#joe alwyn

[mancandykings]

JOE ALWYN by Robbie Lawrence for Mr Porter, January 2019

[jeffnotbezos]

I used to be one of Taylor Swift's biggest fans. I grew up listening to her and I have been a fan since I was five. Which is why it is so disappointing how she has stayed silent about the attack on Gaza. She won person of the year and chose not to use that to bring attention to Gaza. Worst of all, she turned her fanbase against her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, who has used his platform multiple times to bring attention to Palestine. She's only a "feminist" when it benefits her.

[zot3-flopped]

Taylor’s reputation got saved by Joe all of those years. If she had never met him, she would’ve been unable to recover from the backlash. I am an ex swiftie so I can say that Taylor around him had a different personality. It seemed like she had some personality and that she had finally learned some real maturity (apologizing to Katy Perry for example) and that she was ready to be more outspoken about social issues but it was just fake. This was her trying to fit into Joe’s activism. It’s not a coincidence that she’s back to being her very immature self and out of touch with reality self since she’s now dating men that are equally as awful as her. Not only that but Joe participated in the making of Folklore/Evermore - lyrically her most mature albums. She really fumbled the bag but I hope Joe finds someone that actually deserves him.

More and more people are starting to realise that Joe was the lyrical genius behind Folklore. Without him we get crass lines like 'tattooed golden retriever' and 'he touches me while his bros play Grand Theft Auto.'

[jalwyn21]

Interesting that tree releases that article about being respectful (🙄) now. Maybe a sign that they finally realise all the bullying is just backfiring and they are now doing their usual "golly gee gosh, I didn't know anything about it, I've been respectful all this time, how was I to know that pushing ylm each time he showed his face would result in my fans trying to destroy his life, relationships, family, friends (female), and career 🥺".

Exactly !!!

TS incited harassment against Joe for the last year and abused the power imbalance between them as much as she could and now they are trying to wash their hands. 🙄🙄🙄

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Do you remember when people were saying that daddy I love him was prob about Joe taking away her voice in reference to the little mermaid? Like imagine making up a story, or being someone that spread it around because you want so badly for Joe to be a Great Villain. It’s so scary.

Unfortunately, I remember it all too well. The fans imposed their own crazy theories onto all of the songs. And then used it as justification to harass Joe and his female co-stars. This is why it's so hard to be a part of this fandom. So many insufferable people.

Those stans are real quiet now that the truth has come out.

[alwynsalps]

I genuinely think one of the hardest things as an ex swiftie is actually the fact that most of us really loved Taylor.

We grew up with her she was a big part of all of our lives and it actually hurts knowing all of it was fake.

Like when lover came out I felt seen as a gay person. Like wow my idol advocated for my rights to get married - until I realized to her it was just a trend I guess.

Some of my favorite memories included her songs. I mean my gf and I watched the eras tour in the cinemas and it was such a special date to us.

Our wedding song would've been you're in love.

And man it hurts now thinking about it. Cause genuinely all the bad things she's done and is still actively doing and not being held accountable or you know taking accountability is just sad man.

Not to mention of the scariest things is posting about being an ex swiftie or calling Taylor rightfully out cause we get sent really horrible things on anon for simply raising our opinion.

I genuinely hope people who leave the fandom know they're not alone and my blog is a safe space <3

[reviewsdefinitionofsatisfaction]

the same time

[alwynslove]

Funny that the swifties are now dragging Joe for NOT having songs for him in TTPD. Like they just can't accept the fact that Joe is an unproblematic king who actually did nothing wrong. They are so fucking pissed off that their vile speculations were only speculations and the one who did wrong was their fave. So of course, make up some new excuse to hate on Joe. Classic swiftie braindead logic :)

[joealwyndefenseattorney]

Something that bugs me so much about Swifties is how their response to people defending Joe tends to be "you weren't part of the relationship so how can you know the truth about how he treated her" but then they turn around and bash Joe as if they were part of the relationship and know how he treated her?? They just assume everything Taylor says is gospel, because of course she would have no reason to tell a biased version of the story that makes her look like the good guy/victim and Joe like the villain.

Sorry for the umprompted rant, just something that's been bothering me a lot lately. And thank you for your service...we need more Joe blogs on this site

I appreciate your rants because it’s good to know I’m not alone. Here to listen and support 🫡

[folksyswift]

Realizing that Taylor wrote and rewrote her meeting and falling in love with Joe over and over on each album because she was desperately clinging to the hope that the magic and golden love would come back, but over the years it never did.

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

I can’t help but be reminded of this right now 👀

[jakeperalta]

very sexy of joe alwyn to have the eyes of millions of prying swifties on him for months and to only ever be like "btw you should care about gaza"

[khruschevshoe]

You know, it's rather interesting to me that Taylor Swift's parasocial relationship with her fans is honestly more akin to a YouTuber than a writer's. When I scroll through her tag on tumblr/Twitter, it's far more regarding the connection to her personal life/relationship developments than the actual metaphors/fictional story she might be telling. Everything comes back to how her songs reflect back on her relationships with Joe/Matty/Travis/Jake/insert ex-boyfriend here. And what fascinates me about it is that even though she complains about it, she leans into that very perception because it strengthens the parasocial bond.

The marketing for TTPD so clearly being about Joe Alwyn and the songs to Matty Healy. The marketing/video for Red TV so CLEARLY being about Jake Gyllenhaal, with so many of the new lines in All Too Well specifically being digs at him (I'll get older but your lovers stay my age, casting an actor that looks like him for the video, specific lines in I Bet You Think About Me). The fact that songs like Getaway Car and Bejeweled and Gorgeous and London Boy and Lavender Haze being picked apart at time of release and long after for signs of relationships crumbling. The way she uses surprise songs in relation to her relationship development with Joe/Matty/Travis. The damn TTPD "stages of grief" playlists where she deliberately undid/changed the meanings of old songs just to keep her audience speculating on her love life.

It's not sexist to point out that her wielding her love life is a marketing tool and that the strongest connection to her audience isn't the strength of her writing/the composition of her music- it's her deliberate crafting of a connection between her music and her personal life, leaving the audience invested in her music as an extension of Taylor the Person/Girlfriend rather than Taylor the Artist.

[jalwyn21]

If you like this sort of thing... 🤭

Joseph, darling, I could tell she was a monster back in 2012. What took you so long?

Honestly, Joe is too kind and pure 🥺

[joesalw]

did you guys notice that the main theme she put about her relationship with joe in this album was that it felt like a cage to her because he was depressed. the song, so long london makes me feel so sorry for joe because she is resenting him for having his blue days and not snapping out of his depression faster so that she can have a perfect wedding. it's so insensitive given how joe was there for her during her darkest days and pulled her out of it, deleted her social media apps so she wouldn’t see the mean things people say about her etc etc. he was there for her when nobody else was. but she couldn’t be there for him when it was his time. she got bored and started rekindling her fling with matty when joe was dealing with his issues on his own. and she wonders why he wouldn’t marry her?

the worst thing happened after the breakup. she knows that joe deals with depression and yet she sent her fans after him to harass him on a daily basis for a whole year! she used the cheating rumours as a marketing scheme to release an album about matty. she let her fans harass any woman that worked with joe. how can a person be so vile?

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

The way our fandom terrorises this man simply because he’s Taylor’s ex is reprehensible. He’s the one who actually has a moral backbone and is brave enough to take a stance on Palestine (all while being sent death threats from Swifties).