doing a literature degree is just thinking about revolutionary girl utena 24/7 and being too scared to float the idea of even flirting with it in your dissertation. i was like yeah i can write about utena as a gothic text that'll be fine (horrified at the thought of having to explain that this obscure and notoriously difficult anime that hates you as an audience member until you Get It is actually really good and cool and it is such a fundamental part of my identity to my tutors)