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Someone's post of another Utena FST finally convinced me to get off my butt and finish this off, so here it is. I'm taking the approach of showing Anthy's development throughout the series, so needless to say, spoilers through entire series. All is my interpretation, and just given what type of series Utena is, there are lots of ways to see it. Nonetheless, enjoy!

( I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down )

Current Mood: accomplished

I found this essay on Anthy on an Utena fansite I was browsing around, and I think it makes some very interesting points about her. In particular this line struck a chord:

"Anthy's story is also the story of anyone who has ever been in a dead-end relationship, a bad friendship or peer group or family situation, any situation in which they allowed themselves to be confined because they felt they deserved no better, where the only power at their disposal was manipulation and subterfuge."

Yup. I've been there.

If according to this essay the way we see Anthy is a reflection of ourselves, then I wonder what the way I see her means?

( Progressing into heavy areas )

So yeah, there are definite reflections of me in there. Eerie.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: A Thousand Years: Sting