#third ohtori au

[transmascutena]

these lines hit different when you read utena as transmasc

[setsujoumayu]

The Revolution Of

AO3 LINK:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9283484/chapters/21038579

SUMMARY: In a far away land ravaged by disease and death, a king prays to his ancestors for guidance. In response, or perhaps by sheer coincidence, a prince and his sister appear, and grant him the shining, miraculous power of eternity. Years later, princesses all over the world attempt to become the next prince's True Rose Bride. Little do they know, eternity does not exist, and a revolution is about to occur.

TAGS:

No Archive Warnings Apply

but the reader can ship whomever

Utena/Anthy

Utena/Miki

author's otp is utena/anthy tbh

Tenjou Utena

Himemiya Anthy

Kaoru Miki

Arisugawa Juri

Ohtori Akio

Shinohara Wakaba

Takatsuki Shiori

Kiryuu Nanami

Kiryuu Touga

Saionji Kyouichi

AU

can also be interpreted as canon continuation of anime

retelling of the movie and anime with the same themes

derived from a dream

channeling inner Be-Papas/Ikuhara

Metaphors Everywhere

roses everywhere

spoilers everywhere

Fluff

RETROSPECTIVE COMMENTARY: I don't think this fic aged particularly well. Not in terms of content (although, maybe that is the case too) but in terms of writing ability. I mean, most of the stuff I publish on AO3, then and now, needs some serious editing. But since I currently mostly write only for fun and practice, that's not happening. Any editing I do is ad-hoc or only to get rid of those unsightly typos.

At the time of writing, however, there is a (non-Utena) fic that is being edited by a friend. So soon! Soon, I will have something I didn't pull out of my arse in the middle of the workday at a reasonable writing time, like dead in the night noon!

Anywho. Here is the fic that revived (jumpstarted?) my writing career.

Also, I do not like Utena x Miki. Not one bit. Not then, and not now. I'm certain it was a decision I made because that pairing was the one I saw in the dream this fic was based off of.

BONUS:

In the fic notes, I mentioned that the fic itself was an "outline" for an Utena fanfic (doujin) I wanted to make. Unfortunately, plans for that have long been dashed for other brainrot things (cough bakudeku) but it's not like it never started! Yesterday (5/13/2022), I found the 8 pages I drafted on cardstock paper from a dollar store!

As you can see, I started inking the first and third page (why not second? beats me!), but hadn't even bothered to erase the pencil lines.

Also, if you were wondering, I didn't thumbnail or draft anything. At that time, I was actively drafting my "debut" manga comic on the fly, so although I knew about thumbnails and did it once for my 12th grade English class*, it probably didn't occur to me to plan out the comic. I just did the whole first-draft-best-draft-only-draft thing with it.

And that's that! Onto the next fic!

*It was a comic of Odysseus. However, my English teacher was notorious for never returning classwork so I never got that comic back QWQ All I have is that thumbnail page. Maybe I'll share it one day. But that wouldn't be on this blog.

[carbootsoul]

[ID: three digital drawings of an utena ace attorney au. the first one shows anthy behind the witness stand, wearing her rose bride uniform with opaque glasses. her ace-attorney style textbox reads "farewell, tenjou-san." the second is a drawing of utena and nanami. utena is wearing a gray and red suit with her hand on her hip and a smug expression. nanami, standing next to her, looks cross and is wearing her ohtori uniform. an arrow pointing to utena reads "utena is the one to channel dios." next to dios is "mia" crossed out. next to nanami it says "nanami co counsel even." the third image is a recreation of the court record from an ace attorney game, pulled up to an image of a rose bouquet. it reads "bouquet - evidence. a bouquet of roses from chairman ohtori. they smell like anthy..." below is a lineup of four other evidence pieces: juri's locket, saionji's exchange diary, chuchu, and utena's rose earrings. end ID]

nanami voice he doesn't seem like your typical attention whore to me >:/

[miky91ftw]

Titles I’d like to ask for are: Poisoned Rose, Midnight Strike, and King of Cards!

Thank you for asking!

Poisoned Rose 

Somebody at Ohtori is back at it again with the usual bullshit No, well, if we want to keep it Utena-themed, I’d probably go with a story set shortly after Anthy’s departure. As the law of the stage created around the Rose Bride start to change in response to her absence, a shadow from the past manages to manifest itself once again in the campus: Mikage has defied death once more, and this time, rather than the Rose Bride, it is the fallen prince the one he is after.Basically the “big bad” from the second arc comes back from the dead to mess up with the series big bad hopefully leading to mutual annihilation.

The title could also work for a story set in the world of fashion. As the next big runaway show is coming up, a series of incidents and unfortunate events start to occur. Could the mastermind behind such misfortunes be hiding among the models and the production staff? While I envision the narration to be unassuming and direct, with only some occasional and indulgent purple passages, the visual compartment would be more detailed and extravagant, with an aesthetic mainly based on ‘70s and ‘80s shoujo manga and fashion.

Midnight Strike

For this, I’ll probably go with one of the most classical dynamics in stories dealing with a conflict between two factions: a selected squad must infiltrate and destroy the enemy base (bonus point if they also need to rescue a comrade/retrieve some kind of weapon/artifact/special thing). The fic would probably follow the protagonist in their thoughts before the start of the operation, evaluating their risk, finding the resolve to proceed, hoping for the best and mentally prepare for the worst. Then, a bell rings. It’s  a new day, it is time to attack.As the main focus of the fic lies in the protagonist’s line of thought, the narration itself would often include free indirect speech and inner monologues, with an  occasional reminder of the time to create a crescendo of tension as midnight comes closer. The main  visual  will feature a night-inspired palette of blues and other dark colors,  with a sketchy and unrefined art style.

King of Cards

Hum, maybe something more light-hearted to conclude?

Lately, life has been pretty rough with Keiichiro Asaka, head of the VS Academy discipline committee and also known as “the fuming boy-cop”: aside from the usual work, it seems like a group of students going by the name of “Gangler” is slowly taking control of the whole institute by bulling other students and controlling an actual gambling den inside the school.

To make things worse, the “Red King”, a student with a rather eccentric uniform and a mask to conceal his face, appears during lunchtime to publicly challenge one of the Gangler to a card game! Despite the discipline committee’s attempt to stop the match, and the Gangler’s cheating devices, the Red King manages to win! Together with “Blue Jack” and ”Yellow Queen”, the three masked student swear to wipe the Gangler out of the school, before disappearing in a flash as the bell rings.  

With a third faction entering the stage of this high school war, Keichiro has to face yet another new challenge: getting along with his new roommate, the charming, yet somehow irritating Kairi Yano, recently transferred from another school!

A LupPato School!AU, with a specific focus on bizarre card game and other unusual  form of games in a mix that combines strategic action to all the tropes and dynamics you should expect from an high school setting!