#folklore analysis

[yaoilightyagami]

betty is the sun and augustine is the moon because james only ever saw augustine in the reflection of betty's light.

[itoldyouthings]

august cared more about james than james ever did about her and that makes me the saddest. james talks about her in such a nonchalant and unfeeling way (“like a figment of my worst intentions” “it was just a summer thing” “slept next to her but dreamt of you all summer long”) while august talks about james with such adoration and hope and hurt (“never needed anything more” “to live for the hope of it all / cancel plans just in case you call” “so much for summer love and saying us”). it’s the story of wanting someone who never intended to keep you in the first place. justice for august

[evermoredeluxe]

the first three songs(the lakes, seven, epiphany) signify wanting to run away and finding a safe space cause everything feels like a storm and you just escape and the next three songs(cardigan, mirrorball, exile) all talk about how no matter how hard you try, the dark times are a part of you and they come back and you can't escape them

[swiftilustrator]

So I thought Tay would wear a big cottage core dress for the awards and well I made this dress as I imagined that keeps the folklore aesthetic. What do you think? The performance was so good we need an unplugged concert omg. Do you imagine my tears ricochet in piano and just her vocals like the out of the woods Grammy museum performance? That’d be magical @taylorswift @taylornation

[explorerswiftie]

THIS IS FUCKING MAKING SO MUCH SENSE!!!!!!! @taylorswift @taylornation

[oblomovisms]

unnamed characters : salt air | it’s time to stop.

plot : the one where wanting was enough.

tags : cheating,references to folklore esp illicit affairs.

Wanting was enough. One thing was enough. For her it was enough.

It started with a glance. Merging into longing stares. Her pristine green dress rivaling the bright fairy lights and spotless white table cloths. His cold demeaning aura contrasting the warm and lively environment. The social gathering celebrated the tying of the knot of two women happily commemorating their day. She sat still and unmoving with her spouse, who was in a friendly banter with one of the guests, occasionally patting her shoulder or sharing details that he and the guest was talking about. Details she could care less about, out of politeness she’d let out a chuckle or mutter out “Really now?”.

If you looked at her table you’d think that the talkative bunch was a speck of nothing or the other way around.

The girl’s attention was fixated only one thing. Or person rather.

She didn’t mean to stare at him. Oh but how could she?

He’s her light in the darkness. Her warmth when she shivered in the cold. He’s everything to her than the human perspective could ever understand.

But she shouldn’t. She shouldn’t feel that.

She shouldn’t feel like the luckiest person in the world whenever he told her that he loved her. The words shouldn’t have made her feel what the person beside her hasn’t made her feel. His kiss shouldn’t have thrilled her because of the circumstances that were laid out on the table.

She couldn’t look at anything else now that she saw him. Whenever she stared, he’d feel her eyes on him and he’d turn around eyes darting around, searching for her, he said it felt like an obligation, one he needed to do. Every social calling, their immediate stares would fall on one another.

Longing for one another. Wanting each other. Calling for the other.

He would gesture for her to leave, go somewhere secluded where they could soak up in the feeling of each other. Rooftops and parking lots were their common spaces, where they could express their love for each other. Their clandestine meetings continued both individuals going behind the backs of their spouses, playing cat and mouse. Mouse fleeing away from the cat, food in mouth and eventually hiding until it needs to steal again. Eventually there would be a day where the mouse would get caught. A day they both dreaded, where the cat would seize the mouse, gripping it on it’s hand with its sharp claws into the dark hole of its mouth. And so it came.

Neither of their spouses found out, his wife fell ill and he reasoned that it was wrong that he was doing this while she was fighting for her life. His wife herself wasn’t enough to rival her but her sickness did, it felt unfair.

She had begged him to stay, on her knees, hands clasped tightly on his wrists. Begging for him to just choose her. Even after that happened she still hopes. Hoping that he would turn around and look at her. Smile at her. Make things alright again.

But it wasn’t like that anymore. He belonged to someone, someone that wasn’t her. Even though he wasn’t even hers to lose in the first place. Gazing at him and her, they looked made for each other, even a blind person could tell and she knew he’d choose her a million times over her yet if she was given an option? She wouldn’t leave him out at the cold.

With lungs encased with the smoke of greed, she swallows her agony.

A/N: TAKE THIS WHILE I FINISH MY KYLE HCS AND POST IT NEXT WEEK 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️💨

[loustyleshtommo]

Mad Woman - Taylor Swift (lyrics analysis Larry & Kaylor version)

There are lines in this song that won’t leave me alone. Thanks to Tay calling herself The Man & H’s album cover looking like trans flag. Along the line of Copy of a Copy of a Copy.

What did you think I'd say to that?

Whatever THAT is, Taylor didn’t like it one bit.

Does a scorpion sting when fighting back?

Scorpio in Zodiac ≈ October 23 - Nov 22. Aka when album releases usually happen due to award seasons & recency bias being what it is. Also, time for Tay to get a boyfriend & H to get a girlfriend just for the winter, eh?

And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out.

Poking Boobear into fighting tooth & nails to take control of 1D’s music from Midnight Memories onwards? After Haylor? Poking RBB/SBB with stunts like babygate? ‘Til her claws come out also sounds like Taylor Kloss come out. Taylor Kloss & Karlie Swift? Mama bear? Guardian angel? The same Taylor who wrote in her reputation prologue letter: as if the inspiration for music is as simple and basic as a paternity test.

And you find something to wrap your noose around

That something = holding somebody they love hostage. For H, it’s Lou’s Babygate. For Tay, it’s Karlie’s marriage to Kushner. Both effectively arrived with major character assassinations for Louis & Karlie. But now that Louis is out of major label’s clutch, Harry’s reputation seems to be going downhill very fast among his own fan base. Holivia = absolute train wreck. Wonder why. 🧐

And there's nothing like a mad woman.

No one would argue that Taylor was channeling a Mad Woman energy in her Blank Space MV. Also in her reputation era. During which Karlie got married to Kushner twice.(I got a list of names and yours is in RED underlined. I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!)

Of course, a woman isn’t defined by having long hair and being clean shaven. I just find it quite interesting that H did that (& looked like a princess/queen thb) when L’s name was getting dragged through mud. And now? With H’s reputation going downhill among his own fan base? Louis’s long lock & babie face are coming back stronger than the 90s trend.

Now I breathe flames each time I talk.

This reminds me of Long Live: I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you. So they’re fighting fire with fire/fighting lies with lies/fighting gay rumors with more gay rumors/fighting hetero narratives with hetero narratives? Holivia being too obvious as a stunt intentionally? For every lie I tell them they tell me three?

Also, cue H saying things like “I have a secret” + “not that important” + recently talking through his outfits, scathingly. Kinda feel like Tay’s reputation prologue letter, really.

My cannons all firin' at your yacht

All of H’s PR stunts involved a yacht ever since Haylor. Though, H never badmouthed any of his PR girlfriends, including Taylor. why? Well, because he wants to treat people with kindness. Also?

And women like hunting witches too.

His PR girlfriends ARE all stuck in this abusive entertainment industry. They all want out too.

Doing your dirtiest work for you.

The women involved in closeting H? They’re the ones getting heated, burned, cursed to hell and back by his fans while the execs pocket the money.

I'm taking my time, taking my time. 'Cause you took everything from me

Cue HL’s emphasis on “worth the wait” and Louis’s bidding his time with his imprint under Syco & being a judge on X-Factor. And Tay patiently re-recording all her back catalogue 💖

Watching you climb, watching you climb over people like me.

Hello, Copy of a Copy of a Copy.

That’s all for Mad Woman, for now.

[ghost-roads]

the parallel between "you know the greatest films of all time were never made" and "you knew the hero died so what's the movie for" that begin and end this album..... absolute brilliance. like we start with the lightheartedly optimistic what-if of a relationship, of a life that only exists in your imagination, and it's easy to believe it could have been the greatest story ever told, because it's abstract. it's fantasy. and then we end on hoax, which is all about the difficult realities of life and love, a story that is very much real and full of challenges and a lot more hurt than you bargained for. and you know how it ends. you know it won't be the fantasy you've created in your head time and time again before. there's no escaping the truth of a losing battle, and yet now that you have this, suddenly the fantasy doesn't hold much weight anymore. "no other sadness in the world would do", no parallel universe is worth this one where things are flawed but yours. what is it for? nothing. it's just life. an imperfect reality that is worth a thousand perfect dreams.

the genius of this woman honestly!