Totally. It fries me so hard when fandom claims Anthy's either a passive little woobie victim or a nasty bitch because she's so much more complex than that!
It's completely missing the point of her character so shelve her as one or the other. The entire series emphasized that. @.@
Yeah, fuck off Ruka, you crossed the line. I imagine that when Juri and Shiori get over their differences though that he'd do triple rolls in his grave. Buwahahaha. :D
Utena and Anthy realize they've both been assholes, so they vow to be better people for each other. ;; To quote Jack Nicholson from As Good As It Gets: "You make me want to be a better man." Yeah, the way the fandom talks about her, you'd think that she had shown up during the entire series as the backstabbing puppet-master (as opposed to Akio), when really, she only showed up a few times as this petty, pathetic girl. Given more development, I'd like to think she got inspired by Utena too, and start thinking, "Wow, Juri still likes me after all I've done to her? Maybe she doesn't pity me after all... what did she see in me before I ruined everything?" Very slow process for her to get out of her self-loathing state, especially since she'd been shot down so many times before (THANKS RUKA), but being friends with Utena could help restore her self-esteem before getting the courage to talk to Juri again. Assuming Juri doesn't blow her off yet again. AUGH JURI AND SHIORI ARE SO STUBBORN AND COMPLICATED. Juri/Miki is refreshing in this regard because it's so cute and happy, haha. XD Yeah, Miki's the only guy I ship with Juri too. So much for us being thirsty hetfucks. :P (Boy, am I glad I wasn't involved in the Tumblr!Utena fandom wank... D:)
Yeah, I ship Utena/Wakaba like I ship Mami/Madoka; not my favorite, but I do like it. :D I'm certain there's tons of fix-it fics for Kanae out there, but it's going to take me a while to go through the archives. Ooh, Kanae/Tatsuya! I hadn't thought of that before, that'd be adorable. :D
I can see Kozue getting pissed at Miki for clinging to this image of her too. She's all "Dude, I'm not your 'innocent sister' anymore, let it go. Just because I'm grown up and do what I want and sleep around doesn't mean I'm not worth caring about anymore. I'm still a human being." But that gets filtered to Miki as "Dude, I'm your sister, I love you and I should be the only one in your life" (which in a way has some truth to it, but still) and the rift continues...
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Date: 2014-12-28 01:20 pm (UTC)It's completely missing the point of her character so shelve her as one or the other. The entire series emphasized that. @.@
Yeah, fuck off Ruka, you crossed the line. I imagine that when Juri and Shiori get over their differences though that he'd do triple rolls in his grave. Buwahahaha. :D
Utena and Anthy realize they've both been assholes, so they vow to be better people for each other. ;; To quote Jack Nicholson from As Good As It Gets: "You make me want to be a better man." Yeah, the way the fandom talks about her, you'd think that she had shown up during the entire series as the backstabbing puppet-master (as opposed to Akio), when really, she only showed up a few times as this petty, pathetic girl. Given more development, I'd like to think she got inspired by Utena too, and start thinking, "Wow, Juri still likes me after all I've done to her? Maybe she doesn't pity me after all... what did she see in me before I ruined everything?" Very slow process for her to get out of her self-loathing state, especially since she'd been shot down so many times before (THANKS RUKA), but being friends with Utena could help restore her self-esteem before getting the courage to talk to Juri again. Assuming Juri doesn't blow her off yet again. AUGH JURI AND SHIORI ARE SO STUBBORN AND COMPLICATED. Juri/Miki is refreshing in this regard because it's so cute and happy, haha. XD Yeah, Miki's the only guy I ship with Juri too. So much for us being thirsty hetfucks. :P (Boy, am I glad I wasn't involved in the Tumblr!Utena fandom wank... D:)
Yeah, I ship Utena/Wakaba like I ship Mami/Madoka; not my favorite, but I do like it. :D I'm certain there's tons of fix-it fics for Kanae out there, but it's going to take me a while to go through the archives. Ooh, Kanae/Tatsuya! I hadn't thought of that before, that'd be adorable. :D
I can see Kozue getting pissed at Miki for clinging to this image of her too. She's all "Dude, I'm not your 'innocent sister' anymore, let it go. Just because I'm grown up and do what I want and sleep around doesn't mean I'm not worth caring about anymore. I'm still a human being." But that gets filtered to Miki as "Dude, I'm your sister, I love you and I should be the only one in your life" (which in a way has some truth to it, but still) and the rift continues...