#k-thoughts

It’s psychologically easier to inflict harm on others when you don’t have to be in close proximity to them.

Jesper shoots people all the time, but he’s able to be a distance away from them.

Nina’s heartrender powers require her to be within a certain proximity, but she doesn’t have to be right next to them.

Wylan’s bombs allow him to be so far from them too.

(I can’t remember how Matthias was trained)

But Inej’s favourite weapon is knives and daggers. They require (for the most part) close proximity. The effect that being right in front of the person you kill when you kill them must be immense – especially for someone who swore never to kill anyone.

Kaz on the other hand? Kaz uses his cane. He beats people to death/severe injury often. He’s in close proximity to his victims but still keeps doing it, with the same violent tendency.

So I have always been a huge fan of The Downward Spiral but it wasn't until I became an adult that I started over analyzing the fuck out of the meaning of it and all of the lyrics. Some of you might probably read this and think "Holy fuck, she's just figuring this out now?" Or some of you will think "Omg this bitch couldn't be more wrong" but none of my friends wanna hear my NIИ rants so just bear with me.

I really feel like Closer, Reptile, and The Downward Spiral have a deeper connection. Yeah the whole album is one big story but these three really stick out to me in that story.

So in Closer, we have this girl that the main character is using sexually to get through his shit. She makes him feel better, makes him feel "perfect", and because of that he is addicted to her, seemingly almost worships her for it. Though as time goes on and as we hear in the other songs after Closer, he becomes more darker and toxic and bitter.

This leads to Reptile where he starts projecting his shit onto the girl, treating her how he feels he deserves to be treated and then justifying it by telling himself that she is just as bad as him, although deep down he is still fond of her (hence why when he degrades her, he uses softer words with it like "my beautiful liar" and "my precious whore") But then we get to that part of the song where you can hear a girl crying. The music begins to almost lift up, like realization is hitting him. Then he says "Oh.." softly like he realizes what he has done. This girl is no monster. He was hurting her. I believe that she is innocent in this story as the second verse seems to imply that. ("Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress")

Then we are on to The Downward Spiral right afterwards. I believe realizing how he was hurting this girl made him realize what a horrible, nasty person he had become. We can hear the ending of Closer, but now deepened and more somber, in the beginning with what sounds to be heavy breathing (crying?) like he is reminiscing on those days when he used to worship her and how that slowly turned into a toxic obsession that led to him abusing her. This is what causes him to spiral and attempt suicide.

I also wonder if the person he refers to as "my sweetest friend" in Hurt is this girl. I might be wrong, but it would make sense with the question "What have I become?" like they knew each other before the shit hit the fan or at least before it got really bad. He sees how everything unraveled now and he's telling her that he will let her down and make her hurt if he continues down this path with her. Maybe Hurt was his suicide note to her..

The point is, Taylor sued Olivia for way less. A song that barely resembles hers unless you strain hard to hear it.

Taylor’s new songs that are practically identical in some parts to other artists, even the untrained ear can hear:

- TLOAS = Cool by Jonas Brothers,

- Actually Romantic = Where Is My Mind by Pixies

- Wood = I Want You Back by The Jackson 5

- Opalite = Circles by Post Malone

And more. If anything, these artists have more to go on to make a lawsuit against Taylor than she ever did against Olivia. She slandered against Olivia for something that she herself has just done, but on a bigger scale.

The top comment was “it’s THAT easy Taylor… [swift]” and there was no one arguing with them.