#im like omg utena...........

[biruesque]

i saw the pinkest bike in existence so naturally, i had to...

[kristybluebird]

All things will fade, maybe it's better off that way; I wish you'd stay with me.

[thesuntookgoodcareofme]

Touga kyriuu......................... *Inspects him under a ringlight like a surgeon*

[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman showdown FINALS

Hornet (Hollow Knight) vs Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Propaganda below cut

Hornet

Technically its not a sword but she wields a needle in a setting where swords do not exist and she wields it in an exceedingly swordlike fashion so. She counts; Girlboss demigoddess spider lady. She's been protecting an entire kingdom for longer than many of the other characters have been alive. She systematically kills her siblings for being too weak. She's simply the best.

#im pretty sure hornet can beat like. anyone in a fight.#have you ever fought hornet#its so fucking hard getting past her every time i play hk i go literally insane.

#i remember getting stuck on the first hornet fight on mt first play through and bring likr#''omg the boss fights in this are so hard!!!''#like what. you're not even half way through what are you talking about#you can't even DASH honey. you don't know what's diffcult or not in this game.

So, SPOILERS

but I feel like the "she systematically kills her siblings" part needs a little clarification. See, one of her siblings was used as a living prison for an angry god and that uh. Didn't work out for the sibling in question or anyone else.

This account is itself heavily abbreviated but it's likely that any other sibling Hornet encounters will be trying to take over as the god's new prison. She appears to challenge any sibling she sees to battle, in order to test their resolve against herself and her needle - would they actually have a chance against that god?

We never actually see her kill any siblings, but she does quite pointedly tell one of them that (to paraphrase) "My needle is lethal and I would feel no sadness in a weakling's demise."

Feels like a relevant quote. In any case, if they can't beat Hornet, it seems like her needle would be a far more merciful end than what the god would grant.

Anyway, a bit of additional material for @swordswomanshowdown :

As is the case for any cool swordswoman, it's not just her sword that's lethal, it's her with it. And Hornet's needle was custom made for her - the creators have said that, while other needles exist, hers was made specifically for her to wield, and its construction allows her to use her spider silk better in combat.

And another thing that I think makes her a good swordswoman: she's actually pretty thoughtful about how she uses it. There's a least one instance where she tries to warn someone off before fighting them! At the same time, when she does fight, she seems to enjoy it - during her boss battles, you can hear her laugh sometimes, as if exhiliarated. She's really got it all, as a swordswoman!!!

#HORNET SWEEP CMON PLEEEEEEASE#shes gay. shes the only sibling with a gender. shes a spider named HORNET. look like croissant. whats not to like

Xena

Warrior Princess

She wields a sword and chakram. Just had to submit a biconic swordswoman.

i love her. she made me gay as a kid. Anyway, her weapon of choice is her sword, she is obviously very good with it

#unfortunately i have to choose and i have to choose xena#a) utena had no warcry. b) xena fought gods. c) xena has kickass goofy comic book combat which is my favorite

xena didn’t just fight gods. she fucked up a girl’s life so bad that she (calisto) devoted her entire being to destroying everything that xena loved that ended up with calisto becoming a god in order to destroy xena, which didnt work because xena entombed her in lava. and then when xena and gabrielle encountered calisto in the (christian) afterlife (different from the greek one which they also fought her in), calisto dragged gabrielle to hell so xena became an archangel in order to save gabrielle and then sacrificed herself in order to undo all the harm that she did in calisto’s life and then when not!jesus (played by timothy omundson) revives xena and gabrielle, calisto impregnates xena with the reincarnation of calisto’s soul in order to end the cycle of hate. xena doesnt just fight gods. she creates and destroys them

#this isnt even mentioning her fighting julius ceasar several times#telling brutus that caesar is not his friend#xena and gabrielle’s souls reincarnating across centuries in order to kick ass and fall in love all over again#or the time xena became a god but tbh that ep is kinda ‘uhhhhh…..’ even if they did hire a consultant for it

#I think everyone here knows to vote for Xena. I think a couple people here might have some propaganda for Xena saved already#everyone remember that Xena/Gabrielle is CANON and that's a pretty big deal also#(does anyone have that Xena Loves Trans People interview around because that would also make good propaganda)

I love Xena ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️

[barblaz-arts]

What would be wenclairs favourite type of shirt to wear. Like between tshirt, button down, sweaters etc etc

You in my inbox rn like:

Oh man. Might disappoint you with some of these answers because idk a few of the stuff ur asking about here

For Wednesday, button down. For enid, sweaters

I've never watched Utena so I only know very little about it, but I've already made this joke before with Eugene

Wednesday might like the dark themes and the crazy symbolisms

Idk enough fish to say....

Idk what Golden Compass is either 😅

Omg im so sorry but i only know the bare minimum about fruits basket 😭 that's the one where they turn into an animal right? Idk Wednesday would just be a raven and Enid would be a wolf. Just standard stuff. I like to stick to canon if I could.

I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to be about

Mmm not sure which of the classic fairy tales are the only ones related to the Grimm brothers and which ones aren't.... Just. If we're merely talking about fairy tales, probably Beauty and the Beast.

Enid - honestly probably the whole menu. If she's in wolf form she can it em all in one sitting

Wednesday - palabok with chicken. And one of of those choco mallow pies? Ive never ordered one but i think that's the other pie flavor over than peach mango and ube

[alexsiple]

I have your hxh tapestry and i love it (and so do my cats!)... I couldnt convince myself that im enough of a fan of dungeon meshi or berserk (havent even read berserk lol) to get those too but if you made a p5 one i would be required to get it. Have you watched revolutionary girl utena? I feel like you could make a really incredible tapestry for that, although it's not like you could ever miss...!

omg i'm so glad you and your cats love it... lmfao i'm honored! also this is encouraging me to make that p5 blanket faster thank you. i've actually been slowly watching utena lately, how'd you know omg. watching slowly because my brain feels overwhelmed by how much i love the design work going on and i have to process lol. the storytelling is crazy so far. i'm not that far at this point but you're totally right about it working for a tapestry design... i guess we'll see how i feel at the end LOL so many utena artists have already made such beautiful things tbh

[unpurposed-organism]

I really love thats theres always somebody liveblogging their Utena Experience in the tags. Im like laying on my bed twirling my hair and giggling going "ommmmgggg hehehe sooooo true" "omg wait until they see this next part omg" "lol thats exactly what my reactions was to that episode" Its cool that twenty-something years later theres still so many people watching and enjoying this show for the first time

[kroosluvr]

Im still deciding of what would happen in an Ake/sumi Showtime. Cause i feel like he would be reluctant to participate at first, even during the showtime itself. But i absolutelly know the "Revolutionary Girl Utena" vibes from that showtime would be off the charts

I AGREEEEE LMAO wait i just finished a concept tho let me upload and lmk what u think.... (RGU VIBES OMG SO TRUE THO i still have to finish watching.. Q_Q )

[naumin]

hello ^^/! I found your art semi recently and have become a huge fan of your style and characters! A question: what are ur inspirations/influences behind Huran Enki? love the historical references in your art, just wondering what else fuels it!

omg thank you <33

so Huran Enki is narratively inspired by works from antiquity like Greek tragedies, shenmo novels and epic poems like The Secret History of the Mongols, the Epic of Gilgamesh, etc... basically every desperate or twisted aspect of human behaviour that interested me, i put it into Huran Enki.

for visual inspiration i look at a lot of irl artworks from these eras plus the landscapes/peoples/textiles/clothing/patterns of the steppes of West Asia and Central Asia! and then it all gets filtered thru my eyes and what im capable of drawing. i try to keep the influences varied... use things i see in-person or in books etc rather than exclusively online... oh also cant forget to mention the manga/anime influences from like Gundam, Utena, Princess Tutu, Shut Hell, Fate, and more :3

i would love to read more epic poems like Beowulf and the Mahabharata and keep feeding things to my story!

[helloanthy]

tbh i was kind of expecting vriska at the end of the colors of utena

idk if this is python sending this anon because what a coincidence it would be ! but either way ill take this opportunity to share our conversation about hs/rgu from 2 days ago

🐒 munke [10:20 PM] on my last helloanyhy i drew anthy as kanaya mayhaps i should terezi her this time [10:20 PM] not character parallels .jus anthy cosplay things

🐍 python [10:20 PM] terezi [pog]

🐒 munke [10:21 PM] terezis ur rose bride

🐍 python [10:21 PM] anthy cosplays all the homestuck trolls

🐒 munke [10:21 PM] (makes u into bug cannibal)

🐍 python [10:21 PM] om nom nom nom [me turning myself into a bug and also you so i can cannibalize you] [10:22 PM] terezi's name is razor gillette and shes an orchid mantis

🐒 munke [10:22 PM] my brain is getting chemicaliszed so i cabt mental exercise but bow do u think anthy n vriska would get alkng oe not

🐍 python [10:22 PM] ummm… i imagine something similar to how anthy and nanami get along

🐒 munke [10:23 PM] did u kno ladbugs hav to drill a hole thru the females exoskeletob to creat an orifice to mate [10:23 PM] wohldnt that be heinous [10:23 PM] rips u a new asshole

🐍 python [10:23 PM] vriska: does not agree with anthy's submission so she comes in with a lot of bluster [10:23 PM] anthy: 🙂

🐒 munke [10:23 PM] omg. vrisknami ?+ [10:24 PM] nariska

🐍 python [10:24 PM] nanami is not A vriska, i think, but she feels very adjacent to me [10:24 PM] i need 2 ponder that one more [10:24 PM] i do know i consider wakaba and jade to be similar though [10:25 PM] i think vriska considers anthy to be very boring. so she might provoke her a lot. like how she was w aradiabot [10:25 PM] but also that was bc vriska considered aradia a friend… so idk with a stranger she might just be rude

🐒 munke [10:26 PM] wait ur wakajade parraleld [10:26 PM] i would like to hear defensr

🐍 python [10:26 PM] theyre both sidelined by the plot very heavily [10:26 PM] w wakaba its like lampshaded but w jade less so [10:26 PM] they both couldve been the protag in another comic

🐒 munke [10:27 PM] ahhhh [10:27 PM] rebound girlies ……..

🐍 python [10:27 PM] theyre both aware of how distant they r from the canon… and hate it [10:27 PM] yeas… [10:28 PM] i think the difference is that jade was sidelined bc she was too powerful for the plot. like she is the most involved in sburb of the beta kids (her life does not truly begin until they enter the game) but shes also the least involved in all the big battles bc shes too strong [10:28 PM] the hand of god taking her off the table… [10:28 PM] i think wakaba is just sidelined bc its not her story LOL [10:29 PM] like she HAS her own plot she can be involved in (shes the princess of that other world or whatever and she literally found her prince) but she doesnt want it ‼‼ she wants to be in this one. [10:30 PM] thats all i have maybe theres another utena character who jade is a closer analog to idk [10:33 PM] i think in terms of like… placement irt the plot? vriska's thing is that the story is always trying to sideline her but she (and also the hand of god very transparently) keeps putting her back in. and also terezi did that once too lol. but nanami and vriska share a similar role of … being subjected to a lot of humiliation (plot wise) but also their backstories are a trauma dump. and also ofc the personalities

and today

🐒 munke [1:13 PM] did u send me an anon on hehlloanthy about vriska

🐍 python [1:13 PM] not at all [1:13 PM] what does it say ⁉️⁉️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️

🐒 munke [1:13 PM] 🤨

🐍 python [1:13 PM] BELIEB ME

🐒 munke [1:13 PM] ok well im ghonna post our conversation about rgu/hs parallels then [1:13 PM] just to share 💜

🐍 python [1:15 PM] okay addendum to what i said before [1:18 PM] for homestuck, rheres a difference between hussie the self insert joke and hussie the wielder of the hand of god. re: vriska remaining relevant via the hand of god. like hussies self insert is an allegory for the narrative going off the rails and out of their control. but ofc like theyre the one still writing and arting for it, so they arent truly divorced from the narrative decisions jn the real world. DOES THIS MAKE SENSE

🐒 munke [1:22 PM] yes

🐍 python [1:22 PM] i just want to circumvent the haters 😈

🐒 munke [1:22 PM] HSFJDFJSKDHFOKDSJ

[okunichh]

just wanted to say i love ur au im sorry if this is gonna sound weird but im so grateful for it and ur art because in my opinion not enof ppl give miki the haterism he deserves. i feel so seen like his obsession with purity that makes him disregard and dehumanize his sister PISSES ME OFF everytime i rewatch utena with different friends and i react to him the way i do (with distaste) theyre like damn hes just a little guy ! hes nice ! no me and anthy wouldve beaten him to death with hammers before he could un-dios himself and akio kozue ill tell u what. also kozue is the better twin. shes so underrated thats my GIRL

OMG THANK YOUUUUU i feel very seen now too....i feel the same 😭‼️

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

Yeah, they have at home blood test kits you can buy! You prick for finger and put a drop of blood into a thingy and it tells you c:

omg im soooo excited we should all place bets on wat type i am...i hope type B like utena :)

[mikka-minns]

When my two hyperfixations have a thing in common

Bi han: *is a jerk*

Kuai: *something about their father and how he didnt die for this(+reasonable emotions ig?)*

Siblings: *exist(most likely act very sus*

Utena: *biggest smile ever* OMG YOU TWO ARE SO LUCKY! I DONT HAVE A FAMILY, MY PARENTS ARE DEAD! THEY DIED TRAGICALY AND I WANTED TO DIE CUZ I DIDNT SEE A POINT IN LIFE AND THEN SOME MAN CAME AND SHOWED ME HOW HE BASICALY DOES NOTHING TO STOP THE ETERNAL TORTURE HIS LITTLE SISTER IS EXPIRIANCING! AND NOW IM HERE! LMAO 😃😃😃😃

(maybe a bit exegarated, but its a joke... Mostly)

[legallybrunettedotcom]

hello im just a lurker longtime follower once a mutual biggest fan ill follow you untill you love me papa paparazzi etc but I don't wanna impose.....I'm just curious have you ever done a music vid to revolutionary girl utena? like I feel like its something you have done but maybe it was someone else im thinking of...otherwise I just wanna drop in annd say your some of your latest have made me insane actually like the orville peck one? thanks ♥️😩

omg hiii! we're moots again! thank you so much 🩷 and i haven't done any revolutionary girl utena edits. i only know about it because i see it sometimes mentioned on here and it does seem cool. i write down every and any edit idea so maybe if i start watching it i can concoct something. 🎥

[raven]

I’m not trying to get you crucified here but tbh I would love to hear your locked tomb criticisms and feel validated in mine

So like im not a professional hater for it bc i simply didnt like it and i only make well thought out analyses if i enjoy the thing a lot for whatever reason and to me tlt is more of a whimper than a bang. so this isnt the most well thought out & its been a year or maybe 2 since i read it. but lets go. i read the first 2 books & not nona the ninth btw, and i enjoyed gideon for the most part due to I Love Murder Mysteries. but once its no longer a murder mystery(& confined to one location) i felt like the whole thing fell apart. (That being said i will suffer through a LOT for a murder mystery) harrow the ninth was like.. confusing and i know thats the point but it couldnt carry itself well enough. like i like confusing narratives i like nonsense and i like it when it doesnt make sense. but it just like. wasnt.. good? i really cant elaborate without rereading and i dont really want to. Also it was very predictable which, how can u be confusing and predictable, idk, ask harrow the ninth

so like anyways the writing is pretty annoying. i cant say its bad writing because it's competent enough but it's like oh my god you referenced this meme from 2016 tumblr you are SO. FUNNY. like i felt like as soon as i would be like "ok this is real im getting into it" someone would drop the dumbest line in the entire world that was a reference to an outdated meme. (I wish i took notes in my book to give you an example but like... you know exactly what im talking about if you've read any of it lmfao) people are like "gideon is just annoying" and yeah, she really was, but her narration in the first book had much fewer meme references and it was therefore sooo much more tolerable imo. Like harrow was genuinely SO bad for it. but both books i read felt very very juvenile. like people will be like "it is NOT ya" but then why does it feel like ya. like ya isnt just subject matter, i would argue that the defining feature in all the ya i read as a teen was in its tone and style. and tlt totally has a similar tone. in an annoying way. like "oh funny and relatable" but like due to everyone talking like a 17 year old from tumblr.com in the year 2015 it was not like, atmospheric at all. and a lot of harrow the ninth is about The Vibe. And the vibe was not coming across well. it just completely prevented me from feeling like i was in another world in like, any way. and this is a pretty fantastical setting..

and now we move on to the fandom of it all. i saw a really good post a few days ago that i did not reblog or save but it was criticizing how ianthe specifically was written like, intentionally playing into fandom troping and it genuinely shows so hard and it's really annoying. like. ok. so i told my friend that ianthe was just discount nanami from utena. and they were like "that is not true because ianthe is a discount homestuck character, also how dare you say that about nanami." (Idk anything about homestuck so i cant tell you any more there) but isnt that crazy. she is a knock off of many. anyways so like her whole purpose is to i dont know. fuck things up in an incredibly non threatening manner? like she was not necessary but its like Omg #Failgirl! god i wish i could find the post because i am not putting it into words

i also generally found the relationships and characters to be pretty uncompelling. like i didnt really care about gideon and harrow it was like woah they like each other now. wasnt really feelin it. i know a lot of people like it and thats fine though. the characters i liked the best were camilla and palamedes and then they dropped the bomb that palamedes was a heterosexual and i was genuinely so upset. like the man had fag vibes. "Oh he could be bisexual" the thing is that he wasnt though. soooooo. this is like so unimportant but i really did feel very betrayed. bc like gay people exist in the series. and not him..? fuck off

Ok thats all for now good bye if anyone want me to reread the books and take notes and critique for real give me money i would do it and i would be so thorough. but i know i dont do these things often so you cant really trust my analysis skills so thats fine. anyways. yeah. um anon if you have thoughts on the books let me know i love to read them tbh. sorry this post is so long i am on my cell phone and i feel like it doesnt deserve a read more. sorry

[holycalf]

Hi sorry your tags on my Utena Analysis Chart have been living rent free in my head

This is soooo interesting thank you for mentioning it it makes me insane

omg don’t be sorry at all!!! im glad u thought they were interesting instead of just like. pointless babbling on ur already awesome post