Hey noticed you had thoughts on Red Like Roses
Any thoughts on I Burn and whether or not Armed and Ready is I Burn II or not? I tend to go back and forth myself because Red Like Roses 1-> 3 are continuations and build on the ideas of the first one.
Armed and Ready... Doesn't really expand on the ideas of I Burn. Admittedly the fact that I Burn says so little may be the cause of that (There's a reason why with the individual that tracked down which leitmotifs are playing when Yang has had 8 of her motifs being played across 9 volumes)
On the other hand Red Like Roses Part 2 does a lot of expanding and Part 3 builds primarily off it instead of 1 for a reason. So I Burn Part 2 would probably need to do that build up for similar reasons
I DO have thoughts!! And I have an easy solution to the problem you’ve run into!!
If I burn has a part 2 it’s not armed and ready
Which happens to be a huge favorite of mine
If Armed and ready was connected to anything it would probably be nevermore but only for yangs portion of that song
First to explain why it’s ignite to get the obvious out of the way
I burn and ignite as just NAMES are obvious connection and the line in the song is “watch me ignite” which is even closer in message but in appearance being named ignite is a better choice for it being connected to I burn cause it makes them both very short and starting with I and related to fire
It’s way closer In sound and vibe and message to I burn
The only idea that I burn has that ignite doesn’t is the “I’m more then meets the eye” but that’s because I burn was specifically in a situation where she was using the fact that she’s easily seen as non threatening because she’s attractive and high energy and a teenage girl (plus her weapon is subtle and her outfit is casual)
I specifically love that the expansions it does is that it’s
1 specifically addressing her motivation (her family specifically Ruby)
2 it’s specifically used in a situation where she is sacrificing herself for said motivation
ALSO despite the fact in the actual scene she’s fighting a grim the song is CLEARLY about fighting people (the way she’s speaking about them knowing better also all the references to injuries grim can’t have references to blood specifically and often) which is a clear nod to I burn which is her trailer where she’s fighting an entire building worth of full grown armed criminals
ALSO “your blood is really splattered” to ME is a reference to red like roses part 2
It’s great it’s ignite I love it
I also like to believe it acknowledges that a way that yang deals with the trauma she was forced to deal with in her youth is pride
Like that the fact she did that and got through it is a sign of her strength and capability
Has gone through the hardship and shame
That's born of standing apart
From the easily processed, the uniform army of same”
But that’s neither here nor there
