ive seen those takes like rip *random gang member* you wouldve loved my little pony THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR LITTLE PONY TO LOVE AND THATS HIM
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Revolutionary Girl Utena is extremely avant garde and metaphoric, but it's also very clear and obvious to people who have been through cycles of abuse, particularly in ending those relationships
For example, in ep. 11, Utena's convinced that she can make Anthy "just another girl", instead of the Rose Bride, and that she has to "protect her" from other duelists who see her as an object. But she does this without actually asking her if that is what she wants. And thus falls into the same trap as the rest.
There's a lot to be written about this, from its white saviourism to its toxic masculinity. But what it most reminds me of is a friend trying to get me out of an abusive situation and yet being extremely violent in doing so. it just drove me closer to my abuser. Like Utena, she thought she was doing the right thing, but she was denying my agency. i only broke off that relationship at my own pace.
And that is a constant problem when dealing with gender violence. Well-meaning friends and family members try to "help" and completely fail by also denying the victim's experiences and desires, just like the abuser does.
Anyways, I'm glad Utena was around when I was trying to heal from it and still is to remind me of what i went through.
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just so you all know i'm not bringing the scourge of gimmick blogs to, like, bluesky or cohost. i am a harbinger of fuckall. kill it me. preferably with hammers.
ABC EFGHIJKLMNOP RSTU W Y
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hate it when spring rolls around and the seasonal depressed people stop depression posting,,, i thought we were brothers in arms,,,,, depression warriors,,,,,,
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reasons why S.E. Hinton CANNOT be trusted
I'll start:
1. She's the one who chose Matt Dillon for the role of Dally, he was the ONLY actor she decided to play a part in casting, and out of all the characters in the book he is the one who LEAST resembles his character visually
2. She claims that Two-Bit is the oldest of the gang and then later says that he's 18, meanwhile Darry is known as the unofficial leader of the gang (confirming that he is in-fact a part of it) and he's 20!!
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Postwar: any particularly amusing situation where Katara becomes even more indignant than usual
okay i know it’s cartoon physics and the cartoon violence is very funny and it’s an iconic scene from an iconic episode and "a girl has her ways" is one of the funniest lines katara ever says, but sometimes i do think about katara somehow running into those two boys she froze to a wall in gaoling for the crime of being kind of rude to aang. when they approach her, based on countless past experiences, she’s expecting them to ask her for either help with a problem or an autograph, but instead they’re like “you’re that crazy girl who froze us to a wall!!! you know we had to wait all day for the ice to thaw, only for us to fall flat on our faces from a considerable height, unable to move or to protect our faces from getting damaged because our limbs were completely frozen?? we got frostbite, pneumonia, concussions, and permanent brain damage from you!! we shattered our teeth and some of our fingers nearly fell off!! you activated chronic autoimmune conditions and shortened both our lifespans considerably!! what do you have to say for yourself after causing us unimaginable pain and ruining both our lives??” and katara just scoffs and goes “well! you deserved it for saying ‘nunya business’ to aang.” and they’re like “okay, but did we???? did we really????” and she’s like “uhhhh….. i was being a #girlboss???” and eventually she offers them free healing sessions and financial compensation but she really digs her heels in at first, claiming that she was just having a hot girl summer and that she shouldn’t be held accountable for her actions as a fourteen year old and that she can’t be a bad person because she’s ontologically Good!!!! and when they’re like “are you sure you’re not pure evil??” it triggers a crisis of identity that lasts a full month. but eventually she just forgets about it and goes back to being the Goodest person who ever lived.
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