#akio ohtori

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

that scene of anthy lying with her head in akio's lap devastates me precisely because he's so tender with her. he strokes her hair gently, gives her earring this affectionate little caress, and you see anthy look up at him with this smile that has so much adoration and longing and sadness and sincerity all at the same time. she loves and cherishes that monster so much with all her heart and my god he needs to die i need to kill him oh my god i need to beat him to death guys

[dreamerslovechaos]

HOLY SHIT GUYS I NEED HELP

DOES ANYONE HAVE THAT ONE UTENA META/MIXED MEDIA STORY WHERE ITS BASICALLY SOMEONE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH CHATGPT ABOUT THE ROSE BRIDE AND WHETHER THE AI THINKS OF ITSELF TO BE LIKE ANTHY, AND IF IT RELATES TO ANTHY

AND IT ENDS WITH THE PERSON COMMANDING THE AI TO JUST REPEAT AFTER THEM AND SAY "i am like the rose bride" BECAUSE ITS EATING AT MY HEAD

I WANNA WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT IT AND IVE BEEN YAPPING ABOUT IT TO SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE PAST YEAR

[linnielemon]

BATHWATER // rgu amv

TW: flashing lights, canon-typical violence and sexual abuse + akio, of course.. and the horrible quality at the start, i apologize

DISCLAIMER: absolutely no ships besides the brief utenanthy and juriori segments. i do not condone these relationships, this is just an exploration of how toxic those relationships are.

song used: bathwater by no doubt

ummm i dabble in symbolism and metaphors and the like.. please leave a like/comment/reblog if you enjoy, it really encourages me to keep making these ^^

my first completed rgu amv is officially here! i spent far too long on this, so i hope you enjoy it! i really tried to capture the surreal strangeness and unsettling nature of utena, so i hope that came through. i had a very specific vision for each of the scenes, so i am accepting any questions or analysis related to it! i’m sorry there isn’t much kozue and a drought of wakaba in this amv, but i don’t think they fit the narrative of this amv as much as the other characters featured. that being said, hope you liked the juri segment! none of the verses quite fit her, but the cyclical nature of returning to a person who is no good for you fits her perfectly. of course had to end this one with lesbian joker and my favorite fictional character of all time, anthy himemiya

[himemeiya]

Utena & Anthy - For the First Time in Forever (Reprise) [x]

[arielluva]

a dead ideal

[halveablock]

revolutionary girls

print for AX 🌹

[allegorrier]

live in delusion

[emberwritesinsight]

Every year Akio Ohtori loans his sister out to a bunch of teenagers, grooms said teenagers, makes all of them fight each other several times, does irreparable emotional damage, hopefully THOROUGHLY cleans the inside of his car because Christ alive.

And all of this, all these surreal, intricate rituals, are so he can lose a sword fight with a door.

This has happened multiple times. He doesn't even seem particularly upset about failing. Every year Akio Ohtori loses a sword fight with a door and somehow does not feel like an absolute clown. Could NOT be me, I would never try again. I would lie awake at night every night after the first attempt agonizing about how stupid I must have looked and how my sister absolutely would have laughed at me if all the organs she needed to do so weren't getting shish-kebabed six ways to Sunday.

[allhailthefrog]

utena: i ... i have to save himemiya. she's my friend ... i have to help her. she may have given up on herself, but i have not! i refuse to give up! i will set her free from her eternal coffin so that one day, together we'll shine.... akio:

[sirizchai]

Utena memes p3

This has been a sirichai production 👍👍👍🥹

[arscorpii]

anthy's eyes

episode 2 / episode 5 / episode 12 / episode 25 / episode 30 / episode 33 / episode 34 / episode 35 / episode 36 / episode 38 / episode 39

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

hm rgu just has a really nuanced take about how patriarchy harms men. it says that men are brought up in a society that encourages them to harm women and emulate other misogynistic, abusive men [touga emulating akio, and to a lesser extent saionji emulating touga and later akio]. this often does come at some cost to their own psyche, because the men they are emulating hurt and abuse them too [touga is abused by akio, saionji is abused by touga though touga is not nearly as skillful with it]. but regardless, they are punching downwards to mistreat the women in their lives the same way their abusive male role models do [touga abusing nanami, saionji abusing anthy], and they choose to act this way to women because, despite the conditions of patriarchy inflicting a toxic and self-destructive relationship with other men on them, they are willing to imitate and obey the same men that hurt them if it means they can keep the privilege and power over women that the patriarchy grants them by default for being men. [touga wants to be akio's successor, he wants to inherit the world that akio has constructed for himself, which is built on the foundation of patriarchal power over women. and to do this touga deliberately keeps himself on akio's radar rather than pull back once it becomes clear what akio's intentions with him are. touga believes he's letting himself be manipulated, he believes he is consenting to it, and that that will be worth it if it means claiming akio's seat of power in the future. (of course what touga doesn't consider is that he cannot meaningfully consent to any advances akio makes, because he's a minor and akio is an adult.)]

rgu asserts that yes, patriarchy does harm men, but that harm comes almost exclusively from other men. and, more importantly, while abusive men may have been hurt by the patriarchy at the hands of other men, it is still their choice to hurt the women around them. and rather than dawdle and sympathize with harmful men for how they themselves were hurt by other harmful men, it's more important to prevent them from hurting anyone else

[themonstrousother]

A lot of people talk about how Utena explores abuse through Anthy, and how she is not a perfect victim, she plays role in perpetuating the system that is built upon her oppression, facilitating her own abuse. But I’ve never seen anyone talk about the role race plays and the implications it has. Utena deconstructs the idea of a perfect victim and what it means to be ‘worthy’ to be saved from abuse and harm, but Anthy’s role as a brown woman who is being abused by a brown man adds a layer to her story and I think it’s extremely important and relevant to discuss

[okunichh]

living with the dental teeth

that do not belong to me

[himemeiya]

Have some more woke Akio

[arielluva]

let's play maiden dissection!