#rgu

[soulspark]

[spookiestmothintown]

everyone shut up let me cook

[most-enchanting-magical-girl]

[earthasacharactergallery]

01x17 thorns of death

[emberwritesinsight]

>Be me

>Enjoy the moment where Anthy grabs Utena's boob as SOMETHING to laugh about in an episode that is mostly a Grooming Extravaganza

>Start thinking about Utena's total non-reaction to the groping

>Make a few jokes about how Anthy has definitely done this before if Utena is so unfazed

>Remember the kiss in the second E.D.

>Start seriously thinking about the possibility that Utena and Anthy just... make out sometimes, offscreen, and Utena simply refuses to acknowledge what her enjoyment of that says about her (possibly justifying it to herself by arguing to herself that the circumstances surrounding their relationship are already so goddamn weird that it's not really THAT strange)

>Start thinking about people almost catching them

>Write fanfic

>Remember boob grab that started this train of thought

>Start thinking about the Feelings Anthy would have about being attracted to Utena and acting on those feelings to some extent, given her very screwed up relationship with sex and her own body

>Stare at the wall

[chacke3d]

this is like sketches from last year but tis what it is. drew musical anthy and a old pic of ikuhara

[artradio]

don’t pity me and pretend it’s love

[bloomstars334]

Nanami in this style is so nice to draw <3

[chai-en-kaadhale]

thinking about anthy himemiya and the ones who walk away from omelas...

like the way everyone's ambition depends on the suffering of the rose bride

[soulspark]

[dharr5]

Anthy & Utena portraits!! :D These two are so important to me forever

[ur-fav-bpd]

Kozue Kaoru from Revolutionary Girl Utena has BPD!

[talesofsymphoniac]

It's interesting to me that Akio/Dios are portrayed so differently in the movie vs the anime. Broadly speaking, in the anime Akio is a menacing figure (albeit charming at times) and Dios seems more benevolent.

Whereas in the movie Akio is kind of a joke?? His flipping over the car hood is silly and dainty and frilly instead of this display of sexual power, he's full on panicking because he doesn't have as much control over Anthy as he thought, he's lost his keys, he falls out of his own window.

And in the movie, it's Dios who is scary, and appears at the end of the car chase to intimidate Anthy into going back. Dios is the final boss.

And since I interpret the movie as from Anthy's POV/in her headspace, I see that as a reflection of how she views Akio in the present vs Dios in the past.

Akio, as of the end of the anime, is not someone who Anthy respects anymore. He's foolish, because he didn't see the meaning in Utena's actions, and she sees that all his posturing is just that: posturing.

Dios, though? Dios is the one she loved, and cared about, and did everything she ever did for. Dios was Anthy's prince, and to leave the school isn't just to leave Akio, it's also to leave behind this idealized memory of what he was-- and, by extension, what Anthy was with him.

It's important to note that Anthy never really wanted to be saved from Akio. She wanted "a prince she could believe in," and that was Dios until he "became" Akio (however you choose to interpret that). Later, she saw Dios in Utena-- a new prince she could believe in, even if she couldn't bring herself to do so until the last moment.

But I think the point which the anime alludes to and which the movie hammers home is that Dios is NOT Anthy's savior, he's a piece of her prison. She needs to overcome and outgrow him as much as she needed to overcome Akio.

[emberwritesinsight]

Hey guys I wrote a few more chapters of my Anthy-Kozue-Nanami chatfic I didn't update you on, read if you're interested

[utena-fanmerch]

- Ghostietea