It’s been a long day for Taylor Swift fans as they’ve been scrambling to snag presale tickets for the singer’s sixth headlining tour, The Eras Tour, which opened today to “Verified Fans” and will open to the masses in November. 18. The blame has fallen squarely on Ticketmaster’s shoulders for the long virtual queues, website bugs and overall inability to support Swift level artists. The result has been a public meltdown from Swifties who just want to buy concert tickets for the heck of it, and everyone has caught on to the craze, even Marvel. Tweeting the fun, Marvel Unlimited posted a photo of the singing superhero and X-Man Dazzler with the caption “but what if I’m a verified fan with gene x” and boy, is there stuff to unpack there. First of all, a Verified Fan is Ticketmaster’s (failed) attempt to give concertgoers a chance to join a presale waiting list and buy tickets ahead of the masses. The effort has largely waned since news of Swift’s The Eras tour was officially announced on Nov. 1, prompting fans to call for the Justice Department to crack down on Ticketmaster for being a monopoly while simultaneously screwing it up. Marvel is clearly poking fun at the Swiftie community for their public temper, and we’re not sure anyone is really hoping Taylor Swift will join the MCU as Dazzler, but what about Dazzler? The singer-slash-superhero is able to absorb and transform sound energy and sound waves into a range of effects including photon bursts, lasers, blinding flashes, holograms and more. He would be a fun addition to the MCU and among the new superheroes that Marvel introduced during phase four. Plus, it will coincide with what could be a huge Marvel-related announcement from Jessica Chastain tomorrow. Then again, we could just be getting our hopes up. This isn’t the first time Marvel has played into the hands of Taylor Swift fans. On the day the singer’s tenth studio album Midnights was released, Marvel Unlimited posted a photo of Loki, Moon Knight and Bucky Barnes with a caption referencing her new song ‘Anti-Hero’. The real possibility here is that whoever oversees the Marvel Unlimited Twitter account is secretly a Swiftie. Whoever they are, give them a raise.
