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utena 4+5: lit
Sep. 7th, 2021 09:54 pmHell yeah, finished some work in class today. Time for the two-parter >:3
( I’m just gonna put everything under one big cut )
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utena 3: baller
Sep. 2nd, 2021 06:42 pmWe now resume our gay anime watching.
( I don’t have anything witty for this… tragic )
← episode 2 / intermission | episode 4+5 →
Post-watch thoughts, and snippets from a Discord chat.
( i can’t wait for anthy to fling a bathtub through utena’s wall )Galaxy brain thought: dueling is sexually charged via Intentional Phallic Imagery, and I also know RGU is inverting the Princely Ideal (masculine!) somehow. To win a duel one must knock the rose off the opponent, therefore dueling functions as a f. as a def. flwo. Remove Flwoer, De
i’m not being fully serious with that but I was trying to think of a good title joke and realized I still don’t know what the rose means. Freud bashing my head in the gutter aside, this episode’s title likens the rose to Anthy, who just declared she “belongs” to Utena, so that’s interesting.
( let’s get this show on the road! )
← episode 1 / “intermission” | episode 3 →
utena intermission: unedited thoughts
Aug. 18th, 2021 06:13 pm
Anyway, the problem with using RGU as a figurative carrot on a stick is that, if it is not sufficiently motivating enough for me to do $otherThings, then both grind to a halt >:V For now, have some additional musings jotted down shortly after the first liveblog, mostly unedited.
( look ma, a readmore button )
