#touga rgu

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

hm rgu just has a really nuanced take about how patriarchy harms men. it says that men are brought up in a society that encourages them to harm women and emulate other misogynistic, abusive men [touga emulating akio, and to a lesser extent saionji emulating touga and later akio]. this often does come at some cost to their own psyche, because the men they are emulating hurt and abuse them too [touga is abused by akio, saionji is abused by touga though touga is not nearly as skillful with it]. but regardless, they are punching downwards to mistreat the women in their lives the same way their abusive male role models do [touga abusing nanami, saionji abusing anthy], and they choose to act this way to women because, despite the conditions of patriarchy inflicting a toxic and self-destructive relationship with other men on them, they are willing to imitate and obey the same men that hurt them if it means they can keep the privilege and power over women that the patriarchy grants them by default for being men. [touga wants to be akio's successor, he wants to inherit the world that akio has constructed for himself, which is built on the foundation of patriarchal power over women. and to do this touga deliberately keeps himself on akio's radar rather than pull back once it becomes clear what akio's intentions with him are. touga believes he's letting himself be manipulated, he believes he is consenting to it, and that that will be worth it if it means claiming akio's seat of power in the future. (of course what touga doesn't consider is that he cannot meaningfully consent to any advances akio makes, because he's a minor and akio is an adult.)]

rgu asserts that yes, patriarchy does harm men, but that harm comes almost exclusively from other men. and, more importantly, while abusive men may have been hurt by the patriarchy at the hands of other men, it is still their choice to hurt the women around them. and rather than dawdle and sympathize with harmful men for how they themselves were hurt by other harmful men, it's more important to prevent them from hurting anyone else

[tourniquetmemories]

redrew this dumbass sketch from 2019 (?) because Why Not

[arielluva]

let's play maiden dissection!

[dakimchi]

Revolutionary Girl Utena 🌹 Pietà

[watch the full speedpaint here !]

finally, my biggest artwork so far... i wanted to draw Utena and Anthy as Bouguereau's Pietà, but in the end i couldn't resist adding the other characters! RGU holds a very special place in my heart, so i hope i did them justice ❤️

btw i promise next Utena fanart will be more cheerful lmao

[fungh0u1]

who's going to tell him!!!

[kristybluebird]

"I have seen the cage you are weaving for me; it is a very pretty one and I shall sit, hereafter, in my cage among the other singing birds but I—I shall be dumb, from spite" (Carter, 1979)

[thegooblet]

thought too hard about dynamics of abuse in rgu and blacked out

[cam24fan]

[arscorpii]

red apple

episode 5 / episode 10 / episode 11 / episode 19 / episode 23 / episode 32

[bardace]

She’s whatever you want her to be.

(Individual frames under the cut)

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

thinking about rgu's assertion that it's a complete misunderstanding to think that touga doesn't care about nanami and saionji. he does care about them. he cares about them so much that he, someone who does not believe in sincerity or trust, is willing to emotionally beat down, manipulate, and abuse them to keep them close to him, to keep them on a short leash and that leash in his hand. because he absolutely cannot bear the thought that they can live without him.

[continentaltheater]

“Ah dance, ancient continental theater”

[arielluva]

the director

still images under the cut (tw for allusions to csa)

[dakimchi]

[WIP] Revolutionary Girl Utena as Bouguereau's Pietà 🌹 can't wait to finish this omg-

[watch the full speedpaint here !]

[velvet-ii]

utena slop coming right up

[kristybluebird]

"I feel like something bad is going to happen to me. I feel like something bad has happened. It hasn't reached me yet but it's on its way" (Lake Mungo 2008)