#was bc ahiru does in fact turn back into a duck permanently in the ending. a completely normal duck in a now normal world

[marinsawakening]

I have lost 'don't be pedantic' fight once again, so: it annoys me when people straight up state fakiru is canon, because that's a gross oversimplification. There is certainly romantic subtext between Fakir and Ahiru, but unlike Rue and Mytho, they never textually get together, so how 'canon' it is depends on how you define 'canon' to begin with. Furthermore, it's also really easy to interpret the romantic subtext as platonic. This is because Princess Tutu, for the most part, distinguishes very little between romantic and platonic love. In this show the boundary between the romantic and the platonic is fluid. The exact nature of Fakir and Ahiru's relationship and feelings for each other is up to interpretation, and intentionally so. So talking about fakiru as if it's unambiguously canon without acknowledging the inherent ambiguity simplifies the show and is not an accurate representation of their relationship. Also it annoys me personally.

#my posts #ppl can do what they want and ultimately it doesn't matter #and yes it's absolutely fair to interpret the subtext as romantic and consider it canon #it just annoys me when people do so without acknowledging the ambiguity. like guys the ambiguity is why it's so good. please. #princess tutu #also not to make it weird but i'm pretty sure at least part of the reason they didn't make fakiru straight up canon #was bc ahiru does in fact turn back into a duck permanently in the ending. a completely normal duck in a now normal world #the extent of the anthropomorphization of animals in the 'normal' world in princess tutu is also ambiguous #and ahiru herself at least seems to maintain human level personality/memories/intelligence #but like. still. i'm just saying. #we're no longer in fairytale land. dating a duck might get a little weird #i don't think it matters but. y'know. if i was writing this story it's something i'd be keeping in mind