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putting my animation degree to use
Some character profiles for my silly (sad) third semester au <3!!!
You never told me how you got that
![[request Box] Utena, Short Hair And Outfit From The Movie](https://64.media.tumblr.com/626025e0f21d7ae754d9a5e3073618da/232b0d1b4c091f3f-98/s500x750/ba1941acd40f60cbdabc982ad7c090ee72e53ccf.png)
[request box] utena, short hair and outfit from the movie
messy lil comic thinking about post-story anthy and utena/anthy’s guilt. text below cut.
“We’re safe,” “We’re safe,” “We’re safe,”
we take turns whispering in the dark of our bedroom.
But, still, you cannot stand my weight atop yours.
You keep saying that you do not blame me.
The worst part is that I believe you.
how couldnt he…..
thinking about what "something eternal" means in the series and maybe the answer is related to liberation.
I say this because prince dios showed anthy's suffering to utena as something eternal. we can interpret this as eternal suffering to oppressed people because anthy is racialized and mistreated because of this and, of course, "in the end, all girls are like the rose". utena see this and recognizes her pain and, instead of accepting it as something unchangeable, she decides to save anthy.
utena's approach at the beginning of the series is also wrong. she tries to "save" anthy as a prince, treating her like everyone else does: as someone without autonomy and without reaching to her in equal foot and being considerate towards her actual needs. in other words, anthy wanted understanding of her pain and recognition to her humanity instead of others treating her as a tool to feel good with one's chivalry. utena was selfish because she decided to live her prince fantasies through anthy.
at the end, she realizes that this is unfair and how it actually damages anthy. she reaches her in equal foot and both of them achieve liberation. so, all this time, the way to get "something eternal" was real connection with others. liberation through love and real understanding between oppressed people. recognizing each others pain and needs, and acting accordingly. wanting to help each other to be more autonomous because we are not free until we are all free. we shouldn't try to "save" others because we end up stripping them of deciding how their own well being looks like or how to works towards it. collective liberation means we all are interdependent to one another to be truly free. so what we should actually do is talk to other people as equals. don't show them "the path", you have nothing to teach. construct the path collectively and learn from each other.
utena's liberation was tied to anthy's. our liberation is bound to one another's. that's the key to meaning, to finally reach "something eternal".
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my cat who’s a little psycho and also a freak
watched some more of part 4 today which made me wanna doodle him. dude. going insane but it’s okay
i love jushio follow me if you love jushio
shoutout to them for inventing toxic yuri
anthy rebels in the ways that she can, and that’s one thing i absolutely love about her. my favorite is when akio, utena and her take a photo and she pushes herself in between akio and utena so he cannot put his hand on her. BADASS.
i've only gotten into rgu recently but one thing i absolutely adore is how petty anthy can be cuz if i had to take on the world's misogyny i'd be spiteful as hell to. from immediately changing honorifics after saionji lost, cheering for miki to lose, almost every nanami ep, etc...
with how much this series is stuck in my head this is like the first time I've drawn anything for it
anthy’s face as she realizes that utena understands her pain, she shares it; and how she holds utena. trapped by heteropatriarchal violence—confined by akio’s cage—but still, they hold one another.
i love rgu so much, these girls mean everything to me 😭😭😭
Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)
old trend im reposting off twitter. made by me and the GOAT @krisbatlife 🫡
she drew snake, i drew otacon !
