#now back to our regular programming

[littlepadika]

ttpd thoughts... 🤍

The concept of a post mortem, at first, seemed to suggest we were conducting an autopsy on a relationship, or a man, but in fact it is a post mortem of Taylor, herself. She says she presents herself before us for judgement.

And after listening to the album this feels completely the right take. There's mention of emotional infidelity, sin, violence, anger, revenge. It was unsettling at times even. She is much less of a victim than some would like to believe. And it's crazy to imagine writing an album about your flaws like you're collecting evidence for your own trial!

Her humor has developed as well through her self analysis. "Narcotics in all my songs" was a cheeky line. The way she says "you should see your faces" because she knew people would react strongly to that line in "but daddy I love him". "Vipers dressed in empaths clothing seems particularly pointed at certain people". "I cry a lot, but I am so productive, it's an art" Are we ready to sit with that? She is telling jokes both at her own expense (we've seen that before) but now at our, the fans, expense. I laughed :) It is hilarious. Yes please call us out!

Even topics she has written about before, like the constant threat of being replaced as a female musician, are explored in new ways. She touched the topic in Nothing new, Lucky One, Anti Hero, but in Clara Bow and Who's Afraid of Little Old Me it becomes more tragic because it's no longer hypothetical. It has already happened.

The concept of emotional infidelity has been written about before, but in this album (and maybe because we think it was 🐀 heely) it isn't as exciting as Glitch or Gorgeous. But is it ever really fun?

She applied every lesson from Midnights. Longer songs. More Aaron Dessner and evermore vibes. More real instruments.

I hope that when the initial fever dies down we can enjoy these songs as an evaluation of Taylor and not the men she's dated. I think people, including myself, wondered if this album would be like a long gossip session. Full of marvel esque fan service. But it isn't that easy. And maybe if we know her business we think we would feel closer to her but in fact, in her metaphors and imagery she offers something much more intimate.

I'm looking forward to digging in and sitting in all the feelings. So exciting!!!

Some hot takes ☕️ :

I like the Jack Antanoff production on this album for the most part (more than midnights).

Some of those 2am songs should have been on the original run, in lieu of certain *cough cough* songs. the alchemy was a little too close to that tik tok parody, but we won't talk about that

She chose the wrong single. Should be I can do it with a broken heart.

This was the most Fearless, Speak Now, Red album we've gotten in years! 2am picked up right where Evermore left off.

[todaysreapers]

Off topic, but this blog currently has 666 followers - good work, team! Everyone give yourself one extra daydream about your fave reaper(s) today, as a treat.

xoxo

[eukvlipt]

ok ill stop with the wrestling stuff FOR NOW im just very very excited for tonight!😬😬😬

[ravioliravioliravioli]

Very surprised that they were NOT going to end up together unlike usual movies that do this

[xenocorner]

"Please return my cap?"

"Mmno-"

I have committed the sin of self indulgence forgive me.

[ask-theredcrown]

your reaction to my poetry just gets more and more interesting.

how curious.

oh, nevermind. would you like a cupcake? they’re strawberry with vanilla ice cream in the center!

-anon who says salutations

"I will take it, thank you... I may have underestimated how much I miss the taste of those delicious goods..."

"Now tell me, why is it curious?"

[rose-greenhouse]

wanting to take the time to say i love all of my mutuals and wish them the very best. even if we haven’t interacted much or talked at all, i wanna say that i appreciate you all. thanks for checking in on this blog and me ^^

[oatflatwhite]

episode tag fic alert

[fogsy-feel]

Here's 10k of Amanda/Sarek for you plus or minus a little Spirk.

[sencrose]

i will shut up in a sec about granblue but nearly had a heart attack playing my old team bc i fucking forgot grimnir is voiced by megumi ogata and my brain went "YUUTA??????"

so i fell down a rabbit hole of gbf/jjk charas that share voice actors (bc nearly everyone and their mother has voiced a character in this game) but the funniest one of note is takahiro sakurai as lucio/lucifer bc wow. an angel. but also you're some dude who got vored and then shat out by a shark for a shitpost summer event and voiced the line "poopie, i am"

[thievinghippo]

Presented without comment

[poessiblyfedya]

last night i lost my grandmother so my initial hiatus is now indefinite while i’m in bereavement. so sorry that this blog has sort of died while i’m away but i’ll queue all the posts i’ve been liking when i have a bit more energy. 🖤

[singwhenyoucantspeak]

i only just now realized that Dan Nigro pulled the exact same bait and switch with the strings for both brutal and femininonenom... aka opened both olivia's and chappell's albums with essentially the same trick 👀🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[badlydrawnhsr]

i like how you drew stelle 👍

thank you !! they're my fave hoyo protag

[legobiwan]

Do I watch the video of myself boxing that a classmate sent me or do I die as a hypocrite and bury the file until I'm inebriated enough to deal with it. Bonus points for my professor persona haranguing my students for similar impulses when it comes to recording themselves in practice.

[sophfandoms53]

On the bright side, a woman won. It’s just unfortunate that it was Ratcole of all ppl.

BUT ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE, this was the most fun I’ve had with BB episodes in a long time.

They really brought their A game and it shows through the results of every episode. I hope to see these editing decisions and equitable competitions reflected in future seasons because it makes such a better product overall.

This was just a fun, slightly nerve wracking, 6 episode experience with some alumni I was glad to see again after so long and I won’t hate to see this happen again.

And ofc it was a joy to rejoin you all a month after bb25 for this. Hopefully we’re all free from a bb tag until next year but who knows LMAO

Thank you all for sm fun these last several months together, see y’all next season for bb26❤️❤️

Also, let this be a lesson to everyone that BB16 continues to be a poison on this franchise and production needs to learn to let it die a painful death :)