#my favourite girlies

[fiveocock]

[dawning-skye]

Heart of Fire

[deweyduck]

@pscentral​​ event 25: seasons

↳ HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY BARBIE! 💖 (9 March, 1959)

"Positive attitude changes everything."

insp.

[artistmarchalius]

I wanted to design my own female Alastor for funsies and put her in clothes she might have worn in the mid 1930s. Once I’d drawn one outfit it was hard to stop. Of course I had to turn them into a catalog page!

[zombieslab]

does anyone understand what i mean

[demento-mori]

I also think a lot of the Shiori Hate™ comes from her portrayal in Adolescence. Now, while I understand the conclusions that peoole come to based on this, I don't think it's entirely fair to Shiori's character as it doesn't really take into consideration the context of Adolescence and the role that Shiori plays in the narrative.

Adolescence of Utena (regardless of whether you interpret it as a direct sequel, a standalone reimagining, or something in-between) clearly serves as a synopsis of the events of the series, just with details cut-out, changed, or condensed to support the movie's length. For example, the Student Council arc is instead condensed into a single duel with Saionji, as is the Apocalypse arc with Juri.

I would argue that Movie!Shiori, rather than being 100% representative of the real Shiori, is instead meant to serve as a stand-in for the Black Rose Duelists as a collective. The Black Rose Arc in RGU is vital in showing how victims of the system are turned against one another in order to keep them distracted from their real oppressors (this idea is also embodied in the series by Nanami, who is missing from the movie). It also demonstrates several examples of how Ohtori Academy's patriarchal system has fostered unhealthy and toxic relationships between various characters. I believe that Shiori is meant to serve as the embodiment of these themes in Adolescence of Utena, in lieu of the Black Rose Arc.

In Adolescence, Shiori has a very unhealthy and toxic relationship with Juri. She wants to force Juri to be her prince forever, so that she, by extension, can gain power within the system. This is in much the same way that the Black Rose Duelists make their respective student council members into rose brides by forcefully pulling swords from their chests, all in order to gain power and agency within the system. Shiori also plays a major antagonistic role in the movie as she is the one who exposes Anthy as the one who "killed" Akio, and she later attempts to stop Anthy from escaping to the real world (its a big mistake to think you're the only one who can turn into a car). I would argue that this represents how the Black Rose Duelists are convinced by Mikage to kill the Rose Bride, believing that it will solve their problems- which in itself represents how victims of the system are turned against other victims in order to keep them from rising up against the real oppressors. I think that this shows how Shiori's motivations within the movie more closely align with the general motivations of the Black Rose Duelists as a whole, rather than her original motivations within the series (which are worthy of an analysis all on their own).

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Tl;dr Movie!Shiori shouldn't be taken as a true 1:1 representation of Shiori's character, because she actually represents the entire Black Rose Arc and all its themes as a whole, just in condensed movie format.

[monarch-of-weird-girlboy-nation]

The Jason grace side of the fandom is the best side

[valtsv]

thinking about her (VAL) again and non-harmful ways to accommodate for her needs, specifically her dislike of crowds/being stared at, and how she reacts in a way that resembles someone experiencing PTSD-induced sensory overload, therefore a grounding sensory distraction would probably be her best option, and coming up with the idea of giving her a pair of headphones and an mp3 player (or tape/CD player maybe idk if they have much digital tech in the peninsula) loaded up with some songs so she can just pop them on and retreat to the safety of her chill beats to not erase people from reality to whenever she starts feeling overwhelmed. like when shrue plays a tape recording in s2 to avoid being tempted by the love saints' siren song, or when the sky saint attacks the grace in s3 so they play dad rock to drown it out, but for dealing with The Public instead.

[ask-the-colony-tree-siblings]

if young arti has purple eyes does current arti also have purple eyes

Yep! Well, she has one purple eye at least.

Did you know? The A in Artificer stands for Anger Issues

(I’m currently picturing the Scavs yelling “ARTI ARTI ARTI” when they see her coming just like soldiers when they see oncoming artillery fire)

[gandumdoreng]

Rune factory 4 yuri bc i miss my girls

[because-its-eurovision]

POV you are in the first row at a Käärijä show and Jesse offers you a drink

and after the show he got me their extra setlist from backstage because the other ones were ripped and messy 🥺

[booplesnotts-art]

Drew my favourite silly spooky girlie again because I need it

(*gasp* and in colour too!!)

Couldn’t decide which version I liked more so take both👍

Closeups (ish):

I love drawing fabric now I’m ngl- used to absolutely hate it but after a whole uni project dedicated to drawing primarily fabrics to get me outta my comfort zone, I’ve grown to really enjoy it

[newwavesylviaplath]

madonna in wonderland (october, 1992)

photographed by stephen maisel for vanity fair magazine

[theflyingfeeling]

Säynätsalo, 13.6.2024

[iridiumzer0]

Pretty girls die young

[bluebellhairpin]

"I'm here. Are you alright my love? Can you walk?"