:DDDDDDD Isn't it wonderful? I adore this series, I can't believe it took me so long to watch-yeah, I coulda torrented it, but watching with Lexi was more fun, it's always fun when you can share the experience with someone.
Anthy is fucking tragic and fucking messed up. She looks like a victim but she's also pretty terrible in her own right, even if most of her problems are Akio's doing he's not the one who made her fuck with Nanami and be passive-aggressive as shit to the Student Council. It's so complex, really-she's being abused, and she's fighting against it the only way she knows how.
And Akio is a horrible person but an interesting villain because we know who he used to be. Dios was a good person, but Akio killed him over the years. And Anthy REMEMBERS Dios being a good person, hence her staying with Akio all this time. Because she remembers when her abuser was good and kind to her, even though he's not anymore. And she's afraid to leave him because he's all she had, then and now.
RUKA IS THE BIGGEST GARY STU TO EVER GARY STU. I loathe that term lately because it and Mary Sue have lost all meaning but in this case? Yeah, he is one. Or tries to be. He's not even that good-looking, he's smug and smarmy as shit and he's a sexist creep. Ikuhara apparently added Ruka and made him look good cause of some feelings he had over a dead bully of his? That's what the official sources apparently say, I'll need to re-read the liner notes that came with my DVDs and see what they say. Or not. Ruka just sucks and you could've had the entire two episodes without him. Juri and Shiori conflict, Utena breaking the locket, Juri forced to wake up. That scene with Ruka trying to comfort Juri made me cringe, he's not heroic and it was UTENA who broke the damn locket.
tl;dr I have Feelings and Thoughts about Anthy and Dios and Ruka sucks.
So what do you ship? :D And your favorite platonic relationships? Favorite episodes, best moments, best running gags, etc.
edit: AND AGREED ABOUT NANAMI AND TOUGA AND SAIONJI. I started out hating them but at the end they were so important to me and I just wanted Touga and Saionji to be friends again and Nanami to grow up and realize she didn't need to be Little Miss Center Of Attention. And Wakaba and Miki, omg. Miki is outwardly nicer than a lot of the males in the series but he's just as messed up as the rest of the cast, and Wakaba broke my heart in her Black Rose Duel episode.
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Date: 2014-12-24 03:28 pm (UTC)Anthy is fucking tragic and fucking messed up. She looks like a victim but she's also pretty terrible in her own right, even if most of her problems are Akio's doing he's not the one who made her fuck with Nanami and be passive-aggressive as shit to the Student Council. It's so complex, really-she's being abused, and she's fighting against it the only way she knows how.
And Akio is a horrible person but an interesting villain because we know who he used to be. Dios was a good person, but Akio killed him over the years. And Anthy REMEMBERS Dios being a good person, hence her staying with Akio all this time. Because she remembers when her abuser was good and kind to her, even though he's not anymore. And she's afraid to leave him because he's all she had, then and now.
RUKA IS THE BIGGEST GARY STU TO EVER GARY STU. I loathe that term lately because it and Mary Sue have lost all meaning but in this case? Yeah, he is one. Or tries to be. He's not even that good-looking, he's smug and smarmy as shit and he's a sexist creep. Ikuhara apparently added Ruka and made him look good cause of some feelings he had over a dead bully of his? That's what the official sources apparently say, I'll need to re-read the liner notes that came with my DVDs and see what they say. Or not. Ruka just sucks and you could've had the entire two episodes without him. Juri and Shiori conflict, Utena breaking the locket, Juri forced to wake up. That scene with Ruka trying to comfort Juri made me cringe, he's not heroic and it was UTENA who broke the damn locket.
tl;dr I have Feelings and Thoughts about Anthy and Dios and Ruka sucks.
So what do you ship? :D And your favorite platonic relationships? Favorite episodes, best moments, best running gags, etc.
edit: AND AGREED ABOUT NANAMI AND TOUGA AND SAIONJI. I started out hating them but at the end they were so important to me and I just wanted Touga and Saionji to be friends again and Nanami to grow up and realize she didn't need to be Little Miss Center Of Attention. And Wakaba and Miki, omg. Miki is outwardly nicer than a lot of the males in the series but he's just as messed up as the rest of the cast, and Wakaba broke my heart in her Black Rose Duel episode.