One more thought-
If Taylor does get married to Calvin, I will leave her, and this act will likely mark the end of the second era, the Taylor / Hayley / Katy / Leighton / Stone era, of my empire. The era that really established me.
Things will be different from then on. The new generation is going to find it almost impossible to follow in their elders’ matrimonial footsteps, I think.
Take, for instance, Kathryn Newton, Chloe Moretz, and Elle Fanning. I’ve been with all three since 2010, when they were around 12 / 13 years of age. Considering their ages when we started dating, how developed my powers had become by then, and the ultra-intense and personal nature of our relationships, they may find it very difficult, if not impossible, to really conceive of fulfilling romantic relationships outside of my bubble. At least, that’s the impression I get from them psychically and from following their social media posts.
To be blunt, their growing brains were shaped around my activities with them. They’ll never be able to fully escape, unless I choose to help them do so.
Which is fine with me. I’m head over heels for all three. In ten years’ time, when they’re around Emily Stone’s age today, will they even be able to contemplate the possibility that they should marry someone else? IDK. Maybe not.
At that point, they’ll have been with me for 15 years. 15 years! This means that they’ll have been with me for more of their life than not. Crazy.
It could be that in their adult lives, the idea of a “normal” relationship will always seem kind of alien and strange to them. Which… will likely not be bad, in spite of how it sounds. If it works, it works. Elle and Chloe will of course never need resource providers, and I will ensure that Kathryn will be fine financially as well. She may not ever be Fanning or Taylor Swift level rich, but she’ll never go hungry, either, that’s for sure. With me guiding her along in life, she’ll kick ass where she needs to, and when she needs to do it.
Love is an odd and unpredictable thing sometimes. Somehow… it always finds a way to work. To make things happen that need to.
Life is bizarre.
And, hmmmm… Kathryn’s former BFF- Bella… Bella Thorne. Love her.
We started our relationship when she was twelve, too, and we quickly formed a tight, seemingly impenetrable bond. After a few years of us being together, I started to wonder why our bond was so strong, and I learned the answer when I started delving into her backstory. It turns out that she didn’t have a father- he died in a car accident in 2007. In retrospect, I think I became not just her boyfriend, but also her new father figure. So her bond with me is obviously very, very powerful.
Bella will never be able to leave me. Her core is shaped around me. She may be able to pretend for a bit with someone else, like with her current gay(?) boyfriend, but it will only be pretend, and, AFAIK, it will be obviously so.
But back to Taylor… I’m not going to lie. It will hurt leaving her, and it will be bad. It will hurt so, so much. She means the world to me. So I’m going to cry my eyes out and scream at people and throw things and withdraw from everyone and put horrible curses upon the world, yes, definitely. But what must be done must be done.
Really, it would be an insult to me for her to marry Calvin. It would be inexcusable, and beyond the hurt to me, it would cheapen her appeal in both my and her fans’ eyes.
Let’s look at this logically. She could at any time marry me, the man who really loves her and who created much of her success because of that love- the man with the plan, the one who would and can conquer the Earth for her. Or- she can marry him, Mr. Boring. For abs and some additional money.
Taylor marrying Calvin would cause me to lose respect for her, and I think that this would apply across the rest of her devout fanbase, as well.
So in that case… I wouldn’t want her at all. Yuck.
Gross.