i love you jojo,

i love you with all my obnoxious, selfish, evil heart

[lyricalquotesofsong]

If I could see through walls

I could see you're faking

If you could see my thoughts

You would see our faces

Safe in my rental like an armored truck back then

We didn't give a fuck back then

I ain't a kid no more

We'll never be those kids again

[azperja]

[jellolegos]

sept reunion

[jellolegos]

[jellolegos]

brokeback

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fic insp (@rachel-berry) here (explicit!)

[jellolegos]

the unbearable urge to draw them happy :’) ft, my favourite outfits this szn

[balontop3186]

I see it tbh

[insyncere]

there’s something very dystopian like at the fact that we’re all supposed to continue on with our lives, go to work/school, carry on with our daily routines like we’re not witnessing three countries (sudan, congo & palestine) go through a genocide and mass ethnic cleansing right now all through our mobile phones & the internet

[socialistexan]

I've rarely seen a more validating sentence in my entire life.

[punished-venom-solitair-e]

reblog to disturb jk rowling

[mother-i-crave-rwrb]

i will always take the chance to disturb jk rowling

[samlikesbooks]

disturb jk rowling

[evil-gay-person-inactive]

currently disturbing jk rowling

[classycookiexo]

[capricorn-born]

Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today

[weaselle]

fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[vmohlere]

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[corneliastvendor]

Midnights Album / Songs - Kaylor Konnections / Koincidences

KK Foreshadowing Midnights Compilations

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(Click on links for original posts)

Maroon

NYC / Cornelia Street Konnections

Snow On The Beach

"Now I'm all for you like Janet" + 3/6 Konnections

VSFS 2013 Snow Angels Segment reference? + Sound effects

Question...?

Kissgate reference?

Cruel Summer parallels?

OOTW Backing vocals from OOTW 1989 Tour (T wearing KK inspired outfit)

Karma

Karma + KK references

Coming straight home to me / I came straight from Rome for this

Sweet Nothing

"On the way home, I wrote a poem" + YAIL callback + Big Sur trip caption "On the way home"

"I spy with my little tired eye"

Mastermind

VSFS '13 reference?

"Checkmate, I couldn't lose"

Hits Different

I slur you name 'til someone puts me in a car (Kar)

"It's got one of my fav bridges"

Gold Rush + "Dream Girls" VSFS segment parallels

The Great War

Admitting she was wrong, her lover didn't betray her (+ Link 2 , Link 3)

The Great War (world war 1) lasted July - November 1918 -> "Gray November, I've been down since July"

Paris

KK the French speaker / "Wish you were here" / "From Paris with love"

KK teasing Paris months before (also refer to KK foreshadowing compilation)

"Confess my truth in swooping, sloping, cursive letters" -> Cursive letters written in the Lover Remix Snowglobe (YAIL inspired) "Look in my eyes they will tell you the truth, the girl in my story has always been you"

Paris is KK's city too (Paris Fashion Shows, speaks french) + lover being talked about in the song KNOWS Fashion "all the outfits were terrible 2003 unbearable"

Glitch

2190 days of our love black out -> Oct. 2016

It's all part of the fucking story - Oct. 2016

KK x KWK "glitch"

Additional Summary

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Midnights Music Videos - Kaylor Konnections / Koincidences

ANTI-HERO

Her hypothetical Daughter-in-law is called "Kimber"

Swift-Kloss Family Crest on the wine bottles (+ Link 2 )

Daisy symbolism (droplight, wallpapers, ghost)

Eye Theory reference - Right side Egg yolk

Eye Theory reference - Sunny-side up Eggs in the Lyric video ("It's me" (left egg) ; "The Sun" (right egg))

Daisies & Butterflies on the plate + The Plate's pattern is called "Butterfly Gold" (+ Link 2 )

Ghosts = 3 *ex*-gfs references?

More Daisy symbolism (Funeral Scene)

Taylor dialing 8 and 3 on the Telephone? (+ Link 2 )

Picasso book by an Elizabeth (Cowling) on the coffee table

BEJEWELED

Dita Von Teese Konnections ( + Link 2 )

Runway / Catwalk on 3rd Floor reminiscent of VSFS '13 - Snow Angels Segment ( + Link 2 , Link 3 , Link 4)

Swarovski Konnections ( + Link 2 , Link 3 , Link 4 )

Other *Gem* Bodysuit - KK reference? + Bodysuit / Don't Take The Money Parallel

Meeting a woman (Fairy Goddess) on the 5th Floor (1989 era) - Meeting KK reference? ( + Link 2 , Link 3 )

Delicate's "But you can make me a drink" reference on the 5th Floor (1989 era - Blue room, when she met KK)

The Panther Walk?

8 Rings (beards callback?) on Step-Mother's hands

Eye Theory reference - Lover's Eye Ring on Step-Mom

"TS" Hairclip

"Place a Poppy in my hair" - The Great War reference ('remembrance/hope' flower + August birth flower)

Girl = Diamonds?

The Golden Pocketwatch - Vintage Estee Lauder Golden Shell compact

Taylor's Marie Antoinette - KK's 2012 "Sweet Escape" Photoshoot parallels ( + Link 2 )

The Gold / Invisible String reference?

The Cloak interpretation

Laura Dern easter egg?

Ghosting the Prince ( + Link 2 )

KK Foreshadowing - Cinderella themed music video?

KK Foreshadowing - Marie Antoinette (Versailles) reference?

KK Foreshadowing - "Juliet balcony vibes"

KK Foreshadowing - Roblox Face Gems?

LAVENDER HAZE

Daisy imagery ( + Link 2 )

Eye Theory reference - Film Camera + Ring?

The Sun on the lover's sleeve/jacket + Map locations referencing KK (St. Louis, Big Sur etc.) + The K shape on the map (+ Link 2 )

Gaylord on the weather map?

Kaylor, South Dakota (66) + other sus places on the map ( + Link 2 )

The numbers on the weather map making a K adds up to 308 (minus 60, St. Louis)

The lover's Story MFG (Manufacturing) Jacket + Sun references

Fishbowl (Koi?) theme reference? ( + Link 2 )

Carolina Herrera - Lavender Haze Smoke parallels

KK Foreshadowing - posting Lavender related stuff a day before Taylor's announcement ( + Link 2 )

KK Foreshadowing - Cloud + Koi fish + Space / Astronomy

Taylor posting the LH announcement video at 8:03 am NYC/ET time

The guy playing Taylor's love interest in the mv is named Laith (meaning 'Lion' in arabic)

Interpretations: Some thoughts from twitter + Mastermind's "The Love Story of Sagittarius and Pisces - A Haze)

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Ok whew!! Tried my best to compile the links i've got saved up, apologies bc i know i may have forgotten a lot! So please don't hesitate to add-on 😆 thank you! Enjoy!!

[thedankmemes]

[juneberrie]

the folklore love triangle: an analysis

my note — i literally just pressed turn in yippee!! i have to present this tomorrow but anyways I wanted yall to read it <3 it sounds super formal but thats cos its. an assignment. its my final. ANYWAYS enjoy my delulu rambling about this :]

— 1.5k words

In 2020, Taylor Swift released her eighth studio album, folklore. The standard version of the  album has sixteen songs, with the deluxe version adding on a bonus track. Of the sixteen songs, three of them are linked: betty, august, and cardigan. These three songs and the story they tell are called the folklore love triangle. Aside from these three songs, which were confirmed by Taylor to be connected, there are three other songs that are widely speculated to be part of the story: mirrorball, the 1, and illicit affairs.

There are three main characters involved in the storyline: Betty, James, and Augustine. Betty and James are in a relationship, but one night, at a school dance, James is nowhere to be found when Betty’s favorite song starts playing. He comes back and sees her dancing with another friend of hers, and he gets angry. Then, as a form of revenge, he decides to cheat on Betty with Augustine over the summer. After the summer, he regrets the affair and apologizes to Betty at a party.

The first song in the storyline is august, which is from Augustine’s point of view. The song describes her summer with James. Throughout the song, she repeats the words “‘cause you were never mine” in the chorus, which shows that she knows that James isn't hers and that he still has feelings for Betty. In the bridge, she calls her relationship with James a “summer love”, while in betty, James calls it a “summer thing”. In the outro of the song, Augustine says “remember when I pulled up and said ‘get in the car’ ” which goes with the lyric in betty where James says “she said ‘James get in, lets drive’.” Augustine repeats the same chorus over and over again, which shows how all she had with James was the short summer fling.

The next song in the story is betty, which is from James’ point of view. This is his apology to Betty. After the summer with Augustine, he realizes that he is still in love with Betty. He decides to go to her party and apologize there, where [he assumes] she’ll take him back. He repeats the words “I’m only 17, I don't know anything” which goes with the lyrics in cardigan where Betty says “when you are young they assume you know nothing” and “but I knew everything when i was young.'' A lot of betty sounds like James is trying to make excuses and justify his affair, like when he says “I hate the crowds, you know that/plus I saw you dance with him.” He says that he was nowhere to be found and then gets mad when Betty dances to her favorite song with another friend. He most likely cheated for revenge on Betty for dancing with her friend. He calls Augustine a “summer thing” which contrasts to how she calls him a “summer love.” When he shows up to Betty’s party and apologizes, he hopes that it will “patch her broken wings” which goes with the line in cardigan where Betty says “you drew stars around my scars/but now im bleeding,” showing how James hurt her and wanted to make her feel better.

The song after betty is cardigan, which is from Betty’s point of view. In the first verse, she says “when you are young they assume you know nothing,” which could be how James assumed that she wouldn’t find out know of his affair with augustine, but right after that line she says “but I knew you” which shows that despite how James tried to hide the affair, she still found out (“you heard the rumors from inez'' and also because she would’ve known him well enough to know when he was lying). Later on in the song she says “I knew everything when I was young,” which directly contradicts the line in betty where James says “I’m only 17, I don't know anything.'' The line “a friend to all is a friend to none/chase two girls, lose the one” shows how James tried to stay with Betty and sleep with Augustine but ended up losing both of them. The line “you drew stars around my scars/but now I'm bleeding” shows how James made Betty feel whole and happy but ended up hurting her more. In the bridge, she says “tried to change the ending” which could be referencing James's apology. There's also a line where she says “I knew you’d miss me once the thrill expired/and you’d be standing in my front porch light” where she’s basically saying that she knew that once he tired of Augustine, he’d try to come back to Betty, and the porch line goes back to two lines in betty: “Betty, I’m here on your doorstep” and “Will you kiss me on the porch”).

The next three songs (mirrorball, illicit affairs, the 1) are not confirmed to be a part of the storyline, however many fans speculate that they are. 

Mirrorball can be considered to be from James, Betty, and Augustine’s points of views. The line “I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight” can be used to show how [the affair with] Augustine showed Betty what James was really like. The line “I know they said the end is near/but I’m still on my tallest tiptoes…./shining just for you” could show how all three of them are clinging to the hope of romance: james - he knows that both of his relationships with the girls are doomed but he wants to try to save at least one of them; augustine  - summer is coming to a close and she wants to stay with james, but she knows that he regrets betraying betty and wants to go back to her; betty - she’s hoping that the rumors aren't true but deep down she knows that James cheated on her. The lines ‘I’m still on that tightrope/I’m still trying everything to get you laughing at me“ could be from either Augustine or James’ point of view. If it's from Augustine’s POV, she’s trying to keep James with her and not go back to Betty; if it's from James’ POV, it’s him trying to get back with Betty and get her “laughing at [him].”

Illicit affairs is seen to be from both James and Augustine’s POVs. The first four lines of the song show how James is hiding the affair with Augustine from his friends, family, and  from Betty. The line “tell yourself you can always stop” is James trying to make himself feel better about breaking Betty’s heart by cheating on her with Augustine. The lines “So you leave no trace behind/Like you don't even exist” are from Augustine’s POV, where she’s making sure nobody knows of the affair. After that, the line “take the words for what they are” are her making the most of her time with James because deep down she knows that she and him will never actually be a real relationship like the one he had with betty. The lines “They show their truth one single time/But they lie, and they lie, and they lie” could be referring to Inez (and consequently, Betty) finding out the truth about the affair and the lying that James and Augustine did to cover it up. The lines “And you know damn well/For you, I would ruin myself/A million little times” could be James saying that his reputation would be hurt if people found out about the affair, but it could also be Augustine’s way of saying that she loves him because she’s willing to “ruin” herself for the sake of being with James.

The 1 talks about reminiscing over a past relationship. It’s widely seen to be from Augustine’s point of view at a later point in time, presumably when they are all older. The first line of the song (“I’m doing good, I’m on some new shit”) is Augustine after getting over the whole affair ordeal. The line “And if you wanted me, you really should've showed” shows how if James had actually wanted to have a real relationship with Augustine, he wouldn’t have done it just to get back at Betty and he wouldn’t have kept Augustine a secret. The lines “and if my wishes came true/it would’ve been you” show how despite Augustine hoping and wishing for James to be the one, it ultimately didn’t work out. When Augustine says the lines “We never painted by the numbers, baby/ But we were making it count” it could be about she and James making the most of the summer and breaking the metaphorical rules (aka cheating on Betty). Finally, the lines “If one thing had been different/Would everything be different today?” could be Augustine asking James if he had broken up with Betty before or if Betty hadn't found out, would they still be together?

In conclusion, the folklore love triangle is extremely complicated and in depth, but I hope that this has given you at least a basic understanding of the storyline and the characters.

[parasiteicons]

electro astronomical atlas (1847)

[sparksflyv]

red (taylor’s version) headers, track 1-6

like/reblog if you save or use

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[candycoloredwolf]

Anyone gonna mention how this guy actually preformed live with Carly Rae Jepsen?

[restfromthestreets]

I’m gonna scream is2g

[galaxa-13]

I was thinking of reblogging this again just because the original video is still amazing, but then I see the second video and lost my mind. The upgraded fan, the body glitter, the sheer fact that he got to do this with the actual singer.

[transstuffandmore]

Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.

[bees-and-voids-deactivated20210]

If my mutuals can’t rb this then we can’t be mutuals