TN Candies Part 2
HI! Iâm back with more candies to share :D
Part 1
Again, preface for precaution, but itâs the exact same stuff as last time, so if you know it and youâre okay with it, feel free to cut the chase and go straight to the main event under the cut. Â
1, This post contains content regarding real-person shipping. If youâre uncomfortable with the subject, again, please donât read under the post
2, I donât have all the candies because I really just view them in passing, so Iâm just gonna write/translate the ones Iâve seen, remember and find at least a logical speculation
3, I need to reiterate this in case my position in this gets misunderstood: Me writing about âcandiesâ isnât because these are MY opinion or things *I* found or *I* believe in them being evidence. I am just a translator and messenger.
4, Chinese people have a very difference understanding of platonic/romantic affection/relationships compared to the Western world, and that they look at the candies with rose-tinted glass. Chinese/Asian people are generally a lot less affectionate with their personal relationships, for example friends wouldnât say âlove youâ to each other if theyâre just friends, nor would they expand their friend group to the others easily or other stuff. And these people who look for candy go into their âinvestigationâ already with the belief that âthey are togetherâ, everything remotely resembling a close relationship will automatically be interpreted as romantic. I thought about it a lot, and honestly among the âcandiesâ Iâve seen, most of them are a matter of interpretation: yes those are things couples will do, but it wouldnât be weird if friends did it too. So theyâre not that seriously or up for further speculation. There is I think only one âcandyâ that I canât quite say the same, which I will explain and elaborate on in this post.Â
5, Please remember that the people who do this do it in good nature: something I didnât make clear in my post yesterday, which is on me, is that the fans do want them to be together, but theyâre not like⊠yandere level or something. If theyâre just friends the fans wonât be upset or betrayed or anything, they just prefer to see them as romantic. They donât mean any harm, and they donât cause any harm because China is physically and digitally too far away for them to actually fuck shit up, and they understand the lines of parasocial relationships: those who met with Taylor during his China trip in December know to, and didnât bring up this in front of him. They know where to draw the line, and whoever doesnât and starts becoming a problem gets kicked out of the community. This is meant for fun.
6, My source of candies come from the Weibo account 毻çéźéč€æ°
, who is kind of the main one who actively looks for candies. So if youâre Chinese speaking or and translate stuff on Weibo, thereâs the primary source.
Ok with that being say, main event under the cut:
Lexi Galitzine
Preface for this one, and I cannot emphasise this enough: I did not fact check this one, I donât follow Lexi on any social media. These are discoveries of the original posters. Please do not disturb Lexi and respect her privacy, especially since she is not a public figure. This is observation and speculation all done in casual, good fun, please respect her and leave her alone.
Starting from 20th December, Lexi Galitzine, Nickâs older and only sister, starting following Taylor on Instagram, which is quite odd since it was past rwrbâs promo period. Even during the promo period, Lexi only liked the rwrb official accountâs post on twitter. And itâs her personal account, not her work account, so this is a personal thing.
She then proceeded to like Taylorâs post from the 20th, 23rd , and 29th. All of which are pictures from his China trip, and therefore has nothing to do with Nick.
Lexi is a graphic designer, so she mostly follows artist and designers. For Nickâs co-workers, Lexi only follows two female co-star who are very close to Nick. Taylorâs the first male friend of Nickâs that Lexi followers.
Your Man
As we all know, on Taylorâs birthday, Aneesh posted her (so far) last rwrb photo dump, and among those ones was Taylor and Nick singing together (which was adorable)
They sang âYour Manâ together, which is quite a romantic and sweet song if you look at the lyrics
Taylor then commented under the post, and I quote âYou recorded Ahahaahhaaâ, implying he didnât know that this was recorded at the time of the video. But⊠from the video, Aneesh isnât that far away from the boys, and Taylorâs facing Aneesh, unlike Nick, who was facing Taylor.
(This is fully up to interpretation) Thereâs such a⊠vibe between them in that video. Â
(To me this is a stretch but) Taylorâs at Nickâs trailer. And if we recall the âOHHH THEREâS THE MOVIE STARâ little video where Nick got all adorably flustered since Taylor filmed Nick getting out of the lift, it means that Taylor was waiting for Nick, and Nick wasnât surprised to see Taylor, so this has been going on for a while. If there is more than one lift, then Taylor also somehow knows which one Nickâs coming out from. They know each otherâs route/place and meet up a lot.
Aneesh posted a video of both of them singing on Taylorâs birthday, and when wishing Taylor happy birthday, she posted that video on her story. Itâs Taylorâs birthday, it would have made more sense to post either photos of just Taylor, or Taylor with her, which is what she did for his last birthday.
Nickâs Tiktok
Mentioned this yesterday but Iâll translate it here too: Nick originally followed 83 accounts on Tik Tok. On 11th January 2024, Nick cleared out his following, and only 7 remained: Camila Cabello (Cinderella 2021, Cinderella), Ayo Oedebiri (Bottoms, Josie), Rachel Sennott (Bottoms, PJ), Sio Torley (M&G, Crew), Inez Ella Clark (M&G, Makeup), Cameron Valetina (Model), and Taylor. Taylor is somehow, the only guy remaining.
Among these seven people, Nick mostly likely only introduced Taylor and Camila to Lexi, because Lexi only follows those two on social media
Later Nick followed a 4 generally accounts, but then three days he unfollowed two of those. So he has 9 followings now: 2 content accounts, 6 girl, and Taylor.
Please note that I did not fact check this, and I literally cannot fact check it because Tik Tok is completely unavailable here. Everything I translated is from OP and the screenshots she provided.
I think Iâll leave it there for part 2! Again there is still more, so lemme know if you want a part 3!
Again, this is all in good fun. But after the shit storm yesterday, I kind of wanted to use this to remind people in the rwrb who love them both and are understandably bothered and upset by the haters that the boys are proven to have a good relationship, and this is evidence. Whether these acts are platonic or romantic is none of our business and up to interpretation, but these show that they have a good relationship regardless. Don't let the assholes get to you, and have fun with these :D
Tagging a couple of folks:
@lfg1986-2 @tal-vez-o-quizas @na-18dia @mylucayathoughts @androgynoustriumphclown @hopefulblizzardsublime
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Now I'm curious to know all the "candies" between Nick and Tay đ lol I don't ship them but I also find it interesting that some fans really ship real people together and gather evidence or proof of it. If its fine with you to share it pls do đ but if not its also fine :)
Huh...
Actually, sure! I kinda wanted to share some of these at times but again I understand that rps is a complicated subject.
A couple of quick prefaces though:
1, If youâre uncomfortable with the subject, again, please donât read under the post
2, I donât have all the candies because I really just view them in passing, so Iâm just gonna write/translate the ones Iâve seen, remember and find at least a logical speculation
3, I need to reiterate this in case my position in this gets misunderstood: Me writing about âcandiesâ isnât because these are MY opinion or things *I* found or *I* believe in them being evidence. I am just a translator and messenger.
4, (this one is gonna sound a little academic lol) Two things I realized when thinking about this âcandy eatingâ culture is that Chinese people have a very difference understanding of platonic/romantic affection/relationships with the Western world, and that they look at the candies with rose-tinted glass. Chinese/Asian people are generally a lot less affectionate with their personal relationships, for example friends wouldnât say âlove youâ to each other if theyâre just friends, nor would they expand their friend group to the others easily or other stuff. And these people who look for candy go into their âinvestigationâ already with the belief that âthey are togetherâ, everything remotely resembling a close relationship will automatically be interpreted as romantic. I thought about it a lot, and honestly among the âcandiesâ Iâve seen, most of them are a matter of interpretation: yes those are things couples will do, but it wouldnât be weird if friends did it too. So theyâre not that seriously or up for further speculation. There is I think only one âcandyâ that I canât quite say the same, which I will explain and elaborate on in this post.Â
5, Please remember that the people who do this do it in good nature: something I didnât make clear in my post yesterday, which is on me, is that the fans do want them to be together, but theyâre not like⊠yandere level or something. If theyâre just friends the fans wonât be upset or betrayed or anything, they just prefer to see them as romantic. They donât mean any harm, and they donât cause any harm because China is physically and digitally too far away for them to actually fuck shit up, and they understand the lines of parasocial relationships: those who met with Taylor during his China trip in December know to, and didnât bring up this in front of him. They know where to draw the line, and whoever doesnât and starts becoming a problem gets kicked out of the community. This is meant for fun.
6, Ok Future Meraki here, turns out, thereâs a lot to translate, a lot more than I anticipated Jesus Christ and I do want to get this post how within today and make it a reasonable length, so Iâm just gonna do two events and the one that I mentioned in 4. If yall want a part 2 let me know.
Ok with that being said, the main event under the cut:
My source of candies comes from the Weibo account 毻çéźéč€æ°
, who is kind of the main one who actively looks for candies. So if youâre Chinese speaking or can translate stuff on Weibo, thereâs the primary source.
In December they made a whole article about âcandiesâ from December, and to quickly summarise (again noted that all of this is speculation, I didnât and canât fact check them, and Iâm just a translator) (also this ended up way longer than I anticipated so for photo reference if you can please go to the link of the original article):
Academy Gala:
Nick and Taylor both attended the gala: Since the strike ended up to that point, the two times Nick attends a public event, Taylorâs there too (GQ men of the year and Academy Gala), and for both times heâs wearing Cartierâs Tank Must Watch (remember this watch, Iâm gonna elaborate on it later because it is the only candy that even I canât say itâs a matter of interpretation)
In various pictures of the nightâs party that other people took, the boys can be seen together in the background
How the photography worked that night was magazine photographers wandered around the venue and randomly found people to take some relatively candid photos: so people who were walking/sitting/in any way sticking together would be photographed together. So best friends and married couples would be photographed together, which is what happened to Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, and Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy and their wives. With that logic, Taylor and Nick were caught by the photographer together TWICE, in clearly different places. Later Korean fans (with the same âcandy-searchingâ mindset) read the time on Taylorâs watch in the photos: one was 8:30, one was 9:50. The implication is that they were together for at least that period of time (nearly 1.5 hours)
In both photos of the boys together, Nickâs elbow isâŠstraight up leaning into Taylor's chest. In a photo with Kaia, Nickâs friend and co-star from Bottoms (Brittany), thereâs visible space between Nick and Kaia but none between Nick and Taylor (⊠okay Iâm gonna pop in with my own opinion on the latter one real quick: I really think that one is just Nick being a gentleman) Â
During that night, Taylor re-posted an Instagram post from July onto Little Red Book: but the things is in the comment section of the original Instagram post, Taylor teasingly pretends to not know Nick; and according to the posting time and the time calculated in 3, Nick would have been watching him post that to Little Red Book.
Nick got a photo with Taylorâs friend Jay Ellis (Jay and Taylor follow each other on Instagram, and Taylor comments under Jayâs post), even though Nick and Jay donât seem to have any direct connections. Kaia and Taylor started following each other on Instagram after the event.
While other people who got photos with Taylor posted them, in Taylorâs Instagram Post for the night: He only included his photo with Nick, the rest are all solo portraits of himself. Not only that: he edited the background of the photo so itâs just them, and proceeded to put the photo in the middle of the post.
a bunch of Taylor's good friends, including Taylorâs cousin went to like Nickâs post for the academy gala night. Taylorâs sister Ash shared Taylorâs post to her stories: 2 photos of Taylor himself, and the one photo of Taylor and Nick. Taylor mentioned in a past interview if he had any emotional or relationship (I donât know which one is the right translation, the original wording is ææ
) issues, he would talk to Ash. (please note that I didnât not and donât know how to fact-check any of the things mentioned above except for Ashâs Instagram)
Conclusion/ Speculation (okay the academy gala part alone took me 40 minutes what the fuck): I cannot reiterate this enough: THIS IS JUST SPECULATION DO NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY but under the assumption that Taylor and Nick are a thing, the serious of shenanigans that happened that night, especially with the family and friends stuff in 6,7,8, was interpreted as they announcing it to their personal social circle. AGAIN THIS IS SPECUALTION DONâT TAKE THIS SERIOSULYÂ
Taylorâs China Trip
On 7th December, Taylor had a photo shoot at the GQ gala venue, but spent the rest of the afternoon taking photos and signing things for fans. Among those, one was the photo of him and Nick from the academy gala just three days ago. He was visibly extra happy and showed off the photo to the crowd, unlike the other photos which he simply gets it, signs it, and then gives it back.
This day was also the start of âTaylor giving Nick/Henry a moustacheâ: throughout the trip, he drew on four photos of the two of them
(This one is a ⊠really big stretch) among the four, one of them was the GQ magazine shoot, and he first drew the moustache on Nickâs face, giggling âIâll sign on Nickâs faceâ, signed his own signature, then just when he was about to give the magazine back he suddenly changed his mind and said âwait wait I wanna do something on my faceâ, and then drew a crown on his head while muttering âcrown princeâ. And the thing is⊠historically, George Villers had a moustache. And then he drew a moustache on Nick and a crown on himself. Also, one of the most popular Chinese RWRB fic on AO3 is called âThe Kingâs Palaceâ, and the premise is putting Henry in George place as the social climber and the Duke of Buckingham (it is literally Georgeâs character with blonde hair and a different name), and Alex as the crown prince who ascended to the throne and is also utterly infatuated with Henry. So⊠yeah.
When he drew the fourth photo, which was the piano scene, the fan who asked said âOh youâre so nice to Nick!â and according to their description (thereâs no video), Taylor blushed a little and said âyeaahhhhhâ with a big grin
While Taylor was in China people were stirring shit up on Twitter about him, and during the Twitter drama, Nick liked Taylorâs Academy Gala post.
The boys liked the same video on Instagram but from different accounts (a video about a pony in the snow)
During the trip, Taylor was seen wearing a white button-up with blue stripes. Nick has been seen wearing a shirt that looks identical before.
Cartier Watch (aka the one that makes me do a double take)
Taylor used to wear a lot of Cartier watches until he started wearing Tagheuer last July due to a commercial partnership
Nick likes wearing Omega watches. In fact, Henryâs watch in the movie is Nickâs own omega watch. He also has a commercial partnership with Omega.
But then starting last year, both of them were seen wearing matching Cartierâs Tank Must Watches (the silver on with a black surface and a sapphire crown): Taylor can be seen wearing it in the 5th photos of his September post, while Nick can be seen wearing it during the GQ gala, the Academy Gala, in Milan during fan interactions, and last weekend in his TIOY co-starâs Instagram story.
And the thing about this watch is (and here is where I need to reiterate that Iâm just translating, I didnât fact check this) 1, watch is a typical thing to give a lover, and you must be familiar with their wrist size 2, Cartier is a pretty romantic brand 3, the price of this watch is closer to what Taylorâs used to wearing but much cheaper than Omega 4, This specific watch is a popular watch to give a partner/lover, 5, David and Victoria Beckhamâs relationship was discovered because paparazzi saw the Cartier watch he gave her and connected dots together
Jesus Christ at this point I should consider getting a part time job in translation
This was fun but this took me so much time, itâs ~2000 words long
Again, all of this was found and speculate for fun, and mean no ill will, and havenât, and wonât harm the boys, please understand that and donât take this took seriously. If you find this interesting and want a part two, let me know.
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