User blog:DanTD/Is "Don't Look Down" Auslly? Don't be so sure

Anybody who has seen Ross Lynch and Laura Marano's rendition of "Don't Look Down" from the episode "Costumes & Courage" knows how great it is. Some even insist it's further evidence of Auslly. But is it? To be honest, I don't think so.

We all know the story; Austin and his friends are invited to a Halloween Party by Jimmy Starr, and Ally has to write a song. Taylor Swift is among the guests, and she wants to a duet with him, but Dez knocks her unconsious while trying to hunt for ghosts at the mansion where the party is held. And of course because she and Ally have the same costume, Ally steps in and impersonates Miss Swift, and knocks the audience dead. We also know where the song originated; An off-screen incidient at an amusement park where Austin tried to teach Ally how not to be afraid to go down the water slide. Don't ask me why, but I keep thinking there's a second verse in this song. I'm anxiously looking forward to it myself, but then again I'm still waiting futiliy for a second and third verse and bridge from "You Don't See Me."

It really should be obvious to Taylor Swift fans, or anybody who can check on IMDb, that the girl in the Galexis Nova costume is roughly several inches shorter, but that doesn't mean she's not amazing. The audience attending the party should've picked up on this, and I'd like to believe that they were so caught up on Ally's voice that they didn't care. But then you had those fans that still mistook her for Taylor, most notably that guy in the alien costume. So that kills that theory.

One thing that can't be denied though is that if Dez hadn't knocked Taylor out with the pumpkin, she would've been the one on stage doing exactly what Ally did; All the flirty poses, and even the hug at the end of the song. One could argue that the on-stage gestures that she performs in the place of Taylor are actually Ally channelling her feelings towards Austin through Taylor, but there's really no evidence of that. When I expanded the plot summary for the episode, I described the two main characters both ending their performance with "a somewhat on-stage hug." My reason for this was that there's still a chance Austin and Taylor would've hugged each other at the end of the song, but I still haven't disregarded the fact that they were both excited that Ally was able to perform without any fear or embarassment.

Even if this song isn't really Auslly-themed, that doesn't change the fact that Auslly is official. That doesn't mean every single moment on the show is an Auslly moment, and I don't think we should interpret every pre-Girlfriends & Girl Friends moment as such. What would really be a sight for sore eyes though, would be to have the real Taylor Swift join R5 in a duet with Ross if they ever performed this song at a concert.