#anti-ts

[myhomethesea]

i usually don't post stuff like this here but i am so damn tired of ts fans holy moly. like, i genuinely do not listen to her music at all, if anything i only know like antihero due to it being constantly played on radios or band practice. but i cannot for the life of me understand how even the ts fans defend the new album and those horrendous, nonsensical lyrics. don't come at me with the "you wouldn't understand, it's all biographical"-shit of an excuse. lyrics can be biographical and MAKE SENSE and above all BE GOOD. to me it's so damn hilarious how every ts "stan" is unable to criticise anything she ever produces - be it music or her huge ass carbon footprint. in the end they always end up liking it for the dumbest of reasons as long as they do not have to utter a bad word against ts. is it the parasocial relationship? fear of other stans? i don't understand.

[gojuo]

Remember what they're taking from you

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[andichoseyou]

it must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero!

[corynm]

All of my Eras Ghosts are done!!! I’m so happy with how they turned out - it was definitely a challenge lol

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

“touch me while your bros play gta” “maybe the 1830s but without all the racists” “you were like a tattooed golden retriever” “get your shit together so I can love you” “You wouldn't last an hour in the ““asylum”” where they raised us”

true, it’s raw, too raw, it’s giving me salmonella and killing and torturing me slowly dear god make it stop

@punkeropercyjackson @fancylala4

[hhowell12]

it pmo when someone says "I tried everything and still haven't shifted 😫" Girl, shut up. You are convincing yourself that you are not shifting, and you definitely did NOT tried everything. I discover a new method every day, and I've been in the community years. However, YOU DON'T NEED A METHOD.

[loveubabe]

Anti-Hero (Behind The Scenes with The Ghosts In The Room)

[crumblinggothicarchitecture]

It's Bothering me so much that Taylor Swift is so fake smart-girl coded, I need to say this:

I have a degree in both Philosophy and English Literature....

She used the term Soliloquy wrong in her song by using it to refer to people espousing nonsense while complaining in an echo-chamber about her.

Instead, a soliloquy is the most honest and introspective a character will ever be. Often the character will stand to the front center of the stage and, as if in a dream, speak openly to themselves (and in respect to the audience) lay out the truth, or the agony of whichever conflict haunts the plot. So, anyway she's just plain wrong in her usage of the term.

I am not giving a sanctimonious soliloquy. Miss Taylor Swift, you are wrong, and I am speaking honestly.

She finishes the lyric "sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see" and I just want to mention that a soliloquy requires an audience... so she does not know what she is talking about by saying that there is no audience for a soliloquy.

Also, for the record, I don't think Taylor Swift knows anything of substance about Aristotle. I, on the other hand, took a three-hour long oral exam over Aristotle's life work while out-of-my-mind-high on Dayquil and pain meds after a surgery. I got an "A", and, somehow, I lived through that, I doubt the validity of Swift's claims to know anything at all about philosophy. Especially, considering how all her songs are about as deep as a puddle.

She's completely lost her credibility.

The woman did not even finish High School in a traditional, well-rounded way. I think she read a handful of Joe's books and now thinks real highly of herself.

Edit: I don't mean to make fun of her for being dumb. I'm frustrated that she's "stepping on my lawn" and making her legion of fans think that she totally knows what she's talking about when it comes to literary references in her work or philosophy. It's obvious that she does not actually understand the concepts she attempts to engage with.

Her only real literary skill is name dropping actually talented writers or philosophers in her songs.

Edit 2: Since some people want to come on this post and tell me that I am being needlessly pedantic about her use of words. Go away. A soliloquy is an ancient literary form, one which transcends cultures and centuries, and I, as a scholar of English Literature, am in the position to say that Swift is speaking about the form incorrectly. She obviously did not even google the form, it's clear she has very little real acquaintance with half the literature concept or authors she names drops.

Sure, soliloquies can be unreliable (Hamlet's "To Be, or not to be" is the most obvious example). However, the fact of the matter is that soliloquy hinges on the Honesty of the character. Swift writing that it's actually the opposite of honesty proves to me that she has no real idea about the literary form.

[oh-hush-its-perfect]

"this artist was thrust into the limelight at an age at which they could not have yet developed into a fully realized person, let alone political creature, and therefore their decision-making skills have been forever crippled and mental maturity forever stunted" and "this artist is still old enough to know better and have basic empathy and simple reasoning" are ideas that can and should coexist.

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

the issue with ttpd personally is that I love some of the songs but sadly I've been force-fed her personal life so much, these details keep coming and leaves a bad taste in my mouth

You can't say "1830s without the racist" after writing an album about matty healy

"So high school" is a cute love song, but it's about our xenophobic racist king tk

"I can fix him" and "daddy I love him" have some elements I like but it's about mh and her getting offended she's being held responsible for her problematic actions

"guilty as sin?" is one of my favs, but it reads very different when you know (unfortunately) the context

"so long, london" is amazing, but just like "renegade" she blames joe alwyn for having mental health issues, but also out them to the world which is the worst part of it all

wishing I didn't know the context, but it is practically impossible to engage in any taylor swift space without knowing

[declanisms]

oh what the hell do you mean she copied olivia rodrigo for one of her songs and to like a super obvious extent. if olivia sues I better not hear swifties complaining bc what you all did to her for cruel summer/deja vu was diabolical and olivia would have every right

[andichoseyou]

I'M THE PROBLEM

IT'S ME!

[lanasgirlfr]

btw both florence and lewis confirmed that boblena are like siblings to each other

[natgoodmans]

“In light of everything that’s happened in the past three months alone, here’s some incredibly valid reasons to be pissed off at Taylor Swift, or simply not like her — as someone who loved her, and loved her music. First and foremost, Taylor Swift is personally burning a hole through the ozone with the amount of CO2 she uses. That’s not even the main point of this video; but this is a graph from 2022 of how much CO2 she produced of her 170 private jet flights, versus the average person. She has spent 70 grand on jet fuel alone. Taylor Swift, alone has used 170 tons of CO2 in the past 3 months. The average person only burns like, 16 tons. That’s not even the main part of this video. The main point of the video is the fact that she has not spoken up about Palestine. And the reason that is so fundamentally frustrating is that Taylor Swift has influence. Quote Brittany Broski, when she also didn’t speak up about Palestine — “if you have a platform, and you have people listening, you have to use it.” It’s criminal to not use it, and Taylor Swift uses it. This is from September 2023. Record-breaking registration numbers from one Instagram post. Literally stating, saying “I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently. I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!” They had a 72(%) increase in 18-year-old registrations. When it comes to Palestine, she’s completely silent. And now that it’s somewhat more socially acceptable to attend Pro-Palestine events, she’s been quietly going with Selena Gomez, but I for one, think that your Instagram is perhaps the best asset you have. If not, money. And I’m sure in a couple months, we’ll learn about how Taylor Swift was quietly setting up foundations for pro-Palestine, and that she was always for the cause and she’s always supported them, but all it takes is one fucking Instagram post. Especially when Israel Palestine is fundamentally a war of narratives. It’s whose story do you believe, despite the mounting evidence that proves that Israel has continuously been doing ethnic cleansing and genocide. They are still maintaining this narrative that they are not doing that. And all Taylor Swift has to do is say “hey, 22 thousand deaths in 3 months? The most in any modern war? This doesn’t seem right.” I don’t even want her to be that leftist or radical, but literally just to ask the question to her largely American audience, when US has bypassed Congress twice to sell millions in arms aid to Israel.  Just for her to be like “Should that many kids be dying, perhaps?” The bar is on the floor, but she still refuses to do it. And the reason why Taylor Swift in particular, not because of the influence that she has and not because of the platform that she has, but why her in particular, is because the IDF continues to use her songs. I know it was a public trend, but the fact that so many occupation forces felt comfortable and confident  to make like, dance edits to Taylor Swift’s music. I think it’s so important how an artist’s music is used because when the republicans wanted to use Eminem’s 8 mile track, he was like “absolutely fucking not, I do not give you consent to do that, and I do not associate with your politics. Don’t do that.” I feel like she should know that her music is being used as the anthem of the occupation forces as they go and bomb civilians. Her, and other artists like her, like Beyonce, who showed her film in Israel, and they’re all like dancing and singing, and saying “you’re not going to break my soul”, whilst they continue to bomb the shit out of civilians have said nothing. And I hope, as I’ve demonstrated in the video, for the people who are going to be like “What’s Taylor swift going to do? She’s not a politician.” Be serious. Be serious. She has a fucking chokehold on at least a billion people. She could’ve said and done way more than what she’s done, and also the CO2 levels." (from: this tiktok*)

* i tried to transcribe the tiktok since tiktok wasn't showing the captions for me but if i misheard anything please let me know!

[sleepslorpooze]

fuck his ass

i genuinely cant fathom how the narrative favors his ugly ass. i will genuinely never forget how blitz brought up valid and legitimate points against him and blitz is still framed as the one who's in the wrong.

stolitz is nothing but toxic slop framed as this wholesome yaoi and IT PISSES ME OFF. i genuinely don't give a flying fuck abt toxic ships, I ship arlefuri for godsake. BUT the power imbalance (blitz is an imp, stolas is a noble) is off the rails. and stolas doesn't even acknowledge the fact that he can be classist. and that's not the only aspect of these two's power imbalance. their transactional relationship tips off to stolas' side. making him hold a fuck ton of power over blitz's livelihood (since the book provides him and the I.M.P. their jobs)

[hromantics]

my favorite lead singles (1/5) | it must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero.