more like industrial revolutionary girl

no but this is actually driving me insane

if you keep up like this maybe one day you'll get a better camera

*wakes up in a cold sweat* the reason the black rose arc had to be forgotten by everyone is because its foundational tenet operated on giving the Brides agency to protest against their role in the dueling system and seek to leave it, further exemplified by its final shot being that of anthy's complicitness in the dueling game. the black rose arc gives a 'voice to the voiceless' and exploits their rage against their lives into rage against the Bride - which though it furthers ohtori's system of oppression (the dueling game is built upon exploiting the internal conflicts of the duelists after all), the methodology of giving 'voices' to the Brides by allowing them to Speak Their Mind within the framework of 'self improvement' via seeking out therapy is shown to be antithetical to ohtori academy as a whole because true self actualization of the bride will mean the end of ohtori academy as a system. in this essay i will

I watched Jane's a Car from Nightmare time and I was surprised to not found any Utena crossover with it so I had to do it myself

It's interesting to me that Akio/Dios are portrayed so differently in the movie vs the anime. Broadly speaking, in the anime Akio is a menacing figure (albeit charming at times) and Dios seems more benevolent.

Whereas in the movie Akio is kind of a joke?? His flipping over the car hood is silly and dainty and frilly instead of this display of sexual power, he's full on panicking because he doesn't have as much control over Anthy as he thought, he's lost his keys, he falls out of his own window.

And in the movie, it's Dios who is scary, and appears at the end of the car chase to intimidate Anthy into going back. Dios is the final boss.

And since I interpret the movie as from Anthy's POV/in her headspace, I see that as a reflection of how she views Akio in the present vs Dios in the past.

Akio, as of the end of the anime, is not someone who Anthy respects anymore. He's foolish, because he didn't see the meaning in Utena's actions, and she sees that all his posturing is just that: posturing.

Dios, though? Dios is the one she loved, and cared about, and did everything she ever did for. Dios was Anthy's prince, and to leave the school isn't just to leave Akio, it's also to leave behind this idealized memory of what he was-- and, by extension, what Anthy was with him.

It's important to note that Anthy never really wanted to be saved from Akio. She wanted "a prince she could believe in," and that was Dios until he "became" Akio (however you choose to interpret that). Later, she saw Dios in Utena-- a new prince she could believe in, even if she couldn't bring herself to do so until the last moment.

But I think the point which the anime alludes to and which the movie hammers home is that Dios is NOT Anthy's savior, he's a piece of her prison. She needs to overcome and outgrow him as much as she needed to overcome Akio.

Ok, which one of you did this?? I refuse to believe two properties independently developed '1957 Corvette with a historically inaccurate backseat driving to the Real World'

Talking about Adolescence of Utena to my friend who's only watched a few scattered episodes but has seen the transformation scene:

Yeah the car is a symbol for escaping your abusive family through your significant other but it's also a gift. Ikuhara knows he's put you through it. The show is like getting stabbed with trauma, the movie is like Ikuhara giving you bandages , and the car scene is the lollipop for getting through it all. You were a Very Brave Boy and you earned it.

im not a huge adolescencehead if im being honest but granted ive only seen it once. that said i love how utena literally turns into a car. they rly said “fuck subtlety utena is the vehicle for anthy’s revolution” and then they they hit akio’s already dead washed up cringefail ghost and he exploded into a cloud of roses and it ruled.

oh? you’re lesbians? which one of you turns into a car and which one drives the car?

heterophobic nanami real

[ID: two screenshots from 'revolutionary girl utena' of nanami and touga standing in the rose garden. nanami imploringly clings to touga, who stands stiffly with his face obscured from the audience. in the first screenshot, nanami says: 'i know i have to accept that you go out with girls.'

in the second screenshot, nanami continues: 'but don't go out with a girl like her!' /end ID]

Thinking about how parents usually say "don't get into a stranger's car" and how the implocation is that they are going to kidnap you, kill you or assault you (or everything). And Akio uses his car for abuse, either doing it there or driving the victim to the place where the abuse is going to happen. In some cases, even though he is a stranger, the victims know he exists and is an authority in the school. In others, he grooms them and gets them to trust him, so he makes sure that the warning no longer applies to him.

His power as an adult and how, with his car, he has more freedom than the kids. He can go wherever he wants. He uses the car as a private space where he doesn't need to respond for his actions. And if the kids want to go somewhere that is not inside Ohtori, they need him to take them. They have to get into his car to be able to grasp a little freedom.

This just makes me want to read more about youth liberation and how young people are a class in contradiction with adults.

still thinking about episode 9. specifically how utena's parents are said to have died in an accident. when i hear that my mind immediately jumps to car crash, and if that is what's meant by that, that's SO interesting considering... everything.

2:57AM in mousegirl land, population: 1

lines + the grayscale!

also timelapseee 😸😸😸 enjoy seeing how long it took me to draw all dose posters.. also if u know every reference here u get a cookie :) cheese cookie. for mouse.