#religious swifties

[is-this-character-a-swiftie-poll]

Jesus?

[pep-rambles]

Lucifer is a Swiftie headcanons because I kin this man so much I am projecting my other hyperfixations on him

But also I mean c'mon,

Look at him

yes there is RadioApple in this

-It probably started from Charlie. When she was in high school (post emo phase obviously) she may have enjoyed Taylor Swift (maybe Fearless got her through her senior year because I can't stop projecting) Lucifer started listening to try and have something to bond with his daughter about. But about the time Charlie kind of lost interest is about the time Lucifer doubled down on his obsession.

-He has been to basically almost every Eras concert, usually in really good seats because many a swiftie has offered to sell their soul for tickets. He said keep your soul just let him tag along.

-He is definitely an Evermore stan mostly because of relating too hard to the divorce narrative of it.

-Speaking of, Charlie has threatened to lock him out of his Spotify after catching him on the floor crying to “Champaign Problems” on repeat too many times. She never would but most definitely tried to ban him from listening to it for a month.

-She then caught him crying to “You’re Loosing Me”

-Angel Dust is most definitely  Beyhive (killer bee probably) and though initially joking that they are rivals the two men bond over their love for the two queens of pop, recommending songs and videos to each other.

-Angel is a Reputation Stan though 

-After one of Lucifer’s many tiffs with Alastor,  Charlie is expressing her frustration asking her dad why can’t they just get along and Lucifer explains that he doesn’t trust Alastor because “I think his ever-present grin is a little troubling” and is a little upset when she doesn’t get it 

-One day, Luci is sitting in the Lobby doing his work while listening to Taylor on shuffle. He’s casually minding his own business jamming out to one of her poppier love songs and Alastor wanders in commenting on the “Obnoxious trite little diddy” Lucifer doesn't even hesitate to take the bait

L: HOW DARE YOU! SHE IS A TALENTED GODDESS!! A DOWNRIGHT MUSICAL CHAMELEON! You are such a snob Alastor! Good music didn't stop getting made after your tiny little lifetime.

A: I never said it did but it's certainly not this frivolous noise!

L: Oh, you uninformed uncultured cur! She is a fucking poet!

He then proceeds to play examples for Alastor of her most creative and heart wrenching lyrics (he absolutely makes Al sit through all 10 minutes and 13 seconds of ATW) 

After all that though Lucifer will never get Alastor to admit that he finds T.S. musically talented (or that Lucifer did in fact catch Al tapping his foot a couple times)

        -Alastor does come to Lucifer, after a bit of research, admitting that though he does not find her music enjoyable, he respects her business cunning. Luci figures that's good enough. For now. 

-because I bet my non-existent Eras tour tickets that Lilith was a hater. I’ll leave it at that.

-OP works at Barnes & Noble and let me tell you there are about 80 different Taylor Swift magazines that even my swiftie ass thinks is excessive but Lucifer has every single one

-including the Taylor Swift paper dolls magazine (yes this is a real thing). He probably gets a few because he convinces Charlie to use them as a team building activity.

-He has at least 3 copies of each of the covers for the 2023 TIME Person of the Year magazine. 

-Also all cardigans. On a casual day he definitely lounges in them and has a set rotation of when to wear each one (and I am totally not gonna draw that nope)

-Well, it seems Lucifer is no longer crying to the depressing break-up songs on repeat but now he seems to be angrily listening to “Gorgeous” on repeat. Charlie asks him about it and he goes full denial mode “No no Charlie I'm not thinking of anyone specific, I've just been really into this song lately.” Everyone else in the hotel, besides Alastor, has already figured out what's going on

Alastor: If I have to hear that obnoxious noise one more time I will reduce that tiny maniac’s room to rubble as well as the abode of whatever sad sack is making him play it.

Angel: *knowing smirk* I'm gonna hold ya to that one, Antlers. 

-Al may very well hear it one more time if Lucifer uses it as his confession song (I don't fully commit to this headcanon, I just think it's funny) 

-Anyway boy’s probably in his Reputation stan Era b/c LWYMMD is like his long overdue big F-YOU to Heaven song 

btw this is NOT gonna end at these headcanons I am running with this idea like scissors.

@nunalastor

@julsiemagne

@nose-nippin-fun (I know you're not a swiftie but we talked about this so idk if you care I can un-tag you if you want)

[cruell-summers]

need y'all to calm down a minute and stop accusing ppl of being Taylor haters back in 2016 just bc they said they weren't in the fandom during rep era. some of us were like, 9, or had no access to social media and had no fucking idea what was going on

[1eos]

this viral tweet going around of this lady talking abt how her 24 year old son randomly just became an incel and that's another reason why i don't want kids bc imagine being dead broke for 20+ years pouring everything into your child just for them to become a fucking loser...... what do you even do with that? like i would just try to kill them like no way my pelvic floor is permanently ruined and you became some stupid ass red pill bitch

[denialslavenderhaze]

being a swiftie from the beginning is something that is so truly special to me. i have been here through it all and i will be here until it ends.

[sylviaplathenthusiast]

regulus, at an award ceremony: and i would like to thank renegade by taylor swift for helping me start and stay in my relationship

[ineffablevenus]

r.i.p. travis phelps you would’ve loved “but daddy i love him” by taylor swift

[daylightandlongnights]

But Daddy I love him is for the girlies that have religious trauma

[spokanefavs]

Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’: Religious Imagery for a Spiritually Syncretic Era

‘The Tortured Poets Department’ speaks of good Samaritans and Jehovah’s Witnesses, altar sacrifices and prophecies.

[zoomclown]

im not going to become less Christian because I listen to Taylor Swift.

I'm going to become less Christian because you're presenting Christianity as a perpetual panic attack about the world and everyone in it getting continually worse, and how if we all aren't careful enough we'll continue to edge closer and closer to our own destruction and it will be entirely our fault.

But by all means, continue telling me about how all the media I consume is controlled my Satan to draw me away from the truth.

[is-this-character-a-swiftie-poll]

Hera the Greek god

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I MADE THE LUCIFER IS A SWIFTIE PLAYLIST!

1-19 Just songs I think he'd vibe to with no real personal context

20-21 Brief Early Luclilith/Adam’sApple/Eden Polycule (whatever your vibe) section

22-24 Songs for Charlie

25-36 His fall/ Depression

37-72 Lilith leaving

73-110 RadioApple shenanigans

110-116 Finally standing up to Heaven and empowering Hell

This playlist will obviously change and grow. I'll be sure to reblog with the new numbers when it does

@sienaumber @lustrethings @spot-spots

@myrathesimp

[handlewithcharacter]

@qqueenofhades I'm sorry to tag you because I know this isn't your area of expertise, but I figured as a niche academic yourself you might know someone who knows someone?

with all due respect WHAT is going on with the swifties

okay so sincere answer: a lot of people who have spent YEARS convincing themselves that Taylor Swift is a closeted queer woman who's been sending coded messages through her lyrics, Instagram posts, imagery in her concerts, and pretty much everything else. this *is* conspiracy thought, complete with a thought terminating cliche: when pressed, Gaylors fall back on the insistence that Taylor CAN'T come out. their offered reasons seldom make much sense or hold up to scrutiny, but as long as they've been able to hold onto the refrain that Swift simply can't come out, it's possible to maintain the belief that she is signaling queerness but may never be able to confirm it. every boyfriend can be excused as a beard, every denial that she's dating a female friend can be understood as a lie, every insta post can be analyzed qanon-style for clues that only you and your in-group understand.

Gaylors have, obviously, been certain that these clues were being deliberately planted and thus that Swift was encouraging them and WANTED to be understood as queer in some kind of transparent closet situation; the fact that Swift has embraced the aesthetics of allyship with things like her unbelievably tacky video for You Need to Calm Down has been read as approval. receiving even a very mild admonishment - in this case, Swift expressing disappointment that rabid speculation about her romantic life didn't end when she decided to prioritize friendships with other women over dating men - is thus seen as a betrayal, as Swift breaking a contract that, in reality, she never knew about or agrees to. the ensuing social media tantrums we're seeing are what happens when someone has dedicated considerable time and energy to justifying a conspiracy, including building significant social networks around it, only to have that belief challenged by a source that they never thought would contradict them even a little.

in fairness I also never thought she'd do it; I really thought she'd play both sides and keep collecting that Gaylor money forever.

[make-much-of-time]

The Dead Poets and the Pop Girlies!

(Well, not quite, it's more my headcanons for the decently mainstream female musicians the Poets would enjoy in a modern au but it's not as fun, so.)

Neil - Chapell Roan

Ok aside from pink pony club being his anthem, I think he would really just enjoy the theatrics of her performances even if he doesn't quite relate to the songs themselves. Also, he would have soooo much respect for her when she tells off rude photographers and just unapologetically fights for what she believes in - I think it would he almost cathartic for him. I feel like she's someone he would want to be like when he becomes a famous actor, as well.

Todd - Mitski

Is anyone surprised by my pick for him ahahaha. While she isn't exactly a pop girlie, Mitski is decently mainstream I think. Anyway, I think he would loooove her ly rics and has cried to her music more than once. I feel like he would print out her lyrics and analyze it like poetry (because it is). I think he would really just feel seen by her music, that's all.

Charlie - Sabrina Carpenter

Do I really need to explain this one? He sings Juno like he feels it in his soul. He would just get her music, ykwim. Idk what else to say it just makes sense in my head. My short king and my short queen <3

Cameron - Olivia Rodrigo

Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl is his song lowkey. I actually didn't realise the thing with the Sabrina-Olivia beef when I thought of Olivia for him but wow it really works huh. I don't really have much of an explanation for this one either other than "it just makes sense!!"

Knox - Taylor Swift

Again, I feel like this surprises no one. He's the biggest Swiftie out of them all. I wish enough about Taylor to talk about specific eras but I really don't know that much but like yall get it, right?

Meeks - Charli xcx

I feel like Meeks would listen to Charli religiously even if he isn't much of a club go-er sort of guy, yk? But he would still listen to all the club music and edm and hyper-pop and such. It makes sense to me okay pls 😭😭

Pitts - Lana Del Rey

He just thinks she's so neat. Obsessed with the music and her voice even though he doesn't relate to most of her lyrics even a little bit. He would get so offended when people dont take him seriously as a fan. Loves quoting her lyrics out of context ("just say you want to fuck that old man, Pittsie" "Don't you know, "I've got sweet taste for men who are older"")

[lexi-howards]

let me get this straight, so there was a t*rror threat at a taylor swift concert and the first thing swifties do is talk about how they’re so happy that taylor doesn’t speak up about politics (referring to palestine), and blaming muslims for their concert being cancelled instead of being grateful that they’re safe (yt women things). there’s a lot to unpack here:

1. so you agree? taylor is a white feminist who only speaks up about things to do with her and her little white american bubble.

2. relating an is*s terror threat to the palestinian g*nocide is insane behaviour, as if those two things are even related. not to mention, the amount of islamophobia i’ve seen from swifties, labelling all muslims and arabs as t*rrorists like?? no other group of people are labelled like the way muslims are. no other group of people are held responsible for one persons actions or a radical religious organisation the way muslims are.

3. and this lie that taylor doesn’t speak about politics is complete bullshit. she has a whole documentary where she cries about how she wants to be more politically outspoken. just call her what she is: a white woman. i’m not even going to hold her to the regard of calling her a feminist because she is nothing of the sort.

[lazyscience]

Have finished Careless People, and my biggest takeaways:

Mark Zuckerberg's favorite president is Andrew Jackson "because he got a lot of shit done," his favorite Roman emperor is Augustus, who was the one who made the Republic into an Empire, and he asked Xi Yinping - yes, THAT Xi Yinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission - on the second time meeting him for less than 5 minutes, to name his child. This guy loves authoritarianism like Swifties love Taylor. I wouldn't tell this fucker I was on fire and needed to be put out for fear of who he'd sell that information to, he certainly wouldn't do anything USEFUL about it.

Facebook, despite any public protestations otherwise, is certainly not sorry about serving beauty and diet ads to depressed teens and pro-ED communities, racist and inflammatory content that resulted in rioting in Myanmar, invasive monitoring to block human rights activists in China or ragebait to drive "engagement" with Trump ads. They are not even embarrassed at being caught - they are ANGRY because they don't understand why any of that was wrong. They think they should be able to brag about how good a job they can do giving political candidates, the surveillance state and predatory capitalist enterprises exactly what the customer wants targeted, even if the customer's fucking evil and it results in peoples' deaths. It's like the Nuremberg CITATIONS 'but look what a GOOD JOB we did, that should count for something, we were very effective helping fascists."

Amusingly, despite number 2, no Facebook executives allow their children to use Facebook. Or apparently screens in general for that matter.

Sheryl Sandberg is currently promoting a documentary about the October 7th victims of sexual assault by Hamas. There is nothing wrong with that at all, rape, particularly as a tool of racial/religious hate is vile and needs to be called out. But interestingly, Sheryl, where were you and the documentary film crews in Myanmar when it was Rohingya women being mass raped? And where violence, including sexual violence, is still happening in the year of our lord 2025? Oh, that's right, Facebook helped facilitate THAT ethnic violence, so we need to keep that one hush-hush. Oopsie! Another case as with her boyfriend Bobby K, if we did it it's fine, it's only a war crime when it's someone else!

In case you needed ANOTHER reason to hate Sheryl Sandberg, this charming vignette about Facebook's brief foray into promoting organ donation (this bitch actually wanted FACEBOOK to be INVOLVED in collecting people's transplant information!):

Sensing danger, I pivot to the risk of organ trafficking. I explain that countries have put a lot of thought into safeguarding organ donation information and guarding against cross-border transportation of organs. She turns to me, indignant. The edge in her voice is unmistakable. “Do you mean to tell me that if my four-year-old was dying and the only thing that would save her was a new kidney, that I couldn’t fly to Mexico and get one and put it in my handbag?”

Completely aside from the elephant-sized racist entitlement thinking that because a rich white twat waves a bunch of money at a Mexican doctor of course they would give her a kidney, perhaps wrapped up in a Thanks For Your Business! red and white plastic bag with a complimentary taco - what in the lacking even a BASIC understanding of "this shit's complicated and maybe there are good reasons for rules" - like, you think you can put a fucking kidney from a total rando in a Coleman, shake a bag of ice over it and go? BLOODBORNE ILLNESSES? FROSTBITE? DONOR MATCHING? I can't with these people who are allegedly supposed to be smart.

These people really are straight out of a Great Gatsby novel. Their singular drive is proving they're superior to people they despise, obsessed with the trappings of status while being wholly unable to enjoy them as an experience, just as "I'm better than you," who will expect you to go to JAIL for them but then literally step over your twitching body if you need help, and are incapable of imagining a world where they had accountability for their actions, as opposed to simply claiming credit. That's for lesser people, that's for the people who work FOR me.

Meta are claiming it's a smear job, but - these stories, this story, doesn't reflect flatteringly on the author, either. She freely admits that it took her way too long to realize Facebook was never going to be the "force for good" she envisioned, and when she had that realization she was still for a long time was trying to extricate herself in a way that preserved the financial and career benefits she had gotten used to, of being Somebody Important who advised global concerns and rubbed shoulders with diplomats and heads of state. If Meta had been smart enough to ignore this book, I don't know that I would have found the story sympathetic enough to pick it up.

And I'm glad I did, because it was a useful insight. Oh, not into exactly what it IS Facebook does to do its data criming at ALL, you need resources like WIRED and Techdirt for that, authors more interested in the technology itself rather than the implications. But to understand who the true believers are and the ...pettiness of it all, that's helpful. They're not supervillains. It's not a long-brewing plot of world domination. They're just assholes who don't want to pay taxes like every business ever.

(And clearly working in tech is even worse than working in medical. Man, I thought my previous employer sucked? They were a beacon of support and sanity compared to Meta, apparently and that's really fucking disturbing.)