When the “pathological people pleaser” is finally the one being taken care of instead of the one shutting down to please and fix everyone else. She felt safe with him and was finally home 🫂
In the karaoke scene, Taylor points to the mic at the rock for the “ah ah” vocalisation summing up how much contribution he made towards those songs on folklore evermore and Midnights
the woman loving a ROCK who just sits there and then insults her when she leaves, and the man loving a CACTUS that hurts him every time he tries to be kind to it…. genius #OpaliteMusicVideo
the ttpd references with the rock being called “my best friend” and falling off the children’s swing they’re on. her also getting off to take care of it. fast-forward to their embrace after their dance being met with zeros. where’s the trophy? he just comes running over to me!
i feel like the opalite music video was the best “don’t text your shitty ex for valentine’s day just because you’re afraid of being alone” message someone could possibly come up with