Swiftie Savers | Round 3

R2 Results

Snakes: 111.5

Butterflies: 98.4

Total Scores:

Snakes: 206

Butterflies: 220.15

Snakes won this round, but Butterflies is still ahead thanks to all their edits from last round. Snakes, catch up with the bonus challenge, or just have more entries this round.

You guys did awesome and it was super interesting to read all your posts! So... Salwa wanted me to bring back something from the 2017 swiftie savers in which I individually judged and graded each entry, and also chose a favorite entry for each team so that you can understand why each team won. I didn’t do that last year because it’s very time consuming and also I forgot lol but anyway Salwa figured you’d all enjoy that so! I’ll do it again! You can skip down to the bottom for the next challenge if you don’t want to read the scores.

#Butterflies

Best Entry: Holy Ground

I literally have to give you like 100% on this post. It was so good and went into real depth about what the song meant, and you caught a lot of parallels in the lyrics. This is honestly one of the best things I’ve read in a while.

Thirteen Blocks

90%

First off, I applaud you for picking an unreleased song. Bold move. Your analysis was pretty good, but some of it was kind of self explanatory. Of course, that comes with picking a song from when Taylor was younger before her lyrics got more intricate. I feel like you did good with this entry, but it has potential to be better. Overall, pretty good.

ME!

50%

I did like the parallels you pointed out and the facts, but a lot of it was facts about the video rather than the song itself. There wasn’t much on the song at all, actually.

AYHTDWS

85%

Like Thirteen Blocks, I think this analysis was pretty spot on, but could go further. Not bad at all.

I’d Lie

80%

First off, I love the way you formatted this. Very creative and also unfortunate for those with outdated phones. This analysis was very basic; it seemed like you only scratched the surface of the songs. It was almost like you were just restating the lyrics. However, the song you chose didn’t give you much to work with, which is part of the reason why you couldn’t go deeper.

A Place In This World

95%

Very well done. Despite a short post, you did really catch a lot of things, and express what the song means. Love it!

Our Song

70%

Although the lyrics that you explained were good, the overall post was very short. To me, there is more to the song that you could’ve explained.

LWYMMD

80%

What you wrote was very good and definitely explained a lot about the song, but I do feel like LWYMMD is a song chock full of Easter eggs and hidden meanings, so you had a lot to work with that you didn’t.

Dark Blue Tennessee

65%

The post was very repetitive and basic, and there was definitely more that you could’ve said about the song.

(Extra 5 posts = + 10 extra credit)

#Snakes

Best entry: Come In With the Rain

100%

You definitely put a lot of thought into this post, and reading it made me contemplate things about the song that I had never thought about before. Great job!

Clean

100%

I think you definitely did justice to this song. You explained it very well, and were detailed in your explanations. Love it.

Long Live

100%

You did great with this! It was a great song choice, and your explanations were awesome. Very good.

Bad Blood

80%

I think your post was done well, but like I’ve said with other entries, the song had more potential than you took advantage of. There was more to be said about it. But, other than that, it was pretty good.

Delicate

95%

Good analysis, a little more could’ve been said, but overall good.

You Need To Calm Down

95%

Again, it’s a very good analysis, but I do feel like a tiny bit more could’ve been said. But it’s still very good otherwise.

(Extra 2 posts = 4 points extra credit)

Round 3 Challenge

Calligraphy/Typography/Lyric Art

Do some calligraphy with Taylor’s lyrics, typography (which is basically like digital lyric art), or just do basic lyric art. Don’t reuse old ones- make new ones.

Here’s an example I store from kathryninwonderland on tumblr: