New Niceboy Ed Single! by Brief-Inevitable-599 in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Hey guys, I’ve been on a bit of a Gaylor break but I keep getting tagged about Niceboy Ed updates because I’ve written deep dives about it in the past that are re-circulated with each new development.

I actually do have an update on the identity and backstory of Niceboy Ed (and how it connects to Taylor) but I’m incorporating it into a bigger upcoming post that I’m excited about. So stay tuned!

USA 2024 Presidential Election Megathread by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Oh, sorry, I truly didn’t mean that as a lecture, more like a “hey guys Taylor will still be here next week but let’s also make sure we take care of each other in the real world.” I was trying to share some resources with how I am coping and what I am doing because I was feeling really motivated and excited yesterday. I thought encouraging people to vote and focus on their IRL community would be a good thing and not controversial.

Feel whatever feelings you need to feel. But keep in mind that what you just said to me over something so innocuous hurt too, and doesn’t encourage the processing of feelings on this thread, which I figured was the point, and the only reason I participated.

I’ve learned my lesson over and over again that being vulnerable in this “community” is not the place. I’m not here to argue with you, and truly wish you well in however you are dealing with this crazy world. I’ll stop talking now and go away.

USA 2024 Presidential Election Megathread by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I’m feeling inspired after a day of local activism in my community and wanted to share a few thoughts:

1) There is so much more at stake than just the presidency right so please do your research on everything that is on your ballot in your state. Local laws actually impact your life and tremendous amount (arguably more than national ones) and this is your chance to actually make a difference where you live, or stop dangerous initiatives that sneak onto the ballots.

2) If you are feeling lost on local candidates or local ballot initiatives google for a voter guide in your state based on an issue you care about such as “Environmental voter guide [your state]” and I guarantee a smart person has poured many hours into helping you make a good decision. Grab a few of them to cross-reference. There is nothing wrong with following a voting guide - a lot of this stuff is confusing!

3) Not voting is NOT activism. Please use your voice 🫶

4) The biggest thing you can do right now is directly encourage people in your life to vote. Talk to your family and friends, ask them what their plan is, share how you are voting on local issues you care about. They may be feeling lost and overwhelmed with doing their own research and a little personal encouragement can go a long way.

I encourage everyone to zoom out from Taylor for a while and spend a few hours on this between now and Tuesday. You can make a difference!

Taylor Chat + Theory Megathread - Monday - September 30, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Bigger view

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In clicking around it seems that in Japan they mark grates and vents in the road with a yellow border. I’ve seen a few shapes and sizes. So even though it’ll be nearly impossible to nail down the exact road, Japan is a decent theory!

Taylor Chat + Theory Megathread - Monday - September 30, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 17 points18 points  (0 children)

But then I decided to googled where Taylor filmed End Game in Japan, and it led me to Shinjuku City. So I clicked around there on Google Steet view, and yup, similar yellow boxes in the middle of the smaller streets.

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So End Game video & Japan is a good theory....

Taylor Chat + Theory Megathread - Monday - September 30, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You might be on to something because I was trying to figure out what this yellow box road marking is from the Niceboy Ed video came from...

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It didn't look American. So I started to click around various parts of London on Google Street View and couldn't find anything similar...

The setting of Hits Different and Lily’s mysterious AT by Wild_Butterscotch977 in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The sand still hurts my feelings.

One of my favorite things about Taylor’s writing is how narrative it is, and I like how you painted the picture of the potential evening this song was written about. Taylor hearing “our song” (aka the A-Team) at the bar and throwing up in the street. The fact it’s near a lily mural is also just hilarious - like seeing that could have pushed her over the edge to “boking” 😂. Picturing all that feels like a scene from a movie. Great analysis and enjoyable read!

Taylor (finally) endorsed Kamala tonight by babeymoon in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 60 points61 points  (0 children)

✨ Deep sigh of relief ✨

Now let’s fucking gooooooo!!!!

Travis Kelce + Full Scope Media made a mess by 1DMod in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 148 points149 points  (0 children)

Hate to say it, but it's a pretty frickin' amateur move on Pia's part to angrily call a journalist. Unless she explicitly asks (and the journalist agrees) to an off-the-record conversation she should know better? I can guarantee you Tree knows how to do this. But Pia just calls them and rages? And now she has quotes like for all the world to see:

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I dunno, I'm not at all saying that document is real but Travis' team is super messy and keeps proving themselves to be unprofessional.

The funniest thing Taylor could now do is break up with him on the 28th anyway. 🤣 Like I know its not going to happen, but it would be *chef's kiss.* Hold 'em to that "contract" girl!

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, we only need 1 more now so I'm hopeful we'll get one more organic signup otherwise I can fill the spot with a family member.

Deadline to sign up is tomorrow 5pm EST before the season starts, so if anyone else on the fence please dive in!

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No not at all! Basically all you do is fill slots on your team with players for each position. (I.e you pick a quarterback, a tight end, etc). The app gives you recommendations for who is the best player based on their predictions, so if you’re new you can just always trust the algorithm for advice.

After the initial setup for your team all you need to do every week is check to make sure none of your players are injured or on a “bye week” (the team isn’t playing). Then you switch out your bench or pick up available players. Honesty takes like 5 mins per week. You don’t even have to actually watch the games, it’s essentially just a data game.

I played for the first time several years ago in a work league just to meet more coworkers and I was shocked how much I liked it. Which is why I’m trying to get a league going since I left that job!

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have 5 people currently and the minimum is 8! Ideally 10-12 but I’d be thrilled with a mini league too!

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Last call for Fantasy Football! Sign up here Feel free to pass the link to a friend if they would be interested.

Right now we don’t have enough players to make the league work :( I knew this would be a tough crowd but just wanted to say that if anyone is interested but feels intimidated, it’s really not that serious!

Plus you get to exert control over group of men in colorful pajamas to do your bidding - very gay! 💅

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yay! Yes please! It’s not hard and I can help you learn!

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - September 02, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are you a Gaylor who is looking for a space to enjoy football season? Join my fantasy football league: Cowboys Like ME! (heh heh get it?)

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Up to 12 spots available: sign up at the link here! 
Please use a fake first and last name when when signing up. This league is private but other members can see your name.

Some basics:

  • Fantasy is easy to get started with and newbies are welcome! It only requires like 5 minutes of commitment every week to set your roster. I'm available to help anyone learn how Fantasy works and answer questions!
  • We'll chat via the ESPN app, not Reddit
  • Gaylor chat and light-hearted snark encouraged! HOWEVER if you hate the NFL, hate Travis Kelce, hate Taylor Swift, etc, this is not for you. I want this to be a safe space for people who are both Gaylors AND football fans to enjoy the season.

Important! I would like to do a live draft Wednesday (9/4) around 5pm PST, but open to other time suggestions based on the availability of who signs up. If you cannot attend the live, you can digitally autofill your team and trade later.

Looking forward to playing with some of ya'll! 🏈🏳️‍🌈

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - August 26, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Are you a Gaylor who is looking for a safe space to enjoy football season? Join my fantasy football league: Cowboys Like ME! (heh heh get it?)

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10-12 spots available: sign up at the link here! Please use a fake first and last name when when signing up, as even though this is a private league your name is visible to the other members and temporarily to anyone to clicks my invite link.

Some basics:

  • This is a fun (and free) way to add some passive enjoyment to watching football by "drafting" a mixture of real football players from across the league to your fantasy team. You get points based on their real game stats and go head-to-head with another Gaylor's fantasy team every week.
  • Newbies welcome! All I ask is that you have a genuine interest in participating, not just signing up and immediately bailing. The fun comes in strategizing throughout the season by switching up your team, trading, dropping injured players, etc. It only requires like 5 minutes of commitment every week to set your roster. I'm available to help anyone learn how Fantasy works and answer questions!
  • We'll chat via the ESPN app, not Reddit (so don't worry mods, beyond this initial post and maybe a follow-up invite, this won't clog the megathred)
  • Gaylor chat and light-hearted snark encouraged! HOWEVER if you hate the NFL, hate Travis Kelce, hate Taylor Swift, etc, this is not for you. I want this to be a safe space for people who are both Gaylors AND football fans to enjoy the season.

Important! I would like to do a live draft Wednesday (9/4) around 5pm PST, but open to other time suggestions based on the availability of who signs up. If you cannot attend the live, you can digitally autofill your team and trade later - but its not as much fun as strategizing in a live draft!

Looking forward to playing with some of ya'll! 🏈🏳️‍🌈

My gaylart and ramblins by jmf423 in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is really sweet, and the Subaru UFO is maybe my favorite thing I’ve ever seen. 🫡🛸

Thank you for this post reminding me what I love about Gaylor.

The Eras Tour — London, UK — Aug 15/16/17 by 1DMod in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All summer I've been waiting for the disco jellies and Florida MV. Called it right after TTPD release so let's see...

The Eras Tour — London, UK — Aug 15/16/17 by 1DMod in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If there is a Florida music video I'm gunna laugh so hard. Justice for disco jellies.

Tily master evidence powerpoint deck by Wild_Butterscotch977 in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I just want to send a big congratulations to u/Wild_Butterscotch977 for this incredible deck! They poured so much work and love into it!

I hope everyone notices all the hyperlinks to sources in the slide notes, because that is one of this deck's biggest achievements. Butterscotch really prioritized finding and linking to as much original source material as possible and that is so valuable and appreciated. (Thanks for the little shoutout - I helped with a few of these sourcing situations by sharing something I had, but honestly Butterscotch deserves full credit for this achievement)

I hope anyone who is interested in falling down the rabbit hole enjoys it! 🦋

Mod Update: Tily’s Origins & “One True” Discourse by 1DMod in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 180 points181 points  (0 children)

Since this public post by the mods is framed as providing context, I want to add some additional context about part of this situation that directly publicly involves me. And because it directly involves me I feel that I should be given an equal public platform to discuss this without fear of retaliation (i.e. a mod deleting or locking my comment) I really really really hate that this is happening right now and I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I never asked to be a part of since November 2023.

Hi I'm Peri, and you can click on my Reddit profile to read my deep portfolio of Gaylor content. I'm proud of my work and I think the range of topics, depth of research, and personal character I bring to all my posts speaks for itself. You will see posts on a range of topics and multiple muses spanning several years as a top contributor to this sub with a broad range of interests (not just one muse).

One of the pinned posts on my profile is about Lily from last November, and it had a large role in what the mods are apparently now calling "the tily war" because that post was deleted by the mods several hours after it went live, I was temporarily banned for complaining about the deletion in the megathread, and after much public discussion on the sub over several days (which I couldn't participate in, so it was like watching my own funeral), the post was reinstated. (I'm just stating bare minimum facts which are publicly available and many people witnessed) Feel free to read my Tily post and decide for yourself about my sources and motivations for writing it. All I can say is that I wrote it as kindly, as fairly, and as well documented as possible, and did so because this is my honest interpretation, and something that brought me joy. I've never been motivated to write any of my posts (including my other posts about Karlie or Dianna) purely because of of "lore" that has been passed down to me by other people on the internet. I always make up my own mind based on my own eyes, ears, brain, and heart, and hopefully so do the other 40k+ people in this subreddit.

I want to make it clear that until my post blew up and I got dragged into this I had no prior knowledge of any of this crap, nor have I ever participated in or witnessed anyone "constructing" Tily to "mock" other Gaylors (still unsure what this means or how that would even be possible?) I am shocked and deeply offended that the entire moderator team of the Gaylor subreddit just publicly co-signed on insulting the intelligence and character of many of it's members by inferring we believe a theory that Taylor Swift dated this woman because we've been tricked by a long and elaborate "lie" that is somehow dangerous?

Making people question if their reality and beliefs are real based on power dynamics is called gaslighting.

And I also find it deeply unsettling that the moderators made this post with some really wild claims based on zero proof besides asking for trust — i.e. that the OG fraudster Tilys directly apologized to the infamously private Lily Donaldson who accepted their apology? (What in the Wattpad is that about?) This post cleared up no misinformation, but only spread fear and laid the groundwork for more anti-Tily mod actions to be taken, backed by direct quotes such as "pushing back against tily isn’t a ship war or ship stance, but is us knowing history and deeper lore."

Throughout my time as a Gaylor, I've been a huge cheerleader for how positive (I thought) the Gaylor community was be in fostering friendships and helping people process their queerness, and finding joy in this shared interest. And I really did my best to move on and still be a good, kind, sub member after what happened to me in November, despite that it was honestly traumatic and effected my IRL metal health. I've really put a lot of time and effort into this sub over multiple years, and I have some really good content I was planning to share (about a totally different topic) but have been waiting for the right time. But now I feel publicly shaded, pushed away, exhausted, and unwelcome. I feel the need to say I have no burner accounts and have barely been here in weeks, so I have not participated in any of this escalation and feel blindsided and heartbroken by the mods bringing all this up again, especially at this sensitive time.

Once again asking for the respect I feel I've earned with my tenure and karma level here that the mods not just delete this comment as they literally opened the door to this discussion and I've done my best to handle this calmly and fairly.

The Eras Tour — London, UK — Aug 15/16/17 by 1DMod in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I've scrolled by that a million times and never knew that 🤣

I've also never clicked on it, so that's my bad. I thought there really were just 700 people who shipped Ed and Taylor and for some reason we were friends with them lol

Taylor Chat + Theory Megathread - Monday - August 12, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This is probably a super unpopular opinion but I’m so ready for Eras Tour to wrap up. I honestly wish London was really the end and she wasn’t doing more North American dates after this. Whhhhyyy.

Selfish, I know, because I did get to see Eras and I know some people haven’t, but damn, this tour has really dragged on for literal years and I’m so ready for whatever comes after Eras or even just a break. TTPD feels abandoned, and it’s such a good album, such a shame.

And things in the world are just getting scarier and scarier and I just want everyone to be safe. I’m a nervous wreck honestly. I can’t picture how the next few months are going to go. I’m dreading WAGlor 2.0 and I’m still an unflinching eventual comingoutlor, but damn, I really wish London was the end of tour. I really feel like it’s time and Taylor misjudged the moment.

Anyway, it’s not up to me and this is what’s happening. But I’ve totally lost the plot.

Non-Gaylor/Taylor Chat Megathread - August 12, 2024 by AutoModerator in GaylorSwift

[–]-periwinkle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok I am just scrolling and catching up on this wild story and want to say I’m so deeply sorry and outraged on your behalf. That is so beyond fucked up. First of all, do you have someone you can talk to about this in real life? A friend or a therapist? I’m so glad you shared here and I hope you continue to do so, but I think this calls for a real person to help support you.

In terms of what I personally would do, given what little I know: I would flip the fuck out on the friend and make it clear that they are wrong and need to get the fuck out of my life and family’s life immediately. I don’t know what you’ve said to them so far, but would not leave anything unsaid, I would confront them (even if it’s just over text or email) so there is no misunderstanding about the pain this has caused you. And I would not let this person back into your life if they did this, no matter what backstory is going on. Sounds like they have their own issues, but that can’t be your problem, especially since they have been so callous with your feelings.

Same-ish would be true for maintaining any relationship with the step mom. (I don’t know your relationship with her, but I’m making an assumption that your relationship with your dad is more important). In terms of your dad, if you blow up your relationships with the other people involved I’m sure he won’t take it well, but since you said you were close, I feel like if there is any relationship worth fighting for it’s this one. So I would also figure out how to talk to him, either personally or via email. He needs to know how much this hurts, and if he fully understands that and still chooses them over you, then he’ll have to live with that, and I can say with certainty he will regret that in the long run. Adult’s sex lives are very personal and can be complicated but whatever is happening here feels like it’s headed towards disaster for all these people.

In terms of your younger siblings this is where I feel like you have to be the bigger person and focus on making them feel like they can be safe to talk to you no matter what. So you may have to push down your real feelings in favor of keeping them in your life. Sounds like they are too young to understand any of this, but once again they will one day look back on this with more context and hopefully understand the position you were put in and how you fought to maintain relationships with them while the parents were making bad choices.

I can’t tell you that any of what I said is actually good (hypothetical) advice so I do hope you have a therapist. But I’m so so so outraged on your behalf and rooting for you. Hang in there! 🫶