SO. If you've missed the screaming for the last 48 hours, Taylor Swift has made her return to the world in a big way since completely wiping all her social media accounts last week.
It all kicked off on Monday, when she posted this mysterious video of what looked like a snake tail, but nobody was sure, and everybody was confused AF.
Swifties the world over immediately donned their detective hats, zooming in on videos to prove various points and debating what the creature could ~actually~ be, because goddammit, sometimes it's fun to be extra.
On closer inspection of the clip it appears there could be a '2' and a '5' on the tail. Indicating a lead single co… https://t.co/ueNWM62hIU
But, guys, she just dropped the third mystery video and we now have one solid piece of the puzzle to cling onto and desperately theorise over: IT'S A SNAKE.
This is currently what Tay's Instagram account (and Facebook cover photo) looks like.
And I think we can safely say that this means Taylor is reclaiming the negative snake imagery she's been bombarded with for the last year-and-a-bit.
Ever since it became apparent that Taylor was posting snakey videos all over social media, her fans have been totally living for it, praising her for ~reclaiming the snake~.
2016 Taylor Swift: Id very much like to be excluded from this narrative 2017 Taylor Swift: HISS HISS BITCH
She's basically taken all the insults and hate that have been thrown at her for the last year, and turned it completely around on her haters.
Haters: "TAYLOR SWIFT IS JUST A FAKE ASS SNAKE! WHITE DEVIL SNAKE! KILLER SNAKE-" Taylor:
This isn't the first time she's done that: After years of being called a "serial dater" by the media, Taylor released "Blank Space", a song written from the perspective of a love-crazed woman who dates men just to torture them for fun.
But since she seemed to fall off the face of the Earth after all the drama last year, and fans have been waiting not-so-patiently for her reappearance ever since, people have been loving the new snake-y image even more.
TAYLOR SWIFT IS COMING ALONG WITH THAT BADASS SNAKE TO END EVERY ONE WHO CALLED HER A SNAKE. #TS6IsComing
society: taylor swift dates too many boys taylor: *writes blank space* society: taylor swift is a snake taylor:
stan twitter worked SO HARD to bring @taylorswift13 down & now my girl's reclaiming her snake title #TS6iscoming
@taylorswift13 yesss TURN THE SNAKE INTO SOMETHING GREAT GIRL 🔥🔥🔥
YOUR 👏🏻 FAVE 👏🏻 COULD 👏🏻 NEVER 👏🏻
taylor swift deleted all her social media bc a snake sheds its skin and comes back better than before!!!! i am DECEASED #TS6ISCOMIMG
Basically, Swifties can't wait for Taylor to go full Medusa.
nobody calls taylor swift a snake except taylor swift i don't make the rules
And now they have even more evidence to help with their investigative pursuits.
WAIT GUYS the first vid was 10 seconds long. The second was 20 seconds. 10/20. TS6 IS BEING RELEASED ON OCTOBER 20T… https://t.co/bzuYirmtey
IT IS OFFICIALLY THE YEAR OF THE SNAKELOR. DON'T TRY TO RESIST.
