#and also can i be so fr sub ptutu is just Less Fun? mr cat and drosselmeyer arent even Silly. theyre just Normal. not even Eccentric

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yea sure. puts on my hbomberguy voice

So. Here is a ramble on The Story Of The Man Himself: What the FUCK is up with that???

like, alright, in episode 25's sub version, the intro says “When the man’s hands were cut off, he began writing a story in his own blood. That was a story of the man himself, who would continue to spin stories even after his death.” which is notably different from the dub version, which only says "That was a story he could continue spinning even after he died." a rare W for sub enjoyers, getting a little more flavor than dub enjoyers.

but its very clearly stated within the show that the story drosselmeyer was writing isnt His, its the story of the prince and the raven. this isnt even spoilers, they tell you in like episode 2. so why is the narrator, someone who tells the plot's stories in layers of metaphor, saying this Outright?

maybe because mytho IS drosselmeyer, cloaked in metaphor and allegory.

let's start simple: they look alike. no come back im going somewhere. princess tutu's cast all have unique appearances; their own hairstyle, hair type, and hair color, their own facial shape, their midly varying skin tones, etc etc.

like, this image doesnt even include the side or one-off characters who all look unique. pique and lillie, ebine, paulamoni and her husband, literally all of the animals, etc etc. so why, in this varied cast, do TWO of the main characters have white hair and golden-brown eyes? thats a very specific combination to put on Two Characters. oh well! surely thats a coincidence! maybe it just Happened to be an effective character design for both of these men with forbidden powers and surviving something that should have very much definitely killed them.

hey wait a second.

let's go over this story one more time. drosselmeyer is a writer whose stories come to life. his power was feared for the possibilities it could cause, so the bookmen cut off his hands and destroyed his stories. he evaded death by using his blood to write a story of himself, possibly dying from bleeding out in the process. its unclear. but its unlikely he wouldve been able to get actual medical attention for his hands, so i assume the impromptu amputation killed him eventually.

mytho is a revered prince with a forbidden power who uses it to trap the raven after they both escape from the story, completely losing his heart and thus himself in the process.

im not the only one seeing parallels, right? they are holders of great power who are loved and whose enemies Want that power. when their enemies cannot have the power to themselves, they vow to kill the power's holder. using this power, they endure an injury that should have killed them, leaving only a shell of themselves to continue existing.

maybe other stuff in drosselmeyers stories lines up with this. maybe the ghost knight is another version of himself, maybe the gk's lover, tutu, and lohengrin are all people who tried and failed to defend drosselmeyer. maybe drosselmeyer wants mythos story to end in tragedy just like his did. maybe its all just a parallel to tie the story into neat bows, not a direct self insert.

however its really funny for it to be a self insert bc so is edel and that makes all three of them transfem as FUCK thank you and goodnight!!!

The narrator opening episode 25 by saying the story of the prince and the raven is a story about himself was wild and completely changes the narrative