#folklore love triangle
I remember thinking I had you.
Taylor Swift, August.
she said “James, get in, let’s drive” those days turned into nights, slept next to her, but i dreamt of you all summer long
Ppl are like “kaylor stans work so hard to find tiny things that don’t prove anything” and then turn around and insist that “there’s no way James could be a girl, I don’t care if Taylor’s named after James Taylor, or if Taylor’s Bff Blake Livey has a daughter named james or if Rachel from Friends (one of taylor’s fave shows) wanted to name her daughter James. Don’t care! it’s a boys name.” Homophobes work hardest
tbh it makes a lot of sense for the 3rd person in the Folklore love triangle to be named August. Like yes, it’s a summer month, but it’s one of the only months that is also a relatively common name. Also we know this relationship between James and August girl began at the school dance, so likely in May/June. But in august, taylor just sings about august slipping away into a moment in time not the other months. It’s from the unknown girl’s perspective, but saying August (I) slipped away into a moment in time could be her saying that to James, she meant almost nothing and she knows that.
