#ttbask

[whatiwillsay]

Hey Cam, could you provide more insight into spade-riddles and why we shouldn't trust them? I know you've touched on this before but I don't know where/when. Obviously I know they're harmful/a LSK shipper but I was looking through their first post on their riddle history (just for shits and gigs, no worries) and I was surprised by how many of them allude to insider info on Tay/future releases before the public had knowledge of them. What do you make of this? Or is she fudging the dates/lying?

sure babe here is a post detailing how spade-riddles fakes her insiders (there is hard conclusive proof in this post with receipts. one of her "insiders" came to me and detailed how they were a troll, gave me the "password" they used with her, and so i used the "password" to assume the role of insider and named the kaylor baby "isla" for my friend cara who likes that name, go search spade-riddles for the name isla lol now it's part of their network of theories)

here is a post detailing how she bullies, harasses, and outs people who disagree with her

but three babe like... let's talk

i am saying this so gently but surely you understand that if you say enough random noncommittal things in "riddle" form or like her most recent troll insider does, in weird fanfic prose, that it will appear like they had insider knowledge even if they didn't. taylor does so much, has so much art, has so many interviews and so many lyrics and public moments and outfits and personas that you could write any random bit of prose and get some kind of "hit" off it.

let's take an example of a spade riddle they considered to be a correct bit of info/tea shared or a "hit":

so on january 16th 2019 spade said "take a sip, you might just get lost in the clouds." and that was supposed to be a hint because there are clouds on the lover album cover and included in some of the imagery for the album (music videos, etc) but like... what taylor era doesn't mention clouds? clouds are mentioned on i know places and in the song carolina, and storms which of course always contain clouds are mentioned on MOST of her albums, and clouds are represented in a TON of her music videos (basically any of them with a sky!)

also "you just might get lost in the clouds" could mean ANYTHING. it could represent getting caught up in a media "storm" around taylor, it could mean "taylor is hiding what she's doing and you won't see it", it could have been an EXCELLENT clue for the lavender haze music video but that song didn't even exist when that riddle was written and obviously, the music video wasn't planned and storyboarded until years later so it can't be that.

and "take a sip" could have meant anything. taylor could have released drinking merch to go with false god, or a line of sippy cups lol, or could have used a turn of a phrase in an interview during the lover era like she could have said something about "drink the kool-aid" or "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" and that could have been a "hit" for the "take a sip line"

even if clouds hadn't been featured on the album cover there's an infinite number of ways "taking a sip" and "getting lost in the clouds" could have been represented by taylor during the lover era. every music video she drinks in she is "taking a sip" and that happens all over her different eras before and after the lover era.

if there's an infinite slew of things that can happen that prove a prediction correct then it's not really a prediction it's just a random series of words thrown on a page that don't prove any type of insider connection.

here is what ACTUAL insider info looks like:

this is a hard, concrete, falsifiable claim. it can be proven correct or incorrect (it was correct because my insiders are good and legit lol). there is no gray area where it can be interpreted after the fact to be correct even if it was random words. it's just a hard claim and down the line, people will be able to see if it was true or not!

for something to be a true claim of insider info it has to be falsifiable or what good is it?

a real claim supported by insider info should have read something like this, "i have seen the cover art for ts7 and some of the aesthetics for the era and clouds are featured! namely on the album cover and in the first music video."

if they had said that then fuck yeah that's a hard claim that can either be proven true or false. they didn't say that. they mentioned drinking and getting lost in the clouds. anyway, i'm rambling but i hope i've illustrated the difference between trolling and randomly throwing out words and phrases so you can try and get a "hit" in the future.

for fun let's write a spade riddle/pumpkin insider claim and then over the next year (or maybe on the next album) i can promise you SOMETHING in a song lyric, mv, piece of album art, live performance, interview taylor has, clothing/jewelry she wears, merch will appear to prove this was some bit of insider tea but i'm just pulling this out of my ass rn.

"In the still of the dawn, the eye of the storm has passed and the sun dances with the birds"

boom i can promise you something will happen over the next year or two that makes it look like that was some kind of insider prediction because it's vague enough that a TON of stuff could be a hit for it.

the last thing i'll say is if you want to learn more about how seers and psychics troll their audiences just like spade-riddles does you should go listen to the episode i did this past summer on Nostradamus who was a famous seer from hundreds of years ago.

[kaylorof89]

Waiting for her girl in the afterglow 🥹

So I was listening to Afterglow and I really felt like it had something to do with Karlie resigning her PR contract. Clearly Karlie has dealt with a lot with this “relationship”, but she stuck with it in the name of “Kaylor”. I also got reminded of Spades riddle about basically one of them taking the brunt of things so the other could be their whole self. Needless to say, the song made me feel for these ladies. They went through a lot for each other...

So it was interesting that this was the pictures I see on IG....

Very Lover looking! Then I looked up something else....

I took the “Don’t go. Meet me in the afterglow” as Taylor’s way of saying “I’m sorry this is where we are at right now, but when this is done I’ll be right here waiting for you”

Looks like someone is headed to the afterglow after all 🌼

[zzztlk]

I noticed that there are subtle differences between Rabel and transformed Nat. Mainly the eyes. Are there any other subtle design differences if we saw them side by side?

Ty, I'd been meaning to nail down their actual designs so here they are hehe.

Transformed Nat has a shorter snout, less developed wings, horns and mane, overall made to look like a more juvenile version of the thing that Rabel is. Another thing is that their bird legs / lion paws are switched. I only really did this because it looked better lol but i think it makes sense for the hands to change into talons since they're more mechanically similar.

[debunkingtaytaysbeard]

Oh me oh my I cannot wait for Harry muthafreaking Styles to get his moment and watch them all CRY lol.

But really, I finally know what they talked about at the Grammys:

H: Hi Taylor long time no talk

T: I know, any car accidents lately?

H: Nope.

T: Good, hey listen I’m re-recording and I have an idea. Imma call you soon.

H: I’ll see you in the woods.

T: perfect and then we will make our way out,

H: cheers.

T: cheers.

[theantianti]

I don’t even have any commentary. These are comedic gold. 

[karliesbuzzcut]

So let me get this straight, you've been getting with kaylor fails. While being in a rs with mr buzzcut and trying to get with ttb.. Girl chill

Of course I’m going to say I’m trying to get with ttb, it’s a PR STUNT! Are you that naive?

@kaylorfails and I are together, it’s a FACT. Not like yours that are just assumptions. KF says she’s married (🤢) but that’s FAKE. MrBuzzcut is an irrelevant homosexual bumblebee 🐝 and everyone with eyeballs can see that. You’ll apologise when Failcut shows up together.

[ineverwalkcorneliastreetagain]

Friendly reminder that:

“Kissgate” was debunked multiple times by videos showing Taylor and Karlie interacting from different angles and by people attending the show.

Spade has never been proven to be reliable, there was nothing in the riddles that was direct to events that happened. What Spade does is called “Cold Reading” which basically means you say all kinds of stuff until something sticks. You can read more about it here.

Also TTB is trying to tell people that you shouldn’t question her or her sources.

You know who else does that??

Cult leaders.

“I have a direct connection to a source/God”

I’ve seen TTB having a direct connection to a source close to the girls for years. Has she proven that? No. Was she baffled by a real wedding that for sure took months to plan? Yes. Did she mistake obvious things that happened which she wouldn’t when she would have a real source? Yes, a lot. Joe was never supposed to be at award shows with Taylor, Joe was a stand-in for Karlie, Joe was supposed to be gone after reputation. How many pivots does it take to get one thing right?

“You have to trust me”

TTB is always so certain that the girls are 100% together. But the only “proof” she could provide was a white umbrella from a random tumblr user that got debunked in under two minutes.

To get someone’s trust, you have to prove yourself trustworthy. Even in the Kaylor fandom TTB has proven herself to be a straight up bitch. Running her mouth with spite every time someone dares to question what she’s saying. If you’re so sure that you’re right then why are you so angry whenever someone has doubts?

“God/Spade told me to tell you...”

“I did not say that, my anons/Spade did” therefore I cannot be punished or held responsible for anything that’s on my blog, right? It was all God... um, I mean, Anon’s will.

“Don’t question my authority”

“God will punish those people for what they did to me . . .”/”Antis will be punished for what they said about me...”

Those evil antis will see when reputation is over and Taylor drops Joe.

Those evil antis will cry when there’s no second wedding.

Those evil antis will scream when Karlie divorces Josh.

Those evil antis will break in half when the baby rumours turn out to be fake.

Those evil antis will explode when Karlie gives birth to a Kushner baby and lives the rest of her life never mentioning Taylor and their three year friendship... oh wait.

“This is okay for me to do because . . .”

The “I have Jewish friends..” comes to mind. Shoutout to @swiftiesleuth​ for being such a trooper and making The Realistic Kaylor Timeline.

“Outsiders hate me because . . .”/ “Don’t talk to those people because . . .”

Swifties are bad.

Antis are bad.

GP is bad.

So who is good? Is everyone in the world but this small group of TTB’s Kaylors right? You are not right just because you think different. Just because you think the earth is flat does not make it so.

The examples of cult leaders were taken from this website and they do fit TTB a bit too well. I might add a couple of things later. This was fun.

[kaylorsbelike]

Taytaysbeard continuing to post anons spouting blatant false facts. Joe is younger than almost all of her previous boyfriends (calvin, tom h, joe j, jake g) Shit you can literally google. Hilarious.

[lunasdarling]

A racist who can’t accept she’s racist and believes she has the right to tell black fans how to think and feel to be ‘true’ fans even know that’s emotional and racist gaslighting

[whatiwillsay]

y'all already KNOW this is gonna be a good one! buckle your seatbelts for the deepest of dives on kaylor and the insiders who proclaim to know their secrets.

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[zzztlk]

nat singaporean-american.... good god they really are just like me fr!

🇸🇬🫡 Love that so many people are like "wtf Nat is just like me" and for so many different reasons... Take notes data analysts the modern day Everyman is a southeast Asian lesbian with bad eyesight

[zzztlk]

DUDE I love your comic sooo much, I cannot WAIT to read it!! The concept is sooo interesting, plus I love the trope you're using!! :)

Thanks! Bearer of the Curse x love interest who's just chilling... This trope is everything 2 me...

[zzztlk]

Love your art style and I adore how you do backgrounds!

Got a world building question: Rabel is a demon obviously but how fantastical is the world at large? Are magic/demons something the general public know are real or is that sort of thing generally considered fictional?

Also, you mentioned Raegan has naturally purple hair, and that her family has naturally blue hair. Is that just a stylistic choice or is there a greater in universe reason for it?

Ty!! I had a previous version of the story where all sorts of crazy stuff was going on with other demons and magic and pocket realms but in this one the only fantastical thing is Rabel. This iteration's supposed to be pretty grounded in reality, but then there's Regan's hair... half treating it like a stylistic thing, half like a Scott pilgrim "university of Carolina in the sky" situation. It has no reason to be a thing, but still is somehow. The pipeline went like this :

1. She just has dyed hair.

2. Too lazy to draw the gradient I'll just make it solid purple

3. "wouldn't it be funny if it turned out it isn't dyed it's just that her family inexplicably had technicolor hair"

4. the world is now just like ours but the human genome allows for hair colors across the full roygbiv spectrum. There's blonde, ginger, brunette, cobalt (Regan's mom side), cerise (Regan's dad's side), olive (nat has this gene; their hair is black but the reflection is olive under neutral light) and then there's Regan who's puce. Unlike people with other shades of purple hair, puces tend to get made fun of since their hair is "flea colored".

[zzztlk]

rabel is like if the beast from beauty and the beast was more of a little guy but also less of a little guy i think

Nat probably fits the beast bill more, I've got a couple b&b au sketches actually 🫣

Rabel on the other hand is all in on being a little guy,, look at him (real) (canon) (not lying)

[zzztlk]

I'm nonbinary and SEA and every time I remember the existence of Ties That Bind it makes my day 1000x better. Nat my beloved

I'm so pleased... peace and love to all the seasian queers in the crowd

[zzztlk]

i am so excited for this webcomic you have no idea i want to see these lesbians kiss

Thanks! And lucky for you there will be such scenes in the comic and with no catch to them at all just like in monster yuri part 1