#Anthys asks

[kanamori-kamper-moved]

Men do not have menstrual cycles. They have penises. Leo and Yusho have children, stop perverting them with your weird fetishes

y’all think they use tampons or pads. Personally I think Yushos a tampon kind of guy since he’s always going around doing those silly little tricks. Leo would use neither. He’s a menstrual cup truther

#anthys asks #Yugioh arc v #tagging this so the whole fandom can see

[andstuffsketches]

you've got blood on your hands and I know it's mine I just need more time

#utena #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #rgu anthy #anthy himemiya #utena tenjou #utena spoilers #rgu spoilers #akio ohtori #ask to tag #lyrics from #unfinished business #by white lies #though it was the mumford and sons cover. lol. I only just found out the real version #2024 #digital art #id in alt #image described #lyricstuck

[sweetberrylover]

Suselle for tonight babyyy

+ a rgu doodle because anon asked for it !

#honest to god if it wasn’t for that anon ask I would probably still have art block #so thank you anon ! #anyways #deltarune #deltarune fanart #noelle holiday #susie deltarune #suselle #rgu #revolutionary girl utena #utena tenjou #anthy himemiya #utenanthy #gals being pals #my art tag

[unknownsigils]

grant me the power to bring the world revolution

#art #lego ninjago #ninjago #artist on tumblr #procreate art #jay walker #jay ninjago #nya smith #nya jiang #nya ninjago #jaya ninjago #jaya #revolutionary girl utena #if anyone wants to know my thoughts on why i drew nya and jay as anthy and utena please ask. please

[cuntstable]

rgu and berserk fan intersection is so interesting to me like despite how on the surface different the stories are im NOT suprised that it exists considering everything but everytime i see it its through something like this. whoah

#asked my rgu AND berserk friend if guts and anthy would he friends she said YES so ok. #i have not watched rgu yet btw i should…. i should…… #also thinking about how miura said that despite being a seinen he wrote berserk more like a shoujo story. bc it was heavily inspired by #the rose of versailles of all things… lol #and the focus is on the emotions and drama ofc

[calypsolemon]

okay let’s try and analyze anthy’s reactions during duels and why she sometimes is just completely still and other times she’s like “utena watch out!!” and other times she’s full on interfering. also how her relationship with utena and vice versa changes during the whole season

Lune you had no clue how much you were asking for when you sent this partway thru our watchthru lmaooo

I think the easiest question to answer here is "why she is completely still sometimes" and well it's that... most of the time she doesn't need to do anything. Anthy has been acting as the rose bride for what is clearly a looong time, and her "job" (her real job, as commanded by Akio, not what she presents to the duelists) essentially amounts to subtly manipulating people into projecting their desires onto her, so they will fight to own her. Usually, by the time they are at the arena clashing swords, Anthy has already done everything she needs to - the pawns are in place so to speak, she only needs to watch them play out their parts.

Beyond that, Anthy is generally emotionally disconnected from what goes on in the duels, despite the fact that they influence who she is going to have to live with. Though some duelists may, on a surface-level, treat Anthy better than others, and that might lead her to attempt to subtly push duels in her favor when she can, she ultimately sees her abuse at the hands of duelists as an inevitability, just another Thursday in the life of the Rose Bride. Therefore, apathy is the default Anthy emotion for any given duel.

So lets talk about the times when she is Very Much Not Apathetic

From the very first duel, she actually does express shock at Utena winning the duel with just a wooden sword. I will be honest, I dont actually put much weight onto this moment. I think its just sort of a natural reaction to someone so uninvested in either Anthy or the power she represents, winning the duel in such a dramatic way. I'm not even sure at this point she's clued in to Utena embodying Dios.

More notably, we have Miki's duel, which is the first true sign of mid-duel intervention by Anthy. By this point Utena has had an actual moment of "Dios coming down from the castle to possess her," which... depending on your reading means either Anthy, Akio, or both see some sort of potential in Utena. So she blatantly throws the duel for Miki by directly contrasting the idea of protecting her she's purposefully built up till this point.

The most notable reaction from the first arc, though, would be in the second duel against Touga.

This is after we get one of the only direct confirmations in this arc that Anthy is actually beginning to care for Utena; the scene where she is sitting alone, imagining Utena across from her at the table. In this moment, when Utena is fighting for her princely ideals despite the risk of actual death, Anthy is (for lack of a better term) triggered into recalling when Dios was gravely injured and still attempting to act as prince. And whether it is through the protective instincts of those memories, or just straight up being pulled out of concentration of what she's doing, it causes her to accidentally throw the duel for Touga, by rescinding her power from his sword.

So, we basically have two precedents set for Anthy reacting during duels: She sometimes consciously interferes as a strategic move, and she sometimes has a genuine emotional reaction, usually in relation to her memories of Dios being triggered and/or potential care for Utena. I don't actually think these two things are mutually exclusive, however, and they become muddled as we move into the Black Rose Arc.

Anthy definitely begins to be a lot more lively during these duels, from interacting with the objects on the tables, to giving Utena's sword the blessing, to yelling for her as she catches her mid-air. Is this because she genuinely cares for or is concerned about Utena? Is projecting Dios onto her? Or is it just because Utena winning is what is necessary for the duels to function? Maybe some combo of all? Who knows

The most notable Black Rose Duel reaction, to me personally, is when Anthy downright demands Utena pull the sword from her against Wakaba. Its very uncharacteristic of her, and I believe its because, despite the Black Rose Duels being something she has a hand in, she may genuinely be concerned for her own life here, as she has built up Wakaba to be actually, murderously jealous of her personally, and Utena is actively refusing to fight.

As we move into the final arcs of the show, we get one of the most blatant Anthy duel disruptions to date:

The sword of Dios disappears mid-battle, and instead of remembering Dios in the face of fighting against impossible odds, it is now Utena's words of friendship that spur her to jump in front of her, and draw her own sword from her chest. I really think this is one of the most significant mid-duel actions Anthy takes besides the final duel. It shows that Anthy's emotions are no longer being spurred on by simple relation back to Dios, but rather by the genuine care that Utena is showing her. Even if their relationship is about to be mired in turmoil thanks to Akio's interference, it was starting to become something real, and it was also starting to break down Anthy's carefully built walls.

I'm getting eepy and also this is getting long, so I'm going to stop the analysis train there. I could get into the final duel but quite frankly I think thats an essay in and of itself. Anthy's reactions during duels is really a fascinating topic and you could probably go on forever talking about it (just like everything else in this show)

#rgu #revolutionary girl utena #anthy himemiya #girl this is loooong lolllll #i hope you're happy lune #sorry if i didn't really answer everything but it was a lot to put in one ask

[aroanthy]

i love how fraught and complicated discourse around various utena characters ‘dying’ is when anthy is literally stabbed to death eternally by a million swords imbued with human hatred. and then utena gets stabbed to death by them also. like. ‘death’ is incredibly interesting in rgu because most of the time it’s this ambiguous figurative thing that has interesting implications re: ohtori as a closed-off world one can escape. we are all trapped in our coffins. mamiya is the only named character with a grave. nemuro memorial hall functions as one all the same. ruka is implied to have died in the hospital— was he dead all along? who was the boy we saw for these two episodes? is this dead boy the same boy, or is this just another coincidence from the shadow girls, cutting like a knife? it’s heavily implied that akio and anthy murder kanae by poisoning her, adding to the previous implication that they were poisoning mr ohtori too, but there are no perceptible consequences of this. kanae’s absence is not felt. she’s fed an apple slice. what happens to the bodies? we know what happened to the 100 boys, but what about everyone else? and so on and so forth. ‘death’ is a tricky thing in utena, i think it’s constantly functioning on figurative and literal levels in very different ways for very different purposes. dios died. dios was dying. dios didn’t die. he grew up. etc etc

#what am i trying to say here? #idk! think about all of the pieces you have #dying is complicated in ohtori in countless different ways #and i find it boring to see so much ‘this character is dead and that’s it’ stuff #when death is used farrrrrrr more figuratively than some ppl give credit for #and i think the movie too does wonderful things with death #and what ‘dying’ really means #being disbelieved. being forgotten. being rejected. haunting despite this #much more interesting to think about wrt commentary on abusive relationships than it is #to think about what?? oh me when my brother died but plot twist he’s alive and can walk on this road all cool. like????? #akio doesn’t have the power to make himself revenant #he THINKS he does and he absolutely has power when he’s alive and he imbues that power with such meaning that it does live on after him #but ANTHY. anthy is the one struggling with herself and her feelings and the impact of trauma and abuse (that power!!) in aou #he’s dead? he died? she brought him back through her memories? or she’s left him (metaphorical death) and he’s haunting her?? #all such interesting interpretations #i haven’t mentioned touga bc i don’t have the energy today. if dead and just illusion of others memories then why active. why awful #like in aou akio is only Obviously scummy when he’s alive. his illusory self is based upon anthy’s love for him #if anime!touga is nothing more than nanami/whoever’s memories of him before he died……. why does he actively choose to suck again and again #like nanami wouldn’t do that. unless it was meant to be a subconscious thing like ooo he’s dead all along but that’s not what her arc is #it’s not ‘he’s been dead all along’ literally or figuratively. it’s ‘he’s unsafe and i don’t want him’ #sigh. once again i am asking people to think about nanami and touga’s dynamic through touga’s eyes #it’s so interesting to me how people forget to consider his motivations or feelings on ANYTHING #like sure his motivations and feelings are scummy but they’re interesting!!!!! they intrigue me!!!! #compel me even #anyway ignore how i said i didn’t have the energy for this and then typed it all out anyway #dais.txt

[transmascutena]

"anthy's also transfem but thats always true to me anyways" i am staring directly at it. you understand. you understand perfectly.

for me, transfem anthy (much like transmasc utena) really comes down to it adding a lot of new layers to everything going on with her character and her arc. and the show already has so much to say about gender and about queerness so i don't think it's at all a stretch to read genderqueerness into it.

the pressure to conform to traditional femininity, to be quiet, to not stand up for or assert yourself (something anthy has done in the past which ended horribly for her) are things all women experience, but doubly so with the idea that you need to "prove" yourself and your gender, to perform that role perfectly and that if you don’t, you will at best not be taken seriously, and at worst… well. be attacked by a million swords of hate. or the real world equivalent.

then there's the victim-blaming for the abuse she faces, from akio and from everyone else. reading anthy as transfem adds a layer to what he says about her “choosing this” and “not being able to be happy any other way.” his idea of womanhood as synonymous with pain and suffering and abuse at the hands of men, and that if anthy wants one she must necessarily want or at least accept the other. i think someone in a discord server i’m in phrased it as something along the lines of “if you’re going to act like a girl, i’ll treat you like one” when we talked about this, which. ouch. he already views his abuse of her as a natural consequence of a choice she made, and this would just be another aspect of that.

there's also the whole thing with mamiya, and dios, who anthy looks so much like when pretending to be a boy, and there's so much gender to unpack in all that that i don't even know where to start. i think it's so interesting to think about how anthy feels about masculinity and about femininity, both of which are things she performs at different points, because she has to, not because she chooses to. and i love thinking about how she might learn to redefine these things for herself post-canon. like realizing that she doesn't have to be feminine all the time to be a girl, or that she does like being feminine as long as it's on her own terms, or that she can be both, or neither, or whatever else she wants.

#revolutionary girl utena #anthy #asks #m #all girls are like the rose bride

[bigshoeswamp]

The day Anthy befriended a snail

A prequel of sorts of the famous snail scene, but also a reflection on how Anthy could be on her alone time (we'll never really know, but I for one think she'd strike up conversations with snails and promise them bright futures)

#we never get to see her alone much nor her interacting with animals by herself so #this is what came to my mind the other day when i decided to answer an ask with an anthy drawing :) #himemiya anthy #revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #my art

[kanamori-kamper-moved]

Why do you like Adachi. Isn’t he a mysognistic incel?? Genuine question

He is MILF-coded and I think he is silly. That is all anon

#anthys asks #Persona 4 #tohru adachi #adachi tohru

[mothidocandart]

My brilliant shining thing

#Don’t ask me to talk about wakaba’s relation to Utena I WILL go on for hours #the “you’re my best friend! I’m going to save you!” Scene required my brain chemistry #and the way that they’re not ever as close as they were after that… #like I def feel like Wakaba had one of those “girl crushes” on Utena #where she admired her and loved her and wanted to be with her but thought it was a straight girl thing #in the manga she gets jealous over Anthy and says that she’ll be the mistress if Anthy is the wife #anyways #au eggs #Utena #Utena tenjou #wakaba shinohara #Rgu #revolutionary girl utena #OH I FORGOT. THE ENTURE POINT OF THIS DRAWING #the way that Wakaba knows she’s a side haracter!! #she’s doomed to be forever unimportant #and meanwhile has a crush on the main character she doesn’t even know about…

[os-eclipses-tamen-son-yuri]

So I rewatched Utena...

#someone on twt asked what would happen if these two were in the same room and then i started thinking about it and the whole imagery of #makima ripping Denjis heart out and then i kept thinking about it and I REMEMBER THIS and oh boy #anthy himemiya #revolutionary girl utena #chainsaw man #denji #there is also much to say despite the obvious parallels regarding the pose about how their individual attitudes #in this situation are so starkly different

[baweiii]

PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR UTENA TRANSMASC AU

WOE, ART BE UPON YE

#my art #artists on tumblr #rgu #rgu spoilers #technically #utenanthy #anthy himemiya #utena tenjou #sorry for using your ask as an oppertunity to juice my brain for everying i got for this au #also sorry its late #ALSO SORRY THAT IT SHOWED UP ON THE TOP OF THE UTENANTHY TAG......... #Long post #transmasc au

[helloanthy]

Hello friend! I hope one day you get this 🩷 I am sending all my love to you. You are so brave and I'm proud of you! I hope the world treats you kindly. I took a hiatus from tumblr and only just now realized you left, I wouldn't have said anything different than I have now if I'd known before but I will miss you! You are amazing, can't wait to see you again. Thrive, my little bird! You've done great 🩷

i'm trying not to tear up. my heart is embarrassingly soft these days. i knew before that revolution has never come without great hardships. though of course, knowing is different from doing some days, the moments between sleep are only stitched together by lengths of crying. other days, i wander incessantly in an attempt to escape both my self and my dreams but it is by the love of my friends and the kindness of people like you that carries me through. it is so easy to drown in this world, i need to hold on to what little i can kindness doesn't have to hurt, i've only been convinced it does. i'm trying to learn that love can save me, if i let it. lately, i feel like it is all that i really have i wonder if anyone will ever know how much it means to me. i wonder if you'll think me odd if you do. but another thing i am trying to learn: there is nothing shameful in trying to live so from one friendly stranger to another, i send my love to you too. i hope it reaches you ! sincerely, thank you

#✉️ #lately iv been having imaginary conversations with anthy #i try to ask her - ''do you ever miss someone you hate?'' #''do you ever feel stupid for missing someone you're *supposed* to hate?'' #''how did you manage to smile when you left? how do you smile now when you're alone?'' #''how do you keep yourself on the ground - when theres nothing chaining you down anymore?'' #''how do you keep yourself from falling through it?'' #she doesnt answer and i dont make her #because she is not what i make of her and more than what i think of her #all i have now is others belief in me. of me #anthy is not in here in my imagination but out in the real world #one day i'll be real too #see you soon anthy!

[asofterutena]

(Wait for me.)

[original comic by @asoftersea]

#a softer world #revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #a softer world remix #anthy himemiya #utena tenjou #a softer sea remix #ep: someday together we'll shine #utena and anthy #1 2023 #director's commentary #anthy learned how to hope for better things. #and by leaving utena's fate ambiguious the audience is asked to hope for better things for anthy too #people's choice #rguedit

[sporesgalaxy]

whats the metaphor of s Sebastian Dior cowbell

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY. LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OUR BEAUTIFUL QUEENS (WOMEN) (NANAMI)

#RESPONSE IS IN A JOKING TONE but i mean it. nanami and anthy are parallels . grips the table teally hard. anthy and nanami are parallels. #There are some things youve yet to see . they are literally metaphorically wikihow killing our beautiful queens ... #asks