The Subtle And Not So Subtle Gayness Of Folklore

august - taylor swift//wuthering heights - emily bronte// gone girl - gillian flynn//dancing in odessa; "musica humana" - ilya kaminsky// felicity; "the pond" - mary oliver// sunkissed - khai dreams// the unabridged journals of sylvia plath - sylvia plath// sue monk kidd// august moon - gregory and the hawk

so you mean to tell me

taylor was seen exiting Waverly Inn with some of her friends on October 11th 2016, bodyguard with infamous “its all part of the f*cking story” paper tablecloth covering in hand

followed by Calamity Joe getting papped (video) for the first time on October 12th, along with the rumored “kings of leon” first meeting with taylor that night...

and then on the following night of October 13th taylor is papped also at the bowery ballroom with karlie kloss and serena williams (and the maker of her sweater is “Elizabeth & James”??)

and upon further inspection now we all see that taylor is wearing the golden neck tattoo that you can also peep her sporting in the “making of” delicate video...

meaning that

taylor got to the point in writing delicate that she deemed good to go ahead and film herself... quite possibly the day after the first documented date that she had with beau de jour...?

with lyrics like these..???

Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?

Third floor on the West Side, me and you

Sometimes I wonder when you sleep

I pretend you're mine, all the damn time

how much could be crammed in to this 24-48 hour period?!

this puts so much weight on the idea that they first met at the met 😂😂 and you all know what i have to say about that...

like... like...?!

lest we forget, the kissgate concert was held at a venue called Terminal 5

Karlie's 13 MINUTES long playlist from MARCH 5th

SHE SHINES ME UP LIKE GOLD ON MY ARM

I LOVE TO SEE HER FACE IN DAYLIGHT

THAT THE LOVE IS REAL

THAT THE SHOE MIGHT FIT

WILL SHE HAVE MY KIDS?

WILL SHE BE MY WIFE?

I'm genT13 on twitter!!!

I was wondering if anyone knows any speculations of the Ryan Reynolds scene in YNTCD where he's painting two buildings with the LGBTQ flag but he's looking at two empty seats? I just found that one weird

Ummm…

UMMMMM…..

HELLO???????

Lesbian culture is you’re so gorgeous, I can’t say anything to your face

nonono she said “I LOVE YOU KARLIE” on her bday then she said “can’t wait for a lifetime of adventures together” and now we have “I’m never gonna love again” and “ forever is the sweetest con” im just going through it today, sorry maddy

happy first anniversary of exile being released as a single for karlie's birthday. i could go into the whole "you're the west village" -> "you were my town" .. "we rule the kingdom inside my room" -> "you were my crown" ... "stay here honey i don't wanna share" -> "i can see you staring honey, with his arms around your body" .. "cruelty wins in the movies" -> "i think i've seen this film before and i didn't like the ending" ... "salute to me like the american dream/i'm your american queen" -> "you're not my homeland anymore" .. "fighting with a true love is boxing with no gloves" -> " i can see you staring like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me/those eyes add insult to injury" ... "we were crazy to think that this could work" -> "we always walked a very thin line" .. "remember how i said i'd die for you/i'd marry you with paper rings/you know for me it's always you/i stay when it's hard or it's wrong or we're making mistakes/at every table i'll save you a seat/baby all at once this is enough" -> "i gave so many signs/you didn't even see the signs" thing but it might b too much for a tuesday morning 😑🚬

I saw your 1989 rewatch post and i was wondering about your comment: the New York story still continues.

I think in this side of swiftie fandom we can agree new york is karlie. However, I have seen so many analysis and lyric parallels of New York symbolism as proof of a kaylor break up.

I believe kaylor is still together, but I am having a tough time with what new york means after folklore and evermore. “I left a part of me back in New York” “she still is 23 inside her fantasy,” all of coney island paint at not so great picture compare to the new york of Lover.

What are your thoughts?

Sorry in advance if this sounds like rambling

She is still in New York regardless of how sad the songs sound. The story is still tied to New York.

I think there is this weird thing we tend to do when Taylor writes a sad song. We automatically assume it’s about a romantic break up and I think that is a product of her old reputation, sadly.

I think Taylor recognizes love is a lot more complex than Romeo and Juliet and it comes with ups and downs. We saw this on Lover. Riding the highs and treading the lows but all the while just hoping to get back to mundanity and normality. I think Taylor realized the lows and the highs make for a more entertaining story so she takes snapshots and zooms in on specific feelings and moments from her past and explores the stories that can come from them with new perspectives.

I also believe Taylor has been singing about her own personal journey and her struggles with anxiety. As well as her choices that led to a specific place or point in time and fighting her own demons while worrying about how someone could love her with her flaws. These concepts were on Lover as well.

Folklore and evermore honestly feel like purgatory to me, if that makes sense. They exist in a pocket dimension where Taylor is wandering around an old abandon town with no choice but to reflect on her past. She is forced to face her demons. She can’t hide from her thoughts. And sooner or later she realizes that the only way out is through and maybe if requires leaving all the baggage behind because you can’t leave the same way you came in.

“You know I left a part of me back in New York” means exactly that: She left part of herself in New York. (She had to leave something behind but she didn’t want to).

Conclusion:

The story is still in New York. Just on the outskirts of town. Coney Island is still in New York. It’s in Brooklyn. She did her photoshoot for the albums in Upstate New York.

She’s still writing the story:

“If the story's over. Why am I still writing pages?” - DBATC

“Pages turn and stick to each other” - RWYLM

I’m sorry again if this was rambly.