in commemoration of this momentous occasion coming up thirteen days from now on April 18th, i thought i’d share some compiled thoughts that i’ve gathered over the past year. and god, what a year its been. please note the majority of this is an attempt to bring together a bunch of links to posts, and string together a story surrounding the theory, a theory that i still call a theory. in short, i understand this falls in the conjecture column, in lieu of the terms “reach” and “fanfiction.” (well tbh i think its true as hell but im not here to create a convent) and i think this is worth mentioning, it’s meant in good faith 😌
👁The Theory: #all eyes on us
taylor included some part of an image of karlie’s right eye, flipped and placed on the right side of taylor’s face, in the reputation photo used on the cd skin and stadium tour poster.
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crazy to realise... beating 1989
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State of Grace (Taylor’s Version)
And I’ve loved in shades of wrong, we learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts. But this love is brave and wild
this is a state of grace, this is the worthwhile fight. love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right
these are the hands of fate, you’re my Achilles heel this is the golden age of something good and right and real
Red (Taylor’s Version)
faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly
loving him is like trying to change your mind once you’re already flying through the free fall
touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that strong
Treacherous (Taylor’s Version)
THE ENTIRETY OF THIS SONG
put your lips close to mine as long as they don’t touch out of focus, eye to eye ‘til the gravity’s too much and I’ll do anything you say if you say it with your hands and I’d be smart to walk away but you’re quicksand
this slope is treacherous this path is reckless this slope is treacherous and I-I-I like it
I can’t decide if it’s a choice getting swept away. I hear the sound of my own voice asking you to stay. all we are is skin and bone trained to get along, forever going with the flow but you’re friction
and I will get you, get you alone
that nothing safe is worth the drive and I would follow you, follow you home I’ll follow you
I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor’s Version)
and the saddest fear comes creeping in, that you never loved me, or her, or anyone, or anything
All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)
SEE 10 MIN VERSION
I Almost Do (Taylor’s Version)
oh, we made quite a mess, babe. it’s probably better off this way and I confess, baby in my dreams, you’re touching my face. and asking me if I wanna try again with you and I almost do
Holy Ground (Taylor’s Version)
took off faster than a green light, go yeah you skip the conversation when you already know. I left a note on the door with a joke we’d made and that was the first day
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Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor’s Version)
we had a beautiful magic love there what a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair
in dreams, I meet you in warm conversation and we both wake in lonely beds, different cities and time is taking its sweet time erasing you and you’ve got your demons and darling, they all look like me
The Lucky One (Taylor’s Version)
now, it’s big black cars and Riviera views and your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you
and your secrets end up splashed on the news front page
and they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused
Everything Has Changed (Featuring Ed Sheeran) (Taylor’s Version)
and all my walls stood tall, painted blue, and I’ll take 'em down, take 'em down and open up the door for you
come back and tell me why I’m feeling like I’ve missed you all this time, and meet me there tonight and let me know that it’s not all in my mind
Come Back…Be Here (Taylor’s Version)
the delicate beginning rush the feeling you can know so much without knowing anything at all
this is falling in love in the cruelest way
'cause it’s not fair that you’re not around
Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
I know the bravest thing I ever did was run
Nothing New (Featuring Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
I know someday I’m gonna meet her
it’s a fever dream, the kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
Message in a Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
'cause you could be the one that I love, I could be the one that you dream of, a message in a bottle is all I can do
standin’ here, hopin’ it gets to you, you could be the one that I keep, and I could be the reason you can’t sleep at night
Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
he says, “It’s not just a phase I’m in"
my voice comes out begging, all this time I didn’t know you were breaking down. I’d fall to pieces on the floor if you weren’t around
Too young to know it gets better
I’ll be summer sun for you forever, forever winter if you go
Run (Featuring Ed Sheeran) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
and run, like you’d run from the law. darling, let’s run, run from it all. we can go where our eyes can take us, go where no one else is, run
and the note from the locket, you keep it in your pocket since I gave it to you. there’s a heart on your sleeve I’ll take it when I leave, and hold it for you
there’s been this hole in my heart, this thing was a shot in the dark, say you’ll never let 'em tear us apart and I’ll hold onto you while we run
The Very First Night (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
I drive down different roads but they all lead back to you
'cause they don’t know about the night in the hotel, they weren’t riding in the car when we both fell, didn’t read the note on the Polaroid picture, they don’t know how much I miss you
no one knows about the words that we whisper, no one knows how much I miss you
I’m the one on the phone as you whisper "do you know how much I miss you?”
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze, we’re singing in the car, getting lost upstate
and you were tossing me the car keys, “fuck the patriarchy” key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town
and there we are again when nobody had to know
you kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath, sacred prayer and we’d swear to remember it all too well
just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?
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I just had a thought 💭
Assuming I am right that they have a daughter, what if her name is Rose 🌹 or Isla Rose?
The rose 🌹 dresses they both wore recently got me thinking. They were quite loud. So I googled “Isla Rose” and lo and behold there is an Isla Rose flower. Isla Rose is also a popular baby name.
I have not seen any rationale for the Rose 🌹 dresses, so is this perhaps it?
Taylor, are you drunk? No, you are.
this may be the best thing I have ever seen
This had me fucking screaming at 2 am
You're the West Village
Me! Out now (on Lesbian Visibility Day)
I came straight from Rome
Female ballet dancer trying to get to Taylor in Lover performance
I want to thank my boyfriend Adam
Snuck in through the garden gate
They're all wearing these robes btw, it's like an actual fantasy
Emily, I feel like our relationship got to the next level
Our secret moments in a crowded room, they got no idea about me and you
Taylor tagged as a daisy // now I'm your daisy
I like women, particularly gay women
Your eyes are really blue... damn it, did I blink?
The number thirteen
Fell down the rabbit hole URL
I don't want you like a best friend
Got drunk and made fun of the way you talk
The Male Perspective™
My E-e-e-e, she's my friend now
You say you wanted me, but you're sleeping with him
Wear you like a necklace
Something happens when everybody finds out
She's a queen, selling dreams, selling makeup and magazines
Allegedly
I left a note on the door with a joke we made
She's a crook who got caught
Women secretly touching hands in "The Man" MV
"Honey" in Taylor's playlist
Orange Girl™
The shape of your name still spells out pain
I loved you in secret
"Breathe" = platonic friendship song
Everybody's watching her but she's looking at you
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
Thirteenth person to walk out in VSFS // thirteenth person in "Bad Blood" MV
My man and I've been through a lot together
The Eye Theory™
Glass shattered on the white cloth, everybody moved on
She's got shiny abs
You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me
Middle name Joseph
Exile as single on August third
Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
Love locked down
When you talk to me like I'm your friend Diana, I'm not Diana
On the way home
Betty, will you kiss me?
And you can want who you want, boys and boys and girls and girls
Relax - I'll try
That she never loved me
I like a cup of Joe in the morning
My girl
I grew a beard to be taken seriously as a producer at the Grammy's
That's the price I paid for seven years in heaven
Have a great summer knowing how disgustingly beautiful you are
Gay pride is what makes me me
I'd fall from grace just to touch your face
It shouldn't be a big deal who you love
Karlie filming Taylor performing "Dress"
I wanna kiss a girl
That's fine, I'll tell mine that you're gaaaay
I've tried ×2
"She's my sunshine" in Taylor's playlist
Or hide in the closet
Kissgate
A lifetime of adventures together
Riptide cover
Fifth person in the dive bar
Every gender neutral interview (person, they/them)
Are you gonna get a beard like Taylor Swift?
Angel boyfriend of one year
Watching Karlie watch Taylor during this moment of Taylor watching Karlie was everything
Shade never made anybody less gay
That was my first girl kiss
I am obsessed with you. If you look out your window and down the street about 200 yards, you may see a big white van parked on the street. I am inside the van with a telescope and computer. Just trying to catch a glimpse of Kelsey.
Dancing in your Levi's
When I walked up to the podium I think that I forgot to say your name
We're both normal girls™
As a birthday present from the media
I get mystified by how this city screams your name
I want her midnights
Like I'm not your favorite town, I'm New York City
Your kitchen or mine?
The girl in my story has always been you
August slipped away
You're so gorgeous, it's hard to talk to you
IMPo0RtaNt™
The skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up
Let's show our pride
Staying friends would iron it out so nice
Josh's playlist
If that's you, pad yourself on the back, I love you so much
(Pisces) (Male) (Producer)
I don't like a gold rush
I can't dare to dream about you anymore
Now you try on calling me baby like trying on clothes
Sorry for not making you my center fold
Gay texan picture
It's new, the shape of your body
Now she's hiding in a closet. Now she's locked in that closet.
this coney island analysis though, i’ve never heard this perspective before 😭
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRuwJRFG/
This is very interesting and explains a lot. Thanks for sharing!
sending girls the courage they need to kiss another girl in 2022