#it reminds me of utena

[ladsofsorrow24]

take my revolution

[completeoveranalysis]

I don’t remember who it was that came up with this theory or where I first saw it since it was bit back in the day; but it was discussed how we see Fai’s childhood through his own eyes, and how his own limited version of events didn’t show the whole truth. If we are going with the idea that Fai and Yuui’s parents are at least some version of Chii and Hideki, characters we know, it seems odd how things with their family played out. You yourself pointed out that someone cared enough to make the twins matching cloaks. And apparently Fai has enough residual fondness for his mother to make his magical feather person look like her. Notably the twins weren’t given their sentencing until AFTER both of their parents had passed. When anyone who could have stood up for them was conveniently out of the way. Everything about the situation screams “uncle murdered his brother and sister-in-law and framed it as illness and suicide and used an old superstition to his advantage to throw his nephews in prison so that he alone could have the throne”. Which means that the king didn’t have some slow descent into madness but was power hungry from the jump. The twins looked like they were just a few years out of toddlerhood when they were locked away, and would not notice or understand anything about politicking and potential behind the scenes intrigue, they’d only understand what the adults around them were saying: that their father died of illness, their mother killed themselves, their uncle-king is just, and they’re bad. It seems like there was some kind of Game of Thrones bullshit happening in Valyria that we never got to see.

Oh I love this! I don't think I've seen this take before but it lines up perfectly with how things are presented. We don't see anything that happens in their country before the Uncle-King exiles them, and the facts aren't even presented from Fai's point of view as such, but from a third person narrator with no discernable identity:

So we're essentially told this part of the backstory entirely through the hearsay that's going around the courts - it's all rumours and stories based on what people have heard, rather than any evidence to say what happened either way.

So, yes! I completely buy into the idea that their parents were manipulated out of the picture by the Uncle-King who was power hungry the entire time, but was so insecure about it that even when he HAD the political power he wanted he STILL drove the entire kingdom into ruin out of fear that he might somehow lose it all.

[xbuster]

         Allegory, Allegorier, Allegoriest (And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night)

[maggiecheungs]

Nanami... Why do you think we've been able to live so happily together? It's because you're a girl who doesn't lay eggs. I pity the family of a girl who would betray them like that...

REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA 🌹 EP 27: NANAMI'S EGG

[everythingcatradora]

sure catra can and will present herself as this suave fatale especially in their enemies phase but adora knows that’s not who she is (hence why glimmer’s interpretation in roll with it is just ridiculous down to the dress) deep down. like s4 catra is fun but it was fully her trying to be something’s she’s not. she’s scrappy with anger management issues but has a good heart and cares a lot (she even sees it as too much that’s why she shoves it down so often) and i think an even bigger thing is her not fitting into traditional gender roles.

shadow weavers “catra confuses and distracts you” spiel to adora obviously translates to homophobia in our world but also that this is kind of a typical thing put upon girls that are gender non-conforming; maybe it’s my personal interpretation but i think as a child she’s tomboy coded but that point especially fits as she grows up and makes her horde outfit stand out against all of the other cadets. (Not color wise but styling wise) combined with the fact that she wears a suit to princess prom and takes scorpia to try and make adora jealous all while leading their dance. and then the emphasis on her specifically wanting to protect adora herself. so it’s so interesting that as time goes on in the horde she shoves down all of these aspects of who she is identity wise; especially in season 4 by straightening her hair, her nails (though claws) are typically longer and her outfit resembles the typical female horde uniform for her position (which also can be seen as more traditionally feminine) and I think that’s a really underrated part of the show’s text. Like exploring being a lesbian and gender presentation under the horde regime which was inspired by christian religious cults.

[the-banana-0verlord]

revolutionary girl utena core

[transmascutena]

if you make rgu aus for your other fandoms and put male characters in the roles of utena and anthy i am coming into your house and forcing you to write a ten page essay on the themes of misogyny in the show

[metalsonicscraps]

You've heard of toxic yaoi, now get ready for the thrilling sequal:

Toxic yuri

[nursemimosa]

them and their watches. this was the only thing I could think about when going against amarys.

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

[clowningoose]

[wobubling]

Beloved feels like a revolutionary girl utena character. Like yeah he would say shit like “if it cannot hatch from its shell, the chick will die without ever truly being born. we are the chick and the world is our egg. if we don't break the world's shell, we will die without truly being born.”

[doritofalls]

just started the boys throwing shit at the wall opinion to be proved wrong: homelander is a anthy himemiya type character

[caramelmochacrow]

revue starlight, man.

they. the. the fucking. yeah.

[onewholivesinloops]

i really love this shot it's very utena. perfect slumbers my beloved.

[sheila--e]

remind me to draw Himemiya Anthy and Ayanami Rei having like. tea together in complete silence when I get home