Tom Hiddleston

thesnarkypotatohead · 2024-04-16T16:59:25+00:00

The outfit in photo 3 just works for me on every level. It's so simple, but just... yes. They looked good together. It seemed real enough, especially on his end - but to your point about how they looked at each other, rebounds tend to be pretty intense in my experience. In photos I looked completely in love with my only real rebound (haven't had that many serious relationships) and I even thought I was in love. Then the infatuation goggles came off and I realized I never had been. No idea what was happening between these two, that was just my personal experience.

Not specific to this relationship obv but I will never stop being wild to me how fast she buddies up to the relatives of her brand new partners. To each their own I suppose.

girlbossinred · 2024-04-16T16:50:08+00:00

oh hiddleswift, the old money country club power couple that you were

folkloremore1313 · 2024-04-16T16:44:01+00:00

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catwomoonz · 2024-04-16T16:51:16+00:00

I love Tom, he's a great guy. But if It was not PR, he seemed more in love for her than Taylor for him

mallymoopy · 2024-04-16T16:44:19+00:00

Short lived relationship but my GOD they looked so good together. The video of them dancing at the Met Gala lives rent free in my head

assflea · 2024-04-16T16:55:28+00:00

I was surprised this didn't last longer tbh. He was down BAD for her.

SadAbbreviations1299 · 2024-04-16T17:05:44+00:00

i adored them, such a shame (to me) they didn't work out. tom seems like a super sweet person and he seemed very infatuated with her.

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alittlebeachy · 2024-04-16T16:57:39+00:00

That photo with his mother was absolutely unhinged. One thing about Taylor is she loves meeting the parents so quickly lol but Tavis gives Hiddleswift on steroids

eyebay · 2024-04-16T17:08:12+00:00

She did him very very wrong, and it's insane how much her fans treat it like a joke but send Joe death threats.

Elizabeth__Sparrow · 2024-04-16T17:33:16+00:00

I think Taylor just falls very quickly. Before Calvin none of her relationships had lasted longer than 4 or so months. Several were shorter than that. And yet with the way she writes you’d be forgiven for thinking she’s talking about the breakdown of a years long relationship.

Two of the breakups that in my opinion had the greatest lasting impact on her were Harry and Jake. And not only were those very short lived but they were off and/or apart more than they were together. As for Tom I think he was just completely enchanted by her. They probably did have fun.

Damodara-Echo · 2024-04-16T18:10:38+00:00

I don't really understand the timeline of Calvin, Tom, and Joe.

Deep down I have a hard time believing her relationships are real, and not just PR. I know it's illogical of me, but I can't shake the feeling.

godsavetheteen · 2024-04-16T17:27:03+00:00

He’s like the best parts of all her other guys in one super attractive human 😭😭😭 Taylor fumbled 😭😭😭

shadesofwrong13 · 2024-04-16T16:47:21+00:00

She was at her best looking with him. I loved every outfit.

Ratatoottooter · 2024-04-16T17:42:36+00:00

I mean, rebounds can be super intense—when they are, they tend to collapse (in my experience) not because the feelings weren’t strong or real in the experiential sense, but because the relationship is founded on the thrill of being freed from a past relationship/being with a new person and/or to avoid to be on your own. That’s pretty shitty foundation for any relationship (see: Getaway Car) so they tend to collapse in pretty swift and spectacular fashion.

By the time the dust settles, you realize you didn’t really know the person, or were just projecting a lot of what you want on them, or any other number of things—but the key thing is was that it was real in the moment.

I see a lot of people on this sub complaining where Taylor takes a different position on the same people across albums, like we don’t all grow and change and outgrow relationships that don’t serve us/end up not speaking to the people we once swore we’d be togetha4eva with. She’s as prone to romantic folly as the rest of us; she just, unlike most of us, has (a) a music catalogue that serves as a pretty spectacular documentary record of her emotional history and (b) people who get attached to certain songs or albums and conflate their enjoyment of the art with her relationship, and feel like they’re being undercut when she moves on from it.

edits: spelling from a phone is hard :/

ghostlykittenbutter · 2024-04-16T18:01:13+00:00

At least he’s smiling and looks like he has a thought in his head

ilikecakewbu · 2024-04-16T19:40:33+00:00

Taylor and Tom looked great together, but Tom/Zawe are a nerdy theatrical match in heaven and are an awesome couple.

caaathyx · 2024-04-16T17:42:26+00:00

I don't usually 'ship' any celebrity couples but I remember really liking those two together. Tom Hiddleston is such a chill and fun guy! Plus Taylor has never looked or dressed better than during that short time with him.

IMakeRedditComments · 2024-04-16T17:08:06+00:00

I mean Taylor pretty much admitted it was just a rebound in getaway car.

Not saying it’s you doing this but I always get weird vibes when people reminisce about the Hiddleswift times. That man has a whole wife and kid now and people should just let him move on.

sardonic_ · 2024-04-16T17:27:57+00:00

If this relationship happened today ppl would be calling this shirt a humiliation ritual 😭💀

nerdlightening73 · 2024-04-16T17:26:07+00:00

She did him so dirty and to this day is PROUD of it, which is really gross. This relationship was so awkward to me, since I really was a fan of Tom at the time. I completely sided with him in that divorce. She didn’t need an excuse to dump Calvin, she just wanted to be mean.

overlockk · 2024-04-16T17:47:54+00:00

I would lock Loki up!! Lol

epicvibe850 · 2024-04-16T17:30:31+00:00

I think it was real but she was holding out for Joe and left Tom for Joe

disastrousbadday · 2024-04-16T18:39:02+00:00

He could (and has since) do soooooooooo much better

Quiet-Tumbleweed6268 · 2024-04-16T17:10:45+00:00

um wow, they look rlly good together 😭.

mcchicken985 · 2024-04-16T18:08:25+00:00

At the time I thought it was a mutual fling (he was known for flings and being the 'other man' during the 2010s) that ended on an embarrassing note for Tom but the GQ magazine interview that came out makes me think it was very, very real for him. There were even rumors he was going to propose which... whew. Mess. I do think Midnight Rain might be about him, though.

KhalCheeto · 2024-04-16T18:42:46+00:00

What was the point of meeting his mother if she knew she was just using him? Lol

ImSuperBisexual · 2024-04-16T19:45:17+00:00

I will never forget waking up to the pap shots on the beach on tumblr and then the post breakup gq interview with him. He was so earnest and genuine about all of it and I’m so glad he has a family now

Snoo-26568 · 2024-04-16T18:24:48+00:00

God they were so hot together and just always looked like they enjoyed each other’s company so much. But seriously, they are two of my biggest crushes so my brain half exploded when they dated.

ghostlykittenbutter · 2024-04-16T18:21:06+00:00

Why does she feel the need to shove these relationships down our throats? It’s annoying.

There’s PR buzz, which is good for business. It creates a storyline & gets people talking. The key is to be a little mysterious & not vomit affection over every camera that crosses her path.

Jadeheartxo12 · 2024-04-16T17:05:05+00:00

I feel like I’m alone in this opinion that they were both trolling the public with that “I ❤️ TS shirt” 🤷🏻‍♀️

4evermore_nevermore · 2024-04-16T16:56:15+00:00

I loved her with Tom. He seems like a down-to-earth, chill and fun guy. Even if he was a rebound, I would argue he was good for her. I think he was a better influence on her than Mr. Beer guzzling frat boy.

coaldean · 2024-04-16T18:28:26+00:00

they were together for like five seconds. love?!

Radiant_Priority9739 · 2024-04-16T18:57:25+00:00

What an iconic summer tbh

altdultosaurs · 2024-04-16T19:03:25+00:00

THE LOKI GIRLY RAGE WAS EXQUISITE AND I HAVE NEVER LIVED SO WELL.

Blablabla888 · 2024-04-16T19:27:05+00:00

They look like they vibe and like each other...You cannot tell when people are in love from just pictures. They enjoyed each other's company and found each other hot. Thinking someone is in love from a picture after dating a few weeks is maybe showing how extremely young you are or that you've never dated or both. In real life the strong feelings in the beginning are lust which hopefully turn into love. Although you know from the get go if you will fall in love at a much later date.

vanillaangels · 2024-04-16T19:54:52+00:00

She DID NOT deserve him imo.

therainshow · 2024-04-16T16:56:18+00:00

She looks so good in that last photo. She always looks very healthy, happy, and vibrant when she is a little tan. I wish she’d wear a tan more often, but I guess she doesn’t go outside very much. She’s usually ghostly pale.

TheRealestLoss · 2024-04-16T17:46:14+00:00

They seemed to be having a lot of fun which made me happy though I did feel she was rubbing Calvin's nose in it cause iirc she posted pics of them on ig seeming intent for Calvin to see.

But I still thought it was nice they seemed happy and I LOVED some of those pics I saw. The one in the chair was my favorite.

When they ended fast I also didn't think it was a big deal. Assumed she was having fun with Tom not wanting a serious relationship. And to me that's FAR more mature than "you're a terrible person for dating me but f*** you for dumping me when you realized it wasn't working for you".

Accomplished-Glass51 · 2024-04-16T18:18:27+00:00

They could have been something serious. He kinda looked like Tony Goldwyn to me.

OthoHasTheHandbook · 2024-04-16T20:18:49+00:00

At the time it seemed like such a weirdly aggressive PR push because it was just SO public and OTT (and I’m not someone who thinks most celeb romances are PR). I lost so much respect for Tom because I sincerely thought he was gunning hard for Bond and was willing to involve his mother in a showmance. Now it seems obvious that he was just being a giant lovestruck goober.

Honestly, this was the guy she should’ve married. He fulfilled the “artsy Brit” fantasy she seems to have (like Matty, Joe) but also had that theater-kid thirst for admiration that made him cool with (or want?) a super public romance (like Travis). Maybe she just wasn’t feeling him, but she fumbled.

Lazeyy23 · 2024-04-16T20:52:14+00:00

I honestly loved this era. I was a Tom fan when they started dating and I kinda loved it lol. I know people say he was in it for the fame, but I honestly think he was just happy to “show her off” and bring her as his plus one simply because he loved her (or really liked her).

I can’t really remember where I read it so take it with a grain of salt, but I read that she lost interest due to feeling like he was parading her around for clout/increased coverage of his own stuff. I can’t say if it was or wasn’t, but Tom has always seemed like a sweetheart to me so I didn’t really buy it.

That said, Travis is being admired for “showing her off” and bringing her around and doing things for PR. I may be misremembering, but I feel like Tom was borderline demonized for similar behavior.

Anyways, I hope they’re both happy, but they were really cute together. Their outfits together/her fashion choices at the time were peak for me lol

Edit: corrected a misspelling

Crafty_Method_8351 · 2024-04-17T02:58:32+00:00

I’ll never understand what she didn’t see in him 🥺

mmeka · 2024-04-16T17:20:13+00:00

I wish she had gone low key with him to do a trial run of things. If it didn't work out, oh well, no loss of face. How long were they together a month or two? Then again he is far older than her. Maybe she thought it was okay to flaunt after a breakup. I felt embarrassed for him the poor guy.

beetrixy · 2024-04-16T18:00:17+00:00

Ah yes. The guy Cruel Summer is about. /s

Darietta812 · 2024-04-16T21:22:38+00:00

Oh…I loved these 2 together 🥹. She was 26 and he was 35…just in different place in life at the time. But this,imo, was a good match for her. Just not the right time. But, except her current relation, the best match she had

BreakfastUnique8091 · 2024-04-16T21:51:01+00:00

I think we’ll never really know how Taylor felt because all of her song references that are coded towards him were written after she became serious with Joe. So she wrote them from that perspective of A. Wanting a narrative of eventually ending up with Joe, “her true love amidst a bunch of misses” (how much of her work about the subject was framed) and B. Having her own perceptions and memories on it likely clouded as falling in love can do. Also it’s tied to a very negative time in her life with the height of 2016 issues, so that may be another reason she doesn’t write too positively about it. So yeah, she may have quickly fallen for him or it may have always felt like a game and an unserious fling as she portrays in Getaway Car and other songs but we’ll never really know.

Platypus23xo · 2024-04-17T02:09:59+00:00

They were a beautiful couple.

seventiesporno · 2024-04-17T09:17:35+00:00

He was too good for her

Comprehensive_Yak359 · 2024-04-17T09:51:39+00:00

I think he was really in love with her. To her, he was just a rebound, and she ditched him and moved on to Joe. Also, I think she used him heavily as a media distraction. Many of the photos of them came of staged. I don't believe he was necessarily made aware that that was the case. He was famous but not famous enough to know how the press/paparazzi thing works with celebrities of this level of fame.

WDTHTDWA-BITCH · 2024-04-16T17:11:03+00:00

The very obvious PR of it all was so extra. Nobody took that relationship seriously.

Much_Discipline_7303 · 2024-04-16T18:17:49+00:00

Sorry, but she didn't deserve Tom. It seemed like a game for her, but he looked like he was really in love

pttdreamland · 2024-04-16T18:04:14+00:00

I like her style during this phase the best

AccomplishedCow3011 · 2024-04-16T22:50:32+00:00

I thought they were so fake. This was the moment I stopped liking her as a person and only liked her for the music lol

Chiemekah · 2024-04-16T19:09:40+00:00

I was rooting for them! They did look pretty happy together. I don't want to believe that he was just a rebound, they seemed genuinely into each other.

desire-d · 2024-04-16T19:26:08+00:00

I liked them separately but I wasn’t too big on them as a couple just bc of how the Calvin/Taylor breakup happened and i figured it was a rebound but she had worked so hard during the 1989 era to not have her relationships a big deal and she focused on her squad and has her longest relationship with Calvin.. looking back now they did look good together and he’s a good guy so I feel bad she kinda used him but he seems to suit her alot.

TheQranBerries · 2024-04-16T20:36:12+00:00

TS wore auntie outfits when she and Tom were together.

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