but from the perspective of someone very sheltered and inexperienced who was writing about the way the world has taught them they SHOULD feel, if that makes sense. her whole artistic perspective has always felt like that of someone who was very intelligent but also somewhat developmentally delayed socially/romantically, and when you look at albums like debut or fearless (or even speak now, red, and 1989, tbh), it was always like, the happy/romantic songs were about fantasy scenarios or very brief initial interactions with a lot of projection and extrapolation involved, or pining after someone untouchable or unavailable, and the ones that felt "real" and like they came from actual lived experiences were about feeling let down or uncomfortable with the reality of what came after that first rush. so yeah can you IMAGINE why women and girls dealing with compulsory heterosexuality and the fallout from it might possibly relate to those themes?

melmel137
1 year ago

🌋 when your reputation is not a pretty sight, i will tarnish my own image to match your frame; dust coated glass, speckles of stars filling into the cracks. i will meet you down at the bottom, my love.

🌋

melmel137
1 year ago
⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall

⬇︎and all the pieces fall

⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall

⬇︎ right into place

⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall

⬇︎ get caught up in the moment

⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall

⬇︎ lipstick on your face

⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall

⬇︎ so it goes

⬇︎and All The Pieces Fall
melmel137
1 year ago

Midnights is not a breakup album by the way

melmel137
1 year ago

a double proposal happened at tonight’s show during love story!!🤩🫶🫶

melmel137
1 year ago

Just thinking about them having parallel lives from the very beginning, being named after a married couple - James Taylor and Carly Elisabeth Simon. Taylor growing up in a Christmas Tree Farm, and Karlie's last name being Kloss (from Klaus / Claus). Being scouted and gaining popularity at an early age (early teens). Attending the same events for several years after said stardom. Being told constantly by make-up artists and hairstylists that they're the same person, that they would be instant friends. Then officially meeting and bonding on November 13th 2013. They intertwined.

melmel137
1 year ago
In 2008  Taylor Asked A Girl Out On Date Twice On Myspace

In 2008  Taylor asked a girl out on date twice on myspace

melmel137
1 year ago

“the lips i used to call home” but like in a bestie way

melmel137
1 year ago

I'm just in love with this edit, the backsound and kaylor moments. You know, I love their friendship so much. I was 20-something just like Taylor and Karlie when they were always together, inseperable. They provide positive vibes in my life or maybe some other people. Please, throw away your evil comments about Karlie. She had suffered a lot. Hopefully sooner or later we can see them together again 💙

All credit goes to tiktok user g0ldentattoo (sorry I don't have tiktok, just found the video on my phone) Thanks 🥳

melmel137
1 year ago

Cornelia Street address number is '23' Cornelia St—and she sang Cornelia Street '23' days after KK's birthday, which is also the 5th anniversary of KK's attending the Rep Tour in Nashville. She was also 23 years old at the time of meeting KK at the VSFS in New York.

The universe always finds a way, huh—even if it's unintentional.

😉🤡

8/26 show in Mexico City getting Cornelia Street 23 days after KK’s bday 8/3

Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's
Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's

And Exactly 5 years after Karlie’s post attending rep tour the night before in Nashville

Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's

And just to take it another step further 8/26 was the 4year anniversary of her appearance at the VMAs after Lover Album’s release

Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's

Where she performed with this backdrop for Lover. 🌙 Imagery we see numerous times throughout the Eras tour.

Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's

And which moment ended up being the closing scene from the Miss Americana documentary

And this was her look for the Lover section of the 8/26 show 🦋🦋

Cornelia Street Address Number Is '23' Cornelia St—and She Sang Cornelia Street '23' Days After KK's

To perform Cornelia Street from TS7 at the second to last show in the month of August 3 days after the 4year anniversary of Lover album’s release 8/23/19 (an album released 20 days after Karlz’s bday) is just something special no matter how you slice it 🤡

There will always be something if you look hard enough lol

melmel137
1 year ago

So I know that people are reading into Karlie's seat because it's Karlie. But didn't other celeb guests sit in the bleachers? I feel like Sadie Sink was in a similar seat as Karlie, but maybe that's incorrect?

melmel137
1 year ago
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melmel137
2 years ago

BRAZILIANS SWIFTIES NEED HELP!!!

As some of you might be aware, tomorrow the general sales for The Eras Tour in Brazil start and it's a complete MESS! This is a cry for help and our attempt to reach as many US fans as we can, since it's easier for them to be noticed by Taylor Nation! If you're a US Swiftie, bear with me because we desperately need your help!

Scalpers are mass buying tickets on site and online and T4F (Tickets For Fun) the company responsible for bringing Taylor to Brazil is being complicit with them. There are also scalpers finding ways around the website system and buying 100+ plus tickets when the maximum was 4 per social security number! General sales start tomorrow and scalpers are already camping at the stadium box office and threatening the fans who are pressuring them to leave and T4F continues to do NOTHING.

BRAZILIANS SWIFTIES NEED HELP!!!
BRAZILIANS SWIFTIES NEED HELP!!!
BRAZILIANS SWIFTIES NEED HELP!!!

Now the situation has got even more dire and fans are being THREATENED with violence and even suffering homophobia! Two girls were also physically assaulted and a boy was beaten up with a BEER BOTTLE! WE ARE FEARING FOR OUR LIVES!

In this tweet fans are updating in real-time their account of what is happening!

⚠️ Anexe neste tweet imagens e vídeos de relatos de fãs, que sofreram ameaças ou agressões de cambistas. Estamos em contato com veículos de comunicação, para juntos cobrarmos ações da Tickets For Fun a respeito disso. ⚠️

T4F QUEREMOS RESPEITO

— Update Swift Brasil (@updateswiftbr) June 11, 2023

We're trying to reach as many news outlets as we can, but up until now we haven't heard back from anyone and the police just got to the scene but it appears that NOTHING has changed! The stadiums, Allianz Parque and Engenhão are ALSO silent about this.

We are also using the hashtag T4F QUEREMOS RESPEITO to ask for respect and to pressure the company into doing SOMETHING! We're hoping that if it reaches Taylor Nation we have a higher chance of resolving the situation before people start to get MORE injured. PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@taylornation @taylorswift

melmel137
2 years ago
March 17 In Glendale, AZ — Mirrorball/Tim McGraw

March 17 in Glendale, AZ — Mirrorball/Tim McGraw

March 18 in Glendale, AZ — State of Grace/This Is Me Trying

March 24 in Las Vegas, NV — Our Song/ Snow on the Beach

March 25 in Las Vegas, NV— Cowboy Like Me w/ Marcus Mumford/White Horse

March 31 in Arlington, TX — Sad Beautiful Tragic/ Ours

April 1 in Arlington, TX — Death by a Thousand Cuts/Clean

April 2 in Arlington, TX — Jump Then Fall/The Lucky One

April 13 in Tampa, FL — Speak Now/Treacherous

April 14 in Tampa, FL — The Great War w/ Aaron on guitar/You’re On Your Own Kid

April 15 in Tampa, FL — Mad Woman w/ Aaron on piano/Mean

April 21 in Houston, TX — Wonderland / You’re Not Sorry

April 22 in Houston, TX — A Place In This World / Today Was A Fairytale

April 23 in Houston, TX — Begin Again / Cold As You

April 28 in Atlanta, GA — The Other Side of the Door / Coney Island

April 29 in Atlanta, GA — High Infidelity / Gorgeous

April 30 in Atlanta, GA — I Bet You Think About Me / How You Get The Girl

May 5 in Nashville, TN— Sparks Fly/Teardrops On My Guitar

May 6 in Nashville, TN— Out Of The Woods / Fifteen

May 7 in Nashville, TN— Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve / Mine

May 12 in Philadelphia, PA— Gold Rush / Come Back…Be Here

May 13 in Philadelphia, PA— Forever & Always / This Love

May 14 in Philadelphia, PA— Hey Stephen / The Best Day

melmel137
2 years ago

Why 🎃 anon didn't make 13 drops instead of 12 would of been more fun

Midnight = 12 🤷‍♀️

melmel137
2 years ago

♠️ RIDDLE HISTORY

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melmel137
2 years ago

Original 🎃 message

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melmel137
2 years ago

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

Disclaimer: this post is taken from Reddit and it was put together and posted by this user : OddDragonfruit6179 I just made it into Tumblr post.

This is for people who might be new to Gaylor side of the fandom and to those questioning the “betrayal” surrounding Taylor Swift and her masters and Karlie Kloss. This is also an answer to anonymus messages about the line in the song It’s time to go believed to be about Karlie Kloss / When the words of a sister come back in whispers that prove she was not in fact what she seemed not a twin from your dreams she's a crook who was caught.

PSA - Personally, I exist as a Gaylor because I love interpreting Taylor's Queer themes that don't specifically revolve around certain muses & the beautiful way they can exist on their own. I am also not 'Late-Stage'-Anything, haha. But, saying that, it's amost impossible to ignore the elephant (or Giraffe) in the room when it comes to Karlie & Taylor's storytelling since Reputation. It seems there are some very firmly-held beliefs about 'what happened' (including Gaylors), and a lot of them revolve around the idea that Karlie 'betrayed' Taylor during the Master's Heist era of June/July 2019, 'feeding information to & siding with Scooter Braun' - which are often used to debunk Gaylor interpretations as a blanket shut-down. Given the latest drama with Selena & how she recently spoke up about slandering Taylor on TikTok, it reminded me of how we have a lot of evidence from both Taylor & Taylor's inner circle that this was probably not actually the case, and how quickly rumours & interpretations get adopted as 'fact' without any proof - something I think Taylor's also tried to get across with her music, too. I wanted to do a little deep-dive into this side of things to remind us all that we simply cannot believe everything we hear - there's always a lot more to celebrity stories than the loosly-held general beliefs :)

What was the big 'betrayal' in 2019?

If you're new here, welcome! The supposed 'betrayal' revolves around Taylor's Master's Heist in summer 2019, when Scooter Braun (millionaire celebrity manager) bought Taylor's entire back catalogue of music, leaving her without ownership of all her previous music. Taylor was at a turning point in her career, having just ended the 13 year contract that she'd been tied into since she was 15, and was just about to release her first fully-owned album 'Lover' She wanted to buy all her past music, allowing her to have full freedom & ownership going forward - yet it was allegedly sold to Scooter from underneath her, meaning he would be the one profiting from all of her life's work from Debut to Reputation & leaving her without any ownership rights of all her past work. (This is now why she's re-recording her 'Taylor's Versions' of her past albums.) How does Karlie tie into this? Karlie had been a huge part of Taylor's life since 2013. As Gaylors, most of us believe they were much more than friends & Karlie was the main muse for Reputation (2017) & multiple songs on Lover (2019). Karlie had signed with Scooter Braun in 2015. In 2016, Scooter was involved in the Kimye 'Taylor Swift is over controversy', being included in a photo Justin Bieber posted online to taunt Taylor (which Justin later said Scooter had nothing to do with). As she was Scooter's client, Karlie was immedietly caught up between Scooter Vs Taylor rumours, leading her to tweet this:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

In early 2017, as the Kimye drama grew, Taylor stopped sharing her private life on social media. From 2017-2018 she releases Rep, goes on tour, ends her contract with Big Machine & begins working towards releasing Lover. All the while, rumours are consistently following both Taylor & Karlie about 'whether or not they're still friends' because they'd not been seen together. A lot of people believe they were still in each other's lives (there are multiple masterposts going into the possible romantic side of things), but the narrative is all over the place: In March 2018, Karlie tells the NY Times: 'don't believe everything you read' & that she and Taylor as still 'very close'. In July 2018, Karlie announces that she's engaged to Josh Kushner and Taylor doesn't publicly comment. In August 2018, Karlie attends the Rep Tour & is brought to the front pit when Taylor sings 'Dress'. In October 2018, Karlie has her first 'wedding' with Josh (up for personal interpretation if this is Lavender or not) - Taylor doesn't publicly comment. The same month, Karlie's YouTube shows her apartment is still full of photos of Taylor & her family/friends (not Josh):

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

In the first half of 2019 Taylor is finishing writing Lover, which include themes indicative that she is extremely up/down, full of anxiety & has push a 'lover' away: "I'm terrified if you ever walk away" (Cornelia Street), "We were crazy to think this could work, but we might just get away with it" (False God), don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you" (Cruel Summer), " jump from the train, I ride off alone" (The Archer), " blew things out of proportion, why'd I have to break what I love so much? I need to say hey, it's all in my head, I'm the one who burned us down, sorry that I hurt you, I don't do this to you, I don't wanna loose this with you" (Afterglow), "Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts, I look through the windows of this love, even though we boarded them up, chandalier's still flickering here" (DBTC)

What actually happened in Summer 2019?

Taylor begins promoting the release of Lover. In April 2019 she unveils a butterfly wing mural which looks extremely similar to Karlie's butterfly wings from the VS Show where they met & then continues to be ridiculously gay-on-main. She releases You Need To Calm Down, where she's the Sherriff of the Gay trailor park with Bi hair, and ME! on Lesbian Visibility Day... there's endless flagging in clothing/theming. She was getting very 'loud'. Many people believe she may have been leading up to 'coming out' officially, either with the album and/or the Miss Americana documentary that was in the process of being filmed. On 23rd/24th June, Karlie has her second 'wedding' (a big party). Taylor doesn't attend. Scooter does (he's close friends with Josh).

Within a week after he's at this party with Josh & Karlie, Scooter then flies to Nashville and completes the sale of Taylor's masters. The sale is partially funded by the Carlyle Group, who is in business with Kushner Companies (Josh's family's business).

On 30th June (the following weekend), Taylor announces that the Master's Heist has happened & how distraught she is. Lots of celebrities speak up against Scooter & many of his clients (Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber etc) speak up in defence of him. Karlie remains silent & doesn't make a statement either way.

On 3rd July, Perez Hilton starts stirring shit by saying that 'Taylor is no longer close to Karlie because she found out Karlie was telling things about her & her career to Scooter! It began circulating that 2 of Taylor's close friends, Ashley Avignone & Claire Winter had liked the tweet, 'confirming' that this was the case to those that follow gossip sites. Karlie is then photographed at events/lunches/trips with Scooter multiple times throughout the rest of 2019 - further ‘cementing' this idea for fans.

The final blow for this theory came when Taylor released Folkmore (2020): in the song 'Time to Go' she sings "When the words of a sister come back in whispers, that prove she was not in fact what she seemed, not a twin from your dream she's a crook who was caught", which many fans immedietly assumed was about Karlie.

Where are the cracks in all this?

Taylor's other friends: Obviously, social media is only a partial glimpse of a story, but it is very suggestive of behind the scenes information. The reaction to the current Selena controversy was what reminded me of her friendship with Taylor, after she stuck up for Taylor on a video of Hailey Bieber. Selena's been very close to Taylor since they were teenagers. In October 2019, shortly after the Master's Heist, she did an interview where she was in tears talking about how important her friendship with Taylor was, and how much she loved her & her family:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

...so she would've been very much on Taylor's 'side' if Taylor has had an awful betrayal from Karlie, right? Yet in November 2019, just 5 months after the Masters Heist , she's very publicly supporting Karlie, too:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

..and they have both consistently continued to support eachother ever since, right up to Selena's latest birthday:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

In terms of social media, many of Taylor's current close friends & people she's worked closely with continue to follow Karlie (despite following a very limited number of people). This includes Taylor's oldest childhood friend, Abigail (who only follows 285 people - Karlie still follows her back), Haim The Band, as well as Danielle & Alana Haim on thier individual accounts, and Sadie Sink:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

Karlie also continues to follow Taylor herself and Taylor's brother, Austin:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

We also have two more of Taylor's very close circle, Ryan Reynolds & Gigi Hadid, liking posts about Karlie's 30th birthday in 2022:

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

What about Perez Hilton's claims? Baring in mind this is the ONLY 'evidence' that exists to support this story, I tried to find the original tweets about 'Karlie telling things about Taylor to Scooter', and low & behold: they're ALL gone. That includes Perez's & the 'Taylor Swift Updates' tweet that was supposedly liked by Taylor's friends. Gone, deleted, non-existent. Why would they have been deleted if they were true & Taylor wanted that story out there? Who made sure they were, from all accounts involved, and only those? Interesting.

What I did find, however, was some tweets and likes from the same friend, Ashley Avignone, discussing how none of Scooter's clients have been able to speak out against him or leave him because of their contracts (this would include Karlie):

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

What about Karlie 'siding' with Scooter & continuing to work/hang out with him? There were definitely pictures of Karlie continuing to spend time with Scooter after the Masters Heist. However, she was under contract. She never defended him or tried to reason about what he'd done. In fact, she left Scooter as soon as she possibly could. She hasn't been seen with Scooter since 2019 & she signed a new contract with a different manager in 2021. It's also relevant to note that Taylor's other close friend, Ed Sheeran, was also managed by Scooter at the time & didn't speak up publicly either. Taylor reportedly attended Ed's wedding in September 2019, yet Ed continued to stay with Scooter & publicly party with him well into 2021 (so, clearly, if there is an issue with Karlie it wasn't just because she continued to work with Scooter in 2019).

DEBUNKING THE “KARLIE BETRAYED TAYLOR BELIEF”

Last but not least, the music:

Throughout her albums since the Masters Heist, Taylor has consistently written about heartbreak & betrayal in different ways. Although 'It's time to go' has been grabbed by many fans as 'proof' that Karlie betrayed her, but most stories just aren't that simple. Taylor is a storyteller. One song doesn't equate to every emotion/situation that Taylor was feeling. As many of us do, I believe there's a clear arc of Taylor painting a picture throughout multiple songs, of how she thought she had been 'betrayed' & the pain of that, but later realising she was just blaming the person she had loved in order to get through it all. Others have done amazing, full analysis of these songs, but in terms of 'betrayal' specifically: In Hoax we see the raw pain of feeling hurt by the one she loved alongside what happened with the Masters Heist (this song is full of Karlie references & Taylor very clearly says she was writing about both love & the Masters Heist in the LPSS): "My eclipsed sun, this has frozen my ground / You know I left a part of me back in NY / You know it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart, but what you did was just as dark, darling this is just as hard."

In Closure, we see that she's harbouring a lot of anger & isn't ready to move forward or past her pride: "Yes I got your letter, it wasn't right the way it all went down, looks like you know that now / I know that it's over, I don't need your closure / I'm fine with my spite / Guilty, guilty, reaching out across the sea that you put between you & me"

In Coney Island, we begin to see her taking accountability for her own role in the relationship breaking down in the first place (which ties in with Afterglow): "Sorry for not making you my centerfold / It gets colder & colder as the sun goes down / What's a lifetime of acheivement if I pushed you to the edge / Did I leave you hanging every single day / Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray?"

In Happiness, we see this accountability clashing with the hurt she still feels about the way it all ended, but ultimately acknowledging she can't make Karlie the villain (suggesting she never actually was one) & wants to forgive her whatever role she did play (when she's ready). Hope she'll be a beautiful fool who takes my spot next to you, no sorry, I don't mean that, I can't see facts through all of my fury / I can't make it go away by making you the villain, guess that's the price I pay for 7 years in heaven / All you want from me is the green light of forgiveness, You haven't met the new me yet, but I think she'll give you that"

Later, in The Great War, we see a continuation of reflecting back on the same themes - telling the story of feeling hurt & betrayed, shutting the other person out, but realising the other person was also being equally hurt by it all / was never the person she should've been blaming: "Cursed you as I sleep-talked, tore your banners down, took the battle underground / I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone" (processing her pain through putting an end to the loudness of Lover & writing Folkmore). "Somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed/ telling me to punish you for things you never did, so I justified it" (Taylor's acknowledging once again that the other person hadn't actually done what she thought they had) "You drew up some good faith treaties / Tears on the letter / My hand was the one you reached for" (could be a callback to the letter' in closure & suggests the person was trying to make peace). "Your finger on my hairpin triggers, soldier down on that icy ground, looked up at me with honour & truth, broken & blue, so I called off the troops" (icy ground could be a callback to 'you have frozen my ground' back Hoax).

So where does that leave us?

Who the hell knows? No one does, but I love reading all the theories when the rest of the music is tied into it all! But in regard to there being a 'betrayal', given how there was never any concrete evidence that Karlie did anything wrong in the first place (& how the only tweets alluding to it have mysteriously dissapeared), the continual association with Karlie from some of the closest people in Taylor's life, Karlie leaving Scooter at the first chance she got & the arc of the 'thought i was betrayed but I was really just heartbroken & being dramatic' story from Taylor, I am now a firm believer that there wasn't a 'big betrayal' from Karlie in regard to the Master's Heist.

The rest of it is all up for guesswork. Taylor definitely felt betrayed by something at first. We know there were already break-up songs on Lover written before the Master's Hiest which suggest Taylor was the one to push her lover away, yet they were still dappled with hope that she'd get them back. Potentially, Karlie had already been pushed away & had sought security in her long-term partnership with Josh/decided to marry him. After the engagement & 1st wedding, this is when we see Taylor's very 'loud' Lover Era - could this have been an attempt to 'prove herself' to Karlie & make a statement about what she was willing to do? However, Karlie was already comitted to Josh & had gone through with the 1st wedding. Within a 1 week period of June 2019, Karlie doubled down on going through with her 2nd wedding to Josh & her manager bought Taylor's Masters, making it extremely risky for Taylor to continue to make a career-changing choice of 'coming out' (if that's what she'd been intending to do). Could it have been orchestrated by Scooter (& Josh?) in order to keep Taylor closeted? Could Josh have been involved financially in order to put a stop to the rumours about Karlie after they'd already comitted to marriage & keep his business deals/ family connections safe from speculation? Could Karlie simply have been trapped in the middle of all of it & torn between her loyalty to both Taylor & Josh, causing an already heartbroken Taylor to 'kick the cat' and initially put the blame on Karlie for the way it all happened? (If you factor in the possibility that both Karlie & Josh might be closeted & had eventually comitted to a consentual Lavender Marriage, it makes the risk of Taylor exposing them even bigger. Josh was tied up in Billionaire conservative circles & relied heavily on his business partnerships in the Middle East & Asia, as well as pressure from the Trump side of the family. We have no idea what kind of pressure he & Karlie may have been under behind the scenes).

Who the hell knows - but if Karlie had directly, intentionally been involved in such a big betrayal to Taylor, I HIGHLY doubt her best friends/family would be having anything to do with her.

Folkmore shows a clear theme of working through different, conflicting emotions, & then in Midnights we're back to seeing the Karlie-coded songs being portrayed as a big, authentic love (not one that was hate-filled or hurtful)...so at the very least, I'm definitley on the team of believing they have worked through whatever they needed to & have drawn a line under it all :) + a little update since the Eras tour started we have seen some of Karlies friends attend the show such as Derek Blasberg (her long time best friend), Cara Delevingne…Gigi Hadid revealed she will attend the Eras tour and go to as many shows as she can and she was just recently seen with Karlie in Mumbai. I hope this post made some things more clear for everyone not knowing this side of the story.

melmel137
2 years ago

Interesting Kaylor connection I found that deserved it’s own post👇🏻

Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻

So we all know how Karlie Kloss was named after Carly Simon and Taylor Swift was named after James Taylor. Carly Simon and James Taylor were MARRIED together and they have a son Benjamin. ☺️

Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻
Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻

Benji🐱

Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻

I just wanted to include Benji but that is not what this post is about I just love him🫶🏻

Anyway.. Vogue 73 questions with Taylor she said this👇🏻

And I was wondering why she chose this song and this line so I googled it and… “I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee ... the man who inspired her hit "You're So Vain" - her target was gay record label boss David Geffen.”

Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻
Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻
Interesting Kaylor Connection I Found That Deserved It’s Own Post👇🏻

mind blowing 🤯

melmel137
2 years ago

taylor swift is actually for the girls who were known but never popular, fit in with many friend groups but never in the group chats, talked to at school but never invited to the parties, for the girls who have friends but still feel lonely because they were never their best friends favorites

melmel137
2 years ago
I GET SO HIGH, OH!
I GET SO HIGH, OH!
I GET SO HIGH, OH!
I GET SO HIGH, OH!

I GET SO HIGH, OH!

melmel137
2 years ago

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Submission: As we March into the sunset = the exile ends watch. The watch had a 03 on it and the hands pointed to midnight. When March ended, Toe expired, and Taylor’s exile from her kingdom ended. Toe has been the lavender haze protecting the love blackout. Midnight represents the end of one day and beginning of the next.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

She was just papped in NYC! Wearing a butterfly 🦋

Don’t think she’s been street papped in NYC since 2018

Exile is over, she’s home in NYC 🥹

melmel137
2 years ago

i’m about to fuck shit up yall

melmel137
2 years ago
melmel137 - At least I'm trying |
melmel137
2 years ago

Pay attention tonight. You won't regret.

Details: The Eras Tour.

😳

melmel137
2 years ago

The "Hey kids! Spelling is fun!" fandom is dying 😢 reblog if you still think spelling is fun and want kids to know <3

melmel137
2 years ago

https://at.tumblr.com/bananaofswifts/taylor-swift-spotted-at-a-restaurant-with-joe/0ca1vqnlj6kn

why is this coming out now?

I don’t know. I assume it is from early December when they were in New Orleans. Any reason to believe he is in New Orleans right now?

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