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part of the reason the black rose arc is so important and effective is that for the first time in the show, utena has to fight people who are weaker than her, who have less knowledge and agency than her, who haven’t been (actively) complicit in the duelling games and the commodification of the rose bride. so much of utena’s identity prior to this has been based on being the underdog, the ✨self-made prince✨, the hero on a quest to save victims of injustice..… and then all of a sudden she’s fighting literal elementary schoolers and girls whose names she never even bothered to learn and her own heartbroken best friend. and yes, they’ve been turned into tools by mikage and akio, but ultimately utena is the one who has to defeat them and tear the rose from their breast. and she’s gradually starting to become aware of her own complicity and it’s horrifying for her, and the only thing she can do is not think about it, not think about it, not think about it—

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Claudia Hart: The Seasons (2009)

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anthy himemiya

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haaah, slippy slippery, slippy slippery, slippy slippy noodles on your slippy bald head. if you even CARE.

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it’s because you’re always in that damn hole that resembles the grave but isn’t

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we’ll heal together  ♡

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1970 Drexel “Plus One” Butterfly Table & Stools (via: eBay)

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19th Century Sacred Heart holy card

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Snails Kiss On Cherries [photo by Vyacheslav Mishchenk]

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orpheus looked back

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revolutionary girl utena (1997) // mobile suit gundam: the witch from mercury (2022)

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