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And someday, together, we'll shine

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I thought of this immediately after seeing the scene

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Episode 33 vs. Adolescence of Utena

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Regarding this whole terrible take about Anthy being Akio's "enabler", I think it's very worth talking about how being forced to become your abuser's "accomplice" is really just another form of abuse and makes escaping even more difficult once you come to believe you are no longer deserving of safety and compassion.

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old utenas from my sketchbook

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anthy's awesome gardening tips

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what will it be, boss? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

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hey!! i have it in my head somehow that the shot of shiori in adolescence where she is a moth/butterfly is a reference to a painting but for the life of me i can't find any info on it. i googled and googled, browsed utena blogs up and down and looked through so many tags 😭 i figured if anyone would know you would?? no problem if not, have a great day 🩷

no sorry, i don't think i know it if it is. but maybe one of my followers does?

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a dead ideal

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something something The Prince kisses away Utena's tears something something the tears are what save Anthy in the end

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saw a post tht said anthy's cowardice makes her complicit in her abuse & i was speechless for a bit... & how abusive systems are held not only by abusers but also by ppl who are hurt by it who refuse to try... i'm living in abusive environment myself so this ticked me off lol. i mean... abuse and grooming will condition the victim to accept the suffering theyre subject to than taking a chance at an escape. abuse and grooming make a victim a coward. to say anthy's cowardice makes her complicit in her hurt is victim blaming. many ppl don't know how deep the psychological impacts of abuse are... i'm not infantilizing. these are facts. we victims may die trying to even have hope... we need some help too. we can't do it on our own. we know there are better things than abuse but the mere uncertainty is enough to scare us off. we cling to familiarity. self sabotage. sorry for the rant this is just something so personal to me

it is a deeply annoying post (as are all the others from that person) because they're acting like they're analyzing depth to anthy's character that nobody else ever talks about (untrue) but they just. aren't. like even if it is technically true that anthy is a coward who is complicit in perpetuating this cycle of abuse, you can't just end the conversation there. you gotta ask why this is. why is she so afraid of change? why is it so impossible for her to see an alternative to the way things are? you gotta look at the context of it all. the fact that she is a child, and that you can't hold her to the expectation of breaking this entire system by herself (even though, in a way, she does). and perhaps most importantly, that the main person anthy is hurting with her complicity is... herself. it is deeply unserious to say that anthy "faces no consequences" for her actions when consequences are all she ever gets. like what else do you want to happen to her?? why do you feel like she deserves to suffer, and how would it help anyone? anthy's suffering is precisely what keeps her complicit in the first place, and literally what the entire system is built on. you can't be like "wow she did all that and she just gets to walk away at the end??" when her leaving is the biggest step to making things right both for herself and for the people she hurt/helped akio hurt. do you really think the point should have been that she needs to stay in her coffin forever and, what, repent for her sins?? and just the idea that a narrative needs to punish every single action someone makes accordingly (what does that even mean) is very silly. that is not how the world works. people don't always get what they "deserve" and what they deserve is, clearly, very subjective anyway. whatever, i'm just rambling too now.

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Did you hear? Did you hear? You were a real girl all along!

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For the revolution of the world!! 💪✨🏳️‍⚧️

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heartwarming: found family just as oppressive as real one

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found family abolition

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what about our promise?

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thing i drew while we were stuck in traffic