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250606 Zip Daesung EP60 ✨ Taemin about SHINee 💎

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Ever since i was a little girl i knew i never wanted to be pregnant

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my favorite thing about revolutionary girl utena is that finishing it changes you fundamentally as a person and both you and the characters will be haunted by the narrative and its impact forever. my second favorite thing about revolutionary girl utena is that one episode where nanami nearly gets her shit rocked by a renegade boxing kangaroo on school property

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in episode 1, utena defeated saionji with only a wooden sword, without any help from prince dios (i believe this was the case) as would be observed in later episodes. saionji was using the sword of dios against utena in the duel. i find this to be very impressive on utena's part because saionji was a skilled swordsman. it reminded me of how utena managed to pass through the rose gate without the sword of dios in episode 39, with only bare, bloody hands and a heart overflowing with love for anthy. unlike akio who failed to cut through the gate even with the strongest soul sword, the one pulled out of utena.

to commemorate the 28th year since revolutionary girl utena started airing (02/04/1997), here are some parallels between the first and final episodes of rgu (per chronological order of episode 1):

utena and anthy's hands slipping away from each other's grasp both in the opening and episode 39.

the duelling arena being destroyed as prince dios wakes up in the opening versus the duelling arena being destroyed by the swords of humanity's hatred in episode 39.

prince dios on his white horse, looking over a ledge with bare trees in the background from episode 1 versus akio looking up to anthy being stabbed by millions of swords representing humanity's hatred in midair in episode 39.

prince dios and baby utena with bare trees in the background in episode 1 versus anthy walking away at the ending of episode 39.

prince dios putting on the rose crest ring on baby utena's finger in episode 1 versus prince dios trying to kiss the ring in episode 39, as utena lies helpless on the floor in the rose bride dress.

baby utena watching prince dios riding away on his white horse in episode 1 versus anthy walking down the same path at the ending of episode 39.

baby utena wanting to be a prince in episode 1 versus utena apologising to anthy because she couldn't be a prince as she hangs over the ledge in episode 39.

utena and anthy respectively, emerging into the corridor in episodes 1 and 39.

utena, anthy, and the rose garden in episodes 1 and 39.

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Thank you and goodnight!

it's on redbubble!

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some things cannot be unseen

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fan letter

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Dreamcatcher(드림캐쳐) 'JUSTICE' MV Teaser

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combat outfits 💥

bonus:

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"think of all the men whose lives are ruined by false rape accusations-"

Harvey Weinstein's conviction got overturned and Bill Cosby isn't even in jail anymore.

and these are people who were unequivocally guilty, literally the highest profile offenders at the height of the MeToo movement.

shut your mouth.

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jay b - you calling my name mv

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maybe cain wldnt have killed abel if they had video games to healthily channel the violence between siblings. unfortunately back then the only smash brothers they had was smash brothers head in with a rock

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You make me sick! That “nobility” of yours… You have it because some guy you like tricked you into having it! Besides, if dueling for the Rose Bride is so stupid, then this sentimental mush for your “prince” is just as bad!

Juri says this to Utena in episode 7, which means that on the first viewing of the show, the viewer will not recognize the irony and foreshadowing at play. On the first viewing, the viewer sides with Utena, and cheers her on, hoping to see her prove Juri wrong. Because of course Utena’s nobility is real, she’s the valiant protagonist! It hits different when you know the ending, because Juri is RIGHT, she is 100% right, nobility, the prince, the Rose Bride, it’s all bullshit fabricated by Akio. Utena’s nobility IS fake, and she admits as much in episode 37. But there’s a painful sense of irony because even though what Juri is saying is true, she herself doesn’t believe it. She is just as entrapped in Akio’s system as Utena is.