Eu nĂŁo sei usar o Tumblr aaaaahhhh, just wanted to suggest Red from Taylor Swift in the InuKag playlist, I've been listening to it a lot and seeing similarities with their love story. Btw, I love your posts and feeling silly to speak Eng with another BR but anyway haha
Don't worry, I feel silly too. It is kind of funny, after all.
And I'd reply this in portuguese, as I often do with brazilian asks, but since you wrote the rest of the ask in english, I feel like it's important to answer it in english too, so most people can understand what we're talking about.
Thank you for your suggestion (and for the kind words). You're totally right. Red is peak Inukag song. Which solidifies my theory that every Taylor Swift love song is about Inukag.
In fact, "Taylor Swift Inukag Songs" could have been a playlist all of its own. Seriously. If I went to her discography and picked up only the Inukag fitting ones, I'd come up with a good amount of songs. Just look at all the other Inukag playlists people made. There's a Taylor Swift song in most of them and it's not always the same ones.
That's why I tried to limit myself to only a few songs: to be more diverse and not too obvious. And I still ended up with freaking seven songs, three in the Inukag Playlist, four in Kagome's. So I had to leave Red out of it, but here is how I think it fits, in excruciating details:
Red, in this case, means the feelings the color itself evokes. Love. Passion. Energy. Excitement. Fire. But we canât ignore the fact that itâs also Inuyashaâs characteristic color and, by extention, something Kagome would have definitely associated with him.
Loving him is like
Driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin
Ending so suddenly
To me this represents how fast their story began and developed. They were strangers, separated by time and space. The odds of them finding each other were slim, to say the least. But from the moment they met, things just kept happening one right after the other and it might have been wild and overwhelming, however they managed to successfully catch the curveballs thrown their way. Together.
It also calls back to how Inuyasha is always running with Kagome on his back, a very meaningful part of their relationship and dynamic, in general. Faster than the wind itâs quite possible the way Kagome could describe the feeling of riding a half demon. And if thereâs one thing we know for a fact Inuyasha can be, itâs passionate as sin.
Driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street sounds to me like the start of a new, very fresh and exciting relationship, that got face to face with a significant obstacle that itâs keeping it from moving forward.
Loving him is like trying to change your mind
Once you're already flying through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright
Just before they lose it all
Kagome jumped into this story both literally and figuratively. Thereâs the obvious jumping through the Well back and forth, but symbolically, when she decided to be all in, she was all in. Trying to keep up with her mundane responsibilities was a good effort, but there was no denying she spent the majority of her time living this story to the fullest, head first, ride or die.
Thereâs also the physical side of it. The times she acted impulsively in battle or threw herself into real and methaforic abysses with the unshakeable certainty Inuyasha would always be there to catch her. Itâs an uncanny level of trust.
Losing him was blue like I'd never knownÂ
Missing him was dark gray, all alone
This speaks to me in the terms of those three years apart. Blue is the color of sadness. And Kagome was dressed in blue for the majority of their time separated from one another, since itâs the color of her new uniform. Losing Inuyasha was a sadness he had never known because it was a different feeling than every other time.Â
Of course she had been sad before, but this pain is highlighted by the loneliness and emptiness of realizing she isnât where she is supposed to be. That she doesnât belong to the place she once called home, anymore. The brightest colors faded to gray. She had her family, she had her friends and still she felt alone in a crowd.
Forgetting him was like
Trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
These lyrics are the perfect continuation of the three years gap situation, but itâs also a good fit for the times she caught herself wondering if she shouldnât just let it all go, only to find out itâs impossible. She could never forget him, no matter how hard she tried. Her home is literally placed around the spot their first met. And she sees him everywhere.
Touching him was like
Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
âSomeone the exact opposite of Inuyasha. Thatâs the perfect guy for me.âÂ
Is it now? At fisrt, he looked like the last guy on Earth she would have romantic feelings for, being totally different from the boyfriend she thought she wanted to be with.
But it turned out that, as the time passed and Kagome got to know Inuyasha to his core, she discovered he was someone even better: the kind of man she didnât know she needed by her side.
Memorizing him was as
Easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song
âSince we met, Iâve spent a lot of time with Inuyasha, too. And Iâve seen sides of Inuyasha that youâve never seen [I know things about Inuyasha that Kikyo doesnât?]âÂ
Kagome took the time to know Inuyasha, to learn everything there is to learn about him, like no one else did. She knows him like the back of her hand. And it happened so naturally, she didnât even realize it until she was forced to think about it.
Fighting with him was like
Trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer
"Inuyasha will never forget Kikyo. But I still love him, so there's nothing I can do." They had a fair share of fighting, Kikyo being the main reason of their quarrels. But in the end of the day, their differences meant nothing, because their love was stronger than any disagreement. It was worth the compromises theyâd have to make along the way.
Regretting him was like
Wishing you never found out that love could be that strong
"If I knew it would hurt that much... I wish I had never met him.â
But of course, the feeling only lasts until she realizes she would have actually done it all over again. The pain of a heartbreak itâs nothing compared to the pain of losing all the good memories they made together.
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
Echoes. As in the thing that can happen in an empty Well. After missing him for so long, itâs only logical that she would have started thinking itâs time to get on with her life. Putting her entire life on hold in hopes he will show up and steal her away is not healthy.
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
In burning red
She tried to move on. For three years, she tried to make for herself a life that did not include him. And maybe she could have been content with it. Maybe she could be reasonably happy, eventually. But not in the way she knew she could be with him.Â
Like it or not, she would forever be comparing what she had now with what she had then, her memories crystal clear. And she would have known, without a doubt, that she would have traded her best day in the future for a regular one in the past with Inuyasha.
He marked her. Changed her. Forever. There is not coming back from that.
And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head
Comes back to me, burning red