Reputation: Would you love me if I was a snake?
1989: Isn't it a worm?
Reputation: I will never be a worm. That's gross— I wouldn't even love myself if I was worm.
Lover: If you're anything like William Snakespeare, of course
Reputation: Eat it, Midnights!
Midnights: 89 has a fear of worms. Of course, she wouldn't love me if I was one
1989: Aw, but I would try
Midnights: I'll take it
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1989, enters RED's room winded and messy: Please take your girlfriend, she's fucking crazy
RED: Yeah, but she's such cute
1989: I'm not going on another boat with her again. Next time, ask Folklore or wait until you're not sick anymore.
Evermore, entering the room with a smile: There you are dear. *kisses RED on the head* Oh, and thank you for accompanying me 89. I had fun.
1989, finally seeing what RED meant: Sure, anytime
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Fearless: I think we're missing something.
Debut: Teamwork?
Speak Now: Cohesion?
RED: A general sense of what we’re doing?
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*1989's helping Midnights out after she gets injured, while the others are watching*
Reputation: How does Midnights look?
1989: A little better than you, actually.
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RED: Why are Rep and Lover sitting with their backs to each other?
Midnights, eating out of a bag of shredded cheese sitting on the kitchen counter: They had a fight.
RED: Then why are they holding hands?
Midnights, still staring: They get sad when they fight.
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1989: On the count of three, what's your favourite cake? One, two, three-
Speak Now and Fearless, in unison: Chocolate cake peanut butter frosting with chocolate chunks!
RED: Our turn, Eve! One, two, three- vanilla!
Evermore, deadpan: I've never had cake, what is cake.
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Evermore, banging on the door: Reputation! Open up!
Reputation: Well, it all started when I was a kid...
Folklore: No, she meant-
Lover: Let her finish.
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1989: How did none of you hear what I just said?
RED: I’ve been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.
Midnights: I got distracted about halfway through.
Reputation: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.
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Taylor: Listen, I can explain...
Lover: I'm not doing a tour? Is the fest supposed to replace that?
Folklore: You’re getting a fest? I’m only getting a live recording session!
Evermore: You guys are getting acknowledged?
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Lover: You are now one day closer to eating your next plate of nachos.
Midnights: That's the most hopeful thing I've ever heard.
Reputation: But what if I die tomorrow and never eat any nachos?
Midnights: Then tomorrow is nacho lucky day.
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Speak Now: You're team's up. Lyric association.
1989: Wake me up…
Lover: Before you go go!
Reputation: When September ends…
Evermore: WAKE ME UP INSIDE-
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Debut sees Reputation, Evermore, and Midnights sitting on a bench
Debut: Why do you guys look so sad?
Midnights: Sit down with us so we can tell you.
*Debut sits down*
Evermore: The bench is freshly painted.
Debut: It's a shared experience now.
Reputation: Don't tell Lover I let Midnights trick you.
Debut: Lips are sealed.
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Fearless: *Screams*
Speak Now: *Screams louder to establish dominance*
1989: Should we do something?
RED: No, I want to see who wins.
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1989: On a scale from “damn Daniel” to “fre sha vaca do”, how are you feeling?
RED: In between “it’s an avocado, thanks” and “how did you defeat Captain America”, but as a solid answer I would say “I don’t need a degree to be a clothing hanger”. How about you, Rep?
Reputation: Probably “road work ahead”.
Evermore: I speak many languages, and this is none of them.
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Debut, setting down a card: Ace of spades
Speak Now, pulling out an Uno card: +4
RED, pulling out a Pokémon card: Jolteon, I choose you
1989, trembling: What are we playing!?
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Lover: Dammit, Debut!
Debut: What?! It wasn’t me!
Lover: Sorry, force of habit. Dammit, Midnights!
Midnights: Not me, either.
Lover: Oh... Then who set the house on fire?
Speak Now: *whistles*
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Midnights: I've realised something
1989: Yeah?
Midnights: Enchanted, Gorgeous, and gold rush are the same song, just different levels of dramatic
RED: Right!
Folklore: She's not wrong
Lover: She does have a point
Speak Now, Reputation, and Evermore staring at them
Debut: Also different levels of gay
Fearless: You're never winning against the allegations
Debut: I was simply stating the facts!
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Lover: *Gently taps table*
Reputation: *Taps back*
RED: What are they doing?
Evermore: Morse code.
Lover: *Aggressively taps table*
Reputation: *Slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-
Folklore: Do you think we should maybe have not taught them?
Evermore: One of them is harmless, and the other is harmless because of the harmless one. We're fine.
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Reputation: Self care is actually getting into fights with randoms in dark alleys.
1989: No, self care is stuff like taking a bubble bath, or putting on makeup if you like it, or taking a nice warm nap!
Speak Now: Self care is the burning heat when rage washes over you!!
Fearless: Self care is the fear in your enemies’ eyes as you surpass them.
Midnights: Lmao self care is taking someone's birthday cake just so I can eat the frosting.
Reputation: If you touch my birthday cake I’ll make you eat your hands.
RED: Okay. Let's never talk about self care again.
Lover: I'm telling Mother we all need therapy
Debut, Fearless, Speak Now, 1989, Reputation, Folklore, Midnights: No!
RED: She knows this already
Evermore: Not even she has enough money for all of us to go to therapy
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