#*fame

[wallsocketbyunderscores]

i knew from the literal moment i saw her that azi narine was going to be a character i loved but they truly just kept developing her in the exact way i would’ve wanted as the show went on. starting with making her gay IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL MANNER

[taylortruther]

Hello, I have a strange question, but since I consider you extremely levelheaded when it comes to expressing opinions on Taylor I think you can give me an answer.

Do you think that Taylor actually resents us fans? I have been ruminating on this thought for quite a while, even before bdilh, but with the release of ttpd and the subsequent promo I lowkey think she does. I think she’s been brewing this feeling for quite some time, and I consider that a sort of “natural consequence” of having such a large and varied fan base, but I think that with bdilh and waolom (and also a gas? a little bit) she made clear how she wants to distance herself from us as much as possible. I don’t know how to explain it, but it feels pretty ironic to release songs calling out fans for their behaviour and made them listen to them (I use “made” in a very broad sense, I know that nobody is forced to listen to those songs). She could’ve chosen a different strategy to tell the fans to fuck off, instead she chose songs through which she can “profit off” of the Sarahs and Hannahs (I’m being extremely crude, I know, I’m acting this way for the sake of the argument). I don’t know I think it could be seen as a revenge?

i just reblogged several asks on this topic that explain some of my thoughts!

the thing is, taylor chooses to go on stage every night and work herself to the bone to make art. she could go into hiding and never release another album or project again. but she loves doing it - and she's learned, over the course of her career and all the pitfalls and peaks, that the best way to enjoy it is to stop sharing parts of herself, set boundaries, and not be shaped by other people's demands (at least, not all of their demands.)

of COURSE she has moments of resentment and pain. i believe all fans are included in that sentiment sometimes. yes, all. and taylor is demanding for that part of her experience to be acknowledged. it doesn't mean she feels resentful all the time but she's very explicitly saying: you all had a hand in making me this way.

this is a really common mentality among famous people. fame is a fickle curse, it's a gilded cage, it's a glass prison. of course she hates it sometimes.

[luuxxart]

hi lux i just wanted to let you know that i started playing persona 5 and it's VERY funny that the first time you see akechi he's sad about sushi. incredible first impression

YES HES SUCHA MISERABLE LIL GUY I LOVE HIM !!!!!

LIKE

LOOKIT HIM. HE NEEDS LIKE. A blanket and a warm glass of milk or something . and some sushi 🍣

[slav-every-day]

[sailorsally]

Just found a new picture frame and I think I'm gonna put a pic of cas in it and put it on my work desk so if y'all have some suggestions, pls share

[your-tires-are-too-cold]

shoutout to my friend for sending me a Newsies meme on ig that was a repost of a tumblr post. I like your effort but not only have I seen it before, I’m friends with the person who made it.

[taylortruther]

I just can’t get on board that he didn’t know what to expect from her lifestyle and the inevitable tour. No what it was is that he was having a self pitying party and felt bad about the direction of his own career while Taylor was about to embark on a once in a lifetime kind of tour and she’s ready to let herself shine. Now that being said tho maybe he really didn’t know what to expect tbh. When him and Taylor met, she was hiding. 2023 Taylor isn’t really the same 2017 Taylor. Maybe he went into the relationship thinking Taylor will keep making music but in a moderate way, nothing to the current extent. And I think Taylor thought the same too with the way she spoke about her career in miss americana. And this boom and resurgence for Taylor caught them both off guard. But the thing is Taylor welcomed it with open arms but he thought whatever they had planned in 2018-2019 got turned around, in part because of the pandemic re: his career and two because of Taylor’s growth in popularity.

and also like i said before, i often wonder how many times they disagreed about how she wanted that popularity.

and i think about this because, since reputation (which is about her finding love through the noise with joe), she's written more and more openly about desiring fame. she wrote nothing new, the lucky one, and ikp about the way the outside world and media intruded on her life and her legacy... but in reputation we got "he really knows me, which is more than they can say" and in folkmore we got ttds and dorothea and "is it enough if i can never give you peace?" and in midnights we got "the life i gave away ... chasing that fame" and "you should find another guiding light, but i shine so bright."

she acknowledged some of the pain of fame early on. but in her later music, she frames it more as her choice, and one she stands by. i can't help but think this was coming up often in her relationships to joe as well as herself.