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The Scarlet Letter x Love Story: 0/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> this one doesn’t even make sense?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> a person can’t BE the scarlet letter; it’s something you wear
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> please see the teacher after class
Romeo and Juliet x Love Story: 2/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> *Miranda Priestly voice* Romeo and Juliet? For a song about forbidden love? Groundbreaking.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> the song incorrectly equates nobility with royalty
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💛" title="Gelbes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Gelbes Herz"> the play is not a love story. It’s a tragedy. They both die. Why does EVERYONE ignore this.
The Legend of Achilles x State of Grace: 5/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> pretty straightforward Achilles heel reference—not the most stand-out lyric in a (gorgeous) song, but it gets the job done
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> interesting choice to mix Greek mythology with Christian imagery throughout the song
Slaughterhouse-Five x So It Goes...: 6/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause she’s dead! So it goes…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> creates ambiguity: is her relationship doomed to die? or does “so it goes” mean they will persist through the inevitable difficulties?
The Great Gatsby x This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: 6/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> aesthetically, it’s perfect
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> thematically, it’s okay
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> Taylor’s themes of superficial identity, drama, and broken relationships don’t /directly/ line up with Fitzgerald’s, but they’re related
The Bible x Lover: 7/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Funkelndes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Funkelndes Herz"> Taylor’s “can I go where you go?” has a more positive connotation than Ruth’s “wherever you go, I will go” to me; the speaker seems to have more agency. Which is nice!
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland x Wonderland: 7/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> this one is very good!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Taylor vividly captures the disorienting nature of Carroll’s Wonderland
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> loses a couple points for saying that a “Cheshire cat smile” is calming, when it’s frightening in the book
Peter Pan x cardigan: 9/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> every lyric in this song is inspired, and “Peter losing Wendy” is no different
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> helps me understand the dynamic between the Betty and James and how she feels about the relationship unraveling
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> adds depth to the themes of teenage love
A Tale of Two Cities x Getaway Car: 9/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> “it was the best of times, the worst of crimes” is an EXCELLENT line
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz"> this is also indisputably the best song on reputation. That’s not related to the Dickens reference, just a fact.
The Bible x hoax: 10/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> she said “my only one / my kingdom come undone” and we just let her????????
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> beautiful, stunning, magical
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> performed with the perfect slight waver in her voice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> gives me chills every time
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz"> all I can say is thank you for this line
The Scarlet Letter x New Romantics: 10/10
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> it sounds like Taylor did the reading between the Fearless and 1989 eras! This works brilliantly!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> I love how she inverts the idea of a scarlet letter as shameful, instead portraying it as something to “show off” to other outcasts
Okay, that’s my list—did I miss any? Swifties pls don’t come for me for criticizing Love Story—it’s a good song, just with questionable literary references!!
@TheERRose @twirlingpages @jess_sun_ @emsbookishadv please tell me if I’m valid or not https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß"> (also I’d love to know your thoughts)
