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Corinna Zganjar's avatar

Not me crying reading Taylor and Travis’ aura doodle take! So happy for them!

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Molly Freedenberg's avatar

“You belong with doodles” lolololololol. Your subhed game has been on point lately.

Loooooove this read on Taylor and Trav. It makes me so happy for them both. I’ve been listening to folklore and Lover, and it’s so clear she felt uncertain in her relationship with Joe. Even the song Lover has a certain amount of anxiety built in (eg no one who feels confident things will last or be consistent asks “can we always be this close?”) So I LOVE that she feels necessary and important to Trav. And that he feels that way to her too. It feels like perhaps she’s found someone who really has room for, and can hold, her big big love as well as her big big life and big big feelings and big big personality.

As for her and Blake, your read makes ton of sense. I never liked the interpretation that Blake was using her or has ill intent. But it makes sense that she’s stuck in her own story and in a victim blue transactional space (eg “I helped you when the world hated you, why aren’t you helping me when the world hates me??”) and that any pressure related to making statements or to years of texts was likely made in the spirit of that hurt/expectation and not actual blackmail (though it also makes sense how that could feel bad to Taylor). Like I wonder if the actual conversation was like “I have all these years of secrets that I’ve never leaked, look how much I protect you - can’t you protect me?” and what taylor heard was “I could choose to stop protecting you any time so you better step up,” or, at the very least, she heard “this relationship has a score sheet.” Either way, it makes sense Taylor wouldn’t want any part of that.

As for her date with Dakota, it reminds me of when she took Sophie under her wing after she left joe Jonas. Tay seems to have a real soft spot for newly single famous women, which I think is very sweet. And I bet a blue purple could really find comfort in Taylor’s yellow in those moments. I didn’t realize she even knew Dakota, but it’s cute she’s taking the time to do this for her.

In general, despite this Blake drama, Taylor feels very happy and confident right now and I love that for her. It must feel amazing to be in her orbit right now.

Thanks for the doodle!

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